By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Senator Sunday Steve Karimi, representing Kogi West Senatorial District, has joined thousands of sympathizers in mourning the death of the Agankyu of Kakanda Kingdom, HRH Alhaji Muhammad Sani Alhassan. In a condolence statement issued through his media office, Senator Karimi described the late monarch as “a beacon of peace, a…
By Lami Ibrahim As the Ijaw Nation marked Boro Day on Thursday, the Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), High Chief (Dr.) Dennis Otuaro, has called on Niger Delta youths to embrace peace, unity, and collective vigilance for the future of the region. Speaking at a gathering to commemorate the legacy of late Ijaw…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the Federal Teaching Hospital, Lokoja, Dr. Olatunde Alabi has debunk the narratives that the hospital is in a serious crisis and about to collapse. Dr Alabi who was reacting to the allegations raised by the Association of Resident Doctors during a stakeholders meeting at…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Speaker, Kogi State House of Assembly, Rt Hon. Yusuf Aliyu Umar and member of House of Representatives, representing Lokoja/Kogi Federal Constituency at the National Assembly, Hon. Sulaiman Danladi Aguye have been conferred with the chieftaincy titles of Madaki and Maji respectively of Agbaja Chiefdom, by the Maasi of Agbaja,…
*** Clerics urge politicians to imbibe Allah-dey’s good deeds By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Eminent Nigerians on Wednesday thronged Lokoja, Kogi State capital to pay their last respect to the departed Hon. Mustapher Abudulkarim Allah-Dey who died last Wednesday and buried same day. At the Fidau prayer held at his residence on Wednesday, special prayers…
By Musa Usman Suspected kidnappers struck again in Ondo State early on Saturday, as they struck at the Ondo-Ekiti highway, killing a commercial driver, abducting passengers, while a young baby was left stranded on the road. It was learnt that the passengers boarded a bus from Lagos and were on their way to Abuja when…
Chief Richard Asaje, the National Coordinator, “Like Minds Alliance Pressure Group has described Hon Leke Abejide as a perfect representatives, who is in the heart of good percentage of the general masses in Yagba Federal Constituency for 3rd term as House of Representatives in the Green Chamber, to represent the constituency. In an interactive session…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Lokoja residents have taken to the streets to demand fair treatment from the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), threatening to escalate their protest to Abuja if their grievances are ignored. The demonstrators accuse the agency of sidelining locals in employment and awarding most contracts to outsiders, particularly indigenes of Osun State. Aggrieved…
By Lami Ibrahim Five people have been confirmed dead and over 70 vehicles burnt in the tanker explosion at the Eleme section on the East-West Road in Rivers State on Friday night. An eyewitness who gave his name as Baridi said the incident followed a petrol-laden tanker which collided with a heavy-duty truck, spilling its…
