By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Lokoja, the headquarters of the Lokoja Kingdom, was agog with pageantry today for the celebration of this year’s edition of Lokoja Day and turbaning of six eminent persons from the kingdom by the Maigari, Alhaji Ibrahim Gambo Kabir Maikafi. The ceremony attracted the cream of the society with the Deputy…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab A 24-year-old woman, Martha Koffa Amadosi, who hails from Ogori/Magongo local government area of Kogi State, has appealed to kind-hearted Nigerians to urgently come to her aid to raise N30m for a kidney transplant. Making the appeal during an encounter, with the Kogi State Chief Executive Officer of Participation Initiative For Behavioural…
…seeks to embark on a different strategy to unseat APC By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Kogi State has officially distanced itself from the coalition of opposition parties, emphasising its intention to develop a strategy aimed at unseating the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the upcoming 2027 general elections. This…
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By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab President Bola Tinubu and ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo were among the top dignitaries at the inauguration of Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State for a second term in office. Tinubu, who was earlier at an event in Abuja for the 2024 Armed Forces Remembrance Day, landed at the Sam Mbakwe Airport…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab An articulated Sharon bus carrying 11 passengers lost control and crashed into a shop situated at Obasanjo Square on Tuesday in Lokoja the Kogi State capital. The accident happened around 1.20 p.m. on Murtala Muhammed Way Lokoja. Investigations conducted by National Watch Tv revealed that the Sharon carrying 11 passengers…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab A Socio-Cultural Organization in Lokoja, the Lokoja Forum of Patriots (LFP), has said that there is no traditional ruler with the title of Etsu Lokoja or Etsu Nupe Lokoja. Addressing a press conference in Lokoja on Thursday, Chairman of the Lokoja Forum of Patriots, Alhaji Idris Baba’Ango downed Emmanuel Dauda…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Tragedy struck in Abugi, Lokoja Local Government Area of Kogi State on Sunday when armed bandits riding on a motorcycle opened fire on security operatives, killing two policemen and a passerby. The incident occurred along Abugi-Gugurugi road, when the assailants, who were reportedly heavily armed, ambushed the officers on duty….
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has dissolved his cabinet and appointed new one as part of transition process for the incoming administration in the state. The Kogi Governor-elect, Usman Ododo, will take over from the Bello administration on Jan. 27. Those affected by the dissolution included; Heads of agencies, parastatals…
Amidst the growing efforts towards coalescence by the opposition parties against the incumbent President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu ahead of the 2027 presidential election, a fresh pressure has come upon former President Goodluck Jonathan to throw his hat in the ring. Curiously, this pressure comes barely two weeks after the Samuel Ogbuku-led Niger Delta Development Commission(NDDC)…
