By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab It was a moment of solemn reflection and joyful celebration on Sunday as Muhammad Adamu Tanko, fondly called Talba Lokoja, hosted a special prayer in memory of his late mother, Hajiya Maimunat Lare Muhammad, marking the 15th anniversary of her passing, alongside the naming ceremony of his newborn baby. The…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Community stakeholders and residents of Otokiti in Lokoja Local Government Area have renewed their call on Dr. Basil Ojeifo Godday to contest the Lokoja I State Constituency seat in the Kogi State House of Assembly under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The appeal was made during a…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab A concerned constituent of Yagba Federal Constituency and Kogi State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Femi Fanwo, has dismissed a petition reportedly sent to the National Assembly seeking to declare the seat of the member representing Yagba Federal Constituency, Rt. Hon. Leke Abejide, vacant over alleged expulsion from the…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Former Deputy Governorship Candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Kogi State and the Obafaiye of Oworoland, Chief Sam Ranti Abenemi JP, has resigned his membership of the party and is set to officially join the All Progressives Congress (APC). Abenemi announced his resignation in a letter dated November…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Senator Sunday Karimi on Thursday reaffirmed his commitment to supporting robust legislative actions aimed at ending insecurity across communities in Kogi State and the wider Northern region. In a statement issued after arriving for plenary and signing in ahead of the day’s session,…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab A socio-political group, Kogi Integrity Watch (KIW), has questioned the constitutional authority of the Kogi State House of Assembly to suspend the Executive Chairman of Ibaji Local Government Area, Hon. Williams Iko’ojo, following his recent suspension over alleged gross misconduct. Recall that the State House of Assembly had, earlier this…
By Lami Ibrahim The Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Usman Ahmed Ododo has been asked not to allow some few persons, who think they are in power, brazenly using their offices arbitrarily, to discredit his administration. In a statement issued by Dr. MacPherson Ojodale Samson, PhD, on behalf of Concerned Ibaji Elites, expressed dissatisfaction with the…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab A coalition of stakeholders, youth groups, and community leaders under the aegis of the Dekina/Bassa Progressive Forum has declared its total support for Engr. Nda Usman Muhammed, Executive Director of the Kogi State Oil Producing Area Development Commission (KOSOPADEC) and the Galadima of Bassa Nge, describing him as the best…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Special Assistant to the Kogi State Governor on Grassroots Mobilization, Ahmed Shehu Yabagi, on Wednesday, organized a Maulud celebration and Fidau prayer in memory of his late mother, Hajiya Maimuna Shehu, who passed away 40 days ago. The event, held at the Yabagi family residence on Cantonment Street, Lokoja,…
Abubakar Sadiq Muhammad Bala, the Special Adviser to the Kogi State Governor on Political and Grassroots Mobilization for Lokoja and Kogi Local Government Areas, has hinted at the possibility of contesting for the Lokoja I House of Assembly seat under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In an exclusive interview with Amuda Dan…
