By Lami Ibrahim The Federal High Court in Warri, Delta State, has delivered a landmark judgment in a suit filed by the Benikrukru Community in Warri South-west local government area and others against Chevron Nigeria Limited and other Itsekiri’s defendants. In the suit number: FHC/WR/CS/49/2024, Pa. Kwekwewei Onimiyenmene, Pastor Paul Willie, Elder David Kiriodougha, Captain…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Policemen deployed in the office of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RISIEC) have been chased away by crowd of persons around the facility ahead of the controversial local government elections billed for Saturday. It was not certain who sent the police detachment to the facility around 1am on Friday since the police said…
…Declare Reps Member Abejide Party Leader By Lami Ibrahim The State Working Committee (SWC) of the African Democratic Congress, Kogi State has reaffirmed the expulsion of their former state chairman, Kingsley Ogga from the party, describing his purported return as a ‘figment of his own imagination.’ The party made this known on Monday…
By Tanko Taidi Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Tunji Alausa, visited the University College Hospital, UCH, Ibadan, on Saturday to empathise with victims of Tuesday’s massive explosion in Ibadan. The minister and members of UCH management, led by the Chief Medical Director, Prof. Jesse Otegbayo toured the hospital to assess the…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab In the spirit of Ramadan, the Abubakar Ola Foundation (AOF), has given cash palliative to Imams and other vulnerable Muslims in Lokoja local government area of Kogi State. Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Foundation, Alhaji Zakari Abubakar Ola, while doling out the cash assistance, said the gesture was…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Ohimegye Igu of Koton-Karfe and Chairman, Lokoja/Kogi Local Government Areas Traditional Council, Alhaji (Dr.) Saidu Akawu Salihu, has turbaned twenty five indigenes of the Emirate, charging them to be good ambassadors wherever they are. The monarch who stated this at his palace in Koton-Karfe during the turbaning of the…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab This is the Ramadan Tafsir for day 08 of fasting. Today’s Ramadan Tafsir is with the Cheif Imam of Abdulrazak Isah Kutepa Jummat Mosque, Lokoja, Sheikh Yahaya Abubilat. Watch Video Here….
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab It was an exciting moment for the pupils, parents and management of Confluence International Breed Primary and Secondary School, Lokoja, as the school held its 2024 graduation/prize-giving in the school premises on Wednesday. The gaily-dressed pupils thrilled the parents to the fullest, as they displayed their talents through cultural dance and…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab It was yet another round of commendations and eulogies for the late Mojisola Aishat Bala Salisu, wife of a former chairman of Lokoja Local Government Council, Alhaji Bala Salisu, as politicians and religious leaders paid glowingly tributes to the life and times of the late Moji. The tributes were made…
… Inspects rehabilitated Lokoja fish market By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Senator Representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Sen. Sunday Karimi, says the nation’s economic challenges facing the country are not a creation of President Ahmed Bola Tinubu, pointing out that they were problems he inherited as created by successive administrations. Sen. Karimi explained that…
