By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Residents of Lokoja, the Kogi State capital are lamenting over epileptic electricity supply, which according to them, is hampering economic activities. They also called for the immediate sack of the Kogi Zone Chief Business Officer (CBO), Mr. Olaseni Agunpopo, which according to them is the brain behind the epileptic power…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Residents along the banks of Rivers Niger and Benue in Lokoja are apprehensive as the river has overflown its banks. The residents are also disturbed by the recent report of the opening of Lagdo Dam, that is now filled to capacity. Already some buildings and farmlands along the river had been…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab A lion at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, has killed its handler identified as Babaji Daule. The library is one of the legacies of global statesman, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, a one-time Nigerian Head of State and twice elected President. Nationalwatch Tv learnt the victim’s body has…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab 53-year-old woman, Easter Williams Ojuekaiye, sister in-law of the Katika of Lokoja, Alhaji Bala Salisu has converted from Christianity to Islam. In an interview at the Chief Imam of Lokoja, Sheikh Aminu Shaban’s Mosque in Hangwar Fawa street, Lokoja, shortly after her conversation to Islam by the Imam of the…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Gabi of Lokoja, Alhaji Sulaiman Baba-Ali, today, visited the Katika of Lokoja, Alhaji Bala Salisu, over the death of his wife, Aishat Mojisola. Baba-Ali, who arrived at Salisu’s GRA residence in Lokoja at 12:30 pm., expressed sadness over the death of the traditional title holder’s wife. Nationalwatch Tv reports…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab It was a gathering of ‘who is who’ in Kogi State and beyond, Saturday, at Maigari of Lokoja Palace, as dignitaries from all walks of life gathered to witness the wedding fathia of the daughter of Musa Nagidi, the Kigudu of Lokoja and retired Assistant Comptroller of Immigration Service. The Kigudu…
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…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab A Nigerian associate professor of orthopaedic surgery, Dr Julius Oni, has relocated back to Nigeria after spending 25 years in the United States. In a video that has since gone viral, Oni shared details about his decision, saying, “I reverse Japa from the U.S. to Nigeria 6 weeks ago,” referencing…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Forum of Amalgamated Unions of Concerned Kogi State Citizens have appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to come to their aid by stopping the alleged intimidation, harassment and persecution of the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), over…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab A 52-year-old mother, Halimat Idris, who resides at No. K84, Karaworo, Behind Alheri, Lokoja, is urgently seeking financial assistance for her mentally retarded 28-year-old son, Muktar Idris, who requires critical brain surgery. The mother discovered that her son, Ahmed Hassan, was suffering from a serious mental retardation after involving in…
