By Muhammad Sanni It was heroic homecoming for the Social Democratic Party (SDP), governorship candidate in the Kogi State November 11 gubernatorial election, Alhaji Muritala Ajaka, as thousands of sons and daughters of Igalaland trooped out to welcome him and express gratitude for his struggles during and after the election. In what they described as a…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab A 19-year-old man, Abba Yusuf, has allegedly killed his 60-year-old father, Alhaji Dahiru Yusuf Maileather, in the Sarkin-Noma area of Lokoja, the Kogi State capital. An eyewitness told Nationalwatch Tv that the incident happened at the weekend at Sarkin-Noma quarters at about 8.30 p.m. when Dahiru Yusuf was stabbed to death…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Kogi State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), youths, on Sunday, staged a solidarity walk to the State Government House in Lokoja, to felicitate with the Governor, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo, for his one year in office. The youths who embarked on the walk from the Obasanjo Square…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Members of Lokoja Development Association (LDA), have sought the intervention of Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo, over the illegal sale of Ministry of Agriculture land along IBB road, beside HABSO filling station, Lokoja to a top government official by unknown persons. They also warned that the development may cause mayhem…
By Musa Tanimu Nasidi The Maigari of Lokoja, Alhaji Ibrahim Gambo Kabir Maikarfi IV, has commiserated with His Excellency the governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo over the death his father, Alhaji Ahmed Momoh Sani Ododo describing him as a patriot from whom a great man had descended. In a condolence statement on…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab As Muslims around the world approach end of the Ramadan fast, winding down the intense worship characterising the period, the Kogi State branch of the Council of Ulama’u this evening (Saturday) has ended it’s Ramadan lecture series with a strong advice to waelhty Nigerians to share with less privileged. In…
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 Nigerian Muslims have joined their counterparts across the globe to celebrate the 2024 Eid-El-Adha also known as Eid-El Kabir. The annual festival of Eid al-Adha or the Festival of Sacrifice marks the end of the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca by hundreds of millions of Muslims. It is usually celebrated with…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barrister Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, Wednesday, in Abuja assured that there is marked improvement in the security situation of the territory. Wike stated this while addressing journalists after about two hours closed door session with the Senate on State of Security in FCT…
By Tanko Taidi An elderly woman, name (withheld) alongside her accomplices who trade human parts have been arrested by the Ogun State police command. The suspects were nabbed by men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad after one of the officers posed as a buyer. A human head was going to be sold to the undercover…
