By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Senator Sunday Steve Karimi has called for collective responsibility and a united front in tackling insecurity across the country, stressing that recent attacks have affected Nigerians across religious lines. The lawmaker, who made the remarks during an interview on TVCâs Your View, said it was unfair for certain groups to…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Kano State Police Command, on Thursday, said 11 persons have died following Wednesdayâs bombing incident at a mosque in Gadan Village, Gezawa Local Government Area of the state. The police spokesman in Kano, Abdullahi Haruna, confirmed this to our correspondent. Haruna said three more of the victims died on…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Lokoja Forum of Patriots (LFP), is set to host the 2024 Boat Regatta funfair on Saturday October 12, 2024 at the John Holt Waterfront, Kpata market, Lokoja. The LFP Chairman, Alhaji Idris Baba’Ango, who announced the date shortly after the meeting of the coordinators held at Lokoja Local Government…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Lokoja Traditional Council in conjunction with the Lokoja Title Holders Council on Thursday held the annual Hawan Bariki (horse parade) at the Old Paparanda Square in Lokoja as part of activities marking the Eid-el-Kabir celebration. The colourful event attracted traditional rulers, Islamic clerics, top politicians, government officials, community leaders,…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The residents of Cantonment street in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital have called on officials of the Kogi Ministry of Environmental Sanitation to immediately evacuate piles of refuse blocking canals around Cantonment street in Lokoja. The residents said that the heaps of dirt posed grave danger to peoples’ health around…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab There were strong indications that a Chieftain of the New Nigeria Peopleâs Party (NNPP) in Kogi State, Hon Mohammed Ibukun Abubakar Bukky is set to defect to the rilling All Progressives Congress, APC. Bukky was sighted at APC stakeholders meeting held at Hon. Sulaiman Baba-Ali’s GRA residence on Monday. Baba-Ali,…
*** Allege Bola Oyebamiji Focused on Osun Governorship Ambition, Rarely Visits Lokoja By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Indigenes of Lokoja have accused the management of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) of neglecting the host community and marginalising them in employment, contracts, and local empowerment initiatives. They alleged that the Managing Director and Chief Executive…
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 dayâs session,…
The Kogi State President, Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees, Comr. Sanusi Mohammed says the re-election of President Ahmed Bola Tinubu and Gov. Usman Ahmed Ododo will help consolidate on the gains thus far made and drive progress in Nigeria and Kogi State. Comr. Sanusi made the disclosure at the endorsement rally held in Lokoja,…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Kogi State High Court sitting in Koton-karfe Division on Wednesday, 9th April 2025 has decline Jurisdiction in a suit involving the representative of Sarkin Noma Kporoka and Danko areas of Lokoja against the Isegba Family of Felele also in Lokoja. This is just as the malicious and misinterpretation making…
