By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The member representing Lokoja/Kogi Federal Constituency Hon. Danladi Sulaiman Aguye, the Speaker, Kogi State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Aliyu Umar Yusuf and some political appointees Monday commiserated with victims of the fire which gutted a section of Lokoja GSM market, opposite Jaiz Bank. The early morning inferno which was…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Action Peoples Party, APP, has won all the 22 local government area Chairmanship seats in Rivers State announced by the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC, out of the 23 LGAs of the state. APP has been declared winners while collation is still ongoing in Etche Local Government Area….
By Tanko Taidi Youths in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, on Monday, hit the street to protest the skyrocketing price of food and the state of the economy. National Watch Tv observed that protesters gathered around the Mokola area in the state wielding placards with various inscriptions such as ‘End food hike and inflation,’ ‘The poor are…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The National Council of State has approved President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s nomination of Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan (SAN) as the next Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The decision was reached during the Council’s meeting held Thursday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, and chaired by President Tinubu. The…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Some prominent Islamic clerics and dignitaries on Thursday, gathered at Karaworo-Alheri Street in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital for the 3-Day Fidau prayers of late Muhammed Kabir Yusuf Olarewaju who died on Monday, Dec.15. The clerics included Chief Imam of Khairat Central Mosque Lokoja, Sheikh Mamud Maku, Ustaz Abdulsalami Salihu,…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab In a show of appreciation, the Ohimege-Igu of Koton-Karfe, His Rayal Majesty, Dr. Saidu Akawu Salihu has commended the efforts of Distinguished Senator Steve Sunday Karimi for his pivotal role in facilitating the construction of new classroom blocks, administrative blocks and laboratory at the Government Science Secondary School, GSSS, Koton-Karfe. According…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Popular philanthropist and grassroots mobilizer, Adams Bakaso Danfulani, fondly called Quency, has expressed gratitude to the various youth groups across Lokoja and Kogi Local Government Areas who have been calling on him to join the race for the House of Representatives, Lokoja/Kogi Federal Constituency. In an interview with newsmen at…
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…
… Visits scene of incident By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) minister of state, Mariya Mahmoud, on Monday, March 4, declared that the looting of a warehouse in the Gwagwa-Tasha on Sunday by hoodlums was beyond hunger, but a criminal act. The minister made this declaration at the end of her…
Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab A philanthropist and Lokoja-based businessman, Hon. Munkail Dan-Asabe Abdulkadir as named his newly born baby after his late grandfather. The son was named ####Mariam Danjuma Dauda, reflecting his late grandfather. The naming ceremony took place on Wednesday at his family resident in Lokongoma, Lokoja. In an interview with Abdulkadir shortly after…
