By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The ancient city of Lokoja the Kogi State capital stood still on Friday as high-profile personalities stormed the city for the wedding ceremony of the Lokoja local government area chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Maikudi Bature younger brother, Gimba Bature. The event, conducted at Kabawa residence of Alhaji…
By Lami Ibrahim The Working People United (WoPU) a movement committed to good governance and advocate for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu re-election has called on the Federal and State Governments to urgently introduce temporary relief measures to cushion the harsh effects of the rising cost of fuel on Nigerian workers and the general public. According…
By Abu Micheal. There is no need crying over split milk. The victory of Sen. Abubakar Ohere, truncated by the Court was no doubt a set back when juxtaposed with the mileage he covered in his brief stay in the 10th Senate. While it was safe to say that Sen. Ohere laid some of the…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab A socio-political group in Nigeria, The Initiative For Grassroots Advancement In Nigeria (INGRA), has called on the Governor-elect of Kogi State, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo to make human capital development his major priority. The group also urged him to give attention to the issue of prompt salary payment in the…
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By Lami Ibrahim An unspecified number of worshippers have died in a mosque that collapsed in the Papa Ajao area of Lagos. National Watch Tv learnt that the incident occurred on Sunday during afternoon prayers. According to reports, several lifeless bodies have been recovered from the rubble, while those injured have been rushed to hospitals….
*** 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 Top politicians and Islamic Scholars within and outside the state have eulogised late Abdullahi Ladan Ibrahim, immediate elder brother to Sanni Karashi, who died and was buried on Saturday. The death of the deceased was described as a great loss to the entire Lokoja people by bigwigs at the Fidau…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab A young woman, Christiana Ogirima, has embraced Islam and adopted a new name, Zainab Ogirima, following a conversion ceremony held on Friday at the Ja’amatu Nasril Islam (JNI) Mosque in Lokoja. The conversion rites were conducted by the Chief Imam of the mosque, Justice Usman Thohid, who guided the new…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The youths of various groups in the ancient city of Lokoja has organized a Snooker competition at Karaworo open space for Hon. Muhammed Ibukun Bukky as reciprocation for his philanthropic gestures on Sunday. Declaring the ceremony open, Bukky described sport as a veritable tool of forging good relationship among Nations,…
