Barely two months after the gubernatorial election in Edo State, fresh tension has engulfed the state over the anticipated senatorial election in Edo Central Senatorial District to pick the successor to the state’s Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, in the Senate. Already, there is an interplay of political intrigues as a group of federal lawmakers led…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Hours after Nationalwatch Tv reported the alleged payment of N10,000 percentage salaries to workers of the Kogi State Transport Management Agency (KOTRAMA), over 50 staff suspected to be culpable have been placed on indefinite suspension by the Managing Director, Hon.Abdulrazaq Aminu Okakanda. The fifty officials are the highway traffics that…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Ejeh of Ankpa, His Royal Highness, Alhaji Dr Abubakar Sadiq Yakubu, has conferred the traditional title of Jakadan Ankpa on Sulaiman Baba Ali in recognition of his outstanding contributions to community development and his commitment to the progress of Ankpa and its people. The conferment, according to a statement…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The family of the late Alhaji Isah Maliki Ndambabo on Sunday held an 8-day Fidau prayer in his honour at Cantonment Street, Lokoja, the Kogi State capital. The solemn event, led by the Chief Imam of Lokoja, Sheikh Muhammad Aminu Sha’aban, brought together family members, friends, Islamic clerics, traditional rulers,…
*** Kogi Speaker calls for religious tolerance By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab This year’s Ramadan Tafsir organized by the Kogi State chapter of Council of Ulama’u has been brought to a close few days to the end of the month long religion exercise. The Ramadan Tafsir was brought to an end on Thursday as believers…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab A chieftain of the opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, Daniel Bwala, on Wednesday, said he is committed to supporting the administration of President Bola Tinubu, even if that requires him to defect to the All Progressives Congress. “I told him today, I am committing to play my part to…
By Lami Ibrahim Security agents in Katsina State have intercepted a large supply of ammunition intended for terrorists in Katsina state. The operation, carried out over the weekend, resulted in the apprehension of Aisha Abubakar, who was identified as the transporter. The arrest came following heightened vigilance by security personnel at a checkpoint in Katsina…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The of Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo, the Speaker Kogi State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Aliyu Umar Yusuf and the Maigari of Lokoja, Alhaji Ibrahim Gambo Kabir Maikarfi on Saturday attended the wedding fatihah of the Shetima of Lokoja, Alhaji Muhammed Mabo Kasim’s daughter Rahamat Muhammed Kasim…
By Lami Ibrahim The Niger Delta Indigenous Movement For Radical Change (NDIMRC) has Congratulated the new Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Engr.Bashir Bayo Ojulari, Mr. Austin Avuru on his appointment as a Non-Executive Director representing the South-South geopolitical zone on the Board of the NNPCL and others just…
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…
