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…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Lokoja residents have taken to the streets to demand fair treatment from the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), threatening to escalate their protest to Abuja if their grievances are ignored. The demonstrators accuse the agency of sidelining locals in employment and awarding most contracts to outsiders, particularly indigenes of Osun State. Aggrieved…
By Lami Ibrahim Nigerians, on Friday, besieged the South West zonal office of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Yaba, Lagos to purchase 25kg rice launched by the service to reduce the soaring price of food in the country. The Comptroller General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, on Thursday, flagged off the distribution of the seized…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Lokoja Up-Garrage Command of the Vigilante Group of Nigeria has successfully apprehended two individuals suspected of goat theft in Lokoja. According to the Vigilante Group Commander, Danjuma Ibrahim, they were arrested on Tuesday night. The suspects, identified as Nda Joseph, aged 23, and Ahmed Yunusa, aged 35, both residents…
By Lami Ibrahim The death toll has risen to 209 lives lost to the Majia town tanker explosion that happened in Taura Local Government Area of Jigawa State. Chairman of the investigative committee, DIG Hafiz M. Inuwa (retd), disclosed these findings during the formal presentation of the committee’s report to Governor Umar Namadi. He said…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Business activities, human and vehicular traffic were disrupted in and around Obasanjo Square, Lokoja, the Kogi State capital on Tuesday morning as protesting Tricycle Owners Association of Nigeria (NOAN) took over major roads and streets of the city. They are demanding that the State government should sack the consultant handling…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Kogi State Council of Ulamau has called on the Muslim Ummah to remain committed to the service of Allah (SWT) and engage in good works that would earn them paradise in the hereafter. This was part of the resolutions reached at the end of the Council’s Annual State Expanded…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Grief and sorrow have enveloped Kupa community in Lokoja Local Government Area of Kogi State following the brutal killing of two policemen and a passerby by armed assailants. The attack, which has left families and residents in shock, saw the gunmen escape with the officers’ rifles after taking their lives…
By Lami Ibrahim Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo, has described the immediate past Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, as a “fantastic father and political mentor” whose leadership laid the foundation for inclusive development and people-centered governance in the state. Governor Ododo made this known on Tuesday during a stakeholders’ engagement at Idozumi, Bariki Ward in…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won the majority of seats in the by-elections held across 16 constituencies in 13 states on Saturday, while the African Democratic Congress (ADC) failed to secure any seat. Findings by NationalWatch Tv revealed that at press time, the APC won 12 seats, APGA two…
