By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo, has said the state government would support the rebuilding of the GSM village at Kpata in Lokoja, the state capital, ravaged by fire on Thursday, to enable victims of the fire disaster to have their sources of livelihood restored. Ododo gave the assurance on Thursday…
The Chairman, Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited (TSSNL) and the Ibe-Ebidouwei of Ijaw Nation, High Chief (Dr) Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo (aka Tompolo) has hailed President Ahmed Bola Tinubu for signing the Act establishing the Nigeria Maritime University, Okerenkoko, Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State, saying the signing has given full legal backing to…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Twenty students on Sunday graduated from Isah Kutepa Memorial Islamic School, Mudarasatul Isah Kutepa Attizkariyya Al-Islamiyya, during the school’s sixth graduation Walima in Lokoja. Chairman of the school’s management committee, Imam Yahya Abubilat, said all the graduates were found worthy in character as well as learning and will be expected…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Maigari of Lokoja, His Royal Highness, Alhaji Ibrahim Gambo Kabir Maikarfi IV, represented by the Rogan of Eggan, Muhammad Alhassan, on Thursday commissioned the newly renovated Police Area Commander’s Office in Lokoja, renovated by the Kutepa Outreach. Speaking at the ceremony, the Maigari’s representative conveyed the appreciation of HRH…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab It was yet another round of commendations and eulogies for the late Mojisola Aishat Bala Salisu, wife of a former chairman of Lokoja Local Government Council, Alhaji Bala Salisu, as politicians and religious leaders paid glowingly tributes to the life and times of the late Moji. The tributes were made…
By Lami Ibrahim The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Kabiru Tanimu Turaki (SAN), has announced that the first Inaugural National Executive Committee (NEC) Meeting under his leadership will hold tomorrow, Tuesday, November 18, at the party’s national secretariat, Wadata Plaza, Abuja. Dr. Turaki made the declaration on Monday while addressing journalists…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Lokoja Forum of Patriots (LFP) has extended its heartfelt condolences to the Kakanda people following the painful death of the Agankyu of Kakanda Kingdom, HRH Alhaji Muhammad Sani Gimba, whose passing has thrown the entire community into deep mourning. In a condolence message signed by its Chairman, Alhaji Idris…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Madaki of Bassa-Nge and Executive Director of the Kogi State Oil Producing Area Development Commission (KOSOPADEC), Engr. Nda Usman Muhammed, has joined the people of Bassa-Nge in mourning the passing of their revered monarch, His Royal Majesty, Alhaji Dr. Abu Ali Mopa III. In a statement made available to…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab As part of efforts by the Kogi State Government to cushion the effect of water scarcity, occasioned by the ongoing maintenance work on the Greater Lokoja Water Works, Kogi State Government has commenced free supply of portable water to residents of Lokoja using water tankers on daily basis. At Angwan…
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…
