By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Senior Special Assistant on Grassroot Sensitization to the Executive Governor of Kogi State, Hon. Yussuff Bonanza, has faulted a report by Sahara Reporters alleging that heaps of refuse and waste have taken over Lokoja, describing the publication as misleading and inaccurate. Bonanza said the report only captured a section…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Osun State Police Command has arrested a serving member of the State House of Assembly, Honourable Abiola Ibrahim Inaolaji, alongside 146 suspected electoral mercenaries allegedly camped at his residence in Ikire. The lawmaker, who represents the Irewole/Isokan State Constituency, was reportedly arrested during a targeted police operation on Friday…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The National Vice Chairman of the Labour Party (LP) for the South-West, Abayomi Arabambi, has alleged discrepancies in the official records of the party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and threatened to institute legal action over the matter. Arabambi made the allegations while addressing journalists in Abuja, claiming that Obi’s…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Kogi State Council of Ulama’u has felicitated with Christians in the state on the occasion of this year’s Christmas celebration. The council in a statement in Lokoja on Tuesday also applauded the positive and sustained synergy between the Muslim and Christian faiths in the state. It said the love…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab A Frontline aspirant for the Kogi State House of Assembly representing Lokoja I Constituency, Muhammad Mikail (Ya’aba), officially submitted his letter of intent to contest under the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the Lokoja Local Government Secretariat on Friday, April 3, 2026. Accompanied by a large delegation of supporters and…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The ancient city of Lokoja was thrown into mourning today as the remains of Alhaji Isah Maliki Ndambabo, aged 92, were laid to rest at the Hangwan-Kura Muslim Cemetery according to Islamic rites. The respected elder, who died earlier in the day after a prolonged illness, was buried shortly after…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has narrated before Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, how former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele used three companies to pay N2.2 billion to buy a sprawling estate in the…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Vice-Chancellor of Prince Abubakar Audu University (PAAU), Anyigba, Professor Salisu Ogbo, has announced fresh measures to strengthen campus security, including the donation of two patrol vehicles to security agencies, following the recent killing of a student allegedly by suspected cultists. The development follows the death of Mr. David Ocholi…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Some residents of Sarkin-Noma, Lokoja, on Monday renewed appeals on the Kogi State and Federal Governments to fix roads and expand drains in the state to curb flooding. The residents, in separate interviews with NationalWatch Tv, spoke as an early downpour left several roads flooded, leading to gridlock as traders…
By Lami Ibrahim The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the party’s victories in by-elections held over the weekend as another solid endorsement of President Tinubu’s administration and its Renewed Hope Agenda designed to deliver by Nigerians. The APC said this while appreciating Nigerians for their decisive support which resulted in the massive triumph of…
