By Muhammad Lawal The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has vowed to end the queues for Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, by Wednesday, as the black market for PMS boomed on Sunday. NNPC also declared that it did not owe international oil traders $6.8bn as claimed in some quarters, a development which some industry…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Alhaji Idris Abdulrahman Sofada has emerged as the Chairmanship candidate of the Social Democratic Party SDP in Lokoja Local Government Area Cross for the October 2024 council election. Sofada emerged through consensus in an exercise held at Adankolo Primary School in Lokoja on Saturday. The exercise, which involved 7 aspirants,…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab A Social Democratic Party (SDP), councilorship aspirant in Lokoja Ward ‘C’, Hon. Yahaya Bala Yusuf has raised the alarm over plans to impose a candidate on the SDP in the Ward. Yahaya, who accused the Lokoja local government chairman of the SDP, Danladi Abdulrahman of planning to foist an aspirant…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Ahead of the October 19, local government election in Kogi State, the council Chairmanship aspirant of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Barrister David Dugbayan in has promised to end rising insecurity and rebuild the councilâs ailing economy if elected into office. At an interactive session with newsmen shortly after his…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Umar Aisha, the All Progressives Congress, APC, Councilorship candidate for Lokoja Ward ‘E’ says she will empower women and ensure gender inclusion if elected. Aisha said this on Thursday shortly after her endorsement as the consensus councilorship candidate of Lokoja Ward’E’. She said the number of women in appointment positions…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Alhaji Aliyu Danladi Adamu, has emerged as the All Progressives Congress, APC, Councilorship candidate for Lokoja government Ward ‘D’. Adamu emerged as the consensus candidate at the partyâs primary held on Thursday in Lokoja. His opponents at the primary stepped down to pave the way for him as the partyâs…
As we are keenly looking forward to Supreme Court judgement on Kogi November 11/11/2023 gubernatorial election, the election that produce Alhaji Usman Ododo, members of the “Like Minds Alliance Pressure Group, Kogi State chapter has called on the political class to allow the judiciary to carry out its constitutional functions and should not blackmail or…
By Lami Ibrahim President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday received a vote of confidence from members of the Council of State, comprising former Presidents and past Heads of State, as well as former Chief Justices of the Federation. Tuesdayâs Council of State meeting is the first presided by Tinubu since he assumed office. The Council members…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Lokoja Forum of Patriots (LFP), is set to host the fifth edition of Lokoja Boat Regatta. The festival, which commenced in 2017, has become an annual event, during which communities showcases their cultural endowments to the outside world. The LFP Chairman, Alhaji Idris Baba’Ango, disclosed this at a stakeholders…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab A front line and leading aspirant for the forthcoming Local Government election under the Social Democratic Party SDP, Chief Ben Ayo Abereoron has picked his nomination form to contest for the chairmanship of Mopamuro Local Government. Abereoron, who is also Alara of Kabba, Ijumu and Mopamuro, while picking the form…
