By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Lokoja Forum of Patriots (LFP), on Tuesday met with critical stakeholders to conclude arrangements for the Lokoja Boat Regatta, scheduled to hold on Saturday, October 12, 2024. Addressing the stakeholders in a meeting held at Lokoja Local Government Council Hall on Tuesday, the LFP Regatta Coordinator, Nnda Umar, said,…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The much awaited Lokoja Boat Regatta that converges Lokojans home and abroad is billed to hold on Saturday, October 12, 2024 at the John Holt, Kpata Market, Lokoja with the theme âCelebrating the Aquatic Splendor of Lokojaâ. According to the organizers of the Lokoja Boat Regatta, the Lokoja Forum of…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab A housewife who threw her newly born baby boy in a gutter in Lokoja has been arrested by Karaworo residents in Lokoja and handed over to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) yesterday. For dumping her new baby boy in a gutter, the middle aged woman is now…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab A 19-year-old man, Abba Yusuf, has allegedly killed his 60-year-old  father, Alhaji Dahiru Yusuf Maileather, in the Sarkin-Noma area of Lokoja, the Kogi State capital. An eyewitness told Nationalwatch Tv that the incident happened at the weekend at Sarkin-Noma quarters at about 8.30 p.m. when Dahiru Yusuf was stabbed to death…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Action Peoples Party, APP, has won all the 22 local government area Chairmanship seats in Rivers State announced by the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC, out of the 23 LGAs of the state. APP has been declared winners while collation is still ongoing in Etche Local Government Area….
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The remains of Alhaji Salihu Muhammed Mairago, on Saturday morning were laid to rest at Adankolo Muslim Cemetery. The late Mairago, who was a Cheiftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Kogi State joined his ancestors at the age of 53, early hours of today after a brief illness….
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Policemen deployed in the office of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RISIEC) have been chased away by crowd of persons around the facility ahead of the controversial local government elections billed for Saturday. It was not certain who sent the police detachment to the facility around 1am on Friday since the police said…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has barred the Directorate of Road Traffic Services and Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIO) from confiscating or imposing fines on motorists. The court, in a judgement that was delivered by Justice Nkeonye Maha, held that no law empowered the VIO to stop, impound, confiscate, seize…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Wanted bandit kingpin, Bello Turji, has dared the security forces, saying he is not afraid to be killed. He, however, called for dialogue with the federal government to end armed violence in Zamfara State. Turji, who is among the 43 terrorists in the North West declared wanted by the Defence…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab At least 16 persons were buried at Gbajibo Community in Mokwa Local Government Area of Niger State yesterday, following a passenger boat mishap. It was gathered that the boat, which had about 300 people on board capsized, just a short distance from the victimsâ destination. Except a few passengers, majority…
