By Lami Ibrahim Five people have been confirmed dead and over 70 vehicles burnt in the tanker explosion at the Eleme section on the East-West Road in Rivers State on Friday night. An eyewitness who gave his name as Baridi said the incident followed a petrol-laden tanker which collided with a heavy-duty truck, spilling its…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Ohimegye Igu of Koton-Karfe and Chairman, Lokoja/Kogi Local Government Areas Traditional Council, Alhaji (Dr.) Saidu Akawu Salihu, has turbaned twenty five indigenes of the Emirate, charging them to be good ambassadors wherever they are. The monarch who stated this at his palace in Koton-Karfe during the turbaning of the…
… Describes turbaned title holders as people trusted,with proven integrity By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Ohimegye Igu of Koton-Karfe and Chairman Lokoja/Kogi Local Government Areas Traditional Council Alhaji (Dr.) Saidu Akawu Salihu has been praised for his commitment to uniting the people of his Kingdom. The Kogi State Commissioner For Solid Minerals and Natural…
By Musa Usman Malomo There was pandemonium on Tuesday morning as Dana Air overshot the runway on landing at the local wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. It was gathered that the plane on landing at the Lagos Airport RW18L, skidded off the runway probably due to poor braking action and flooded runway….
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Residents of Koton-Karfe in Kogi Local Government Area have expressed discontent over the way Shaibu Abdullahi Alkowel, former legislative aide to late Buba Jibril handle the uncomplited Ultra Modern General Hospital in Koto since the death of his boss six years ago. They alleged that Abdullahi who has personalized the…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Ohimegye Igu of Koton-Karfe and Chairman Lokoja/Kogi Local Government Area Traditional Council, Alhaji (Dr.) Saidu Akawu Salihu, has condemned the nonchalant attitude of people to government property and the continued misuse of state and national assets to achieve selfish gains. He said government was spending huge funds to fix…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The member representing Lokoja/Kogi Federal Constituency, Hon. Sulaiman Danladi Aguye, on Monday said that all late Hon. Buba Jibril constituency projects abandoned by contractors would be completed by his administration for public use in a bid to put an end to the ugly trend of project abandonment in the federal…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Stakeholders and religious leaders from Kabawa community in Lokoja have paid a thank you visit to His Royal Highness the Maigari of Lokoja, Alhaji Ibrahim Kabir Maikarfi IV over the conferment of traditional title of Tsonfadan Lokoja on Alhaji Ibrahim Danladi Sulaiman a.k.a Barazana. Speaking on behalf of the delegation…
*** As new Tsonfadan pledges to render selfless service By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab His Royal Highness, the Maigari of Lokoja Alhaji Ibrahim Kabir Maikarfi IV on Monday conferred the traditional title of Tsonfadan of Lokoja on Alhaji Ibrahim Danladi Sulaiman a.k.a Barazana. Delivering the letter of appointment, Lokoja Emirate delegation leader, Alhaji Danbaba Gwadabe…
Musa Usman Malomo A middle age man whose identity is yet to be ascertained has been electrocuted while trying to vandalise the BEDC Electricity Plc’s transformer along Airport Road in Benin City, Edo State. The deceased has succeeded in cutting some of the cables before he got electrocuted. The incident which happened at the early…
