By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Residents of Karaworo street, in Lokoja the Kogi State capital were on Wednesday morning shocked that a day-old-baby boy dumped in a gutter by unwanted mother was found alive, hale and hearty. According to eye witness account, the incident which occurred at Karaworo near Kutepa Juma’at Mosque, said, the mother…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Fear gripped many when police officers on Tuesday fired teargas in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja during what the #fearlessOctober protest against hardship and poverty. According to eyewitnesses, policemen reportedly fired canisters who scampered to safety in Jabi and Utako environs. Details shortly… Watch Video Here …
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab In a bid to alleviate the suffering of the less privileged, a non-governmental organisation NGO in collaboration with IBI Foundation dedicated to supporting underprivileged communities, Mohab People’s Care Foundation on Tuesday provided food items and groceries to students of Lokoja School for the Deaf and Special Needs at Zango. Presenting…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Residents of Lokoja, the Kogi State capital are lamenting over epileptic electricity supply, which according to them, is hampering economic activities. They also called for the immediate sack of the Kogi Zone Chief Business Officer (CBO), Mr. Olaseni Agunpopo, which according to them is the brain behind the epileptic power…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Residents along the banks of Rivers Niger and Benue in Lokoja are apprehensive as the river has overflown its banks. The residents are also disturbed by the recent report of the opening of Lagdo Dam, that is now filled to capacity. Already some buildings and farmlands along the river had been…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab A lion at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, has killed its handler identified as Babaji Daule. The library is one of the legacies of global statesman, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, a one-time Nigerian Head of State and twice elected President. Nationalwatch Tv learnt the victim’s body has…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab 53-year-old woman, Easter Williams Ojuekaiye, sister in-law of the Katika of Lokoja, Alhaji Bala Salisu has converted from Christianity to Islam. In an interview at the Chief Imam of Lokoja, Sheikh Aminu Shaban’s Mosque in Hangwar Fawa street, Lokoja, shortly after her conversation to Islam by the Imam of the…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Gabi of Lokoja, Alhaji Sulaiman Baba-Ali, today, visited the Katika of Lokoja, Alhaji Bala Salisu, over the death of his wife, Aishat Mojisola. Baba-Ali, who arrived at Salisu’s GRA residence in Lokoja at 12:30 pm., expressed sadness over the death of the traditional title holder’s wife. Nationalwatch Tv reports…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab It was a gathering of ‘who is who’ in Kogi State and beyond, Saturday, at Maigari of Lokoja Palace, as dignitaries from all walks of life gathered to witness the wedding fathia of the daughter of Musa Nagidi, the Kigudu of Lokoja and retired Assistant Comptroller of Immigration Service. The Kigudu…
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…
