By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa state has urged the intending pilgrims from the state to be law- abiding and sound moral behavior while they are at the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for this year’s hajj exercise. He stated this Tuesday during farewell address to the state’s intending pilgrims in Lafia….
By Lami Ibrahim Rivers State Government is under a debt burden imposed by the soaring cost of projects initiated by my predecessor, Governor Siminalayi Fubara said yesterday. He said many contractors were demanding for outstanding payments running to billions of naira, which former Governor Nyesom Wike could not redeem before handing over last year. The…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab An articulated Sharon bus carrying 11 passengers lost control and crashed into a shop situated at Obasanjo Square on Tuesday in Lokoja the Kogi State capital. The accident happened around 1.20 p.m. on Murtala Muhammed Way Lokoja. Investigations conducted by National Watch Tv revealed that the Sharon carrying 11 passengers…
By Lami Ibrahim The Federal Capital Territory Police Command on Monday paraded 12 suspected criminals, who were arrested for various crimes across the nation’s capital. The FCT Commissioner of Police, CP Beneath Igweh who addressed the press at the command, said nine of the suspects were members of ‘one chance’ syndicate, causing chaos in the…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has said he will set up a panel of inquiry to look into the affairs of governance in the state. Fubara disclosed this during the swearing-in and administration of the oath of office on Dagogo Iboroma, SAN, as the Attorney General of the state and…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, on Monday, concluded the hearing of the petition filed by the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and its governorship candidate, Murtala Ajaka, to challenge the victory of Governor Usman Ododo, who was declared the winner of the keenly contested November 2023…
By Lami Ibrahim The Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, has shut down the headquarters of Jos Electricity Distribution Company, JEDC, in Plateau State over the electricity tariff hike. It was gathered that the labour union blocked the main gate of the company, leaving the staff of DisCo stranded outside the main building. NLC and Trade Union…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Speaker Kogi State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Umar Yusuf Aliyu, the Caretaker Committee Chairman of Lokoja Local Government Area, Hon. Abdullahi Adamu, and other dignitaries were on Sunday at Alhaji Dantala Muhammed Salisu Aliyu’s twins naming ceremony in Lokoja Aliyu, is a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab There was jubilation across Lokoja community on Saturday, as Hon. Danladi Sulaiman Aguye, member representing Lokoja/Kogi Federal Constituency at the National Assembly lit up Mallam Babatunde Junction to Karaworo streets in Lokoja with the installation of Solar Street Lights. Aguye began the installation of the street lights in Lokoja old…
By Musa Usman Malomo A former National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New People’s Democratic Party, nPDP, Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has said the defection of 27 lawmakers loyal to the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Minister, Nyesom Wike, strengthens signals that the former Governor is fast forwarding towards retrenchment. In a statement made available to the…
