By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Federal Government has said it has digitalised payments for Nigerian Passports, advising citizens to avoid patronising touts and unscrupulous officials when applying for the documents. This was disclosed by the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, during the rollout of the Enhanced e-Passport with Polycarbonate Data Page and other security…
By Our Reporter The notorious bandit leader, Bello Turji, is reportedly ‘incapacitated’ after sustaining severe injuries when military fighter jets raided his hideouts and bandits camps in the North-West. The attack jets of the Air Task Force, (ATF), Operation Hadin Kai, also killed several bandits in the raid carried out at some forests in Zamfara…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Some road users in Cantonment Street, Lokoja on Sunday commended the member representing Lokoja/Kogi Federal Constituency, Hon. Barrister Shaba Ibrahim, for erecting street lights in the area, to tackle insecurity and boost economic activities at night. The road users in Cantonment Street, Lokoja, in an interviews with Nationalwatch lauded the…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab A political pressure group, Kogi APC Youth Vanguard in Kogi Local Government Area has commended the Senator representing Kogi West, Senator Smart Adeyemi, for quality representation in the Senate. Alhaji Usman Yahaya, Chairman of the group, gave the commendation in an interview with NationalWatch in Lokoja, on Sunday. According to…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Kogi State Referees Council is organizing a one-day seminar for coaches, footballers, state referees, club supporters and other stakeholders on new amendments in the laws of the game. A statement signed by Engr. S.S. Bello said the seminar will bring sports professionals, experts and administrators together to discuss role of…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab An ally of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), Senator Mohammed Saleh, and some supporters of former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, under the aegis of The Disciples of Jagaban, on Saturday began mobilising support for Tinubu’s rumoured presidential ambition. They also sensitised voters in the north to…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab No fewer than 6,000 residents of Lokoja local government area have benefitted from the food items donated by the Minister of State for Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, for Christian families. Presenting the items on behalf of the Minister to the ten Ward Chairmen at the party…
By Our Reporter A Medical Doctor with the Federal Medical Centre Lokoja, Baoku Olusola has visited all the orphanage homes in lokoja Kogi State to celebrate Christmas with the children. Dr. Baoku is a beneficiary of the grant by league of Friends, Prof Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), for his regular free medical outreaches to the masses….
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Yahaya Bello, the Governor of Kogi State, has said that no criminal seeking safe haven in the state would leave the state alive. The governor said this in Lokoja on Saturday when he played host to Chairman of Yagba West Local Government Area, Pius Kolawole. Kolawole came to brief the…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab A High Court sitting in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has reaffirmed the sack of the executive of a faction of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Kano State loyal to Governor Abdullahi Ganduje. The court had on 30 November sacked the APC factional exco loyal to Mr Ganduje and…