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…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Some prominent Islamic clerics and dignitaries on Saturday gathered in Inuwa Lange Street, Lokoja, the Kogi State capital for the Fidau prayers of late Ustaz Haliru Inuwa, who died on Wednesday, Dec.15. The clerics included Chief Imam of Lokoja, Sheikh Aminu Shaban, Ustaz Abubakar Adamu and Sheikh Abu Bilal, Chief…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Rising up from an urgent meeting in Abuja on Friday, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has fixed January 27 and February 1, 2022 for massive protests nationwide against Federal Government’s plan to remove fuel subsidy. A communique issued at the end of the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting was signed…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab President Muhammadu Buhari has restated his commitment to giving his best to Nigerians until May 29, 2023. He spoke in Instanbul, the Turkish capital, on Friday while responding to tribute and special birthday celebration organised by members of his delegation. The President spoke on the heels of a comment by…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Northern Governors Forum has described President Muhammadu Buhari as a man of integrity. The governors stated this as they felicitate with the President on his 79th birthday. Chairman of the Forum and Governor of Plateau State, Simon Bako Lalong said Buhari is a leader with patriotic zeal to develop…