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The Director of Local Administration,Lokoja Local Government, Engineer Muhammad Farouk Danladi has approved the appointment of Muhammed Maikarfi Usman( Nalado) as the Secretary to the Lokoja Local Government Traditional Council. This was contained in a statement signed by Mr Shuiabu Adoga, onbehalf of the Head of Local Government Administration and made available to journalists in…
By Samson Atek’ojo, That thugs are an element and organ of the present administration in Kogi State is no new story. There are highly sponsored and patronised to a large extent, that they are ready to strike at the command of their paymaster. There is no gainsaying discussing about their heinous activities in the last…
Kogi NGO Network, KONGONET, has condemned in all ramification the attacked on the Federal Medical Centre Lokoja by hoodlums on Wednesday. Recall that, hoodlums numbering about fifty invaded the premises of the hospital at about 8am, armed with dangerous weapons and chasing away patients. Sources said the hoodlums went to the administrative block of the…
Federal Government has vowed to fish out criminal elements who attacked the Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, who is also the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, made the vow at the daily press briefing by the PTF in Abuja on Thursday. Mustapha,…
Former member Representing Lokoja 1 Constituency at the KGHA, Hon. Sulaiman Babadoko, has described the death of foremost legal luminary and Chief Judge of Kogi State,Hon.Justice Nasir Ajanah as an irreparable loss to Kogi State as and the country in general. In condolence message,the former lawnmaker described Ajanah as a honest and man of many…
Doctors at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Lokoja, embarked on an indefinite strike. This was made known in a communique issued on Wednesday in Lokoja,. According to the communique,the Doctors said their lives were being threatened because of what they described as” poor”Rising management of the Covid-19 pandemic in the state. They added that they…
By Abdulslimzy Mayaki The Senior Special Adviser to Kogi state Governor on Water Resources Hon. Bin-Ebaiya Shehu Tijjani (BEST) commended the Government of Kogi State led by his Excellency Governor Yahaya Adoza Bello for their commitment and unending support in the areas of solving the water challenges in Lokoja Local Government area and Kogi state…
Many have written about the political prowess of the Abubakar Audu dynasty and its organisational astuteness as ably now represented by the son of the late politician, Prince Shuaib Abubakar Audu. One may be tempted to join the hordes of commentators but I will rather concentrate on this aspect of his life which fascinates me…
—As state Govt reacts, says violence ensues between medical staff and patients relations Gunmen, on Wednesday, attacked the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Lokoja, Kogi state, and disrupted a COVID-19 planned press conference. According to a reliable source, the hospital had scheduled a media briefing for the day to demand a COVID-19 screening centre in…
Most Rev. Ignatius Kaigama, the Archbishop of Abuja Catholic Archdiocese, has said perpetrators of rape should face the full wrath of the law to serve as deterrent to others. Kaigama, made the call in at Charles Lwanga Parish, Apo Abuja, also urged Nigerians to pray for the victims of sexual crimes. He said while we…
