Opinion

Again, Danko Development Forum, Lokoja, a renowned socio-cultural forum, whose fame is manifested from its profound contributions to science education and primary health care, is preparing to handover a yet another painstaking project to GGSS Sarkin Noma. Sarkin Noma is a suburb in Lokoja, along Lokoja – Abuja road that is visibly distant from basic…

By Danko Development Forum, (DDF) Lokoja Yet again, the ancient city of Lokoja was thrown into mourning, as one of its illustrious sons; Dr. Godwin Thomas Ndaman Ajakpo, Galadiman Lakwaja, bid the world a farewell on Friday, December 18, 2020. His demise has created another huge vacuum towards the development of the ancient town. A…

Professor Olayemi Akinwumi PhD, FHSN, AvHF, MNAL is a Distinguished Professor of History at Nasarawa State University,Keffi,  Nigeria since 2005. He had his higher education at the University of Ilorin where he obtained his Bachelor’s degree in 1985 followed by Master’s and PhD degrees in History in the same university.  He is a Fellow of…

The Executive Director in charge of Risk Management, Keystone Bank and Sadauna of Kakanda,Alhaji Tijjani Aliyu, was on Saturday 13, December 2020 honoured with Award of Excellence/ Humanitarian by Lokoja Indigenous Newspapers Publishers and Bloggers (LINPB). The Award was presented by the vice Chairman of Nuj Kogi state Council, Comrade Abubakar Sulaiman on behalf of…

:PROTOCOL APG! PROGRESS, PROGRESS, APG! I wish to welcome you all to this year’s end of year party, Award day and lauching our maiden almanac we thank almighty God for taken us this far and all praises and adoration to him. Amalgamated progressive group (APG) was established in the year 2010 by likemind, friends and…

Nigeria Governors forum (NGF) is reportedly planning to borrow the sum of N17 trillion from the pension fund for infrastructural development. A communique from the 22nd NGF  teleconference meeting said the forum was adopting a proposal by the National Economic Council (NEC) ad hoc committee on leveraging a portion of accumulated pension funds for investment….

By Aminu Isa On the 30th November, 2020 ,the death was announced of Alh. Aliyu Ahmadu Autanyaya, the Nakorji of Budon and Madaki of Lokoja. Alh.Autanyaya is a household name among the Kakanda,Lokoja community, the Tijaniya brotherhood and Kogi state especially in the politics of third and earlier parts of the Fourth republic. Born into…

AGE LONG SMOOTH SUCCESSION PROCESS TO ATTAH IGALA STOOL COMES UNDER PRESSURE AS APPARENT HEIR TO THE THRONE EMERGES. By Ukpachi Egwudu. The tradition and process of succession to the throne of Attah Igala, the paramount ruler of the Igala people found majorly in Kogi State and at least seven other states in Nigeria considered…

Reactions Throughout the U.S. After Biden Wins Presidential Race in Unprecedented Election It all finally caught up to him. The lies, the outrageous boasts, the disorder and disastrous management, the rants and the race-baiting, the predatory instincts and compulsion to dominate—all the things that made President Donald Trump the ringmaster of the American political circus…

☰ The hypocrite minimises his own flaws and makes allowances for imperfections while homing in on and exaggerating the problems of another. We have an even distribution of hypocrites among all sections of the country. But I think there is a more bubbling joint of whited sepulchres in the south-east. Yes, a host of people…