Opinion

Hamisu, popularly known as Wadume, had in his statement identified his accomplices, including 10 soldiers and two policemen.ious decision of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, (SAN), to drop charges against 10 soldiers in the case involving an alleged Taraba State kidnapping kingpin, Bala Hamisu, could be described as a…

By Toyin Kamadeen While we await the verdict of the Kogi West Election Tribunal, it will never be out out place to say that this victory will just like the one that was recorded at the poll in the November Election rerun, favour the candidature of the people’s owns choice in the person of very…

Our history is replate with so much revisionism. According to available records, the Kwararafa Empire collapsed at the tail end of the 10th Century. The Empire collapsed when the mighty army of the Kingdom defeated then at the Inachalo war which freed other tribes that occupied the Confluence of Rivers Niger and Benue. This resulted…

The forgotten cradle of Egbira civilization. It is basically a fishing and farming community, which also had a rich history of iron smelting. But a title holder in the Igwu kingdom said “nobody wants to be a blacksmith these days,” so the huge deposits of iron ore beneath the foothills remain largely untapped. Sadly, their…

By Aminu Isa For the past three days the social media landscape have been awash with news about the ceding of Ajaokuta, Lokoja and Kotonkarfe areas to the Attah Igala through a Federal High Court judgment. The case was said to have been instituted by the Attah of  Igala against the Federal and Kogi state…

Mr President, I regret that there are no kind or gentle words to tell you that your skewed appointments into the offices of the federal government, favoring some and frustrating others, shall bring ruin and destruction to this nation. BY ABUBAKAR DANGIWA UMAR MAY 31, 2020 Muhammadu Buhari,  President,Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces,Federal Republic of Nigeria….

By: Farouq N Musa Protocols I write with tears in my eyes and pains in my heart. You may wonder why? I am a bonafide citizen of Lokoja where my placenta was buried. Today I opened my heart and all I see was a black hole, Lokoja is getting darker, and the heart of the…

By Malam Abdulmalik Suleiman As the exploitative government of APC in Kogi State continue unabated, many are asking why the likes of Chief Saidu Akawu Salihu SAS is yet to be considered for Federal appointment by Gov. Yahaya Bello. SAS, a pillar who has hugely contributed and more significantly to the progress of the party…

!DAS FINE His name was Umar Ibrahim Dasuki-Das-Dodi. He was my friend and tragically, we lost him today, Tuesday , 26 May, 2020. Dasuki, also popularly known as Das, was a jolly good fellow, a practicing muslim, a devoted family man, an astute politician, a hardworking businessman and a fellow Kogite who loved the state…

By: Farouq N Musa. Greetings. It is with great enthusiasm and unbridled love for Lokoja as a Bonafied Lokoja Indigene that I decide to write on the above subject matter that is of uttermost importance and too substantial to be ignored, and as a figure willing to use every resources at his disposal to drive…