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By Alfaki Musa Several countries formally presented their goodwill messages and letters of support and solidarity to President Bola Tinubu at the Abuja Presidential Village on Monday. The letters were delivered to the president by the countries’ special envoys and heads of mission after his inauguration as Nigeria’s 16th president. Countries include the United Kingdom,…

By Aliyu Abdulwahid An investigation into the death of five Kogi State citizens whose car plunged into a canal on Friday has been launched by the state government. Kingsley Fanwo, the State Commissioner for Information and Communications, in a statement in Lokoja on Monday, explained that the victims plunged into the canal of Omi Dam…

By News Desk security agents have arrested a man who attempted to approached president Tinubu on the podium during his inaugural speech at eagle square, Abuja on Monday The young man breached the protocol by climbing the podium in an attempt to hand over a letter to President Bola Tinubu. The man, whose identity could…

By Musa Tanimu Nasidi The Dan Darma of Lokoja,Barr Naseer Ahmed, on Monday congratulated President Bola Tinubu on his successful inauguration as Nigeria’s new president. The APC chieftain’s congratulatory message is contained in a statement he personally signed and made available to Newsmen in Abuja. He also felicitated Nigerians on the successful completion of the…

Senator Representing Kogi West in the 9th National Assembly that is winding down, Smart Adeyemi has urged the President Elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to champion the cause of debt forgiveness for third world countries He said Nigeris should not be allowed to collapse because of debts the money of which was embezzled. He also urged…

By News Desk In an unexpected turn of events, Dr Adah Obekpa, a Nigerian medical practitioner based in the United States, has initiated a legal move to stall the impending presidential inauguration scheduled for Monday Dr Obekpa filed a motion on with the Supreme Court of Nigeria, urging a delay in the inauguration until the…

By Our Correspondent The Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, has accused the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, of demanding $2million bribe from him. In an interview with BBC Hausa Service monitored by Theanalyst.ng  Correspondent in Lokoja,Matawalle also said he has evidence against the EFCC boss, insisting that Bawa…

By Aliyu Abdulwahid He Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the president-elect, Bola Tinubu, and his party, the Congress of All Progressives (APC), opposed this Thursday a call for the live transmission of the proceedings of the Presidential Election Petition Court. The opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar, who are jointly…

By news Desk The Kogi Government says all is set for the restoration of pumping of potable water to residents of Lokoja Metropolis soonest. Mr Abdulmumuni Danga, State Commissioner for Water Resources, made the pledge while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja on Tuesday. The Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Kogi…

By Alfaki Musa President-elect, Bola Tinubu’s spokesman in the south east, Dr. Josef Onoh, has charged the Department for State Security (DSS) to ensure Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN) Dr. Godwin Emefiele does not leave Nigeria for any study leave abroad. Allegation of Emefiele’s planned study leave abroad surfaced over the weekend with…