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The Nigerian military said it thwarted armed bandits attack on the Kaduna-Abuja and Kaduna-Zaria roads in the wee hours of Sunday, November 29 and early hours of Monday, November 30, 2020. This was contained in a report submitted to the Kaduna State government by the military on its recent operations in different locations in the…

Abubakar Shekau, leader of the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram, on Tuesday, revealed that the group killed 78 farmers and not 43. Boko Haram attacked the farmers who were harvesting rice at Zabarmari community, in Jere Local Government Area of Borno State at the weekend. Over 40 deaths were earlier reported and Governor Babagana Zulum…

The Federal Government Monday announced that aptitude tests for recruitment into Immigration Service and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps would be conducted on December 7th and 8th respectively. Over two million Nigerians applied for vacancies in the two Agencies under the Ministry of Interior. In a statement issued by the Director of Press…

The Chairman,Nigeria Labour Congress,Kogi State Chapter. Sir, STATE OF SALARY/PENSION PAYMENT AND SITUATION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT WORKS/ PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS/PENSIONERS IN KOGI STATE It is a fact well established that so much pains, suffering and hardship had accompanied the wicked regime of paying percentage monthly salaries and Pensions in the Local Government system. It is…

The death has occurred of t Madaki of Lokoja and Nakoji of Budon, Alhaji Aliyu Ahmadu Autanyaya. Autanyaya passed away today Monday 30, November 2020 at his kabala west residence,Kaduna. May Allah in His Infinite mercies forgive him all his shortcomings and reward him with Aljanat firdaus. Ameen

Zabarmari masacre : ‘Hands Tied, Throats Slit, Heads Cut Off And Placed On Bodies’ Two sons of Abubakar Yunus were among farmers working on their rice field in Zabarmari on Saturday morning when Boko Haram fighters stormed the community. The farmers were rounded up and marched to a different location 10km away and locked in…

There was a drama on Sunday in Sokoto State as suspected to be a kidnapper mistakenly boarded a commercial vehicle owned by one of his victims. According to a report published in a national daily, Daily Trust, the victim, a driver, was kidnapped along Kankara in Katsina state while returning from Kano about two months…

I, Alhaji Sulaiman Baba, the Daman of Lokoja(DANIYA)! on behalf of my entire family, Wish to express our profound gratitude to all that graced the wedding fatiha of my daughter,Maimuna Jummai Suleiman and her husband,Suleiman Titilope Hassan which took place on Saturday 28th, November 2020 in Lokoja. My profound gratitude goes first to HRH. The…

Managing Director of National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Chief George Moghalu on Saturday gave reasons why he was eyeing the governorship seat of Anambra state come 2021. Moghalu who is contesting the exalted seat under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), said he had already been blessed by God to correct certain anomalies…

By Musa Tanimu Nasidi Kogi state branch of the Hunters Group of Nigeria, (KSHGN), have arrested two kidnappers operating along Lokoja- Okene highway on Thursday morning. The kidnappers who were planning to attack passangers along the Lokoja-Okene road, met their waterloo when two of them were arrested . The KSHGN state Commander, Bature Inusa, led…