Remembering An Icon: Late Alhaji Aliyu Ahmadu Autanyaya( The Nakorji of Budon and Madaki of Lokoja),1935-2020.

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…

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LG Poll: Lokoja APC Flags Off Campaign, Endorses Bello For President

 Lokoja Local GovermentAll Progressive Congress( APC) on Thursday ,flagged off its Campaign ahead of December 12,2020 local government election,with a called on Governor Yahaya Bello to contest for the 2023 presidential election. Former speaker Kogi state house of Assembly,Rt Hon. Abdulrahman Dangana,who spoke on behalf of former and present serving members from the area, said…

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Wedding Invitation

The fimilies of Late Alhaji Sidi Aliyu Suleiman (Nagya of Budon) And that of Late Mallam Muhamnmad Nakodi, Cordially invite the general public to the wedding fatiha of their children: Mobammad Sani Aliyu (Hon) and Aisha Mubammad (Nabila) Which would take place on the 5th of December 2020 at Kparoka Behind Former People’s Bank,Lokoja ….

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When Aregbesola is the victim

When Aregbesola is the victim By Sola Fasure I cannot just begin to imagine the motivation of Zainab Suleiman Okino seeing her vitriol, extreme passion (albeit misplaced) and the bile in her piece in Premium Times titled ‘Aregbesola: A Godfather’s Excesses’. She tried to cast the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, as an overbearing…

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Crisis rocks Kano PDP, as two factions differ in LG election

Another faction of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Kano State has expressed readiness to participate in the forthcoming Local Government elections scheduled for January 2020. Kano Focus reports that the state Interim Chairman of the faction, Muhammina Lamido announced this while briefing newsmen on Wednesday in Kano. On Tuesday, the Kwankwasiyya faction of the…

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