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Motorists plying the Abuja/Lokoja highway can now heave a sigh of relief following the deadly blow dealt to kidnappers and criminal elements that have been terrorizing travelers on that axis for sometimes now. Men of the Nigerian Army from the 177 Battalion and the Army Records Lokoja with supports from local vigilantes have cleared the…
A 27-years-old farmer, Abraham Alamu, is now in the net of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Oyo State Command over alleged murder . Oyo state NSCDC Commandant, Alhaji Iskilu Akinsanya stated this while speaking on the activities of the command. According to the NSCDC Commandant, the farmer, a native of Ogbomoso South…
Ahead of the October 10 governorship election in Ondo State, Dr Jimoh Ibrahim on Friday officially dumped the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, for the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Ibrahim also donated 20 Kia Picanto cars to Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu APC candidate toward his re-election campaign. Mr Ibrahim,…
Dear NUJ President, My recent verbal altercation with a member of your union, who is the Cross River State Correspondent of Daily Trust newspaper during a Press Conference I addressed in Calabar refers. I wish to convey my regrets to the reporter for my response to him and I also wish to express my regrets…
Two can play the game. That should sum up the politicking surrounding the disinvitation of Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, for the 2020 annual general conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) where he was to be a guest speaker. If he was “cancelled” simply because of the allegations that he does not…
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Cross River State Council has blacklisted the State Government (Cross River) from any media coverage by all members of union in the state. The union in a communiqué issued at the end of an emergency congress of the state council held on Thursday, August 27, 2020, at the Ernest…
The Dokaji of Lokoja, Engineer Kilani Hassan on Friday, vowed that he’ll continued to serve humanity and promote Islam..Kilani stated this while receiving the Lokoja Indigenous Newspaper Publishers/Bloggers award of excellence, Promoter of Islam and development of Lokoja. Kilani who was represented by Alhaji Ibrahim Sala’u, reiterated his desire to ensure that Lokoja and the…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Chief Executive Officers for nine of the agencies under the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture. This was contained in a statement signed by Segun Adeyemi,Special Assistant to the President (Media)Office of the Minister of Information and Culture and made available to newsmen in Abuja. According to…
*** Conferred With Award Of Patronship Fresh accolade has come the way of His Royal Majesty, the Ohimege Igu of Koton- Karfe, Alhaji Abdulrazaq-Isa Koto, following the award of the most innovative traditional ruler in Kogi State bestowed on him by the Lokoja Indigenous Newspaper Publishers and Bloggers, (LINPB), of the Kogi State Council of…
President Muhammadu Buhari’s aide, Bashir Ahmad, has reacted to the viral video of Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Aviation Minister who verbally assaulted a Daily Trust reporter, Charles Eyo. Fani-Kayode in the video could be heard raining insults on Eyo over his choice of question, while disclosing that he has a short fuse. The incident which…
