By Dada Ahmed in Lokoja. Photo credit:Ope.news. The joy of 30 children in Kogi state was cut short on Monday when a hit and run tipper driver rammed his his vehicle into their 60-year-old father,Abdulsalam Ibrahim and his passenger and killed them instantly. The Reporters gathered that Ibrahim,a commercial motorcyclist, met his tragic death…
By Dada Ahmed. The Niger State pilgrims have been urged to remain good ambassadors of the State while in Madina. This is contained in a statement signed by Hassan D Idris, Chief Information Officer, Niger State Pilgrims Welfare Board and a copy made available to The Reporters in Lokoja on Monday. The Executive Secretary of…
From Saudi Arabia. Representatives of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), led by Director, Adminstration and Human Resources, Dr Ibrahim Sodangi, met with representatives of the Company for the Mutawwifs of Non-Arab African countries (Mu’assasa) to reconcile the Masha’ir feeding arrangement. It would be recalled that many complaints followed this year’s feeding in Muna…
From Abuja. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has extended its over five months rollover strike by another four weeks with effect from Monday, 1st August. The President of ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke announced this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. According to him, the one-month extension was to give Government more time…
A monkey clapped its hands as it watched the elephant and the hippo fighting. One of the legs of the hippo was eventually broken. So the medicine man said he needed the organs of a monkey to prepare the medicine. When the monkey was caught and told the reason, he sadly said, I would have…
By Dada Ahmed in Lokoja. Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state has directed the suspension of the Ohi of Eganyi and Chairman, Ajaokuta Traditional Area Council, HRH Alhaji Musa Isah Achuja with immediate effect. The suspension is contained in a statement signed by the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary,Onogwu Muhammed in Lokoja. The governor’s directive, Muhammed…
By Dada Ahmed in Lokoja. Photo credit:, ThoughtCo. Consumers of electricity in Lokoja, Kogi State on Sunday, expressed joy, following improved energy supply by Abuja Electricity Distribution Company(AEDC). Those who spoke with our Correspondent on the development in separate interview described it as a cheering news and expressed hope that it would be…
Kogi State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mr Kingsley Fanwo, has assured the people of the State that Radio Kogi will come back stronger as digital transmitters ordered for the station have arrived the country. Fanwo stated this on Saturday while reacting to a news publication concerning the inability of the corporation to come back…
