Month: July 2018
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Drug Abuse: NGO Embarks On Sensitisation Campaign
By Steve Oni, Ilorin In its determination to tame the rising cases of drug abuse among Nigerian youths, a Non Governmental Organisation, the Grassroots Aide Initiatives, has embarked on awareness campaign programmes to educate Secondary School students on dangers of illicit drugs. Leading the sensitisation campaign to Jalala Junior Secondary School, University of Ilorin premises…
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KWSG Urged To Expedite Action On Completion Of Trailer Park In Ilorin
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Kwara State Government has been urged to expedite action on the completion of its ongoing Trailer Park at Oko Olowo to permanently address indiscriminate parking of trucks within Ilorin metropolis. This is part of the resolution of the House following a Matter of General Public Importance raised by a member…
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Kangaroo committee suspended me – Senator Ndume
A National Assembly member, Sen. Ali Ndume, said the Senate committee which suspended him on March 29, 2017 was a kangaroo one concocted by the leadership of the upper chamber. Ndume, who represents Borno South Senatorial District, made this known at a News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja on Tuesday. According to him,…
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Kwara Govt Plans Task Force On Tree Felling/CharcoalvProduction
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Kwara State Government is to set up a task force to checkmate illegal tree felling as well as the production, transportation and sale of charcoal in the State. The State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed made this known on Monday when he signed into law an amendment bill prohibiting the production,…
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2019: I Will Contest Presidential Poll – Bafarawa
The former governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, has formally disclosed his intention to contest for the 2019 presidential election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Speaking at his residence in Sokoto at the week end, the former governor who contested for the presidential poll in 2007 on the platform of…
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We Shall Make Position Of nPDP Known To Nigerians This Week-Kawu Baraje
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The leader of the New People’s Democratic Party, (nPDP) in the ruling party and also a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje CON, says the group will make its position known to Nigerians in the first week of this month (July) 2018. In a statement issued…