Month: September 2018
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Human Trafficking : Edo , UN To Carry Out Diligent Investigation
By Ikhili Ebalu, Benin city A United Nations (UN) advocate and Edo State government have vowed to pursue diligent investigation aimed at convicting more Human traffickers in Nigeria with a view to minimizing supply of trafficking. This decision was reached when the State governor Godwin Obaseki played host to Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, the Special Rapporteur…
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School Mates Honor GOC 7 Div.Lauds Buratai
General Officer Commanding 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Brigadier General Abdulmalik Bulama Biu has been described as one of the best hands the Nigerian Army parades in the battle against Book Haram insurgency. Secondary school classmates of the new GOC at Government Secondary School, Biu made the assertion while honouring him as a worthy…
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Kwara Governorship Race: Gobir Collects APC Nomination form
By Steve Oni, Ilorin A governorship aspirant under the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State, Waziri Yakubu Gobir has collected his nomination form to contest for the position of Governor of Kwara State during the 2019 elections. He collected the nomination form on Friday in Abuja at the APC National Secretariat in company of…
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Downpour Wreaks Havoc In Ilorin
By Steve Oni, Ilorin Downpour wreaked havoc on Thursday night in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, resulting in flooding which destroyed property worth millions of naira. Our correspondent gathered that the rain, which started at about 8:00pm, poured Intermittently till early hours of Friday morning. Some of the affected areas include Harmony Estate, Akerebiata, Gerin…
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Kwara Youths To Hold One Million-Man March For Saraki
By Steve Oni, Ilorin Youths in Kwara state under the aegis of “The Olanrewaju Oba Youth Forum (TOOYF),” will tomorrow (Saturday) hold a one million-man march in support of the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki’s presidential ambition. The convener of the forum, Alhaji Abdulmajeed Oba, in a statement said the solidarity march becomes imperative due…
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Killings: Plateau To Review Criminal laws
Raymond Gukas, Jos More killings continued in parts of Plateau State, as Gana Ropp in Barkin Ladi recorded about ten deaths after an invasion of the area Tuesday. This is coming after the Dwei killings in Jos South last Sunday, which left in its trail, about 12 deaths with several others nursing various degrees of…
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PDP Has Not Zoned Presidential Ticket To North- West, Says Tanimu Turaki
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has not zoned its presidential ticket to the North – West as being speculated in some quarters. A PDP presidential aspirant, Alhaji Kabiru Tanimu Turaki (SAN) made this clarification while speaking with newsmen after addressing delegates and members of Kwara state executive of the party at…
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IVTEC: Kwara Signs MoU With NDE, World Bank
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Kwara State International Vocational, Technical and Entrepreneurship College (IVTEC), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with National Directorate of Employment (NDE) and the World Bank on the training of 250 students for a first-level skills training. The MoU, according to Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed, who signed on behalf of the…
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Saraki: Omar On His Own, Says Aiyelabegan Family
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Aiyelabegan family in Agbaji quarters, Ilorin, Kwara state, has denounced the purported press conference addressed by one Omar Yusuf Aiyelabegan disparaging the person and actions of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, A member of the Agbaji Elders Forum, Alhaji Musa Kehinde Aiyelabegan, in a statement on behalf of the…
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Offa Robbery: Kwara To Strengthen Security
By Steve Oni, Ilorin Following the recent armed robbery in Offa, headquarters of Offa local government area od Kwara State, the State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has reiterated his resolve not to leave any stone unturned to strengthen security of lives and property across the state. The Governor made this known at the Government Ilorin,…