Month: December 2018
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KWIRS Becomes First Revenue Service To Be ISO Certified
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Kwara State Internal Revenue Service (KWIRS) has received two international certificates for standard, quality and continuity, the first by any state revenue service in Nigeria. They are ISO 9001: 2015 Quality Management System which implies that the service has demonstrated commitment towards continual improvements in customer satisfaction, productivity, and efficiency,…
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Offa Robbery: Kwara Youths Berate Inf Minister Over Comments
By Steve Oni, Ilorin Kwara youths under the aegis of Kwara Youths Strategic Movement, have berated the Minister of Information and Culture, Alh. Lai Mohammed over his persistent attempts to blame the Senate President for the April 5, 2018 armed robbery incident in Offa. The youths asked Mohammed to exercise restraint as his wrong assumptions…
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Nigeria Passing Through Turbulent Period- Saraki
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has admonished Christians in Nigeria to intensify prayers for the peace of the nation, saying the nation was passing through a turbulent period. Saraki made the call in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, at a programme organised to felicitate with the Christian community during the…
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2019: Kwara Fulani Community Pledges Support For Saraki
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Fulani community in Kwara state has pledged its allegiance to the Senate President, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki. The Fulani community comprising the indigenous Fulani and Bororo assured Saraki of their support ahead of the 2019 general elections. The leaders of the Fulani community, Alhaji Garba Dembo, (Jowuro Oyun) and Mallam…
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Zamfara Killings: CSO Blames Buhari, Dan-Ali
A group of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) under the auspices of the Coalition of Democratic Watchdogs of Nigeria have called on all well meaning Nigerians to hold the Federal Government, particularly the Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan Ali responsible for the carnage that befell Zamfara state during the week. In a statement text widely circulated…
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Zamfara carnage: CSO blames Buhari, Defence and Interior Ministers
A group of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) under the auspices of the Coalition of Democratic Watchdogs of Nigeria have called on all well meaning Nigerians to hold the Federal Government, particularly the Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan Ali responsible for the carnage that befell Zamfara state during the week. In a statement text widely circulated…
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Kwara PDP Remains United Under Saraki – Party
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) remains united under the leadership of the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, the party’s leadership has said. The leadership of the party described the purported emergence of a faction within the party as preposterous, ill-advised and baseless. The party in a statement by its state publicity…
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We are ready to work with INEC – RTEAN
Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria, RTEAN, has pledged it readiness in providing logistical support for the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for the 2019 general elections. Alhaji Yusuf Ibrahim Adeniyi, National Secretary General of the association made this know in a chat with Nigerian Pilot, yesterday. According to him, the inability of his Union…
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2019: Group calls for Issue based campaign
By Ere-ebi Agedah As the 2019 general election draws near, Non-governmental organization under the auspices Presidential summit centre, in collaboration with Forum of Presidential candidates, has stressed the need for all presidential hopefuls to run issues based campaign which will put the interest of the country ahead of personal ambition. While speaking in Abuja, over…
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Insurgency: Nigerian Army restates commitment to protection of children, women in north east
The Nigerian Army has restated its commitment to continue to safeguard the lives of women and children in the north eastern part of the country. This was made known by the Chief of Army Staff, Lt General TY Buratai, at a media parley with Guild of Editors and media influencers in Nigeria. The event took…