Month: July 2019

  • Kwara: AbdulRazak takes budget meeting to ‘special needs school

    By Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Tuesday directed top civil servants to meet him at the state’s school of special needs for their budget review meeting. In what was a first in the state’s history, AbdulRazaq said he purposely scheduled the meeting for the school to let the top bureaucrats…

  • Kwara urges investments in the state

    By Steve Oni, Ilorin Kwara State government has called on wealthy individuals and corporate organisations to come and invest in the State to boost its industrial development. The State Deputy Governor, Mr. Kayode Alabi, who made the call on Tuesday in Ilorin while receiving Executives of Offa Descendants Union ODU Ilorin Branch in his office,…

  • Kwara Assembly calls for Revocation of Alimi Chalet Acquisition

    By Steve Oni- Ilorin Kwara State House of Assembly has revoked the acquisition of Alimi Chalet by the former Governor of Kwara State, Dr Bukola Saraki. The revocation followed the void of the acquisition, valuation and certification of Land title (Right of Occupancy) in respect of the chalet in the personal name of Dr Bukola…

  • Two robbery suspects killed in Edo

    By Ikhili Ebalu, Benin Benin City Two armed robbery supects were on Monday killed during robbery operation in Benin, the Edo state capital. The police had last week killed two teenage car snatchers during a gun battle with the police during robbery operation. It was gathered that the hoodlums were killed at Ekehuan Community near…

  • Delta Monarch hails Okowa on Developmental strides

    Delta Monarch hails Okowa on Developmental strides

    By Ikhili Ebalu, Benin City The traditional ruler of Owa kingdom in Delta state, Obi of Owa, HRM. Emmanuel O. Efeizomor II on has urged youths in the state to be hard-working and committed to the development of their communities, with a view to compliment the developmental strides of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State.…

  • Herdsmen Have Turned Our Road To Kidnap Route, Edo Community Cries To Obaseki

    By Ikhili Ebalu, Benin City Indigenes of Egoro Na-oka, an agricultural community in Esan west local government area of Edo State, have cried to the state government over the deplorable condition of the Ekpoma-Egoro Na-oka-Ebudin road. They said traveling on the 10-kilometre road has become a nightmare for them, as suspected herdsmen have turned the…

  • Abdulrazaq, ex-diplomat, others for 15th ISMN conference in Ilorin

    By Steve Oni, Ilorin Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State, former Nigerian Ambassador to the Royal Kingdom of Netherlands, Dr (Mrs) Nihinlola Nimotallahi Akanbi; and Deputy Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria on Corporate Services, Mr L.E. Adamu, are among eminent personalities expected at the fifteenth annual conference of The Institute of Strategic Management, Nigeria…

  • Edo 2020: group endorses ex – NDDC boss —- Saturday Uwulekhue

    By Ikhili Ebalu, Benin City Ex – Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, man, Saturday Uwulekhue, has been endorsed as the choice candidate of social cultural and advocacy for good governance group, Pleasantry Network for the Edo State gubernatorial race in 2020. Uwulekhue is a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Orhionmwon Local Government…

  • Kwara will give priority attention to sports, says deputy governor

    By Steve Oni, Ilorin Kwara State government will give all required attention to sports in view of its potential to the economic development of the youth and the State. Deputy Governor Kayode Alabi stated this on Friday in Ilorin while receiving the Emirate Sports Promotion Concept, organisers of AGF Abdulrazaq Under 20 soccer tournament in…

  • AbdulRazak’s adninistration will bequeathe lasting legacy, says deputy gov

    By Steve Oni, Ilorin Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazak’s administration would leave no stone unturned to ensure it bequeathed a legacy, at the expiration of its tenure, that could stand the test of time in all spheres of human endeavour for the benefits of the people of Kwara state. The State Deputy Governor, Mr Kayode Alabi, who…