Month: August 2019
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Kwara Assembly approves dissolution of three Commissions
By Steve Oni, Ilorin Kwara State House of Assembly has approved the dissolution of three statutory Commissions inaugurated in May this year by the last administration. The affected Commissions are Kwara State House of Assembly Service Commission, Kwara State Civil Service Commission and Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission. This followed three messages from the state…
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Edo House Of Assembly Crisis Is A Matter Of Rule Of Law,- Erhahon
By Ikhili Ebalu, Benin City A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Edo State, Godwin Erhahon has responded to the reconciliation move by the State Governor, Godwin Obaseki with his predecessor, Adams Oshiomhole. He said the visit by the Governor to the Country home of the National Chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole…
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2020 GOV: PDP MAY LOSS EDO AGAIN IF FAILS TO CONDUCT CONGRESS—- PDP CHIEFTAIN
By Ikhili Ebalu, Benin City As political parties warms up for the 2020 gubernatorial election in Edo State, a chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Macdonald Igbinoba Confidence, has said the party may again lost the election if it failed to conduct congress before the governorship primary election. Recall, that a chieftain of the…
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Kwara to send social investment bill to Assembly
Patigi Rice mill to be revived By Steve Oni, Ilorin A bill to replicate the Federal Government’s anti-poverty Social Investment Programmes in Kwara State will be sent to the State House of Assembly in the coming days, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has said. AbdulRazaq said this on Monday when he visited the Agricultural and Rural Management…
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Kwara urges residents to heed flood alerts, warns against drainage blockage
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Kwara State Government has appealed to residents of the state to heed the recent flood alerts which predicted heavy flooding in parts of Nigeria following the steady rise in water levels in River Niger. Amosa Isiaka Al-Amin, Permanent Secretary in the stare Ministry of Environment, told a news briefing on…
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Remains of Dr. Belawu Garba Gobir committed to mother earth
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The remains of Dr. Belawu Garba Gobir, the mother of a frontline politician in Kwara State, Alhaji Yakub Gobir, have been buried according to Islamic rite. The Janazzah prayer took place at Alhaji Yakub Gobir’s residence, Umar Audi road, GRA, Ilorin, the Kwara state capital. The prayer, which was led by…
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Lawyer Docked For Publishing Fake News
By Ikhili Ebalu, Benin City A 59 year old lawyer, Ogedengbe Oisoruemi Ayodeji, was yesterday arraigned before an Oredo Magistrate Court, for allegedly publishing fake news on his facebook account about Edo University Iyamho. The accused was arraigned on a four count-charge punishable under section 517,375, 517 and 59(1) of the criminal Code of the…
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Kwara mulls judicial solution as committee on sales of public assets submits report
By Steve Oni, Ilorin Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Friday said recommendations of the committee on sales of public assets may be tested in the court in a bid to get justice for the people of the state. AbdulRazaq was speaking in Ilorin, the state capital, when the Committee on the Review of the…
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Kwara: Dr. Belawu Gobir passes on
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The death has been announced of Dr. Belawu Garba Gobir of Ile Olugbon family, Ilorin, the Kwara state capital. A statement issued in Ilorin by the spokesperson for the family, Alhaji Yakub Gobir, a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and a governorship aspirant in the 2019 election in Kwara…
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Reforming Political Parties Will Bring Credibility , Good Governance In Nigeria-Prof. Omodia
By Ikhili Ebalu, Benin City The need to reform Political parties in the country in order to achieve credibility and accountability for good governance has been emphasized by a Professor of Political Science and Public Administration, Prof. Stephen Monday Omodia. Prof. Stephen Monday Omodia, of Edo University Iyamho (EUI) made the call while delivering the…