Month: October 2019
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Entrepreneur urges FG, world leaders to tackle poverty ravaging the globe
By Steve Oni, Ilorin As the world marks International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, a Social Entrepreneur, Alhaji Yakubu Gobir, has admonished political office holders as well as the three tiers of government in Nigeria to embark on programmes that will alleviate the high rate of poverty ravaging the citizenry, especially women and children.…
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Killer of Ilorin MTN staffer sentenced to death by hanging
Steve Oni, Ilorin. Kwara state High Court, sitting in Ilorin, has sentenced one Ogundele David, killer of an MTN telecommunication staffer, Abiola Tosin Ashinwo, to death by hanging. In a judgment delivered on Thursday by the trial judge, Justice Adebayo Yusuf, Ogundele was convicted on two count charge, after over three years of legal battle.…
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We are the credible alternative in the bayelsa project – Hon Oseke
Hon. Preye Influence Oseke, is a member of the House of Representatives, representing Southern Ijaw Federal Constituency of Bayelsa State, in a chat with our correspondent, ERE- EBI IMISI the APC lawmakers revels that the party is prepared for the gubernatorial elections because it craves to nourish the people with the essence of governance…
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Nigerian government must encourage fashion industry – Obua
By Ere-ebi Imisi Fashion aficionado Dr Merit Gordon Obua has called on government at all levels to support and encourage the fashion industry noting that the branding benefit is so massive. Obua who is also a patron of the World Fashion Organisation noted that the industry is a bright spot that has the capacity of…
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FBI Suspect, Oyediran, bags one year imprisonment in Ilorin
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC) Ilorin Zonal Office has secured the conviction of one Joseph Oyediran, one of the suspects indicted by the Federal Bureau of Investigations in the United States of America. Justice Mahmood Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin, relying on the…
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Sex for marks Scandal, mothers urged to protect their girl child
By Ere-ebi Imisi Founder Branzul Ikuli Centre for Social Rehabilitation Dr Mrs Merit Obua, has urged mothers to protect their girl child from sexual violation stressing that it is a divine task. In a chat with our correspondent, Dr Merit noted that immediately a woman gives birth to a female child, she must be aware…
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Kwara Assembly Approves N130,380,403,956 Revised Budget
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Kwara State House of Assembly has approved N130,380,403,956 as the new revised total budget size of the State as against the initial N157,802,032,561 with a decrease of N27,421,628,605, representing 17.4 per cent. This is sequel to the report of the House Committee on Finance and Appropriation on the Year 2019…
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Kwara Dep Gov tasks Vet doctors on food security
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Kwara State Government has stressed the need for continuous capacity building and strengthening of policies on dairy and animal production in the Nigeria. Deputy Governor Kayode Alabi, who stated this on Wednesday at the second induction and oath taking of Veterinary graduates of University of Ilorin, noted that human lives…
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Kwara: Woman inflicts burns on housemaids for not flushing toilet
By Steve Oni, Ilorin Operatives of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps ( NSCDC), in Ilorin, Kwara state capital, have arrested a mistress, Hajia Balqees Yahaya Mohammed for inflicting burns with hot iron on two of her housemaids . The housemaids, simply identified as Hauwa 14yrs and Aisha 12yrs, it was gathered, were punished for…
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Lawmaker laments lack of Roads linking LG Headquarters in Oporoma
By Ere-ebi Imisi Hon. Preye Oseke, a member of the House of Representatives representing Southern Ijaw Federal Constituency in Bayelsa State has lamented the lack of internal roads linking the headquarters of the Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, Oporoma by both the state and federal governments. Speaking to our correspondent in his office in Abuja,…