Month: January 2020
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Kawu becomes new Daudu Agaka
By Steve Oni, Ilorin A new Daudu Agaka, Ilorin from the Shitta Alimi Oroganloye family ruling house has been turbaned. He is Alhaji Hannafi Omotosho Kawu Agaka. The installation rites of the seventh Daudu Agaka, Ilorin, commenced on Friday at his Agaka ancestral home in conformity with the established traditions and in recognition of his…
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Arts and Craft Village Saga: Cabal wants to takeover FG assets worth N9bn– Runsewe
By Kenneth Atavti The Director-General of the National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), Otunba Olusegun Runsewe, yesterday declared that he is being persecuted for not allowing some forces to take over the Arts and Craft Village, Abuja for their selfish reasons. Runsewe also said his tenacity to ensure that the Arts and Craft village…
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Sheath your swords, Kwara PDP stakeholders tell Saraki, AbdulRazaq
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stakeholders in Ilorin West local government area of Kwara state have admonished both the former Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki and Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq to sheath their swords and allow peace to reign in the state. The stakeholders, who noted that both Saraki and AbdulRazaq…
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Pro-Democracy Group Drums Support For Magu’s Reappointment As EFCC Chairman
A Civil Society Organisation, Initiative for Leadership and Economic Watch in Nigeria, has called for the reappointment of the Mr Ibrahim Magu as the substantive Chairman of Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), stressing that his achievements in the fight against corruption remains overwhelming in Nigeria’s history. In a press conference addressed by its Secretary,…
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Kwara govt clears reclaimed civil service clinic land
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Kwara State Government has finally demolished the late Dr. Olusola Saraki’s building, popularly referred to as ‘Ile Arugbo’ in Ilorin, the state capital, on the grounds that the acquisition of the plot of land by the late strongman of Kwara politics was illegal and without any documents to back it…
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2020 will be positively decisive for Kwarans — Gov
By Steve Oni, Ilorin Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Tuesday congratulated Kwarans on the successful completion of year 2019 which he said heralded a new dawn for the people of the state with the outcome of the general election. “We spent substantial part of the outgoing year trying to stabilise a state that was…