Category: Politics
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Kwara PDP condemns alleged threat, intimidation of voters
Kwara PDP condemns alleged threat, intimidation of voters By Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin The Peoples Democratic Party Campaign Council in Kwara State has called the attention of the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Usman Alkali Baba, and the State Commissioner of Police, Mr Paul Odama, to the unjust intimidation and harassment of electorate sympathetic to…
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Kwara women hold rally for Gov AbdulRazaq’s second term bid
Kwara women hold rally for Gov AbdulRazaq’s second term bid • Say Gov’s reforms on gender parity, youth engagement best in Nigeria By Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin Kwara women in their numbers, led by female government cabinet members and ruling APC candidates, have held a rally to mobilise support for the re-election…
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Kwara Gov again debunks workers’ sack rumour if reelected
Kwara Gov again debunks workers’ sack rumour if reelected *Says it’s handiwork of opposition By Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin For the umpteenth time, Kwara state Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has dismissed the insinuation that he would sack workers in his second term, describing it as “a wicked rumour being peddled by members of the opposition and…
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IWD: Women ambassadors call for 40% women inclusion in incoming govt.
IWD: Women ambassadors call for 40% women inclusion in incoming govt. By Lizzy Okoji The Federal Government of Nigeria Women Ambassadors Network (FWAN-NET) has urged the incoming administration to beat the 35 per cent affirmative action of women representation to 40 per cent women inclusion in its cabinet. Dr…
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CEDE tasks INEC on Governorship, Houses of Assembly Poll
CEDE tasks INEC on Governorship, Houses of Assembly Poll By Angela Atabo Chen Education and Development Empowerment (CEDE),a Non- Governmental Organisation has tasked INEC to ensure that Saturday’s Governorship and Houses of Assembly Election is hitch-free. Ms Cynthia Anaele, the Executive Director, CEDE, said this in Abuja at a news conference when she…
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Transformation in education will help Tinubu meet electorate’s hope —Abubakre
Transformation in education will help Tinubu meet electorate’s hope —Abubakre By Razak Owolabi Prof. Razaq Abubakre, a former Vice-Chancellor of Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, has urged Nigeria’s President – elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu to transform the country through educational development. Abubakre, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja said this would help…
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Abia ADP Deputy Guber Candidate, supporters join LP
Abia ADP Deputy Guber Candidate, supporters join LP By Leonard Okachie The Deputy Governorship Candidate of the African Democratic Party in Abia, Mrs Ifeoma Okoya-Thomas, says she has dumped the party for Labour Party. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Okoya-Thomas disclosed this during an interactive session with newsmen in Umuahia…
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FirstBank appoints Seyi Oyefeso as Executive Director
FirstBank appoints Seyi Oyefeso as Executive Director By Lydia Ngwakwe FirstBank of Nigeria Ltd., has appointed Mr Oluseyi Oyefeso as Executive Director, Retail Banking in charged of the South. In a statement on Monday in Lagos, the bank said his appointment, which took effect on March 2, 2023, was subject to…
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Guber Poll: Boost for Kwara Gov’s reelection bid
Guber Poll: Boost for Kwara Gov’s reelection bid *As Okun people in Kwara throw their weight behind him By Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin The Okun people of Kogi state, who are resident in Kwara state, have thrown their weight behind the reelection bid of Kwara state Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq in the forthcoming Saturday…
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Guber Poll: Kwara CAN debunks report that it instructed its members not to vote for AbdulRazaq
Guber Poll: Kwara CAN debunks report that it instructed its members not to vote for AbdulRazaq By Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin Kwara state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has debunked a publication by unnamed bodies claiming that the state CAN has instructed its members not to vote for Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq…