Author: Aaron ossai
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Gunmen Abduct Labour Party National Chairman’s Mother
By Steve Oni, Ilorin Unknown gunmen on Sunday night in Ilorin, Kwara state abducted a 71 years old woman, Mrs. Elizabeth Omotosho . Mrs Omotosho is the mother of the National Chairman of Labour Party (LP), Dr Mike Omotosho. The old woman was allegedly kidnapped by four people at her Tanke, Ilorin, residence, between 7 and 8.00pm. According to…
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Enugu Poll, Best LG Election in Nigeria’s Recent History- Ekweremadu
By Aaron Ossai The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has congratulated the people and Government of Enugu State on the successful conduct of the November 4, 2017 Local Government election in the State, describing it as the best council election in Nigeria’s recent history. Ekweremadu, who commended the State Government for…
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Ekweremadu Advocates Visa Free Regime Among Commonwealth Nations
By Aaron Ossai The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has called for a visa-free regime for Commonwealth among the Commonwealth member states. He emphasised that the quest for stronger ties in the Commonwealth should “transcend the realms of lip service, insular, and protective tendencies” for the organisation to remain relevant. Ekweremadu…
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Sokoto partners Kent University on Academic and Cultural Exchanges
By Najem Francis, Sokoto Sokoto state government has commenced a partnership with Kent University in the United States of America (USA) on academic and cultural exchanges. The scope of the agreement will include the exchange of students for traditional exchange programmes and exchange of academic personnel for teaching and research. The spokesman to Governor…
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NYSC members commend Sokoto governor
By Najem Francis, Sokoto Some members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) who were deployed to Sokoto State have commended Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal for the fatherly role he played during their service year and have appealed to other public officials to follow his example One of them, Ms. Ibiateli Christopher, who spoke…
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Nigeria On Path To Greatness Again – Obasanjo
By Steve oni, Ilorin Despite the daunting challenges confronting her, Nigeria is on the path to greatness again, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said. Obasanjo who spoke at the 52nd annual service of songs of the 1st ECWA Church, Ilorin, Kwara state assured Nigerians that no matter the difficulties and challenges the nation was…
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Nigeria Can Be Net Exporter Of Skills- Kwara Governor
By Steve Oni, Ilorin In the face of the seemingly intractable unemployment in the country, Nigeria can be a net exporter of skills to the West African Sub-region by training youths to fill local and regional middle level manpower gaps. The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed stated this during a meeting with the…
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Delivering Decent Low-cost Housing – The DNA Option
By Engr Fidel Ogar After food, shelter is the next vital physical need of man and woman too. So this places a huge concern on all concerned more so government. I wish to clarify that at this point I will be using the terms housing and shelter interchangeably in the course of this write…
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Beggars Lament Death Of Fmr Gov Danjuma Goje’s Wife
By Sule Aliyu, Gombe Street beggars in Gombe have said that they are the worst hit by the recent demise of former first lady and wife of the immediate past Governor of the State, Hajiya Fatima Yelwa Goje. According to one of the popular wheel chaired beggars at the Ministry of Works junction in Gombe,…
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Ex-Nitel/Mtel Workers Appeal to Buhari over Non-Payment of 20 Years Pension
By Ikhili Monday EBALU,, Benin City. Former workers of Nigerian Telecommunication Limited (NITEL) and its mobile arm, the mobile telecommunication Limited (Mtel) have appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to direct the Bureau for Public Enterprise (BPE) and the office of the Accountant General to urgently effect the payment of the balance 20 years pension buy-out…