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COVID 19: Baptist High School Old Students Donates Safety Materials, Food Items
By Ikhili Ebalu, Benin City Old Students Association of Baptist High School(BOSA), Benin City, led by their President, Ms Efosa Uyigue, brought smiles to a lot of faces by donating some food items and COVID-19 safety materials which they tagged Survival Kits to some of their members, staff of the school, an orphanage home and…
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x- Assembly Aspirants Demand Appointment Slots From AbdulRazaq
E By Steve Oni, Ilorin Former House of Assembly aspirants under the banner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara state have urged Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq to consider some of them for political appointments. The former aspirants under the aegis of APC House of Assembly Aspirants Forum made the call through the forum’s chairman,…
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Assessing public perception of military as brutal, lawless institution
Due to the onerous task of protecting territorial integrity and suffocating external aggression, the military is among other things trained to kill adversaries but in Nigeria these special skill of killing with modern weapons is allegedly been visited on innocent and armless citizens instead of the adversaries and the military is up in arm to…
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Kwara alleges plots to cause civil unrest over COVID-19 lockdown
By Steve Oni, Ilorin Kwara State Government on Monday said it has uncovered plots by some prominent opposition figures to incite the public to protest against the lockdown order in the state. “We have an intelligence report that some prominent members of the opposition have perfected a plan to incite the public against the government.…
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BREAKING: Buhari extends lockdown in Abuja, Lagos, FCT for 14 days
President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the lockdown declared in Abuja as well as Lagos and Ogun States to prevent the spread of the dreaded Coronavirus for another 14 days. Buhari said this in a nationwide broadcast on Monday. He said the decision to extend the initial 14-day lockdown was taken “having carefully considered the briefings…
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Full text Speech of President Buhari On The Extension Of Covid- 19 Pandemic Lockdown
ADDRESS BY H.E. MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE EXTENSION OF COVID- 19 PANDEMIC LOCKDOWN AT THE STATE HOUSE, ABUJA MONDAY, 13TH APRIL, 2020 1. Fellow Nigerians 2. In my address on Sunday, 29th March, 2020, I asked the residents of Lagos and Ogun States as well as the Federal…
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Kwara begins dredging of Asa river
By Steve Oni, Ilorin As the rainy season approaches, the Kwara state government has commenced the dredging of Asa river in Ilorin, the state capital, to stave off the annual flood disaster in Ilorin metropolis. New Telegraph noticed workers dredging the Asa river along Gada area of the metropolis on Monday. When contacted, the state…
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COVID-19: Kwara fumes as ex-commissioner recants claim on ventilators
· Govt may demand public apology By Steve Oni, Ilorin Former Commissioner for Health in Kwara State Suleiman Alege has recanted his earlier claim that the Abdulfatah Ahmed administration left three ventilators in the state, a few hours after the state government challenged him to provide proof or be dragged to the anti-graft agency to…
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Covid-19 not yet pandemic in Nigeria, say medical experts
By Steve Oni, Ilorin Ilorin. Medical experts in Kwara state have warned that Nigeria may not be the same again if the present cases of coronavirus in parts of the country increase and multiply. They, however, agreed that the virus is not yet pandemic in the country as being bandied about in some quarters. Speaking…
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Easter: Tinubu Solidarity Vanguard felicitates with Christians
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The National Chairman, Bola Ahmed Tinubu Solidarity Vanguard (BATSV), Dr. Dare Owotomobi has urged Christians, members and all Nigerians to to allow the teachings of Easter sink in their minds by making sacrifices and doing good to all manner of people, irrespective of creed or religion. Felicitating with Christians, members of…