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  • Between EFCC, Obla, SAN and the law

    28 November 2016, Chief Godwin Obla (SAN), a former prosecutor with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), was arraigned before a Lagos High Court in Suit No: LD/3671C/16 alongside the  Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia, then a Judge of the Federal High Court, on the allegation that he bribed the latter with the sum of N5 million to secure the conviction of the Defendant in Charge…

  • BATSV: Magaji appointed Zamfara State Chairman

    By Steve Oni, Ilorin The National Chairman, Bola Ahmed Tinubu Solidarity Vanguard (BATSV), Dr. Dare Owotomobi, has announced the approval of Hon. Ahmad A. Birnin Magaji as the Zamfara State Chairman of the Vanguard. Dr. Owotomobi, who described the new appointee as a man loaded with political experience and managerial skills, urged him to justify…

  • Kwara Gov orders suspension of top civil servants over extortion of farmers

    “EFCC to probe scam By Steve Oni, Ilorin Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has directed the immediate suspension of all officials named in alleged extortion of farmers in the state’s ministry of agriculture through the sale of unauthorised registration forms. Rafiu Ajakaye, media spokesman to the Governor, said in a statement on Wednesday that the…

  • Kwara inaugurates technical committee on COVID-19

    By Steve Oni, Ilorin Aside various measures already in place in ensuring that the dreaded coronavirus pandemic ravaging the world does not spread to Kwara state, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Tuesday inaugurated the Technical Committee on the virus with a charge to members to carry out the assignment with the diligence, commitment and sacrifice it…

  • Kwara gets well equipped infectious disease centre

    By Steve Oni, Ilorin Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has hinted at more sweeping measures to curtail the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the state and the nation at large. Though Kwara state currently has no confirmed case, AbdulRazaq said his administration has set up various preventive and safety mechanisms, including establishing and equipping an…

  • COVID-19: Kwara civil servants to work from home Monday

    By Steve Oni, Ilorin Concerned about the ravaging corona virus pandemic across the globe, Kwara state Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has directed the state’s civil servants to work from home as from Monday. Same Monday, all schools across the state would be closed pending when the deadly virus would subside. In a statement personally signed by…

  • BATSV appoints six Kwarans into key postions

    By Steve Oni, Ilorin The National Leadership of Bola Ahmed Tinubu Solidarity Vanguard (BATSV) has approved the appointments of six people from Kwara state into the executives of the North Central Zone of the Vanguard. The National Chairman of BATSV, Dr. Dare Owotomobi, who released the names of the six appointed zonal officers from Kwara…

  • Coronavirus: Buhari should address the nation now, says OPCI President

    Coronavirus: Buhari should address the nation now, says OPCI President

    By Steve Oni, Ilorin With the worsening situation of the rampaging coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria in which not less than 22 index cases have been confirmed, President Muhammadu Buhari has been called upon to listen to the voices of reason from the Senate and other well meaning people and address the Nation without further delay.…

  • Kwara govt delivers new fire truck to Offa

    By Steve Oni, Ilorin In fulfilment of its promise after the recent Owode market inferno in which traders lost goods worth millions of Naira, the Kwara State Government has delivered a brand new fire truck to the Offa Fire Station. The fire truck was delivered to the Olofa of Offa Oba Mufutau Gbadamosi by the…

  • Coronavirus: Ilorin Emirate Organises Prayer, Seek God’s Intervention

    By Steve Oni, Ilorin Worried by the coronavirus pandemic ravaging the world, the people of Ilorin Emirate in Kwara state has organised a special prayer to ward off the deadly virus from Nigeria and every part of the World. The special prayer which was held on Friday at the Ilorin Juma’at Central Mosque was at…