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Edo State Government, Group Team Up Against Coronavirus
——-Distributes Face Mask, Sanitisers, Handgloves, Soap And Fliers By Ikhili Ebalu, Benin City Edo State Commissioner for Youths, Barrister Damian Lawani, has stated that the state government is prepared to go to any length to checkmate the deadly coronavirus upsurge in the state by ensuring that the estimated figure of over 5million people in the…
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COVID-19: Kwara hails BUA Group chair, Elumelu, UBA for support
***Seeks donations from corporate bodies, individuals By Steve Oni, Ilorin Kwara State Government has commended the chairman of the BUA Group Abdulsamad Rabiu, chairman of the Tony Elumelu Foundation Tony Elumelu, and the United Bank for Africa for their financial support to strengthen the national and subnational campaigns against the spread of Corona Virus (COVID-19)…
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COVID- 19: Ex- minister distributes hand sanitisers to 3,000 Kwarans
By Steve Oni, Ilorin Former Minister of Sports and Youths Development Bolaji Abdullahi has distributed hand sanitisers to some residents of Ilorin, Kwara state, as part of efforts to curb the spread of coronavirus in the state. No fewer than 3,000 persons benefitted from the former minister’s gesture which was carried out under the aegis…
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Customs: North Central Joint Border Operations Drill rakes in N802m
By Steve Oni, Ilorin It was a big haul on the part of officers and men of the Joint Border Operations Drill (JBOD) Sector 3 covering the North Central States of Kwara, Niger, Kogi and Benue as it, in the last three months, raked into the coffers of the federal government a total sum of…
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To stem COVID-19: Nigerians urged to comply with medical, govt directives
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The National Chairman, Bola Ahmed Tinubu Solidarity Vanguard (BATSV), Dr. Dare Owotomobi, has lamented that the rampaging coronavirus pandemic is worse than Ebola and HIV/AIDS, and has, therefore, admonished Nigerians to be more proactive in preventing the virus, saying prevention is always better than cure. To check the deadly virus from…
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COVID-19: Kwara hails compliance with lockdown
·***Says fuels station, banks not shut Steve Oni- Ilorin Kwara State Government on Friday commended the people of the state for the excellent compliance with the partial lockdown of movement to prevent the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) to the state. Deputy Governor and Chairman of the State Technical Committee on COVID-19 Kayode Alabi told a…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…