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Buhari’s Visit: Kwara PDP Raises Alarm Over Plot To Arrest Its Leaders On Trump Up Charges
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kwara state chapter, has raised the alarm about alleged plans by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to implicate some of its members ahead of a campaign rally to be led by President Muhammad Buhari on February 4, 2018 in Ilorin, the state capital. State chairman of…
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Atiku Will Reactivate LG Administration, Says Gov. Ahmed
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alh Atiku Abubakar would reactivate local government administration if elected as the nation’s next president. Kwara state governor, Alh Abdulfatah Ahmed gave this assurance on Friday at Isanlu Isin in Isin local government area of the state during the PDP campaign rally…
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Reps constitute committee on minimum wage for passage next week
By: Hassan Galadima, Abuja A twelve member adhoc committee has been constituted to parliamentary review the minimum wage amendment bill submitted to the National Assembly. This followed the adoption of the second reading of the National Minimum Wage Amendment Bill at the House of Representatives. The Executive Bill which was read for the first time…
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OBI PROMISES TO GROW ECONOMY, FIGHT INSECURITY
By Ikhili Ebalu Benin City The People’s Democratic Party Vice Presidential candidate in the February 16, 2019 general elections, Peter Obi on Thursday assured Nigerians that the present economic challenges will be a thing of the past if his party wins the elections. Obi, who gave the assurance during an interactive session with stakeholders, organized…
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Chain of Criisis Engulfing Niger Delta, Due To Neglect______Donyegha Benson
By Ikhili Ebalu, Benin City An Ex-Niger Delta Agitator, Benson Donyegha(aka General Don Ben), has stated that the region is suffering gross neglect by the government which has resulted in the chain of crisis engulfing the region. He asserted that if the region is getting its due from the government then there would be no…
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Atunwa Will Ensure Your Welfare, Gov. Ahmed Assures Kwarans
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Kwara state Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has assured the people of the state that the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) governorship candidate, Hon. Razak Atunwa would ensure their welfare and wellbeing if elected. Ahmed added that if elected, Atunwa would also place high premium on the welfare of traditional rulers in…
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Alleged N2.5b Fraud : Kwara PDP Seeks immediate Suspension Of Kawu, NBC DG
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Kwara state Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has called for the immediate suspension of the Director-General of the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Mallam Ishaq Modibbo Kawu, over the N2.5billion corruption charges preferred against him and others by the Federal Government. The party in a statement by its state publicity secretary, Tunde…
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Kwara: Court-backed APC Writes INEC, Demands Withdrawal of Candidates’ List
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Ishola Balogun-Fulani led All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara state has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to urgently withdraw the list of candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from Kwara State published by the commission last week. The party, in a letter, addressed to the Chairman, INEC,…
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Taxi driver charged with drugging, defiling, dumping 13-year-old
Lagos, Jan. 24, 2019 (NAN) An Ogudu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State on Wednesday remanded a 42-year-old driver, Adebola Akinyele, who allegedly drugged, defiled and dumped a 13-year-old girl. The Magistrate, Mrs E. Kubeinje, ordered that Akinyele should spend the next 96 days in prison pending advice from the state Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).…
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Ezekwesili withdraws from presidential race
The Presidential Candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Dr Oby Ezekwesili, has announced her withdrawal from the presidential race. Ezekwesili, in a statement by the spokesman of her Hope “19 Campaign Organisation, Mr Ozioma Ubabukoh, announced her withdrawal early Thursday morning. She explained that she stepped down from the Feb. 16 presidential…