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Labour Party Reps Caucus Describes Abure’s Arrest As Abuse of Democratic Ethos ….Call For Investigation into circumstances surrounding the bizarre occurrence By Lateef Taiwo
The Labour Party (LP) caucus in the House of Representatives, has queried the timing and intentions of the recent arrest of Barrister Julius Abure, National Chairman of LP, in Edo state, describing it as cruel, dehumanising and an abuse of democratic ethos. The Labour Reps expressed their dismay over the controversial arrest, in a statement…
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EFCC arrests 50 persons for alleged cybercrime in Kwara. Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin
Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 48 students of the Kwara State University, KWASU, and two residents of Malete for offences bordering on Internet fraud. The arrest, according to an EFCC statement, was sequel to credible intelligence over the rising trend of yahoo-yahoo business in…
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Group berates IEDPU’s call for renaming of UNILORIN after Sheikh Alimi * Says call self serving, injurious to other senatorial districts Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin
A socio-cultural group under the agies of the Kwara South Consultative Forum (KSCF) has chided the Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU) for its call for the renaming of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) after an Ilorin Islamic scholar, Sheikh Alimi, describing the call as self serving and injurious to the sensibilities of the…
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KSCF knocks IEDPU over call for renaming of UNILORIN after Sheikh Alimi * Says call self serving, selfish, preposterous By Adamu Ismail, Ilorin
The Kwara South Consultative Forum (KSCF), a socio-cultural organisation comprising all sons and daughters from Kwara South Senatorial District, has berated the Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU) for its call for the renaming of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) after Sheikh Alimi, saying the call was self serving, preposterous and injurious to the two…
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Technocrat lauds Kwara Gov for women inclusion in Civil Service
Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has been lauded for being an effective advocate for the rights of women through his support for their inclusion in the Kwara State Civil Service. A seasoned technocrat and former Chairperson of the Governing Council, National Centre for Women Development, Hajiya Habibat Salman Saidu, stated…
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Fire Razes MCIER Market In Delta Community
By our Correspondent Barely two weeks after Ogbe-Ijaw Market in Warri, Warri South Local Government Area, was razed down by fire, chains of stalls belonging to traders in Mciver Market, which is a spitting distance from Ogbe-Ijaw Market, was razed down this morning Goods and property worth millions of naira were…
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AbdulRazaq declares open 10th Kwara Trade Fair • Pledges expansion of infrastructure, improved business climate
AbdulRazaq declares open 10th Kwara Trade Fair • Pledges expansion of infrastructure, improved business climate Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has declared open the 10th Kwara Trade Fair, with a pledge to continue to upgrade existing infrastructure and build new ones to ease movement of people, goods and services. The Governor…
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Borno Visit: Bola Tinubu Grieves Over Kaduna Bomb Victims.
BY HASSAN JIRGI, MAIDUGURI President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, expressed his condolences to the families of Nigerians who lost their lives in the recent and sad bombing mishap in Tudun Biri, Kaduna State. Speaking at the palace of the Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Abubakar Ibn Umar Garbai Al-Amin El-Kanemi, started that, most of the…
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Elderly Persons Soft Targets For Kidnapping, Says Ex- PPRO
Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin The elderly persons have become the soft targets for kidnapping, a former spokesman of Kwara State Police Command, Ajayi Okasanmi, has said. This is even as Okasanmi described Kwara as one of the safest states in the country. The former police image maker stated this on Wednesday during the monthly…
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FGN SEEKS N35B, PARTNERS BANKS, OTHERS TO RESTART AJAOKUTA LIGHT STEEL MILL
From Lateef Taiwo The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) through the Ministry of Steel Development (MSD) is collaborating with Financial Institutions for the best financing options to re-start the light steel mill section of the Ajaokuta Steel Plant for production of iron rods. Minister of Steel Development Prince Shuaibu Abubakar Audu disclosed this when…