Category: News
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2nd Anniversary: Kwara dismisses PDP’s rating of Governor AbdulRazaq
Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin Kwara State Government has dismissed as puerile the claims of the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on the performance of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq in the last two years. Reacting to PDP’s claims on AbdulRazaq’s performance, the Special Adviser on Political Communications, Alhaji Bashir Adigun blasted the PDP for…
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1 die in lone accident on Lagos-Ibadan expressway
A lone accident involving a Toyota Sienna bus on the Lagos – Ibadan expressway on Tuesday resulted in the death of one of the occupants while two others sustained injuries.Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the Public Relations Officer, Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Ogun, who confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta, said that the accident occurred…
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Obioma, NECO Registrar not murdered by gunmen, Police
The Niger Police Command has said that late Prof. Godswill Obioma, the NECO Registrar, was not murdered by unknown gunmen in Minna. The command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Wasiu Abiodun, disclosed this in a statement issued in Minna on Tuesday. Abiodun said that the story going on that the late Obioma was murdered by gunmen, is…
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NECO Registrar, Prof. Obioma is dead
The Registrar/Chief Executive of the National Examinations Council (NECO), Prof. Godswill Obioma, is dead.Obioma died in his house on London Street, Dutsen Kura area of Minna, Niger, on Monday evening after a brief illness.A source told our cortrespondent that the late registrar slumped and died in his bedroom.He was said to have returned from Abuja…
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Iseyin residents groan over epileptic power supply
some residents of Iseyin in Iseyin Local Government Area of Oyo State have deplored the drop in power supply and total outage in parts of the ancient town.Some of the residents who spoke to our correspondent on Monday in separate interviews, said the development was becoming unbearable for them.A middle-aged business woman, Mrs felicial Bambi,…
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Those who underrated Gov. Ganduje now regret – Garba Shehu
Alhaji Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant on Media to President Muhammadu Buhari says those who underrated Kano State’s Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje are now full of regrets.. Speaking at the opening of the 2021 Biennial Convention of the Nigerian Guild of Editors on Monday in Kano, Shehu said the state had recorded lots of development, commitments…
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Women lawyers pay N186,500 to set 8 children free in Bauchi State
The Bauchi State chapter of the Federation of Female Lawyers (FIDA), paid N186,500 as fines on Monday to set eight children free from the state’s remand home. Fatima Abubakar, chairperson of the chapter, who signed the release warrant, said the gesture was in fulfilment of a promise made earlier. “FIDA in partnership with Al-Muhibbah Foundation visited…
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NGE Confab: Peace, security endear us to Kano – NGE President
The President of the Nigeria Guild of Editors (NGE), Mr Mustapha Isah, has said that the guild chose to hold its 2021 bieannial convention in Kano due to its peace and security.The president stated this on Monday at the opening of the three-day confenrence of the guild in Kano.Isah also said that another reason for…
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Insecurity: Youths need more support of all- Islamic Cleric
The three tiers of government in Nigeria have been urged to assiduously work towards bringing the teeming youth out of the ravaging poverty that has driven a good number of them into crimes and criminality by empowering them and providing employment opportunities for them. The admonition was given over the weekend by an Islamic Cleric,…
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Kwara to spend N14bn on schools’ Infrastructure
By Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin Kwara State government has concluded arrangements to inject N14 billion into the state’s economy through execution of infrastructural projects in the education sector. The Governor’s Special Adviser on Strategy, Alhaji Sa’adu Salahu, disclosed this on Friday at a media parley organised by the Kwara State Council of the Nigeria Union…