Category: News
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2021 Ilorin Durbar: Emir lauds efforts of the Committee
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Emir of Ilorin and Chairman, Kwara State Council of Chiefs, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu -Gambari CFR has reiterated that the yearly grand Durbar celebration in Ilorin, the state capital, is meant to reinvigorate the culture and tradition of the people of Ilorin Emirate, among other things. According to him, Durbar as…
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Jos killings: Prevent escalation, PFN advises govt
The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has called on the Federal Government to take preemptive measures to forestall another crisis the recent Jos killings may cause. The president of the fellowship, Bishop Francis Wale Oke, stated this in a statement in Ibadan on Tuesday. Oke, while condemning the incident that led to the loss of…
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Secession : Ex- governorship candidate cautions youths
By Steve Oni, Ilorin A former governorship candidate in the 2019 general elections in Kwara State, Alhaji Mohammed Ajia, has cautioned Nigerian youths against supporting secessionist agitations, saying the country is better not balkanized. Rather, he urged them to form a formidable group towards seizing power democratically from the old people during the 2023 general…
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Kwara: Man in NSCDC net for allegedly stealing two plasma TV sets
By Steve Oni, Ilorin. The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has paraded a 32-year-old Olaleke Tope, allegedly described as a serial house breaker, for allegedly stealing two Plasma Television sets. According to the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Babawale Zaid Afolabi, the suspect, who is a father of two,…
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NESG mourns Ahmed Joda
Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) has commiserated with the family of the late Alhaji Ahmed Joda over the passing away of the elder statesman. Our correspondent reports that Joda, a former Permanent Secretary and founding member of NESG, died on Friday in Yola, Adamawa at the age of 91. The late Joda was also the Chairman…
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Road crash claims 1 on Lagos-Ibadan expressway
Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), on Saturday, said that one person died in an accident involving a truck and two cars, at Orimerumu on Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The Mowe-Ibafo Divisional Commander of TRACE, Mr Olusola Ojuoro, who confirmed the incident to our correspondent in Ota, said that the accident happened at about 7.03 am.…
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Katsina Assembly received 3 public petitions in 8 months, says Committee
Katsina State House of Assembly says it has received three public petitions through its standing committee on public petitions from January till date. The committee Chairman, Alhaji Abduljalal Haruna-Rinka (APC- Safana), disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency o on Saturday in Katsina. According to Haruna-Rinka, who is also the Chief Whip of…
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Flood displaces 120 families in Jigawa community
Flood, occasioned by heavy rain, has displaced more than 120 families at Unguwar Tsallake area of Guri Local Government Area of Jigawa, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The Information Officer in charge of the council, Alhaji Sunusi Doro, told on Saturday that the incident occurred after a torrential rainfall on Wednesday and Thursday.…
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Kwara/Kogi: JBPT makes 82 seizures of goods worth N92.5m
Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin Operatives of the Joint Border Patrol Team, Sector 3, (JBPT), comprising Nigeria Customs Service and other sister agencies, have made 82 seizures of various items with total Dity Paid Value of N92.5m. JBPT Coordinator, Comptroller Olugboyega Peters, disclosed this on Wednesday while briefing journalists on the activities of the Sector in…
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U.S. can’t cure its underlying diseases by shifting blame
The COVID-19 situation in the U.S. is entering a new stage of upsurge, with core indicators, including daily numbers of new confirmed cases, hospitalizations, and deaths rebounding sharply, and the daily average tally of new confirmed cases during the past week exceeding 100,000. Shockingly, the country’s politicians are still busy stigmatizing acts of other countries…