Category: News
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Russian parliament backs changes allowing Putin to run again for president
The Russian lower house of parliament on Wednesday gave its definitive and overwhelming approval to constitutional changes that allow Vladimir Putin to run for president again in 2024, something the current constitution forbids. ALSO READ:IPAC reiterates call on Obiano to conduct council poll in Anambra The 450-seat State Duma, the lower house of parliament, voted…
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Iranian President Rowhani to lead anti-virus fight
The Iranian government’s strategy to counter the spread of the coronavirus will be led by the president, Hassan Rowhani, according to the news agency Isna. ALSO READ:Kwara: Court orders interim forfeiture of herbalist’s property The suggestion came from Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Wednesday report said. Up until now, the Health Ministry has…
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Kwara: Court orders interim forfeiture of herbalist’s property
By Steve Oni, Ilorin A Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin has ordered interim forfeiture of a four bedroom bungalow belonging to a 36-year-old herbalist, Jamiu Isiaka situated at Oke Foma, Ilorin. The Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had on 10th of June 2019 arraigned the embattled herbalist…
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Kwara begins form distribution for school feeding
By Steve Oni, Ilorin Kwara State Government has urged interested members of the public to collect forms to be engaged as vendors for the Home Grown School Feeding Programme (HGSF). The Focal Person for the National Social Investment Programme (N-SIP) in Kwara State Mrs Basheerah AbdulRazaq said in a statement that the forms are available…
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War Against Corruption: Apostolic Church calls for sincerity, commitment
By Ikhili Ebalu, Benin City The New Apostolic Church Centre for Development (NCD) has called on well meaning Nigerians to join the ongoing crusade against corruption in the country. The group made the call during a rally against corruption; to the Nigeria Union of Journists (NUJ), Edo State Counci!;l in Benin City, yesterday. Speaking on…
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Assembly By- election Unites Kwara Governor, APC Chair
By Steve Oni, Ilorin Indications have emrrged that the seeming frosty relationship between Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara state and the state chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa has been resolved. This is just as all the 16 suspended local government chairmen in the state officially decamped from the Peoples Democratic…
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Coronavirus: FG urged to suspend NYSC camps now
By Steve Oni, Ilorin As a measure to curb the spread of the deadly coronavirus currently ravaging the world, the federal government has been admonished to direct the management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to temporarily close all NYSC camps in the country. A new set of youth corps members is billed to…
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AbdulRazaq touts strides in Patigi ahead Assembly by-election
*Gov confident of victory By Steve Oni, Ilorin Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has flagged off a marathon APC campaign tour crisscrossing various communities in Patigi Local Government ahead of Saturday’s by-election for the Patigi Constituency of the State House of Assembly. AbdulRazaq told locals how his administration is steadily changing the story of the…
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London man second patient to be cured of HIV
A second patient has been cured of HIV after undergoing stem cell transplant treatment, doctors said Tuesday, after finding no trace of infection 30 months after he stopped traditional treatment. ALSO READ:Issa Aremu Praises Buhari Over Executive Order 009, Border Closure The so-called “London Patient”, a cancer sufferer originally from Venezuela, made headlines last year…
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Voting begins in six states as Biden-Sanders showdown heats up
Voters in Michigan and five other states headed to polls early Tuesday in the latest slate of primaries that will decide whether Joe Biden or Bernie Sanders will face President Donald Trump in November. ALSO READ:Bandits kill eight in fresh Zamfara attack Idaho, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota and Washington state also vote Tuesday. But Michigan,…