Category: News
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NYSC to prosecute fake graduates from West African varsities
The National Youth Service Corps has warned unqualified graduates with fake credentials, especially from West African universities, to stay off its orientation camps as anyone caught will be prosecuted in court. The NYSC noted that as its 2020 Batch A Orientation Course opens in the first week of March, measures had been put in place…
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Insecurity in Nigeria: Ilorin Emirate seeks divine intervention
By Steve Oni, Ilorin Worried by the seemingly intractable security challenges facing Nigeria, the people of Ilorin Emirate in Kwara state over the weekend converged on the Palace of the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu- Gambari, to seek divine intervention. Though the special prayer was organised primarily to seek God’s guidance for the 85…
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NAUS urges FG to implement NOUN amendment bill
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The National Association of University Students (NAUS) has decried the non implementation of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) Amendment Bill that had since been signed into law by President Muhammadu since December 94, 2018, calling for its immediate implementation. NAUS is the highest decision making body for students studying…
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We’ve never had it so good, Etsu Tsaragi tells Kwara Gov
By Steve Oni, Ilorin More encomiums have come the way of Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq as the government embarks on massive rehabilitation of schools and other basic amenities across the state. A delegation of the Old Students Association Patigi Secondary School in Patigi Local Government, led by the Etsu Patigi Ibrahim Umar Bologi II,…
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Kwara gives new operational vehicles to security agencies
By Steve Oni, Ilorin Kwara State Government has handed over new Toyota Hillux vans to security agencies in the state as part of its multi-prong approach to further secure the lives and property of the people. This comes barely two weeks after Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq called a security dialogue that drew participants from various sectors…
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Court admits Kwara Contractor to N5m bail
By Steve Oni, Ilorin Justice Mahmood Abdulgafar of a Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin has granted the bail application brought by a Kwara based contractor, Chief Joseph Oluwole Komolafe, who is being prosecuted by the Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for alleged fraud of N31m. The EFCC…
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Certificate forgery: Court orders DSS to probe Bayelsa deputy gov
An Abuja Area Court, on Wednesday, ordered the Department of State Security to investigate the allegation of forgery of a National Youth Service Corps certificate levelled against the Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo. Ewhrudjakpo of the Peoples Democratic Party was until his swearing-in as the Bayelsa State deputy governor on February 14, 2020,…
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UNILORIN Don urges FG to declare state of emergency on engineering research
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The federal government of Nigeria has been called upon to declare a state of emergency on engineering research and development in the country, while also tasking some faculties of engineering with some specific products over a given period of time, say five years, adding that these should be well funded. Prof.…
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FG to curb sale of tickets at railway stations
…declares rail infrastructure devt, national priority The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission, ICRC, Friday, said it has engaged private sector operators to deploy electronic ticketing solution for the Nigerian Railway Corporation, NRC, to cut down on the purchase tickets at train stations. There have been several calls by passengers and patrons of the rail services in…
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Fashola urges top ministry officials to work as team
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has urged top officials of the ministry to work as a team in order to achieve more successes. Fashola made the call at the 7th Top Management Retreat for Directors, Heads of Units and Chief Executive Officers of the ministry on Friday in Gombe. He said that…