Category: News
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Refusal to swear in lone Kwara PDP lawmaker: PDP seeks NGF’s intervention
By Steve Oni, Ilorin Kwara state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) to intervene in the crisis rocking the state House of Assembly following the Assembly’s refusal to allow PDP’s Jimoh Agboola entry into the House despite Appeal Court’s ruling declaring him winner of the Ilorin…
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Baraje seeks return of history to Nigeria’s education curriculum to curb social vices
Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin An Educationist, Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje, has picked hole in the nation’s education curriculum for lacking the teaching of history from the basic level to the tertiary level. Baraje, who is the founder and financier of Baraje Centre for Islamic and Arabic Studies, Gerewu in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, blamed…
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Budget: Citizens’ engagement key to good governance — Kwara Gov
• Passes confidence vote in KWIRS’ new leadership By Steve Oni, Ilorin Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Tuesday said citizens’ aspirations would always drive the budget process under his administration as part of a larger strategy to deepen participatory democracy and ensure good governance. “Democracy is all about the people. It is meaningless when…
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Kwara: Vice Principal, two others in EFCC net for exam malpractice
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested three persons including a Vice Principal for allegedly collecting money from students participating in the ongoing National Examination Council (NECO) at Government Day Secondary School, Ote in Eiye-Nkorin Area of Kwara State. The suspects are, the Vice…
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Agric holds the key to Nigeria’s economic survival, says VC
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The federal government has been called upon to invest five percent of the total revenue from oil and gas to promote agric business in educational institutions across the country. The Vice Chancellor, Al-Hikmah University, Professor Taofeek Ibrahim made the call while addressing a press conference on Tuesday in Ilorin, the Kwara…
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Water supply resumes as Kwara fixes Geri Alimi Underpass
By Steve Oni, Ilorin Kwara state Ministry of Water Resources has disclosed that water supply would resume on Monday to some parts of Ilorin metropolis following completion of repair works of the damaged big water pipe at the Geri Alimi Diamond Underpass in Ilorin, the state capital. It would be recalled that in the past…
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We’ll jumpstart Kwara economy with infrastructure, says AbdulRazaq
By Steve Oni, Ilorin Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has said he would jumpstart the state economy and tourism sector with solid infrastructure, especially roads and other basic amenities. Speaking at the annual Ganni Festival in Gwanara in Baruten Local Government Area of the state on Saturday, AbdulRazaq said his administration plans to boost tourism…
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Parents charged on proper of upbringing of their children
*As prayers hold for Waziri Yakubu Gobir’s twins By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Imam Gambari of Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, Imam Sulaiman Abdulazeez Al-Gambar, has called on parents and guardians to ensure that they take proper care of their children and wards so that they will be responsible citizens in the future. According to…
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Court jails two fraudsters in Ilorin
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction of two persons charged before the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin, the state capital, on offences that border on internet fraud and other fraud related offences. The convicts, Okoro Raymond and Ogundowole Tosin,…
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NGOs urge FG to enact new agricultural policy
By Steve Oni, Ilorin A coalition of Non Governmental Organisations has called on both the Federal Government and the National Assembly to synergise and enact a new agricultural policy that would motivate the youth into embracing farming. According to the Coalition which comprises the Cultural and Societal Values Development Initiatives (CSVDI), Moringa Development Association of…