Category: News
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Kwara First Lady leads walk against gender-based violence
By Steve Oni, Ilorin Kwara State First Lady Olufolake AbdulRazaq on Saturday led thousands of women on a street walk against gender-based violence and sexual abuse in Ilorin, the state capital, calling for mass support against the scourge. The rally, which began at the Kwara State Banquet Hall, saw the women walking through the popular…
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PDP governors decry over dependence on oil
… call for alternative IGR By Ere-ebi Imisi Governors forum under the People’s Democratic Party, PDP have reiterated on the need to have an alternative means to generate Internal Revenue in the states adding that states must begin to look away from oil. While speaking during the 2019 Annual Internal Generated Revenue summit for…
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Kwara Assembly worried by dearth of teachers in rural schools
By Steve Oni, Ilorin Kwara State House of Assembly has directed its Committee on Education and Human Capital Development to investigate alleged non existence of teachers in rural schools in the state and poor state of physical infrastructure in such schools. The Speaker, Hon Yakubu Danladi Salihu gave the directive after deliberations on a Matter…
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Kwara Assembly confirms Civil Service Commission members
By Steve Oni, Ilorin Kwara State House of Assembly has confirmed the appointment of Chairman and members of the State Civil Service Commission forwarded to it by Governor Abdulrahman AbdulRazaq. They are Hajia Habiba Anike Yusuf as Chairman, Mrs Dorcas Yinre Afeniforo, Alhaji Isiaka Adisa Olohundare and Sir Job Afolayan as members of the Commission.…
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APC Ward Chairman, others suspended for anti-party activities,divisive tendencies in Edo
By Ikhili Ebalu, Benin City. All Progressives Congress APC Stakeholders and Leaders from Edo North Senatorial District in Etsako West, Ward 12 on Monday deplored the purported suspension of APC National Chairman, Comrade Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole by a paid group of Edo State government faction of APC. Leader of Ward 12, Alhaji SMO Momoh said…
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Winners Emerge In Kwara Qur’an Memorisation Competition
By Steve Oni, Ilorin Winners have emerged in the grand finale of the Kwara state Qur’an recitation competition. Those who came first in the various categories will represent the state at the national event holding in Lagos in December. Murtadoh Abdulkadir-Katibi emerged overall winner of the first category for memorising complete Qur’an with Tajweed and…
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Damaged 63km federal road: Kwara moves to effect repair
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Permanent Secretary, Kwara state Ministry of Works and Transport, Dr. Yusuf Manjo, has assured motorists plying the 63km Kishi-Kiaima federal road that the ongoing grading of the road by the Kwara Road Maintenance Agency (KWARMA) would be completed within the next two weeks. Dr. Manjo gave the assurance on Saturday…
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EFCC secures five convictions in Ilorin
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ilorin Zonal Office has secured convictions of five persons prosecuted for their involvement in offences bordering on internet fraud and other fraud related offences. The five defendants were on Tuesday convicted and sentenced to six months imprisonment, without an option of fine, in their…
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AbdulRazaq mourns as KWASU loses lecturer, student in auto crash
By Steve Oni, Ilorin Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Tuesday commiserated with the families of one lecturer and a student of the Kwara State University (KWASU) who died in an auto crash Monday evening. The accident involved one of the university’s buses carrying 15 staff and students. Seven of the passengers were badly injured…
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Kwara Govt fixes NYSC hostels five months after AbdulRazaq’s visit
By Steve Oni, Ilorin Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, matching words with action, has renovated the decrepit hostels of the state’s National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) camp, barely five months after he described the facilities as penitentiaries not fit for human living. The renovation came three months after his administration also supplied the facilities with…