Category: News
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Omu-Aran will take first place in my administration, says Kwara Gov
By Steve Oni, Ilorin Kwara state Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has pledged that Omu-Aran community, headquarters of Irepodun local government area, as a rapidly growing urban centre, would take a first place in his administration, adding that the community, like others, would not be abandoned. The governor, who spoke at this year’s Omu-Aran Day 2019, said…
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Onitsha Fire:Preventable disaster, too many – House of Reps’ Committee
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The gory tales of the fire tragedy of Wednesday October 16, 2019 in Upper-Iweka area of Onitsha city in Anambra State was one preventable disaster too many. The Chairman of the House Committee on Emergency and Disaster Preparedness, Hon. Tunji Olawuyi, who stated this in a statement in Ilorin on Saturday,…
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Yahaya Bello’s Security Aides allegedly Attack Publisher In Abuja
Security details attached to the Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello have been alleged to have attacked The Publisher of Aljazirah Nigeria Newspapers, Comr. Bassey Etuk Williams in Abuja. The ugly incident which happened at about 7.30pm on Friday night took place without Mr. Williams provoking the governor’s aides. An eyewitness who confirmed the story said…
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Kwara gets N3.5bn allocation for October
By Steve Oni, Ilorin Kwara State Government has received a total of N3,516,975,521.40 (three billion, five hundred and sixteen million, nine hundred and seventy five thousand, five hundred and twenty one naira, forty kobo) as net monthly allocation for the month of October. The amount is minus N681,499, 217:53 (six hundred and eighty one million,…
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Entrepreneur urges FG, world leaders to tackle poverty ravaging the globe
By Steve Oni, Ilorin As the world marks International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, a Social Entrepreneur, Alhaji Yakubu Gobir, has admonished political office holders as well as the three tiers of government in Nigeria to embark on programmes that will alleviate the high rate of poverty ravaging the citizenry, especially women and children.…
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Killer of Ilorin MTN staffer sentenced to death by hanging
Steve Oni, Ilorin. Kwara state High Court, sitting in Ilorin, has sentenced one Ogundele David, killer of an MTN telecommunication staffer, Abiola Tosin Ashinwo, to death by hanging. In a judgment delivered on Thursday by the trial judge, Justice Adebayo Yusuf, Ogundele was convicted on two count charge, after over three years of legal battle.…
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FBI Suspect, Oyediran, bags one year imprisonment in Ilorin
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC) Ilorin Zonal Office has secured the conviction of one Joseph Oyediran, one of the suspects indicted by the Federal Bureau of Investigations in the United States of America. Justice Mahmood Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin, relying on the…
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Sex for marks Scandal, mothers urged to protect their girl child
By Ere-ebi Imisi Founder Branzul Ikuli Centre for Social Rehabilitation Dr Mrs Merit Obua, has urged mothers to protect their girl child from sexual violation stressing that it is a divine task. In a chat with our correspondent, Dr Merit noted that immediately a woman gives birth to a female child, she must be aware…
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Kwara Assembly Approves N130,380,403,956 Revised Budget
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Kwara State House of Assembly has approved N130,380,403,956 as the new revised total budget size of the State as against the initial N157,802,032,561 with a decrease of N27,421,628,605, representing 17.4 per cent. This is sequel to the report of the House Committee on Finance and Appropriation on the Year 2019…
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Kwara Dep Gov tasks Vet doctors on food security
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Kwara State Government has stressed the need for continuous capacity building and strengthening of policies on dairy and animal production in the Nigeria. Deputy Governor Kayode Alabi, who stated this on Wednesday at the second induction and oath taking of Veterinary graduates of University of Ilorin, noted that human lives…