Category: News

  • Eid-el-Kabir: Saliu Mustapha preaches peace, love

    Eid-el-Kabir: Saliu Mustapha preaches peace, love

    By Steve Oni, Ilorin A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mallam Saliu Mustapha, has urged Nigerians to rise above personal and sectarian interests by promoting harmonious relationship to sustain the nation’s unity In a statement issued in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital by his media aide on the occasion of Eid-el-Kabir, Mallam Mustapha…

  • Accident kills 1 on Lagos-Abeokuta highway

    The Ogun State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Saturday confirmed that one person died in an accident involving a commercial bus at Joju area on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway. The Commander of the sector, Mr Clement Oladele, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ota, Ogun on Saturday that the accident…

  • Benin Monarch Says Fight Against Illegal Migration Is Not Targeted Against Anyone

    By Ikhili Ebalu, Benin City The Benin monarch Omo N’Oba Ewuare the second has hinted that the palace onslaught against illegal migration and human trafficking is not targeted against anyone wishing to travel abroad, but aimed at eradicating the monstrous scourge currently bedevilling the state. Oba Ewuare stressed that great successes have been recorded from…

  • We ll run an inclusive government…. Kw Dep Gov

    By Steve Oni, Ilorin Kwara State government will run an inclusive administration to take care of the interest of all stakeholders and the people. State Deputy Governor Kayode Alabi, who stated this on Thursday in Ilorin while receiving Oke-Ero Local Government APC Ward Chairmen during a visit to his office, assured the people that the…

  • N150m Plaza: Kwara govt queries official after house forfeiture

    By Steve Oni, Ilorin Kwara State Government on Friday queried the top civil servant linked to the N150m property forfeited to the Federal government. “In line with the civil service rules and procedure and the anti-corruption posture of the new administration, the Head of Service (HOS), Mrs Oluwole Susan, on Friday ordered that the affected…

  • Kwara understudies FG’s Trader-Moni to fight poverty

    By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Kwara State Government is understudying the TraderMoni programme of the Federal Government to extend soft loans to traders and reduce mass poverty in the state. “On Friday, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq visited the Abuja headquarters of the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP), the implementers of the TraderMoni initiative, with a…

  • Court orders final forfeiture of Kwara civil servant’s N150m plaza to FG

    By Steve Oni, Ilorin A high court sitting in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, has ordered the final forfeiture of N150 million plaza belonging to a civil servant in the state. Ilorin zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) urged the court to give an order of final forfeiture of Asmau Plaza…

  • Edo University Gets Tetfund Enlistment

    By Ikhili Ebalu, Benin City The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has been enlisted Edo University Iyamho as a beneficiary of the annual intervention after its visit to the institution in May 2019. The enlistment, which was announced during a brief ceremony by the Executive Secretary of TETFund, Prof. Suleiman Elias Bagoro, represented by Barr.…

  • Edo Assembly Crisis: CNPP Berates NASS

    By Ikhili Ebalu, Benin City Edo State chapter of Conference of Nigerian Political Parties ( CNPP) has condemned the recent decisions of the National Assembly directing the state governor, Godwin Obaseki to re issue a letter of proclamation for the inauguration of the state House of assembly. The National Assembly will recalled on Tuesday directed…

  • Kwara Assembly moves to restore Kwara United FC’s lost glory

    By Steve Oni, Ilorin Worried by the dwindling performance of the Kwara State darling team, Kwara United Football Club, the State House of Assembly, has directed its relevant Standing Committee to convene stakeholders meeting with a view to restoring its lost glory and report back to the House in two weeks. The House gave the…