Tag: Kwara
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Kwara police rescue kidnapped twin children of traditional ruler, 3 domestic staff
The Police Command in Kwara has rescued the kidnapped twin girls and three domestic staff of Oba Samuel Adelodun, the Owalobo of Obbo Ayegunle, in Ekiti Local Government area of the State. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Okasanmi Ajayi, disclosed this on Sunday in Ilorin. He said that the kidnappers, under intense pressure from…
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Kwara APC inaugurates LG chairmen, secretaries ahead state Congress
The newly elected local government Chairmen and Secretaries of the Kwara state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) across the 16 local government areas have been sworn in. A chieftain of APC, Barrister Anthony Towoju, administered the oath of office and allegiance on the chairmen and secretaries on behalf of the party. At the…
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Kwara APC: We are here to conduct free, fair congress, says committee chair
The Chairman of the Committee for the state congress of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State, Prof. Emmanuel Dan-Daura has admonished all delegates to the congress to conduct themselves peacefully, adding that they were in the state to ensure a free and fair congress. Dan- Daura gave the charge during an APC stakeholders…
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Kwara NSCDC armed personnel undergo psychological evaluation
Officials from National headquarters of the Nigeria Security And Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Forensic and Behavioral Unit have conducted a psychological profiling and forensic evaluation of its arms bearing personnel in Kwara. This is contained in a statement issued by he NSCDC Kwara Command Spokesman, Mr Babawale Afolabi on Friday in Ilorin. The NSCDC said…
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NSCDC commissions new Divisional Office in Kwara community
By Steve Oni, Ilorin In its efforts to boost security in Kwara state, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kwara State Command, has commissioned a new divisional office in Oro-Ago town in Ifelodun Local Government Area of the State. While commissioning the new edifice on Friday, Commandant Ayinla Iskil Makinde, said the NSCDC…
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Kwara: Man in NSCDC net for allegedly stealing two plasma TV sets
By Steve Oni, Ilorin. The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has paraded a 32-year-old Olaleke Tope, allegedly described as a serial house breaker, for allegedly stealing two Plasma Television sets. According to the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Babawale Zaid Afolabi, the suspect, who is a father of two,…
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Kwara Govt acquires 2 dialysis machines
The Kwara Government has acquired two additional new dialysis machines for the state’s premier General Hospital, thus bringing the equipment to four in the hospital. A statement by Mr Sa’ad Aluko, the Director General of Hospital Board Management on Tuesday in Ilorin, said that this would enable the facility to offer more efficient services and…
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3,500 PDP members defect to APC In Kwara
Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin Kwara State Governor AbdulRahaman AbdulRazaq on Saturday welcomed thousands of members of the major opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the fold of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. AbdulRazaq received the defectors at a ceremony organised to celebrate June 12 Democracy Day in Ilorin, the state capital.…
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Kwara to spend N14bn on schools’ Infrastructure
By Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin Kwara State government has concluded arrangements to inject N14 billion into the state’s economy through execution of infrastructural projects in the education sector. The Governor’s Special Adviser on Strategy, Alhaji Sa’adu Salahu, disclosed this on Friday at a media parley organised by the Kwara State Council of the Nigeria Union…
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9,030 shortchanged pensioners appeal to Gov AbdulRazaq for help
Pensioners numbering over 9,000 in Kwara state have appealed to Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq to passionately look into their plight by approving the payment of their outstanding N1.68bn gratuity owed them since 2008 when former Senate President Bukola Saraki was governor. Addressing journalists in Ilorin, the state capital, on Wednesday, spokesman of the Concerned Pensioners, Comrade…