As parts of activities to reduce unemployment in Kwara State, Igbomina Anglican Diocese has inaugurated a gas plant known as Jumosokan Gas Plant in Oke-Ola, Oro in Irepodun Local Government of Kwara State. Bishop of Igbomina Anglican Diocese, Right Reverend Emmanuel Adekola said the gas plant is in tandem with federal government’s gas expansion program…
President Muhammadu Buhari sympathizes with families of policemen reportedly murdered in the Southeast by misguided separatist elements, who videotaped the bestial killings, and proceeded to share it widely on social media. The President laments the horrific nature of the bloodletting, which indicates that some minds are completely overtaken by hatred, and reduced to the basest…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has declared as illegal, unlawful and unconstitutional, the banishment of the deposed Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi to Awe, a remote community in Nasarawa State. The presiding Judge, Justice Anwuli Chikere while delivering the judgement held that restrictions placed on Mallam Sanusi after his deposition on…
Campaign Posters of former Senate President Dr. Bukola Saraki for the 2023 presidential election have surfaced in Ibadan, Oyo State. Saraki ran Kwara State as governor from 2003 to 2011 on the Peoples Democratic Party platform, according to our source (PDP). Saraki, who served as Senate President between 2015 and 2019, transitioned from the PDP…
Congratulations to Alexia Putellas and Lionel Messi, the biggest winners at the Ballon d’Or night. Robert Lewandowski, came close to his first Ballon d’Or but had to make do with Striker of the Year, not the worst consolation prize. Well done also to top club Chelsea, keeper of the year Gianluigi Donnarumma, and best youngster…
Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Osun State Command, says it has arrested two persons, a father and a grandfather, for allegedly raping their 13-year-old daughter/granddaughter. The command’s Spokesperson, Mr Adigun Daniel, who disclosed this in a statement issued in Osogbo on Monday, said that the suspects were arrested on Friday, upon the confession…
The Department of Health in Ontairo, Canada, said it has confirmed two cases of the Omicron COVID-19 variant in two people who recently traveled in from Nigeria. The Department of Health said Ottawa Public Health is conducting case and contact management. The statement reads”today, the province of Ontario confirmed two cases of the Omicron variant…
It was the timely intervention of the patrol team of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Kwara State Command that saved two suspected phone thieves from being lynched by irate mob at Challenge area of the state capital on Monday. According to a release signed and made available to the newsmen in llorin by…
The Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA at the weekend seized 12,385 kilograms of Loud Cannabis. In a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy Femi Babafemi said , a strong variant of the illicit weed imported from a neighbouring country and smuggled into Lagos through the waterways. Mr Babafemi said Acting…
The Police Command in Kaduna has confirmed the release of 10 out of the 13 abducted staff of the Zaria Local Government, Kaduna state. Mohammed Jalige, spokesman for the police in the state, told newsmen on Sunday in Zaria that the kidnapped staff were released on Saturday, adding that efforts are on to ensure the…
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on universities of agriculture to bridge the gap of food insecurity and address the nation’s dependence on imported foods. He said the specialised universities must play their crucial role in catalysing the development of the agricultural sector to help Federal Government achieve its goal of the sustainable green economy. The…
By Ayeeshat j Ahmad The Abuja-Kaduna highway has recently been described as a death knell, due to increased kidnappings and bloodshed. The Abuja to Kaduna road is one of the most dangerous routes currently being discussed. Security is a basic requirement as human beings but our country has been a theater of genocide, bloodshed and…
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt Gen Faruk Yahaya has charged troops of the Nigerian Army to sustain aggressive offensives against insurgents and bandits who are precipitating insecurity in the country until they are decimated to a point of surrendering. The COAS gave the charge when he paid an operational visit to 23 Brigade,…
Kwara State has gone down in history as the first African state with the highest number of female cabinet members and political appointees. That’s way higher than the 35% affirmative action sought by the Beijing Declaration and a big statement for the Nigerian girl child. Join us as Kwara Women tell their stories, 7th December,…
Police in Zamfara state has arrested Bandits collaborators that includes Drug, logistics and Arms Suppliers, during interrogations of the suspects which led to Operation by the, the Police Tactical Operatives at different bandit’s enclaves in the State. The operations led to a serious gun battle with the bandits where unspecified numbers of bandits were fatally…
On Tuesday, 17 November 2015, the Uganda government signed an agreement with Export-Import Bank of China (Exim Bank) to borrow $207 million at two per cent upon disbursement. The loan had a maturity period of 20 years including a seven-year grace period. It has now emerged that the deal signed with the Chinese lenders virtually…
Press briefing by Samuel Aruwan , Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs at the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Secretariat, Kaduna. 26th November 2021 My dear colleagues: I am here to inform you that the Kaduna State Government has contacted the relevant federal agencies to effect the immediate restoration of telecommunication services which…
Any society where rape becomes ubiquitous and rapists are condoned is a disaster-prone society. Rapists are hard-edged criminals and I don’t know any where in the world where rape is not a crime. It is never a way of life. Subtract religion from the equation and add secularism to it, rape is still a crime….
..As KOPAN set to partner security outfit Following the activities of evil perpetrators on rampage in the country, the Department of State Services (DSS) today revealed tips to a safe and secured living. In an interface with the Kwara Online Publishers Association of Nigeria (KOPAN) in Ilorin Kwara State capital, the State Director of the…
The Executive Governor of Kwara State, Alhaji AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq, has commissioned the ENACT Innovation Hub, constructed by Engr Nurudeen Adeyemi Balogun at Ajase-Ipo in Irepodun Local Government of Kwara state. Speaking at the official opening of the hub on Thursday, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq said the hub is a milestone for the development of Kwara state…
The World Bank has raised alarm, saying further delay in removing the fuel subsidy which had been described as a major drain and waste on the economy could make the federal and state governments to be unable to pay salaries from 2022. The Lead Economist, Nigeria Country office of the World Bank, Marco Antonio Hernandez,…
Kwara State Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Iskilu Makinde Ayinla, has appealed to residents to desist from acts capable of ruining the good image of the State. According to the NSCDC spokesman in the State Babawale Zaid Afolabi, the Commandant made the appeal on Thursday while flagging off the sensitization…
National Carrier, Air Nigeria, is expected to take off by April 2022. The Minister of Aviation Senator Hadi Sirika informed State House Correspondents after the week’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. According to Sirika, the national carrier will be run by a company in…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has said that it has discovered 706,189 illegal admissions conducted by universities, colleges of education, polytechnics, and other institutions. The JAMB Registrar, Isiaq Oloyede stated this during the Consultative Sensitization Meeting with selected stakeholders in Abuja, saying such could harm the country’s reputation. He said that public and…
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning has said that by 2022 Nigeria will remove fuel subsidy and replace them with 5000 transport grant for 40 million Nigerians. The Minister said this while speaking at the lunch of the World Bank Nigeria Development Update (NDU) on Tuesday. She also stated that the grant will…
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode. Fani-Kayode was nabbed and subsequently taken to the Lagos Zonal Office of the anti-graft agency for alleged manipulation and forgery of a medical report which he allegedly procured to evade his trial. The former minister, it was…
The Kano State Government says over two million children under the age of 5 will be vaccinated against measles disease in the 44 Local Government Areas of the state. The Commissioner for Health Dr. Aminu Ibrahim Tsanyawa stated this while briefing Journalists on the commencement of the vaccination against measles in Kano state. The Commissioner…
President Muhammad Buhari has greeted his predecessor , Good luck Jonathan as he turns 64. ” On behalf of the government and people of Nigeria, I greet Dr. Goodluck Jonathan on his 64th birthday anniversary. I congratulate you on your service to Nigeria, and your work for the peace and advancement of democracy on the…
The Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Engr. Yakubu Danladi-Salihu says the present administration under His Excellency, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has invested billions of naira to engineer massive infrastructural development across the Kwara North Senatorial District of the state. Engr. Danladi-Salihu who stated this in his keynote address at the Kwara North Youth…
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has explained that Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), will declare whether he will be running for president in 2023 or not, next January. The former Lagos governor has been frequently rumoured to have interest in Aso Rock. He is, however,…
Zainab Aliyu Kila, framed by a drug cartel while travelling for lesser Hajj in Saudi Arabia in 2018, has been reported to have joined the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. Jigawa state-born Zainab Aliyu is among the 2,000 newly trained NDLEA officers commissioned at the agency’s academy in Jos, Plateau State on Friday. Her…
Vice-President Kamala Harris has made history as the first woman to wield presidential power following President Joe Biden’s visit to the hospital. In a statement by Jen Psaki, White House Press Secretary, Joe Biden will undergo anesthesia for a routine colonoscopy. “The Vice President will work from her office in the West Wing during this…
The Chairman and Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Buba Marwa, has met with the Plateau Chapters of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, and the Ja’amatu Nasril Islam, JNI, to collaborate on ways to curb the surge of drug abuse in Nigeria. Mr Marwa met separately with the leadership of…
Unilorin, Students’ Brutality and the Risk of Teaching in Nigerian Universities Universities are citadels of knowledge which majorly focus on imparting knowledge and building character. However, recent developments lead one to the conclusion that many students (if not most) do not know what university is and the place of teachers therein It is obvious that…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Engineer Pastor Sunday Adebayo Babalola, has urged the Federal Government and other relevant authorities to make the National Health Insurance Scheme in Nigeria efficient. In an interview on Wednesday, he said such a scheme is efficient in the United States of America, the United Kingdom, and some other…
At the just concluded Nigeria Diaspora Investment Summit 2021 held in Abuja, Nigeria on November 16th – 17th, 2021 organized by the non-profit voluntary organization Nigeria Diaspora Summit Initiative (NDSI) in collaboration with the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Hon. Dr. Lola Sawyerr the Focal Person on Diaspora Matters to HE AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq the executive…
The Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to Kwara State Government, Mallam Rafiu Ajakaye has said that, the state government is committed to even development across the state noting that the present administration under the leadership of Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has put an end to the “enclave development” it inherited from the past. Ajakaye disclosed this while…
The Nigeria Police Force Kano state command has organized its first Quran Recitation Competition among for its officers. The competition was held at Bompai Headquarters of the Nigeria police. Judges presided over the recitation in which senior and junior police officer presented themselves before the audience to recite what they’ve memorized from the Qur’an. The…
FIFA said on Tuesday it had received complaints from South Africa and Benin after the countries suffered defeats last weekend which eliminated them from 2022 World Cup qualifying in Africa. South Africa lost a Group G decider 1-0 in Ghana, who converted a disputed penalty after Daniel Amartey appeared to dive. “We have received a…
Following the outcry by the family, friends and fans of the popular Ilorin born Comedian, Abdulgafar Abiola also known as Cute Abiola on social media, the Nigerian Navy has come out to to set the record straight, stating that the Comedian also known as Lawyer Kunle was detained for conducting himself in a way that…
I have lived for more than two decades; 14 years of those decades were dedicated to studying the political process due to the influence of my family who has a keen interest in politics and governance. However, my interest in economics and purchasing power is influenced by the fact that I assisted my mother in…
The horrible incident of a student assaulting his lecturer on campus last week was disheartening. It was an unimaginable incident that has several implications. It implies a high level of moral decadence in today’s youths. It is also a consequence of the failure of our learning institutions to inculcate good character in the students. Presumably,…
The student of University of Ilorin, Salaudeen Waliu Aanuoluwa who beat a female lecturer of the Department of Microbiology has been expelled after being found guilty of assault by Students Disciplinary Committee of the University. A statement by the University’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Mr. Kunle Akogun, disclosed that the verdict was handed down by…
OPEN LETTER TO HONORABLE ISMAIL KAYODE TIJANI, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MEMBER, REPRESENTING IFELODUN, OFFA & OYUN FEDERAL CONSTITUENCY. Dear Honourable Ismail Kayode Tijani, We are writing this letter to bring to your attention some burning issues we believe are unfair which require your urgent attention. First and foremost, we have to spell out to you…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it is set to set up a probe panel to examine the circumstances leading to the appointment of the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy as a Professor of Cyber Security, by the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) ASUU President, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke stated on Monday…
Sola Rotimi Nigerians residing in local communities where the Health Initiative by the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, is ongoing have been advised to avail themselves of the free program. The NYSC Director General, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim, gave this advice during the flag off of the program in Ijara- Isin community, Isin Local Government…
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has posited that without God he would not have taken the state far as he has done. Wike said this on Sunday, November 14, at the Church of Christ in Nations, Port Harcourt Wike, after donating N30 million to the church, said the state runs a Jesus economy, which is…
Austria says it is placing millions of people not fully vaccinated against the coronavirus in lockdown as of Monday to deal with a surge in infections to record levels and the growing strain on intensive-care units, the government said on Sunday. Europe is the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic again, prompting some governments to consider…
The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, has disowned a publication attributed to him about “Defence Headquarters warning soldiers against overthrowing Buhari’s regime”. Nwachukwu, in a statement on Saturday, said the publication, which was riddled with outrageous lies and fabrications, claimed that the “Defence Headquarters has denounced a call for the military to take…
The book, Christian Theology, Mentorship and National Transformation published in honour of Professor Julius Bamidele Lawal by the ECWA Theological Seminary, Igbaja Kwara State has been described as a honour well deserved. This was the remark of high profile personalities from far and wide who converged at the ancient town of Igbaja to honour the…
A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has said Nigerians seem to have accepted mass killings in the country as the new normal. Dogara, in a key note address titled, “Peace and Development in Nigeria: The Pragmatic Approach,” delivered at a summit organised by the Sultan Maccido Institute for Peace and Development…
David Titiloye The APC in Kwara state has become like the leaning tower of Pisa. An architectural masterpiece which was supposed to reflect the glory of God but ended up becoming an edifice of mockery and laughter despite decades of efforts to rectify the damage and the best of engineers trying fruitlessly to save it…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested one Precious Ofure Omonkhoa for bitcoin investment scam. Wilson Uwujaren, Head of Media, announced the arrest in a statement on Friday. He said Precious was nabbed in the Ikoyi area of Lagos, following credible intelligence about his illegal activities. Precious allegedly posed as Moshem Cnich, a…
Collapse of buildings in Lagos where lives were lost is a recurring thing—it is not new. But as far as I can recall in the recent time, no collapse caught people’s attention like that of the Synagogue Church Of All Nations and the most recent one in Ikoyi (both in Lagos). Many believe that the…
Anambra State Governor-elect, Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo has thanked the people of the state for the support bestowed on him at the just concluded gubernatorial election in the state. Soludo after receiving Certificate of Return on Friday November 12, 2021 took to his Facebook page. In a statement he posted on his official Facebook page…
Troops of Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) deployed at 192 Battalion Foward Operations Base (FOB) have inflicted heavy casualty on Boko Haram(BH) and Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in an ambush in Pulka general area. It was an Intelligence driven operation that was conducted with precision in conjunction with members of the Civilian…
The Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Engr. Yakubu Danladi-Salihu has sent his warmest congratulations to the Emir of Ilorin and Chairman, Kwara State Traditional Council of Chiefs and Obas , Dr. Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, CFR on the occasion of his 26th coronation anniversary. Engr. Danladi-Salihu in the congratulatory message acknowledged the immense contributions…
The Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Engr. Yakubu Danladi-Salihu has described the death of the Special Assistant on Religion (Christian) to Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, Reverend Dr. Samuel Olusegun Adedayo as a great loss. Engr Danladi-Salihu in the condolence message specifically commiserated with Kwara State Governor, the family of Dr. Adedayo, the Christian…
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has announced the death of his Special Assistant on Religion (Christian) Dr. Samuel Olusegun Adedayo. “I join the Christendom and the immediate family of Rev. Dr. Samuel Adedayo to mourn the death of the fine gentleman. It is a devastating development, one death too many. In him we lost a…
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, and the Governor-Elect; Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo on his victory in the just concluded gubernatorial election in Anambra State. In a statement released by the Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to the President; Femi Adesina, President Buhari praises the security agencies…
The Elites Network for Sustainable Development (ENetSuD), an anti-corruption Civil Society Organisation, has charged Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq to immediately prosecute ex-Governor AbdulFatah Ahmed’s administration over claims they stole UBEC grant, if at all his allegation is credible and valid. ENetSuD Coordinator Dr Abdullateef Alagbonsi, in a statement on Tuesday noted the persistent allegation by Governor…
My partner narrated an incident that took place during her study at one of the higher institutions in Kwara, Offa precisely. It was the case of a lecturer who used to be a serial adulterer. Always desperate to taste every female student of his choice. Though he was employed as a mathematics lecturer he could…
A lecturer in the Department of Pure and Applied Science, Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete has been arraigned before a Magistrate Court sitting in Ilorin . The suspect, Pelumi Adewole was arrested by the men of the State Intelligence Bureau (SIB) over offences bordering on Criminal intimidation, sexual harassment and examination malpractices among others. The…
The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna has debunked the arrest of a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) personnel, Sergeant Torsobo Solomon, in connection with the attack of the facility in August by its operatives. Sergeant Solomon, according to multiple reports was arrested on Monday and flown to Kaduna for further investigations. However, the NDA in a…
A federal high court in Abuja has found ex-pensions boss, Abdulrasheed Maina guilty of Money Laundering charges. Maina, who was chairman of the now defunct Pension Reform Task Force, was found guilty of stealing over N2 billion belonging to Pensioners “most of whom have died without reaping the fruits of their labour,”. The presiding Judge,…
Full results from the Anambra Gubernatorial Elections as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC; (1) Dunukofia LGA APC 1991 APGA 4124 PDP 1680 YPP 1360 (2) Awka South LGA APC 2595 APGA 12,891 PDP 5498 YPP 919 (3) Oyi LGA APC 2830 APGA 6133 PDP 2484 YPP 900 (4) Ayamelum LGA APC 2409…
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) is taking stringent measures to tackle unwholesome tendencies in maritime business to entrench confidence in the system, its Acting Managing Director, Mr Mohammed Bello-Koko, has said. He stated this on Sunday in Lagos that redoployment of security officials was key and that some had stayed for a long time on…
No fewer than 36 candidates sat in the preliminary examination for the post of High Court Judges and Khadis of Sharia Court of Appeal in Jigawa. Alhaji Abbas Rufa’i, Director, Special Services and Protocol Matters, Jigawa State Judicial Service Commission, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse…
Government at various levels have been urged to provide enabling environment for women farmers to help eradicate hunger in the country. Chairperson, Women In Agric Business, WIAB, Mrs Rebecca Ajala gave the appeal at the annual Agric day and presentation of awards to personalities for supporting Women in agriculture at Oro, Irepodun Local Government of…
The National Association of Government General Medical and Dental Practitioners (NAGGMDP), Kwara State branch, has suspended its 7-day warning strike. Dr. Saka Agboola, the Chairman of the association, told newsmen in Ilorin on Saturday that the suspension of the industrial action would take effect by 6 p.m. He said that members were expected to resume…
Actor and comedian Apama has bought a brand new car for his three-year-old daughter, Audrey Zimchikachim Osinachi. Apama who took to social media to show-off and congratulate her for the Toyota brand car he bought asked his daughter to continue to manage him as her father. He said after posting his daughter’s photos saying; “Congratulations…
KWARA STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY ASA DAM ROAD, ILORIN INVITATION TO PUBLIC HEARING The Kwara State House of Assembly hereby invites the General Public to a Public Hearing on a Bill Titled ” Kwara State Public Audit (Re-enactment) Bill, 2021. Venue : Committee Room 213, Kwara State House of Assembly Complex, Ilorin. Date : Monday…
Amina Ibrahim perhaps will be the first woman to be captured by the media as a tricyclist in Kano. She is a history-maker already and has broken tradition and culture of the Hausa tribe. As a tradition, a typical Hausa man prefers his wife to be a fulltime housewife, who is kept in the background…
Secondhand smoking is said to be more harmful than primary smoking. In other words, passive smokers are said to be more vulnerable to health challenges than actual smokers. This is analogous to the effects of BBNaija on the rest of us. We suffer the consequences more that its actual actors. Participants of the BBNaija Show…
The University of Osun State (UNIOSUN), Osogbo, has appointed Afeez Bello, 45, a professor of geo-technical engineering as the Vice-Chancellor of the University. Bello was appointed on Wednesday, November 3, following debates over the VC nomination process and the expiration of the presidential term on Thursday, November 4. Mr. Bello, 45, who until his last…
Two Bills have been forwarded to Kwara State House of Assembly for consideration and passage by Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq The bills are State Public Audit Bill twenty twenty-one and Request for Legislative Approval to access Federal Government Bridging Facility of Eighteen point seven billion naira These were contained in two messages from the Governor addressed…
The Kwara State Government has reaffirmed its commitment to improved and quality healthcare service delivery in the state. The Executive Secretary, Kwara State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Nusirat Elelu stated this while declaring open a 13-day intensive training organized for Community Health Influencers promoters and services (CHIPS) as well as Community Engagement Focal…
The death of a popular Kwara- born songwriter, producer, and musician, Honourable Suleiman Legbo Issa popularly known as Dada Tsaragi has been described as a great loss. The Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Engr Yakubu Danladi-Salihu made this known while mourning the passage of Dada Tsaragi, a member of the State’ Arts…
The Nigeria Union Of Teachers, NUT, Kwara State Chapter has distanced itself from purported trending WhatsApp message calling on Teachers to come for special Intervention prayer against the kwara State Government. In a statement jointly signed by state Chairman, NUT, Alhaji Abdullahi Umar Usman and Secretary, Moni Mike Modesty Itua, the union calls on teachers…
Kwara State Governor AbdRahman AbdulRazaq on Wednesday flagged off the disbursement of non-interest loans to another round of 30,000 beneficiaries of the social investment programme — bringing the tally to 60,000 since the scheme kicked off last year. “Between 2020 and now, we have disbursed soft loans to 30,000 beneficiaries. Today’s event marks the commencement…
The death toll in Ikoyi building collapse in Lagos has increased to 14, the state government confirmed on Tuesday. The government also said nine men were also rescued alive, adding that more equipment and personnel have been deployed to the site to save more lives. Nine persons – all men – have been pulled out…
Zamfara State government has approved the reopening of 7 weekly markets in the state. Commissioner for Information, Alh. Ibrahim Magaji Dosara who announced this in a statement said livestock markets will remain closed. According to him, the reopened markets include; Nasarawar Burkullu, Talata Mafara, Gusau, Shinkafi, Kasuwar-Daji, Nasarawar Godel, and Danjibga markets. Dosara warned that…
Good governance is about catering to the need of the masses by putting dilapidated public infrastructures in good shape while working on new ones, Kwara State Governor Abdulrahman AbdulRazaq asserted on Monday. The Governor said his idea of good governance is to ensure that the state ticks the right boxes in human capital and infrastructural…
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, arrests popular socialite and businessman, Obinna Iyiegbu, aka Obi Cubana, The Anambra-born tycoon who arrived the headquarters of the EFCC at Jabi Abuja at about noon on Monday November 1, 2021 is currently being interrogated by operatives of the Commission. TVC News
We are dismayed by the decision of the doctors to hold a warning strike despite the unprecedented commitments of the government to their welfare. While it is the right of labour unions to press for the right and welfare of their members, it is important to state that this administration has done so well for…
The Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Engr Yakubu Danladi-Salihu has sent his condolence message to the Paku family, over the death of Alhaja Abdulkareem Paku, mother of Honourable Babatunde Paku who represents Malete/Ipaye/Oloru state constituency in the Ninth Assembly. Engr. Danladi-Salihu in the message described Alhaja Paku “as a virtuous woman, responsible…
Medical doctors in Kwara State today embarked on seven-day warning strike, to protest unsatisfied working conditions and demand better welfare. The medical doctors under the auspices of the National Association of Government General Medical and Dental Practitioners (NAGGMDP), Kwara State branch said the strike action became imperative due to the insensitivity of the government to…
Former Governor of Ekiti State, Segun Oni, has described the successful conduct of PDP elective National Convention as an indication of strength, and that the party is back and ready to salvage Nigeria. Oni said this in a statement he issued on Sunday in Abuja. He described the emergence of PDP new National Working Committee…
