Communique issued by Hijrah Organization of Nigeria after her Monthly Meeting held on Sunday 25th February 2024 at late justice Orire’s house GRA Ilorin, Kwara State. The Hijrah Organization of Nigeria has commended the Decision of NAFDAC on the total ban of Sachets alcoholic drinks across the country, this it is believed will certainly revive…
A swift response from the Kwara State Joint Security team consisting of the Nigerian Police Force and local Vigilantes led to neutralizing and arrest of a gang of suspected kidnappers who carried out a brazen attack at a camp in Alo Village in Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state. The response from the Joint…
Saudi Arabia has achieved a remarkable milestone by exporting tomatoes to Europe for the first time in February 2024. This historic event, broadcasted across television networks, signals a significant breakthrough in the nation’s agricultural sector. Traditionally challenged by its harsh climate and heavy dependence on imports to fulfill domestic demands, Saudi Arabia has triumphed over…
Gov. AbdulRazaq’s Health Interventions Win UNICEF’s $500,000 for Kwara •State emerges Best Immunisation Coverage in North Central Kwara state government has emerged UNICEF winner on immunisation coverage in the North Central zone with a cash prize of $500,000. Speaking at the meeting of the taskforce on Immunisation and Primary Healthcare Agency in Ilorin at the…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is set to charge former Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed to court for allegedly spending N1.6billion on chartered jets, just as he has also been accused of alleged mismanagement of security votes. Ahmed is charged along with a former Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Ademola Banu, who served with him….
Nigerians are experiencing the extremest hunger of their life. It is not poverty anymore; it is hunger. It is now I realize there is a difference—a gulf one—between poverty and hunger. Though I belong to the post civil war generation, those who experienced the Nigerian civil war—especially those from the eastern part of the country—will…
The Guild of Digital Journalists (GDJ) has been described as a group of professionals, leading the way in the new development of strict ethics, in online media practice. This was disclosed by Mr Opeyemi Daniel Adeoti, the protem Chairman of the body, when he was featured Thursday morning on AM Drive, a Kwara TV morning…
Fir’aun (Pharaoh), Haman, and Qarun (Korah) are the three most terribly corrupt and tyrannical people during the lifetime of Prophet Musa (Moses[AS]). Their tyrannies are classical. An Islamic cleric in Zaria Kaduna State recently likened Buhari and Tinubu to Pharaoh and Haman. Lamenting on the prevailing terrible situation in the country, Sheikh Auwal Sheriff asserted—in…
PSC SHORTLISTS 171,956 APPLICANTS FOR JAMB CBT FIXED FOR TUESDAY MARCH 5TH NATIONWIDE The Police Service Commission has fixed Tuesday, March 5th, 2024 for the Computer Based Test (CBT) for successful applicants for Police recruitment from the just concluded credentials and physical screening exercise that held throughout the 36 states of the Federation and the…
The Kwara State Chief Magistrate Court has rejected the application made by the Kwara State Government to order the Police to arrest a Kwara-based reporter with the National Pilot newspaper, Ahmed Ajikobi. Senior Media aide to Governor Abdulrazaq of Kwara State, Mr. Michael Fafoluyi, has filed a petition against Ajikobi and the medium, accusing both…
The death of Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings Plc, Herbert Wigwe, has been announced following the crash of a helicopter conveying him and five others on Friday night near the California-Nevada border in the United States of America. According to several media reports, others involved in the fatal crash were his wife, Chizoba; his…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, has asked Vice President Kashim Shettima to lead a presidential team to the finals of the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Côte d’Ivoire. The Vice President had also represented the President at the semi-finals when the Super Eagles defeated South Africa in a pulsating encounter. The Nigerian national team…
The Nigerian Army has arrested a suspected female kidnapper while attempting to pick ransom for an abducted victim in Taraba state. The army also apprehended a notorious gunrunner dealing in arms and ammunition and supplying them to criminals within Taraba State and other parts of the country. The female suspect, it was learnt, was married…
An Akure-based medical doctor, Thomas-Wilson Ikubese, has warned Super Eagles fans and football lovers who are highly emotional and have heart conditions to avoid watching Sunday’s final live. Ikubese, who stated this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria on Friday, said these category of persons should instead involved in diversionary measures instead. The…
No one should take the Èmi Lo Kàn in the title of this article to mean I am referring to myself. I am not referring to myself but I don’t know of a better way to say it. It literally means it is my turn to punish Nigerians. I am referring to the propounder of…
The management of Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology, Wudil, Kano State, has suspended a staff member who allegedly subjected students to corporal punishment for minor infractions during their ‘Nigerian People and Culture’ lesson. The incident gained widespread attention through a viral video on social media, prompting a Kano-based lawyer, Barr. Abba Hikima, to…
A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC from Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State and Chairman of the Gbenga Power Foundation, Honourable Gbenga Power-Oyekunle has felicitate with the Executive Governor of Kwara State, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq CON on his 64th birthday. In a congratulatory message he personally signed and made available to newsmen…
Kwara State Government has committed another N1,031,149,451.36 (one billion, thirty one million, one hundred and forty nine thousand, four hundred and fifty one naira, thirty six kobo) to again offset the salary arrears the last administration owed to local government workers, basic school teachers and pensioners. The government has repeatedly said it is committed to…
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has clarified that ownership of oil and gas assets in Nigeria can only be transferred from one entity to another subject to the consent of the Minister as spelt out by the 2021 Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). In a statement released on Saturday, Mr. Gbenga Komolafe, the Chief…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured about 70 nude pictures following forensic analysis of call logs, videos and messages for two months as evidence against a former Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Calabar, Prof. Cyril Osim Ndifon. Ndifon is standing trial at a Federal High Court…
The Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Engr. Yakubu Danladi-Salihu has decried the killing of His Royal Highness Segun Aremu; the Olukoro of Koro in the Ekiti local government area of the state. Rt. Hon. Engr. Danladi-Salihu who described the killing as nefarious commiserates with the monarch’s family and charged the security agencies…
It is obvious that things are getting out of hand. The country is sick. Even the government has stopped feigning ignorance of the country’s sickness. It is just too obvious. There may be disagreements and different explanations about what ails the country and how to go about its cure. What is not in dispute is…
