May 9, 2024

  The Executive Secretary, National Senior Secondary School Education Commission (NSSEC), Dr Iyela Ajayi, has commended Kogi State Government for its massive investment in education sector. Ajayi gave the commendation on Thursday while addressing journalists after his team visited some selected secondary schools in Kogi State. He specifically commended the state government for the construction…

  Former Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly and a Constitutional Law Professor, Rt. Hon. Ali Ahmad, has condoled with the Muslim community over the passing of an Ilorin-based Islamic scholar, Sheikh Abdulwahab Abdul-Hayy. The late Sheikh Abdulwahab Abdul-Hayy was a renowned Hafiz (a memorizer of complete chapters of the Holy Qur’an) with…

  Kwara State Executive Council has approved several road construction projects in different parts of the State, just a few days after the government rolled out 84.7km rural road projects. At its meeting, the Council approved a contract for the construction of the Phase I of the road to the Owu Fall, the highest waterfall…

  A former Aviation Minister, Hadi Abubakar Sirika on Thursday at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT ) denied the alleged corrupt practices involving about N4. 135 billion brought against him by the federal government. Sirika was arraigned before Justice Sylvanus Oriji along with his daughter, Fatima, his son-in-law Jalal Sule Hamma…

  The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested a 45-year-old Prophet, Olayinka Ajiboye, an alleged serial rapist, for allegedly defiling three minors, all within the age bracket of 13 and 17 years in Agah village, Ilorin South Local Government Area of Kwara State. The suspect, who allegedly…

  The Kogi State Commissioner For Solid Minerals and Natural Resources, Engr. Abubakar Bashiru Mohammed Gegu has been appointed as Chairman of the State National Resources and Environmental Management Committee (MIREMCO) in Kogi State. The appointment of Engr. Bashiru as the Kogi State MIREMCO Chairman is by the Hon. Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr….

  Chief Medical Director of the Reference Hospital, Okene, Prof Solomon Avidime, has assured of continued support to the staff in the hospital for efficient service delivery. Professor Avidime gave the assurance at an event put together by the nurses to mark this year’s International Nurses Week. The CMD, who noted the critical role nurses…