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Twelve wards of Ilorin East Local Government Area of Kwara State have lauded Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq for the nomination of Alhaji Habeeb Lawal Ajibola as Chairmanship Candidate of All Progressives Congress, (APC) ahead of forthcoming Local Governments elections in the State. The Wards through their Chairmen, Elders, Youth Leaders, Women leaders and other relevant stakeholders…
Kwara State Governor and Chairman Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has lauded President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for taking various bold steps to develop livestock and end perennial clashes across communities. The Governor specifically mentioned the recent inauguration of livestock reforms implementation committee by the federal government and its move to establish a Ministry…
By Ajanigo Opaluwa “The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members.” – Mahatma Gandhi The member representing Omala State constituency at the Kogi state House of Assembly, Hon. Umar Yahaya is a politician whose style of leadership is all about the people. Hon. Umar Yahaya’s political…
Stakeholders have blamed leadership recruitment process and poor harnessing of human resources, especially in the youths, as the bane of poor governance characterised by economic woes and insecurity in Nigeria. The stakeholders, who converged on Ilorin, Kwara State capital, on Wednesday stated this, while stressed the need for urgent redress of the situation. The…
The Rector, Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, Prof. Salisu Usman, has promised an improved welfare and conducive environment for staff and students of the institution. Usman gave the assurance when members of Correspondents’ chapel of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Kogi council, paid a courtesy visit to his office on Tuesday in Lokoja. The…
Justice A. Bello of the Kaduna State High Court, sitting in Kaduna has convicted and sentenced the trio of Saadu Salisu, Omoruyi Osavbie (a.k.a Antonio Hendo Henderson) and Daniel Japheth (a.k.a Cain Steven) to various jail terms for internet fraud. The convicts were prosecuted by the Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial…
Justice Olukayode Adeniyi of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) who on January 8 this year voided the detention of former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele and ordered his release was on Wednesday inaugurated as a Justice of the Court of Appeal. The Judge who also…
In bid to boost economic growth and development in Kogi Central, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has partnered with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) to register 2,500 Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the district. The registration, which will be done on the spot, will be offered at a rate of N11,000 each. Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan has…
