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September 5th, 2024, the Deputy Speaker was honored with the ‘Living Heroine Hallowed Chamber, Distinguished Noble, and Best Ever Deputy Speaker of the Year 2023/2024’ award by Life Value Awareness and Leadership Secure Initiative (LIVALSI). During the award presentation, LIVALSI Team President, Amb Oladipo Musibau, praised the Deputy Speaker as an amiable and unique leader,…
The Kogi State Commissioner for Education, Hon. Wemi Jones, FCIB, has reaffirmed the commitment of His Excellency, Gov. Ahmed Usman Ododo, towards ensuring quality tertiary education in the state. Jones gave the assurance when a team from the Faculty of Management Sciences, Prince Abubakar Audu University (PAAU), Anyigba, paid a courtesy visit to his…
The Kogi State Commissioner for Education, Hon. Wemi Jones, FCIB, has reaffirmed the commitment of His Excellency, Gov. Ahmed Usman Ododo, towards ensuring quality tertiary education in the state. Jones gave the assurance when a team from the Faculty of Management Sciences, Prince Abubakar Audu University (PAAU), Anyigba, paid a courtesy visit to his…
The Kogi State House of Assembly has screened and cleared the immediate past Chief Judge of the state, Justice Henry Adebola Olusiyi as Chairman of the state anti-corruption commission. Olusiyi was screened at Thursday plenary sitting of the House following his nomination by the state Governor, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo. The former Chief Judge…
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has directed the immediate deployment of buses in different parts of the metropolis to ease the movement of commuters. “The buses are to take people to the most central destinations free of charge. We hope that persons attending the SUBEB job placement interviews would find this helpful, particularly in…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has reserved judgment in the suit filed by the All Progressives Congress, (APC) against the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, against the conduct of local government election in Rivers State. Justice Peter Lifu said that a date for the judgment would be communicated to parties to the suit…
Commercial transporters in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, have stopped operations to protest the high cost of petrol for their business. Okada riders, Keke Napep and other intra city commercial transporters, were forced to stay off the road by their aggrieved members who complained bitterly about the high cost of fuel. Passengers on Okada…
Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 56 persons suspected to be internet fraudsters in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. The arrests, according to the Head, Media and Publicity of the anti-graft agency, Dele Oyewale, “were carried out between Tuesday, September 3 and 4, 2024,…
The Nigeria Security And Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kwara State Command, has arrested three suspects for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old girl. The suspects are Adeleke Oke, 81, Sikiru Lawal, 37, and Moshood Suleiman Ayinde, 37. A statement by the spokesperson of the NSCDC, ASC 1 Ayoola Michael Shola, said “the suspects were apprehended on…
The Senior Special Assistant on New Media to Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State, Olayinka Fafoluyi, has bagged the distinguished certification of Associate of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR). Fielding questions from journalists in Ilorin, the state capital, on the new attainment, Olayinka, who showered encomiums on the NIPR management for counting…
