2024

  The Emir of Ilorin, and Chairman of the Kwara State Traditional Council of Chiefs, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, has assured the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) of the support of monarchs in the state in curbing drug abuse and its menace. Alhaji Sulu-Gambari, who spoke during a courtesy call on him by the new…

  An Enugu based pressure group, the Ohaneze Think Tank, on Friday called for the investigation of house of Representatives member, Hon Ikenga Ugochinyere over his futile attempt to derail the commendable progress made by the Group CEO of the NNPCL, Mele Kyari, describing the House of Representatives member as a serial extortionist and a…

  Our attention has been drawn to media reports alleging that the Dangote Refinery has backtracked by acknowledging that NNPC supplied about 60% of the 50 million barrels we lifted. To clarify, we have never accused NNPC of not supplying us with crude. Our concern has always been NUPRC’s reluctance to enforce the domestic crude…

  ………..says this death is painful, touching and heartbreaking … The President of Abejukolo Development Association, Elder Pastor Omale Wisdom Abah, has sent a condolence message to the family of Mr. Onuh Adejoh over the passing of their Daughter, mother and Grandmother, Mrs. Iyekpi Igbo Onuh, whose sad event took place in the wee hours…

  The State Commissioner for Education, Hon. Wemi Jones, FCIB, has called on Ganaja community to cooperate with the State Government towards the development of the area and the state at large. This is following the request made by Ganaja Village community for the establishment of a Government Secondary School in the area. The commissioner,…

  The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kwara State Command, has made substantial progress in its efforts to combat Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and protect vulnerable individuals within the state. Speaking with journalists on Thursday at the state Command headquarters in Ilorin, Commandant Umar JG Mohammed disclosed that the Gender Unit has attended to159…

  The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, has said supplies from Nigeria-based world’s largest single-train Dangote Refinery and Petrochemicals will put pressure on the performance of Europe’s oil industry, especially the Northwest Europe (NWE) Gasoil. OPEC in its newly released monthly Oil Market Report for June 2024 listed Dangote Refinery among the top Diesel and…

  Foremost Constitutional lawyer, Professor Mike Ozekhome has again insisted that the judgment of the Supreme Court which ordered allocations of funds directly to the 774 local governments in Nigeria is enforceable in all parts of the country. Ozekhome, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and human rights activist said that there was no ambiguity…

  Kwara State Polytechnic has said that it has expended a sum of N13 million on its 20 hectare of maize and cassava farmland. The polytechnic added that it embarked on aggressive farming this year to ward off encroachers as well as contribute its token to the current food crisis in the country. The institution’s…

  In what appears to be its response to national food crisis and the need to shore up internally generated revenue, Kwara State Polytechnic farm harvested 25 tonnes of maize from it’s maize, which in monetary value is estimated at N30 Million according to market survey. The volume of harvest also amounts to about 10…