2024

  The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has hinted the people of Kwara state on imminent high and moderate floodings in five of the State local government areas during this raining season. Mrs. Zubaida Umar, the Director-General (D-G) of NEMA gave the warning in Ilorin during the 2024 Downscaling of Flood Early Warnings Systems at…

  The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has urged the Federal Government to do the right to save the nation’s ivory towers from being shut down again. The union made the call after its members at the University of Ilorin in Kwara State staged a peaceful rally round the institution’s campus. The ASUU Chairman…

  A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, has dismissed a N20bn suit instituted by a legal practitioner, Ejumejowo Anthony against two Abuja based hospitals and the FCT Minister on the alleged negligence he claimed to have led to his wife’s death. Justice Edward Okpe on Tuesday at the Nyayan Division of the…

  A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mohammed Ndarani Mohammed has sought for the outright removal of immunity from being further enjoyed Presidents and Governors in Nigeria if corrupt practices and arbitrariness are to be curbed. He pleaded that Section 308 of the 1999 Constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria, which confers immunity on Presidents,…

  The Participation Initiative for Behavioural Change in Development, (PIBCID) and Nigeria Women Trust Fund, (NWTF) has lamented over the poor awareness on the Violence Against Person Prohibition law by Citizens of Kogi State. Speaking at a capacity building training for critical stakeholders and the public on the Kogi State VAPP law, Executive Director of…

  Kwara State Ministry of Works and Transport has announced different alternative routes to ease traffic congestion as construction works begin on the Post Office-Emir- Road-Isale Oja Roads. The construction work, which had earlier been approved by the cabinet, is part of the urban renewal projects of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq’s administration, according to a statement…

    The founder of the ONA-ARA Movement, ESV Olugbenga Collins Rotimi, made a significant impact during the recent Ekinrin Adde day celebration by donating ₦5 million towards community development initiatives. The generous donation included ₦4 million as a co-launcher and an additional ₦1 million on behalf of the ONA-ARA Movement, totaling ₦5 million. During…

  National President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Comrade Joe Ajero says Kogi State is already in safe hands with the appointment of seasoned labour leaders and technocrats. Ajero made the remark on Monday in his office at the labour House, Abuja while receiving a team led by the Special Adviser on Labour Matters,…

  Dangote accuses IOCs of plotting for our Oil Refinery to fail   … laments as Regulator (NMDPRA) continues to grant licences to import banned dirty diesel, jet fuel   Vice President, Oil and Gas at Dangote Industries Limited (DIL), Devakumar Edwin, has accused International Oil Companies (IOCs) in Nigeria of doing everything to frustrate the…

  The former Deputy Governor of Kogi State Dr Philip Salawu has commended the State Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo for appointing one of the sons of Ihima Royal District of Ebiraland Yusuf Jimoh Itopa as the new Managing Director of the Graphic Newspaper. This was contained in a statement he personally signed and made available…