2024

  The Chairman, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Production Services and Rural Development, Senator Saliu Mustapha, has flagged off the distribution of 3,500 bags of 50kg fertiliser to smallholder farmers across the four local government areas of Kwara Central Senatorial District in the first phase of the exercise as part of a broader strategy to ensure…

  The Governing Council of the Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, has lauded the State Governor, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq CON, on the successful passage of the Kwara State University Teaching Hospital Bill 2024 by the State House of Assembly, and the subsequent signing into law by the Governor. A statement by the institution’s Pro-Chancellor and…

  A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory FCT has reserved judgment in a N500M libel suit instituted by a former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama against a career Ambassador Lilian Onoh. The Court will also deliver verdict in a counter-claim filed by Ambassador Onoh against Onyeama in which she is asking for…

  Rt. Hon. Paul Gowon Haruna IJN, the Member Representing Bassa/Dekina Federal Constituency, embarked on a cluster tour Meeting of his constituency. During the tour, he met with the APC party executives of the two LGA that constitute his Constituency to discuss the way forward for the party and to brief them on his accomplishments…

  By Odimayo Olatunde Fredrick In a bid to meet the health needs of his people, the member representing Omala State constituency Hon. Umar Yahaya has officially flag-off the construction/equipping of Cottage hospital in Ogodu in Omala Local Government Area of Kogi State. Speaking at the projects groundbreaking at Ogodu in Omala Local Government Area,…

  President Ahmed Bola Tinubu has never used his office to influence electoral process. Vice President Kashim Shettima disclosed this on Saturday in Ilorin, the Kwara State at the 30th Anniversary of the Ghalib Chambers founded by Mallam Yusuf Ola-Olu Ali (SAN). The Vice President said that Tinubu decided to steer clear of the electoral…

The National Youth Services Corps (NYSC) in Kogi, has offered free Environmental sanitation services to Kabawa communities in Lokoja to prevent outbreak of diseases. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the NYSC also enlightened the residents with adequate information on good grooming, environmental and personal hygienes. Kabawa community comprised of rural traditional communities…

  The National Commandant of the Peace Corps of Nigeria PCN, Ambassador Dickson Ameh Akoh has dismissed the examination fraud allegations brought against him in the social media by suspected unscrupulous politicians. He vowed to take appropriate legal actions against the sponsors of the malicious allegations once they are unmasked by the security agencies. In…

  By Mansurat Amuda-Kainike, Ilorin It is an open secret that Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq (CON) has consistently invested in the education sector as part of his efforts to build a better and brighter future for Kwara State, the State of Harmony. The Kwara State Ministry of Tertiary Education is not left out in this progressive…

  The Abdul Samad Rabiu Africa Initiative (ASR Africa), has commenced the construction of a world-class research laboratory for the Federal University Lokoja (FUL) in Kogi. Speaking at the project’s groundbreaking at FUL campus Felele, Lokoja, the MD/CEO of ASR Africa, Dr Ubon Udoh, said the gesture was in continuation of ASR Africa’s various strategic…