2024

  A traditional ruler in Osun State, Oba Taofeeq Olaposi Osunmakinde was on Monday arraigned at the Federal High Court in Abuja over alleged illegal Gold mining in Lege Community, Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State. Oba Osunmakinde who is the Obawore of Ifetuntun in Ife Central Local Government Area of Osun State was…

  One of the most difficult conversations to have these days is around our local government councils and grassroots development. This is made more complicated by the split judgment of the Supreme Court that says federal allocations should now go straight to the individual accounts of the 774 councils. The judgment wasn’t unanimous, just as…

  A socio-cultural organization, Ogori Descendants Union, ODU, Lokoja Branch has held it’s 2024 annual Idu (New Yam) festival. The festival was attended by sons and daughters, friends and well wishers of Ogori land from across all walks of life. In an address of welcome, the Chairman ODU Lokoja Branch, William Ogunmola said the cultural…

  Chairman Senate Committee on Local Content, Senator Natasha H Akpoti Akpoti-Uduaghan, has empowered tertiary institution students from Kogi Central with multipurpose business carts. She equally flagged off free Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) registration of 2,500 Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the district. The initiative is part of her continued efforts to drive innovation…

  Mopa Traditional Council (MTC) has presented an operational motorcycle donated by Kogi State’s Former Deputy Governor, His Excellency (Arc.) Yomi Awoniyi to Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), Kabba Area Office. The motorcycle was presented at the palace, and under the rulership of the Elulu of Mopa and Chairman, Mopamuro Traditional Council His Royal Majesty,…

The Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Chief Judge of the State, Justice Abiodun Adebara, to immediately disband the Local Government Elections Tribunal, constituted on the 5th of September, 2024. The PDP, in a statement on Saturday by its Publicity Secretary, Olusegun Olusola Adewara, added that “apart from…

  The Senator representing the Kwara Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Saliu Mustapha, has stressed the need for the 774 local government councils across the country to give priority to agricultural development to boost food security. Speaking in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, at the dinner and award night of the Correspondents’…

  Operatives of the Kwara State Command of the National Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have arrested seven suspected miscreants for alleged involvement in violent conduct and mischief. The incident, according to the spokesperson of the NSCDC, ASC 1 Ayoola Michael Shola, occured in Ilorin, the state capital, during the protest by the commercial…

  Presents an award of excellence on global management leadership as the most Quintessential, Resourceful, Experienced, Distinguished and Digital Manager of Human and Resources in Northern Nigeria. The Arewa Youths was at Obajana at the early hour of day to present an award of excellence to Comr. Dr. Matthew Jide Eseyin in his country home….

  I would like to extend my deepest appreciation to everyone who joined us yesterday at Kabba/Bunu for the SoroSoke family awareness walk in anticipation of the upcoming Council Election on the 19th of October 2024, by God’s grace. Campaign materials which includes; caps, t-shirts, exercise books, posters, handbills, banners and Ankara wrappers were generously…