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Executive Director of Finance and Administration, Lower Niger River Basin Development Authority (LNRBDA), on Friday received representatives of the Okun community in Kwara State to discuss critical development initiatives impacting the region. The meeting held in Ilorin, Kwara State capital with warm reception and collaborative dialogue, underscored the Authority’s commitment to addressing local priorities,…
Two truck drivers jailed for illegal possession of minerals in Kwara Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ikosin Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Thursday, convicted and sentenced two truck drivers, Abdulkareem Hussaini and Aliyu Ladan to one-year imprisonment each for unlawful possession of solid minerals. They were arraigned on…
Amidst controversy that trailed the result of Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination UTME and the subsequent admission of Technical errors by JAMB, the Rector, Kogi State Polytechnic, Prof. Salisu O. Usman PHD has commended Prof. Ishaq Oloyede for his uncommon courage to have given second chance to students affected by the unfortunate technical errors. In…
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, has cautioned legal practitioners in the country, especially members of the Muslim Lawyers Association of Nigeria (MULAN), on the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into the nation’s legal framework. Speaking at the MULAN’s 16th annual general conference in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, on Friday,…
The Federal Government of Nigeria has reiterated it determination to make traveling on the nations waterways safe with the donation of 2300 live jackets to maritime operators in Kogi State. The live jackets donated by the Federal Government through the Kogi State Coordinator, National Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (N-HYPPADEC), said it has…
The Vice Chancellor of the Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, Professor Shaykh-Luqman Jimoh, has commended the sincerity and proactiveness of the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Emeritus Professor Is-haq Olanrewaju Oloyede, FNAL, in the handling of issues that arose from the conduct of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME)….
The Baale of Amuro Land, His Highness Chief Eric Olorunjuwon Fiki, has congratulated the Elulu of Mopa Land, HRH Oba Muyiwa Ibeun, on the occasion of his one year anniversary on the throne, and as the Chairman Mopamuro Traditional Council. Chief Fiki, in his congratulatory statement, made available to Journalists on Friday in Lokoja,…
The Speaker of Kogi State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Aliyu Umar Yusuf has appealed to the Minister for Works, David Umahi, to give priority to road projects in Kogi by siting more and giving express attention to the completion of the ongoing ones. This is contained in a press statement signed and made…
The agrarian community of Okoloke in Yagba West Local Government Area of Kogi State was on Thursday thrown into pandemonium as unidentified gunmen raided the area and abducted their traditional ruler, Oba James Dada Ogunyanda Ilufemiloye,. The incident which occurred in the early hours of Yesterday 15th May 2025 was confirmed by the Chairman…
No fewer than 1,200 Muslim lawyers from across the country will on Friday, 16th May, 2025, converge on Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, for this year’s Annual General Conference of the Muslim Lawyers’ Association of Nigeria (MULAN), themed: “Artificial Intelligence, Law and Religion in Nigeria”. Dignitaries expected to grace the 16th Annual General Conference…
