July 2025

Ease of Doing Business: Kwara sensitises stakeholders on Small Claims Court Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin Kwara State Ease of Doing Business Council (EODBC) has organised a two-day sensitisation workshop for stakeholders across different layers on the newly established Small Claims Court (SCC) in the state. The workshop, which commenced on Monday and ended on Tuesday,…

Court Orders Final Forfeiture Of Assorted Minerals To FG In Kwara Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin Justice Olukayode Ariwoola (Jnr) of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin has ordered the final forfeiture of a truck-load of assorted solid minerals to the Federal Government of Nigeria. Justice Ariwoola, while delivering ruling on the application filed by…

  The First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has flagged off the distribution of farm inputs and equipment to farmers in Kogi State under the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) Agricultural Support Programme. Speaking during the inauguration of the programme on Tuesday in Lokoja, Mrs. Tinubu said the initiative was part of RHI’s unwavering commitment…

  … As Solid Minerals Commissioner Expresses Commitment to harness, explore God given resources in the State. The trip by Gov. Usman Ahmed Ododo to China on solid Minerals Development recently has begun yielding fruits, according to the State Team Lead to the visit, Engr Bashiru Gegu. The State Team Lead that went for the…

Dangote Refinery reduces ex-depot price by N40 as more marketers join partnership deal With assurance of steady supply of petroleum products, more independent marketers have joined the growing list of distributors retailing Dangote Refinery’s high-quality petroleum products across the country. New marketers signed on the partnership deal with Dangote Refinery just as the Refinery management announced a reduction in its ex-depot price of…

  … As Comr Jerry says aspiration, borne out of need to offer purposeful leadership. The Kogi State Chairman, Nigeria Union of Journalists, Comr. Ademu Saidu has described the State as one blessed with useful Youths who can hold their own anywhere in Leadership position. This is as Comr. Ben Jerry, National Presidential Aspirant in…

Jega: Tinubu has political will to end farmers-herders crises Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin The Special Adviser to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Livestock Reforms, Professor Attahiru Jega, has declared that the President possesses the political will to resolve Nigeria’s long-standing farmers-herders crisis if the right reforms are implemented with support from relevant stakeholders. Professor Jega,…

  Amidst the growing efforts towards coalescence by the opposition parties against the incumbent President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu ahead of the 2027 presidential election, a fresh pressure has come upon former President Goodluck Jonathan to throw his hat in the ring. Curiously, this pressure comes barely two weeks after the Samuel Ogbuku-led Niger Delta Development…

  The Rural Electrification Agency (REA) has said that about 2,000,000 households in unserved and underserved areas across Nigeria will soon enjoy electricity access. It stated that this will be possible through its recent strategic collaboration and agreement with First City Monument Bank (FCMB) at the bank’s head-quarters in Marina, Lagos, to provide a ₦100…