2025

  Former Governor of Kogi State, His Excellency, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, CON, has described the passing of the Etsu Bassa-Nge, His Royal Highness, Brigadier General Abu Ali (rtd), as a monumental loss, not only to Kogi State but to Nigeria as a whole. Bello said the late Brigadier General was a courageous defender of the…

  Our attention was brought to the vandalised armoured cables of the generator supplying power to some departments of the Kogi State College of Education, Ankpa. This vandalism has kept the college in darkness thereby frustrating the various departmental activities in the college. The college Security Unit was reported to have been informed of the…

27-year-old Nigerian emerges best graduating student in Egyptian Varsity Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin A 27-year-old alumnus of Darul-Kitab Wa Sunnah College of Arabic and Islamic Studies in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, Muhammadul-Awwal Babatunde, has emerged as the best graduating student at the prestigious Al-Azhar University Cairo, Egypt. Darul-Kitab Wa Sunnah College of Arabic and…

    The Dangote Group has said that it is collaborating with strategic partners to revitalise and strengthen the agricultural sector of the Nigerian economy.   This development comes as the company sponsors the 17th National Agricultural Show, which opens on Tuesday, November 25, 2025, in Keffi, Nasarawa State.   The company’s spokesman, Anthony Chiejina,…

  Justice Rita Offili Ajumogobia of the Federal High Court in Abuja has slammed stringent bail conditions on an Abuja lawyer, Ahmed Abdulrahman, accused of cyberbullying serving Senator Umar Shehu Buba. Among others, the Judge ordered that the lawyer must produce two sureties that will stand for him throughout the trial. Delivering ruling on bail…

  A witness of the Socio-economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), Kolawole Oluwadare on Monday admitted at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory that he used some harsh words like “unlawful, invasion, intimidation and harrassment” in some publications made against the Department of the State Service (DSS). The witness who also admitted that…

UNILORIN flags off 50th anniversary celebrations with Anniversary Walk. Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin The University of Ilorin has commenced activities to mark its 50th anniversary with a vibrant Anniversary Walk that drew an impressive turnout of staff, students, alumni, and friends of the institution. Flagging off the event at the Main Gate of the University,…

2027: Group says it’s Igbomina turn to produce Kwara South Senator Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin A socio-cultural organisation, under the aegis of Omo Ibile Igbomina, has declared that it is the turn of the Igbomina bloc to produce the next senator that would represent the Kwara South senatorial district at the National Assembly in 2027….

  In the historic seat of Igu Kingdom, Dr. Saidu Akawu Salihu now reigns as the Ohimegye Igu, Paramount Ruler of Igu Kingdom. He was enthroned in 2023, during the administration of Governor Yahaya Bello, following the recommendation of the traditional kingmakers of Igu Kingdom and later affirmed by a Lokoja High Court ruling that…

Kwara Church Attack: 38 abducted worshipers regain freedom * Abdulrazaq lauds President’s efforts towards the release Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin The 38 persons who were recently abducted in a bloody attack on the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Eruku, in the Ekiti Local Gpvermment Area of Kwara State have been set free. The cheering news was…