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The newly crowned Omolobu ATA Igala of Odu Ogodanya, Chief Alh. Hussain Ogwu Yusuf has appreciated and thanked ATA Igala, HRM Mathew Opaluwa Oguche for deeming it fit to appoint and coronated him as his representative in Odu Ogodanya area in Dekina local government. Chief Hussaini Ogwu Yusuf who was elated on the coronation at…
The Executive Governor of Kogi State, His Excellency Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo, paid a visit to the Federal University Lokoja to offer condolences following the tragic loss of six students in the Monday auto crash along the Felele — Abuja highway in Lokoja. Representing the Governor, Deputy Governor Joel Salifu was accompanied by the…
The trial of the former Governor of Kwara State, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, and his former Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Demola Banu, over alleged diversion of the State Universal Basic Education Fund has suffered a set back as the witness to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Abubakar Hassan, exonerated the duo from…
The Kwara State Government has put necessary machinery in motion to host the 2025 Kwara ADP Agro Input Fair, an initiative aimed at supporting farmers with quality agricultural inputs and training ahead of the new planting season. A statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ashaolu Omotola, said the fair…
Members of the Kogi State House of Assembly have expressed shock and sadness over Monday’s accident on Felele highway in Lokoja, which claimed the lives of scores of students of Federal University Lokoja. This is contained in a Resolution signed by the Assembly and made available to journalists in Lokoja by the Chief Press…
No fewer than 9,459 applicants have successfully completed their online application in the ongoing teachers’ recruitment process in Kwara State. The Chairman of the State Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM), Mallam Bello Taoheed, disclosed this in a statement, adding that the applicants are those who scaled through the first leg of the process, such as…
The trial of the former Governor of Kwara State, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, and his Commissioner for Finance, Ademola Banu, over the alleged misappropriation of Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) funds to the tune of N5.78 billion, has continued before Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin. The former governor…
…as Coordinator Solicits Stakeholders’ Collaboration for Seamless Implementation Dr. Bello Abdulhakeem, Kogi State Coordinator of the Adolescent Girls’ Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE), has called for stronger collaboration among stakeholders to ensure the smooth implementation of the AGILE project in the state. Speaking at a sensitization and stakeholders’ engagement program in Lokoja, Dr….
Kwara State government, in collaboration with the World Bank, has targeted 28,000 school girls for digital skills training under the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) project. Speaking at the opening of a five-day workshop, tagged, Kwara AGILE digital skills workshop for Master Trainers, on Monday in Ilorin, the State capital,, the…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has stated that it would deploy the use of modern technology towards reducing the activities of smugglers across the country to the barest minimum. The Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adeniyi, stated this on Monday in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, during his familiarisation tour of the Kwara Area Command….
