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Kwara begins Nigeria’s 66th celebration with special juma’ah service Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin Kwara State Government delegation on Friday has joined Muslim worshippers at the Ilorin Central Mosque for the Special Juma’ah Service marking Nigeria’s 66th Independence Anniversary. Nigeria gained independence on 1st October, 1960. Every 1st of October was thereby set aside for reflection…
2027: Stakeholders Unite Against Technology-Facilitated GBV Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin Stakeholders, including representatives of security agencies, civil society organisations, electoral officials, traditional chiefs, and media practitioners, have converged on Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, for a multi-stakeholders’ dialogue on Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TFGBV). Participants at the important forum warned that the growing menace of TFGBV…
Members of the 8th Kogi State House of Assembly have paid a condolence visit to the family of the late former Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Ibrahim Idris, to commiserate with them over his passing. The lawmakers expressed their condolences to the family, acknowledging the late former Governor’s contributions to the development of Kogi…
The controversy over the burial arrangements for the former Governor of Kogi State, late Alhaji Ibrahim Idris, CON, has taken a new twist as his son, Alhaji Abdullahi Ibrahim Idris, has declared himself the legitimate custodian of his father’s corpse. It would be recalled that Abdullahi had on Thursday officially announced the passing of…
Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo has flagged off the disbursement of N646.8 million as bursary allowance to 20,347 verified Kogi State students in tertiary institutions across the country under the second season of his students support programme. The flag-off ceremony, tagged “Gov. Ododo Students Support Season 2”, was held on Thursday at the Banquet Hall,…
The first edition of the monthly Gov. Usman Ahmed Ododo South-South States Draught and Ayo Competition has been held in Lokoja, with participants and residents reaffirming their support for the re-election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Governor Usman Ahmed Ododo in the 2027 general elections. The competition, organised for residents in and around…
The Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Dr. Abiy Ahmed, and the President of the Republic of Djibouti, H.E. Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, have hailed the Dangote Group’s $660 million Damarjog-Dewele Oil Terminal and Pipeline Project as a transformative investment that will strengthen regional integration, improve energy security, create jobs, and accelerate economic growth across the Horn of…
Manufacturers under the aegis of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) thronged the Dangote Group’s pavilion at the exhibition to seek information and clarification on the ongoing Public Initial Public Offering (IPO) of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals (DPRP). The three-day Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Kano-Jigawa Branch of the Manufacturers Association…
FG Commissions 581kWp Mini-Grid Project In Kwara Community Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin The Federal Government, through the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), has commissioned a 581kWp interconnected solar mini-grid project in Oke-Oyi Community, Ilorin East Local Government Area of Kwara State, under the Rural Electrification Fund–Interconnected Mini-Grid Acceleration Scheme (REF-IMAS) of the Rural Electrification Agency. The…
In a bold move to strengthen institutional integrity and enhance project staff productivity, the Kogi State Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project (Kogi L-PRES) has held a two-day Ethical Workers’ Leadership Retreat for all the management and support staff The retreat, organized in collaboration with the Centre for Ethics and Self Value Orientation (CESVO), an…
