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2023: PDP clears Senator Rafiu for Kwara South Senatorial election By Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin The National Screening Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has cleared Senator Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim for the 2023 Kwara South Senatorial election. Senator Rafiu, who appeared before the Committee on Wednesday at the Kwara PDP Secretariat in Ilorin, the…

  A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday ordered that contempt charge motion against four Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) involved in the $418 million dollar Paris club refund suit be served on them through Courier services. The order for substituted service issued by Justice Inyang Ekwo followed complaints that the four senior lawyers…

  A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday sentenced two former top shots of the Federal Inland Revenue Services FIRS, Mohammed Adamu and Eunice Okoro Udokamma to five years imprisonment each for forging Income Tax Clearance Certificate for unsuspecting tax payers. The convicts were jailed five years without option of fine for forging an…

Sallah: Kwara NSCDC to deploy 800 personnel to provide security By Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has disclosed that it would deploy over 800 uniformed and plain-cloth personnel in the 16 local government areas of the state to secure lives and property during…

  President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday told a Federal High Court in Abuja that he did not order the Senate to remove the contentious section 84 (12) from the amended Electoral Act 2022. Contrary to the claims of the People’s Democratic Party PDP in a suit instituted against him and 12 others on the Electoral…

  Constituents across the eight local government areas in Niger North Senatorial District of Niger State, on Thursday endorsed the aspiration of Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi for third term as lawmaker representing the zone in National Assembly. To prove their commitment, they stormed the Senate wing of the Assembly complex in Abuja on Thursday to…

Ex-Grand Khadi Lauds Kwara Gov For Shunning Political Thugs By Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin Former Grand Khadi of the Kwara State Sharia Court of Appeal, Justice Salihu Olohuntoyin Mohammed, has lauded Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq’s administration for ensuring peace and tranquility in the state. According to the retired Jurist, the prevailing peace in Ilorin, the state…

Lokoja/Kogi Fed. Const.: Hon. Saidu Akawu Salihu assures of effective representation if elected …. Says I’ll speak the minds of the people and stand up for their interest. Hon. Saidu Akawu Salihu, frontline All Progressives Congress House of Representatives Aspirant for Lokoja/Kogi Federal Constituency has assurred Party delegates in Lokoja LGA that they should expect…

Kwara Gov lauds Saliu Mustapha over empowerment programme • Likens initiative to govt’s safety net programme By Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has commended the Turaki of Ilorin and APC Chieftain Mallam Saliu Mustapha for always complementing his administration’s efforts to support the poor. The Governor spoke in Ilorin at the…

Lokoja/Kotto APC Stakeholders Decried Rumored Endorsements Of Aspirants By Governor Bello Calls for Restrain. Leaders and Stakeholders of the ruling All Progressives Congress from Lokoja / Kotto federal Constituency in kogi State has raised concerns over the rumors making round that the Governor of the state Alhaji Yahaya Bello has endorsed some of the party’s…