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OGORI: OVIA OSESE By Bar  Alabi Kola O Ovia Osese festival is a yearly festival of the people of Ogori and Magongo. The festival basically is a creation of Ogori and it remains incontrovertibly her cultural identity and the heritage of the self – same people. It is a very significant aspect of Ogori culture….

Easter Celebrations: Kwara NSCDC Deploys 800 Officers By Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin In order to forestall any breakdown of law and order during the forthcoming Easter celebrations, the Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has deployed over 800 of its personnel in specific operations during the festive period. A…

Lokoja/Kogi Fed Const.: 2023 House of Representatives is turn of Lokoja 2, Warn APC Against Imposition The People of Lokoja 2 Constituency have called on the All Progressive Congress to zone the House of Representatives to the area for equity, fairness and justice, warned against imposition. The APC Lokoja 2 said the party’s decision on…

Any Man That beats His wife is A Beast; Pastor Ayodele Samuel Amupitan A well renowned Religious Leader Pastor  Ayodele Samuel Amupitan has decried the barbaric acts of domestic violence especially by men in the society saying it is an exhibition of a Beast nature in human form. Pastor Amupitan  describe any man who engage…

Kwara  State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has charged political parties in the country, particularly the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), to adhere strictly to the provisions of the Electoral Act 2022 in picking their candidates for the 2023 general elections in order to avoid dire consequences. AbdulRazaq, who noted that there are new provisions in the…

  The news of the purported emergence of an anointed candidate for the Okene II Constituency has been making the rounds in recent time and it is on this note that I wish to make Clear the following: That His Excellency, Governor Alh. Yahaya Bello is a man of principle, a man of Justice and…

Kwara Increases Number Of FADAMA NG-CARES Project’s Beneficiaries By Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has increased the number of farmers that would benefit in the first disbursement of the Kwara Fadama NG-CARES project. Announcing the approval of additional 3,000 beneficiaries before the Community Facilitators at the Kwara Fadama Office, Ilorin, the…

*Why ‘Malik Standard’ Deserves State and National Awards* *By Zacchaeus Ozovehe* Some years back, the name Abdullahi Abdulmalik a.k.a Malik Standard was only in circulation in Onyukoko in Okene Local Government Area of Kogi State. But like the tiny mustard seed, capable of blossoming into a tree of magnificent proportions, Malik Standard began to sprout…

2023: Natasha Consults Party Executives, Stakeholders, Call for Improved Leadership across Tiers of Government Ahead of 2023 general elections, Kogi-born social entrepreneur and philanthropist, Chief Barr. (Mrs.) Natasha Hadiza Akpoti-Uduaghan has called on the people of Kogi Central Senatorial District and Nigerians to work towards an improved leadership across tiers of government in the country…

Appeal Court stops AGF, others from frustrating appeal against judgment on new Electoral Act. …. Gives PDP nod to appeal verdict against section 84 (12).   The Court of Appeal has ordered the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and others to desist from taking steps capable of frustrating hearing in an appeal filed against…