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The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) is poised to checkmate the nefarious activities of land grabbers a.k.a Omo Onile and also the growing concern over land encroachment in the State. The NSCDC Commandant, Makinde Iskil Ayinla, disclosed this while playing host to the State Commissioner for Housing and…

  Over 1000 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have decamped to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) at Agbeji Ajikagbo in Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State. Receiving the decampees, the Chairman of the Local Government, Prince Ishaq Shaibu Okolo said their decision to join the ruling party is thoughtful and a…

Osun APC Governorship Primary: Gov Oyetola wins landslide • Party hails Kwara Gov’s ‘excellent’ handling of exercise By Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin Incumbent Governor Adegboyega Oyetola has been declared winner of Saturday’s All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primaries held in Osun State. Oyetola polled 222,169 votes to beat his main challenger and former Secretary to…

Man suffocates to death inside petrol tank in Kwara By Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin Tragedy struck in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, as a 29-year-old tank installer/maintainer, simply identified as Ahmed, was recovered dead from a petrol tank at a popular filling station in the metropolis. According to the spokesman of the state Fire Service,…

Gov. Bello Approves New Minimum Wage for Kogi Civil Servants. Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello has approved the immediate implementation of 30,000 minimum wage for the State workforce with partial consequential adjustment. The Secretary to the State Government, Folashade Arike Ayoade disclosed this after an extensive meeting with the Organised Labour in Lokoja. Mrs…

  Justice Inyang Eden Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday fixed March 25 for judgment in a suit by the 36 states governments against the plan by the Federal Government to deduct $418M from states’ funds to settle debts owed consultants engaged by the states and Local Governments in relation to…

Nigeria will keep failing forward if she refuses to evolve overtime! If we do not do something about this country Nigeria will do something to us and we can never predict what she will do. 2023 is another opportunity to do something about Nigeria if only we will do what is right! This are the…

Tribute to Uncle Sam Enimola By Bayo Aka The paths of Deacon Samuel Enimola and I first crossed at the house of Chief Sola Akanmode, former Chief of Staff to Vice President Atiku Abubakar in Ayetoro Gbede ,Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State. It was one of those days when late veteran reporters and…

  A Manager with the federal government owned Oil and Gas Free Zone Authority Administration (OGFZAA), Mr Funmilayo Omosule has been granted order to testify from the United States of America (USA) in his suit challenging his suspension from the organisation. The National Industrial Court in Abuja which granted the request asked him to do…

  The Christian Politicians in the Nineteen Northern States within the All Progressives Congress (APC) have demanded that the presidential ticket of the ruling party should have a Christian President or Vice President from the North in the 2023 general election. The group also asked that the party should choose a Christian from the North…