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by: Fafoluyi OlayinkaSpecial Assistant, New Media What defines an individual is his or her strength of character. Kwara State is today going through different stages of transformational change, thanks to our exemplary Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq who’s committed to providing uncommon leadership and accountability in governance — a trait he has demonstrated quite often. Governor AbdulRahman…
President Muhammadu Buhari has sent congratulatory messages to two chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Minister of Transportation and two-time Director General of his election campaigns, Rotimi Amaechi, and a reputable businessman, Nasiru Haladu Danu, on the conferment of chieftaincy titles on them today by the Daura Emirate Council. President Buhari described the…
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27,799 assets declaration forms collected from CCB in 2021 not returned Agency Report As part of reforms at the Code of Conduct Bureau, the Federal Government has said the bureau would soon deploy an online assets declaration portal that would allow for enhanced storage and retrieval of data. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji…
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The Police Service Commission (PSC) has is pushing for the immediate dismissal and prosecution of disgraced Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari.Recall that the former commander of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) was suspended from office on August 1, 2021, following his indictment by the FBI for allegedly conniving with internet fraudster Ramon Abbas,…
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The leader of the Islamic State (IS) group has been k!lled in an overnight US special forces raid in north-west Syria, President Joe Biden has announced.. Qurayshi detonated a bomb that k!lled himself and members of his own family “in a final act of desperate cowardice”, the president said. The operation by US special forces…
• Muslim stakeholders demand probe of violence at school Christian Association of Nigeria( CAN) in Kwara State yesterday insisted that it will not allow the use of hijab in grant-aided mission schools in the state. It blamed some suspected Muslim fundamentalists for the Thursday bloody violence at Oyun Baptist High School. Addressing reporters in Oyun…
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is set to embark on an indefinite strike action due to the failure of the Federal Government to implement the existing agreements with the body. In a statement signed by the ASUU Chairman, University of Jos (UNIJOS) chapter, Lazarus Maigoro, the body said that the decision is intended…
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The executive governor of Kwara state, his Excellency, AbdulRazaq AbdulRahman has called on contractors in the state to rev up the pace of execution of their road contracts. This call came from the background of a massive road construction works that has began in the state. Meanwhile, In an effort to continuously prioritise public assets…
The Rivers State Executive Council has approved access to N15 billion facility from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Infrastructure Fund, to accelerate the completion of three critical projects. According to a statement signed by Kelvin Ebiri, Special Assistant on Media, to Governor Nyesom Wike, the three major projects are the -Okoloma Road; Chokocho-Igbodo Road…
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A Nigerian student, Clement Ehinomen, has narrated how some police officers at gunpoint extorted over ₦1 million from him last Saturday in Benin City, the Edo State capital. Ehinomen, 24, narrated to Nigerian online newspaper, Premium Times, how about four armed police officers inside an unmarked bus used their vehicle to block his car –…
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