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Islamic scholar tasks Imams on wealth creation, self-reliance
Imam Fuad Adeyemi, National Chief Imam of Al-Habibiyyah Islamic Society has called on Muslim clerics in the country to engage in wealth creating ...
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President Buhari Presents N20.51Trillion As Last Budget of His Administration
President Buhari has presented the 2023 Appropriation Act of N20.51 trillion total expenditure estimates comprising of N10.78 trillion fiscal deficit representing 4.78 percent ...
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FG declares Monday public holiday
The Federal Government has declared Monday October 10, 2022, as a Public Holiday to mark this year’s Eid-ul-Maulud Celebration in commemoration of the ...
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MAN urges FG to resolve Kogi Govt, Dangote dispute
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) on Thursday urged the Federal Government to take urgent steps to amicably resolve the dispute between Dangote ...
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KH Workers Stage Protest Over Unpaid 7 Months Salaries, As Harmony Holdings Says Gov AbdulRazaq’s interventions Keeps Hotel Afloat After N500m inherited liabilities
Members of staff of the Kwara Hotel on the popular Ahmadu Bello way, Ilorin, on Thursday thronged out of the gate of the ...
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Registration of CONUA, a recipe for chaos, confusion – NLC tells Labour Minister, Ngige
Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has said the registration of Congress Of Nigeria University Academics (CONUA) as a new union for university lecturers is ...
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Bayelsa Govt Sets Up Task Force On Flooding
Bayelsa State Government has constituted a task force to mitigate the effects of flooding in the state. The committee was set up during ...
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SON Engages Manufacturers To Improve Quality Of Products
Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON) has trained some stakeholders in Ilorin on ways to engage in standardized goods and carry out distribution of ...
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2023: Varsity Don Charges Journalists on Professionalism
Media practitioners have been advised to be mindful of politicans’ logic of achieving election victory as they prepare for coverage of 2023 general ...
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ICPC Seizez Abuja House of Ex-LMC Chairman, Sheu Dikko
Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) has seized permanently the Abuja house of former NFF Vice President Shehu Dikko for corruption. Anti-corruption agency ICPC ...
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POWA Lauds Gov AbdulRazaq Commitment To Good Governance, As Scores Receive ‘Owo-Isowo’
Police Officers’ Wife Association (POWA) has lauded the Kwara State Governor, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for his commitment to good governance and the welfare ...
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NSCDC Trains Investigators, Prosecutors To Enhance Fight Against Financial Crimes
In continued efforts to fight crime and bring to barest minimum illegal activities in the country, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, ...
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Gobir Foundation Flags Off Fresh Batch of Interest-Free Loans
Kwara-based non-governmental organization Gobir Organization Foundation has flagged off the disbursement of interest-free loans to indigents in the state. Gobir Foundation is a ...
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Remaining 23 Victims of Abuja-Kaduna Train Attack Released
Federal Government on Wednesday announced that the remaining 23 passengers abducted from a Kaduna-bound train on March 28, have been released. Secretary, Chief ...
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Osinbajo rallies NDA on production of warrior-scholars, innovators
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the assignment of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) goes beyond the training of combatants to the production of ...
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2023 Budget: Fed Govt projects 3.7% GDP, 17% inflation
The Federal Government is projecting 3.7% growth in Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), 17% inflation rate and 1.69 million barrel daily oil production ...
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2022 Press Week: NUJ To Honour AbdulRazaq As Most Gender Friendly Governor
Kwara state council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has concluded arrangements to bestow a distinguished award of excellence on the state ...
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Journalists commend Polaris Bank’s Annual Media Workshop
A cross-section of journalists who participated in the fourth edition of the media capacity-building session for journalists organized by Polaris Bank has expressed ...
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Burkina Faso Coup: Ousted Leader Runs To Togo
The Togolese government has confirmed that ousted Burkina Faso leader, Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba fled to Togo following a military coup. A report ...
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NDLEA arrests billionaire drug baron recovers N8.8bn worth of tramadol
National Drug Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, said it has arrested a billionaire drug baron, Ugochukwu Nsofor Chukwukadibia, and recovered thirteen million, four hundred and ...
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Anti-corruption group withdraws petitions against JAMB registrar, Oloyede
An anti-corruption group and civil society organisation, CSO, Transparency Advocacy for Development Initiative, TADI, has said it will withdraw all petitions written against ...
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Boko Haram invades Chibok community, kills three, sets houses ablaze
At least three persons were confirmed dead when suspected members of Boko Haram terrorists invaded Njilang village in Whuntafu Ward of Chibok local ...
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FRSC caution motorists plying Bida-Minna route over collapsed bridge
Motorists plying the Bida-Minna Highway in Niger are advised to exercise restraint at Sabon-Gida in Gbako Local Government Area as a bridge in ...
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Man Shoots Brother Dead While Testing Efficacy of Procured Gun Charm in Kwara
A 12 year-old boy, Yusuf Abubakar has been shot dead by his elder brother while testing the efficacy of a procured gun charm ...
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Flood claims 37 lives, submerges 89,000 farmlands in Adamawa
Flood resulting from heavy downpours across Adamawa State this rainy season has claimed 37 lives. The Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency (ADSEMA) which ...
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Unknown Gunmen Abduct Kwara monarch, wife, driver
Unknown gunmen at the weekend abducted the traditional ruler of Owa Onire town in Ifelodun local government area of Kwara state, his wife ...
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NDLEA arrest ex-footballer with 1.40kg, Brazilian returnee with 3.20kg cocaine
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested an ex-footballer, Okafor Emmanuel Junior with 1.40kg crack cocaine concealed in his ...
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Foundation celebrates 1st anniversary of daycare centre for the aged
A Nigerian social worker based in Canada, Mrs Nimota Raji-Gambari, has opened a day care centre to cater to the elderly in Akute, ...
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Fire Service Recovers 2 Bodies After Car Plunges Into Kwara River
The Kwara State Fire Service says two corpses have been recovered after a vehicle plunged into a river in Akerebiata area along Sobi ...
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Nigeria@62: Kwara Speaker Urges Citizens To Remain Patriotic, Hopeful
The Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Engr. Yakubu Danladi-Salihu has charged Nigerians to be more patriotic and prayerful for Nigeria ...
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Nigeria@62: AYCF Rejoices With Citizens, Urges Youths To Shun Wrongful Acts
As Nigeria celebrates its sixty-second Independence anniversary, the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) Kwara State chapter has charged Nigerian leaders to use the ...
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VC hails appointment of KWASU student as Kwara Gov’s aide on Communication
By Ridwanullahi Odofin The Vice Chancellor of Kwara State University, Professor Muhammed Mustapha Akanbi SAN has congratulated Mr. Ibraheem Abdullateef Kolawole, a 400 ...
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Nigeria@62: We’re Progressing Despite Challenges – Gov AbdulRazaq, Congratulates Citizens
Nigeria is a nation on the rise regardless of some drawbacks in its nation-building efforts and its share of the global challenges, Kwara ...
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Nigeria@62: Group lauds military for sacrifice, national unity
The Unity Advocacy Group (UAG) a Non-governmental Organisation (NGO), has lauded the Armed Forces of Nigeria for their sacrifices to keep the country ...
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Nigeria@62: Kwara SDP Guber Candidate Hakeem Lawal Felicitates With Citizens, Urges Collective Responsibility
On this day, we remember the grief and sufferings that Nigerians had to endure to achieve the long-awaited freedom and sovereignty of our ...
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Nigeria@62: We must be resolute, united – Ajia admonishes
Alhaji Ibrahim Mohammed Ajia, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, House of Representatives candidate for Asa/Ilorin West Federal Constituency on Saturday urged Kwarans and ...
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ASUU Strike: I’m pained by recurring disruption to our tertiary education system – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that he is pained by the continuous disruptions in tertiary education system in the country. Consequently, the President ...
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Coup d’état: Burkina Faso soldiers overthrow Paul Henri Damiba
Burkina Faso’s army captain, Ibrahim Traore, announced Friday night that the army had seized power and ousted military leader Paul Henri Damiba, who ...
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Appeal Court reverses judgment in Ogun PDP Governorship Tussle
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has set aside an earlier judgment of the Federal High Court given in favour of a factional ...
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NSCDC Kill Suspected Kidnapper
On Thursday, the officers of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) shot a suspected kidnapper in Oyo State. The shooting took place ...
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Don’t hold rally at Lekki Toll Gate, Lagos Police warns youths
Lagos State Police Command has said that the October 1 rally proposed by the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi’s supporters and other ...
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KWSG Charges Contractor To Speed Up Work At Jebba Waterworks
Kwara State Government has demanded improved speed in the ongoing construction of the waterworks in Jebba, Moro Local Government Area and expressed dissatisfaction ...
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Heavy Rains Kills One, Displaces Many In Kwara, Govt Sympathises With Victims
A torrential rainfall that spread from Thursday night to Friday in Ilorin, Kwara State claimed the life of one woman. It was gathered ...
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9 Law Professors, 3 EFCC Lawyers, 50 others emerge SANs
The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC), has elevated nine Professors of law, three lawyers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and ...
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I won’t appeal court judgement on Yobe North seat – Senate President, Lawan
President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan has admitted to the court judgement on the rightful candidate for Yobe North Senatorial District for the ...
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Buhari Charges Judiciary To Be Fair, Honest In Decisions
Irked by the pronouncement of the courts from outcomes of the 2023 polls, President Muhammadu Buhari, has asked the Nigerian Judiciary to maintain ...
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Nigerians condole Emir of Ilorin over demise of his CSO
Dignatories from across the country particularly in Kwara State have continued to send condolence messages and paying homages to the Emir of Ilorin, ...
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Kwara Gets New CP, Assures Political Parties of Fairness, Warn Officers Against Checking of Citizens’ Phone
As campaign for the 2023 General Elections kick-started on Wednesday, the newly deployed Commissioner of Police to Kwara State, CP Paul Odama has ...
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International Day of Older Persons: Experts celebrates Nigeria’s seniour citizens
Dr Khadijat Musah, the Chairman, West African Postgraduate College of Nurses and Midwives, (WAPCNM) Oyo- Osun Branch has observed the contribution of older ...
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Police confirm death of 6 people in bullion van accident in Kebbi
Kebbi Police Command has confirmed the death of six people including three policemen in a multiple accident on Tuesday along Argungu-Birnin Kebbi road ...
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FG declares Monday October 3 as public holiday
The Federal Government has declared Monday, October 3 as a public holiday to mark the nation’s 62nd Independence anniversary. Minister of Interior, Rauf ...
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Insecurity: States Not Authorized To Procure Weapons – Presidency
The Presidency has warned that no state has been authorised to procure automatic weapons for their security outfits. A statement by the Special ...
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Reps seek reconstruction of bridge connecting Kwara, Benin Republic
The House of Representatives has called for inclusion of reconstruction of the bridge connecting Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara and the Republic ...
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Obidiatti23 rally can’t hold at Lekki Toll Gate – Court rules
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday ordered Labour Party (LP) and its supporters not to converge at the Lekki Toll Gate ...
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Hoodlums attack police station, kill officer, civilian in Oyo
A Divisional Crime Officer (DCO) and a civilian were killed by hoodlums during an attack on Igangan police station in Oyo State. The ...
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Federal Executive Council Approves Four Projects
The Federal Executive Council, FEC, has approved approximately N600 million for the purchase of four customized armoured carriers for the National Drug Law ...
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NAPTIP launches platform to find missing children
National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons NAPTIP, in Collaboration with META has launched AMBER Alerts Platform to track and rescue ...
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NDLEA sets ablaze 1.8 tons of cocaine worth N194, 775,000,000
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, said that it has set ablaze 1.8 tons of cocaine recovered by the Agency from a warehouse ...
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Kano Hisbah Intercept Trailer Loaded Alcoholic Container
Kano state hisbah board says, it has intercepted a trailer conveying large consignment of alcoholic drinks. The Deputy Commander General in charge of ...
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NPC sensitizes stakeholders on 2023 census in Kwara
The National Population Commission yesterday sensitized critical stakeholders in Kwara state as part of the ongoing preparation for the 2023 population and housing ...