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President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday received and lit the ‘Torch of Unity’ ahead of the National Sports Festival. He also called on private sector investors to join hands with the government in youth and sports development in the country. Kwara Gov says sports could be Nigeria’s ‘soft power’ Kwara government Flag Off kwafest In […]
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The Presidency says President Muhammadu Buhari is the best man to destroy the Boko Haram insurgents in the northeast and bring an end to their carnage in Nigeria. Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu made this known in a communique on Wednesday, January 29. “President Buhari is going to finish off these terrorists. He alone can […]
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Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Thursday said he has approved the payment of N30.5m penalties imposed on some schools in Kwara for malpractices in the last year secondary school leaving examination. Kwara Gov signs 2020 budget to ‘drive growth, fight poverty’ Ganduje launches free, compulsory education with 834,366 pupils Civil Group Laud kwara […]
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It’s a budget of hope — Speaker Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Thursday assented to the 2020 appropriation bill, saying the document was designed to truly rebuild the state in a manner that uplifts people from poverty and addresses infrastructural deficit. AbdulRazaq commended the House of Assembly for the thorough scrutiny of […]
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Launches free exercise books for school children Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Thursday flagged off the rehabilitation of 31 public schools across the state, a step he said signalled the beginning of a new era for the education sector in the state. State pays WAEC’s N30.5m fine, warns against exam fraud AbdulRazaq […]
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The Federal Comptition and Consumer Protection Commission has shut down Chinese-owned Panda Supermarket in the Jabi area of Abuja as part of measures to prevent the spread of Coronavirus. The FCCPC said in a series of tweets that it had confiscated some frozen food items illegally imported from China. The pictures of some of the […]
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Borno State Governor, Professor Babgana Umara Zulum, wednesday swore in an Igbo man and Yoruba indigene as special advisers. The two-Chief Kesta Ogualili from Anambra State and Alhaji Yusuf Alao from Oyo State are among the 26 special advisers swore in by the governor. Ogualili, hails from Dunukofia Local Government Area, while Alao is from […]
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A Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin has remanded the immediate past Commissioner for Finance in Kwara state Ademola Banu and one other in EFCC custody pending the ruling on their bail applications. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC is prosecuting the Ex-Commissioner and two others on fraud related offences. The arraignment […]
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KIRU/BEBEJI KANO RE-RUN ELECTIONS SO LONG, FAREWELL… The Kiru/Bebeji re-run election was held on Saturday 25th January, 2020 as scheduled. My constituents came out en mass to exercise their civic responsibility but were denied their franchise to vote the candidate and party of their choice through the application of maximum force in all the wards […]
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Some gunmen have abducted a 17-year-old student of the Federal Government College in Rubochi, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The student, Gift Abiikor, was kidnapped from the home of one Ahmed Adamu, at about 1:00a.m. yesterday while she and Adamu’s children were fast asleep on the same bed. It remains, however, unclear why the gunmen […]
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No fewer than 15 passengers were killed yesterday after a mini truck plunged into the Ome River, near Oru-Ijebu area of Ogun State. The tragic incident, which occurred in the early hours along the Ibadan – Ijebu-Ode highway, also left 38 persons seriously injured. New Telegraph gathered that the ill-fated vehicle, a white Mitsubishi […]
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In its latest investigation on the admission process of the university, JAMB found out that the new management under Vice Chancellor, Prof Abdul-Rasheed Na’Allah, had altered the situation. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has halted the ongoing admission of students at the University of Abuja due to irregularities. Civil Group Laud kwara […]
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