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Politics
Saraki losing grip on loyalists after another defeat in Kwara
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin It’s not too late to reflect on how the 2023 general elections were won and lost in Kwara State. The elections, just like the last one held in 2019, pitted two dynasties; the Sarakis and AbdulRazaqs against each other.In 2019, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq was the arrowhead of the ‘Otoge’ mantra, which halted the dominance of Senator…
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Homeland News
R-E-V-E-A-L-E-D:Why Gbenga Daniel is after Ogun SSG
The senator representing Ogun East in the National Assembly, Gbenga Daniel, has perfected plans to “crush” and set political booby traps that will embarrass the Secretary to the Government of Ogun State, Mr Olatokunbo Joseph Talabi, investigations have revealed. Talabi, known for his forthrightness, discipline and integrity is considered a sitting target by the political war Lords like Daniel. Recent…
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Crime & City Diary
Auto crash claims 10 lives in Kwara
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin Ten persons were on Thursday evening, killed in a fatal multiple auto accident in the Ile Pupa area, along Jebba-Bode Saadu Expressway in Kwara State. WesternPost gathered that the accident was caused by wrong overtaking and speed violations. It was also gathered that three vehicles were involved in the crash, while the dead included seven male…
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National News
Kwara Customs Command generates N6.2bn in three months
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), generated N6.2 billion between April and June this year . The amount represents 9.14 percent increment compared to the preceding year 2022. Comptroller of Customs in charge of the Command, Kehinde Ilesanmi, disclosed this on Friday in Ilorin, while briefing newsmen on the activities of the command…
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News from States
EFCC arrests 13 Chinese nationals for alleged illegal mining activities in Kwara
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 13 Chinese nationals over offences bordering on illegal mining activities, in Ilorin, Kwara State. The offence is contrary to, and punishable under Section 1(8) (b) of the Miscellaneous Offences Act Cap M17, 1983. The suspects, a female and 12 male,…
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Crime & City Diary
17-year-old girl lures man from Lagos to Osun, robs him of N1.5m
Operatives of the Osun State Police Command have arrested a 17-year-old girl who allegedly lured her victim from Lagos to Osun, through social media. The Command Spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola, made this known on Tuesday in Osogbo. Opalola said the victim was lured to Ikire in Irewole Local Government Area by the teenager, on June 28. According to her, the…
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News from States
Thunder kills three suspected kidnappers in Kwara
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin Thunderstrike has reportedly killed three suspected kidnappers in the agrarian Oro Ago community in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State. Westernpost correspondent gathered that the incident, linked to the efforts of the local vigilance team in the Igbomina Kwara axis aimed at checking security challenges in the area, happened three days ago. In a viral…
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Homeland News
Ogun Assembly designates August 20th as Isese Cultural Day
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Ogun State House of Assembly has passed a resolution calling for the observation of every 20th August as the annual Isese-Cultural Day to be declared as a work free day in the state. The passage of the resolution, titled: “H.R. No.008/OG/2023-Observtation of Isese Day as Work-Free Day in Ogun State”, followed a robust debate by the…
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Politics
Ogun Tribunal: Confusion, as PDP witness admits lying on oath, another forgets election date
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta There was palpable confusion on Tuesday, during the ongoing proceedings at the governorship election petition tribunal sitting in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital as a witness of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olusanya Olatunji, confessed to have lied on oath. Olatunji, a PDP member, from Idowa in Odogbolu LGA, admitted to have deliberately concocted the figures…
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Sports
Ogun set to host NSF 2024; Olapade, Adebajo, others to lead 16-man committee
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Ogun State government, on Tuesday, announced its readiness to hold the 2024 National Sports Festival (NSF) in fulfilment of an earlier promise made by the Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, as it unveiled leading professionals in Nigeria’s sports sector as Local 9rganizing Committee (LOC) members. It would be recalled that the state government, earlier in May, had…
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