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Crime & City Diary
Nigeria to get female IG soon- says Kwara CP
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin Kwara State Police Commissioner, Ebunoluwarotimi Adelesi said a woman may soon be appointed as the Inspector General of Police in the country. According to her, the fantastic nature, perfect delivery of assignments given to women, position them fit for the position. Adelesi stated this while speaking with newsmen in Ilorin on Tuesday. “Women are only known…
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Crime & City Diary
EFCC convicts tiler, two others, for cybercrime in Kwara
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday secured the conviction of a 24-year-old tiler, Yusuf Olalekan Ibrahim from Ajeromi Ifelodun Local Government Area of Lagos State over offences bordering on cybercrime. Yusuf was convicted alongside Abdulazeez Taofeek Ademola from Oyan in Odo-Otin Local Government Area of Osun State and…
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Politics
FG arraigns Adebutu, 9 others for vote buying, court adjourns till 26 September 2023
The Federal Government on Monday arraigned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the 2023 governorship election in Ogun State, Ladi Adebutu and nine others before an Ogun State High court, sitting in Abeokuta for vote buying. Adebutu, who was charged in absentia has been on the run from law. It would be recalled that Adebutu, some months ago, sneaked…
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Politics
Ogun Tribunal: PDP witnesses admit not reading witness statements
As the governorship election petition tribunal sitting in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital resumed proceedings on Monday, members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who appeared as witnesses for the party admitted not reading the witness statements given to them before signing. It would be recalled that the Tribunal provisionally admitted undisputed documents presented by the PDP on Thursday last…
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Perspectives
Joblessness, idleness and feigned piety, By Owei Lakemfa
The Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Kolapo Sulu-Gambari, as a former Justice of the Court of Appeal, ought to know that Nigeria is a secular country. As a graduate of the Nigeria Law School, he should know that Section 10 of our country’s Constitution states in simple English that: The government of the federation or of a state shall not…
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News from States
Isese is Yoruba way of life, Kwara is Yoruba state, Don, traditionalists tell Ilorin Emir
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin An Associate Professor from the English Department of Kwara State University, Malete, Dr Reuben Akano and some traditionalists have said that the Isese festival cannot be banned in Ilorin Emirate as it comprises some local government areas and towns rooted in the tradition of the Yoruba people. They also contended that Kwara State is a Yoruba…
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National News
PSC dismises 3 senior officers, demotes police commissioner
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the dismissal of three senior police officers over cases of misconduct and abuse of office, while nine other officers were reduced in rank, including a Commissioner of Police. This was contained in a statement issued by the PSC spokesperson, Ikechukwu Ani, on Sunday. Ani noted that the Commission took the decisions at the…
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Homeland News
Soyinka’s intervention on Isese festival nauseating, uncharitable-Emir of Ilorin
Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu Gambari, says the claim by Prof. Wole Soyinka on disallowing traditional festival is not only nauseating but also uncharitable to the people of Ilorin emirate. The Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, had earlier written an open letter to the Emir, stating that his opposition to the Isese festival proposed to be hosted in the…
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National News
Alleged N805m fraud: Supreme Court quashes Senator Nwaoboshi’s conviction
The Supreme Court has, in a split decision of four-to-one, set aside the conviction and sentencing to seven years imprisonment of Sen. Peter Nwaoboshi for offences of fraud and money laundering. In a lead judgment by Justice Emmanuel Agim, the apex court held that Nwaobishi and two companies were unjustly and maliciously prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission…
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Homeland News
We know the history of Ilorin and the trajectory of your dynasty, Soyinka writes Sulu Gambari on Isese
Your Royal Highness, So soon after the Moslem season of spiritual purification, it is sad to see the ancient city of Ilorin, a confluence of faiths and ethnic varieties, reduced to this level of bigotry and intolerance, manifested in the role of a presiding monarch. The truncation of a people’s traditional festival is a crime against the cultural heritage of…
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