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Kwara seeks collaboration to end deforestation
Kwara State Government has again called for further collaborations from individuals and corporate organizations to end deforestation, consequent upon illegal felling of trees. The Governor of Kwara State and Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, disclosed this in Ilorin during the commemoration of year 2024 International Day of Forest, held at the newly beautified Flower Garden. Speaking…
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Abductors of Edo PDP Chairman reportedly demand N500m
More than two weeks after he was kidnapped on Friday, March 15, 2024, the abductors of the Edo State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Tony Aziegbemi, have reportedly contacted his family members. This was disclosed to journalists in Benin on Sunday by one of Aziegbemi’s family members who pleaded anonymity. The family source said that the kidnappers…
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Kwara: New Customs Controller visits emir, security agencies, seeks collaboration
By Mosunmola Ayobami, kwara The Customs Controller, Kwara Area Command, Compt. Faith Ojeifo paid a courtesy visit to Nigerian Army (NA), Nigeria Police Force, Nigeria Immigration Service, DSS, NDLEA and other security agencies in the State. Ojeifo, who was newly posted to Kwara, said the visit was to strengthen the existing synergy among security agencies in the State. Speaking at…
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Fake News: Osun Govt sets up committee on cybercrimes, cyber bullying
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo Osun State Government has set up a Cyber Crime Action Committee in order to guard against to cybercrimes, cyber bullying and deliberate online false news. The government, in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information, Oluomo Kolapo Alimi, said the committee is to give effect to relevant provisions of existing law. He stated that the…
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Clerics laud Abiodun as OGSG continues palliative distribution
In the spirit of the Easter celebration and the ongoing Ramadan, the Ogun State government, on Sunday continued its palliatives distribution across the three senatorial districts of the state to cushion the effect of the current economic challenges on the people. It was the turn of Christians as the palliative got to many churches, while some mosques also benefited from…
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Ogun local council denies unjust levies at Mowe market
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Obafemi Owode Local Government in Ogun State, has said there was never unjust levies at Mower Market. A statement issued on Sunday by the Secretary to the Local Government and Chairman, IGR Committee, Kayode Dipeolu, said “The attention of Obafemi Owode Local Government has been drawn to a circulating news of unjust levies at Mowe market…
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Kano/Jigawa Customs issues smuggling warning, educates stakeholders on free trade
The Kano/Jigawa Area Command of Nigeria Customs Service has concluded a sensitisation program at the command’s headquarters on Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for stakeholders operating in the Free Trade Zone, and at the same time issuing a smuggling warning to those at the meeting. Addressing participants at the event, the Customs Area Controller (CAC) Kano/Jigawa Command, Comptroller Dauda Chana, described…
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BREAKING: 4 dead in Bauchi Zakat exercise
Four people have lost their lives in a stampede during an almsgiving zakat exercise for the poor in Bauchi State. The stampede occurred at the Shafa Holdings Company plc headquarters along Jos Road, on Sunday at about 10 am. Another individual, 17-year-old Naima Abdullahi, is currently receiving medical treatment at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital in Bauchi. The…
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Oyo Govt. WaterAid set to sign new MoU
The Oyo State Government is set to sign a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with WaterAid, to facilitate its mission of transforming lives, improve access to potable water, sanitation and hygiene as an essential step out of poverty. This was disclosed by the Chairman, Oyo State Water Corporation, Hon. Elias Adeojo over the weekend after a meeting with the representatives…
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APC chieftain appeals to Tinubu to intervene as cooking gas price soars
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, Hon. Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu, to urgently intervene in the high cost of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), popularly called cooking gas in the country. Oyintiloye, who made the appeal while speaking with newsmen on Sunday in Osogbo, said that the cost…
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