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FG, Global Fund laud AbdulRazaq’s ‘exemplary fight against malaria’ in Nigeria
Kwara Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Wednesday came up for national applause by the Global Fund as the body rated the administration as one of the best in the fight against malaria. The commendation came asGovernor AbdulRazaq personally launched the statewide distribution of integrated Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention and insecticide Treated Nets (SMC/ITN) across communities in the state. “Today’s event again testifies…
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450 Unilorin students bag First Class degrees
By Mosunmola Ayobami,Ilorin The Vice-Chancellor, University of Ilorin, Professor Wahab Egbewole, has disclosed that a total of 450 students would bag first-class degrees during the year 2023 convocation ceremony. Egbewole made this disclosure on Wednesday at a press briefing held ahead the 37th and 38th combined convocation ceremony of the University. “We shall be convoking 25,234 students during the 37th…
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Soludo urges more funding for public schools to end poverty
Governor of Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has called on the federal government and other states to invest more in public education to provide quality basic education for the children of the poor. He said this is the only way to break the cycle of poverty and improve the country’s development. Soludo made this call on Tuesday when he visited…
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Kwara: FRSC records 97 crashes, arrests 24,618 offenders in nine months
By Mosunmola Ayobami,Ilorin The Sector commander, Federal Road Safety Corp, Kwara state,Corp Commander Frederick Ogidan, says the command arrested 24,618 traffic offenders in nine months. Ogidan also disclosed that 97 crashes were recorded between January and September 2023. He made this disclosure in an exclusive interview with WesternPost on Monday. Kwara has 12 Unit Commands and 2 Area Commands. Ogidan…
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Abia: Gov Otti promises to clear pension arrears by December
Abia State Governor Alex Otti’s administration has restated its commitment to clear all pension arrears of its retired workers before the end of the year. Information commissioner Okey Kanu said this on Monday while briefing journalists on the State Executive Council meeting outcome at the Government House, Umuahia. Kanu said the decision was informed by the promise made by Mr…
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Ex-NBA President, Olumide Akpata regales the joy of Ofala festival
Olumide Akpata, Labour Party Governorship aspirant in Edo State and former President of the Nigerian Bar Association has shared the joy of his participation at this year’s Ofala Festival in Onitsha, Anambra State. The former NBA helmsman attended the annual festival as a guest of Obi of Onitsha, His Majesty Igwe Nnaemeka Achebe. Akpata took to his social media handles…
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Governor Eno welcomes Army Chief, calls for more support from A’Ibom indigenes
Akwa Ibom State Governor Umo Eno hosted a State banquet for the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Toareed Lagbaja and his entourage at Government House, Uyo. The event was to celebrate the collaboration between the State Government and the Nigerian Army, as well as the return of Lagbaja to the state as a three-star General. Lagbaja, who had served…
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FG distributes food items to IDPs resident in Kwara
No fewer than 100 households at the weekend benefitted from the Federal Government’s food items for internally displaced persons in Kwara State. The food items include Rice, Garri, Semo, spaghetti, vegetable oil and salt. At the flag off ceremony held at the Federal Secretariat Ilorin, the Federal Commissioner National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons Tijani Aliyu Ahmed…
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Tinubu celebrates Chidia Maduekwe on his 70th birthday
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the Managing Director/CEO of the Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC), Dr. Chidia Maduekwe (Ishinka Ohafia), on the occasion of his 70th birthday. The President described the former legislator, who served in the House of Representatives in the Third Republic, as a distinguished public servant and a passionate advocate of the Nigerian film industry. “I celebrate Dr.…
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Unilorin VC lauds Abdulrazaq for opening Tanke flyover
By Mosunmola Ayobami,Ilorin The Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Wahab Egbewole, SAN, has commended Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, for opening the Tanke Flyover bridge from Monday to traffic along the University Road. Prof. Egbewole, who gave the commendation in a press statement signed by the University’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Mr Kunle Akogun, noted that the directive was…
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