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Ram dealers in Kwara attribute hike in prices to feeds, transportation cost
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Kwara The high cost of ram and other animals acceptable to perform the religious rite of Eid-el-Kabir has been attributed to the hike in prices of feeds, diesel and insecurity in the country. In Ilorin, Kwara State, a ram dealer, Adebayo Wahab said prices of rams range from N155,000, N160,000 and N170,000 due to cost of feeds,…
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Uba Sani retains El-Rufai’s deputy as Kaduna APC guber running mate
Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State, Senator Uba Sani, has picked the present Deputy Governor of the state, Dr. Hadiza Balarabe as his running mate. Sani announced this in a statement he issued on Monday. The APC governorship flagbearer said his decision to retain Balarabe was as a result of her immense contribution “to the…
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Buni sends condolences as 10 die in Yobe auto crash
Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State, on Monday, condoled with the families of 10 persons who died in a recent car accident in Fika Local Government Area of the state. Buni expressed his condolences in a statement by his Director-General, Press and Media Affairs, Alhaji Mamman Mohammed, in Damaturu. The police had earlier confirmed the accident which occurred in…
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Arsonists raze INEC office in Enugu, destroy 748 ballot boxes
Arsonists on Sunday attacked the Igboeze North Local Government Area office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Enugu State. In a statement by INEC’s National Commissioner, Information and Voter Education Committe,e Festus Okoye, the arsonists struck some minutes to midnight, setting the office ablaze. They also destroyed election materials which include 748 ballot boxes, 240 voting cubicles, office…
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NDE trains 50 people in goat production in Gombe
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has trained 50 people on goat production in Gombe State under the directorate’s Rural Employment Promotion Department. According to NDE Director General Abubakar Fikpo who addressed the trainees, three goats would be provided by the Directorate out of which two are she-goats and one he-goat. “Goat production is the first of its kind, you…
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AbdulRazaq approves recruitment of 197 medical personnel
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Kwara Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has approved the recruitment of 197 different medical professionals to boost the human resources and efficient service delivery in the health sector. The approval includes employment of eight consultants, 23 medical doctors, and 72 nurses with varying specialties, Director General, Kwara State Hospital Management Board. Mr. Sa’ad Aluko disclosed this in a…
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Delta guber race: Omo-Agege announces Ossai Osanebi as running mate
Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Delta State, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege has announced Ossai Osanebi as his running mate in the 2023 governorship election. Omo-Agege announced his choice of Osanebi in a statement he personally signed. According to the deputy senate president, Osanebi’s choice was after a “painstaking internal vetting process in which many notable and highly qualified…
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Bandits to face death penalty as Matawalle signs anti-banditry bill into law
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State on Tuesday signed the anti-banditry and other related offences bill into law. The law which comes into force with immediate effect, has death penalty for those found guilty of banditry and other related offences in Zamfara. Speaking shortly after signing the bill, Matawalle said the law formed part of measures to tackle banditry, kidnapping…
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Uzodinma’s aide demands N77m refund as office expenses after resigning
Special Adviser to Imo State Governor on Political Matters, Batos Nwadike has tendered his resignation from office. Nwadike in his resignation letter, accused Governor Hope Nwadike of failing to run an inclusive government and his “undemocratic and opaque leadership style”. He said while he continued to spend his personal money to run the office, he was not reimbursed. He therefore…
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Abe will be on ballot for Rivers governorship election, insists support group
Former senator, representing Rivers West Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Wilson Ake, has said that no one individual will appoint a governor for Rivers people. Ake made the declaration while speaking at the conclusion of inauguration of registration of officers for the Project SMA 2023, at Bori, headquarters of Rivers South-East senatorial district, on Sunday. Performing the exercise, he…
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