Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has approved the appointment of Alhaji AbdulRahaman Ameen Babatunde as the new Secretary of the Kwara State Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM). Babatunde was prior to his appointment a Director in the Kwara State Civil Service. According to a statement late Tuesday by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor Rafiu Ajakaye,the appointment is with immediate effect
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has been announced as the chairperson of the National Project Steering and Deployment Committee (NPSDC) for innovative strengthening of smallholder farmers capabilities in Nigeria. According to a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor Rafiu Ajakaye. The committee’s mandate included strengthening smallholder farmers’ capabilities towards productive land restoration amid COVID-19 in Nigeria, It Seeks to build resilient communities and ensuring food security, the statement added. The setting up of the committee came amid the growing stature of AbdulRazaq owing largely to his commitments…
The Kwara State Government has announced the appointment of Omolara Mulikat Ojulari and Olatunji Ahmed Balogun as new full-fledged Directors for the Kwara State Internal Revenue Service (KW-IRS). The appointment takes effect immediately. Omolara Mulikat Ojulari is a seasoned Revenue Administrator. She holds B.Sc. in Actuarial Science at the University of Lagos and M.Sc. Accounting and Finance at the London Southbank University, United Kingdom. She is an Associate of Chartered and Certified Accountants (England and Wales), Associate Member, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) and Associate member, Chartered Institute…
The Chairman,House Committee on Port and Harbour,Hon.Garba Muhammad Datti,has called for proper legislation that will enhance the animal welfare,wildlife,environmental conservation and sustainable development in Nigeria, Africa and across the globe. Speaking at the 4th Africa Animal Welfare Conference:Action 2020 Virtual Conference held Monday, 7th September, 2020, Datti who had sponsored a bill prohibiting the killing of donkeys and donkey skin trade, said treatment of animals in Africa was quite different from global best practice as obtainable in other parts of the world. Read his keynote address in full :…
The Journalists International Forum For Migration (JIFORM) has invited Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Hon. Debo Ogundoyin and the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerians In Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa as Guest Speakers at its second annual international migration summit slated for Western Hall, Oyo State Secretariat, Ibadan on October 15, 2020. In a statement issued in Lagos on Monday, President JIFORM, Ajibola Abayomi said the invitees were crucial to the advancement of advocacy on migration matters, as the media…
Kwara State Governor,AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Monday said over 1000 schools needed reconstruction and equipment with modern teaching facilities across the 16 local government areas of the state. He however added that the administration has activated plans to gradually fix the facilities, equip them, train and motivate teachers to guarantee quality basic education in the state. “We have over 1000 schools which need to be rebuilt completely. It is not just about renovation because many of classrooms have collapsed. Some do not even have floor, not to talk of furniture. So,…
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, has charged Commanders of the seventy-nine (79) Police Mobile Force (PMF) Squadrons spread across the nation to exhibit high-level professionalism, neutrality and embrace a citizen-friendly approach in policing the forthcoming Gubernatorial elections in Edo and Ondo on 19th September and 10th October, 2020 respectively. The IGP gave the charge during a conference with the commanders held at the Force Headquarters, Abuja on 7th September, 2020. The conference centred on the deployment of the PMF for the elections and general review of the current internal security…
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has promised that his administration after the completion of his tenure would leave behind massive development and infrastructural boost that would proof naysayers wrong. He stated that politics was over and he was now fully focused on governance as his administration would sought to consolidate on its first term’s modest achievements. Governor Bello made this known on Sunday at Christ the King Catholic Church in his Home Country Okene, while attending a special thanksgiving service organized to celebrate his recent victory at the Apex Court…
The Cybercrime Unit of the Nigeria Police Force, INTERPOL, National Central Bureau, Abuja has arrested two (2) suspects for their complicity in a major multi-million Euro scam touching on procurement of COVID-19 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). The suspects, Babatunde Adesanya a.k.a Teddy, 50years old Master degree holder in Cell Biology and Akinpelu Hassan Abass, 41years old, the M.D Musterpoint Investment Nig. Ltd, who are members of a sophisticated transnational criminal network, cloned the corporate website of ILBN Holdings BV, Holland to transact with and defrauded one Freiherr Fredrick Von Hahn,…
A Professor of Communication studies, Taofiq Adesina Azeez has told those calling for Oduduwa or Yoruba Republic to have a rethink on their agitation as history did not support their claims. In a statement entitled:”ARE YOU A YORUBA OR OMO ODUDUWA”, he posited that some great yoruba towns and cities have been in existence before the advent of Oduduwa. According to him, there was a narrative that established the presence of most of the Oke-Ogun towns before the arrival of Oduduwa. ” It was also contended that his Oke-Ogun elder…