Day: January 4, 2021

Alleged sexual harrassment: Ogun suspends environment commissioner

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In a bid to send the right signals on its zero tolerance for gender-based violence, the Ogun State Government has suspended the Commissioner for Environment, Abiodun Abudu-Balogun who was alleged to have sexually harassed a teenager. The Secretary to the State Government Tokunbo Talabi, made the announcement in a statement on Sunday. The statement indicated that the commissioner will remain out of office pending the conclusion of an independent investigation into an allegation of sexual harassment by a 16-year old Barakat Mayowa Melojuekun. It also ordered Abudu-Balogun to cooperate fully…

Gov AbdulRazaq dissolves cabinet

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Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has dissolved his cabinet with effect from December 31, 2020, a statement said late Sunday. “His Excellency especially commends the Honourable cabinet members for their contributions to the development of the state while also wishing them the best in their future endeavours,” Chief Press Secretary to the Governor Rafiu Ajakaye said in the statement. “The Secretary to the State Government Prof. Mamman Sabah Jubril retains his seat, the statement added. It said the Governor also directed the former cabinet members to hand over to the…

Building a new future for Kwara By AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq

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Today, January 3, 2021, the portals for taking applications for a new crop of teachers have been programmed to go live. That begins a new process to fill our schools with qualified and competent tutors who will teach our children in basic classes and senior secondary schools across the length and breadth of Kwara State. It is an enormous task that we do not take for granted. It a task for which our administration will be judged — coming after we painfully nullified a process that had thrown up some…

Kanuri Converts and Boko Haram Terrorism By Y A Shuaib

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I just watch a video of Kanuri converts to other religion when the leadership and majority of Boko Haram are from the same ethnic group   What can one do when the terrorists (Boko Haram/ISWAP) who claim to be Muslims living among Muslims and killing Muslims without any mercy? At least 80% of abducted travellers between Maiduguri and Damaturu on the New year days are MUSLIMS.   Only deeply-Knowledgeable on Islam and strong-hearted believer would never doubts his/her faith when lunatics create wrong impression on the noble teaching of Prophet…

Fulani herdsmen are not under attack in Ebonyi – Police

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The Ebonyi State Police Command has reacted to a video in circulation on social media platform alleging that Fulani Herdsmen were being attacked and chased out of Ebonyi State by a faceless group.   The command in a statement signed by Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO),DSP. Odah Loveth Obianuju decribed the viral video as distorting and misleading.   Read the statement below: “To set the record straight, the Command wishes to state that on the 2nd of January, 2021 one Fulani herdsman Alhaji Adamu residing at Ozibo village in Nkaleke Ichaba/Enyibishiri…