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Development is about transforming the lives of people, not just transforming economies.  The Concerned youths of Ekiti local Government of Kwara state are set to unveil a formidable Youth organization for their region. This is a quest to stress the importance of community and human capital development as a tool for the progress and sustanablity to the local government.        "EKYN" a non-political organization whose aims are majorly on how to develop Ekiti local government of Kwara state for Growth and consistent development.       The unveiling of the organization is scheduled to hold as follows: 🗓️Date:13th of August 2022. Venue: Online zoom (virtual).  ⏰Time: 11:00am  For enquiries, contact; 📲+234 803 071 7478 📲+234 703 610 7115 Signed: EKYN Media Team2022

In its bid to support the government of Mall. AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq efforts at repositioning education sector in the state, the Chief Executive Officer, Mai Zam Zam Bookshop, Kano, Engr. Muhammad Garba has donated books worth millions of naira to Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin. Speaking after receiving the books from the representative of the donor, the Rector of the premier tertiary institution, Engr. Jimoh Muhammed Abdul, lauded the initiative of the donor, adding that the gesture will contribute immensely to the development of the institution. He said the books which cut across courses from various departments such as Nutrition and Dietetics, Library Science, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics among others will assist both staff and students of the Polytechnic in research and other academic activities. Abdul therefore, implored other philanthropists who are sons of the soil, just like the donor to emulate the kind gesture.

Italian journal La Republicca just released an explosive report about Cristiano Ronaldo’s potential future. They are saying Manchester United might no longer be within the Portuguese star’s future for a specific reason. With Erik ten Hag’s arrival, the Red Devils are about to make massive changes in the team’s style of play that doesn’t fit with Ronaldo’s position on the pitch. According to this report, Ten Hag is looking to modify the structure in order to fit the classic Dutch style of play he used at AFC Ajax. Cristiano doesn’t agree with this, according to La Republicca and he would be willing to leave the institution. Chances of playing at a different club point at a possible return to Sporting Clube Lisbon, where Ronaldo’s career started. However, nothing is set in stone yet. Other reasons Ronaldo could leave Man United is for him being able to continue playing the UEFA Champions League is absolutely essential. Manchester United finished the 2021-22 Premier League season with a m...

Mr Biodun Oyebanji, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been declared the winner of the Saturday’s Ekiti Governorship election. Declaring the winner, Prof. Oyebode Adebowale, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Returning Officer, said Oyebanji polled a total of 187, 057 to win the election. He said that Oyebanji had certified the law and was, therefore, declared the winner. “That I, Prof. Oyebode Adebowale, hereby satified that I am the Returning Officer of the Ekiti 2022 Governorship Election held on June 18. “That Biodun Oyebanji, the candidate of APC, having certified the requirements of the law, is hereby declared winner and returned,” Adebowale declared. The INEC Returning Officer, who is also the Vice-Chancellor, University of Ibadan, while given the break down of the total votes scored by the participated political parties, said that Mr Segun Oni, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate, scored 82, 211, to come second. According to him,...

Bashir Sherrif Machina has kicked against the removal of his name on the list that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). On the list that the ruling party submitted to INEC, the name of Senate President Ahmad Lawan was listed as candidate of Yobe North Senatorial District in the 2023 elections. But addressing a press conference on Friday, Machina, who was declared winner of the primary conducted in Yobe North, said he remains the candidate of the APC in the senatorial district. Machina said, “I remain the candidate of the APC Yobe North senatorial zone as duly elected. I did not withdraw for anybody and I will not withdraw because as a matter of fact it is a mandate given to me by members of our great party, the delegates. So surreptitiously removing my name, I consider (it) as very undemocratic, illegal and of course inhuman. “I will take measures by first appealing to my party that if this action was truly done, ...

The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has accredited 52 academic programs of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin. Speaking at the exit briefing of accreditation exercise, the Director of Polytechnic programmes of the NBTE, Architect Ngbede Ogoh expressed satisfactions with the provisions on grounds, noting that the Polytechnic is known with her products all over the world. According to him, “We are not surprised by your preparation on this accreditation exercise, because your products, all over the world speak volumes of the Polytechnic in term of their brilliant performance in all fields. “We will only advise you not to relent on the standard known with the Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, also make sure you rectify all the grey areas observed by the resource persons,” he said. Earlier, the Director of North Central Zone of the NBTE, Dr. Hatim Musa Koko, advised all resource persons to identify only the grey areas for the Polytechnic to know where to address after the accredit...

An 88-year-old woman, Tawakalitu Ilumoka, has told Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting at Ikeja, Lagos State, how she was allegedly defrauded of N36m by one Olorunfemi Ayodeji. According to her, Ayodeji introduced her to some people when she informed him that her son based in the United States of America was sick. She said this was after she sold a piece of land for N100m out of which she gave Ayodeji N100,000. The mother of nine and former trader at Oke-Arin Market, Lagos Island, burst into tears as she told the court that her son later died. She said she reported the matter to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, which arrested Ayodeji and recovered N1.8m from him.

Ilorin born philanthropist and APC stalwart Mallam Moshood Mustapha has extended his philanthropical gesture towards the preparation of the Ilorin Emirate Grand Durbar. Ilorin Emirate Grand Durbar is an annual cultural festival where Ilorites (Natives of Ilorin) and surround cities come around to celebrate the Eid-Kabir festival along with the heritage show and cultural festival. It comprises of different activities that are meant to showcase the true nature and tell stories of how The popular city, Ilorin was found. Mall. Moshood Mustapha has however donated the sum of Ten Million Naira (#10,000,000) to the Organizing committee of the Ilorin Emirates Durbar (#5m), Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (#1m), Ilorin Emirate Youths Development Association ( #1m) and the Durbar football committee (#1m) The donation was done at the palace of the Emir of Ilorin, Dr. Alh. Ibrahim Zulu Gambari in company of his chiefs, imams and other members of the Ilorin Emirate Organizing committee...

A non-governmental organisation, International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety), says that the $25,000 bribe reportedly paid to some presidential primary delegates each can pay three years’ salaries of a Nigerian university professor. Intersociety regretted that such an amount could be paid to induce delegates while university lecturers had been on strike for close to four months over poor remuneration and funding of schools. The group said, “The monthly remuneration (basic salary and allowances) of a Professor of Nigerian University presently stands at N416, 000 or N15m for three years.” A statement by the group on Wednesday, signed by its Board Chair, Emeka Umeagbalasi; Head, Democracy and Good Governance, Chinwe Umeche, among others, said it was no longer going to be business as usual. They noted that unlike in the past elections such as in 2011 and 2019 when some leading northern political players hid under religious extremism to organise and sponsor post-...

Ahead of the gubernatorial election slated to hold in Ekiti State on June 18, Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ahmed Abubakar Audi, PhD, mni, has approved the deployment of 9,747 officers and men to provide watertight security for the exercise. The Commandant General, charged all the personnel involved in the election duty to be professional in their conducts by allowing the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) of the Corps to guide their performances; stressing that, the service must remain apolitical and neutral to avoid any form of compromise during the election. He maintained that necessary machinery has been put in place to provide effective security for INEC officials, sensitive and non sensitive materials, before, during and after the election, reiterating that all the 2,445 polling units, collation centres, flashpoints and other criminal hideouts are fully covered.

Rivers State Governor Barr Nyesom Wike has defeated his Delta State Counterpart Governor Ifeanyi Okowa to emerge the running mate to the Presidential candidate of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. Sources at the National Headquarters of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) confirmed that the committee set up by the PDP to pick Atiku Abubakar’s running mate picked Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike,  over Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State. Governor Wike won by a whopping 16-3 votes and Governor Ifeanyi Okowa got only got 3 votes from the committee's votes. It was gathered that the committee voted against the choice of Governor Okowa following the pressure by his former Political father James Ibori,  it was gathered that Ibori mounted a serious opposition and resistance to Atiku picking Okowa because his former political son Okowa hijacked the PDP delta state structure from him. The Leadership of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) is expected ...

A graduate of the Federal Polytechnic Offa, Fatoye Micheal Seyi who is currently serving as a corps member in Anambra has provided street lights for Umuagu Eziora community, a village in Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra State. Michael with state code number AN/21B/0352 embarked on 6 commendable personal community development service projects. The projects include the donation of first Aid boxes, inter-school quiz competition with scholarship award, sensitization/rally on YAD, SAED training on baking, academic seminar on career talk, as well as the construction of 4 solar street lights. The Solar Street lights were Commissioned on May 27, 2022, by NYSC Officials, and the projects were regarded as the best in the State. Micheal was among the Students’ Union Executives who graduated in the year 2020 and served as Vice President Academic at the Federal Polytechnic Offa.

Nigeria will be without Ola Aina for the first leg of their 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Guinea-Bissau in September The Torino defender will miss the game through suspension after picking his second yellow card in the qualifying series against Sao Tome and Principe on Monday. Aina was first cautioned in Nigeria’s matchday one encounter against the Leone Stars of Sierra Leone. The 25-year-old will, however, be available for the away clash against the Djurtus also in September. The Super Eagles will host the Djurtus in their matchday three encounter at the Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja on Sunday, September 18.

In 2010, the department of mass communication was established in Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin. The management survived to be regulating only the National Diploma (ND) in mass communication, graduates of the institution opted for other Polytechnics for their Higher National Diploma (HND) while some applied to the Universities of their choices via Direct Entry. The challenges faced during the process(es) were really cumbersome for the students, as many institutions admitted based on the available capacity and their erstwhile students (those that graduated from the institution) were placed advantage ahead of those that graduated from Kwarapoly. Such a parochial consideration! However, a new administration took over the helm of affairs on October 27, 2019. This team of innovators is led by Dr. Abdul Jimoh Mohammed who has, within the limited time, ushered in many outstanding achievements in the institution, ranging from a first ever pedal-operated hand washing machine in replace of trad...

A Twitter user, identified as Ameerah Sufyan, raised the alarm on Tuesday after an alleged kidnapping incident involving three pregnant women and two children. In a series of tweets, Sufyan alleged that she and other 16 victims were abducted at gunpoint from different parts of Abuja by men in police uniforms and a van abducted at gunpoint from different parts of Abuja by men in police uniforms and a van. The tweet, @ameerah_sufyan, noted that she had shared her location with her WhatsApp contacts, adding that her captors did not see her phone. She tweeted, “Please whoever has my WhatsApp number I sent a broadcast message of my location. “We were abducted at gunpoint by people with police uniforms and a van from our houses from different parts of Abuja. “We’re 17 including three pregnant women and two little kids. They didn’t see my phone.” Shortly after the first tweet, Sufyan gave details of her captors, adding that they were being transported to the western part of the country. “They...

Many times, we're dearth of ideas, knowledge and motivation to move an inch from our comfort zones. Choose a mentor, someone that has remarkably achieved in the field of your career. Once you have a mentor, during your engagements with him/her, there would be insights, foresights, visions and eye-opening discussions.  Do you think that business tycoons like Femi Otedola, Adenuga, Dangote, Alhaja Muinat Sagaya, Folorunsho Alakija etc never had unfavourable historical background or rough adventures? Don't get it wrong! Commitment, inspiration, contentment, motivation, courageous and vision make them strong and outstanding till date.  Some started as drivers, load carriers in markets etcetera, while some as assistant officers, messengers, invaluable marketers and so on, but of course with undistracted vision and lofty dreams. Their weaknesses failed to weaken them, instead they displayed and allowed their determination, creativities and innovations to keep then going.  A m...

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, convicted and sentenced two co-defendants in a suit filed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) against suspended DCP Abba Kyari over an alleged drug deal to two years imprisonment. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a judgment, said having admitted to committing the offence preferred against them in counts 5, 6 and 7 by the NDLEA, Chibunna Umeibe and Emeka Ezenwanne, who are 6th and 7th defendants, “are hereby convicted accordingly.” Justice Nwite thereafter sentenced them to two years imprisonment on each of counts 5, 6 and 7. NNL reports that the two defendants, Umeibe and Ezenwanne, who are 6th and 7th defendants respectively in the matter, are the two alleged drug traffickers arrested at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport in Enugu by the Nigerian police and handed over to the NDLEA. They had pleaded guilty to five, six and seven counts preferred against them by the anti-narcotic agency. At the resumed hearing, counsel for the NDLEA, S...

The Kwara State Government says it is providing an enabling environment for both foreign and local investors in the state. Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq stated this today at the commissioning of the HMA Medical Limited intravenous fluid and medication manufacturing complex in Ogbondoroko. AbdulRazaq, who was represented by his Deputy, Mr Kayode Alabi, said to change the narrative of Kwara State, the administration is committing resources to infrastructure for the overall wellbeing of its citizens and businesses in the state.  Governor AbdulRazaq commended the initiative of HMA Medical Limited and invited other well-meaning Kwarans to join hands with Government to improve the living conditions of its people. ‘The big step you have taken by establishing this allied medical company will not only provide job opportunities for our people but shall also fix challenges occasioned by non-availability of medical consumables and intravenous fluids at the crucial points of needs.’ “We also ...

Femi Soyinka, the renowned researcher and former Provost of the College of Health Sciences of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, has died. According to a statement by his family, Mr Soyinka died in the early hours of Tuesday at his home in Kukumada Village, Ibadan, Oyo State. He was 85. Mr Soyinka was the younger brother of Nobel laureate and professor of comparative literature, Wole Soyinka.  Read the family’s statement below: The Soyinka Family of Ake/Isara, Ogun State, has announced the passing of their father, grandfather, great grandfather, brother, uncle Professor Femi Soyinka, which occurred in the early hours of Tuesday, 14 June 2022 at his home in Kukumada Village, Ibadan, Oyo State. Born in 1937 Professor Femi Soyinka received a Medical degree in Medicine and Surgery MBchB from University of Heidelberg, 1964; and Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree from the same University in 1965. He specialised and practised as a Dermatologist, Venereologist and Allergologist at the Univer...

The Kwara State Government has solicited more partnerships with the private sector to complement government efforts. The Deputy Governor, Mr Kayode Alabi, said this while flagging off the deworming immunisation exercise for children in collaboration with Biomedical Limited today at his office. Mr Alabi appreciated Biomedical Limited for contributing to quality healthcare in the state.  He sought more partnerships to intensify the government’s efforts in promoting the welfare of Kwarans as the government alone cannot do it. In her opening remarks, the Executive Secretary of Kwara State Primary Health Care, Prof Nusirat Elelu, commended Biomedical Limited for partnering with the state government to deworm children from parasites that cause malnutrition.  The Marketing Manager of Biomedical Limited, Pharm Olojo Watson said the deworming exercise is a nationwide program organised to celebrate the company’s 40th anniversary.

Months ago, when defection spurred the politicians abreast in our father land (Nigeria), the stand of each leader proclaimed the right guided by provisional law. Meanwhile, obnoxious words arrived which condemned the action being taken from one party to another. Kwara state as North Central in Nigeria, also experienced the exercise where politicians transferred themselves like footballers, the harmonious state was folded when the scenario arrived, different opinion polls on social media, different criticisms from electorates and different defamatory statements was released. The street was painted with political posters while followers dance to their leaders' ideology, and some as an activists, nothing to trace with their own except leadership mistakes which revealed the agitation as bias advocacy. Back to the state capital (Ilorin), the city welcomed the changes of parties and series of questions arise. Such as: Who is pure among politicians? Who deserves the crown that can lead th...