The leaders of thought and the people of Offa Local Government Area (LGA) have dissociated themselves from the recent press conference addressed by the Chairman Home branch of the Offa Descendants Union (ODU), which purportedly represented the views of the Offa community on the judgment of the Kwara State High Court on the Offa robbery […]
In response to the recent press release by the Police Special Fraud Unit (PSFU), Lagos, signed by SP Eyitayo Johnson regarding the arrest and arraignment of four journalists for alleged cyberstalking and attempted extortion of Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB), the Nigerian Guild of Investigative Journalists (NGIJ) has said that it is constrained to set the […]
Former Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Razak Atunwa has chided the Governor of Kwara State, Mr. Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq for allowing obsession with running down former Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki to make it obvious that the present administration in the state lacks focus, blueprint, or manifesto that can guide […]
The Abubakar Bukola Saraki ABS Foundation has empowered 200 widows from Kwara Central and Kwara South with the aim to extend the empowerment support to 70,000 widows across Nigeria in the next few years. The Foundation also organized a business training workshop for the beneficiaries of the pilot phase of the project held in Ilorin, […]
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kwara State has rejected the outcome of Saturday’s Local Government election in Kwara, describing it as a desecration of democracy, a waste of taxpayers’ money and an elevation of fraud to heights never witnessed before in the state. The PDP accused the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC, under Governor […]
Despite the widespread irregularities and absence of voting at various polling units across local government areas, the Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission (KWSIEC) has declared the candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winners of the LG elections held yesterday in the state. Announcing the results at KWSIEC headquarters in Ilorin in the […]
The Nigerian Guild of Investigative Journalists (NGIJ) condemns in its entirety the brazen display of corporate intimidation by Guaranty Trust Holding Company (GTCO) its attempt to muzzle the press by arresting a journalist, Olurotimi Olawale, for simply doing his job. In a statement jointly signed by the duo of Abdulrahman Aliagan and Rowland Olonishuwa; President […]
In bid to give succour to vulnerable Lagosians amidst the economic hardship, a socio-political group, TeamNigeria4Change on Wednesday commenced distribution of free bread and bean cake in five locations across Lagos. The initiative is aimed at complementing impactful programmes of Lagos State First Lady, Dr Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu. The distribution under Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu Cares’ food support […]
A peacebuilding think tank, Foundation for Peace Professionals also known as PeacePro has rejected the United State proposal for creating second-class permanent members on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). PeacePro argues that, granting permanent membership to new members at the Security Council without veto power would represent a superficial reform and fail to address […]
