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  • NYSC refutes death of corps member in Kwara

    NYSC refutes death of corps member in Kwara

    The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has said that no corps member serving in Kwara died in any autocrash in Oke-Ose, Ilorin.

    The NYSC Public Relations Officer (PRO) in Kwara, Oladipo Morakinyo refuted the allegation in a press release in Ilorin on Sunday.

    He said, “The attention of the NYSC State Secretariat, located in Ilorin,Kwara State has been drawn to a false information being circulated by an online media about the death of a corps member in an autocrash.

    “The management of the scheme in Kwara State wishes to refute the false news and also set the records right that no corps member was involved or died in the said accident. ”

    According to Morakinyo, the rumour that a corps member died alongside some students of Kwara State Polytechnic, along Oke-Ose road, Ilorin, is false.

    He said that immediately the State Coordinator, Mr Amaefule Reminiscent, got wind of the false news on Thursday, he dispatched the corps welfare officer and the Ilorin East Local Government Inspector to investigate the matter.

    Mlorakinyo said that the two NYSC officials visited the scene of the accident and the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital’s morgue, where the corpses of the accident victims were deposited.

    The PRO said that the findings by the two NYSC confirmed that none of the deceased was a corps member.

    “As a follow up, on Friday morning, the Assistant Director, Corps Welfare and Health Services in the state, also led a team of NYSC officials to the Divisional Police Station, Oke- Ose, where the accident case was being handled.

    “The investigation at the station revealed the correct identities of the victims and none of the five was a corps member,” Morakinyo said.

    The PRO said that the State Coordinator, Mr Amaefule Reminiscent, appealed to the press, especially online media, to always ascertain their facts before publishing news about the scheme.

    The state coordinator prayed that the good Lord would continue to preserve thousands of the nation’s youths, diligently serving their fatherland in every nook and cranny of the country.

     

  • 2019: INEC uncovers illegal registration centre in Kwara

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday said it discovered an illegal registration centre in Kwara State.

    The Commission’s administrative Secretary in Kwara, Mr Paul Atser, made this known in a statement in Ilorin on Friday.

    “It has come to the notice of Independent National Electoral Commission, Kwara State that some unscrupulous persons are carrying out illegal registration of voters in Offa Local Government area,” Atser said.

    According to him, the perpetrators of the illegal registration were using Corel Draw application to change the particulars in a scanned INEC PVC.

    The INEC official said one suspect was arrested and undergoing interrogation by the police.

    “The general public is advised to be watchful and ensure that they go to only INEC designated registration centers to be captured for the PVC,” Atser added.

    He said a list of all designated centers were available at the INEC State office as well as INEC offices in the 16 local government councils in Kwara.

  • Kwara govt bans sale, consumption of Alcohol

    The Kwara state government has banned the sale and consumption of alcoholic products in specified areas of the state.

    This came into effect after the state governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, signed into law a bill prohibiting production, sale, and consumption of alcohol in certain areas.

    The bill, Ilorin Township (Prohibition Against the Production, Sale, and Consumption of Liquor in Certain Areas) Law, 2018, was passed by the Kwara State House of Assembly.

    Under the law, no person will be allowed to produce, sell, store or openly consume alcohol within specified areas in the metropolis.

    The bill stipulates that any person who contravenes the provision of this law shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding N100,000 or both.

  • 2019: Kwara Gov, Abdulfatah Ahmed refutes defection rumours

    Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has debunked claims that he is planning to return to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

    A statement on Tuesday by his media aide, Muyideen Akorede, said the governor, Senate President Bukola Saraki and other political leaders in Kwara State have no reason to return to the PDP, or join any other party, unless pressured by supporters.

    Ahmed clarified that the insinuations, which emerged from his recent interview, did not suggest he was planning to leave; rather, he was stating the conditions under which he and other stakeholders left the PDP.

    The governor emphasised that he, Saraki and other governors left the PDP due to impunity, disregard for the rule of law and lack of inclusiveness.

    He reiterated that they are committed to the APC and have no intention of defecting.

    Ahmed urged those commenting on the matter to read the interview properly rather than relying on social media headlines and insinuations to draw uninformed conclusions.

    Chieftains of the APC in Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara State have dismissed insinuations of their planned defection to the PDP.

    A member of the party recently said the APC leaders defected to the PDP for alleged marginalisation.

    A statement by a member of the party caucus, Idris Buko, thanked the leaders for giving them what were due to them, saying “as a party faithful, we say with all sense of modesty that we are not marginalised”.

    The statement reads: “To set the records straight, at no time or forum was the issue of leaving APC discussed.

    “However, it’s pertinent to state here that the author of the publication is a card-carrying member of PDP, and it is incontrovertible that he participated in the elections as a member of PDP; the records are there.

    “It’s laughable for a non-party member, who we learnt has been commissioned to destabilise our party, to come up with the theory of defection. We were not surprised he went to town with concocted falsehood to seek unavailable attention and relevance in APC.

    “The Baruten chapter of our party is proud of our leaders, both at the National and State levels, for their contributions to the success and growth of our party in the state.

    “We, therefore, call on party members and supporters at home and in Diaspora, to disregard Samari Abdullah’s self delusion of getting attention from the party hierarchy as a dream, as we remain loyal to the APC.”

     

  • Ahmed dissolves Kwara cabinet

    Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State on Thursday dissolved the state executive council.

    A statement issued by the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Isiaka Gold, said all special advisers, senior special assistants and special assistants are affected by the dissolution.

    According to the statement, Governor Ahmed directed the commissioners to hand over to the permanent secretaries of their various ministries and assured citizens that additional measures have been put in place to sustain government business pending the reconstitution of the state executive council.

    Alhaji Gold added that the governor thanked the former executive council members, special advisers and assistants for their valuable service and contributions and wished them the best of luck in their future engagements.

  • Nine dead as FG confirms Yellow Fever outbreak in Kwara, Nasarawa, five other states

    The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, in its 2018 report has confirmed the outbreak of Yellow Fever in seven Nigerian states with over nine deaths so far.

    The NCDC in its situation report released for the first epidemiological week in 2018 said the ailment has so far been confirmed in 12 local government areas across seven states.

    The states are: Kwara, Kano, Niger, Nasarawa, Kebbi, Kogi and Zamfara.

    The current outbreak started in Ifelodun Local Government Area in Kwara State with the first case detected in a seven-year-old girl in in September, 2017.

    The girl had no previous history of yellow fever vaccination. She also had no travel history outside her state two years before the illness.

    Since that incident, a total of 16 states, Abia, Borno, Kogi, Kwara, Kebbi, Plateau, Zamfara, Enugu, Oyo, Anambra, Edo, Lagos, Kano, Nasarawa, Katsina and Niger, have reported suspected cases.

    According to NCDC, as at January 2, a total of 358 suspected yellow fever cases had been line-listed out of which 230 blood samples collected and sent to the laboratory for confirmation.

    The agency said out of the samples collected and tested in five different Nigerian laboratories, 63 tested positive to the disease and one was inconclusive.

    The same 64 samples were then sent to the WHO laboratory.

    “Of the 64 (positive and inconclusive) samples sent to the World Health Organisation, WHO laboratory in Dakar, Senegal for laboratory confirmation, 32 were positive, 24 negative and seven results are still pending,” it stated.

    NCDC also said that the total number of deaths in all cases (suspected, probable and confirmed cases) is 45, with nine listed as confirmed.

    The report said the predominant age group affected are 20 years and below, accounting for 67. 8 per cent and the male to female ratio was 1.6 to 1.

    To curb the spread of the disease, the Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole, after the first case in Kwara state had said the federal government will embark on a nationwide vaccination against the disease by December, last year.

    He said the vaccination was as a result of the current outbreak in Kwara State and it signified that many Nigerians are not immune to yellow fever.

    Yellow fever is one of the vaccine preventable diseases which is expected to be given to children during the routine immunisation. The routine yellow fever vaccination was introduced to Nigeria’s expanded programme on immunization, EPI, in 2004.

    Adults are also required to be vaccinated and issued a yellow fever card or certificate which is meant to be asked from travellers arriving from countries with risk of the disease.

  • Kwara police arrest 32 suspects connected to New Year’s attack on worshippers in Ilorin

    The Kwara state police command has stated that the 32 youths have been arrested so far in connection with the attack on both Christians and Muslims worshippers at Taiwo area of Ilorin, on New’s Year eve.

    This was disclosed by the commands spokesman DSP Ajayi Okasanmi, in an interview with Sobi Fm correspondent Dare Akogun, this morning.

    He noted that 10 of the suspects were arrested on the spot, while additional 22 were picked up based on information gotten from the suspects.

    He also confirmed the three people who sustained serious injuries during the attack were receiving medical attention in one of the private hospitals in Ilorin.

    He noted that, the state police command has commenced full investigations into the act adding that, anybody found culpable in the act would face the full wrath of the law.

    He therefore admonished the people of the state to continue to embark on their lawful assignment and assured that the police command would continue to be alive to its responsibility in order to ensure full maintenance of law and order.

  • Bishop Oyedepo calls for peaceful succession to Olomu throne in Kwara

    Bishop Oyedepo calls for peaceful succession to Olomu throne in Kwara

    Bishop David Oyedepo of the Living Faith Church (a.k.a Winners Chapel ) has called for peaceful succession to the throne of Olomu of Omu-Aran in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara.

    Oyedepo, an indigene of Omu-Aran, made the call on Tuesday during an annual general meeting of Omu-Aran Development Association (ODA) held at Omu-Aran City Complex.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports the throne became vacant following the death of 64-year-old Oba Charles Ibitoye on Dec. 1 during an illness.

    Oyedepo urged the Olomu-in-council and the ODA leadership to ensure transparency in the selection of the next king.

    “I think we are capable of handling our domestic affairs successfully by ourselves.

    “We should not give room for external influence or rancour in choosing our leader or leaders.

    “We have people of proven integrity and immense wisdom including professors, permanent secretaries, industrialists and the likes in our midst,” he said.

    The cleric said that the death of some kingmakers within the year called for more prayers by the community.

    The ODA President, Chief Bisi Adeyemi, said that the association had embraced peace, unity, education, security and infrastructure maintenance as catalysts for socio-economic development of the community.

    He said that the association had given attention to the town’s waterworks, Agbaa River bridge and some road projects.

    Adeyemi called for donations toward the rehabilitation of the Omu-Aran City Complex to enable it to continue to serve the purpose for which it was built.

    “The community is lucky to have three 500 KVA and 300 KVA transformers to boost power supply,’’ remarked.

    Chief Festus Awoniyi, the Peru Tayero of Omu-Aran, who led the Olomu-in-council, urged the people to remain united and peaceful.

    He said that the council was working tirelessly to ensure that the death of Ibitoye would not create unnecessary vacuum in the administration of the community.

    The Chief Imam of Omu-Aran, Alhaji Sodiq Afolayan, urged the community members to use dialogue rather than confrontation to resolve disputes.

    Chief Jide Adebayo, the Chairman of Omu-Aran Festival of Clubs 2017, announced the postponement of the festival scheduled for Dec. 30.

    Adebayo, a former NAN Director, said that the postponement was in honour of the late Ibitoye.

  • Kidnappers release 1 of 6 varsity students abducted in Kwara

    A gang of kidnappers struck at Kwara State University Malete in Moro Local Government Area of the state Thursday afternoon and kidnapped six students. Kidnap-syndicate One of the victims, a 200 Level student of the department of Mass Communication at the Kwara State University, (KWASU) Malete, Dorcas Oluwatimilehin Olanrewaju was however lucky as she was released Friday morning by the abductors .

    Father of the victim, MR Layiwola Olanrewaju, journalist and state correspondent of the Sun Newspapers who confirmed this development said her daughter was released by the abductors in Omuaran his hometown.

    The kidnappers while conveying the students through the town were said to have inquired of her town and dropped her off and left with other students. Vanguard gathered that Dorcas and others were abducted on Thursday afternoon on their way to the campus in Malete.

    It was also gathered that the victims had left their off-campus residence to write an examination and boarded one of the campus shuttle vehicles when they were eventually driven to an unknown destination.

    Apparently sensing danger in the circumstances she had found herself, it was learnt that Dorcas the lucky one, was said to have quickly sent a text message to one of her friends to inform her that she had been taken away by some unidentified persons suspected to be ritualists.

    Speaking on the development, the police public relations officer (PPRO) of the state police command, Ajayi Okasanmi, said that the command had commenced investigation on the matter, adding that the report had been circulated to police formations within and outside the state towards possible arrest of the suspected hoodlums and safe return of the victim. ”We are very hopeful that others will be recovered alive and unite with their families ” The police spokesman assured.

  • Kwara House of Assembly passes N166,1bn supplementary budget into law

    The Kwara State House of Assembly has passed this year’s Supplementary Budget of N166,105,047,405 into law.
    This is against the N160,900,388,017 budget passed early in the year, by the legislature.
    The legislature passed the ravised Appropriation bill into law, following the presentation of the report of the House Committee on Finance and Appropriation, by its chairman Hon. Mashood Bakare, at the floor of the House.
    The Governor Alhaji Abdul Fatah Ahmed in his message, read by the Speaker, Dr. Ali Ahmad, forwarded for consideration and approval of the House, a revised budget of N163,917,547,405.
    Under the supplementary budget, the Capital Expenditure is N80,957,550,706, while Recurrent Expenditure is N77,616,806,130.
    The legislative unanimously resolved, that the sum of N29,082,336,523 be transferred, from the Consolidated Revenue fund to Capital Development fund to enhance execution of capital projects, in this year’s budget.
    The Deputy Speaker, Elder Matthew Okedare, who presided over the Tuesday’s Sitting, while calling the Clerk of the House, Alhaji Ahmed Katsina Mohammed, to read the bill for the third time, directed him to prepare clean copy of the bill, for the Governors assent.
    Meanwhile, the Kwara State House of Assembly, has called on the Nigerian Police to critically look into the incessant cases of harassment of innocent citizens, with a view to treating the people of the state with dignity.
    The House made the resolution following a Matter of Urgent Public Importance on harassment of a lady by a police officer, attached to Special Anti Rubbery Squad Ilorin.
    Reading the resolutions of the parliament, the Deputy Speaker, Elder Matthew Okedare, said the intervention of the hierarchy of the police in the state, became imperative, to forestall possible breakdown of law and order in the state.
    The House while commending the efforts of the State Commissioner of police at maintaining law and order in the state, called on the leadership of the state police command to make their telephone numbers, available to the public, to enable members of the public report the alleged harassment and extortion of money by some few bad eggs in the Police Force.