By Demola Akinyemi In a bid to accelerate agricultural industrialisation and promote transparency in public procurement, the Kwara state government has conducted a pre-bid conference for the procurement of the State Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones Project’s Agricultural Transformation Centres (ATCs) infrastructure. The conference, which assembled prospective bidders, technical staff members and project stakeholders, was to […]

By Dickson Omobola Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau, NSIB, has disclosed that the flight crew of the private jet that landed on a road in the Ogwashi-Uku area of Delta State overwrote the aircraft’s black boxes. In aviation, the black boxes, comprising the Cockpit Voice Recorder, CVR, and Flight Data Recorder, FDR, capture cockpit audio, aircraft […]

By Vera Anyagafu with agency report US Vice President, JD Vance has reiterated the US stance against Iran, saying, “We are not going to allow Iran to march toward a nuclear weapon, and we are not going to allow them to threaten our partners with impunity.” Speaking at a policy event in Washington, Vance said […]

*Assures troops of maximum support By Demola Akinyemi Ilorin Traditional rulers, community leaders and residents of Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State on Tuesday hailed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for the establishment of a new Army battalion in Omu-Aran, saying the strategic intervention will boost security in Kwara […]

By Demola Akinyemi Ilorin When Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara state assumed office in May 2019, available records showed that the Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) had been crippled by infrastructural decay, corruption, and irregular recruitment. Before the current administration came on board, UBEC had blacklisted Kwara and banned the state from accessing […]