Author: Herald Newspaper

By Zarumi Mashood The Governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to protecting lives and property across the state, declaring that nowhere in Kwara will be safe for criminal elements, including kidnappers. The Governor spoke at the end of a security council meeting on Tuesday night. Following the recent attack at Oke-Ode, the Governor moved swiftly to brief President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, during which he reiterated his request for additional federal deployment to raid the hideouts. “The Army Headquarters has since relocated the General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 2nd Division to Ilorin as part of…

By Zarumi Mashood Kwara State Government has urged residents of the state, especially people around Ekiti, Ifelodun, Isin, Oke Ero, and Irepodun Local Government Areas, to be vigilant and restrict outdoor activities as much as possible in the interim. The advisory followed heightened operations by combined security forces in border towns in Kogi and Kwara, where kidnappers are believed to have hibernated. “We urge people to be very vigilant and limit their movements to only very necessary routines. That is to avoid being caught unawares as the kidnappers are fleeing their hideouts. We do not want law-abiding citizens to be…

By Raheem Adedoyin “I asked for the Job.” That’s Nigeria President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s famous soft jab to his critics. It is both a retort and a reminder of his readiness for the tough job. So, if you are hammering the President with a barrage of criticisms, your punches go well with the demands of his job. Bring it on, No shaking. It is no mean feat to be the first real politician to be elected President in modern Nigeria; a viable aspirant to become a viable candidate without being sponsored and a rare candidate to be elected President without…

By Rafiu Ajakaye This is an unusual time — a dreadful one. We are not used to it. Lives are at stake. The anxiety is justified, and there is no dismissing people’s experiences and feelings — not by any inch. Some have said we are in a state of war. It is their own way of saying it. However, in honor of the dead and to save everyone, this is a time to major only in the major. So much has been said about the statement of the Nigerian Air Force which was issued yesterday. It has degenerated into arguments.…

Combined security forces took the battle to the cirninals’ hideouts around Baba Sango on Monday night, resulting in multiple casualties on the side of the roughnecks. The multiagency operation comes a day after the unfortunate incident at Oke-Ode on Sunday. The Monday night engagement is happening along the Kogi border with Kwara, according to military sources. Earlier today, the Nigerian Air Force announced aerial hits on the criminals’ positions in the area, introducing a new layer of efforts to rout the criminals. No specific is known yet about any casualties on the side of the government forces.

The Oke-Ode Community Development Association (OOCDA) has expressed deep concern over last Sunday’s bandit attack on the town in which about 15 vigilantes and a village head were killed and about five others abducted. The National President of the Community Association, Alhaji AbdulGaniyu Ajala- Bello, described the incident as dastardly and a call for intensified security efforts on the part of government and need for more vigilance on the part of residents of the community. Alhaji Ajala-Bello, in a statement issued on his behalf by the National Publicity Secretary of the Association, Mr Kunle Akogun, commiserated with the families of…

By Zarumi Mashood The Governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has called for increased security deployments to the state to rout the criminals involved in attacks in parts of the state. In a statement following an unfortunate attack on the positions of the forest guards and surrounding areas of Oke-Ode, the Governor said the state requires more military deployments to roll back the activities of the criminals in parts of Kwara South and Kwara North. He regretted the loss of innocent civilians and the forest guards who mounted a spirited resistance to the assailants in the early morning incident on…

By Zarumi Mashood The Nigerian Army on Thursday arrested five “persons of interest” at a checkpoint after six AK-47 rifles were found with them along Share in Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state. “Five suspected kidnappers were arrested today along SHARE axis. They concealed six AK47 under the charcoal in a Golf saloon car this afternoon,” a top security aide said on Thursday night. “They were intercepted by the Nigerian Army team on patrol. The five suspects are undergoing interrogation.” Their arrest came a day after six persons suspected to be couriers for the kidnappers were arrested around Babanla,…

By Zarumi Mashood The Governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has continued his drive for a stronger and inclusive future anchored on solid infrastructure and human capital development, with the State Executive Council approving construction projects across different sectors. In what signalled the major takeoff of the Kwara Smart City project, the council has approved the construction of a four-storey administrative/senate building for the Kwara State University of Education (KWSUED). Following a presentation on the tender process by the Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development Dr. Segun Ogunsola, the construction work for the Senate building was awarded to M C…

By Rukayat Abdulraheem, Lawrence Okedare, Toyosi Kareem and Haliru Idris. Fresh vistas are opening up in Ogoniland, thanks to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who directed the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, to immediately engage the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), the Ogoni people, and all relevant stakeholders towards finalising modalities for the resumption of oil production in the area. The President’s Special Adviser (Information & Strategy), Bayo Onanuga informed that the presidential directive followed the presentation, on Wednesday, of the report by the Presidential Committee on the Ogoni Consultations, chaired by Professor Don Baridam, at the State…