Author: Herald Newspaper

Former Nigerian Super Eagles legend Kanu Nwankwo has confirmed that he, alongside Jay Jay Okocha, Finidi George and many other African football legends, will feature in the African Legends United Gala Match. Nwankwo made this known in an interview with newsmen on the sideline of the African Continent Free Trade Area Festival (ACFTA Fest) in Abuja on Thursday. According to him, African Legend United Gala match as part of ACFTA Fest is going to be one of a kind. “It’s happening in Nigeria and the legends are going to be there. They are going to do what we normally know…

The Ekiti State Government has received 80,500 doses of livestock vaccines from the Federal Ministry of Livestock Development for the prevention and control of transboundary animal diseases in the state. The vaccines were distributed through the Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support (L-PRES) programme. The vaccines comprise 50,000 doses of Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP) vaccine, 30,000 doses of Newcastle Disease Vaccine (NDV) and 500 doses of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) vaccine. The Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security, Mr Ebenezer Boluwade, while receiving the vaccines on Thursday in Ado-Ekiti, said the intervention was part of the state government’s strategic efforts to strengthen…

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, has said that the party is reviewing preparations for its convention and congresses to ensure inclusivity. Yilwatda said this on Thursday after meeting President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He said the meeting reviewed the party’s timetable and planning activities as well as synergy among all arms of government. According to him, the goal is to ensure alignment between the party, the National Assembly, the Federal Government and sub-national governments. “It was just a brief meeting to review the preparation for the convention and the congresses…

The United Nations has strongly condemned the deadly terrorist attack in Woro, a community in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State, North-central Nigeria, where many lives were lost. The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres in a statement issued by his spokesperson, stressed the importance of swiftly bringing the perpetrators of the dastardly attack to justice. Terrorists belonging to Memuda sect reportedly carried out the deadly attacks on Nuku and Woro communities in Kwara on Tuesday night into the early hours of Wednesday, leaving many dead and property destroyed. The UN chief conveyed his “heartfelt condolences to the families of the…

THE gory pictures from the terror attack in Woro, Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State, are heartrending. AT the last count, 75 dead bodies had been recovered and Woro razed by invading terrorists on Tuesday evening. KWARA State, like most parts of the North Central Region, has grappled with banditry and kidnapping for some time but the Kaiama attack was not just cruel criminality, the massacre was unfathomable. THE terrorists did not attack for ransom as commonly known; the attackers were Muslim ideologues who killed fellow Muslims who would not submit to their hateful extremist ideology. WE commend the…

By Tobi Aroyehun and Haliru Idris The Governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on Thursday held an important meeting with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on New Media, Akeweje Olayinka Fafoluyi said in a statement on Thursday that the strategic meeting was in respect of Tuesday’s terror attack on Woro community in Kaiama. During the unfortunate attack on Woro community in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State, many innocent lives were. After the meeting, Governor AbdulRazaq told State House correspondents that on behalf of himself and Kwarans, he…

By Zarumi Mashood The Governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has directed the state emergency management agency to mobilise support for victims of the Tuesday night terrorist attacks in Woro, Kaiama Local Government Area of the State. The Governor made the directive around 2 a.m. on Thursday following his visit to the community where he commiserated with the victims, the Emir of Kaiama Alhaji Muazu Sheu Omar, and people of Kaiama Emirate over the attack. Ahead of the visit to Woro, the Governor first arrived Kaiama on Wednesday night in company of the House of Assembly Speaker, Rt. Honourable Salihu…

By Zarumi Mashood The Governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has expressed sadness over what he described as the cowardly attack on civilians in Woro and Nuku communities of Kaiama Local Government Area. The Governor condemned the attack, which he said is a cowardly expression of frustration by terrorist cells following the ongoing counterterrorism campaigns in parts of the state and the successes so far recorded. The Governor’s condolence message was contained in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Rafiu Ajakaye. Governor AbdulRazaq said the attack was apparently to distract the security forces who have successfully hunted down…

By Raheem Adedoyin As someone well- versed in public communication, I understand the anxiety of our people in Kwara South over the closure of schools in our senatorial district. Biting hard, Kwara South has indeed been on edge as the closure of schools by the government to avert fatal security breaches. The premier higher institution in the South, the Kwara State College of education, Oro has been shut down too adding to the agitation. I have been called out publicly on these matters. It is a great honour to be recognised as a voice of reason on Kwara South matters.…

By Zarumi Mashood The Governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has announced a three-person panel to investigate the remote and immediate causes of the recent student protest at the Kwara State Polytechnic. The committee is headed by the State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice Bar. Senior Ibrahim Sulyman. Other members are the Commissioner for Environment Hon. Nafisat Buge and the Permanent Secretary, Service Welfare, Dr. Mrs Mercy Olufunke Shittu. The committee has two weeks to submit its report to the Governor, while their terms of reference are: (1) to look at the remote and immediate causes of the protest…