Yusuf Mutiu Olaitan

Yusuf Mutiu Olaitan is the sports editor with The Informant247. He was awarded the sports journalist of the year at the campus journalism awards 2020 powered by Youth Digest. His opinion articles, news and feature reports have appeared on The Punch, Tribune, Cable, The Nation e.t.c

N’Central: BBYDI to hold interfaith dialogue to address Farmers-Herders crisis

Brain Builders Youth Development Initiative (BBYDI), a non-profit organisation, has pointed out that the protracted farmer-herder conflicts in the north-central part of Nigeria could further shrink the country’s fragile security amid the decade-long war against insurgents in the northeast. It cautioned that violent activities which have become more pronounced in the zone due to the…

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NPFL: Kwara FA denies Journalists access to KUFC’s match venue in Ilorin

Journalists were denied access to cover the live action of the Nigerian Professional Football League match day four encounter, where Kwara United locks on with Akwa United in Ilorin Township Stadium. As part of the guidelines issued by the League Management Company to curtail the spread of COVID-19 pandemic, matches were supposed to be played…

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Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, Kwara State News, The Informant247

Baruten fracas: Gov AbdulRazaq mourns casualties

Following the fracas that ensued in Ilesha Baruba on Friday morning involving some community residents and operatives of the Federal Government’s Joint Task Force on Border Patrol, Kwara Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has described the incident as “sad, unfortunate and definitely avoidable”. A statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor reads, “The Governor…

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Kwara govt reviews 2021 budget proposal

The governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on Monday, reviewed the 2021 budget proposal from N123 Billion to N134.9 Billion. The letter for the slight increase in the proposal was contained in the Governor’s letter sent to the House  of Assembly which was read by the Speaker of the House Hon. Yakubu Salihu Danladi. The…

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Fulani herdsman remanded for allegedly stabbing colleague to death in Kwara

By: Kayode Adeoti and Yusuf Mutiu Olaitan An Ilorin magistrate court, presided over by magistrate Abdulraheem Bello has ordered the remand of one Fulani herdsman, Akilesho Attah, in the Correctional Service Centre for allegedly stabbing his colleague to death. Attah was repeatedly stabbed by knife in the neck while pursuing his colleague who grazed on…

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