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  • Unilorin best student dies days before graduation

    Unilorin best student dies days before graduation

    The Best graduating engineering student in this week 33rd convocation ceremonies of the University of Ilorin (Unilorin), Taofiqah Oloriegbe has died.

    It was gathered that the deceased was billed to be honoured as the best graduating student at the faculty of engineering of the university before the incident happened.

    It was also gathered that the news of her untimely death broke out via a Facebook wall page account of a family friend of the deceased.

    The Facebook wall page account which was obtained by journalists in Ilorin on Tuesday had read: “Subhanallah: What a sudden and untimely death of a rare gem!

    Taofiqah Oloriegbe - Best Graduating Student of Unilorin
    Taofiqah Oloriegbe – Best graduating engineering student in this week 33rd convocation ceremonies

     

    “She’s Taofeeqah Oloriegbe, a sister of my friend Dammy Oloriegbe. Being the best yet-to-be-announced graduating student of engineering and a few days to her convocation, she left this sinful world after a brief illness.

    “May Allah grant her eternal rest with His pious servants and grant the families the fortitude to bear the loss.”

    A visit to the family house of the deceased at Alore area of the state capital also showed that relations and family members were mourning mood

    Residents of the area were also seen in groups discussing the untimely death of the young, brilliant and promising student.

    They prayed God to grant the deceased perfect peace and Aljanah Firdaos.

    Spokesperson of the university, Kunle Akogun, confirmed the incident, saying that the management of the university was yet to know the “cause of death of the best graduating student, Miss Taofiqah Oloriegbe”.

    “As soon as the management has the details of what led to the untimely death of the student, it will be made available to the members of the public”, he said.

  • Unilorin student drown in hotel swimming pool

    A 200 level student of the Department of Arts Education, University of Ilorin has been found drowned in an hotel swimming pool in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital.
    The name of the student is Olaitan Bolaji Samsudeen
    The incident was said to have happened on Sallah day at the Bekadims Hotel, Tanke in the state capital.
    It was also gathered that the deceased had gone with his friends to engage in recreational activities when he reportedly drowned.
    One of the residents of the metropolis said the incidence of drowning in the hotel had become a  recurring issue, urging management and authorities concerned to take necessary action to forestall future occurrence.
    It was reported that a student of the University of Ilorin, who lived at Adewole Estate in the metropolis, got drowned in the hotel’s swimming pool about four  years ago during a New Year celebration.
    Spokesperson of the state police command Ajayi Okasanmi confirmed the report, saying that investigation had commenced on the tragedy.
    Mr. Okasanmi also said that management of the hotel would be invited for interrogation on the safety measures put in place in the facility.

     

     

  • Igbo traders want adequate security in Kwara market

    Igbo traders want adequate security in Kwara market

    Traders under the auspices of Kwara Igbo Traders Association (KWAITA) on Monday demanded adequate security in all the markets in the state.

    The traders also want the provision of a standby fire service and firefighter station in Oja-Tuntun market in Ilorin, the capital.

    The Oja-tuntun market was about two weeks ago, gutted by fire destroying no less than 40 lock-up shops and many attachments.

    The traders led by the President General of the Igbo community in Kwara state, Boniface Okeke, said this when they met with the Ilorin West local government Transition Implementation Commit (TIC) chair, Abdulhameed Ali in Ilorin.

    Mr Okeke who was represented by Mr Dennis Omukwe urged the TIC chair to constitute better, functional and competent market authority comprising of all stakeholders trading in the market for the day to day administration of the market.

    “We also plead for the reconstruction of those shops and several compensations to be instituted to alleviate the victims from this unexpected hardships.

    “Less than a year ago, we were called upon by our members trading in that market about a fire disaster that destroyed 40 lock-up shops and over 20 attachment shops and goods and property worth millions of Naira.

    “We appreciate Senate President Bukola Saraki, the state and local governments for their interviews reconstructing those shops and the financial aid given to the victims.

    “It is not up to one year on April 1st this year another fire outbreak was reported destroying another shops and attachment with goods worth millions of Naira. It was blamed on electricity. This claim is unacceptable. The market men and women trading in that market are in deep sorrow.”

    In his response, Always Ali said the state government had already approved the provision of a fire service station in the market.

    He promised to provide land for the Igbo traders to build shops in the council.

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  • Expert identifies cause of Nigeria’s economic woes’

    Expert identifies cause of Nigeria’s economic woes’

    The discovery of oil and subsequent multi-dollar income thereafter by past governments is responsible for the current economic woes of Nigeria, acting Executive Director, National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation (NCAM), Dr. Yomi Kasali has said.

    Kasali, an engineer added that in the 70s, agriculture contributed over 70 percent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP), maintaining that the advent of petrol, Nigeria’s economic scenario changed.

    The executive director said this in Idofian, Ifelodun local government area of Kwara state at the opening ceremony of cassava growers and tractor operators.

    The training was organised by African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) in conjunction with Cassava Mechanisation and Agriculture Processing (CAMAP) and NCAM. Participants were drawn from Kogi, Kwara, Ogun and Osun states.

    His words: “Nigeria has always been the highest producer of cassava, but the production per hectare has stagnated to between 15 and 20 tons per hectare compared to more than 30 tons per hectare in other countries such as Brazil and Malaysia etc. Efforts should therefore be made to see that the hectarage production be improved.

    “This is another milestone in the mechanization of cassava in the country. This training would not have come at a better time than this period of economic recession in the country when all tiers of government are trying to embrace the diversification programme of the federal government.

    “Before you can empower beneficiaries of a programme, you need to train and educate them in order to impact the practices and technologies of the services that are required to bring about an optimum production.

    “The training will, therefore bring to the fore, the persisting problems encountered in the field and how to solve these problems. Also, the operation and maintenance of tractors and equipment on cassava mechanization will go a long way in improving the skill of operators and maintenance capabilities of the beneficiaries.

    “The country is littered with scraps and carcasses of different tractors due to lack of spare parts and proper maintenance. Maintenance increases the operating life of tractors. Tractor maintenance and its operation are very paramount to the realization of timely operation, optimum production and reduction of downtime.”