Seven council chairmen in the Kwara South Senatorial District have agreed to shut down their cattle markets, following security reports. The Chairman of Ifelodun Local Government Area in Kwara State, Hajji AbdulRasheed Yusuf, disclosed this in the Newskeg programme of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, in Ilorin. Yusuf said it was discovered through intelligence reports that informants come to the cattle markets at night to pass information to bandits. “We...

… Gov Commends FG Over Ban On The Cash Crop Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State has hailed the ban on exportation of raw Shea butter by the Federal Government. According to the governor, the step will encourage more production and strengthen the local value chain of the prized cash crop. President Bola Tinubu’s directive comes as Kwara State prepares to launch its 50-tonne Shea processing factory in Kaiama, the second largest in the country and...