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The Kwara State Government is ready to use sports to eradicate drug abuse, youth restiveness and lift the state’s people out of poverty, the State Deputy Governor, Kayode Alabi, has said He stated this in Ilorin on Friday while receiving members of the Main Organising Committee (MOC) of the Kwara State Sports Festival (Kwasfest 2020) led by its Vice-Chairman, Hameed Adio. “Government is determined to use sports to unite all Kwarans across religious and ethnic divide.” Alabi commended the MOC for demonstrating patriotism in touring the 16 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state. He expressed the readiness of the…

Displaced persons from Tabanni in Sokoto State are still terrified by the July 9 bandits attack on their village. Now camped in Gandi, they recount their experiences and why they dread going home. The displaced dwellers of Tabanni in Raba area of Sokoto may be enjoying respite at the IDP camp in Gandi District but many of them still shudder at the thought of going back to their village recently ravaged by bandits. In one attack, the sleepy village lost 39 persons and the terror has led many to consider permanently abandoning their ancestral homes.  “Anywhere but Tabanni,” echoed most…