The government of Edo and Kwara states have announced the reduction of work days from five to three to cushion the effect of the petrol subsidy removal on civil servants. In a statement on Tuesday, Edo state governor, Godwin Obaseki, said his government shared the pains of the people, assuring that his administration will stand […]
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The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, averted what could have resulted into a bloody ethnic showdown between Hausa and Yoruba at the popular Mandate Market in Ilorin, the state capital on Tuesday Sources had it that there was palpable tension when an Hausa man allegedly stabbed a Yoruba […]
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Popular Nigerian singer, Anthony Olanrewaju Awotoye, widely known by his stage name ‘Tony Tetuila’, has revealed how he was promised a juicy political appointment after he lost the contest for a seat in the Kwara State House of Assembly under the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2015. Tetuila said he waited to be given an […]
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The Kwara state office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 16 local government chairmen for allegedly misappropriating a loan of N4 billion. Local Government chairmen are also being accused of diverting 10% of the monthly internally generated revenue for their personal use. A statement by Wilson Uwujaren, EFCC’s spokesperson, said the […]
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Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, has denied police allegations of sponsoring, funding and supporting political thuggery. In a statement issued on Sunday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Communication, Dr Muyideen Akorede, the Governor described the allegations as false. He also rejected his alleged indictment by the police and the suspects involved in the […]
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The police said today they have invited Senate President, Bukola Saraki over 5 April multiple bank robberies in Offa Kwara state, during which 33 persons, including nine policemen, were killed. Police spokesman, Jimoh Moshood also announced the arrest of Mr. Yusuf Abdulwahab, the chief of staff to Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed and Alabi Olalekan, his Personal […]
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While presiding over plenary on Wednesday, the President of Nigerian Senate, Bukola Saraki has alleged that Mr. Ibrahim Idris, inspector-general of police (IGP), is planning to implicate him. Saraki said Abdulfatah Ahmed, Kwara governor, called him him Tuesday night to give him the information. His statement “Last night, my state governor, revealed to me an […]
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Jubilation erupted in Omu-Aran, Kwara, on Thursday as electricity supply to Irepodun Local Government Secretariat was restored after three years outage. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the council’s electricity supply was disconnected by Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) in 2014 over indebtedness. The restoration of electricity to the secretariat at about noon […]
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About 2, 000 hectares of farmland have been destroyed by water across the three districts of Patigi Local government area of Kwara. Special Adviser to Governor AbdulFatah Ahmed on Emergency and Relief Services, Alhaji Duro Mohammed, disclosed this while inspecting the havoc caused by flood in Patigi on Saturday. He said rice farms in Lade, […]
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Speaking in Ilorin on Monday, Kwara State Head of Service (HOS), Hajia Zara Omar, said teachers in public schools in the state have until the end of February to submit originals of their academic certificates as a condition to writing the 2017 promotion examinations. Omar said that the certificate verification was a follow up to the […]
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