Kwara Government says it will secure the boundaries of all its tertiary institutions to prevent any encroachment on their properties. Hajia Sa’adat Kawu, the state Commissioner for Tertiary Education, Science and Technology, stated this during a meeting she held with the heads of the state-owned tertiary institutions. Kawu said the state...
Former Governor of Kwara State, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has refuted claims that his administration sold 110 government properties to friends and cronies. In a statement issued by his media aide, Dr Muyideen Akorede, in response to Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazak’s reported claim that his predecessor sold 110 government properties to associates,...
Gov hails lawyer for ‘honesty’ At least 179 law students and new lawyers of Kwara State origin have each been paid N100,000 scholarship after online application processes and verification that lasted weeks, a government statement said on Saturday. The payment, made straight to beneficiaries’ accounts, was done in two batches...
Abdullahi Sule, the gover­nor of Nasarawa State, on Thursday, flagged-off sale of fertilizer for the 2020 dry season farming in the state. At the flag-off ceremony, Gov­ernor Sule, who was represent­ed by his Deputy, Mr Emmanu­el Akabe, said the gesture was first of its kind in the history of Nasarawa...
Two Nigerians, one Lebanese arrested over Ilorin case Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has condemned the rising trend of human trafficking in the country, calling it inhuman and unacceptable and warning that anyone caught should face the full weight of the law. “The Governor of Kwara State is horrified by...
Touts credentials as most gender-friendly administration Kwara State Government on Monday denied attacking or demolishing any home belonging to old people, saying the property demolished was a shed occasionally used for political gathering and never a place where old women are being quartered. Kwara State Communications Commissioner Murtala Olanrewaju said...
The Kwara State Government has said the late Olusola Saraki’s building, popularly called Ile Arugo (old people’s home), was demolished before dawn on Thursday to avoid confrontation. There were reports that some women had planned a protest on Thursday against the revocation of the land where the building was located...
The Kwara State government has demolished a property which former governor and Senate President Bukola Saraki said belongs to his family. The building was demolished on Thursday morning after security operatives dispersed protesters, including aged women within the complex known as ‘Ile Arúgbó’. The properties are located at Plots 1,...
The Kwara State’s Bureau of Lands on Wednesday revealed further details surrounding the Civil Service Clinic land and its adjourning plots in Ilorin, the state capital, amid public enquiry on the status of the property recently reclaimed by the State Government. “The entire land was acquired in the 1970s for...
Former Governor of Kwara State, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has urged Kwarans to pray and strive for peace, unity and prosperity in the state and indeed the country. In his new year message, Alhaji Ahmed thanked Allah for making it possible for Kwarans to witness a New Year and decade and...