Estimated Reading Time: 1The Kwara State Police Command has confirmed the death of a female student in University of Ilorin, Olajide Omowunmi Blessing who was raped to death. The deceased, who is a 300-level student of the Agricultural Science Department was reported to have been raped to death in her[Read More…]
Tag: Kwara State
Former Governors Saraki, Ahmed to be prosecuted over alleged mismanagement of Kwara properties
Estimated Reading Time: 3The Kwara state government has said that the white papers that indicted two former governors, Senator Bukola Saraki and Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed over economic sabotage and mismanagement of state properties for sixteen years have been handed over to prosecutors. A press statement issued by Special Adviser, Political[Read More…]
Mariam Ileyemi: Fresh wave of religious crisis shouldn’t add to Nigeria’s many problems
Estimated Reading Time: 3 by Mariam Ileyemi On the 19th of February, Kwara State Government was forced to order the temporary closure of ten schools in the state following the religious controversy – and the latter violence – that attended the approval of hijab-wearing by female students in public secondary[Read More…]
Hijab Controversy: Religious Violence in Ilorin as Kwara Government insists schools reopen
Estimated Reading Time: 2Violence broke out on Wednesday in Ilorin, Kwara State capital after the state government reopened 10 schools that were shut last month over the controversial use of hijab by Muslim female students. The violence started after Christian officials of Baptist School, Surulere refused to allow the girls[Read More…]
Hijab Controversy: Kwara Government extends closure of 10 schools
Estimated Reading Time: 1The Kwara State Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development has announced the extension of closure of 10 government schools where the use of hijaab is disputed until a later date. A statement released on Monday by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education and Human[Read More…]
Violence in Kwara: Governor imposes fresh curfews in Offa, Erin-Ile
Estimated Reading Time: 1Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has imposed a curfew in Offa and Erin-Ile towns after fresh hostilities broke out between the two communities According to his spokesperson, Rafiu Ajakaye, the curfew will be in force between 6 p.m. and 8 a.m. till further notice. Recall that violence[Read More…]
The Kwara women who built community school with their personal funds have been refunded
Estimated Reading Time: 4The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Thursday visited the Nomadic LGEA Nursery and Primary School, Agindigbi, and St. Luke LGEA Primary School, Onila, near Agbamu, Irepodun local government, where he refunded the money so far spent on the ongoing construction of their communities’ schools, The visit[Read More…]
Kwara State Government sacks over 2000 teachers
Estimated Reading Time: 2The Kwara state government has nullified the employment of over 2,000 workers employed by the state universal education board (SUBEB) in 2018. Abdulfatah Ahmed, immediate past governor of Kwara, had approved the employment of the affected teachers as part of efforts to address the shortage at the[Read More…]
Kwara State Governor to revoke pension for Saraki, Ahmed, others
Estimated Reading Time: 1Kwara State governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has announced plans to revoke the payment of pension to former governors and their deputies in the state. “In line with our campaign mantra and the yearnings of our people, next week I will be sending a bill to the State House[Read More…]
Kwara State Commissioner for Special Duties has resigned
Estimated Reading Time: 1Aisha Ahman-Patigi, Commissioner for Special Duties in Kwara on Friday announced her resignation from the cabinet of Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq. Ahman-Patigi announced the resignation in a statement she personally signed, a copy of which was obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin. She noted[Read More…]
