The opposition Peoples Democratic Party, on Wednesday asked President Muhammadu Buhari to dissolve the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 over alleged incompetence. In a statement titled ‘COVID-19 Second Wave: PDP Laments FG’s Lack of Commitment…Demands Special Department To Tackle Pandemic’ issued by the Party’s National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, said the PTF has not demonstrated…
Following the surge in the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus, the Abia State Government has approved a free of. charge compulsory COVID-19 test for its residents. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Mr Chris Ezem, on Wednesday, the state government said it would continue to…
Ghanaians lawmakers exchanged blows during the dissolution of the seventh parliament Wednesday night. Footages gathered from the overnight confrontation in parliament revealed that some of the legislators shouting and brawling with rivals. Some of the lawmakers were also seen scampering for safety in the ensuing chaos. In one of the footages, a…
The agonies of sacked “sunset” teachers in Kwara “I was happy initially when I received my 4-months’ salary arrears on Thursday night but when I came across the news that we have been sacked around 5 am on Friday, I was emotionally down. I observed morning prayer with deep sorrow that morning. I’m not happy…
The Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has said no patriotic citizen should defend the disengagement of 2414 sunset SUBEB teachers. Abdulrazaq who disclosed this in an article titled, ” Building a new future for Kwara” described the recruitment process of sunset teachers as “egregiously faulty” process. “Without mincing words, no patriotic person should…
Today, January 3, 2021, the portals for taking applications for a new crop of teachers have been programmed to go live. That begins a new process to fill our schools with qualified and competent tutors who will teach our children in basic classes and senior secondary schools across the length and breadth of Kwara State….
The Kwara State Government on Friday directed Tertiary institutions to fully reopen by January 11, 2021 while primary and secondary schools in the state resume by January 18. According to a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Kwara State Governor, Rafiu Ajakaye, the resumption is going to be under the adherence…
Kwara State Government has announced vacancies for the recruitment of 2,701 teachers into the Kwara State Basic Education Board. The government also advertised placements for 2,000 teachers in some specific subjects in the Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM) based on needs-assessment conducted in the commission. The development came a few days after the government nullified a…
Hundreds of disengaged workers of the Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board on Wednesday held a peaceful protest over the termination of their appointment by the state government. The aggrieved teachers who converged in multitude at the Kwara State Government House were seen sitting on the floor, weeping under the scorching sun in agitation for…
Hundreds of disengaged workers of the Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board have commenced peaceful protest over the termination of their appointment by the state government. The aggrieved teachers who converged in multitude at the Kwara State Government House were seen sitting down, weeping in agitations for their reinstatement. Recall that THE INFORMANT247…
It was all tears at Ita-Ama area of Ilorin Kwara State on Thursday night as one Kehinde Kesari reportedly stabbed one 22-year old Jamiu Abdulqodir to death for trying to caution him from firing a banger. An eyewitness who is also a relative of the deceased told The Informant247 that Kehinde and his group were…
…demands immediate reinstatement The Kwara state chapter of the Young Progressives Party has slammed Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq over the disengagement of over 2000 SUBEB workers, saying that the solution to whatever challenges the state government claims it is facing. This was contained in a statement issued by the party’s Publicity Secretary, Abdulrasaq Sulaiman Oyan in…
Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has terminated the appointment of Two Thousand Four Hundred and Fourteen(2,414) teachers who were employed by his predecessor, Abdulfatai Ahmed. This was made known in a statement signed by the Press Secretary Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development titled, “Kwara State Government Takes Stand on 2019 SUBEB workers” According…
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has directed the immediate payment of seven months salaries of 594 SUBEB ‘sunset’ teachers which have been withheld since June, 2020. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Press Secretary Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development titled, “Kwara State Government Takes Stand on 2019 SUBEB workers”. ‘Sunset’…
The Police Command in Kwara State has got a new Commissioner of Police, CP Mohammed Lawal Bagega, the command spokesman, Ajayi Okasanmi, has announced. Okasanmi, a superintendent of police, in a statement issued on Wednesday in Ilorin, the State capital, said the new commissioner assumed duty today (Wednesday). “Cp Mohammed Lawal Bagega hails from Bagega…
The Nigerian Government has extended the deadline for the provision of National Identification Number by telecommunication service subscribers. This was contained in a statement titled, ‘Extension of Registration Period and Cancellation of USSD and Verification Fees’, jointly signed by the Executive Vice-Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission, Umar Danbatta; and Director-General, National Identity Management Commission, Aliyu Aziz…
Ahead of Christmas and New Year season, the Kwara State Road Traffic Management Authority and the Federal Road Safety Corps, Kwara Sector Command will collaborate to ensure the security and safety of road users. According to a statement issued by KWARTMA spokesperson, RTO Omotayo Taofiq, on Wednesday, the decision for the joint operation was reached…
The trial of an herbalist, Alfa Jamiu Isiaka, who allegedly posed as the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina and a former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Maikanti Baru, to defraud a South Korean Keun Sig Kim to the tune of 30 million has resumed…
The Kwara State Government has blamed residents of the state over the recent upsurge in number of COVID-19 cases in the state. On Saturday, the Kwara State Government through the Medical Advisory Committee disclosed that the state has entered the second phase of the virus of as the number of cases rose to 180…
The Kwara State Government on Saturday expressed worries over the upsurge in the number of recorded cases of COVID-19 rose to 180 between 11th November and 11th December 2020 after it had already reported to have been declining. According to the statement signed by the Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee on COVID-19, Dr Femi Oladiji, “the…
