Author: Nurudeen Akewushola

Left Hanging: The Ordeal Of SUBEB ‘Sunset’ Teachers In Kwara Omolade Aisha, a mother of four, holds a National Certificate in Education (NCE) in Agricultural Science. She was headmistress in a private school in Lagos before securing a teaching appointment in Kwara State in January, prompting her to resign from her workplace and relocate to Kwara State to start her teaching career. Aisha, who is also a widow, is responsible for the basic needs of her children. Things were moving smoothly for her from the time she secured the appointment until June when the Government began to withhold her salaries…

The Haashim Initiative for Community Advancement (HICA) has announced the list of facilitators for her anticipated Countryside Emerging Leadership Fellowship (CELF) program. CELF which is a two-week development-driven is organized by the initiative for college graduates. The facilitators who were selected from different backgrounds and diverse orientation would be bringing their 21st-century exposure, knowhow and youthful perspectives to bear on the CELF programme, believed to be the first privately driven initiative to drive the development and growth of school-going rural adults The facilitators reflect the determination of the CELF organizers to provide all-round training on entrepreneurship, personal, and community development.…

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has said, Twenty-Two (22) police officers lost their lives while Two Hundred and Five (205) police stations and formations were torched due to Endsars protest and other violence which wreaked havoc across the nation a few weeks back. This was disclosed in a statement on Friday, by the force spokesman, DCP Frank Mba, titled, ‘ EndSARS protests: Police personnel were professional and exercised maximum restraints, IGP tells Amnesty International. He explained that officers of the Nigeria Police Force acted professionally, exercised commendable restraints and some paid the supreme price for peace during the recent…

The Kwara State Government has announced that the earlier postponed Common Entrance examination will now hold on October 31. The Commissioner for Education, and Human Capital Development, Fatimah Bisola Ahmed, in a statement issued on Wednesday, said the examination which was earlier scheduled to hold lastweek Saturday and was later postponed as a result of curfew will now take place on Saturday, October 31. The statement read partly, “This is to inform parents and guardians that 2020 Common Entrance Examination will hold on Saturday, 31st October 2020.”

The Police in Kwara has explained reasons why security agents allowed residents to cart away food items after breaking into Ilorin Cargo Terminal warehouse where COVID-19 palliatives were stored on Friday. The explanation was made by the Commissioner for Police in the state, Kayode Egbetokun, while responding to questions from journalists immediately after a news briefing on the recent riots which resulted in declaration of a 24-hour curfew by the state Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq in the late hours of Friday. THE INFORMANT247 had earlier reported how hundreds of residents led by hoodlums broke into the warehouse at Ilorin Airport to…

The Kwara State Police Command has condemned the recent attacks by hoodlums on palliative warehouse, shops, and malls in Ilorin Metropolis. In a statement signed by the Commissioner of Police Kayode Egbetokun, he said the attack has nothing to do with #EndSars protesters that it was mastermind by hoodlums under the guise of protest. The Informant 247 had earlier reported how major places in the city were in disarray after hundreds of residents broke into the palliative warehouse and cart away items in some malls and shops in Ilorin. Egbetokun decried the attack on warehouses, Malls, and shops and an…

Organised labour in Kwara State has called off its indefinite strike after a meeting with the officials of the state government. The labour leaders announced this on Friday after a closed-door meeting held at the Head of Service’s office in Ilorin. Chairman of the Kwara chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Issa Ore, speaking with newsmen, said they reached the conclusion following pleas from the Governor, HOS and other individuals to return to work while negotiation continues. For his part, Kwara State chairman of Trade Union Congress, Comrade Ezekiel Adegoke, said the industrial action has shown government that…

A cross-section of Nigerians have reacted to a viral video of Kwara Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq cutting grasses at Mount Carmel College in Ilorin, the state capital. Recall that the governor, on Saturday, led some government officials to embark on a grass cutting exercise ahead of school resumption. The act attracted various reactions from activists, and political analysts, within and outside the state. While some extol the governor’s action, describing it as an act of good leadership, others chide him, tagging the act as a mere ‘eye-service’ and political propaganda orchestrated in order to get attention from the public. Below are…

The Kwara State University Malete has slated October 19 2020 for the commencement of second-semester examination as the University resumes academic activities on the 12th of October. According to a statement signed by the Ag. Registrar, Mohammed A.Shuaib, the exam which is slated to commence a week after resumption will kick-off with 100level and 200level on October 19 and will last for one week while other levels examination will follow. The University however advised the staff and students to comply with the safety measures put in place to guide against COVID-19 pandemic. ——————————————————- Below is the full…

Following the announcement of resumption of primary and secondary schools in Kwara state, the government has ordered the cancellation of 3rd term, THE INFORMANT247 reports. It was also gathered that the government also directed schools to conduct 2nd term exam and use the average with 1st term to assess students for promotion to the next class, maintaining that no school should charge for 3rd term. According to reliable sources, the government however promised to support the schools financially to meet up with safety measures.

The Kwara State Government has announced the resumption dates for primary, secondary, and tertiary institutions (schools) in the state. The state government announced that “public and private schools in the state are to resume normal academic classes from Monday, October 5, while tertiary institutions are to reopen October 12, 2020”. According to a statement signed by the Hon. Commissioner for Communications Kwara State, Harriet Afolabi-Oshatimehin, the decision was made after a safety evaluation was made by the state government and stakeholders. “With various trainings held for teachers on how to protect themselves and students from the COVID-19 infection, improved manpower…

September 19, 2020, will remain a night of gloom for several residents in parts of Kwara State where the heavy rainstorm ravaged communities, destroyed houses and shops, blew-off rooftops and left many less-privileged persons homeless.

This reporter who visited some areas in Ilorin, the state capital on Wednesday observed that since the incident, victims are still groaning amid lack of shelter as they continue to encounter a series of persistent rainfalls accompanied by a heavy flood in the following days.

The Kwara State Government has begun the distribution of palliatives and relief materials to the victims of Saturday’s rainstorm which blew off the rooftops some buildings and rendered some residents homeless in the state. According to the statement which was signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Kwara State Governor, Rafiu Ajakaye, the Governor of Kwara State who was accompanied by Senator Ibrahim Yahya Oloriegbe and a few government officials, commiserated with the victims and reassured them of the government’s willingness to assist them within available resources noting that the federal government agencies are also expected to consolidate the…

The Kwara State Government, on Monday, presented official letters of appointment to six newly appointed traditional rulers in the state. According to a statement signed by the Press Secretary to the Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy Affairs and Community Development, Oba Azeez, the official presentation followed the approval by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq and Kwara State Council of Chiefs. The newly appointed Royal Fathers include – Oba Ezekiel Ajibola Omobanjo as the Oloke of Oke-Opin in Ekiti Local Government Area (3rd Class); Oba Abdulwahab Bolaji Usman as the Onimosudo of Masudo in Ifelodun Local Government Area (4th Class). Others…

The Kwara State Commissioner for Education, Fatimah Bisola Ahmed, says that plans are being put in place to ensure smooth reopening of schools “as soon as possible”. The commissioner, while interacting with newsmen in her office at the state secretariat in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, noted that the state will not reopen schools because other states have done that but will reopen immediately after adequate measures have been put in place. She implored parents and guardians to continue sensitising their wards ahead of schools’ resumption. “They should make them know that they are not just staying at home…

Some protesting workers at Lagos State University, Ojo, on Monday, locked out the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olanrewaju Fagboun​, and students as the institution resumed after the lockdown imposed to curb the spread of COVID-19. In a viral video uploaded on Twitter, some staff of the University who are identified to be members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, Non-Academic Staff Union, and the National Association of Academic Technologists stood by the gate denying the students and other members of staff entrance to the University Campus. It was gathered that the workers were protesting​…

A strong and influential member of a notorious terrorist and gang leader late Terwase Akwaza AKA Gana, who identified himself as ‘Major’ in the field group has disclosed that the deceased terrorist derived his supernatural power by burying his 12 years old daughter alive 11 years ago in his village in Gbitse. According to the Nation newspaper, the gang leader who disclosed this while heading to Abuja to console the wife of the late gang leader explained that, “that is why the terrorist was invincible and unable to be captured by the police when he was alive. Recall that the…

100level students of the Lagos State University (LASU) will have to wait till January 11, 2021 to resume in-person classes. Until then, their classes will be online according to the resumption schedule released by the university on Friday. Those to resume on 14th of September are students in exit classes (400, 500 and 600-Levels) and they would have classes 9am to 3pm on week days only. Masters and PhD students will also be resuming Monday but their classes will hold weekends only. Other classes (200-Level to 500-Level) are to resume November 9, 2020; while sandwich, part-time and diploma students would…

The Federal Government has approved payment of additional N8.9bn to offset some part of June 2020 COVID-19 allowance to all health workers in the country. According to News Agency Nigeria(NAN), the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, disclosed this during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding at the end of the meeting between the Federal Government and the Nigeria Association of Resident Doctors on Wednesday in Abuja. Recall that resident doctors across the country had embarked on a total and an indefinite strike in all Federal and State hospitals in the country to press for its…

The troops of Operation Lafiya Dole have again killed five(5) suspected insurgents and rescued seven(7) kidnapped victims—comprising two(2) females and five(5) children at Hamdaga Makaranta town in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State. The troops of 192 Battalion supported by the Air Task Force, raided the location and overwhelmed the Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province elements during the operation. They also recovered one AK47 rifle, one rifle magazine, one locally-made pistol and three mobile phones at the scene while the camp was subsequently destroyed. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj. Gen. John Enenche, in a statement…