The Federal government on Monday listed Kwara’s Ilorin South and Ilorin West among 22 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in 13 states recording high cases of COVID-19 infection. The National Incident Manager (NIM) of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Mukhtar Muhammad, while speaking at a PTF briefing, said the 22 LGAs were identified after…
Following the fracas that ensued in Ilesha Baruba on Friday morning involving some community residents and operatives of the Federal Government’s Joint Task Force on Border Patrol, Kwara Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has described the incident as “sad, unfortunate and definitely avoidable”. A statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor reads, “The Governor…
Alhaji Sheriff Shagaya, Chairman of the Salman Shagaya Foundation on Thursday felicitated with Christian faithful in the state and the country as they celebrate the Christmas. In a statement issued by the Press Secretary of the Foundation, Ibraheem Abdullateef on Thursday in Ilorin, the philanthropist urged them to imbibe the spirit of love, peace and…
Wazirin Kasar Hausawa, Alhaji Yakubu Gobir in his congratulatory message said that Ilorin Emirate has witnessed tremendous transformation under the reign of Emir of Ilorin, His Royal Highness, Alhaji (Dr.) Ibrahim Sulu Gambari, CFR. Gobir made this statement Ilorin on the occasion of his 25 years on the throne, noting that the reign of the…
A Kwara-based Civil Society Organization, Elites Network for Sustainable Development (ENetSUD) has revealed that the supervising Ministry of Works inflated the contract sum of Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara road with the sum of N751,551,647:22. This was contained in a letter dated November 10, signed by its Coordinator, Dr. Alagbonsi Abdullateef, and submitted to Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq. The letter…
Senator representing Kwara Central district at the National Assembly, Ibrahim Oloriegbe, has said politicians are sponsoring youths to destabilise the country. This was coming after the wanton looting and destruction of public properties and private businesses in Kwara and other states across the country. Oloriegbe, who is also the Chairman, Senate Committee on Health, spoke…
Kwara Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has signed the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Bill into law. VAPP is a law aimed at eliminating violence in private and public life, promote maximum protection and effective remedies for victims and punishment of offenders in the state and for other connected purposes. The Governor signed the bill on Thursday after…
The Minister for Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed and Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on Friday, were in a closed-door meeting in Abuja. The meeting was held at the minister’s office at the Federal Secretariat immediately after the governor arrived at about 4pm. The meeting ended after 30 minutes and the governor reportedly left around 5pm….
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Government policies are essential ingredients for democracy and good governance. While keeping track of government activities and highlighting loopholes, supporting good policies and decision of the government are great path to posterity and development. Diversity of ideology and knowledge identify collective participatory as a key element to good governance and as well make people have…
The cyberspace yesterday was filled with news and comments regarding the controversial resignation of Aisha Ahman Pategi, the immediate past Commissioner for Special Duties. Though the news wouldn’t be a surprise for those who are ardent followers of Kwara politics following the recent imbroglio between the ex-commissioner and some government officials within the cabinet. Aisha…
Twenty students who are currently writing the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination in Bayelsa state have been confirmed to have the infectious disease. This is coming barely three days after a student tested positive to the virus in Akwa Ibom. The Permanent Secretary, Bayelsa State Ministry of Health, Inodu Apoku, while making the…
The Emir of Ilorin, Dr. Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, has urged Muslim faithfuls across the Ilorin Emirate to observe the two-rakat Eid prayers by following the Chief Imam of Ilorin, Dr. Muhammad Bashir Imam-Soliu through radio broadcast in order to keep the rule of social distancing made to facilitate the fight against coronavirus pandemic. The Emir in…
A Kwara-based group, Ilorin Emirate Youth Vanguard, IEIYV, has threatened to drag a cleric, Saidi Shittu to court for allegedly insulting the Emir of Ilorin, Dr. Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari. The group demanded an apology from the cleric for purportedly denigrating and defaming the character of the monarch. The President of the group, Mallam Alaburo Abdulsalam Sheriff,…
A public affairs analyst, Comrade Bolakale Saliu, has described the Kwara government’s proposed social auditing without Right to Information as an exercise in futility. Kwara Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq had July 24 proposed a social auditing process that allows civic groups and communities to monitor government projects in the state. AbdulRazaq, during a ZOOM meeting with…
A Kwara-based group, Voice of Kwara Progressives, VKP has condoled with Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq over the death of the Patriarch of the AbdulRazaq family, Abdulganiyu Folorunsho Abdulrazaq. The group in a statement jointly signed by its Chairman, Alhaji Femi Yusuf and Public Relations Officer, Comrade Kolo Jerry, during the weekend, described AGF’s death as an…
The father of the Kwara Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, Alhaji AbdulGaniyu Folorunsho AbdulRazaq is dead. He died on Saturday morning in Abuja at the age of 93, according to a statement by his eldest son, Dr Alimi AbdulRazaq, who announced his passage. Arrangements are being made to fly his corpse to Ilorin for burial later today….
Kwara Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Friday announced a minor cabinet reshuffle with five commissioners swapping ministries. A statement by Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Rafiu Ajakaye, indicated that the Communication Commissioner, Olanrewaju Murtala, had swapped with Harriet Adenike Afolabi Oshatimehin of Agriculture and Rural Development ministry. The statement added that the Commissioner for Environment,…
An All Progressive Congress chairmanship aspirant in the forthcoming Ilorin East Local Government election, Mallam Saheed Maiyaki has rejoiced with muslim faithfuls in the state on the occasion of Eid-l-fitr celebration. The politician in a statement signed by his media office enjoined Kwarans to continue to upheld the teachings of the holy month of Ramadan,…
At least 32 travellers en route Kano State from Osun State have been intercepted in Erin-Ile, Osun-Kwara boundary, THE INFORMANT247 reports. It was gathered that the travellers, who reportedly came from Ilesha in Osun were heading for Kano. THE INFORMANT247 learnt that the bus with registration number Kano XA 725 BCH conveying the travellers was…
An American based philanthropist, Otunba Adetunji Oyabambi has felicitated with the Minister of State Transport, Gbemisola Saraki as she celebrates her 55th birthday. In a special congratulatory message to commemorate Saraki’s birthday, personally signed by him, the UDP gubernatorial candidate in the 2019 general election described Saraki as a foremost politician who had made a…
• Lagos records no case The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday confirmed that 38 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in eight states. These are Kano, Kaduna, Federal Capital Territory (Abuja), Gombe, Abi, Sokoto, Ekiti and Borno states as Nigeria’s tally rose to 665. Three states; Gombe, Abia and Sokoto recorded their first…
By Muhammed Saheed Osioyemi The nation was thrown into acerbic and frost mourning yesterday following the death of The Nigerian President Chief of Staff, Mallam Abba Kyari. With the unfolding after his death, Nigerians harbour and held different notions about the man. While some considered him to be an energetic, dedicated and committed man, others…
As Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Friday, announced 17 more new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country, the number of confirmed cases rise to 305. “Seventeen new cases of #COVID19 have been reported as follows: 8 in Lagos 3 in Katsina 2 in FCT 1 in Niger 1 in Kaduna 1 in…
Says protest 24 hours after demands untidy Kwara Forum for Ethics and Good Governance, on Thursday, April 9 condemned the protest by some nurses and midwives at the General Hospital Ilorin over alleged lack of personal protective equipment and demand for some emergency allowances from the hospital management. “We saw the video like every other…
Ex-Senate President of Nigeria, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Sunday, urged Nigerians to support government at all levels in their efforts to curb the transmission of the novel coronavirus. He made the call in a series of tweet on his verified twitter page. Saraki tweeted, “At this point when physical distancing, self isolation, holistic sanitation…
A Senator representing Osun Central at the National Assembly, Sen. Ajobola Bashiru on Thursday disclosed that senator in Nigeria earn less than N1million per month. Bashiru made this known at a programme organised by the Correspondents Chapel of the Kwara Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ. The lawmaker diclosed that the basic take-home monthly…
Residents of Okoerin community in Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara on Friday uncovered a camp where suspected kidnappers camped some children. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the camp, a storey building, was uncovered when a woman was looking for her child. Some of the residents along Okoerin road, off lbrahim…
By Ayobami Abdullahi el~Africa (Abuja) Truth needs not be cosmeticized, for it is superficially attractive although bitter to work with due to its capricious way it strikes those who are blind to it. Without much circumlocution, much ink has been spilled, many newspapers have conceived myriads of headlines on the recent introduced security outfit while…
A former Senior Special Assistant on land matters to the ex-Kwara Governor, AbdulFatai Ahmed, Muhammad Salihu Yahaya has emerged the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the Patigi State Assembly bye-election. Yahaya, who was also the party’s flagbearer in the last election, polled 140 votes to defeat his rivals. He will represent the…
By Ibraheem Abdullateef On Tuesday February 11, 2020, the world marked the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. It is a day set aside by the United Nations for reflections on the place of women and girls in science and the need to work towards an improved access to technology and science, in…
