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Nigerian serial entrepreneur, Abideen Olasupo, has been appointed as the Kwara State coordinator of the Tony Elumelu Foundation. This appointment came as a result of his proven track record in entrepreneurship, having participated in the TEF funding scheme. According to the organisation, he will be in charge of coordinating TEF alumni activities, disseminating information about…
In aligning with Governor AbdulRazaq AbdulRahman vision of providing qualitative education for Kwarans, the newly appointed commissioner for educational and Human Capital Development, Mrs Ahmed Fatimoh Bisola in the early hours of Monday, 23rd December, paid an assessment visit to the School for Special Needs to check the five completed class rooms projected financed by…
It is extremely enigmatic seeing man being fond of a fellow man the way I am to Is’haq Kawu Modibbo. Anyways, I would say it is normal. My unconditional predilection for this veteran bureaucrat dated back to 2012 or thereabouts as his preternatural writing skill, analytical precision and profundity, and belligerent posture against oligarchic force…
A civil group, The People’s Voice, today, demanded the Kwara state Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq to withdraw the proposed 2020 appropriation bill. In a statement signed by its Assistant Publicity Secretary, Comrade Olaitan AbdulRaheem, they requested the bill to be withdrawn from the state assembly and make budgetary provision for the new minimum wage of N30,000….
The former Senate president of Nigeria, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has donated furniture to some selected secondary schools in Kwara state. In a statement signed by the Director of Project and Empowerment of the Ex-senate president constituency office, Otukoko Olayinka Ibrahim, he disclosed that Saraki had, before the 2019 general elections, recorded scores of requests…
Leader of the Altruism Team and member Kwara State Environmental Task Force Committee Musbaudeen Esinrogunjo reportedly exited the WhatsApp chats group of the Task Force in growing displeasure with the assignment. The seven-member team include Ibrahim Akaje, Yinka Bello, Oloyin Lateef Adebayo and AbdulRasaq Jeddah. Others are Kayode Oyin-Zubair, Obasanjo Alashi and Musbau Esinrogunjo have…
Few hours after The PUNCH report of the Kwara state government failing to set up minimun wage panel was published, the state governor, Mall. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has directed the immediate constitution of the committee. The report quoted the NLC Deputy Chairman in the state, Alhaji Yusuf Salihu, to have confirmed that the governor was yet…
The newly sworn-in Kwara State Commissioner for Local Governments and Chieftaincy affairs, Hajia Aishat Pategi has on Monday, 16th December, 2019 resumed office pledged to place high premium on staff’s development and welfare. Upon resumption to work, she held a meeting with the senior members of staff in the ministry where she reiterated her resolve…
An open letter to Nigeria’s youngest commissioner, Joana Kolo Dear Ms, It is with great pleasure and warm greetings from the beautiful city of Abuja, that I write to express my delight at your appointment as the Commissioner of Youths and Sport Development. Amidst the numerous political games and thrills that’s been showcased in our…
Before the emergence of the Internet and other data networks, telecommunications had a clear meaning: the telephone (and earlier the telegraph) was an application of technology that allowed people to communicate at a distance by voice (and earlier by encoded electronic signals), and telephone service was provided by the public switched telephone network (PSTN). Much…
Ganni Festival is an annual festival that holds in some communities of some North Central States in Nigeria and Benin Republic. In Nigeria, Kwara and Niger States are prominent for hosting the festival; Kutigi in Niger state and Gwanara, Kaiama, Okuta, Yashikira and Ilesha Baruba in Kwara state. It is also worthy of note that…
“The Chairman of Nigeria Union of Teachers, Kwara State Chapter, Alhaji Salihu Toyin in an interview session with Mus’ab Sulaimon dissected some knotty issues in respect of the sacked sunset teachers employed in the die-minutes of last administration under Governor Abdulfatahi Ahmed.” Excerpts: The problem with the sunset workers is not the problem of the…
The National Association of Kwara State Students today concluded its 1st edition of oratory contest. The 2019 Oratory Contest had about 10 participants speaking on the topic; “How education can be used for sustainable development”. The guest lecturer, Mr Lawal Olohungbebe while delivering his speech noted how education can be used in sustaining developments in…
The residents of Shao community of Moro local government have lamented the condition of their roads. The road, constructed during the administration of Sha’abah Lafiagi in the ’92s, is the access road to Malete, which host the only state-owned varsity, Kwara State University. Speaking with a resident of the community, Mr Oke Olumide narrated to…
Following the dismissal of some teachers by the state government over lack of qualifications, Some of the sacked teachers have written to the state governor, Mall. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq and speaker of the state Assembly, Rt. Hon. Salihu Danladi appealing for reconsideration. In a letter addressed to the governor, dated October 14th, 2019, the teachers under…
A student of Government Girls’ Day Secondary School, Oko-Erin, Ademola Bukola Grace who returned bag containing money, phone among other valuables belonging to her teacher, has been awarded for her act of honesty. The “SS one” student was honoured with the award by a non-governmental organization, Education For All Foundation during its peace and security…
…Seeks order restraining Kwara assembly from swearing in PDP member-elect, Agboola …Claims he wasn’t a party to the Appeal Court case The sacked Kwara state House of Assembly member, representing Ilorin South State Constituency, Hon. Abdulazeez Elewu has said he is not a party to an Appeal Court Judgement declaring Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate for…
The Kwara State Governor, Mall. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq will on Friday (tomorrow) inaugurate 16 commissioners-designate and members of the state executive council. In a message issued by his Director Political, Sanni Mohammed Bayo, and obtained by THE INFORMANT247, the swearing-in ceremony will take place at the the Banquet hall by 10am. This development was confirmed by…
The Kwara State Governor, Mall. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has revealed that funds recovered form the ongoing probe of the Kwara State Inland revenue service “would be invested to secure the future of Kwarans” Speaking during the International Anti-Corruption Day Rally organised by the EFCC Ilorin Zonal Office in Ilorin, the state capital, AbdulRazaq said he would…
Maybe we should name the past administration ‘A fún ni ni oúnjẹ má fẹ́ a yó tí ń fún ni ní oko ìdí ọ̀pẹ ro’ which literally translates as ‘someone who gives you the hardest nut to crack’ — who at the end of their imbalance tenures gave sordid employments to our people and raised…
