Kwara State in North-central Nigeria was in its heydays regarded as industrialised given the high concentration of factories in the state. Many of the factories in the state then employed thousands of workers at their peak.

The Kwara State Government has delivered 10,000 bags of 10kg rice palliatives to the labour unions for onward distribution to their members, another layer of support to the workers in the state as Nigeria battles to beats down the cost of consumer goods. The palliative followed an engagement Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq had with the leadership…

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Tuesday in Ilorin, the state capital, briefed different segments of the state on developments in the country, including efforts of the government to ease things for the people. Held in different sessions, the hours-long engagements involved labour union chiefs, transport sector leaders, artisans, leadership of the market unions, and…

Kwara State Government has further addressed outstanding salaries and gratuities owed to local government workers, basic school teachers, and pensioners by committing another N1.03 billion. This latest payment marks the government's continued efforts to settle inherited arrears from the previous administration. Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has repeatedly emphasized the government's commitment to clearing these debts as…

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has presented the sum of one million naira each to the six public school students who recently won the presidential debate competition in Abuja. That was a fulfilment of his administration's pledge to give the ‘great six’ one million naira each alongside a full scholarship for their first degree in…

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has approved the subsidisation of the 2024 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) fees for 55,150 students in public schools across the state by half. The State Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development in a statement by its press secretary, Peter Amogbonjaye, noted that parents would now pay N2,500 against…

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has approved the subsidisation of the cost of the 2024 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) for students in public schools across the state. A total of 55,150 candidates are writing the exams in Kwara State. A statement from the State Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development said all candidates…

Former Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State, Kayode Zubair, has asserted that neither economic nor political solution would ease Nigeria out of her present dilemma.

It was amusing reading a supposed rejoinder to a warped publication on The Guardian of Saturday, January 13, this year, and a follow up feigned rebuttal on Sunday, January 14, which is strongly believed to be orchestrated..

Telecommunications operator, Globacom, has been described by Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, as homegrown and among Nigeria's great ambassadors.

The chairman of the Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF) Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq had called for a thorough probe of the Ibadan bomb blast that killed many and rendered several others homeless late last Tuesday. In his mourning, Abdulrazaq who is also the Kwara State governor called for objective and thorough investigation to forestall similar reoccurrence. According to…

A 101-year-old traditional ruler of Jebba in Mooro local government in Kwara State, Alhaji Abdulkadir Alabi Adebara, his chiefs and residents have appealed to Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq to rise to the administrative challenges of his office by investigating how his (the Monarch's) files disappeared in the ministry of local government and chieftaincy affairs. Specifically, the…