Kwara
21 Dec
Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq on Friday presented a budget of N540.3 billion for the 2025 fiscal year to the Kwara State House of Assembly. According to AbdulRazaq, capital expenditure constitutes 62.1per cent of the fiscal plan while recurrent will get 37.9 per cent. The Kwara State Governor said the budget proposal focuses on completing ongoing projects…
14 Dec
Firebrand politician Akogun Iyiola Oyedepo is known for what he does. He is a man whose credibility is best defined by the roles he played in the last hours of the 2023 election as he abandoned his SDP compatriots mid sea to cut deals with different political interests. Before the election, he spared no pejorative…
10 Dec
Members of the House of Representatives on Tuesday expressed support for a bill seeking to establish the Federal College of Education, Afon, Kwara State. The bill, sponsored by the member representing Asa/Ilorin West Federal Constituency, Hon. Mukhtar Tolani Shagaya, scaled through the Second Reading on the floor of the House. The proposed legislation was first…
6 Dec
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has commended the Kwara State government for its prompt action against a schoolteacher who assaulted a corps member serving in the state. In a statement issued yesterday, the NYSC State Coordinator, Mr Onifade Olaoluwa, described the government’s decision as a step that would deter future occurrences of such misconduct…
5 Dec
An eyewitness in the ongoing trial of the immediate past governor of Kwara State, Mallam Abdulfatah Ahmed, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has led the media and Nigerians into how the accused allegedly misappropriated N5 billion belonging to the state’s Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB). This was disclosed yesterday at the trial…
5 Dec
The Kwara State government has demoted a secondary school teacher, Hajia Hamzat Fatimoh Nike, by two grades following her assault on a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member last week. The state government also announced the teacher’s transfer from Government Day Secondary School, Kulende, Ilorin, to an undisclosed location as part of measures to prevent…
4 Dec
An eyewitness in the ongoing trial of the immediate past governor of Kwara State, Mallam Abdulfatah Ahmed, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has detailed how the former governor allegedly misappropriated the state's Universal Basic Education Commission's (UBEC) N5 billion. This was disclosed on Wednesday at the trial of Ahmed and his Finance…
30 Nov
A group of young investors under the Abral Development Initiative (ADI) has partnered with the Kwara State government to launch a briquette made from organic raw materials, serving as an alternative to traditional charcoal. Speaking at the flag-off of the Universal Climate Initiative (UCI) in Ijagbo, Oyun Local Government Area of the state, the group's…
29 Nov
A secondary school teacher at Government Day, Kulende, Ilorin, on Friday beat and tore the vest of a Corps member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to shreds for allegedly failing to accord the teacher the respect she deserved. Our reporter gathered that the Corps member had visited the school for her clearance letter…
27 Nov
Kwara Government has discouraged the culture of branding materials donated to public school children with subtle or obvious political messages and indoctrination. The Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, Hajia Sa’adatu Moddibo-Kawu, said this in a statement on Wednesday in Ilorin. She says the practice, which includes emblazoning the picture of the donor on…
27 Nov
Stakeholders in the education, health, and environment sectors in Kwara State have lauded the initiative aimed at promoting hygiene in schools, communities, and healthcare facilities. Speaking at a stakeholders' meeting, tagged: Accelerating the hygiene quest (HQ) programme in Kwara, jointly organized by the Well Being Foundation Africa (WBFA) and Reckitt in Ilorin on Wednesday, the…
27 Nov
The Kwara House of Assembly has directed Chairmen of the state’s 16 local governments to prioritise the provision of latrines and other forms of toilets to curb open defecation. The directive was part of the House’s resolutions after deliberations on a Motion on Notice on the “Need to Discourage Open Defecation in Kwara State”. The…
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