Tag: KWARA
Kwara pastors ‘brainwash’ congregants to disown parents, burn certificates
Two clerics Olumide Peter and Jasulayomi Adetola have been remanded by an Ilorin Magistrates’ Court in Kwara State on Thursday for allegedly brainwashing their...
20 doctors test positive for COVID-19 in Kwara
No fewer than 20 doctors have been infected with COVID-19 at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), an official has said.
President of UITH...
Kwara governor AbdulRazaq dissolves cabinet
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has dissolved his cabinet effective December 31, 2020.
The governor’s chief press secretary Rafiu Ajakaye in a statement on Sunday...
Gov Abdulrazaq sacks 2,414 teachers in Kwara
Kwara State Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has terminated the employment of over 2,000 workers employed by the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) in 2018.
Spokesman...
Ile Arugbo: Court dismisses Saraki’s claim of bias against judge
A Kwara State High Court in Ilorin on Wednesday dismissed an application by the family of late Kwara politician Olusola Saraki asking Justice Abiodun...
Petrol tanker explosion kills 6, razes 30 houses in Kwara
At least six persons have been killed in a petrol tanker explosion on Wednesday morning in Jebba, Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State.
It...
Kwara blue-eyed woman’s daughters get scholarship
Kwara State first lady and founder of the Ajike Peoples Support Centre Olufolake Abdulrazaq has enrolled the two daughters of Risikat Abdulwasiu, the blue-eyed...
Ex-Kwara deputy governor Simon Sayomi dies at 95
A former deputy governor of Kwara State Simon Sayomi has died at age 95, his son Ola Sayomi told NAN on Thursday.
According to him,...
EFCC quizzes ex-Kwara governor Abdulfatah Ahmed
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has questioned the immediate past governor of Kwara State Abdulfatah Ahmed on the use of state funds...
Family of first Nigerian to win US Congressional seat holds thanksgiving...
The family of Adeoye Owolewa who has been elected into the US House of Representatives to represent the District of Colombia has held a...