2020-03-13

Why Kwara is yet to sign minimum wage deal - AbdulRazaq
*Labour leaders say Gov won't be liable if LGs default Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Thursday said he was hesitant to ink the minimum wage deal with labour because he was not convinced that t...

ON THE NEW MINIMUM WAGE. By Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq
Yesterday, I met the labour leaders to discuss the new minimum wage. When we came on board we saw a lot of gaps in salary payment. The N18000 minimum wage was not being paid and there were a lot of casual worker...

2020-03-12

11 Kwara APC members arraigned for attacking chairman
Eleven members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State have been arraigned before a chief magistrate court, Ilorin for allegedly attacking a convoy of the state chairman of the party and other members of h...

How Kwara officials forged the signatures of students to steal their bursary allowance - EFCC
A prosecutìon witness, Abdulkareem Ismail, on Wednesday narrated how officials of the Kwara State Scholarship Board forged the signatures of students to steal their bursary allowance. The witness, a former Presi...

INEC to deploy 451 for Saturday's Kwara by-election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said on Wednesday that all is set for Saturday's House of Assembly by-election in Patigi Constituency of Kwara State. It added that it would deploy 451 per...

2020-03-11

AbdulRazaq flags off bye-election campaign amidst encomium and prayers
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq who doubles as the leader of the All Progressives Congress in the state has flagged off the bye-election campaign amidst encomium and prayers from the people of Patigi. ...

Court orders interim forfeiture of Kwara herbalist's building
A Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin, on Tuesday, granted an order for the temporary forfeiture of a four-bedroom bungalow. The building, which is situated at Oke Foma in Ilorin, belongs to a he...

Arewa Consultative Forum gets new leadership in Kwara
A new executive council has been constituted for the Kwara chapter of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The members of the council were consituted at the meeting of t...

Kwara Laments Plight of Residents in Border Communities
Piqued by the sufferings of residents in border communities in Kwara State, due to the scarcity and high cost of petroleum products, the state governor, Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, has appealed to the joint border ...

School feeding: Kwara begins free distribution of forms
The Kwara State Government has urged interested members of the public to collect forms to be engaged as vendors for the Home Grown School Feeding Programme (HGSF). The Focal Person for the National Soc...

Omu-Aran traders in Kwara seek modern market
Traders in Omu-Aran, Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara, on Tuesday renewed their agitation for the establishment of a modern market to accelerate economic development of the community. The Market Leader in the are...

UNILORIN joins ASUU strike first time in 20 years
For the first time in 20 years, teachers at the University of Ilorin have agreed to comply with the directive of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to proceed on a two-week strike. On Monday, the na...

2020-03-10

Suspended Kwara PDP council chairs defect to APC
All the 16 suspended People's Democratic Party (PDP) council chairmen in Kwara state have defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. Kwara state Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq shortly aft...