Tag: Kwara
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Secondary school teachers pull out of NUT
Some Secondary School teachers in Kwara say they are pulling out of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) due to the difference in their aspirations. The teachers, under the aegis of Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools (ASUSS), also hinged their action on the basis of different employers. Mallam Jimoh Daudu, the chairman of ASUSS…
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Kwara Govt. to name stadium after Rashidi Yekini
Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara has pledged to immortalise late Super Eagles legend, Rashidi Yekini, by naming the Kwara State Sports Stadium in Ilorin after him. The governor disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja when he paid a courtesy visit to the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare, in his office. He…
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Another Kwara commissioner tenders resignation in two weeks
Kwara Commissioner for Special Duties Hajia Aisha Ahman Pategi has resigned from the cabinet of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq. Pategi announced her resignation in a statement she personally signed on Friday, barely two weeks after the Special Adviser to the Governor on Health, Prof Wale Suleiman resigned. Hajia Ahman Pategi at inception was commissioner for local…
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Four out of 50 arrested night clubbers in Kwara test positive for COVID-19
Four out of the 50 night clubbers arrested on 18 July in Ilorin by the Kwara Technical Committee on COVID-19 have tested positive for the coronavirus. The Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee on COVID-19 in the state, Dr Femi Oladiji, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Ilorin. “I have been…
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BREAKING: Kwara Governor loses father
The first lawyer from the Northern parts of the country and father of Kwara Governor, Alh. Abdulganiyu Folorunsho Abdulrasaq is dead. Generally known as AGF, he died in the early hours of Saturday in Lagos. TheNewsGuru reports that Abdulrasaq passed on less than four months to his 93rd birthday. He was President of…
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COVID-19: Kwara Govt cancels Eid-el-Kabir, vigil prayers
The Kwara Government on Friday cancelled the forthcoming Eid-el-Kabir or Sallah prayer, ahead of the July 31 festivities. Kwara Deputy Governor and Chairman of the Technical Committee on COVID-19, Kayode Alabi, said this while briefing newsmen in Ilorin. Alabi described the cancellation as a tough decision made in the interest of everyone. According to him,…
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Lagos, FCT, Kwara most affected as Nigeria records 576 new Covid-19 cases
Nigeria, on Tuesday recorded 576 fresh cases of Coronavirus to take its total to 37,801 confirmed cases. In the last two days, Edo and FCT dethroned Lagos in daily coronavirus infections, but on Tuesday, Lagos recorded 88 new cases to take the lead again. With the 88 cases, Lagos has been recording a consistent drop…
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35 Kwara doctors test positive for COVID-19
No fewer than 35 medical doctors in Kwara state have so far tested positive to COVID-19 pandemic in Kwara state, it was gathered Monday. State Chairman, Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) Dr. Kolade Solagberu told reporters in Ilorin, the state capital at this year Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the association. Dr. Solagberu, however, said that…
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Chief of Staff burial will follow COVID-19 protocols – Kwara Govt
The Kwara Government on Wednesday said the burial of the late Kwara Chief of Staff, Alhaji Aminu Logun, would follow COVID-19 protocols. Dr Raji Razaq, Kwara Commissioner for Health said in a statement in Ilorin. The late Chief of Staff in his 70’s died on Tuesday as a result of complications form COVID-19. ”After due…
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Toppling of Saraki Dynasty in Kwara, one of my greatest achievement as APC chair – Oshiomhole
The immediate past National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, on Saturday identified toppling the Saraki political dynasty in Kwara State as one of his greatest achievements. In his first official reaction to the dissolution of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) by President Muhammadu Buhari…