Tag: Kwara
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BREAKING: Kwara govt demolishes Saraki’s ancestral home
Kwara State Government has commenced the demolition of the late Olusola Saraki’s ancestral home at Ile Arugbo, Ilorin. The building was demolished early Thursday morning after security operatives dispersed protesters, including aged women within the complex. The state government had fix midnight for the demolition exercise to avoid a clash with Saraki’s loyalists who had…
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JUST IN: Saraki reacts to Kwara Gov’s Seizure of father’s land in Illorin
Former Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has stated that Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has crossed the line of decency with his recent efforts to erase the legacies of his (Saraki’s) late father, Dr. Abubakar Olusola Saraki. Saraki, in a statement he personally signed and released in Lagos today, stated that the war of…
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Kwara didn’t spend N200m on Wizkid concert — Gov AbdulRazaq
Kwara Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has denied that the government was behind the popular musical concert that featured pop star Wizkid in Ilorin. He however noted that the event was a welcome development and could be a springboard to promote entertainment and get local talents hooked to other talents from outside the state. He laughed off…
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Former LG lawmaker arrested for stealing
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a former councillor of Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara, Samuel Adeojo, over alleged car theft. Spokesperson of the commission, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. Uwujaren alleged that Adeojo was fingered as the leader of a car theft syndicate…
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I was turned to sex machine at Kwara ‘rehab centre’- Lady narrates ordeal
20- year- old Laide Arikewuyo, one of the 108 girls rescued from an illegal rehabilitation centre in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, has disclosed how she was turned to sex machine by the children and relatives of the owner of the centre, Mallam AbdulRaheem Owotutu. The state police command on Thursday paraded the ladies, men…
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Another illegal ‘rehab centre’ uncovered in Kwara, 108 rescued
The police in Kwara State on Thursday paraded 108 children and women rescued from an illegal rehabilitation center. The Command said it rescued the victims from Gaa’Odota, in Ilorin West Local Government Area. Commissioner of Polcie Kayode Egbetokun said the Command acted on an intelligence report on the activities of the owner of the illegal…
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9 women make commissioners’ list in Kwara
Nine women were among the 16 names nominated as commissioners by Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara. Mr Rafiu Ajakaye, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, said in Ilorin on Tuesday that their names had been forwarded to the State House of Assembly for clearance. Ajakaye said with the nine women on the list, the…
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Kwara receives N3.5bn as federal allocation for Oct.
Kwara State received a total of N3,516,975,521.40 as its federal allocation for the month of October, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The Permanent Secretary in the state Ministry of Finance, Mr Benjamin Fatigun, made this known in a statement issued on Friday in Ilorin. He said that the allocation was short of N681,499,217.53,…
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Kwara gov using state apparatus to intimidate opponents – PDP
The Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq-led administration of using instruments of the state to intimidate political opponents and settle political scores. In a statement on Monday by its State Chairman, Hon. (Engr.) Kola Shittu, the PDP alleged that the All Progressives Congress-led State Government is…
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We’ll invest looted funds in social programme – Kwara Gov
Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara has said that the looted funds recently returned to the state would go into social investment programme to benefit the poor. Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the Governor, Rafiu Ajakaye said this in a statement on Friday in Ilorin. According to Ajakaye, Gov AbdulRazaq said so when he received N111,…