Tag: Kwara
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Breaking:Court dismisses certificate case against Kwara Gov
A Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin on Wednesday dismissed the certificate forgery case filed against Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq after the claimant insisted he was withdrawing the case. Justice Adenike Akinpelu struck out the case after Adekunle Oluwafemi Abraham, a member of the PDP who had filed the case, told the court he had…
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Kwara eyes N200bn CBN funds for ‘innovation hubs’
The Kwara State government has revealed that the state would benefit from the 200 billion naira funds from the Central Bank of Nigeria has set aside to promote innovative ideas and entrepreneurship. Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq made this known while a receiving a delegation of the Kwara Youth Centre (KYC) who visited him in his office…
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Gov. Abdulrazaq appoints Chief of Staff, SSG, CPS
Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, on Friday announced the appointments of Chief of Staff (CoS), Secretary to the State Government (SSG) and Chief Press Secretary (CPS). A statement by the Deputy Chief Press Secretary, Agboola Olarewaju, said those appointed are Aminu Logun (CoS); Dr Mamman Jibril (SSG) and Rafiu Ajakaye (CPS). Agboola said the three…
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Council autonomy: Differing tunes from Rivers, Kwara, By Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon The contentious issue of autonomy for local government councils in Nigeria resonated in the past weeks in the Houses of Assembly in Rivers and Kwara states. On the burner was the power of state governors to dissolve democratically-elected councils, and sanction “recalcitrant” chairmen. While the Rivers Assembly seems to hold the governor…
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Ekiti, Ondo, Kwara, Benue assure workers of readiness to pay N30,000 minimum wage
Governors Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti), Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (Ondo), Abdulfatah Ahmed (Kwara) and Samuel Ortom (Benue) have assured workers of their readiness to pay the N30,000 new minimum wage. They spoke Thursday at different fora on the minimum wage, which was signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari Fayemi said the welfare of the workers had always…
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Kwara governor-elect certificate forgery allegation: It’s laughable – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) says allegation that Kwara governor-elect, Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq forged his Senior Secondary School Certificate (SSSC) is laughable. The APC said those spreading the falsehood were engaged in a futile exercise. The governor-elect was alleged to have forged the SSSC he presented to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the…
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‘Allegations of certificate forgery against Kwara gov elect baseless’
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara, Mr Oluwafemi Yusuf, on Saturday accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of a plot to distract the state’s governor-elect, Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, with the allegation that he forged the Senior Secondary School Certificate he presented for his election. Yusuf, who spoke to journalists in Ilorin,…
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Kwara guber poll: Saraki congratulates APC’s Abdulrasaq
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has congratulated Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for emerging winner of the Kwara State governorship elections. Abdulrasaq won the March 9 elections with 331,546 to beat his closest rival, the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Razaq Atunwa, who scored 114,754 votes. In a message on…
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No intimidation of voters by security agents in my ward – Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Saturday said there was no report of intimidation and harassment of voters by security operatives in his Oro Ward 2 Polling Unit 006 in Kwara. The minister stated this while addressing newsmen after casting his ballot in Saturday’s governorship and State House of Assembly elections…
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Saraki expresses disappointment over low voters’ turn-out
Senate President Bukola Saraki has expressed disappointment over low turn-out of voters in the Governorship and State House of Assembly elections in the state. The senate president, while casting his vote on Saturday at his Ajikobi ward, Opobiyi polling units 005, said the turn-out was not impressive compared to the presidential and national assembly elections…