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News from States
AbdulRazaq approves 100% consolidated health salary structure for nurses
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has approved the implementation of a 100% Consolidated Health Salary Structure (CONHESS) for nurses in the state. Additionally, the governor approved the recruitment of more nurses to fill the vacuum created by the brain drain in the country and to improve the quality and standard of nursing care in line with the global best practices.…
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Crime & City Diary
NSCDC arrests seven suspects over alleged energy theft/meter tampering in Kwara
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) in Kwara state have arrested seven suspects over alleged theft of energy as well as electricity and meter tampering. The suspects who were picked up from various locations in Ilorin, the state capital including Amayo, Ganmo, Olunlade, Kangu, Irewolede and Sango areas during a raid by the combined team of NSCDC and…
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Alleged rape: Court remands herbalist Atakoro, one other in prison
An Ilorin Magistrate’s court in Kwara State on Tuesday ordered the remand of an Ibadan-based social media influencer and herbalist, Sultan Ojuwoni Atakoro and one Olaitan Ibrahim Olalekan at the Correctional Service centre Oke-Kura, Ilorin till January 17, 2024. The Kwara State Police Command arraigned Atakoro and Olalekan before the court for alleged rape and arson. The Police First Information Report…
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Abdulrazaq calls for public memoranda on proposed State University of Education
Kwara State Government has called on stakeholders in the education sector to submit memoranda for the establishment of Kwara State University of Education. Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq had on November 17, inaugurated Prof. Shuaibu Oba Abdulraheem-led committee to midwife the processes leading to the establishment of the institution. This was contained in a statement made available to newsmen by…
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Crime & City Diary
Court jails forex trader, 2 others for internet fraud in Ilorin
The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of a 26-year-old forex trader, Temidayo Joshua Kolawole from Igosun in Oyun Local Government Area of Kwara State and two others over offences bordering on internet fraud. The two others are Isiak Abdullahi from Bode Saadu in Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State…
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Security: AbdulRazaq receives another two NAF Diamond-62 aircrafts in Ilorin
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq took delivery of the last two sets of four Diamond-62 multi-purpose platform special mission aircrafts to the 303 Medium Aircraft Group in Ilorin, amid optimism that the aircraft will strengthen the country’s surveillance and search-and-rescue capabilities. At the event on Wednesday in Ilorin,the governor said the presence of the Nigerian Air Force and other sister…
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Kwara governor lauds Tinubu on Bio-Ibrahim’s ministerial nomination
The governor of Kwara state, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has lauded the ministerial nomination of Dr Jamila Bio-Ibrahim by President Bola Tinubu. Bio-Ibrahim who is nominated as Minister of Youth, was the immediate past Senior Special Assistant to Governor Abdulrazaq on SDGs. Abdurazaq said the nomination satisfies two major developmental milestones of youth empowerment and gender inclusion in the decision-making process in…
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Kwara Assembly confirms 18 commissioner nominees
The Kwara State House of Assembly has confirmed the 18 commissioner nominees forwarded by Governor Abdulrasaq Abdulrahman. It would be recallled that the screening of the nominees lasted three legislative days. The confirmed commissioner nominees are; Abdulganiy Abdulazeez Kola – Asa LGA, Aliyu Kora Sabi – Baruten LGA, Shehu Ndanusa Usman- Edu LGA, Afolashade Opeyemi Kemi- Ekiti, Dr Segun Ogunshola…
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Crime & City Diary
Gunmen abduct pastor’s wife in Kwara
By Mosunmola Ayobami,Ilorin Unidentified armed men, numbering about seven and suspected to be kidnappers on Thursday night invaded a sleepy Elerinjare community in the Ifelodun local government area of Kwara state, abducting wife of a Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) pastor during the attack. The abducted wife of the pastor, identified as Mrs. Blessing Ajiboye, was abducted alongside two…
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Homeland News
Police Chief, Emir of Shonga, Security agencies, others to lead palliative distribution in Kwara
…state govt to pay back 48% of N4bn By Mosunmola Ayobami,Ilorin Kwara State Government has confirmed receipt of N2bn out of the N4bn relief funds that the Federal Government released for purchase of rice to be distributed en masse to vulnerable members of the public in the state. The state also said it awaits a balance of N2bn of the…
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