The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kwara State has elected Adamu Bawa as its new chairman during the state congress held on Saturday in Ilorin. Bawa, who contested the Kwara North Senatorial District seat in the 2023 general elections under the PDP, emerged unopposed. Alongside him, AbdulRahman Kayode was elected State Secretary, while Olusegun Adewara…
By Babatunde Tiamiyu For his immense contributions towards human and societal development, Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq joins family, friends, associates, and the Muslim Stakeholders in the state to celebrate the 70th birthday anniversary of a retired director in the Kwara state civil service, Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi. Governor AbdulRazaq in a Statement by his Chief…
A yet-to-be-identified passenger has died inside a commercial bus at Ogbomoso-Ilorin expressway, Kwara State. The incident, it was gathered, left other passengers on the bus in shock and disbelief. The deceased who is believed to be in his late 60s, tragically lost his life en route Ilọrin, according to one of the eyewitnesses. Narrating the…
The abducted wife of the slain Olukoro of Koro in Ekiti local government area of Kwara State, Olori Iyabo Aremu, and one other person have been rescued. It was gathered that the victims were released on Monday night and arrived in Koro town around 10:45 pm. The Police Public Relations Officer in Kwara, Ejire-Adeyemi Toun,…
The Kwara State Government has resolved the lingering communal dispute between indigenes and non-indigenes in the Chikanda community, Baruten Local Government Area of the state. The state government’s delegation, led by the Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Yakubu Danladi-Salihu, sued for peace among the warring parties in the recent unrest in Chikanda…
The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, laid before the parliament on Thursday an N296.4bn fiscal plan for the year 2024, with capital expenditure guzzling a whopping 61% of the proposed spending and recurrent keeping the balance of 39%. The budget is 15.5% higher than the budget of the outgoing year and has an opening balance…