Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Sunday departed Nigeria for Japan to attend the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD7). AbdulRazaq would be attending the conference alongside two other state governors who are in the entourage of President…
AbdulRazaq says death of 17 Kwara admission seekers painful, preventable
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Sunday lamented the death of 17 students in an auto crash on their way back to the state from Kano, describing the incident as a painful one that could have been prevented. In a…
Hajj: First batch of 560 Kwara pilgrims arrive (Punch)
The first batch of 560 pilgrims from Kwara State that performed the 2019 Hajj exercise arrived home on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the pilgrims, who are from across the 16 Local Government Areas of the state, arrived at…
Kwara reverts to national coat of arms
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has ordered immediate reversal to the use of the national coat of arms in the state, effectively dropping the one adopted in 2012 by the previous administration. “With immediate effect, the administration has dropped the…
Shun drug abuse, Kwara governor tells youth
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has called on the Nigerian youths to shun drug abuse and other vices that could affect them from realising their potentials. AbdulRazaq made the call Tuesday evening in Ilorin, the state capital, when he received…
AbdulRazaq sends anti-poverty bill to assembly (Punch)
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has forwarded a bill highlighting his various initiatives to drive economic growth, counter poverty, and ensure equitable distribution of resources in the state, to the State House of Assembly to give legal teeth to it.…
AbdulRazaq okays new board for Kwara United
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Tuesday dissolved the board of the state football club – Kwara United. He has also approved the appointment of a new seven-member board, with Kunbi Titiloye from Kwara South Senatorial District as the Chairman…
AbdulRazaq urges civil servants to be business-like,
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Monday told the state civil servants that late coming to work is unhelpful for government business in the 21st century. “The governor is not happy that he got to the Government Secretariat at about…
Agriculture key to poverty eradication, says AbdulRazaq
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has said the best way to eradicate poverty is to cultivate more lands for agriculture. “If we really want to rise above the poverty line, the way to do that is through agriculture …There is…
One month after visit, Kwara gov reequips ‘decrepit’ NYSC camp
Kwara State government on Thursday delivered 400 new mattresses, 200 double trunk beds, 90 wooden benches and several consumable drugs to the Yikpata Camp of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC), in a concrete step to make the camp liveable…
