Author: Ahmed Lanre

By Ahmed ‘Lateef A new chapter began yesterday in the annals of the Joint Kwara State Public Service Negotiating Council (JNC) with the re-election of Comrade Saliu Oluwole Suleiman admirably referred to as Otunba and Comrade Joseph Tunde as Chairman and Secretary of the JNC respectively in the state. It was at the state conference of the council that had in attendance leaders of labour movement of both the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) and as well as veterans in the labour circle. The new executive, which has another opportunity to pilot the council for another…

By Ahmed ‘Lateef The Director-General of Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies (MINILS), Ilorin, Comrade Issa Aremu, has said that the first lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has advanced the cause of Nigerian women. He said Mrs Tinubu helped women from the margin of token muted representation to the mainstream of development and poverty eradication through her Women Economic Empowerment Programmes in the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI). Aremu spoke in Ilorin, on Saturday, on the occasion of 2025 town hall activitiesto observe the International Women Day (IWD), which MINILS organized in partnership with the Kwara State Ministry of Women Affairs…

By Ahmed ‘Lateef The trial of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has been reassigned to another judge, theheraldnews.ng can report. Kanu’s lead counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, said in a statement this medium obtained in Abuja on Saturday that the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court in Abuja, Justice John Tsoho, reassigned the case following the IPOB leader’s legal team protest. Before the reassignment, Justice Binta Muritala Nyako presided over the federal government-led seven-count terrorism charge for which Kanu is being prosecuted with the latter requesting the judge to recuse herself from the trial.…

An Ilorin High Court has remanded six staff of Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board (KWSUBEB) in the Nigerian Correctional Centre, Oke-Kura, Ilorin for their alleged involvement in N96million fraud. The order to remand the defendants was sequel to their arraignment before Justice Suleiman Akanbi of the state High Court by the Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Those arraigned include Director of Finance and Supply of the board, Ahmed Husain Olarewaju; Controller, Finance and Accounts, Omole Omololu John; Coordinator, Salary Unit, Fatai Oyerinde; Executive Officer, Account and Salary Schedule, Mujeeb Ibrahim and as well…

By Ahmed ‘Lateef The Kwara State House of Assembly, on Wednesday, confirmed the appointment of Dr Lawal Olalekan Olohungbebe and Dr Mariam Nnafatima Imam as Commissioners in the State Executive Council. The confirmation of the appointment followed the appearance of the two nominees for screening on the floor of the hallowed chambers of the state House of Assembly. The Speaker, Engineer Yakubu Danladi Salihu, who conveyed the confirmation of the commissioner-nominees after emerging from the committee of the whole, said the House found them suitable for the appointment. Salihu said, “Having dissolved into the committee of the whole House after…

The National Industrial Court of Nigeria, Ibadan Division, on Tuesday 4th, March 2025, dismissed the suit challenging the July 31st, 2024 State Triennial Conference of the Kwara State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). The Suit No: NICN/IL/08/2024 was filed to stop the re-election of the incumbent Chairman of Kwara NUJ, Abdullateef ‘Lanre Ahmed. Justice J.D. Peter, who presided over the case, also awarded a sum of N100,000 each against the first claimant in the suit, Babajide Fadeyi, and in favour of all the seven defendants in the case. The defendants in the case include Kwara NUJ Chairman,…

By Ahmed ‘Lateef The Kwara State Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has heaped glowing tributes on the late immediate past state Head of Service, Mrs Susan Modupe Oluwole, describing her as a beacon of professionalism. The organized labour identified the deceased as a pillar of support to the state workforce and also ensured smooth administration of government policies. The state NLC Chairman, Comrade Muritala Saheed Olayinka, said this in a condolence statement issued and made available to Journalists in Ilorin on Friday. It was titled “Condolence message on the passing of Late Mrs Susan Modupe Oluwole, Kwara State…

By Ahmed ‘Lateef The Chairman, Kwara State Council of Chiefs and Emir of Ilorin, Dr Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, has said that Gender-Based Violence (GBV) is undermining dignity, security and well being of victims, families and communities as a whole. Sulu-Gambari stated this on Wednesday at a stakeholders’ meeting a nongovernmental organization, Brain Builders Youth Development Initiative (BBYDI), convened in Ilorin, the state capital. The stakeholders’ meeting was organized to harvest ideas to help combat GBV in the state. Themed, “Mobilising Stakeholders for Action Against GBV in Kwara,” the event attracted stakeholders such as traditional rulers, government officials, the media, religious and…

By Ahmed ‘Lateef Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State said in Ilorin, on Sunday, that the newly built Ilorin Innovation Hub was designed to empower the youth and encourage them to channel their creativity positively and for the economic development of the state. AbdulRazaq, who spoke through the state Commissioner for Solid Minerals Development, Dr Afees Abolore Alabi, made this known in his message at the 3rd Annual Conference of the Sheikh Abdulsalam Islamic Dawah Foundation. Themed “Social Media in 21st Century: Issues at Stake”, the event had in attendance Leader of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Barrister Abdulkadir…

By Ahmed ‘Lateef First class traditional rulers and political heavyweights in Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara State converged on Kosubosu, headquarters of the council on Sunday, where they unanimously posited that it is the turn of Kwara North to produce next Governor of the state. They explained that both Kwara Central and Kwara South have had a fair share of representation in the governance of the state and it is only logical that a Governor from Kwara North Senatorial District of the state should be in charge from 2027 in the interest of fairness, equity and justice. The stakeholders…