Author: Herald Newspaper

By: Oluwatobi Aroyehun The Kwara State Ministry of Environment has announced that the monthly environmental sanitation exercise for February will take place on Saturday, February 22, 2025, from 7:00 AM to 10:00 AM across the state. The Commissioner for Environment, Hajia Nafisat Musa Buge, urged residents to participate fully by cleaning their residential and business environments, ensuring that their surroundings remain hygienic and free of waste. The Commissioner emphasized that vehicular and human movement will be restricted during the exercise. She also assured residents that waste management trucks will be available to collect and dispose of refuse at government-approved dump…

By Zarumi Mashood Kwara State Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM) said it has circulated a text message to 9,459 applicants who have successfully completed their online application in the ongoing teachers’ recruitment process. TESCOM Chairman Mallam Bello Taoheed said in a statement that the invited applicants are those who scaled through the first leg of the process, such as having relevant university degrees and meeting the age requirement of the process. “A total of 9,459 are being invited. They are those who completed the application process (completed the application form and submitted it online). They have B.Ed., B.Sc. Ed., or B.A.…

By Zarumi Mashood The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has joined President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and every stakeholder in the Nigerian project to mourn the passing of two great statesmen, Pa Ayo Adebanjo and Chief Edwin Clark, CON. “The deaths of the nonagenarians are a huge depletion in the ranks of outstanding voices who were never afraid to offer their views on issues of national importance,” according to a statement by the NGF Chairman and Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq. The Forum recalled that the duo played critical roles in the evolution of the country’s democracy, constitutional development, and the discourse…

By Zarumi Mashood The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Kwara State Command, has seized Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) worth over N20,000,000 at a strategic border in Kwara State. The Comptroller General of the NCS, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, confirmed that this was facilitated by tactical efforts launched by the customs service to tackle diversion of petroleum products from Nigeria. He disclosed this in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital on Monday, while addressing the press during his visit to the state Command of the customs service, as part of his working visits. The Comptroller General of the NCS revealed that the customs service…

By Zarumi Mashood Kwara State Government has received N349,650,000 from the Office of the First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu to support the production of a movie that promotes the institutions, local values, without any lewd scenes or language. The money is a fulfillment of the First Lady’s pledge when she toured the facility during her working visit on January 29, 2025. She had praised the quality of the facility and offered to support the production of a local movie that promotes our own values and culture. The Commissioner for Business, Innovation and Technology (BIT), Hon. Damilola Yusuf-Adelodun, disclosed…

Over the next two years, Microsoft will be investing $1 million (N1.6 billion) in Nigeria as part of its support for the rapidly growing artificial intelligence (AI) technology in the country. This development was made known by Microsoft Managing Director (Nigeria and Ghana), Ola Williams, while speaking during the AI Nigeria Tour conference and exhibition in Lagos. The Microsoft AI Tour is a free, in-person one-day event where business leaders, partners, IT professionals and the developer community come together, and learn about the latest advancements in AI technology. They also get to learn how such advancements can be applied to…

The Minister of Works, Engr. Dave Umahi on Thursday announced the termination of contract for the construction of Oyo-Ogbomoso axis of the Ibadan-Ilorin dual carriageway. The Minister explained that the Federal Government terminated the contract for construction of the 98km Oyo-Ogbomoso Road which was awarded to RCC Construction Company. He made the disclosure in Ibadan during the Oyo Federal Roads Stakeholders Engagement with the theme: ‘Enhancing Federal Roads in Oyo State; Challenges and Sustainable Solutions’. While acknowledging that the delivery of the road project was long overdue, the minister assured the general public that the contract would soon be re-awarded…

A former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has disagreed with the practice of deploying military personnel for election duties in Nigeria; he also called for an end to the practice especially because it overstretches the nation’s military. Ex-President Jonathan, who spoke at the public presentation of a former Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Solomon Arase’s new book in Abuja, also suggested that democratic elections should be jointly managed by the police and INEC. While agreeing that many nations use the Air Force and Army for transportation of election materials to dangerous places, he insisted that…

Nigeria’s House of Representatives has given the nod to its Committee on Electoral Matters to summon the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for explanations on why there are delays in conducting by-elections into vacant legislative seats. Besides, INEC is also expected to make known the measures it has taken to solve the problems. Following the adoption of a motion by Jafaru Leko (APC, Bauchi), the lower Chamber of the National Assembly described the delay in conducting by-elections as a dangerous precedent, adding that this makes compliance with the Constitution and electoral laws to look like an optional whereas it is…

Thomas Adewumi University (TAU), Oko-Irese in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State has scored the bull’s eye again as it has been adjudged the University with the best Artificial Intelligence (AI) education programme in Nigeria. The prestigious award was presented to the university during the 2025 AI Awareness Day in Higher Education held on Monday, 17th February 2025. The university’s management informed through a press statement that TAU’s BSc Computer Science programme stood out among 274 universities in Nigeria to clinch the top spot. It noted that the “AI Awareness Day in Higher Education” is a national event aimed…