Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara has been sworn-in for his second term in office on Monday, vowing to remain a responsible and responsive leader for the people of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the modest colourful inauguration lasted just 45 minutes, kicking off at exactly 8.10 a.m, following the arrival
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The President of the Baptist Conference in Kwara State, Victor Dada, says more than 20 people, including four pastors, were wounded during the clash between Muslim and Christian parents at Baptist Secondary School, Surulere, Ilorin on Wednesday.
The clash was a fall out of the hijab controversy that led to the closure of 10 schools in Ilorin last month.
The school where the violence erupted on Wednesday was one of the 10 shut down last month by the state government over the controversy and reopened only on Wednesday.
The state government had waded into the controversy and ordered the closure of the schools to avert violent clashes by Christian and Muslim groups.