Kwara Leads the Way: 3 Million Tech Talents Program Graduates Shine - 2024-05-03
According to a news report from the New Telegraph, the Minister of Communication, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, has praised the dedication and determination of Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman Abd...

Darul-Kitab Wa Sunnah Graduates 605 Students For 2023/24 Session - 2024-04-23
Malami Ubandoma condemns immorality among scholars, advocates skill acquisition The founder of Darul Kitab College of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Ilorin, Dr. AbdulKadir Al-Jumuah Al-Salman Oba-Solagberu, has st...

Legal Battle Unfolds Over Succession to Oloro of Oro Throne - 2024-04-25
According to a news report from Daily Trust, the residents of Oro town in Irepodun LGA of Kwara State have initiated legal proceedings concerning the title of the potential successor to the late Oloro of Oro, Oba Abdul...

Food Security: Kwara Secures 3,600 Hectares for Agricultural Growth - 2024-04-24
According to The Nation, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State has revealed that the African Development Bank (AfDB) has allocated 3,600 hectares of land to the state government for cultivating maize, rice, an...

Tragedy Strikes as Passenger Dies Inside Public Bus in Kwara - 2024-04-25
According to a news report from CHANNELS, a yet-to-be-identified passenger has tragically lost their life inside a commercial bus along the Ogbomoso-Ilorin expressway in Kwara State. The incident, which occurre...

Police Apprehend Polytechnic Student with Cult Recruitment Forms in Hotel - 2024-04-26
According to a news report from Daily Trust, officers of the Kwara State Police Command have detained a student from the Federal Polytechnic, Bida, Niger State, after discovering recruitment forms for a cult group in a...

Kwara United Seals Late Victory Over Akwa United, Escapes Relegation Zone - 2024-04-22
According to a Report from the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Kwara United Football Club of Ilorin clinched a thrilling 1-0 victory against visiting Akwa United FC of Uyo, securing a crucial win to move out of the releg...

Climate Change: Kwara Govt Warns Against Charcoal Production, Threatens Sanctions - 2024-04-06
KWARA state government has reiterated its warning against charcoal production and threatened to sanction those violating the existing ban on the activity. The state Commissioner for Environment, Shehu Ndanusa, ...

Unilorin Student Wins N100,000 Essay Prize - 2024-03-12
Winner of the Honorable Justice Innocent Umezulike Annual National Essay Competition, Precious Onuabuchi of the University of Ilorin has won a cash prize of N100,000. A statement by the foundation said, ‘The ...

VC Calls for Collaboration Among Varsities - 2023-11-30
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Wahab Olasupo Egbewole, SAN, has called for consistent collaborations between Nigerian universities and foreign ones in order to promote exchange of ideas and opp...

Gov. AbdulRazaq Inaugurates Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Board - 2024-04-23
According to a report from Royal News, Kwara State Governor, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has officially inaugurated a new board for the State Muslim Pilgrims’ Board, emphasizing the importance of integrity and hon...

Tinubu Mourns Veteran Actor, Samanja - 2023-11-15
President Bola Tinubu has condoled with the family of retired soldier, broadcaster, and veteran actor, Usman Baba Pategi (Samanja), who died on Sunday at 84. The President, in a release issued on Tuesday by his...

Muh'd Kamaldeen varsity a worthy investment: Kwara Gov. Makes personal donation of N20m - 2022-04-26
Kwara state Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq at the weekend made a personal donation of at least N20m to fast track the take off of the Muhammad Kamaldeen University in Ilorin, calling the project a worthy investment in...

NAFDAC Warns Nigerians About EU Ban on Dex Soap - 2024-04-15
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has issued a warning to Nigerians about the European Union’s ban on Dex Luxury Bar Soap (No 6 Mystic Flower). The alert, identified a...

The Life, Times of Strongman of Kwara Politics - 2012-11-15
Widely regarded as strongman of Kwara politics, Dr. Abubakar Olusola Saraki died yesterday at the age of 79. Our Kwara State correspondent, Abdullahi Olesin reports on the life and times of the man fondly called Ba...

Hardship: Seek God’s Intervention, Kwara Anglican Bishop Tells Nigerians - 2024-04-01
The Bishop Diocese of Kwara Anglican Communion, Right Reverend Sunday Adewole, Sunday urged Nigerians to seek God’s intervention to overcome current economic hardship in the country. Her stated this in an i...

Imam Bashir: Ilorin's Chief Imam's Four Decades of Extraordinary Imamship By Abubakar Imam - 2023-03-09
For obvious reasons, the Office of the Chief Imam of Ilorin is among the most respected traditional cum spiritual positions among the good people of the community generally known as either the southernmost Emirate or N...

Kwara State Takes Action: Confiscated Poisonous Meat Buried - 2024-04-24
According to a report from Leadership, the Kwara State government has taken decisive steps in response to the recent incident of poisonous meat discovered in the Adewole area of Ilorin, the state capital. In ad...

OPINION: The footprints of AbdulRazaq family in Ilorin Emirate. By Abubakar Imam - 2022-03-17
A family,whether nuclear or extended, consists of individuals,male and female,young and old members who are always bonded by blood or filial relationship. The family is the basic and foundation social unit, which deter...

Eid-ul-Fitr: FRSC Deploys 970 Personnel for Special Patrol Operations in Kwara - 2024-04-09
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Kwara state command has again deployed 970 personnel for the Eid-el Fitr Special Patrol Operations in Kwara state. In a statement by the Sector Commander, Stephen Dawulung, ...

Kwara APC Members Oppose Alleged Imposition of LG Party Leadership - 2024-04-10
Some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Ifelodun local government area of Kwara state have kicked against the alleged imposition of leadership within the party. Addressing journalists in Ilor...

Easter: Take 30 Minutes Rest After Every 4-hour Drive, FRSC tells Motorists - 2024-03-29
The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Kwara state Command, Commander Stephen Dawulung, has advised motorists travelling across the state for this year’s Easter celebrations to avoid night journeys ...

Muslim League Holds Mock For 206 Pupils In Kwara - 2024-03-11
A total of 206 pupils from 14 Muslim schools have written the 2024 mock common entrance assessment examination in Kwara State. The examination was conducted by the League of Muslim Schools Proprietors Worldwide...

Unilorin Convocation: Iwo-indigene's Record-Breaking First-Class Graduate Lands Full PhD Scholarship - 2023-10-24
One outstanding figure among 450 students who bagged first-class honours degrees at the 37th and 38th convocation ceremonies of the University of Ilorin on Friday, October 20, 2023 was Alamu Azeez Adebayo, an Iwo indig...

Ramadan: Kwara Governor Urges Muslims to Pursue Peace, Progress - 2024-04-08
Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has urged Muslims to pursue peace and progress in the country. Mr AbdulRazaq stated this in a message to the Nigerian Muslims in Saudi Arabia, where he had gone to ...

Kwara varsity partners CITN on community development, entrepreneurship - 2023-12-19
Shaykh-Luqman Jimoh, the acting Vice Chancellor of Kwara State University (KWASU) says the State-owned institution has signed a memorandum of understanding with Chartered Institutes of Taxation (CITN) on community deve...

Unilorin Ranked 5th in NUC Ranking, KWASU 34th - 2017-12-18
The National University Commission has released its rankings for all Universities in Nigeria, both private and government owned. According to the ranking, out of over hundred ranked university in Nigeria, Ahmad...

Kwara Emir Sues For Peace, Unity - 2024-04-11
Thousands of Muslim faithful trouped out to the various Eid centres across Kwara State to mark this year’s Eid-ul-Fitr celebration. At the Central Eid prayer ground Irewolede, the Chief Imam of Ilorin, Dr Muh...

Kwara State Police Nab 24-Year-Old Man for Fake Abduction Extortion - 2024-04-23
According to a report from Daily Trust, the Kwara State Police Command has apprehended a 24-year-old man, Wasiu Afolabi, for allegedly extorting his parents, family members, and friends by faking his own abduction and ...

Kwara Government Blames Poor Power Supply for Inadequate Water Supply in Ilorin - 2024-04-03
The Kwara State government says erratic power supply to the state by the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) is affecting the pumping of water by its waterworks. The state Commissioner for Water Res...

Livestock Project Boost: Kwara State Inspects Grazing Reserve Water Initiatives - 2024-04-22
According to reports from Royal News, the Kwara State Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project (L-PRES) has initiated an inspection tour to the Lata Grazing Reserve, situated in Patigi Local Government Are...

Land: Tension Rises as Kwara Poly, Communities Head for Showdown - 2024-03-27
The management of the Kwara State Polytechnic and its host communities are headed for a collision course as they both claim ownership of sections of land upon which the school is built. The situation that is fa...

OPINION: Alfa Belgore: A Treasured Statesman @ 84. By Abubakar Imam - 2021-01-17
Right from the establishment of Ilorin as a human settlement, the entity has always been an abode of eminent people. This classification did not begin with the incorporation of Ilorin into the Sokoto Caliphate,the...

IWD: Kwara State Professionals Champion Women's Empowerment - 2024-03-08
Female professionals from various fields in Kwara State have urged young women and girls to believe in themselves and work hard to achieve their goals. They shared this advice at an event organized by MALhub, a charity gr...

Suspected Okada thief burnt to death by angry mob in Ilorin - 2021-05-02
A suspected motorcyclist theft specialist met his waterloo on Friday in Ilorin as an angry mob around Maraba area of the state capital set him ablaze for allegedly stealing a motorcycle popularly called okada. ...

Ibadan-Ilorin Expressway...14-year journey to nowhere - 2016-02-11
In February 2001, the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo awarded construction of the new Ibadan-Ilorin dual carriageway. The Federal Government then directed the contractors, PW Engineering Company an...

Justice Belgore Has Left Indelible Mark on Nigeria’s Legal System, Says DG NILDS - 2024-04-11
The ate retired Justice of the Court of Appeal, Ahmad Olarewaju Belgore’s illustrious career and dedication to upholding justice have left an indelible mark on Nigeria’s legal system. Prof. Abubakar Sulaima...

Kwara Gov Appoints Senator Oloriegbe as Ameerul-Hajj for 2024 - 2024-04-24
According to the report from Kwara State Government Facebook page, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has appointed Senator Ibrahim Yahya Oloriegbe as the leader of the state's contingent (Ameerul-Hajj) to the 2024 Hajj i...

Court Dissolves 23-Year-Old Marriage Over Lack of Interest - 2024-04-13
An Area Court at Centre-Igboro in Ilorin, Kwara State, has dissolved the 23-year-old marriage between Latifat Ismaila and Adebayo Ismaila following the wife’s request. The judge, Abdulkadir Ahmed, granted the...

World Bank N887.8m Lifts Kwara’s Healthcare Delivery - 2024-01-17
The Kwara State Primary Health Care Development Agency has boosted the 193 Primary Health Centers within the state, with N887,800,000 drawn from the World Bank utilisation funds. Arewa PUNCH findings revealed t...

Traders Fament as Fire Ravages Offa Market - 2024-04-03
Over N300m worth of property have been lost to fire disaster at the popular Owode market in Offa, Kwara State. The fire incident which was reported to have begun at about 2:30am today, was said to have been cau...

Saraki, Ooni, Elegushi grace Offa royal wedding - 2023-12-03
On Friday, December 1, 2023, the wedding Nikah between Mohammed, a son of the Olofa of Offa, Oba Mufutau Gbadamosi; and his bride, Aishat Shaiub, took place at the Imperial Event Centre in Offa, Kwara State. Th...

Kwara Gov To Support Ilorin Central Mosque Maintenance - 2023-10-23
Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has pledged his support for the maintenance of the multi- billion naira modern Ilorin Central Juma’at Mosque. AbdulRazaq made the pledge at the annual Maulid Nabiy...

2 Feared Dead As Cultists Strike In Kwara - 2024-04-16
Suspected cultists have reportedly killed one Adelodun Faruq of Eleran Compound, Ile Film, in Ilọrin West LGA of Kwara state for challenging them while they were searching for a member of a rival group. A sou...

Suspect Flees As 1 Dies In Kwara Fisticuffs - 2024-03-26
Policemen have launched a manhunt for one Omotosho Jimoh of Elekoyangan area, Oke-Suna, Ilorin, Kwara State, over the death of his neighbour, Usman Abubakar. The fleeing suspect reportedly engaged in “hand-to...

AbdulRazaq mourns Justice Belgore, says Kwara has lost great man - 2024-04-10
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has mourned the death of a former Justice of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ahmad Belgore. This is contained in a condolences message issued by Chief Press Secretary t...

Kwara Gov Appoints 5 Permanent Secretaries, Redeploys Others - 2023-09-02
The Kwara State Governor, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has approved the appointment of five new Permanent Secretaries in the State Service. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary in the office of the State Head o...

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