2026-10-06

Governor AbdulRazaq Announces Cash Awards and Gifts to Teachers on World Teachers' Day
The Kwara State Government has announced a series of gifts and awards to teachers in the state to mark World Teachers' Day 2026. According to details shared on the state government's Facebook page, 29 best prin...

Kwara Police Recover Two AK-47 Rifles and Ammunition as Gun-Running Network Discovered Along Alapa-Okolowo Axis
The Kwara State Police Command has recovered two AK-47 rifles, three magazines and 42 rounds of live ammunition from a commercial vehicle along the Alapa–Okolowo axis of Ilorin, leading to the discovery of a suspected ...

One Dead, Several Injured as Commercial Bus Somersaults and Catches Fire in Ilorin
One person was confirmed dead while several others sustained injuries after a commercial bus conveying 21 passengers somersaulted and caught fire along the Oko-Olowo Expressway in Ilorin, Kwara State. The accid...

Kwara United Come from Behind to Defeat Ranchers Bees 2-1 in Ilorin
Kwara United came from behind to secure a 2-1 victory over Ranchers Bees of Kaduna in their Euromatch Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) Matchday 7 encounter played on Sunday at the Rashidi Yekini Main Bowl of the ...

2026-09-30

Iloffa Community Cries Out Over Deplorable Omu-Aran-Iloffa-Eruku Federal Road
The people of Iloffa community in the Oke-Ero Local Government Area of Kwara State have cried out over the deplorable condition of the Omu-Aran-Iloffa-Eruku-Egbe-Kabba federal road. The community's stakeholders...

City Boy Movement Clarifies Postponement of Kwara Inauguration
The City Boy Movement has said the postponement of its planned Kwara State inauguration was caused by adjustments to its schedule and planning arrangements, dismissing reports that the event was cancelled or boycotted ...

Kwara Begins Promotion Test for Over 2,500 Civil Servants
The Kwara State Government yesterday began this year's promotion test for over 2,500 workers. The examination is billed for Tuesday and Wednesday this week and is being conducted through participants' Android phones. ...

Kwara Fire Service Contains Blaze at Oluwalogbon Street, Jooro Asa-dam
A fire, ignited by a spark from solar wiring yesterday, destroyed a residential building and property in Ilorin, Kwara State. LEADERSHIP gathered that the fire incident, which gutted a three-bedroom flat, occur...

GDSS Adewole Wins 11th NILDS National Quiz Competition on Legislature
Shortly before Tuesday's plenary session, the Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Engr. Yakubu Danladi-Salihu, received the winners of the 11th edition of the National Quiz Competition on the Legisla...

Kwara Strengthens Broadcast Monitoring to Curb Electoral Misinformation
The Kwara State Ministry of Communications has stepped up measures to safeguard the integrity of local airwaves and prevent the spread of electoral misinformation across the state as the election season approaches. ...

2026-09-29

KWHA Moves to Ban Chemical Food Preservation Across the State
The Kwara State House of Assembly has called for immediate statewide enforcement and public sensitisation to curb the dangerous and growing practice of chemical food preservation by vendors across the state. Th...

Kwara Charges Traffic Officers to Uphold Integrity and Professionalism
The Kwara State Government has charged traffic regulatory officers in the state to uphold integrity, diligence and professionalism in the discharge of their duties, warning against any form of illegal conduct along the...

Governor AbdulRazaq Joins Dignitaries to Receive President Tinubu in Lagos
The Kwara State Governor and Chairman of the Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF), AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, was among the dignitaries who received President Bola Tinubu in Lagos State on Tuesday upon his return from Europe, w...

2026-09-25

Skill Africa Launches 8-Week Digital Skill Bootcamp at Al-Hikmah University
Skill Africa has launched an 8-week Digital Skill Bootcamp at Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, as the Senior Special Assistant to the Kwara State Governor on Digital Innovations, Hon. Kayode Ishola, charged youths to seiz...

Nigerian Army Provides Free Medical Services to Over 500 Residents in Oke Ode
The Nigerian Army has provided free medical services to more than 500 residents of Oke Ode community in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State as part of efforts to strengthen civil-military relations and suppor...

Kwara Poly Rector Commends State Government for Enabling Institutional Growth
The Rector of the Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, Dr Abdul Jimoh, has commended the state government for creating an enabling environment for effective administration and development of the institution. Mr Jim...

EU, UNICEF and UNFPA Call for Stronger Domestic Investment in Kwara Health Services
The European Union, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) have called for stronger domestic investment and sustained government commitment to consolidate gains made...

Kwara Shifts Livestock from Subsistence to Commercial Value Chain
The Kwara State Commissioner for Livestock Development, Hon. Oloruntoyosi Thomas, has disclosed that the state government is deliberately shifting from treating livestock as a subsistence activity to developing it as a...

SSA on Digital Innovations Receives 16-Year-Old Ilorin Innovator Habibullah Yunus Shittu
Demonstrating the open door policy and commitment to youth-led initiatives of Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq CON, the Senior Special Assistant to the Kwara State Governor on Digital Innovations, Hon. Kayode Ishola, rece...

Tijani, Inuwa, Other Leading Experts Set for AI4D Conference in Port Harcourt
Leading policymakers, technology executives, academics and artificial intelligence professionals will converge on Port Harcourt from September 28 to 30 for the second Artificial Intelligence for Development Conference,...