2024-04-06

2nd Matriculation: Embrace Academic Excellence, Moral Values – University of Offa VC Urges New Students
The University of Offa, Offa, Kwara State, on Thursday held its Second Matriculation Ceremony in a grand style. The Informant247 gathered that the ceremony, which was held on the university premises, welcomed a...

FG Urged to Prioritise Stable Power Supply for MSMEs Growth
Irregular and poor electricity power supply has been identified as a major challenge bedevilling micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the country. Speaking with journalists on the sideline of Jimpo-Or...

Ex-Kwara Speaker Felicitates New Chief Imam Of Patigi
Former Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly and Professor of Constitutional Law, Rt. Hon. Ali Ahmad has felicitated the Muslim community in Patigi Emirate over the appointment of the new Chief Imam of Patigi, A...

Climate Change: Kwara Govt Warns Against Charcoal Production, Threatens Sanctions
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, ...

Kwara Deputy Gov's Mother Dies At 98, Gov AbulRazak, Ilorin Emir Mourn
The mother of the deputy governor of Kwara State, Mama Ena Maud Alabi, is dead. A Jamaican by birth and Nigerian by naturalisation and marriage, the matriarch of the Alabi family passed on in the early hours of...

2024-04-05

UNILORIN MPH-Students Provides Drugs, Electricity to Healthcare Centres in Kwara
Students of Master of Public Health (MPH) of the University of Ilorin have provided drugs, health intervention and electricity to Primary Healthcare Center (PHC) across various Kwara communities. The students d...

Nigeria Needs Godly Leaders to Surmount Current Challenges — Islamic Scholar
AN eminent Islamic scholar in Kwara State, Sheikh Kolawole Jumu'a, has attributed myriad of socioeconomic and security problems plaguing the country to insufficient number of godly leaders. According to him, in...

Encroachment Of Poly Land: Kwara Restates Payment Of Compensation To Original Owners
Kwara State Government has restated that it paid compensations to original owners of the land where the state Polytechnic, Ilorin is sited, though some villagers within the premises of the over 50 years old institution...

Foundation, Canadian Charity Distribute Food Items To 200 Families
The Imam IbnulQayyim Islamic Foundation, in collaboration with Winnipeg Ta'alim Community, Canada, has distributed foodstuffs to over 200 fasting families in Ilorin and Ibadan, Kwara and Oyo states, respectively. ...

Verify Land Status with GIS, Kwara Poly Alumni, Stakeholders Urge Property Owners
The Alumni Association of the Kwara State Polytechnic Worldwide, along with other stakeholders of the state government-owned institution, have requested every property owner or private developer on the institution's la...

Oloro: Succession Not Do Or Die, Kwara Gov Tells Contenders
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State has called on contenders for the stool of the late Oloro of Oro, Oba Abdulrafiu Ajiboye Oyelaran, not to see his succession as a do or die affair in the interest of peace....

NPFL: Victory Over Kwara Utd, Big Relief – Ogunbote
Gbenga Ogunbote, the head coach of Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) of Ibadan has described his team's 2-0 defeat of Kwara United on Wednesday as a big relief for the team. Ogunbote, who spoke after the match h...

Kwara: Oyawoye's Appointment 'll Create Opportunities for Growth in Education Sector – OGSOSA
The Offa Grammar School Old Students' Association (OGSOSA), 2000 set, has hailed the recent appointment of Prince Kola Oyawoye as the Special Adviser to the Governor of Kwara State on Education, expressing confidence i...

Kwara Govt Not Behind Ex-Governor Ahmed's Trial – Commissioner
Kwara State Government has refuted claims that it was behind the current corruption trial of the immediate past former governor of the state, Alh Abdulfatahi Ahmed. The government added that the burden of gover...

Fake EFCC Official Nabbed in Kwara
The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested one Usman Akogun, an alleged fraudster who has been posing as an officer of the commission and defrauding victims under the pretext ...

2024-04-04

Kwara CJ, Ayodele Adebara loses 98yr-old father
The Chief Judge of Kwara State, Justice Abiodun Ayodele Adebara, has lost his 98 year-old father, Pa Adebara Adio Durodoye Dogo. The news of the death of Pa Adebara was contained in a condolence message issued ...

Offa Market Fire Incident: Ex-Kwara Speaker, Ali Sympathises With Victims
Former Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly and Professor of Constitutional Law, Rt. Hon. Ali Ahmad has commiserated with the victims of the fire incident that gutted the popular Owode market in Offa, Offa Loca...

Kwara NDLEA Bemoan Sale Of Drugs To Athletes
The Kwara State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has bemoaned the acts of coaches to administer drugs to their athletes to improve their performances. The state commander, Mohammed Ba...

Police Rescue Additional 6 Children From Suspected Kwara Trafficker In Lagos
…42 children brought to Lagos without parent's consent The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the rescue of additional six children from a suspected human trafficking syndicate operating in Kwara State. T...

Kwara Set to Join League of Top Squash Classics, Hosts as Ultra Modern Facility Nears Completion
Kwara appears to be set to reclaim its top spot in Squash in Nigeria after it emerged that the state governor, Mall. Abdulrahaman Abdulrazaq, is leaving no stone unturned to complete what might well be first ultra mode...

Victory Over Kwara United a Big Relief for us, Says 3SC Coach
Head Coach of Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC), Gbenga Ogunbote, on Wednesday in Ibadan, Oyo State, said that his team's 2-0 defeat of Kwara United was a big relief for the team. Mr Ogunbote spoke during the ga...

Youths Now Glamorise Illicit Drug Use — NDLEA
Mohammed Bashir Ibrahim, Commander, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Kwara State Com­mand, has promised to make the agency more visible in sports events as a way of drug trafficking control. Accordi...

Four Die In Kwara Multiple Auto Crash
Four persons have reportedly lost their lives in a multiple fatal auto crash involving two DAF trucks around Ayere village along Ilorin-Bode Saadu highway in the Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State on Wednesday a...

2024-04-03

Youth Minister Condoles with Kwara Over Ex-Deputy Governor 's Demise
Minister of Youth Development, Dr. Jamila Bio Ibrahim, Tuesday, expressed heartfelt condolence to family, friends, and associates of the former Kwara state deputy governor, Elder Peter Kisira. Bio pointed out ...

Gender Equality Takes Centre Stage at UN Event Led by Kwara Govt
The First Lady of Kwara State, Her Excellency Ambassador Prof Olufolake AbdulRazaq has highlighted the government's commitment to promoting gender equality, STEM education, and inclusive governance. She made th...

Kwara Government Blames Poor Power Supply for Inadequate Water Supply in Ilorin
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...

Traders Lament as Fire Ravages Offa Market
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...

Court Sends Internet Fraudster to Jail in Ilorin
Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin, on Monday, convicted and sentenced Usman Harun to six months imprisonment for internet fraud. According to a statement by the Economic ...

Goods Worth Millions Destroyed As Fire Razes Kwara Market
A section of the popular Owode Market in the Offa area of Kwara State has been razed by fire. Goods, especially foodstuff, charcoal and second-hand clothes worth millions of naira were lost to the inferno. ...

Kwara Gov Commiserates with Offa Traders on Owode Market Fire
Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara has commiserated with the people of Offa, especially the business community, on the unfortunate fire incident at the popular Owode market. This is contained in a statement s...