2024-02-14

Kwara: NDLEA Raises Alarm Over Increasing Rate of Drug Abuse
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kwara State Command, has raised the alarm over increasing rate of drug abuse among youth in the state. Speaking among other narcotic experts in Ilorin at the first ...

Kwara's People-Oriented Projects Meant to Discourage Drug Abuse — AbdulRazaq
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on Tuesday, said his administration was deploying different strategies and investing in people-oriented programmes that encourage young people to follow noble paths and avo...

Former Guber Aspirant Will not Dump APC in Kwara, Says Aide
A former governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) during the 2019 general election, Hon. Mashood Mustapha, popularly called MM, would not dump the party for another party as being i...

Fire Service Blames Power Surge for Devastating Kwara High Court Fire
The Kwara Fire Service has attributed the inferno that consumed the main building of the Kwara State High Court complex in Ilorin on Tuesday morning to power surge. It also said the 40 offices, three open court...

Community Leader's House Razed In Kwara
The house of the Alangua of Wara, Alhaji Saka Imam, in Il?rin West LGA of Kwara State has been razed down by a fire, leaving about 20 people homeless. The Monday night fire was attributed to a power surge. ...

Fire Destroys Kwara High Court Complex
A fire outbreak has razed the Kwara State High Court Complex located in the Government Reservation Area, Ilorin, the state capital. The fire, which started on Tuesday morning, damaged 40 offices, three open co...

2024-02-13

Unilorin to Introduce 'Lecturer of the Year' Award
The authorities of the University of Ilorin have announced a decision to institutionalise the ''Lecturer of the Year'' award in each of the 16 faculties of the university. The Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic),...

Gov AbdulRazaq Mourns Ex-NEPA ED, Abdulkarim
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has mourned former Executive Director at the defunct National Electric Power Authority (NEPA), Engineer Muzzamil Abdulkarim, saying, he “received with sadness but total subm...

Ex-Reps Member Denies Defecting From APC
Former House of Representatives member Mashood Mustapha has dismissed insinuating about planning to defect from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as a result of his spat with the state government over Kwara Ho...

1 Killed In Kwara Road Accident
A yet-to-be-identified man has reportedly lost his life in a motor accident along Pipeline, Offa Garage area, Il?rin. According to a witness, Wasiu Olalekan, who spoke to our correspondent during a visit to the...

500 Benefit From Kwara Lawmaker's Free Eye Treatment
A total of 500 persons have benefitted from the free eye screening and surgery of a medical outreach sponsored by the member representing Ilorin East Constituency at the Kwara State House of Assembly, Hajia Fatimoh Ari...

2024-02-12

Beneficiaries Want Kwara NG-CARES Scheme Sustained
Over 6,370 beneficiaries of the Nigeria COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES) programme in Kwara State have said the two-year intervention scheme has impacted positively on them. Some of the...

Kwara Varsity Loses Another Staff
Another staff of Kwara State University, Malete, Hameed Adekunle Hanafi is dead. The late Hanafi, a lecturer and Associate Professor in the institution, died in Ilorin, the state capital on Monday after a brief...

2024-02-11

Kwara Varsity Student Commits Suicide
A 400-level student of Kwara State University, Malete, in the Moro Local Government Area of the state, identified as Rashidat Shittu, has reportedly committed suicide over her academic performance. According to...