2024-02-04

Senator Bukar Abba's Death a Big Loss: NGF Chairman
Kwara State Governor and Chairman of the Nigeria Governors' Forum Gov AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has commiserated with the government and people of Yobe State on the death of former Governor (Senator) Bukar Abba Ibrahim. ...

2024-02-02

'Kwara 'll Make more Commitment to Education, Infrastructure this Year'
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has said the state government will commit billions of naira to improve educational curriculum, infrastructure and hygiene in all the schools in the state this yea...

Cement Scarcity Hits Kwara As Bag Sells For N6,200
A bag of cement has hit N6,200 in Kwara State, Daily Trust can report. The development is a sharp increase from last week when it sold for between N5,000 and N5,200. Many distributors and retailers who ...

Kwara: Professor Seeks Education For People With Special Needs
A Professor of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Olubukola Dada has called on stakeholders in the education sector to address the growing number of out of school individuals who have intellectual disability to...

Kwara: Pro-Chancellor Calls For Increment Of Lecturers' Salary
In the face of trend of overseas migration of lecturers and Academic researchers in Nigeria, the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman, Governing Council of Al-Hikmah University, a leading faith-based University in Nigeria, Seki...

Kwara State Government Inaugurates New Task Force For Clean Environment
The Kwara Government on Thursday in Ilorin inaugurated a new environmental task force to ensure a clean and healthy environment that would be habitable for all people of the state. The State Commissioner for En...

Kwara Police Confirm Arrest of Three Robbery Suspects in Ilorin
The Kwara State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of three suspected robbers allegedly terrorising residents of Tanke area in Il?rin South LGA of the state. Spokesperson of the state police command, DSP E...

Kwara Opens Tunde Idiagbon Flyover's Second Service Lane
Kwara State government has opened the second service lane of the Tunde Idiagbon Flyover along Tanke road, Ilorin, the state capital to ease the traffic along the axis. The government had earlier opened one of t...

Police Confirm Killing of Traditional Ruler, Abduction of Wife in Kwara
The Police Command in Kwara State on Thursday in Ilorin confirmed the killing of a traditional ruler in the state, Peter Aremu, the Onikoro of Koro-Ekiti in the Ekiti Local Government Area in the state. Ejire A...

Gunmen Kill Kwara Monarch, Abduct Wife, 2 Others
Gunmen yesterday invaded the palace of Olukoro of Koro in Ekiti local government area of Kwara State and killed the traditional ruler of the community, General Segun Aremu (rtd). LEADERSHIP gathered that the gu...

2024-02-01

Kwara Ex-Gov Breaks Silence On Frosty Relationship With Saraki, PDP
A former governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed, has debunked reports that he is at loggerheads with his predecessor, Bukola Saraki. Ahmed also said, contrary to reports on social media, he remains a member ...

Addressing Plastic Pollution Challenge In Kwara
According to the United Nation Environment Programme (UNEP), one million plastic bottles are purchased every minute, while up to five trillion plastic bags are used worldwide every year. In total, half of plast...

Why Stakeholders Endorsed Upgrade Of Kwara Hotels With N17bn
It's no news that there are divergent views about the Kwara State government's plan to upgrade Kwara Hotels to a befitting standards. However, stakeholders in the affairs of the State, including students, pro-d...

LG Administration, Catalyst to Grassroots Development — Kwara PDP Chieftain
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and candidate for the Moro state constituency, Kwara state during the 2023 general elections, Hon. Prince Ademola Adegbite, has emphasized that democratically constitut...

Police Arrest 3 Suspected Robbers In Kwara
The Kwara State Police Command has arrested three suspected robbers for terrorising residents of the Tanke area of Il?rin South LGA. It was learnt that the arrest of one of the suspects, Olamide AbdulRaheem, le...

Kwara Fulfils N6m Promise To Pupils For Winning Presidential Debate
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State, on Wednesday, presented N6m cheques to the six public school students who recently won a presidential debate competition in Abuja. The gesture, the governor noted...

Kwara Reads Riot Act to Substandard Private School Operators
Kwara State Government has issued a three-month ultimatum to all substandard and unregistered private schools in the state. The State Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, Hajia Sa'adatu Mod...

2024-01-31

Kwara Market Women Threaten to Protest Naked Over Colleague Mysterious Death
Following the mysterious death of a trader, Alhaja Medinat two days after she allegedly had altercations with a co- trader known as Alhaja Mariam Babatunde Arolahun ,tension is now brewing at the Baboko market popularl...

Police, Fulani Group Differ On Death Toll In Kwara Clash
Members of Gaan Allah Fulani Development Association, Kwara State chapter (GAFDAN) yesterday claimed that 10 of their colleagues were killed by the locals in Ifelodun local government area of the state last weekend. ...

Investments In Hospitality, Tech Very Strategic, NIPR Tells Kwara Gov
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has received applause from the National Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) for his administration's investments in critical infrastructure and projects that can drive rapi...

Kwara Govt Resolves Conflict Between Yoruba, Baruba In Baruten
The Kwara State government has resolved the dispute between the Yoruba and Baruba communities in the Chikanda, Baruten local government area of the state. The state government's delegation led by the speaker of the Hou...

Kwara PDP Speaks On Alleged Eviction From Secretariat Over Rent
The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State, Babatunde Muhammed, has said it was not true that the party was evicted from the property housing its secretariat in Ilorin, the state capital, over no...

Lack of Patriotism, Cause of Nigeria's Challenges — AbdulRazaq
The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has urged Nigerians to always consider the nation first in whatever they do to strengthen unity and promote peace. He called on all citizens to have an attitudi...

Infrastructural Development and Social Welfare has Taken Top Chart as Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq CON Signs 2024 Budget.
CAPEX takes 61% of budget while recurrent takes 39% of the budget which has been christened budget of 'economic expansion and collective prosperity'. Construction of roads, housing, health, education, negotiat...

Investments in Hospitality Facilities, Tech Very Strategic, NIPR Tells Kwara Gov
• We want to become a hub for conferencing: Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Monday received applause from the National Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) for his...