2024-01-30

Webfala Digital Trains Kwara Teachers, Students in E-STEM, Robotics
Webfala Digital Skills for all Initiative (WDSFaI), a non-governmental organisation (NGO) that is driving the promotion of digital literacy and innovation in Nigeria, has organized an E-STEM (Environment, Science, Tech...

Kwara Moves To Acquire Mining Sites, Registers 5 SPVs
The Kwara State Government has registered five special purpose vehicles (SPVs) as part of moves to acquire viable mining sites and make the state a major producer of solid minerals in Nigeria. The state governo...

UNILORIN to Train Kwara Artisans for Global Competence
Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Professor Wahab Egbewole (SAN), has unveiled an initiative of the university, which is aimed at enhancing skills and productivity of artisans in Kwara state to enable them c...

Kwara Group Promotes Cultural Diversity Awareness among Teachers, Students
In commemoration of the 2024 International Day for Education, a Kwara-based non-governmental organisation, “Pristine SACC Educational and Technology Initiative,” organised a global cultural awareness training programme...

Police Confirm Kidnap Incident at Unilorin
The police in Kwara have confirmed the kidnapping of a 100-level student of the University of Ilorin (Unilorin) within the school campus. This is contained in a statement issued by the Police Public Relations O...

Kwara Hotel Upgrade is Cheap Based on Market Value, Students in Tertiary Institutions Say
Students in the nation's tertiary institutions in Kwara State have approved the upgrade of the state owned Kwara Hotel with sum of N17.8 billion by the state government. They said that the approval was based o...

PDP Lost Kwara in 2019, Rigged out in 2023 –Ahmad
You were a senior lecturer before serving in the government of former Governor Bukola Saraki as Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General of the state. Can you share your experiences during this period? To ...

NOA DG Inspires Ilorin Youth With Emphasis On Attitudinal Change And National Value Charter
The Director General, National Orientation Agency, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, brought the message of attitudinal change and the national value charter to Ilorin's youth during the 10th edition of a youth mentorship progr...

My Expulsion From Kwara PDP Didn't Follow Due Process – Ex-PDP Chieftain
The embattled former Kwara State youth leader of the Peoples Democratic Party, Prince Haliru Mahmud, speaks with DANIEL AYANTOYE about his battle with the state leadership of the party and his subsequent expulsion ...

2024-01-29

Enyimba keen to sign Ovoke from Kwara United
Enyimba are working on a deal to sign Bernard Ovoke from Nigeria Premier Football League side Kwara United, DAILY POST reports. Ovoke and his representatives have opened talks with the nine-time NPFL champions....

NGO Holds Robotics Training for Teachers, Students in Kwara
In furtherance of its bid to foster creativity and innovation in education, a Non-Governmental organization, Webfala Digital Skills for all Initiative (WDSFaI) has organized an E-STEM (Environment, Science, Technology,...

Road Medians Now Refuse Dumps In Kwara – Govt
The Kwara State Government Commissioner for Environment, Mallam Shehu Ndanusa Usman, has noted that road medians in the state have been turned to refuse dumps. Mallam Usman who disclosed this during a meeting w...

Abducted UNILORIN Student Escapes From Kidnappers
A 100-level student of the University of Ilorin female within the school premises has regained freedom. The victim of the kidnap incident, Moyosore Bright of the Zoology Department, University of Ilorin, was ab...

Customs In Kwara Generates N19.6bn
Nigeria Customs Service, Kwara Area Command generated the sum of N19.6bn into the coffers of the federal government in 2023. The controller of Kwara Area Custom Command, Comptroller Kehinde Ilesanmi disclosed th...

Unilorin Student Abducted Within University Premises
A zoology student of the University of Ilorin, Moyosore Bright, was on Saturday, abducted by hoodlums within the premises of the institution. The spokesperson of the Kwara State police command, DSP Ejire Adetou...

Stop Selling Fake, Expired Drinks, Kwara Hotels Warned
The Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the Kwara State Governor on Culture and Tourism, Hon Eyiwumi Muka Ray, has warned hotel operators in the state to stop selling and distributing fake and expired drinks. Ray...

Group Introduces New Twist To Kwara Hotels Remodelling Controversy
A new dimension has been introduced to the controversy trailing the remodeling of Kwara Hotels from a four – star to five – star status as a pro- democracy group, Kwara Must Change introduced a competition amongst stud...

2024-01-27

Kwara Gov signs 2024 Appropriation, LG Amendment Bills into law
•Says LG elections to hold soon Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Friday signed the 2024 Appropriation Bill into law, calling it another bold step to expand infrastructure and grow the economic bas...

2024-01-26

APC Chieftain Wants Tinubu to Stop Revenue Allocations to Kwara LGs
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mohammed Alhassan, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to immediately order the Federal Revenue and Fiscal Mobilisation Commission to stop releasing the monthly sta...

Kwara LGA Polls: Electoral Activities To Begin In February
Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission, KWSIEC, says it will flag-off the activities leading to the conduct of local government elections next month, February 2024. In a statement signed by the Chairman o...

Qur'an Recitation, Memorisation Good for Mental Development — Kwara Gov
RECITATION and memorisation of the Holy Qur'an helps the mental development of young people, Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State has said. The governor spoke on Sunday in Ilorin at the closing ceremo...

Kwara Amends LG Law, To Conduct Council Poll After 6 Years
The Kwara State House of Assembly has amended the state's local government electoral law. The amendment followed the consideration of a report presented by the chairman, House Committee on Ethics, Privileges an...

Petrol Tanker Bursts Into Flame at Ilorin Filling Station
A 45,000-litre petrol tanker burst into flames on Thursday while transferring petrol into the reservoir of Fortunate Petrol Filling Station in Ilorin, Kwara State capital. DAILY POST correspondent who witnessed the in...

Stop Overheating Polity Over Kwara Hotel's Remodelling, Group Cautions Politicians
A pressure group, Alliance For Sustainable Kwara (ASK) has cautioned politicians in the state against overheating the polity for selfish reasons. The group in a statement signed by its spokesman, Hon. Kale Oloj...

Kwara Monarch Lauds Government's Investment In Agriculture
A First Class Monarch in Kwara State, North Central, Nigeria, Dr Haliru Ndanusa Yahaya, has commended the state government for its huge investment in the agricultural sector. Dr. Yahaya, who is the Emir of Sh...

Subsidy: Kwara Spends N1.3bn Monthly On Workers' Palliatives
Kwara State government said it is spending additional N1.392 billion monthly on the payment of palliatives to civil servants in the state since the removal of fuel subsidy by the federal government. The governme...

NGO Decries Continue Retention of TIC Officials in Kwara LG Councils
A non-governmental organisation, Kwara Progressive Development Movement (KPDM), yesterday decried the continued stay in office of the Transition Implementation Committee (TIC) chairmen in the administration of the 16 l...

Security Agencies will Hurnt Down Abductors of Kwara Sisters, Others – AbdulRazaq
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State and Chairman of the Nigeria Governor's Forum (NGF) Wednesday vowed that security agencies will hurnt down the abductors of six Alkadiriya sisters who recently regained the...