2024-01-25

Kwara Senator Flags Off WAEC, NECO, JAMB Registration For Constituents
The Senator representing Kwara Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Mallam Saliu Mustapha, has commenced the 2024 edition of annual West Africa Examination Council (WAEC), National Examination Council ...

Kwara State PHCs Receive N4.6 Million each From World Bank IMPACTS Project
The Kwara State Primary Health Care Development Agency (KWSPHCDA) in North Central Nigeria has announced the allocation and utilization of N4.6 million each to its primary health care centres from the World Bank Immuni...

Dogo Targets More New Signings for Kwara United
Kwara United head coach Kabiru Dogo has revealed that the team is working to bring in more new signings before the end of the transfer window. Dogo disclosed this during a chat with newsmen in Ilorin. H...

Ilorin Dons Qualified to be KWASU VC
A group of professors, under the auspices of Ilorin Emirate Professors at the Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, has said its members are qualified to contest the post of vice chancellor in KWASU, any university ...

Kwara Assembly Passes N292.7bn 2024 Budget, Reduces Estimate
The Kwara State House of Assembly on Wednesday, January 24, passed the state's 2024 appropriation bill of N292.7 billion. The approved budget is lower than the initial N296.4 billion estimate presented to the A...

2024-01-24

Ilorin Elites Union Tasks Tinubu, Governors On Security
The national president of Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU), Alh AbdulMumini AbdulMalik, has implored President Bola Tinubu and all state governors to give greater priority to the security of lives a...

Kwara Politician, Ajia Tasks Nigerians On Building Strong Economy
A politician and philanthropist in Kwara State, Alh Ibrahim Ajia has urged Nigerians to work in unison to build a strong and resilient economy that will be beneficial to the present and future generations. Aji...

Group Elevates Public Engagement on Kwara Hotel Upgrading
A leading pro-democracy group in Kwara State, Kwara Must Change, has concluded arrangement to organise a debate for students in the three senatorial districts of the state to garner inputs on how to solve a governance...

Kwara Communities Want Flyover at Oko-Olowo Junction to Reduce Accidents
Residents of Oko-Olowo and Ayelabowo communities of Ilorin South Local Government Area of Kwara State, under the aegis of Warafanahu Makana Aliyah Joint Community, have appealed to the Federal Government to construct a...

Kwara State To Partner With Civil Defence To Boost Security
The Kwara State Government, North Central Nigeria has reiterated its commitment to partner with the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps in the State to enhance the security of citizens. The Commissioner f...

Police Rescue Abducted Chief, Teenagers In Kwara
A chief and three teenagers abducted by gunmen in Afin community, Ile-Ire District in Ifelodun LGA of Kwara State, have been rescued by the police. Their release followed a manhunt launched by the team of secur...

Proposed Kwara University of Education Should be Sited in Oro, Says Deputy Senate Leader
Deputy Senate Leader and Senator representing Kwara South Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Lola Ashiru, has advocated for the location of the proposed Kwara State University of Education in Oro in Irepodun...

Kwara Assembly Backs Gov Abdulrazaq on Renovation of State Hotel with N17bn
The Kwara State House of Assembly has thrown its weight behind the decision of Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq to rehabilitate the state-owned Kwara Hotels with over N17 billion. This was the resolution taken b...

Lawmaker Distributes Empowerment Items In Kwara
A member of the House of Representatives representing Edu/Moro/Patigi Federal Constituency of Kwara State, Hon. Ahmed Adamu Saba, has distributed empowerment items worth N300 million to his constituents. The it...

Kwara 101-year-old monarch begs for salary arrears
The traditional ruler of the ancient Jebba town in the Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State, Oba Abdulkadir Alabi Adebara, has pleaded with the state governor, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq to restore his status a...

2024-01-23

We're Yet To Receive Federal Govt's Food Palliatives, Say Kwara Lawmakers
Members of the National Assembly from Kwara State, on Monday, said that they were yet to receive the federal government's food palliatives. The federal lawmakers made the clarification in a statement jointly si...

Murdered Nabeeha Bagged 1st Class – Uncle
The uncle of late Nabeeha Al-Kadriyah who was killed by bandits last week, Sherifdeen, has said information reaching the family shows that she graduated with a first class from the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria,...

Unilorin Community Seeks Reintroduction of Mass Transit Buses on Varsity Route
A cross-section of University of Ilorin community members has appealed to the Kwara State government to consider reintroducing mass transit services on the university route. This appeal was made by concerned st...

FRSC Partners Tricycle Owners to Reduce Road Crashes
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it is partnering tricycle owners in Kwara towards reducing auto crash fatality and injuries. It said this in a statement on Tuesday. The FRSC said as part of 20...

Unilorin Expels Masters Student Over Misconduct
The Management of the University of Ilorin has expelled Mr Mathew Adeboye Balogun, a.k.a Plato for misconduct. Balogun, a Master's student in the Department of Councilor Education at the Faculty of Education, w...

Kwara: Traditional Ruler Urges Nigerians To Pray For Peaceful Co-Existence
The Emir of Ilorin and Chairman Kwara State Traditional Rulers Council, Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, has urged Nigerians to continue to pray for peaceful co-existence at all times. In a statement by his spokesman, Mal...

Former Kwara Governor's Aide Suggests Spiritual Solution to Nigeria's Problems
The former Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State, Kayode Zubair at the weekend suggested that spiritual solution is the only panacea to the nation's myriad of problems stress...

ARMTI Trains 300 Kwara Youths in Sustainable Enterprises
Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute (ARMTI), Ilorin, Kwara has trained a total of 300 youth in capacity building for sustainable enterprises they can pursue for economic independence. The five-...

Kwara Subsidises BECE 2024 Fees for 55,150 Candidates
The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has subsidised the cost of the 2024 Basic Education Certificate Examination for students in public schools across the state. This was contained in a statement o...

2024-01-22

Tinubu Capable of Fixing Economy, Says SSANU
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has expressed optimism that President Bola Tinubu has the wherewithal to fix the nation's economy. The union said it was elated by the President's p...

EFCC Warns Against Illegal Mining in Nigeria
Ola Olukoyede, chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has vowed to checkmate the activities of illegal miners across the country with a view to growing the economy and reducing the associated risks ...

FUEL SUBSIDY REMOVAL: Hardship Persists 5 Months After N72bn Palliatives
The 36 state governments received a total sum of N72 billion from the federal government in August 2023 to provide palliatives for the people following the hardship occasioned by the removal of fuel subsidy. Ho...

Al-Kadiriyah Family Seeks Rescue Of Other Kidnap Victims
The Al-Kadiriyah family of Okekere area of Ilorin, Kwara State, yesterday called for concerted efforts towards securing the release of victims of kidnapping across the country. The family, while celebrating the...