2024-01-21

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...

FG Pledges to Support Kwara Govt Dry Season Farming Programme
The Kwara State Government all-year-round farming programme received a boost yesterday when the Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS), Dr. Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi assured the State Government of his ...

2024-01-20

Kwara Gov greets Hon. Wahab Issa on birthday
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq (CON) congratulates former House of Representatives member Alhaji Wahab Issa on his birthday today, January 20, 2024. The Governor described the politician as a man of...

Kwara Gov greets veteran sports journalist Hameed Adio on birthday
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated veteran sports journalist, athlete, and administrator Alhaji Hameed Adio on his birthday. The Governor joins family, friends and associates to celebr...

2024-01-19

Kwara State Government Warns Against Trading On Road Sides
Kwara state government has vowed to stop encroachment on roads by traders in some major markets in the state. The State Commissioner for Environment, Mallam Shehu Ndanusa, made the statement while addressing ne...

Kwara Poly Suspends Lectures to Mourn Slain Student
The management of Kwara State Polytechnic has suspended lectures for two days to mourn one of its students, Ige Joseph of the Electrical/Electronics Engineering Department, who died in a motorcycle accident, last Tuesd...

Kwara: Panels To Colleges Of Education Submit Reports
The Committees of visitation panels to the three Colleges of Education in Ilorin, Oronand Lafiagi in Kwara State, North Central Nigeria have submitted their reports to the State Government. Receiving the reports from ...

Drug: Secondary School Leaver, 3 Others Jailed In Kwara
A Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, has convicted and sentenced a 20-year-old female secondary school leaver, Abisola Ishola, and two others for being in possession of illicit drugs. ...

Kwara Community Raises Alarm Over Activities Of Land Grabbers
Aleniboro Community in Ilorin West LGA of Kwara State, has raised an alarm over increasing insecurity and disturbance caused by a group of land grabbers claiming to represent the Balogun Alanamu of Ilorin, Dr Usman Abu...

Kwara 2027 Governorship Election Won't be About Zoning, Says Ashiru
The Senator representing Kwara South, Lola Ashiru, has ruled out zoning of the state's governorship ahead of the 2027 general elections. There has been agitation for a powershift to other zones of the state, mo...

Kwara Govt to Establish Mining Market
The Kwara State government is to establish a standard mineral market in the states as part of efforts to diversify the nation's economy and harness the potential in the solid mineral sector . This was made know...

Concerns as Kwara Govt Prepares for First LG Elections Since 2019
The Kwara State Government is preparing for the first local government elections in the state since 2019. The previous council chairmen elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, were sacked ...

Kwara NSCDC Foils Kidnap Attempt on School Children, Arrests Suspect
The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has foiled an alleged attempt to kidnap some school children returning from school in Ilorin, the state capital. A 37-year old sus...

Kwara Police Confirm Release of Four Kidnap Victims
The Kwara State police command, has confirmed the release of four persons abducted on Tuesday night at Afin village of Ilere district, Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state. The four victims comprising a ...

2024-01-18

College of Education Visitation Panels Submit Reports to Kwara Govt
The committees of visitation panels to the three Colleges of Education in Ilorin, Oro, and Lafiagi have submitted their reports to the Kwara State Government. Receiving the reports from the committees in her of...

Jebba Community Urges Kwara Govt To Pay Monarch's 21-Year Outstanding Salary
The people of Jebba community in Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State have cried foul over the non-payment of the salary and emoluments of their traditional ruler, Oba AbdulKadir Alabi Adebara, by successive gover...

Ibadan Explosion: NGF Chairman, Kwara Gov Commiserates with Oyo Govt
Kwara State Governor and Chairman, Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has commiserated with the people and government of Oyo state over the explosion that rocked parts of Ibadan, the state capi...

Kwara Poly Student Killed in Auto Crash, Two Others Injured
A student of the Kwara State Polytechnic was killed on Tuesday by a trailer driver in the Maraba-Sango area of Ilorin, the state capital. Two other victims were injured in the accident. A source claimed...

NILDS DG Sympathises with Victims of Edun Fire Incident in Ilorin
The Director General of the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), Professor Abubakar Sulaiman, has expressed grief over the fire outbreak in Edun area of Ilorin, Kwara State which rendered ...

Group Urges Gov. Abdulrazaq to Resolve Conflict in Kwara Community
The Baruten Patriotic Agenda has called for the intervention of Kwara State governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, in the brewing ethnic conflict in Chikanda community, Baruten Local Government Area. In a press sta...

'Robber', 1 Other Killed During Attack On POS Kiosk In Kwara
A suspected armed robber has been killed and a female resident hit by a stray bullet also lost her life during an attack on a POS kiosk in Oke-Ode community in Ifelodun LGA of Kwara State. It was gathered that ...

Kwara State To Harness Natural Minerals, Hosts National Council On Mining
Kwara State Government, North Central Nigeria says it recently registered five (5) Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) as part of its measures to acquire viable mining sites. This, the Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRaz...

Kwara Community Demands Monarch's 21 Years' Pay, Urges Probe
Traditional ruler of Jebba in Mooro Local Council of Kwara State, Abdulkadir Adebara, as well as his chiefs and subjects, has appealed to Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq to pay his salary arrears of over two decades. ...

Four Persons Abducted in Kwara Community
Four persons were reportedly abducted by suspected armed kidnappers in Ile-Ire district of Ifelodun Local Government Area in Kwara State. DAILY POST learnt that the victims, including a high chief, were abducte...

FG Prioritises Mining As Kwara Targets Sites, 5 SPVs
The President Bola Tinubu administration has emphasised the importance of developing the country's steel industry, saying it is the backbone of modern infrastructure which underpins industrial development and supports ...