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2023-12-12
NDDC Boss Urges Ijaw Youths To Support Tinubu
Managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr Samuel Ogbuku, has called on the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), to support President Bola Tinubu to enthrone peace in the Niger Delta region. In...
KWASU graduates 16,315 students, 183 bag first class
Kwara State University, Malete, has produced 16,315 graduates for the 10th and 11th combined convocation ceremony for the 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 academic sessions. There are 183 first-class graduates for the c...
Kwara PDP expels youth leader for anti-party activities
The Peoples Democratic Party has suspended one of its leaders, Haliru Dantsoho, from Ward 1, Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State. Before his expulsion on Monday, Dantsoho was suspended as the State Yout...
AbdulRazaq Declares Open 10th Kwara Trade Fair
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on Tuesday, declared the 10th Kwara Trade Fair in Ilorin, the state capital, open. At the event, the governor pledged to continue to upgrade existing infrastructure...

2023-12-11
Cash crisis hits Lagos, Oyo, Osun, Ekiti, Ondo, Rivers, Kwara, Sokoto, Kaduna as anger spreads among banks' customers
NIGERIANS have expressed anger over the return of cash crisis in some states of the federation as bank customers scavenged for the few notes available at the authomated teller machine (ATMs) and point of sales (POS) bu...
Kwara targets 2% of global garment market, begins Ops Q1 2024
•Factory will be largest in West Africa at full capacity: MD •Says Aso Oke will be a top brand Kwara State is now positioned to capture at least 2% of the global garment market when it begins full ope...
Nigeria's Reliance on Oil, Neglect of Agricultural Sector Remain Bane of Food Insecurity, Says Shettima
Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has said that Nigeria's reliance on oil since the early 70s and the neglect of the agricultural sector are responsible for what has today become a national security challenge i...
National Integration: Shettima Urges Nigerians To Embrace Ilorin Model
Vice President Kashim Shettima has urged Nigerians to learn from the people of Ilorin, Kwara State in the nation's search for national integration and genuine spirit of brotherly relationship. Shettima stated t...

2023-12-08
AbdulRazaq Restates Support for MSME, Opens Trade Fair in Kwara
Kwara State Governor and Chairman Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, Alhaji AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, Thursday, said his administration will continue to provide a conducive environment for businesses to blossom. Abdul...
Kwara State Governor Laments The Increase In Moral Decadence
The Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman Abdulrazaq has lamented the rise in social vices and insecurity, attributing it to moral decadence among the youths. The governor stated this at the 10th anniversary of Roya...
Kwara hotel owner asks govt to promote work-life balance
Hotel owner in Kwara state has urged the state government to start and lead a campaign to educate the populace about the need to get right balance between work and leisure. Speaking with Nigerian Tribune in Ilo...
Summit varsity Offa established to address incessant strikes in public universities — VC
Vice Chancellor, Summit University, Offa, Kwara State, Professor Abiodun Musa Aibinu, has said that one of the factors for establishing the university is to stem and arrest the tide of incessant industrial actions by t...
Unending controversy over Kwara underpass
The Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Underpass in Ilorin, the capital of Kwara State has become a subject of discussion and controversy due its state of disrepair not long after it was commissioned in 2019. BIOLA AZEEZ delves ...
Pre-election Litigations Gulp N500m In Kwara
A pro-democracy group, Kwara Must Change, has expressed concern over the huge cost of pre-election litigations and their implications on the electoral process and democratic growth in the country. The group sai...
Kwara Gov congratulates Bar. Yahaya on NCP's appointment
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated Barrister Olayiwola Yahaya on his appointment by President Bola Tinubu to serve as a member of the National Council on Privatization (NCP) as a private sect...

2023-12-07
Kwara Storms National Para Games With 132 contingents
Kwara State Sports Commission Para athletes are set to depart Ilorin on Thursday for the Second National Para Games billed to commence in Abuja between 8-14th December. While addressing the contingents today at...
Dr Alanamu: A Tribute By Abubakar Imam
I woke up yesterday to learn of the demise of a prominent medical doctor and retired top technocrat, Dr AbdulRasheed Adebisi Alanamu, a member of the illustrious Balogun Alanamu family of Ilorin. The news of his death ...
Legendary Musician, Onyeka Onwenu Lauds Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq's Ingenuity on Nigeria Women
•Gov pledges NGF continued support International music icon, Onyeka Onwenu has commended the Governor of Kwara State, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on his ingenious ways of making women force to reckon with in ...
Gov AbdulRazaq greets ex-Minister Lai Mohammed on birthday anniversary
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated the former Minister of Information and Culture Alhaji Lai Mohammed on his birthday anniversary today. The Governor joins family, friends and associa...
VC urges Fed Govt to amend TETFUND law to include private varsities
Vice Chancellor of an Islamic faith-based Al-Hikmah University, Prof Noah Yusuf has appealed to the Federal Government to amend the law establishing Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETfund) to enable the fund extend its...
IVF: Nigerian youths sell gametes for survival
To survive the harsh economy, Nigerian youths have resorted to selling their male and female gametes (sperms and eggs) under an advanced medical procedure known as In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF). The Guardian inv...
COAS: Teaching Sign Languages to Officers, Soldiers Improved War against Insecurity
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, yesterday disclosed that the recent introduction of the teaching of sign languages to the officers and soldiers of the Nigerian Army would significantly improve...
NDLEA Raises Alarm Over Online Drug Sale
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has raised an alarm over online drug sale, describing it as a new dimension in drug abuse problem within the country. Delivering a keynote address, titled – Uprise i...
Kwara State Government Approves Work Plan To Upgrade PHCs
Governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has approved the work plan for upgrade of additional Primary Health Centres (PHCs), in the state through $500,000 awarded to it for emerging the best in primary health c...
Kwara United's draw against Doma United a huge setback – Dogo
Kwara United head coach, Kabiru Dogo has labelled his team's matchday 12 draw against Doma United as a huge setback. Doma United held Kwara United to a goalless draw at the Kwara Sports Complex, Ilorin, on Wedn...
PDP Overrules Kwara Chapter On Youth Leader, Urges Withdrawal Of Cases
The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has set aside and overruled the earlier suspension of the Kwara state PDP youth leader Prince Haliru Dantsoho Mahmud. The decision was taken during ...
7 Nabbed Over Energy Theft, Metre Tampering In Kwara
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Kwara has arrested seven suspects over alleged theft of energy, electricity, and metre tampering. The suspects, it was gathered, were picked up during a r...
Gov AbdulRazaq Approves 100% Consolidated Salary Structure For Kwara Nurses
Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has approved the implementation of a 100 per cent Consolidated Health Salary Structure (CONHESS) for nurses in the employment of the state government. The governor ...
15 Prison Inmates Granted Amnesty In Kwara
Fifteen inmates serving various jail terms at four Custodial Centres in Kwara State have been set free. While the federal government paid the fines of 13 inmates to secure their release, the chief judge of Kwar...

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