2024-03-27

Kwara Fire Service Sensitises Traders to Fire Fighting Techniques
THE Kwara Fire Service has sanitised the traders of Oja-Oba Market Ilorin, to the basics of fire techniques. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the service officials, led by Mr Hassan Hakeem, delive...

Cybercrime: Court Sends 'Photo Editor' To Prison Over N15,000 In Kwara
Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin has sentenced a 26-year-old man, Usman Harun, to six months imprisonment over internet fraud and possession of proceeds of unlawful activity. ...

Land: Tension Rises as Kwara Poly, Communities Head for Showdown
The management of the Kwara State Polytechnic and its host communities are headed for a collision course as they both claim ownership of sections of land upon which the school is built. The situation that is fa...

Kwara Residents Get Life Jackets, 9 Months After 107 Died In Boat
The Kwara State Government on Tuesday presented boats and life jackets to the residents of Patigi and Lafiagi in Patigi and Edu local government areas of the state. The gesture came nine months after 107 person...

Alleged N10bn Fraud: Ex-Kwara Commissioner Faults EFCC
Former Kwara State Commissioner for Finance Ademola Banu has denied being guilty in the fraud allegation made against him and ex-Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). ...

EFCC Confiscates Three Trucks of Solid Minerals in Kwara
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) in Ilorin, Kwara State, have arrested three trucks laden with assorted solid minerals mined without license. The operatives also arrested five persons for al...

Kwara Rallies Experts to Tackle Food Shortage
The Kwara State Government has assembled experts from the various fields of agricultural production to immediately reverse the shortage of food in the state. The experts drawn from across the ministries and agr...

2024-03-26

OPINION: Why Kwara's Running a Gender-Balanced Govt by Muritala
Sambo Muritala is the Special Adviser on Legal Matters to Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State. In this interview with SUCCESS NWOGU, he defends some recent policies of the governor, which have generated crit...

Kwara Govt Lauded On Food Palliative Distribution To Students
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has been lauded for extending government palliative succour to students of tertiary institutions in the state. The state Commissioner for Tertiary Education, Dr Mary...

Paul Erinne Foundation Celebrates Late General Tunde Idiagbon, Former Chief of Staff in Ilorin
Twenty-five years after, the Paul Erinne Foundation has donated 1,000 bags of rice and scholarships to five indigenes of Ilorin Emirate, Kwara State capital to commemorate the death of General Tunde Idiagbon, former Ch...

Kwara Customs Boss Seeks Emir Of Ilorin, Sister Agencies' Support
The newly deployed Comptroller, Kwara Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, Mathew Ojeifo, has solicited the support of the Emir of Ilorin and sister security agencies for effective operation. He made th...

Kwara Government to Partner with Real Estate Developers
The Kwara state government is poised to partner with the Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria (REDAN), Kwara Chapter, with the aim of preventing members from contravening the set standard of building construct...

One Dies as Rival Cult Groups Clash in Kwara
A clash between suspected cult groups has claimed the life of one person, while many others were injured and valuables, including three cars, were destroyed by the rampaging groups in Pakata area, Ilorin West Local Gov...

Kwara Recorded 1,869 Cases Of Tuberculosis In 2023 – Commissioner
The Kwara State Commissioner for Health Amina El-Imam says the state recorded 1,869 cases of tuberculosis in 2023. El-Imam, who spoke on Monday in Ilorin while delivering a speech at the commemoration of the 2...

Suspect Flees As 1 Dies In Kwara Fisticuffs
Policemen have launched a manhunt for one Omotosho Jimoh of Elekoyangan area, Oke-Suna, Ilorin, Kwara State, over the death of his neighbour, Usman Abubakar. The fleeing suspect reportedly engaged in “hand-to-h...

2024-03-25

UNILORIN VC Promises To Deliver On Institution's Smart Agenda
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Wahab Egbewole, has reiterated his administration's commitment to creating an enabling environment to ensure that the University achieves its Smart Agenda. ...

Customs Seeks Collective War Against Trans-Border Crimes
The controller of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Kwara Area Command, Faith Ojeifo, has called for a stronger inter agency collaboration among security agencies in the state. Ojeifo made the call during his visi...

AbdulRazaq, Emir of Ilorin Mourn late Kwara Monarch
Kwara State first-class monarch, Oloro of Oro Kingdom, Irepodun Local Government Area of the state Oba AbdulRafou Olaniyi Ajiboye, Oyelaran 1 is dead. The monarch joined his ancestors in the early hours of yest...

Palm Sunday: Kwara Governor Tasks Nigerians On Peaceful Co-existence
Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, yesterday stressed the need for peaceful co-existence among the people to ensure progress and development of the state and Nigeria as a whole. AbdulRazaq said this ...

Kwara Christians observe Palm Sunday in Ilorin
Christians all over the World trooped out in large number to observe Palm Sunday to mark the triumphal entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem over two thousand years ago. In Ilorin, the Kwara State Capital, Chris...

Poor Officiating Responsible for Enyimba's Defeat to Kwara United – Yemi
Enyimba assistant coach, Yemi Olanrewaju has expressed disappointment with the officiating in the club's 2-1 defeat against Kwara United. Yemi frowned at the undue advantage given to the Harmony Boys by the mat...

Issues As Igbo Traders Downtool In Kwara
The Igbo traders in Ilorin, Kwara State on Friday, March 1, 2024 paralysed economic activities in some parts of Ilorin, Kwara State by shutting their business outlets. The Igbo traders and businessmen under th...

2024-03-22

Kwara Governor Impressed With Work At Industrial Park
Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, yesterday paid a working visit to the construction site of the state industrial park at Eiyenkorin in Asa local government area, calling it a catalyst for development in th...

Ramadan: 1,000 Kwarans Benefit From Ex-Speaker's Cash Palliative
No fewer than 1,000 Muslim faithful across the 16 local government areas of Kwara state have benefited from the millions of Naira Ramadan cash palliative initiated by Professor Ali Ahmad, former Speaker, Kwara State Ho...

No Group Authorised to Collect Personal Income Tax – KWIRS
The Kwara State Internal Revenue Service said it has not authorised payment of Personal Income Tax and the like through any association or umbrella group representing artisans or business owners. This is contai...

High Court Grants Suspected Killer Of Kwara Monarch Bail
The Kwara State High Court has released one of the suspected killers of Onikoro of Koro, Oba Peter Aremu, on bail over health reasons. The suspect, Olowofela Oyebanji, was the second defendant among others who were arr...

Man Remanded For Allegedly Stealing Foodstuff In Kwara
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has apprehended four suspected kidnappers believed to be terrorising residents of Owo in Ondo State. The suspects were nabbed at Abusoro camp in Ipele fores...

Kwara's Adaramaja Emerges Dean Of SUBEB Chairmen Forum
The executive chairman of Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Prof. Shehu Adaramaja, has emerged the Dean of the Forum of Chairmen of State Universal Basic Education Boards in Nigeria. The exec...

Ramadan: Ilorin Muslim Kids and Challenges of Modernity
A lot is happening in the society. UMAR BAYO ABDULWAHAB in this piece reports how mordernity is fast eroding unique practices of muslim kids during the month of Ramadan in Ilorin, the capital of Kwara state. C...

Police Arrest Soldier for Stabbing Kwara DPO
A soldier identified as Suleiman Sidiq has been arrested for stabbing a policeman in Kwara State. This was disclosed by the spokesperson for the Kwara State Police Command, Ejire-Adeyemi Toun, in a statement on...