2024-03-21

Kwara Assembly Passes Six Bills, 30 Motions in Nine Months
Kwara State House of Assembly has passed a total of six bills and 30 motions in the last nine months of the inauguration of the current 10th Assembly. Speaking in an interview, the Leader of the state House of ...

Kwara Para-Athletes Protest Over Unemployment
Kwara state Special Sports Athletes also known as para-athletes staged a peaceful protest against unpaid allowances and unemployment in the state. The protesters therefore urged Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq ...

Atiku Should Allow PDP to Breathe Fresh Air – President, Political Scientists
A professor at the University of Ilorin and President of the Nigerian Political Science Association, Hassan Saliu, in this interview with ABDULRAHMAN ZAKARIYAU, explains how the country can ensure credible polls ...

Kwara: Igbo Traders Lock Shops As Truce With Revenue Agency Collapses
The agreement reached between Igbo traders and the Kwara Internal Revenue Service (KWIRS) over tax remittances appears to have suffered a setback. On Tuesday, the traders shut their shops across the metropolis ...

Abducted Chinese National Regains Freedom in Kwara
The Kwara State Police Command has rescued PengChao Zhang, a Chinese national, from his abductors in a forest within the state, after spending 10 days in the kidnappers' den. Zhang, known as Williams Kaka among...

2024-03-20

Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazak's KwaraLearn Expands
In November 2021, Kwara State government under the able leadership of His Excellency, Mallam AbdulRahman Abdulrazaq, through Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board (KWSUBEB) set out to revamp basic education in th...

Kwara Assembly Wants IBEDC Investigated for Alleged Poor Services, Unwholesome Practices
Kwara State House of Assembly has urged Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq to direct the state Ministry of Energy to investigate complaints of poor service delivery against the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company, IBE...

Gov. AbdulRazaq Flags off World Bank-FG Assisted Agric Project in Kwara
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara state has flagged off the Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project (L-PRES), a $500m food security programme supported by the World Bank and the Federal Government....

Trial of Alleged Killers of Hotelier Begins in Ilorin
The trial of the suspects arrested in connection with the alleged murder of Adeniyi Ojo, the Managing Director of Water View Hotel, kicked off on Wednesday at the Kwara State High Court in Ilorin. The suspects ...

2024-03-19

Cervical Cancer: Kwara To Vaccinate Schoolgirls
The Kwara State government, on Tuesday, said it will ensure that the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine, which will soon be introduced, is taken to secondary schools in all nooks and crannies of the state. The...

Ilorin Courts Jail Six Internet Fraudsters
The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, March 18, 2024 secured the conviction and sentence of six persons for internet fraud. They were jailed by Justices Evel...

2024-03-18

Salman Shagaya Foundation Launches Ramadan Cash Relief for 1000 Beneficiaries Amidst Celebrations
—Event to Precede Further Empowerment by Rep. Shagaya on Tuesday. In a significant act of generosity and community support, the Salman Shagaya Foundation, led by Alhaji Sheriff Shagaya, has initiated its Ramada...

Saliu Mustapha Approves Installation of Internet Facilities at Kwara NUJ Secretariat
The Senator representing Kwara Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Mallam Saliu Mustapha, has approved the installation of internet facilities on the Press Centre of Kwara State Council of Nigeria Uni...

No Feud With KWIRS – Igbo Traders
The Igbo Community General Assembly – the parent-body of Igbo traders association in Kwara State, has applauded Mahe AbdulKadir and Saadu Salahu, chief of staff and senior adviser/ counselor to Kwara State governor, re...

Unilorin NASU, SSANU Will Comply Fully with 7-day Warning Strike – Union Leaders
Members of the Non-Academic Staff Union, NASU, and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, University of Ilorin branch, will comply fully with the 7-day warning strike declared by their national b...

AAG: Governor Abdulrazaq Commends Kwara, Nigerian Athletes In Accra, Pledges To Invest More In Sports
Governor Abdulrahaman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State, on Sunday in Accra at the ongoing All African Games, AAG, Has commended nigerian athletes stating that placing second so far the games demonstrates the formidable Nigeri...

Group Ready to Support Kwara North Candidate for 2027 Governorship
A sociopolitical organisation in Kwara state, the Kwara Central Movement for North 2027 Project, has expressed its intention to support a sound and competent candidate from any political party in Kwara North to become ...

Sporting Defeat Kwara To Extend Home Run
In a commanding display at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, Sporting Lagos secured a comfortable 2-0 victory over Kwara United, extending their impressive home record with a fifth consecutive win. Sporting Lagos was...

Kwara Varsity To Convert Grounded State-owned Buses To Electrical Vehicles
The Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, has initiated a move to convert the grounded vehicles of the state-owned transport corporation (Kwara Express) to electrical vehicles (EVs). The KWASU's technical tea...

122 Families Got Compensated For Kwara Poly Land – Mgt
The Kwara state government says it has compensated a total of 122 families who owned the land the state Polytechnic was built on in 1973. The Director of Students Services, Surveyor Abubakar Garba Aremu, disclo...

Kwara Poly Decries Land Encroachment
Authorities of the Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin have appealed to the state government to embark on immediate construction of perimeter fence around the 4,500 hectares of land allocated to the school since 1973. ...