2024-02-17

Fulani Leader Decries Ethnic Profiling of Criminals in Kwara
The Ahron (Seriki Fulani) of Kwara South senatorial district, Alhaji Adamu Mahmud, has called for collaboration in tackling insecurity in the country saying that the tagging of perpetrators of the menace to a tribe cou...

2024-02-16

Again, Governor AbdulRazaq Secures Multibillion Naira FG's Health Intervention Project to Kwara
After reviving and equipping the moribund Harmony Advanced Diagnostic Centre Complex, Ilorin, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has again facilitated the federal government's intervention to the facility in Kwara State. ...

Hardship: Kwara To Distribute Grains, Release More Buses
Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq yesterday briefed different segments of the state on developments in the country, including efforts of the government to ease things for the people. The engagements ...

Kwara United Sign 10 New Players for NPFL Second Stanza
Kwara United have confirmed the signing of 10 players during the mid-season transfer window. Two of the newly signed players are defenders. They are Gbadamosi Olamilekan and Odobu Bernard. The trio of D...

Kwara: Stakeholder Urges Media To Support Government's Efforts
Media practitioners in the Country have been urged to see themselves as critical partners in their places of work and be more creative in the discharge of their primary assignment. Such action will further comp...

Court Orders Arrest Of Kwara Man For Allegedly Defaming Emir, Mufti
An area court sitting in Il?rin, Kwara State, has ordered the arrest of Alfa Saheed Shittu, a popular social media Islamic cleric, over alleged defamation by a group, Association of Proud Sons and Daughters of Ilorin (...

Kwara Lawmaker Bankrolls 50 Eye Patients' Surgery
Eye specialists at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) yesterday carried out surgery operations on 50 indigent Kwarans suffering eye ailments. The surgery which took place at the UITH Eye Complex,...

Lagos Partners Niger, Kwara For Improved Food Security, Waste Reduction
The Lagos State Government has kicked off partnership programme with Niger and Kwara states towards bridging food supply-demand gaps under the Produce-4-Lagos initiative. As a market-city State, Lagos is consu...

Kwara Govt Shuts Illegal Private Mortuary
Kwara State Ministry of Health, on Thursday, sealed an illegal private mortuary in Ilorin, the state capital. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Amina Ahmed El-Imam, ordered the closure during an unscheduled visit...

2024-02-15

NDLEA To Establish Offices In 774 LGAs
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) plans to establish offices in all the 774 local government areas in the country as part of measures to tackle the problem of drug abuse at the grassroots level. The ...

Deforestation: Kwara State Warns Charcoal Dealers
The Kwara State Government, North Central, Nigeria has again warned charcoal dealers to desist from illegal falling of trees for the production of charcoal or face the full wrath of the law. The State Commissi...

Kwara State Resolves To Harness Youths Potentials
The Kwara State Commissioner for Youths Development, North Central Nigeria, Nafisat Buge has reiterated the State government's commitment to empowering and harnessing the potentials of youths. She said this whi...

Employment Scam: Court Denies Fake UITH CMD Bail
Justice Adenike Akinpelu of the Kwara State High Court has dismissed a bail application filed by a fake Chief Medical Director of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Chidiebere Cyril Ndigwe over his involvement...

BUA Foods Invests $200m in Lafiagi Sugar Estate Expansion
BUA Foods, a leading Nigerian food conglomerate, has announced an investment of $200 million in its Lafiagi Sugar Estate located in Kwara State. The Managing Director of BUA Foods, Ayodele Abioye, revealed this...

Decomposing Corpse Of Man Evacuated From Il?rin Street
The decomposing corpse of a man has been evacuated from Emir Road, Il?rin, Kwara State. The development left residents concerned about the possible health implication of the decomposing corpse discovered on Mon...

Illegal Mining: EFCC Arrests 41 Suspects, Impounds 12 Trucks In Kwara
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ilorin Zonal Command has arrested 41 suspects and impounded 12 trucks allegedly containing different types of solid minerals without licence. The offence is ...

Lagos, Kwara, Other Govs for Lagos Auto Show
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sawo-Olu and his Kwara State counterpart, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, including governors from Kaduna, Katsina, Niger, Bauchi and Jigawa states, will tomorow and Saturday, February 17, attend...

Assembly Seeks Perimeter Fencing For Kwara Polytechnic
To stop further encroachment on its vast land, the Kwara State House of Assembly yesterday urged the governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq to approve funds for the construction of perimeter fencing of Kwara S...

13 Suspected Killers of Kwara Monarch Remanded
A Kwara State Magistrate's Court sitting in Ilorin on Wednesday ordered that the 13 suspects charged with the alleged murder of the Olukoro of Koro in Ekiti local Government Area of the state, Oba Olusegun Aremu-Cole, ...

2024-02-14

Kwara: NDLEA Raises Alarm Over Increasing Rate of Drug Abuse
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kwara State Command, has raised the alarm over increasing rate of drug abuse among youth in the state. Speaking among other narcotic experts in Ilorin at the first ...

Kwara's People-Oriented Projects Meant to Discourage Drug Abuse — AbdulRazaq
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on Tuesday, said his administration was deploying different strategies and investing in people-oriented programmes that encourage young people to follow noble paths and avo...

Former Guber Aspirant Will not Dump APC in Kwara, Says Aide
A former governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) during the 2019 general election, Hon. Mashood Mustapha, popularly called MM, would not dump the party for another party as being i...

Fire Service Blames Power Surge for Devastating Kwara High Court Fire
The Kwara Fire Service has attributed the inferno that consumed the main building of the Kwara State High Court complex in Ilorin on Tuesday morning to power surge. It also said the 40 offices, three open court...

Community Leader's House Razed In Kwara
The house of the Alangua of Wara, Alhaji Saka Imam, in Il?rin West LGA of Kwara State has been razed down by a fire, leaving about 20 people homeless. The Monday night fire was attributed to a power surge. ...

Fire Destroys Kwara High Court Complex
A fire outbreak has razed the Kwara State High Court Complex located in the Government Reservation Area, Ilorin, the state capital. The fire, which started on Tuesday morning, damaged 40 offices, three open co...