2023-10-27

Palliatives: Kwara distributes rice to 230,000 residents
The Kwara State Subsidy Palliative Committee has said that no fewer than 230,000 people across the 193 wards in the state have benefited from the 10kg bags of rice distributed to cushion the hardship precipitated by th...

Kwara Gov Congratulates Tinubu On Supreme Court Verdict
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the reaffirmation of his electoral victory by the Supreme Court. In a statement personally signed by Governor AbdulR...

MTN CEO seeks states investment in ICT parks
The Chief Executive Officer of MTN Nigeria, Karl Toriola, has called on states in Nigeria to invest in ICT parks and create economic clusters. Toriola, who made this call in a statement, was a panellist on the ...

Tinubu appoints 9 new INEC resident commissioners
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of nine new Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for a term of five years each, subject to the confirmation...

Continental applause as Kwara Gov bags Lifetime Achievement Award on gender inclusion
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Wednesday won a lifetime achievement award for his transformational gender inclusion policy in the state as prominent women leaders from across Africa commended his remark...

University Dean Wants Nigeria To Make Arabic Alternative Language
The Nigerian Government has been urged to take Arabic as an alternative language of instruction in the country. The Dean of Postgraduate School, Kwara State University, KWASU, Malete, Professor Hamzat Abdulra...

2023-10-26

Aremu Hails Kannike As Law Professor Advocates Use Of AI In Education System
Prof Bashiru Aremu, UNESCO Laureate and Vice-Chancellor Crown University has commended Professor Abiodun Amuda-Kannike (SAN) as Law Professor emphasised the usefulness of Artificial Intelligence in modern education sys...

NiMet predicts 3-day dust haze, cloudiness from Friday
Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted dust haze and cloudiness from Wednesday to Friday across the country. NiMet's weather outlook released on Tuesday in Abuja predicted dust haze on Wednesday o...

Heart Tumor: Foundation Pays Surgical Bill Of 13yr-Old In Kwara State
A non-governmental organization, Foundation for Advocacy and Sensitization on Tuberculosis (FAST), has paid off surgical bill of a 13 year-old teenage boy with heart tumor. The Founder of the foundation, Dr. (M...

Darul Uloom alumni urge Kwara govt to increase support for Arabic schools
The old students of Darul Uloom Arabic School, Ilorin, Kwara State, have urged the state government to increase support for Arabic schools in the state, describing it as veritable channels to nurture and promote moral ...

KW-IRS holds grand finale of 2023 Tax Club Quiz Competition
The semi-final and grande finale of the 2023 Tax Club Quiz Competition organized by the Kwara State Internal Revenue Service, KW-IRS in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development will be...

Kwara NIPR Congratulates Issa-Onilu, Adeniyi Over Appointments
The Kwara State chapter of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) has felicitated Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu over his appointment as Director General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA) and the newly confi...

We 'll make Kwara, Nigeria proud again in schools debate championship – Kwara SUBEB Chair
Professor Abdulraheem Sheu Adaramaja is the chairman, Kwara State Universal Basic Education (KWSUBEB) . In this interview with UMAR BAYO ABDULWAHB, he speaks on the state of basic education in the state prior to the co...

Kwara court jails 21-year-old man for theft
A 21-year-old-year-old man, Saliu Abdullahi, has been sentenced to one year and three months in jail for theft. The convict was arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Kaiama Div...

2023-10-25

Rotary Club vaccinates over 2.5billion children against polio worldwide
Over 2.5billion children have been vaccinated against Polio worldwide by the Rotary Club in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UNICEF since the campaign started in 1985. Speaking wi...

PDP chair: Is Saraki the one that is to come? By LEON USIGBE
After the Supreme Court's final resolution of the appeal arising from the judgment of the Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is expected to set off the process of selecting...

EFCC Tasks POS Agents on Diligence
The Ilorin Zonal Commander of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Michael Nzekwe, Tuesday, charged the Point of Sale (POS) operators to carry out proper documentation of their clients before transaction...

Saraki Foundation Gives Scholarship to 20 Medical Students in Kwara
Worried by the current economic hardship in the country, Sola Saraki Educational Foundation has awarded scholarships to 20 medical students in the nation's tertiary institutions. The foundation, however, said ...

Two Jailed For Internet Fraud In Kwara
The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction of two persons over offences bordering on internet fraud before Justice Adebayo Yusuf and Justice Adenike Akinpelu of ...

NMA commends Kwara govt on health care provision
Medical doctors in Kwara State, under the aegis of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), have commended the intervention of the state government in the area of health care delivery, especially in the five years of th...

Concerns over N1m transfer fee imposed on Sudan returnee students by UNILORIN
They are currently in a dilemma and at a crossroads. However, the most worrying aspect is that time is not on their side. If the situation persists, they are on the verge of losing an entire academic section for no fau...

Fire guts NCAM building in Kwara
The National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation (NCAM) along the Ajase-Ipo Road in Kwara State was on Monday night gutted by fire which allegedly started from one of the bedrooms in the quarters. The spokesp...

Kwara governor Abdulrazaq sends commissioners to media training
Commissioners in Kwara State are currently undergoing training on media ethics and etiquette toward adequate and due representation of government. The commissioner for communication, Bolanle Olukoji dropped the...

Kwara lawmakers move to checkmate alleged criminal activities
The Kwara House of Assembly has called for licensing and monitoring mechanisms to checkmate criminal activities of scavengers in the state. This was part of the resolutions of the House, after it was considered...

20,751 people benefit from Kwara govt's support fund
The Kwara State Government has commenced the disbursement of funds to an additional 20,751 beneficiaries, including petty traders, widows, and other indigents in the state. This intervention is part of the stat...

Kwara tree accident: 'How we escaped'
Survivors of a tree accident that occurred on Monday in Oke-Adini in the Zango-Kulende area of Il?rin, Kwara State, have recounted how they survived. Speaking with City & Crime from their sick beds, the vic...

Child Mascots Debut In NPFL, Begin In Kwara
The Kwara State Football Association (FA) appears to have made history in the Nigerian Premier Football League (NPFL) after introducing child mascots or player escorts into the opening ceremonies of all league matches ...

2023-10-24

Unilorin Convocation: Iwo-indigene's Record-Breaking First-Class Graduate Lands Full PhD Scholarship
One outstanding figure among 450 students who bagged first-class honours degrees at the 37th and 38th convocation ceremonies of the University of Ilorin on Friday, October 20, 2023 was Alamu Azeez Adebayo, an Iwo indig...

Kwara govt begins disbursement of new support for 21,000 indigent
•AbdulRazaq committed to people's welfare: GM, KWASSIP Kwara State Government on Tuesday begun the disbursement of support funds for another 20, 751 beneficiaries including petty traders, widows, and other indig...

BUDGET PROCESS: KWSG Concludes Citizens' Engagement in Three Senatorial Districts
Kwara State Government has concluded the Statewide consultations of the citizens in its bid to harvest the actual needs of the people, to be included in year 2024 budget preparation, which will in turn fast-track deve...

Group charges EFCC to rethink strategy on fighting corruption
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been charged to rethink its strategy of fighting corruption to avoid losing its relevance. Speaking with journalists in Ilorin, Kwara state capital, on Mon...

I Never Thought I Could Reach this Level": 61-Year-Old Woman Makes History in UNILORIN, Bags PhD
Dr Mosunmola Kudirat Ariwoola is the perfect poster girl for the inspiring saying that one should never give up. The sexagenerian recently bagged a PhD from the University of Ilorin, Nigeria (UNILORIN) and ope...

Look Beyond Govt For Funding, Tinubu Tells Varsities
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has assured Nigerians that the removal of fuel subsidy will bring a long- term benefit to the country. This is even as the president challenged Nigerian public universities not to de...

Kwara United tackle local rival, ABS in friendly
Kwara United will take on ABS FC in a friendly match ahead of their Nigeria Premier Football League matchday five encounter. The friendly match is scheduled for the Kwara State Stadium Complex in Ilorin. ...

Kwara Reaffirms Commitment to Food Sufficiency
Kwara State Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq on Monday reaffirmed his administration's commitment to continue to invest in agriculture and partner with relevant stakeholders to find a lasting solution to the problem of ...

Applicants Abandon Over 3,000 Passports In Kwara
Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Kwara State Command, yesterday, said 3,000 international passports were awaiting collection by applicants in its office. The outgoing controller of passports in the command, A...

Google pays tribute to Yekini @ 60, Kwara fails to rename stadium
Google Doodle, on Monday, honoured the 60th birthday of Rashidi Yekini, legendary Nigerian footballer and one of Africa's greatest athlete, nicknamed the Goalsfather and renowned for his goal-scoring prowess. B...