2023-10-20

WIMBIZ Lauds Gov. Abdulrasaq for Women Inclusiveness in Governance
The Kwara State Governor, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has received accolades from the Women in Management, Business and Public Service (WIMBIZ) in London for his female gender friendly administration. The Gov...

Kwara: Hope Rises For Industrialisation
In this report, Abdullahi Olesin writes on the issues that tend towards the commitment of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq to industrialising Kwara State. In the 70s Kwara State was host to a number of thriving i...

Kwara Hospitals Management Board speaks on Oja Oba Accident
•Waives medical, prescription fees of victims The attention of the Kwara State Hospitals Management Board was today, October 19, 2023, called to the accident involving a vehicle of the Nigerian Correctional Serv...

Ilorin Varsity dedicates N50m to revive research grants
Wahab Olasupo Egbewole, the vice-chancellor of the University of Ilorin on Wednesday disclosed that the institution through its research and innovation, has revived the Senate Research Grant (SRG) with the sum of N50m....

How Robbers Shot Dead 15-Year-Old Bread Seller — Kwara CP
The Kwara State Commissioner of Police (CP), Victor Olaiya, has explained how a 15-year-old girl, Mariam Zarumi, who was selling bread was shot dead during a robbery around the Oja Oba Roundabout. Speaking in I...

Kwara Governor Approves Visitation Panels To State-Owed Colleges Of Education
The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has approved the appointment of visitation panels to the three public-owned Colleges of Education in the state, a new step to improve the standards of the schools and ma...

NDLEA Urges Governments, Stakeholders To Safe Youths From Menace Of Drugs
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has called the attention of the Governments, Schools and other stakeholders on the urgent need to safeguard the youth from the menace of Drug Abuse in the Country. ...

Governor Abdulrazaq Congratulates New NOA Boss, Lanre Onilu
The Kwara State Governor, North Central Nigeria, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated Malam Issa Lanre Onilu on his appointment as the Director General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), describing his choic...

Tinubu Appoints Lanre Issa-Onilu As DG Of National Orientation Agency
This was contained in a Thursday statement by presidential spokesman Ajuri Ngelale who also said seven other DGs were appointed for parastatals and agencies under the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orient...

2023-10-19

IEDPU hails Issa-Onilu's appointment
The appointment of a former National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, as the Director-General/Chief Executive of the National Orientation Agency (NOA) has been descri...

We were attacked – Kwara Correctional Service reacts to autocrash in Ilorin
The Kwara State Correctional Service has reacted to the auto crash which occurred in Ilorin, the state capital, on Thursday morning while one of its vans was conveying inmates on trial to the court. The acciden...

KWSG Rallies Support for Security Agencies as Army Flags off Operation Still Water III to Checkmate Criminals
The Nigerian Army has flagged off a military exercise in parts of Ifelodun local government of Kwara State to flush out criminal elements and strengthen security of lives and properties in the area. Conducted by...

SWAN Lauds Gov Abdulrazaq Over Commitment To Improving Sports facilities In Kwara
Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) Kwara State Chapter has commended Governor AbdulRahman Abdulrazaq for embarking on sports facility tour at the Kwara State Stadium in Ilorin on Wednesday. Kwara SWAN ...

KWCOED Ilorin Organises Sent-Off For NYSC Members
The Ag Provost Kwara State College of Education Ilorin, Dr. Ayinde Shehu Jawondo has advised the Youth Corps members who just completed their service in the college to be focused and allow God to direct their step, as ...

Kwara Gov hails Waziri Yakub Gobir on birthday
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated Waziri Yakub Gobir on his birthday, praying Allaah to continue to protect and bless him in his endeavours. The Governor describes Gobir as a promine...

ECOWAS youth ambassador hails appointment of Ibrahim as youth minister
The Economic Community of West African States Youth Ambassador, Emmanuel Agida, has hailed Dr. Jamila Ibrahim on her appointment as the Minister of Youth in Nigeria. He described the appointment as a significan...

Govs advocate 15% of budgets for education
The Nigerian Governors Forum urged its members to allocate 15% of state budgets to education. The Chairman of the Forum, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq made this known during a briefing organized by the Federal Ministry of Edu...

Fagbemi, Lawal, Akinrinade, others for alma mata's Oak jubilee
Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister for Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, Vice Chancellor, University of Offa, Kwara State, Prof Abdulrahim Bayo Lawal, former Chief of Army Staff, Lt.Gen. Alani Akinrinade (retd) and...

Woman Seeks Divorce After 11 Years Of Childlessness
A housewife, Rashidat Quadir, on Wednesday, filed for divorce in an area court at the Centre-Igboro in Ilorin, Kwara State. The petitioner said the divorce was necessary after 11 years of being childless and su...

Kwara Varsity's Two Satellite Campuses For Completion Before January 2024
The Kwara State Commissioner for Tertiary Education, Dr Mary Ronke Arinde has disclosed that the two Satellite Campuses of the Kwara State University (KWASU) at Osi and Ilesha-Baruba have been scheduled for completion ...

Five internet fraudsters convicted in Kwara
Two justices of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin have jailed five internet fraudsters. The fraudsters were charged before Justices Mahmoud Abdulgafar and Adenike Akinpelu, by the Ilorin Zonal Comman...

ICPC to track N1.8bn projects in Kwara
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has earmarked about N1.8 billion executive projects in Kwara state for tracking to ensure compliance to specifications. Principal S...

Kwara governor submits amendment bill on local govt elections to Assembly
The Kwara House of Assembly has received the State Local Government Electoral Amendment Bill 2023 from Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq for consideration and passage. The message in the bill was addressed to the...

Abducted wife, children of Kwara lawmakers regain freedom
The wife and children of the Kwara House of Assembly member Hon. Soliu Ayanshola who were abducted have regained freedom, according to top government sources. They regained their freedom late Wednesday, abour 8...

Kwara provides subsidised maize to poultry, fish farmers
Kwara State Government has begun the distribution of maize at 44.5% of market value to different stakeholders in the poultry and fishery (feed mill) sectors. A statement jointly signed by Dr Saudat-Salah Abdulb...

Kwara police arrest 14 suspects for murder, armed robbery
Kwara State Police Commissioner, Victor Olaiya, on Wednesday, paraded 14 suspected criminals arrested for various offences in the State. Five of the suspects were arrested for alleged armed robbery, while other...

2023-10-18

Governors' Forum backs state of emergency in education sector
The Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF) has backed calls for declaration of a state of emergency in the education sector. Speaking at the National Conference on the Learning Crisis in Nigeria in Abuja on Wednesday, ...

450 Bag First Class As UNILORIN Holds Combined Convocations
Four hundred and fifty (450) students of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) have bagged First Class degrees during the 2020/2021 and 2022/2023 academic sessions of the institution. The First Class students are...

Convocation: UNILORIN denies exploiting graduating students
The management of the University of Ilorin has denied exploiting the graduating class of 2020/2021, who were told to top-up their convocation fee and pay for memorabilia charges. The institution made this decla...

20-year-old UNILORIN student commits suicide after lending 'online lover' N500,000 — Management
A 20-year-old student of the University of Ilorin, Sanni Hameedat, reportedly committed suicide after lending a boy she met on the social media platform, Snapchat, the sum of N500,000. According to Rubiks, the ...

Senator Ashiru Replaces Umahi As Deputy Senate Leader
The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, announced during plenary on Wednesday that Senator Lola Ashiru is now the new Deputy Leader of the Senate. Ashiru, who represents Kwara North at the red chamber, replaces...

3 Car Thieves Arraigned In Kwara
Three suspected car thieves, Adeniyi Lekan, Abdulraheem Nasir and Suleiman Sarumi, have been arraigned by the Kwara State Police Command for alleged criminal conspiracy, house breaking, theft and receiving stolen prope...

Global Hand Washing Day: Kwara State Takes Campaign To Schools
The Kwara State Government, North Central Nigeria has reaffirmed its commitment to intensify hand washing with soap, as it is a crucial way to maintain healthy habits, taking the enlightenment campaign across some sele...

Kwara Governor Applauds BudgIT For Transparency, Accountability
The Kwara state governor in Northcentral Nigeria, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has commended BudgIT, a Nigerian nonprofit group for it's efforts in promoting transparency and accountability in budget. AbdulRazaq who ...

Ex- Kwara PDP Secretary, Rasaq Lawal Defects To APC
The immediate past secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State, North Central Nigeria, Alhaji Rasaq Lawal has formally defected to the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. ...

Kwara set to commence malaria campaign in 193 wards
Arrangements have been concluded to flag off the distribution of over 2.6 million insecticide-treated nets to households in the 193 wards on Wednesday in Kwara State in the 2023 integrated campaign against malaria....

Gunmen abduct Kwara lawmaker's wife, children
Gunmen on Monday abducted the wife and two children of a member of the Kwara State House of Assembly representing Ipaiye/Malete/Olooru State Constituency, Lawal Soliu. PUNCH Metro gathered that the abductors st...

2023-10-17

Governors Forum Chairman Calls For Synergy In Mining Sector
The Chairman of Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has called for more cooperation between the Nigerian and State governments towards the advancement of the solid mineral industry. AbdulRazaq ...

Crescent University Appoint Prof. Ibrahim Gambari As New Chancellor
Crescent University Abeokuta, Ogun State has installed Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, the Chief of Staff to Nigeria's former president, Mohammadu Buhari, as its new Chancellor during the institution's 15th Convocation held ove...

8 Cybercriminals Jailed In Kwara
Eight people who were arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have been jailed over internet fraud in Kwara State. City & Crime reports that on Friday, five persons: Oyedepo Benjami...

Egbewole commends Governor AbdulRazaq's move to open up Tanke bridge
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Wahab Olasupo Egbewole, SAN, has commended the Kwara State Governor, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, over his directive to relevant state functionaries to open the...

Kwara Gov reaffirms commitment to agric devt, food sufficiency
....As govt partners Kwara Agriculture Network to host 4th food summit •Govt creates Help Desk for farmers, processors. Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Monday reaffirmed his administratio...

Volleyball: Premier League promotion thrills Spikers boss
The Olalomi Royal Spikers emerged champions of the 2023 National Division 1 Volleyball League in the women's category after beating the Nigeria Air Force 3-2 (19-25, 18-25, 25-18, 25-21, 15-13) in the women's match on ...

Kwara: Bricklayer Arraigned For Extorting Students Wearing Army Camouflage
A 29-year-old bricklayer, Ahmed Issa, has been arraigned for allegedly extorting students of the Kwara State University, Malete, Ilorin, for wearing army camouflage. Issa was charged with a two-count charge of ...

POS Operator Kidnapped In Kwara
A Point of Sale (POS) operator, Nurudeen AbdulSalam, has been kidnapped in Ilorin, Kwara State. The incident, it was gathered, occurred on Friday when the victim, 28, was returning home around 10pm on Sobi Road...

Establish tax club, CITN tells varsities, polys
The Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria has urged tertiary institutions in Nigeria to inaugurate tax associations in relevant departments, in order to expose students in the country to opportunities in the tax s...