2024-01-29

Enyimba keen to sign Ovoke from Kwara United
Enyimba are working on a deal to sign Bernard Ovoke from Nigeria Premier Football League side Kwara United, DAILY POST reports. Ovoke and his representatives have opened talks with the nine-time NPFL champions....

NGO Holds Robotics Training for Teachers, Students in Kwara
In furtherance of its bid to foster creativity and innovation in education, a Non-Governmental organization, Webfala Digital Skills for all Initiative (WDSFaI) has organized an E-STEM (Environment, Science, Technology,...

Road Medians Now Refuse Dumps In Kwara – Govt
The Kwara State Government Commissioner for Environment, Mallam Shehu Ndanusa Usman, has noted that road medians in the state have been turned to refuse dumps. Mallam Usman who disclosed this during a meeting w...

Abducted UNILORIN Student Escapes From Kidnappers
A 100-level student of the University of Ilorin female within the school premises has regained freedom. The victim of the kidnap incident, Moyosore Bright of the Zoology Department, University of Ilorin, was ab...

Customs In Kwara Generates N19.6bn
Nigeria Customs Service, Kwara Area Command generated the sum of N19.6bn into the coffers of the federal government in 2023. The controller of Kwara Area Custom Command, Comptroller Kehinde Ilesanmi disclosed th...

Unilorin Student Abducted Within University Premises
A zoology student of the University of Ilorin, Moyosore Bright, was on Saturday, abducted by hoodlums within the premises of the institution. The spokesperson of the Kwara State police command, DSP Ejire Adetou...

Stop Selling Fake, Expired Drinks, Kwara Hotels Warned
The Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the Kwara State Governor on Culture and Tourism, Hon Eyiwumi Muka Ray, has warned hotel operators in the state to stop selling and distributing fake and expired drinks. Ray...

Group Introduces New Twist To Kwara Hotels Remodelling Controversy
A new dimension has been introduced to the controversy trailing the remodeling of Kwara Hotels from a four – star to five – star status as a pro- democracy group, Kwara Must Change introduced a competition amongst stud...

2024-01-27

Kwara Gov signs 2024 Appropriation, LG Amendment Bills into law
•Says LG elections to hold soon Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Friday signed the 2024 Appropriation Bill into law, calling it another bold step to expand infrastructure and grow the economic bas...

2024-01-26

APC Chieftain Wants Tinubu to Stop Revenue Allocations to Kwara LGs
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mohammed Alhassan, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to immediately order the Federal Revenue and Fiscal Mobilisation Commission to stop releasing the monthly sta...

Kwara LGA Polls: Electoral Activities To Begin In February
Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission, KWSIEC, says it will flag-off the activities leading to the conduct of local government elections next month, February 2024. In a statement signed by the Chairman o...

Qur'an Recitation, Memorisation Good for Mental Development — Kwara Gov
RECITATION and memorisation of the Holy Qur'an helps the mental development of young people, Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State has said. The governor spoke on Sunday in Ilorin at the closing ceremo...

Kwara Amends LG Law, To Conduct Council Poll After 6 Years
The Kwara State House of Assembly has amended the state's local government electoral law. The amendment followed the consideration of a report presented by the chairman, House Committee on Ethics, Privileges an...

Petrol Tanker Bursts Into Flame at Ilorin Filling Station
A 45,000-litre petrol tanker burst into flames on Thursday while transferring petrol into the reservoir of Fortunate Petrol Filling Station in Ilorin, Kwara State capital. DAILY POST correspondent who witnessed the in...

Stop Overheating Polity Over Kwara Hotel's Remodelling, Group Cautions Politicians
A pressure group, Alliance For Sustainable Kwara (ASK) has cautioned politicians in the state against overheating the polity for selfish reasons. The group in a statement signed by its spokesman, Hon. Kale Oloj...

Kwara Monarch Lauds Government's Investment In Agriculture
A First Class Monarch in Kwara State, North Central, Nigeria, Dr Haliru Ndanusa Yahaya, has commended the state government for its huge investment in the agricultural sector. Dr. Yahaya, who is the Emir of Sh...

Subsidy: Kwara Spends N1.3bn Monthly On Workers' Palliatives
Kwara State government said it is spending additional N1.392 billion monthly on the payment of palliatives to civil servants in the state since the removal of fuel subsidy by the federal government. The governme...

NGO Decries Continue Retention of TIC Officials in Kwara LG Councils
A non-governmental organisation, Kwara Progressive Development Movement (KPDM), yesterday decried the continued stay in office of the Transition Implementation Committee (TIC) chairmen in the administration of the 16 l...

Security Agencies will Hurnt Down Abductors of Kwara Sisters, Others – AbdulRazaq
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State and Chairman of the Nigeria Governor's Forum (NGF) Wednesday vowed that security agencies will hurnt down the abductors of six Alkadiriya sisters who recently regained the...

2024-01-25

Kwara Senator Flags Off WAEC, NECO, JAMB Registration For Constituents
The Senator representing Kwara Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Mallam Saliu Mustapha, has commenced the 2024 edition of annual West Africa Examination Council (WAEC), National Examination Council ...

Kwara State PHCs Receive N4.6 Million each From World Bank IMPACTS Project
The Kwara State Primary Health Care Development Agency (KWSPHCDA) in North Central Nigeria has announced the allocation and utilization of N4.6 million each to its primary health care centres from the World Bank Immuni...

Dogo Targets More New Signings for Kwara United
Kwara United head coach Kabiru Dogo has revealed that the team is working to bring in more new signings before the end of the transfer window. Dogo disclosed this during a chat with newsmen in Ilorin. H...

Ilorin Dons Qualified to be KWASU VC
A group of professors, under the auspices of Ilorin Emirate Professors at the Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, has said its members are qualified to contest the post of vice chancellor in KWASU, any university ...

Kwara Assembly Passes N292.7bn 2024 Budget, Reduces Estimate
The Kwara State House of Assembly on Wednesday, January 24, passed the state's 2024 appropriation bill of N292.7 billion. The approved budget is lower than the initial N296.4 billion estimate presented to the A...