2023-10-08

Again, Gov AbdulRazaq seeks immediate dredging of River Niger
•Says River Basin Development Authorities key to food security •Gov receives Minister of Water Prof. Utsev on visit •Commends FG on WASH, ODF programmes Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq ...

Kwara Gov greets ally Yahya Seriki on birthday
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated Ambassador Yahya Seriki on his birthday, praying God to grant him long life and good health. The Governor commends Ambassador Yahya Seriki for his c...

Kwara Gov inspects under-construction industrial park
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Saturday visited the site of the industrial park, which is under massive construction at Eiyenkorin in Asa Local Government. The first phase of the industrial park ...

2023-10-07

Emir of Ilorin charges Kwara United to secure continental ticket
The Emir of Ilorin, Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, CFR, has charged Kwara United to secure a continental ticket in the on-going Nigeria Premier Football League season. Players and officials of the Harmony Boys paid a co...

Kwara Gov inaugurates Sa'adatu Kawu-Modibbo as education commissioner
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Friday inaugurated Hajia Sa'adatu Modibbo-Kawu as the Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, charging her to ensure that government's investments in the...

Gov AbdulRazaq lays foundation for cancer treatment centre, commends Abdul Samad Rabiu Initiative
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Friday laid the foundation for the state's Cancer and Diagnostic Facility, a legacy health project which the Governor said comes with huge socioeconomic impacts for the st...

2023-10-06

Kwara Free Medical, Surgical Outreach Enters Week-2
....Free Care extended to Woman in Labour, delivered of a Baby Boy The Kwara State Government- sponsored free medical and surgical outreach, which started in the previous week at Erin-Ile General Hospital, in ...

Why Federal Govt Must Remove Tariffs On Compressed Gas Containers – Expert
Chief executive officer of Gas Initiative Nigeria (GIN), Mr Taiwo Odediran, has called for the removal of the tariffs on the importation of containers of compressed gas (CNG) into Nigeria. Odediran made the cal...

Court Orders IGP To Produce Housewife, In-Law Whisked Away From Abuja To Kwara By Policemen
Justice M.O. Olajuwon of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Inspector-General of Police, the Nigeria Police Force and three others to produce a detained Abuja-based housewife, Mrs. Esther Stephanie S...

Court Orders University Of Ilorin To Compensate Terminated Vice Principal With 5 Years' Salary For Unlawful Dismissal
Hon. Justice Edith Agbakoba of the Abuja Judicial Division of the National Industrial Court has declared the employment termination of Mrs Eunice Ojapa by the University of Ilorin Secondary School Governing Board as wr...

Kwara United hold stakeholders summit ahead of first NPFL home game
Ahead of Kwara United's first home match in nearly three years, a stakeholders meeting has been scheduled to be held on Thursday. The meeting is aimed at putting modalities in place to abide by the Nigeria Prem...

WTD: You remain top priority of my government, AbdulRazaq tells Kwara teachers
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara state Thursday assured teachers in the state that they would remain a top priority for his administration. The governor made the pledged in a statement by his chief pr...

Giant Brillers, Kwara FA Holds Scouting Tournament With Seven Soccer Academy In Ilorin
Soccer promotion giant, Giant Brillers, and Kwara Football Association, FA, have collaborated on a far reaching scouting program to have young football talents exposed to foreign scouts and onward transfer to big clubs...

Kwara Varsity Trains Women Farmers On Climate Change Mitigations
Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, has organised a training programme for women farmers on how to mitigate the effects of climate change on agricultural practice. The university also provided non- cash rev...

Hoodlums Destroy Cars In Kwara
No fewer than 15 cars have been destroyed following a clash between some youths in the Pakata, Sakale and Ita Nmo areas of Il?rin, the Kwara State capital. The incident, it was gathered, occurred at midnight on...

Fuel subsidy: Oke-Oyi NNPC depot, Ilorin, now deserted
Oke-Oyi NNPC depot, near Ilorin, Kwara State capital, has been deserted since the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government, DAILY POST reports. This is due to the non-functioning of the four refineries...

Kwara Gov, MDAs hold policy talks on 2024 budget
Kwara Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Thursday led policy direction talks with top officials to guide government's ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) as different stakeholders commence preparations for the ...

Kwara to be hub for creative industry, says gov
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has inspected the trendy sugar film factory, one of the administration's iconic projects which seek to refocus the state's economy for job creation, youth empowerment, and ...

Kwara's Kaiama District Pays Tribute To Late Emir Today
Kaiama district of Kwara State will today mark the first anniversary of the late emir of Kaiama, Kiyaru Haliru Tsoho. Descendants of this esteemed figure, known for his legacy of independence and respect, will ...

2023-10-05

World Teachers' Day: Gov AbdulRazaq salutes Kwara teachers
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated teachers in the state on the annual commemoration of the World Teachers' Day, commending them for their hard work and renewed commitment to the task of rais...

Kwara State College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies, ( CAILS ) Gets Acting Provost
Dr Sa'ad Hadi, the Deputy Provost Administration has been appointed the Acting Provost of Kwara State College of Arabic And Islamic Legal Studies (KWCAILS), Ilorin. The College Registrar, Mallam Afolabi Suleim...

Gov AbdulRazaq excited as Kwara Sugar Film Factory takes shape
• Kwara to be go-to place for creative industry, more jobs, says Gov Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Wednesday inspected the trendy sugar film factory, one of the administration's iconic project...

KWSG Prioritises Digital Literacy to Drive Development
The Kwara State Government has disclosed that it is prioritising digital literacy for more development to spring up in the State's economic sector, thereby reiterating its support for the Nigerian Computer Society. ...

University of Ilorin to Construct Tram Transit System
In a big step towards solving transportation challenges at the University of Ilorin, the University of Ilorin has signed a memorandum of agreement with the Intramodal System Consortium Limited to construct a tram trans...

Gunmen abduct five female undergraduates in Katsina
Gunmen have abducted five female students of Federal University Dutsin-Ma (FUDMA), Katsina State. The students, said to be final-year undergraduates, were abducted at about 02.00am, yesterday, at their hostel, behind t...

Senate Confirms 3 Ministerial Nominees
The Senate has confirmed three more ministerial nominees forwarded to it by President Bola Tinubu The confirmation followed the screening and approval of the nominees during Wednesday's plenar The nomin...

States divided over FG's N35,000 wage awards to federal workers
States were split yesterday over the agreement the Federal Government reached with the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress, TUC, on Monday night to pay N35,000 wage award to federal workers to cushi...

Unilorin's television station to launch soon, says VC
Prof. Wahab Egbewole, the Vice Chancellor, University of Ilorin (Unilorin), says the institution's television station will soon hit the airwaves. Mr Egbewole made this known on Wednesday while receiving a deleg...

Kwara Set To Fight Illegal Migration – Immigration
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has said that, “Kwara State occupies a strategic position in the fight against illegal migration in the country.” The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service...

2 Survive As Car Rams Into Solar Pole In Kwara
Two people on Tuesday escaped death in Kwara State when a vehicle rammed into a solar power pole while avoiding another car in Irewolede, Il?rin LGA. A witness, Sulyman, who noted that the accident happened aro...

Kwara Governor Re-Appoints Internal Revenue Service Chairman
The Kwara State Governor, North Central Nigeria, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has reappointed Engr (Mrs) Folashade Omoniyi as Executive Chairman of the Kwara State Internal Revenue Service (KW-IRS) for the second and last te...

Hotel business is collapsing in Kwara – operators
Hoteliers have appealed to Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq to save the hotel business in Kwara State from total collapse. The association of hotel owners in Kwara State, through their president and secretary, D...

16-year-old teenager declared missing in Ilorin
A 16-year-old Quranic pupil, Al-amin Babatunde Sulyman, has been declared missing in Ilorin, Kwara State capital. Al-amin, a student of Zamratul Arabic School in the Okekere area of Ilorin metropolis, was last ...

Kwara Can't Afford To Remain Civil Service State – Gov AbdulRazaq
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Wednesday said Kwara State can no longer maintain the status of a civil service state. The Governor said this during a brief chat with reporters while inspecting the sugar fil...