2024-01-16

Unilorin Students Get Indorama's Financial Awards
Two students of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ilorin, Ganiyat Jamiu and Onize Abdulkareem, have been rewarded with financial awards by the Indorama Corporation, makers of Indorama Fertiliser. The Aw...

Labour Institute DG Urges Support For Tinubu
Director-general of Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies (MINILS), Ilorin, Kwara State, Comrade Issa Aremu, has urged the organised labour in the country to support the Renewed Hope eight-point agenda ...

Ilorin Professors Qualified to Contest KWASU VC — Group
A group of university professors, who are indigenes of the Ilorin Emirate at the Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, under the aegis of the Ilorin Emirate Professors at KWASU, have said that members of the group ar...

Philantropist Offers Free Healthcare To 1,500 Ilorin Residents
An Abuja-based Lawyer and philanthropist, Mr Mohammed Adelodun, on Monday offered free medical outreach to 1,500 residents of Ilorin. The beneficiaries were drawn from Ajikobi Ward, Ilorin West Local Government...

Communal Crisis: Scores Injured, Houses Set Ablaze in Kwara
A bloody clash between the Yoruba and Batonu people at Chikanda in Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara State has claimed the lives of scores of people, while several houses were also set ablaze at the weekend. ...

Fire Destroys Property Worth Millions of Naira in Kwara
A fire outbreak in Ilorin, Kwara State capital, destroyed property worth millions of naira on Monday, leaving over 120 persons homeless. The first disaster occurred at about 11:08am, according to the spokesman ...

Kwara Gov Salutes Gallant Security Officers at Armed Forces Remembrance Day
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Monday joined other eminent Kwarans, heads of security agencies, and the Nigeria Legion to lay the wreath in honour of the fallen and serving men of the Armed Forces for t...

2024-01-15

Kwara Garment Factory Opens Link for 300 New Vacancies
•Appoints application closes Friday Jan 19 Kwara Garment Factory has announced vacancies for 300 new vacancies for production workers. The job openings include designers, cutters, embroiders, machine operators,...

UNILORIN Don asks Farmers to Adopt Climate-Resilient Crop Varieties
Professor of Agricultural Economy with the University of Ilorin, Opeyemi Arinde, has encouraged maize farmers in Nigeria to adopt climate- resilient crop varieties to mitigate risk and boost crop production. ...

Kwara: 3 Kidnappers Remanded
A magistrates' court sitting in Il?rin, Kwara State, has ordered the remand of three suspects, Shehu Tukur, Mohammed Chemo and Abubakar Maigaro, accused of kidnapping. The police First Information Report (FIR) ...

2 Survive As Car Plunges Into Underpass In Kwara
Two people escaped death on Saturday in Il?rin, Kwara State, when the Toyota Camry they were driving in plunged into Geri Alimi Underpass. The Sector Commander of FRSC in the state, Stephen Dawulung, told our c...

Abuja Kidnap: Ilorin Descendants Union Condemns Killing Of Victim, Demands Others' Release
The Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU), the umbrella sociocultural organisation of the people of Ilorin Emirate in Kwara State, has condemned the killing of one of the abducted girls in Abuja by their...

NASS adds N730 Million to Dormant Ajaokuta Steel Company's 2024 Budget for Community Projects in Lagos, Kwara, Niger
The National Assembly has increased budgetary allocation from N4.45 billion in the proposed 2024 budget to N5.18 billion in the approved version for the dormant Ajaokuta Steel Company. This is an increase of N7...

Kwara, IDB to Embark on $57.2m Special Agro- Industrial Project
The Kwara State Government and Islamic Development Bank (IDB) have partnered to embark on $57.3 million special agro- industrial project in the state. The partnership according to the state government is under...

2024-01-14

Group Urges Gov. Abdulrazaq to Resolve Conflict in Kwara Community
The Baruten Patriotic Agenda has called for the intervention of Kwara State governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, in the brewing ethnic conflict in Chikanda community, Baruten Local Government Area. In a press st...

Elekan Coronation: Eminent Club Hails Kwara Gov Abdulrazaq, Emir, Others
The Eminent Club of Ekan-nla has hailed Kwara state governor, Abdulrazaq Abdulrahman, for the appointment and presentation of staff of office to the Elekan-elect. The new monarch was few days ago installed as a...

AbdulRazaq's Education Transformation Legacy Expands to all Govt Primary Schools in Kwara
…3,595 teachers, headteachers from six local government areas to be trained in January 2024 ….80,000 additional pupils to benefit from KwaraLEARN reform Over 80,000 additional pupils from six local gove...

Kwara Pledges Improved Investment in Education
…As FG launches project to tackle out-of-school children Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State has said that the government birthed an e-learning system in basic schools to impact digital skills and im...

Kwara to Stop Illegal Buildings Close to Dam
The Kwara State Government is making moves to remove all illegal buildings close to Asa-Dam and its environs, which pose unnecessary risks to human lives and property. The Commissioner for Water Resources, Usma...

2024-01-13

Kwara State Governor Congratulates Biodun Ajiboye On New Appointment
The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated Otunba Biodun Ajiboye on his appointment as the Director-General of the National Institute for Cultural Orientation. The Governor said the appo...

Gov Abdulrazaq Inaugurates Kwara Steering Committee For SAPZ Project
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has inaugurated the Kwara State Steering Committee for the implementation of the Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone (SAPZ), a multimillion-dollar project which he said would boost f...

Kwara Govt Moves Against Fake News, Rumour Peddling
The Kwara State government said it is working at implementing more measures to curb fake news and unfounded rumour peddling among people in the state. The Commissioner for Communications, Bolanle Olukoju, discl...

Lawmaker Distributes Empowerment Items In Kwara
A member of the House of Representatives representing Edu/Moro/Patigi Federal Constituency of Kwara State, Hon. Ahmed Adamu Saba, has distributed empowerment items worth N300 million to his constituents. The it...

Heartland Versus Kwara United NPFL tie Postponed
The Nigeria Premier Football League has postponed the matchday 18 fixture involving Heartland and Kwara United, DAILY POST reports. The game was originally fixed for the Dan Anyiam Stadium on Monday, January 15...