2023-12-13

Kwara civil servants decry November palliative stipend's delay
Civil servants and pensioners in Kwara State have expressed concern over the state government's decision not to pay their monthly N10,000 palliative allowance. The state Governor, Mallam AbdulRaman AbdulRazaq h...

KWSG Promises Continued Provision of Adequate Infrastructure
The Kwara State Governor, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has assured all residents of his commitment to continuously upgrade the available infrastructure and build new ones, promising to ensure that appropriate protoco...

2023-12-12

NDDC Boss Urges Ijaw Youths To Support Tinubu
Managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr Samuel Ogbuku, has called on the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), to support President Bola Tinubu to enthrone peace in the Niger Delta region. In...

KWASU graduates 16,315 students, 183 bag first class
Kwara State University, Malete, has produced 16,315 graduates for the 10th and 11th combined convocation ceremony for the 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 academic sessions. There are 183 first-class graduates for the c...

Kwara PDP expels youth leader for anti-party activities
The Peoples Democratic Party has suspended one of its leaders, Haliru Dantsoho, from Ward 1, Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State. Before his expulsion on Monday, Dantsoho was suspended as the State Yout...

AbdulRazaq Declares Open 10th Kwara Trade Fair
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on Tuesday, declared the 10th Kwara Trade Fair in Ilorin, the state capital, open. At the event, the governor pledged to continue to upgrade existing infrastructure...

2023-12-11

Cash crisis hits Lagos, Oyo, Osun, Ekiti, Ondo, Rivers, Kwara, Sokoto, Kaduna as anger spreads among banks' customers
NIGERIANS have expressed anger over the return of cash crisis in some states of the federation as bank customers scavenged for the few notes available at the authomated teller machine (ATMs) and point of sales (POS) bu...

Kwara targets 2% of global garment market, begins Ops Q1 2024
•Factory will be largest in West Africa at full capacity: MD •Says Aso Oke will be a top brand Kwara State is now positioned to capture at least 2% of the global garment market when it begins full ope...

22-year-old Student Commits Suicide in Ilorin
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Nigeria's Reliance on Oil, Neglect of Agricultural Sector Remain Bane of Food Insecurity, Says Shettima
Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has said that Nigeria's reliance on oil since the early 70s and the neglect of the agricultural sector are responsible for what has today become a national security challenge i...

National Integration: Shettima Urges Nigerians To Embrace Ilorin Model
Vice President Kashim Shettima has urged Nigerians to learn from the people of Ilorin, Kwara State in the nation's search for national integration and genuine spirit of brotherly relationship. Shettima stated t...

2023-12-08

AbdulRazaq Restates Support for MSME, Opens Trade Fair in Kwara
Kwara State Governor and Chairman Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, Alhaji AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, Thursday, said his administration will continue to provide a conducive environment for businesses to blossom. Abdul...

Kwara State Governor Laments The Increase In Moral Decadence
The Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman Abdulrazaq has lamented the rise in social vices and insecurity, attributing it to moral decadence among the youths. The governor stated this at the 10th anniversary of Roya...

Kwara hotel owner asks govt to promote work-life balance
Hotel owner in Kwara state has urged the state government to start and lead a campaign to educate the populace about the need to get right balance between work and leisure. Speaking with Nigerian Tribune in Ilo...

Summit varsity Offa established to address incessant strikes in public universities — VC
Vice Chancellor, Summit University, Offa, Kwara State, Professor Abiodun Musa Aibinu, has said that one of the factors for establishing the university is to stem and arrest the tide of incessant industrial actions by t...

Unending controversy over Kwara underpass
The Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Underpass in Ilorin, the capital of Kwara State has become a subject of discussion and controversy due its state of disrepair not long after it was commissioned in 2019. BIOLA AZEEZ delves ...

Pre-election Litigations Gulp N500m In Kwara
A pro-democracy group, Kwara Must Change, has expressed concern over the huge cost of pre-election litigations and their implications on the electoral process and democratic growth in the country. The group sai...

Kwara Gov congratulates Bar. Yahaya on NCP's appointment
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated Barrister Olayiwola Yahaya on his appointment by President Bola Tinubu to serve as a member of the National Council on Privatization (NCP) as a private sect...