2023-08-28

Kwara Govt equips Offa General Hospital with modern lab machines
•To deploy more doctors, nurses to facility The Kwara State Government has equipped the General Hospital in Offa with modern laboratory machines. The new machines were delivered to the health facility b...

Agricultural investment: Recovering Nigeria's missed opportunity, By Abubakar Adamu
On 1 March, 2017, the prospect of a groundbreaking agricultural investment of Saudi Arabia in Nigeria was met with enthusiasm and hope. The proposed Agric City in Kwara State, envisioned by the Saudi Investment Company...

Police 'Arrogance' Against Citizens Increasing — AIG
The police have lamented the incivility of its officers against members of the public, saying the trend is rising. To this end, the police command said plans were underway to weed out recruits with a high tenden...

Valiant FC Announce Partnership With Kwara Football Academy In Bid To Discover, Promote Grassroots Talent
Valiant FC has today announced a ground-breaking partnership with Kwara Football Academy as both parties revealed that they have signed a Memorandum of Association to discover and develop grassroots talents. The...

FG Urged To Move NOA To Presidency For Optimal Efficiency
The Federal Government has been called upon to move the National Orientation Agency (NOA) to the Office of the President (Presidency) from the information Ministry to ensure optimal efficiency. The call was made...

AbdulRazaq celebrates Kwara boy, Ololade, with 9 As in WASSCE result
Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara has congratulated Master Adesina Ololade, a Kwara student who recently scored As (excellent) in all the nine subjects he wrote in the West African Senior Secondary School Examinatio...

Kwara community Oke-Oyi laments 18-month electricity blackout
Ahmed Seriki, the chairman of Oke-Oyi community development association of Ilorin East LGA in Kwara, has called on Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) to restore to electricity to the area after 18 months o...

Kwara gov mourns Army major killed by bandits in Niger ambush
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has commiserated with the Nigerian Army and people of Eruku in Ekiti Local Government Area of the state over the death of Major Segun Oni, who was killed in an anti-banditry...

66,000 pupils seek Junior secondary schools admission in Kwara — Official
No fewer than 66,055 Primary Six Pupils sat for the Common Entrance (Placement) Examination into Junior Secondary School(JSS1) Classes in Kwara when the schools opened for the 2023/2024 in September this year. A...

2023-08-27

Abdulrazaq Swears in 2023 Batch 'B' (Stream II) Corps Members
Kwara state Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq today swore in 2023 Batch 'B' Stream II Orientation Course of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), with a charge to justify the confidence reposed in them as leaders of ...

Unilorin invests on mental, physical health of students – V-C
Prof. Wahab Egbewole, the Vice Chancellor, University of Ilorin (Unilorin), says the institution has invested heavily on healthcare to ensure the campus is populated by physically and emotionally healthy students. ...

NIPR governing council: Unilorin Mass Comm Alumni body congratulates don
Mass Communication Alumni Association, University of Ilorin (MCAAUI), has congratulated an Associate Professor of Mass Communication at the institution, Dr. Saudat Salah Abdulbaqi, on her election into the Nigeria Inst...

NNPP gets caretaker committee in Kwara
New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has sworn in a five-member caretaker committee, comprising four men and a woman, to pilot affairs of the party in Kwara state. It is recalled that the National Working Committee ...

2023-08-26

Kwara Govt employs new doctors, nurses
•Medical personnel inducted, trained by KW-HMB The Kwara State Hospital Management Board (KW-HMB) has on Thursday inducted newly employed medical personnel into the state's civil service. The state gover...

Ambassador Abdulrazaq Commends RHI as First Lady of Nigeria presents scholarship Awards to Students in Tertiary Institutions
The First Lady of Nigeria Her Excellency Sen. Oluremi Tinubu CON today Saturday 26th of August presented scholarship grants to tertiary institution students drawn from across the 36 States of the Federation. T...

2023-08-25

OPINION: KWARA PDP SECRETARY: Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode GREATKAY Uniting for Progress, Empowering Youth Leadership By AbdulQuadri Onilemarun AbdulKareem
In a time where political landscapes are evolving, it is crucial to recognize the importance of injecting fresh perspectives and youthful vigor into the state executive body. Today, we rally behind a remarkable individ...

Rukayat Shittu Hails Nmanko BSC's Performance At Just Ended NBSL
The Chairman, Kwara State House of Assembly Committee on Sports, Honourable Rukayat Shittu has Congratulated Nmanko BSC of Patigi for their exploit and Impressive Performance at the final phase of the just concluded N...

NDLEA Presents Ambassador Of War Against Drug To Kwara Governor
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kwara State Command, North Central Nigeria has presented the Ambassador of the War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) to the State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for his effor...

KWASU Engineers Convert Petrol Engine Bus to Electric Bus
Engineers of Kwara State University's Centre for Sustainable Energy have successfully converted a petrol-engine bus to an electricity driven one. The Acting Vice-Chancellor, Professor Shaykh-Luqman Jimoh while...

Two-Day National Conference On Agricultural Journalism Set To Hold in Abuja
The maiden edition of the National Conference on Agricultural Journalism (NCAJ), which seeks to improve the knowledge and skills of media practitioners and journalists in modern agriculture reporting is set to hold on ...

Kwara Tax Club Quiz Competition: Catching Them Young for Future Civic Duty
In so many critical areas, the AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq led Kwara State Government, in the last four years, has redefined purposeful governance and has continued to make Kwarans, especially the youths, the central focus ...

Kwara State Governor Distributes Life Jackets To Community
Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara state on Thursday handed over 1,000 life jackets to the people of Patigi, headquarters of the Patigi Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. The life jackets were meant to ...

Anthrax: Kwara Govt Warns Against Patronising Illegal Butchers' Shops
The Kwara State Government has warned members of the public to stop patronising illegal butchers' shops to avoid the deadly anthrax disease and its dire consequences. The Director of Personnel, Finance and Suppl...

My First Million Naira Came From Kwara United, Zamalek Gate Takings – Ex COED Provost
Former provost, Kwara College of Education, KCOE, Ilorin, and seasoned soccer buff and administrator, Alhaji Jimoh Ayinla, PhD, has sensationally revealed that his first million ever made was from gate takings of a con...