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2023-08-16
AbdulRazaq visits family home of late Kwara's ex-MILAD Latinwo in Offa
•Says Latinwo's legacies everlasting Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Wednesday paid a condolence visit to the family of ex-military administrator (MILAD) of the state, retired Group Captain Sala...
Summit University, Offa, Secures International Grant for Transformative AI Project Empowering Women in Aquaculture
Situated in Kwara State, Nigeria, Summit University, Offa, continues to exemplify its research-driven excellence by securing a prestigious international grant for its pioneering initiative: the Artificial Intelligence ...
Kwara Gov, other dignitaries receive corpse of Nigeria's envoy to France Laro
•late envoy buried amid prayers The remains of Nigeria's Ambassador to France Ambassador Kayode Laro arrived Ilorin, Kwara State, on Wednesday morning for immediate burial. The body of the diplomat was ...
Unveiling Kwara's next cabinet members by Rafiu Ajakaye
Kwara State House of Assembly on Monday read the list of cabinet nominees forwarded to it by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, followed by its approval of another request of the Governor to appoint 10 specia...
Kwara First Lady, Health Insurance Agency, Service Providers, sponsors meet over health insurance financing
•We now have over 70,000 enrollees - Exec Sec •Scheme is beneficial - stakeholders Kwara State First Lady, Ambassador Olufolake AbdulRazaq, Officials of National and Kwara State Health Insurance Agencie...
EFCC Tasks Unilorin Students On Hard Work, Corruption
The Commander, Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Michael Nzekwe, on Friday, August 11, 2023 called on the youths to shun all forms of corrupt practices and align themselves wit...
US-Based Company Partners Ilorin Aviation College, Trains 45 On Aero STEM
Project Sunshine, a United States-based company, has partnered with the International Aviation College (IAC), Ilorin in Kwara State to organise Aero Science Technology Engineering and Mathematic (STEM) Fellowship for s...
JAMB Registrar Tasks Universities on Community Service, Development
The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has urged the universities' management to pay more attention to community service and development. Oloyede stated this in...
NGO says state of agric devt in Kwara discouraging
A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) has lamented the level of inadequate funding for agricultural development in Kwara State. In a communiqué issued after a town hall meeting with agro industry experts, the E...
Eye Care: Firm Partners Kwara Govt, Donates State-Of-The-Art Equipment
An international development organisation, Sightsavers is partnering with the Kwara State government to boost eye care services in the state. The partnership also sought to engender the provision of state-of-the...
NDLEA arrests three Kwara drug traffickers
The Kwara State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested three men allegedly notorious for the supply of illicit drugs in different locations of the state. Speaking with journalists in Il...
Kwara Government Pledges Support for EFCC's Fight Against Illegal Miners
The Kwara State Government says the decision of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to fight illegal mining activities in the state deserves the supports and commendation of ...
Kwara Assembly moves to tackle sales of dangerous drugs
The Kwara State House of Assembly, on Tuesday, urged Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq to direct the state Ministries of Health and Environment to tackle the menace of hawking and open sales of drugs, medicines and other...
Group Extends Medical Help To Indigents In Kwara State
In the Fufu area of Ilorin South Local Government Area in Kwara State, North Central Nigeria, more than 400 indigents have been provided with free medical care and medication by the state Chapter of the Pharmaceutical ...
Fuel subsidy: Kwara disburses support for 13,416 traders, others
The Kwara State Government has begun disbursement of its token of support for 13,416 petty traders and others at the lowest rung of the economic pyramid — another layer of the state government's response to the recent ...

2023-08-15
'Exemplary diplomat' — Tinubu mourns as Nigeria's ambassador to France dies
President Bola Tinubu has paid tribute to Kayode Laro, the late Nigerian ambassador to France. News of Laro's death broke on Friday night. Details of his death remain sketchy as of the time of this report. ...
KWASU Alumni Win COREN National, Regional Prizes
Four alumni of Kwara State University won national and regional prizes of the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria COREN for their undergraduate research. Faruq Obasanjo Adekola was awarded the ...
Police Stop Isese Festival In Kwara
The Kwara State Police Command, on Monday, advised the leadership of traditioner worshipers in the state not to carry out their planned festival in Ilorin, the state capital. The Command said the intelligence availa...
Kwara Assembly Unveils Name of 18 Commissioner Nominees.
Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Engineer Yakubu Danladi Salihu has unveiled names of eighteen commissioner nominees sent for confirmation by Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq. While reading the message to his co...
Holding Isese festival in Ilorin amounts to cultural terrorism, Kwara Islamic clerics insist
Islamic clerics under the aegis of Council of Ulama in Kwara State on Tuesday likened the planned celebration of Isese festival in Ilorin by International Council for Ifa Religion (ICIR) to cutural terrorism. ICIR has fix...

2023-08-14
Kwara State Police Command Press Release: Security of Lives and Property in and Around Kwara State a Task That Must be Done.
In continuation of the Kwara State Police Command's onerous effort to ensure a safe and secure State for the good people of Kwara, the Commissioner of Police Kwara State Command, CP. Ebunoluwarotimi Adelesi psc+, FISN ...
NDLEA arrests major drug distributor In Ilrin
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Kwara state Command has arrested a notorious drug distributor Nwankwo Innocent and two others over drug-related offences. The State NDLEA Commander, Muhammed Ibrahim ...
Eye Care: Firm Partners Kwara Govt, Donates State-Of-The-Art Equipment
An international development organisation, Sightsavers is partnering with the Kwara State government to boost eye care services in the state. The partnership also sought to engender the provision of state-of-the-art...
Kwara Commissioner Nominees, August, 2023
1. Abdulganiyu AbdulAzeez – Asa 2. Hon Aliyu Kora Sabi – Baruteen 3. Sheu Ndanusa Usman – Edu 4. Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi – Ekiti 5. Dr Segun Ogunsola – Ifelodun 6. Abdulquawiy Olododo – Ilorin...
Unilorin SU awards CEO over humanitarian contributions
Founder and Chairman of Fly Multi Company Ltd., Bolarinwa Kashif Ololade popularly knows as MrFly was presented an humanitarian award by the Students' Union, University of Ilorin, Kwara State, on Saturday, August 12, 2...
Kwara United To Play Two friendly Matches In Benin Republic Ahead 2023/2024 NPFL Season
In continuation of their preparations for the 2023/2024 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), Kwara United Football Club has been scheduled to engage two Benin Republic Premier League clubs in friendly matches, in Ni...
Italian Beach Soccer Federation Invites Kwara Team For Tournament
The Chairman of the Kwara Beach Soccer Association and founder of Nmanko Beach Soccer Club of Patigi, Idris Jibril, said the Italian Beach Soccer Federation has invited the team to a tournament. Jibril disclosed...
Latinwo's death big loss for Kwara, say Saraki, group
Former Senate President Bukola Saraki and Offa Descendants Union (ODU) have joined others in mourning the death of former Kwara State Military Administrator Group Captain Salaudeen Olatinwo (Rtd). Senator Saraki ...
Kwara NNPP Exco Remains Intact, Says Chairman
The state executive council of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) remains intact, the party's chairman in the state, AbdulSalam AbdulRazaq, has said. LEADERSHIP recalls that the national executive council of N...
Group Wants Tinubu To Reward Grassroot Politicians In Kwara
Members of the Kwara Progressive Squad have appealed to President Bola Tinubu to address the matter of appointing grassroots politicians who played a pivotal role in ensuring the resounding victory of the All Progressi...

2023-08-13
UBEC Model Smart School Adeta Ilorin announces her online admission Registration for 2023/2024 academic session
Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board (KWSUBEB) announces her online collection of application forms for admission into UBEC Model Smart School Adeta, IIorin Kwara State, commenced today Monday 14th of August, 2...
Baba Issa Becomes Substantive Medical Director, FNPH Budo-Egba
The appointment of Prof. Baba Awoye Issa as the substantive Medical Director of the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Budo-Egba, Kwara State has been confirmed by the president, of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Sen...

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