2023-07-24

Kwara Gov approves multisectoral palliatives to cushion fuel subsidy removal
• Okays 100% CONMESS for doctors, allowances for nurses • Workers get monthly cash support, cash backing for promotions, staggered working days • Eight years after, AbdulRazaq restores steps for SUBEB wor...

Oro Community in Kwara holds home-coming reception for Lai Mohammed
Oro Community Development Association, OCDA, in Kwara on Saturday held a home-coming reception for the former Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Lai Mohammed. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that t...

Poliomyelitis: Kwara State Kicks Off Vaccination Of Children
Oral Polio vaccination for children has commenced in Kwara State, North Central Nigeria. The programme is courtesy of the state government and it kicked off in Lafiagi, Edu Local Government Area in the Kwara Nor...

Aremu wins PSN's Pharmacist of the Year award
A Professor in the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ilorin, Isaac Olusola Aremu, has emerged the pioneer winner of the Academic Pharmacist of the Year award. Winners of other categories of the award, organised...

Excitement as NILDS rallies UNILORIN for legislative studies
The partnership between the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) Abuja and the University of Ilorin, to commence legislative studies programme in the university come October 2023. ...

Acute water supply shortage hits Ilorin jumaat Mosque
The management of the Ilorin Central Jumaat Mosque weekend raised the alarm over acute water supply shortage to the mosque, blaming the situation on infiltration of its dedicated water lines from the state water corpo...

Kwara Govt Lauded On Swift Response To Road Collapse
Kwara State Government has been lauded for its swift deployment of repair materials and personnel to the site of the collapsed culvert linking Shao to Malete in the Moro Local Government Area of the state. It wo...

Kwara Government Cautions Residents Against Indiscriminate Waste Disposal
The Kwara state government has again cautioned residents of the state to desist from indiscriminate disposal of their refuse. The Secretary and acting General Manager of the state Environmental Protection Agency...

2023-07-23

14% rate of drug abuse in Kwara worrisome – NDLEA
Muhammed Ibrahim, Commander, National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), in Kwara has said that record shows that drug abuse prevalence in the last one year in the state wass 14 percent. This, according to hi...

Kwara Gov greets Oloriewe Adedoyin, Abdullahi Shiru on birthdays
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated Oloriewe Raheem Adedoyin (FNGE) on his 62nd birthday, commending his passion for youth development, his contributions to the media industry, and his support...

2023-07-22

KWSG Commended on Swift Response to Road Collapse
The Kwara State Government has been commended for immediately responding to the collasped culvert linking Shao to Malete in the Moro Local Government Area of the state. The Acting Vice-Chancellor of Kwara State...

2023-07-21

Couple, others lose N5.4m to fraudulent investment scheme
Some victims have recounted their ordeals after they lost a total of N5.4m to an online investment site that reportedly crashed when they were due to withdraw their money. Three of the victims, in separate inte...

Reps to investigate contaminated aviation fuel
The House of Representatives has announced its intention to launch an investigation into the recurring problem of aviation fuel contamination in the country. The resolution was reached after the House adopted a ...

Electricity Hike: VC Advises Varsities To Embrace Solar
The Vice Chancellor of Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Prof. Noah Yusuf, said the university has embarked on a solar energy project to reduce the exorbitant bill from Power Holden Company of Nigeria (PHCN). Yusuf ...

Kwara CSOs Laud EFCC On Rule Of Law
A coalition of over 20 Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and Non-governmental Organisations (NGOs) under the aiges of Kwara CSO Observatory on Wednesday, July 19, 2023 commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commi...

PMS Hike: Kwara State NLC Implores Nigerian Govt To Fix Refineries
The Kwara State Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has implored the Nigerian Government to fix the nation's moribund refineries in a bid to cause reduction in the price of fuel otherwise known as Premium Moto...

Anthrax: Enugu, Kwara urge citizens not to panic
Enugu and Kwara state governments have urged residents of the states not to panic over the outbreak of anthrax. They said measures were in place to prevent the outbreak of the disease in the states. While...

Over 200,000 Kwara Residents Benefit From Social Investment Programme
The Kwara state Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, Chief Press Secretary, Rafiu Ajakaye over 200,000 people of the state have benefitted from the state Social Investment Programme (KWASSIP) schemes He stated this ...

Kwara gov to attend BSN meeting
The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, will declare open the 56th Bible Society of Nigeria. It would commence from July 24 to 28, 2023. A statement by the organisation said the meeting, which w...

Petrol pump price: Kwara Assembly moves to protect fuel consumers
Kwara State House of Assembly has asked citizens who feel short-changed by any filling station in the state to report to the appropriate authorities for redress. The legislative arm of the government also urged ...

Three escape mob action in Kwara over alleged missing private organs
Three persons, on Thursday, escaped being lynched over alleged missing private organs in Ilorin, Kwara state capital. The incident, according to the state Police Command, occurred at Tanke/Oke-Odo area of Ilorin...