2023-11-01

UNILORIN rewards Researcher of the year with a car
The University of Ilorin has rewarded the varsity Researcher of the year, Prof Adeyinka Tella of the Department of Library and Information Science, with a car. According to a University of Ilorin Bulletin, issu...

Kwara, Japan Agency Partner On Agricultural Development
The Kwara State Government, North Central Nigeria, has expressed its readiness to partner with Japan International Cooperation Agency , JICA, on the implementation of the State Agricultural Transformation Plan. ...

Kwara begins distribution of anti-measles vaccine
The Kwara State government has launched the 2023 measles and immunisation campaign for children under five, pledging to ensure that the exercise covers the vast majority of the target group. The campaign and routine im...

Sporting Lagos coach hints at squad rotation for Kwara United clash
Sporting Lagos head coach, Paul Offor, has said he will rotate his team in Wednesday's (today) Nigeria Premier Football League matchday six encounter against Kwara United. Offor believed that the mid-week fixtu...

Hoodlums attack Radio Nigeria FM station in Kwara
A four-man gang of hoodlums, in the early hours of Tuesday, attacked the Federal government-owned Radio Nigeria FM station at Idofian town, in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State. The hoodlums, who ro...

Labour Institute Trains 25 Youths In Ilorin
Michael Imoudu National Institute For Labour Studies (MINILS), Ilorin, Kwara State has trained 25 youths in tailoring, garment and fashion designing. The beneficiaries were drawn from the six geo-political zones of the...

Kwara barber nabbed over girlfriend's death during sex
The Kwara State Police Command has arrested a middle aged man who is operating a barbing salon in Ilorin, the state capital, over a girl who allegedly died during a sex romp on Monday. The police who confirmed ...

LG Amendment Law: 'We'll put interests of citizens first' – Kwara Speaker
The Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Engr Yakubu Danladi-Salihu, has assured the people of the state that the legislature will continue to uphold the tenet of democracy by putting the interests of the peop...

Kwara CSOs, stakeholders battle AbdulRazaq over LG election
A coalition of Civil Society Organisations alongside notable individuals from Kwara State say they are set to sustain the struggle for the conduct of elections into the administration of the 16 Local Government Council...

2023-10-31

Criminals Now Disguise As POS Agents — Police.
The Police Command in Kwara State on Monday said criminals are now disguising themselves as point of sales (POS) agents to rob and collect kidnap ransom. The state Commissioner of Police, Victor Olaiya, disclos...

ARMTI trains 20 youth in agripreneurship development
Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute (ARMTI), Ilorin, Kwara state on Monday, commenced agricultural capacity building and training scheme for 20 youth, titled, “Agripreneurship Development for Youth”. ...

Kainji/Jebba Hydroelectric calls for cost-reflective tariff'
Chairman of The Board of Directors of Mainstream Energy Solutions Limited (MESL) Col Sani Bello (Rtd) has sought a cost reflective tariff in the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI). The company took ove...

Why We Organise Annual Mass Wedding — Kwara Community
The Ohoro of Shao in Moro LGA of Kwara, Chief Job Atolagbe, has said that the community's annual mass wedding tradition during the Awon festival is to promote unity and inclusiveness among the indigenes. Atolag...

Kwara govt presents 500 mattresses to NYSC
Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State presented 500 mattresses to the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in the state for use by corps members and camp officials during the orientation course. ...

Kwara State To Celebrate Youth Day
In a bid to reaffirm the development of youths and their active participation in government, the Kwara State Government has announced plans to celebrate National Youth Day in the state. In a statement released ...

2 Women Paraded For Selling Hemp As Beverage In Kwara
Two women, Bisola Thomas (29) and Oloruntola Oluwatoyin (25), have been paraded by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for allegedly selling hard drugs as beverages in Ilorin and Offa in Kwara State. ...

Kwara governor inspects new medical facilities at Ilorin General Hospital, expresses satisfaction with standards
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Monday inspected the new medical facilities being put in place at the state General Hospital Ilorin and expressed satisfaction with the standards of the work done so far. ...

PDP wants LG allocations to Kwara stopped
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to stall further release of local governments' monthly allocation to the state. This is as the party also passed a vote-of-no-...

Nigeria Receives Over 550,000 Applications For Technical Talent Program
The Nigerian government says it has received a total application of over 550,000 from across the country for the first batch of its 3 million technical talent pool program. The Minister of Communication and Dig...

2023-10-30

Kwara RAAMP Office cautions PDP PRO over false claims
(Kwara) State Office of the Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP) has been inundated with calls on some claims which we confirmed were made by the State Publicity Secretary of the People's Democratic ...

KWSG Supports Digital Transformation Agenda - Damilola
The Kwara State Government has reaffirmed its continued support for digital transformation which will in turn provide an economically viable and self-sustainable environment via digital literacy, youths empowerment, in...

Engineers seek improved funding for projects, manufacturing sector
The Nigerian Institution of Mechanical Engineers (NIMechE) has called on government and other relevant stakeholders to improve funding and financial support for engineering projects and the manufacturing sector of the ...

Don Asks FG To Adopt Arabic Language In Schools
Federal government has been urged to adopt Arabic as an alternative official language in the country. A professor of Arabic at Kwara State University, Malete (KWASU), Hamzat AbdulRaheem made the call while brie...

Institute, Kwara Polytechnic Train Staff On Leadership, Ethics
The Director General, National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, Jos, Professor Ayo Omotayo has described the Management of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin under the leadership of Engr. Abdul Ji...

Kwara State Set To Construct Waste Recycling Plant
The Kwara Government says it is constructing a waste recycling plant at Offa to sanitise the environment. The state Commissioner for Environment, Mr Usman Ndanusa, made this known during handing over of the pr...

Fish traders set to call off one-week strike in Kwara
Frozen fish traders in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, may call off their one-week strike on Monday. DAILY POST reports that they have been on strike in the last week over the rising cost of the products. ...

Woman Killed, 2 POS Operators Abducted In Kwara
A woman was killed and two others abducted around 8pm on Saturday as gunmen invaded Ora community in Ifelodun LGA of Kwara State. A community leader told our correspondent that, “Those abducted are two female P...

2023-10-29

KWSG Reiterates Commitment to RMRDC
The Kwara State Government has reiterated its commitment to support Raw Materials Research Development Council (RMRDC) to identify raw materials that can be used for industrialization by Woo-be investors. The St...

Emir Of Ilorin Lauds Tinubu On Onilu's Appointment As DG NOA
The Emir of Ilorin and Chairman Kwara State Council of Chiefs, Mai-Martaba Alhaji (Dr) Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari CFR, has applauded President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the appointment of Mallam Lanre Issa Onilu, as the Director ...

Soldiers storm Kwara community to rescue kidnap victims
Soldiers have been deployed to Ora community in Ifelodun Local Government of Kwara State where gunmen suspected to be kidnappers invaded on Saturday. A child was killed, two women abducted while scores were inj...

KWSG urges Youth Participation in NAIRS Innovation and Digital Transformation
The Kwara State Government has reiterated its commitment to creating an enabling environment for youths in the state to thrive. According to the Supervising Commissioner for the Ministry of Youth Development, H...

Kwara Gov excited as ex-PPS Jumoke Gafar is named SA Intergovernmental Relations to President
Kwara State Governor has congratulated the immediate past Principal Private Secretary Bar. Jumoke Gafar over her appointment as Special Assistant to the President on Coordination and Intergovernmental Agency Relations....