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2023-07-20
Anglican College Offa Class Of '83 Holds 40th Reunion
The class of '83 of the renowned Anglican Comprehensive College, Offa, Kwara State has completed two fully furnished ultra-modern classroom blocks and office spaces, to be donated to the 65-year-old citadel of learning...
Kwara State NDLEA Boss Solicits Support Of Traditional Institutions
The New Kwara state Commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Mr. Muhammed Ibrahim, has solicited the support of traditional institutions to curb drug menace in the state. He made the appeal...
Police Uphold Verdict On Dismissed Kwara Officers
Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has upheld the verdict on dismissed officers in Kwara State command. Force spokesperson, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi while revealing this in a statement, said a review panel recommended the ...
Kwara Community Vigilantes Renew Oath, Bear ID Cards
Worried by the incessant kidnapping activities and security breaches in its territory, the traditional council and stakeholders in Isin LGA of Kwara State have rejigged the security apparatus of the area making hunters...
Kwara Poly Alumni, Management Move To Recover Institution's Encroached Land
The Worldwide Alumni Association of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, on Wednesday, cried out over the encroachment of a large chunk of the institution's land. The association said it will initiate a process to r...
NEMA again alerts Kwara residents on impending flood
The Minna operations office of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has again alerted some of those living in Kwara of an impending flood. Zainab Saidu, head of NEMA Minna operations office, disclosed in ...
Downpour Washes Away Bridge, Cuts Off Kwara Varsity
A downpour on Tuesday night washed away the bridge on Jeeje River linking Shao community with the Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, Moro LGA. The Jagunmolu of Shao, Chief Wole Oke, has, therefore, appealed...

2023-07-19
Kwara PDP Secretary resigns
Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has received the resignation letter of its State Secretary, Abdulrazaq Lawal. The State Publicity Secretary of the Party, Prince Tunji Moronfoye, said in...
Fuel Stations Shut As Petrol Sells For N600/Litre In Kwara
Filling stations in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Tuesday, closed down following an announcement by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) on further increment in pump price of petrol from N537 to N617 per l...
Polio: Kwara State Schedules Immunisation On July 22
The Executive Secretary of Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr Nusirat Elelu says the state will commence the Second Round Oral Polio Immunisation on July 22 to 25. Elelu stated this during her pres...
Petrol sells for N700 per liter in Kwara
Major and independent marketers of Premium Motor Spirit also known as petrol have increased the pump price in Ilorin, Kwara state capital. Some of the filling stations visited by our correspondent on Tuesday dis...
Ban on rice importation subsists, says Kwara Customs boss
The Comptroller of Customs, Kwara Area Command, Kehinde Ilesanmi, has said that ban on importation of foreign rice has not been lifted. At a press briefing in Ilorin, yesterday, the Customs boss said his command...
Two jailed for internet fraud in Kwara
A 24-year-old Francis Stephen Oke Eghele, was on Tuesday, convicted by a Kwara State High Court, for presenting himself as aN American woman in order to defraud unsuspecting victims. He was convicted by Justice ...
Anthrax Outbreak: Kwara rolls out new preventive measures
The Kwara government has rolled out new public health advisory measures to curb the spread of anthrax. The measure follows the federal government's confirmation of an anthrax outbreak in a multi-specie animal fa...
Hijrah: Kebbi, Jigawa, Sokoto, Kwara, Osun Declare Today Public Holiday
In line with the Sultan of Sokoto Muhammad Saad Abubakar declaration of today as the first day of Muharram 1444 After Hijra, Sokoto state has joined the league of states, declaring today as public holiday. The c...
Hijrah: Kwara Declares Wednesday, Every 1st Of Muharram Work-free Day
Kwara State governor, Abdulrahman AbdulRazaq, has approved the observance of every first day of the month of Muharram (Hijrah) in the Islamic lunar calendar, as a work-free day in the State. LEADERSHIP reports t...

2023-07-18
Work as Allies Abdulrazaq Tells CSO and CBO
The Governor of Kwara State, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has called on Civil Society Organizations (CSO) and Community Base Organizations (CBO) to work as allies or partners with Kwara State Government to achieve ...
UK varsity donates books to UNILORIN
The management of the University of Ilorin has taken delivery of books worth millions of naira donated to its library by the University of Bath in the United Kingdom. According to the University of Ilorin news bulletin...
2023 Hajj: 31,533 Pilgrims Return, Over 40,000 Still In Saudi Arabia
National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has so far transported 31, 533 Nigerian pilgrims back home out of 75, 000 that performed 2023 hajj in Saudi Arabia through the commission and states pilgrims' welfare boards...
World Bank rates KwaraLEARN among 'Great Buys
The World Bank's Global Education Evidence Advisory Panel (GEEAP) report has rated Kwara State Government's Leading Education Achievement and Reform Now (KwaraLEARN) among “Smart Buys”. In low and middle-income ...
Tinubu Consoles Mangal, Imam Adigun Over Wife, Mother's Death
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sent his condolences to the chairman of MaxAir and AFDIN Group, Alhaji Dahiru Barau Mangal, over the passing of his wife, Hajiya Aisha Dahiru Mangal, who died at the weekend. In a...
RETEAN Tasks Tinubu On Revival Of Transport Sector
Transporters under the aegis of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) have called on President Bola Tinubu to take advantage of the potentials in the transportation sector to develop the nation's ...
Stakeholders Hail President Tinubu's Administration On Youth Employment
The Director General of Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies ( MINILS ) in Ilorin, Kwara State North Central Nigeria, Comrade Issa Aremu has hailed the renewed commitment of President Bola Tinubu's admi...
Kwara pilgrim, Busari Alao dies in Makkah
The Executive Secretary of the Kwara State Muslims Pilgrims Welfare Board, Alhaji AbdulKadir AbdulSalam, has disclosed that a pilgrim from the state at the just concluded 2023 Hajj exercise, Busari Alao, is dead. ...
NSPRI trains NYSC members on value addition, post-harvest management in Kwara
Fifty selected serving members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Kwara State have been trained on value addition and post harvest management of agricultural commodities. The corps members, who are gr...
Kwara community to sack unidentified visitors to check insecurity
Isanlu-Isin community in Isin Local Government of Kwara State has redesigned its security architecture in the wake of last week's abduction of four indigenes of the community. Last Thursday, four locals were abd...

2023-07-17
UNILORIN warns against social media accounts created for VC Egbewole
The Management of the University of Ilorin has warned the public against interacting with social media accounts created in the name of the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Wahab Egbewole (SAN). According to the institutio...
Kwara: Renewed hostilities in Aradun over demolition of ancient arch
Tension is again brewing in Aradun, a community in Irepodun local government area of Kwara state, following the demolition of the ancient arch erected in honour of the progenitor, founder and the first king of the town...
Hajj 2023: Kwara State Lifts Back 1,600 Pilgrims, Records One Death
One thousand, six hundred (1,600) pilgrims from Kwara State, North Central Nigeria that performed this year's pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia through the state Pilgrim's Welfare Board have so far been airlifted back home....
Police rescue 5 kidnapped victims in Kwara
Reprieve came for five persons, who were kidnapped by some gunmen in Isanlu Isin, in Isin Local Government Area of Kwara State on Thursday, as the state police command announced their rescue in a statement, yesterday....
Kwara Community Demands Removal Of IBEDC Manager
Indigenes of Offa Local Government Area in Kwara State have called for the removal of the commercial manager of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC), Offa Service Hub, Isaac Olorungbon within seven days....

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