2023-07-16

Kwara govt commended for effective running of FG-UBEC Model School
•State's use of technology for teaching impressive: UBEC Chief •Govt pledges greater support, investment in edu sector Kwara State Government again earned national applause for running the FG-UBEC spons...

10 Die In Kwara Auto Crash
An auto accident along Jebba-Bode Saadu expressway in Kwara State claimed the lives of 10 persons Thursday night, our correspondent gathered at the weekend. Three vehicles were involved in the crash that was rep...

2023-07-15

Be Ready to Build the Nation, Abdulrasaq Charges CORPS Members
The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has charged National Youth Corps Members to be ready physically, psychologically and socially to face the rigors of nation building as full fledged adult Nigerians. ...

Smugglers warned to stay clear of Kwara as Customs remit N9.8bn to FG
Comptroller, Kwara State Command, Nigeria Customs Service, Kehinde Dehinde Ilesanmi, has warned economic saboteurs and smugglers to stay clear of the state or be ready to meet their Waterloo. At a press briefing...

Partially blind Kwara Football star begs Nigerians for N25m for corrective surgery
A Football prodigy, JSS 3 student of Cherubim &Seraphim Grammar school, Sabo-Oke Ilorin Kehinde Ayodele now partially blind needs N25M to undergo a correctional surgery in a United Kingdom hospital. His fath...

Kwara command of Nigeria Customs rakes N6.2B in 3 months
The Kwara State Command of Nigeria Customs has generated a total sum of N6,246 485,827.97(Six BillionTwo Hundred and Forty-Six Million Four Hundred and Eighty-Five Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty -Seven Naira Ninety ...

2023-07-14

Court convicts 5 for cybercrime in Kwara
A Kwara State High Court on Thursday in Ilorin sentenced five persons to jail for offences bordering on internet fraud. The convicts were prosecuted on separate charges by the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economi...

ActionAid Nigeria charges Kwara govt with improved grassroots devt
The international civil society organization, ActionAid Nigeria, has urged the Kwara state government to replicate its achievements in selected vulnerable local government areas in the last 15 years in other rural comm...

FADAMA NG-CARES: Kwara State Government Trains Extension Agents, Advisory Experts
The Kwara state government has trained experts and agents recruited to provide extension and advisory services to the beneficiaries of FADAMA NG-CARES programme. The training, tagged “Orientation for Extension a...

Two persons kidnapped in Kwara community
Two individuals, a man and his father, have been reportedly abducted by a gang of kidnappers in the Isanlu Isin community in the Isin Local Government Area of Kwara State. The incident occurred at approximately ...

Kwara fire service recovers woman's corpse from Asa River
The corpse of an unidentified woman was Thursday recovered by the personnel of the Kwara State fire service from Asa River, along Emir's Road in Ilorin, the state capital. The lifeless body of the yet-to-be-iden...

13 Chinese nabbed for illegal mining in Kwara
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested 13 Chinese nationals for allegedly engaging in illegal mining activities in Ilorin, Kwara State. The anti-graft agency disclosed this in a statement on T...

2023-07-13

Monarch Assures New Kwara Police Boss Of His Support To Combat Crimes
The Emir of Ilorin and Chairman Kwara State Council of Chiefs, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari has assured the new Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Ebunoluwarotimi Adelesi, of his support towards ensuring that she ...

Newly Appointed CP, Adelesi Pledges To Intensify Crime Prevention In Kwara State
The new Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Ebun Oluwarotimi Adelesi has emphasised that the Police Command under her watch shall be on crime prevention around the State.Adelesi said this while addressing journ...

Ilorin Aviation College graduates pilots
The International Aviation College (IAC), Ilorin, Kwara State, has graduated four students. While one obtained a Commercial Pilot Licence (CPL), Instrument Rating and Multi-Engine, the others got their Private Pilot Li...

Kwara, academics, students remember late KWASU VC Akanbi
Kwara State Government has paid tribute to the late Vice Chancellor of the State University (KWASU) Malete, Prof. Muhammad Mustapha Akanbi, describing him as a strong and value-driven administrator in his lifetime....

Education trust fund bill, other scale second reading in Kwara Assembly
The Kwara State Environmental Protection Agency Amendment Bill 2023 and the Kwara State Education Trust Fund Amendment Bill 2023 have passed their second reading at the state House of Assembly. The two executive...

Hajj: Another batch of Kwara pilgrims return to Nigeria
Another batch of 269 Muslim Pilgrims from Kwara State returned on Wednesday to Ilorin after performing the hajj rites in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. It was the second batch of Kwara state pilgrims to arrive from the 2...

Lightning kills 3 suspected kidnappers in Kwara
Thunderstrike allegedly masterminded by relations of victims has reportedly killed three suspected kidnappers in the agrarian Oro Ago community in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State. Vanguard gathered...