2023-06-23

Expect three-day cloud, thunderstorms from Friday, NiMet tells Nigerians
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted cloudy weather and thunderstorms between Friday and Sunday across the country. This is according to NiMet`s weather outlook released on Thursday in Abuja ...

We are not responsible for Kwara Sports Commission's ban, says AFN
The last may not have been heard of the suspension placed on Kwara Sports Commission over its association with a banned coach. Yesterday, the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) said the action was from the Nigeria A...

Hajj 2023: Kwara State Completes Airlifting Of All Pilgrims
The Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board has completed the airlift of the final batch of its intending pilgrims from the state to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the 2023 hajj exercise. The Board has now airlifte...

Zakat C'ttee Donates N.5m To Kwara Boat Mishap Survivors
The Majlis for Sadakah, Zakat and Waqf in Kwara State has donated N500,000 to the victims of the recent boat mishap in Patigi, Patigi local government area of the state. The chairman of the implementation commi...

Kwara gov tasks N'Assembly on gender parity legislation
Chairman of Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF), AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has pledged to champion a national advocacy for constitution amendment to deepen gender inclusion. The move by AbdulRazaq, who doubles as Kwar...

Lawyer remanded for defrauding Kwara varsity of N19.3m
The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Wednesday, arraigned a lawyer, Temidayo Eseyin, for allegedly defrauding the Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara State, to the tune of N19.3...

Boat accident: Patigi LG boss appeals to FG on abandoned Kwara – Niger bridge
Chairman, Transition Implementation Committee, Patigi Local Government of Kwara State, Mohammed Ibrahim Liman, has sent a passionate appeal to the Federal Government to come to the rescue of his people, who lost 107 pe...

Monthly Sanitation Exercise Holds on Saturday
This is to inform members of the public that sanitation exercise for this month will hold on Saturday, 24th June, 2023 from 7:00 am to 9:00 am. Residents of the State are hereby enjoined to fully participate in ...

2023-06-22

Expert Laments Money Laundering Loopholes In Real Estate Industry
An expert in the real estate industry, Mallam Bature Ali Muhammad has lamented the activities of money launderers exploiting the several loopholes in the industry. He raised the concern while delivering a paper...

Energy theft, assault on staff now attracts jail terms, IBEDC warns
Electricity consumers who are caught indulging in sharp practices and assaults on staff of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company PLC now risk jail terms ranging from three to five years imprisonment as prescribed in ...

NSCDC new commandant seeks support from Emir of Ilorin
Mohammed expressed gratitude to the royal father for his contributions and support to the corps over the years. Mr Umar Mohammed, newly-deployed Kwara Commandant, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC)...

Ilorin Aviation College Graduates 27 Students, Commends Governor Abdulrazaq
Management of Ilorin Aviation College (IAC) has commended Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for his continuous support for the school, saying that the continuous payment of the subvention and moral support have kept the ...

FADAMA NG-CARES: Kwara Set For Distribution Of Crop Inputs To Additional 8,000 Farmers
The Kwara State Government has constituted a Prevention and Control Committee to work towards preventing the spread of anthrax to the state. This followed the reported outbreak and spread of the disease in some neighbo...

Kwara Unveils Plans To Check Anthrax Disease
The Kwara State Government has constituted a Prevention and Control Committee to work towards preventing the spread of anthrax to the state. This followed the reported outbreak and spread of the disease in some neighbo...

Interior decorator, 2 others jailed for cybercrime in Ilorin
The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) has secured the conviction of one Asaolu Femi Richard, an interior decorator from Iloffa in Oke-ero Local Government Area of Kwara State ...

Truck driver, jailed, one other docked for illegal mining in Kwara
A 25-year-old truck driver, Nuhu Musa, from Zaria Local Government of Kaduna State, was convicted on Wednesday by a Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin for unlawful possession of solid minerals said to be lepidolite i...

Kwara Boat Disaster: ATBOWATON horrified, condoles families of victims
President, Association of Tourist Boat Operators and Water Transporters of Nigeria (ATBOWATON), Dr Gani Tarzan Balogun, has described the boat accident in the waters of Patigi Channel of River Niger, Kwara State in whi...

FG, World Bank Applaud Kwara Education Reforms, Investments
The Federal Government and World Bank teams on Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) have applauded Governor Ab­dulRahman AbdulRazaq for his administration's reforms and commitments in improv...

Kwara State, Japan's Agency To Partner On Basic Education
The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has engaged a mission team of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in talks for a partnership to develop basic education in the state. The JICA team ...

2023-06-21

Club supports Kwara hospital
The Offa Metropolitan Club has signed an operational agreement with Clina-Lancent Laboratories, on the efficient running of the medical centre in Offa General Hospital, Kwara State. Speaking during the signing o...

IBEDEC groans over N50bn debt from consumers in Kwara — Official
Electricity consumers in Kwara state are currently owing the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company of Nigeria (IBEDEC), PLC, a disturbing sum of over N50 billion, said its management on Tuesday in Ilorin. Spea...

Fuel subsidy removal in favour of students, masses, says Ex-Kwara Governor's Aide
Former Special Adviser on Strategy to Kwara State governor, Alh Saadu Salahu, on Tuesday, said the recent fuel subsidy removal by the federal government was done in favour of the Nigerian students and the poor masses....

Kwara police moves to rescue kidnapped wife, 2 children of overseas returnee
Officers of Kwara State Police Command and vigilantes are currently combing the forest in search of three members of a family, including the wife and children of an overseas returnee abducted in Okanle-Fajeromi communi...

Kwara gov increases NG-CARES beneficiaries to 5,348, stipend by 50%
Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has approved increase in number of beneficiaries of the Nigeria-Covid 19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus Labour Intensive Public Workfare project at the local governm...

NDLEA arrests 225 suspects, seizes 809kg of illicit drugs in Kwara
The Kwara State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it has arrested 225 suspected drug traffickers and seized 809, 200 kilograms of illicit drugs since January this year. The acting ...

2023-06-20

Sallah: Buyers Groan As Ram Sells For N.4m In Kwara
Muslims planning to buy rams for the forthcoming El-el-Kabir have decried the soaring prices of the livestock in major markets across Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. Visits to ram markets in Oja Tuntun/Kuntun, ...