2023-06-19

Anthrax Disease: Experts Advise On Consumption Of 'Pomo'
Prof. James Damen, National President, Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria, has urged Nigerians to comply with government's directive to be wary of consuming roasted cow hide (Pomo). This is to avoi...

NUT lambasts govs as teacher shortage rises
Many states are currently battling with a shortage of teachers as those who retired have not been replaced through regular recruitment. Findings on Sunday by The PUNCH correspondents in states such as Ogun, Osun...

Subsidy Removal: Kwara evolves modalities for transport palliatives
The Kwara Ministry of Tertiary Education has met with stakeholders to work out modalities on the free transport palliatives by the government to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy removal on staff and students. ...

Kwara states position on banned Muritala's presence at Benin 2023 Golden League
Kwara State Sports Commission, yesterday, exonerated itself from any blame in the doping saga involving track and field coach, Hammid Muritala, who was banned by the Nigeria Anti-Doping Committee in 2021 for violating ...

Why I stepped down from speakership race- Kwara rep
Rep. Tunji Olawuyi (APC-Kwara) says he stepped down from the race for speakership of the 10th National Assembly, as a mark of respect for his party. Olawuyi, who represented Ekiti/Isin/Irepodun/Oke-Ero Federal C...

Kwara boat mishap: NIWA blames windy rain, overloading, lack of navigational aid
Consequent upon the boat mishap that claimed 106 lives in Patigi area of Kwara State last week,the Managing Director, National Inland Waterways Authority, NIWA, Dr George Moghalu, has said investigations by the agency ...

2023-06-17

Press Release: Kwasu Lauds KWSG on Free Bus Rides, Reduction in Work-Days
The Acting Vice-Chancellor of Kwara State University, Malete, Professor Shaykh-Luqman Jimoh, has commended the Kwara State Government for promptly swinging into action to ameliorate the effect of subsidy removal on pet...

Kwara Govt issues Public Advisory on spread of anthrax diseases
• releases phone numbers for easy contacts Kwara State Government has issued a public advisory on the outbreak and spread of anthrax, a deadly bacteria outbreak that has been reported in neighbouring countries...

2023-06-16

Hijrah organisation sensitises Kwara imams
THE Grand Kadi, Kwara State Sharia Court of Appeal, Justice Abdullateef Kamaldeen, has emphasised the importance of the roles played by imams in the society. Speaking in Ilorin at a workshop organised by the Hij...

Tinubu Orders Thorough Investigation of Kwara Boat Mishap
President Bola Tinubu has ordered a thorough investigation of the recent boat mishap in Kwara State which reportedly claimed over 100 lives. He also expressed sadness over the accident that led to the death of s...

Kwara boat tragedy: Sanwo-Olu sympathises with victims' families
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has sympathised with the families of victims of the boat accident which claimed the lives of over 100 wedding guests at Egbu village in Patigi Local Government Area of Kwar...

Kwara court jails apprentice photographer, another for cybercrime
Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar of Kwara State High Court in Ilorin has sentenced a 26-year-old apprentice photographer, Amole Samuel Anuoluwapo and one Adeboye Abel Oluwapelumi to various jail terms, having found them guilt...

Constituents Hail Kwara State Lawmaker For Quality Representation
Constituents of Ekiti/Isin/Irepodun/Oke-Ero federal constituency in Omu-Aran, Kwara, have commended their member, Rep. Tunji Olawuyi, for quality representation at the National Assembly. Olawuyi represents Ekiti/I...

Survivors Of Kwara Boat Accident Recount Experiences
Some survivors and relatives of the ill-fated boat accident in Patigi Local Government Area of Kwara State have recalled their experiences. The incident which claimed 108 lives occurred in the wee hours of Monday ...

2023-06-15

Boat mishap: Kwara rolls out new safety guidelines as Gov AbdulRazaq leads delegation to Patigi
•govt to give 1,000 life jackets to LG •mulls local body to boost safe water travels Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Wednesday led a government delegation to Patigi to commiserate with fami...

Safety: Make Life Jackets Mandatory For Boat Passengers – Commission
The Managing Director of Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC), Abubakar Yelwa has called on relevant authorities to legislate a law that will make it mandatory for boat passengers acros...

Kwara boat accident: Life jackets would've held victims alive for 7 hours – HYPPADEC
The Managing Director of Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC), AbubakarYelwa, Wednesday, blamed the high fatality recorded in Monday's boat accident in Patigi, Kwara state to the failu...

Kwara speaker sympathises with Patigi people over boat mishap
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the boat conveying people from Egboti in Niger State en route to Kpada in Patigi Local Government Area of Kwara, capsised on Monday night, leaving several people dead and o...

Boat accident: Saraki consoles Etsu Patigi, victims' families
Former Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has tasked the state government to conduct a proper investigation into the immediate and remote causes of last Monday's fatal boat mishap on River Niger between Niger...

I'll never accept election results rigged for me — Kwara politician
Mr Afolabi Jimoh-Kolawole, a Chieftain of the Accord Party in the Offa Local Government area of Kwara, says he still stands by his 2013 declaration never to accept any election results rigged in his favour. Jimo...

Kwara Boat Mishap: NIWA threatens to prosecute culpable officials
The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) has threatened to prosecute officials involved in the Patigi boat mishap where over 100 persons lost their lives in Kwara. The NIWA managing director, George Moghal...

Tinubu mourns victims of Kwara boat accident
President Bola Tinubu has expressed sadness over the boat mishap, which occurred in Kwara State, claiming many lives. The boat accident, according to reports, led to the death of over 100 people, who were weddi...

Kwara Boat Accident: Death toll hits 106, 144 people rescued, says Police
The Kwara State Police Command has said that 144 people have so far been rescued from the Monday Boat mishap which claimed many lives in the Patigi local government area of Kwara state. The police also put the d...