2023-06-11

Federal Polytechnic Offa matriculates 11,450 Students
The Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara state on Friday matriculated 11,450 Students for the 2022/2023 academic session. The matriculating students, according to the Rector of the institution, Dr. Kadiri Kamoru were admi...

2023 Hajj: Kwara State Secures Visas For Remaining Pilgrims
The Kwara State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board in Ilorin, North Central Nigeria, has secured visas for all the remaining pilgrims travelling with the board to Saudi Arabia from the state for this year's pilgrimage. ...

2023-06-09

End of tenure: IEDPU hails Oloriegbe, others
As the tenure of members of the 9th National Assembly comes to an end tomorrow, the National President of the Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU), Alhaji Aliyu Otta Uthman, fsi, has assessed the tenur...

Emir Sulu-Gambari to organise special fidau for late Prof. Oyawoye June 10.
The Emir of Ilorin and Chairman Kwara State Council of Chiefs, Mai-Martaba Alhaji (Dr.) Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari CFR, has scheduled a special prayer in honour of late Professor Jamiu Mosobalaje Oyawoye, the first Professor...

Fuel Subsidy: Media Expert Seeks Support For President Tinubu
A veteran journalist and former Special Adviser on Strategy, to the Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Saadu Salahu, has enjoined journalists in the country to enlighten Nigerians on the gains of fuel subsidy removal. ...

Aiyenugba reveals secrets of goalkeeping longevity
Although Dele Aiyenugba is 39, the former Super Eagles goalkeeper is not ready to pull off his gloves just yet and retire from football. The double CAF Champions League winner with Enyimba believes he still has a lot t...

Don Urges Nigerians To Explore Frog Farming For Economic Gains
A Zoologist, Prof. Moshood Mustapha of the Department of Zoology, University of Ilorin, has urged Nigerians to explore edible frog farming for economic gains. Mustapha made the call in Ilorin, Kwara state, in hi...

Super Eagles star Taiwo Awoniyi gifts Emir of Ilorin Nottingham Forest jersey
Super Eagles of Nigeria and Nottingham Forest striker, Taiwo Awoniyi is having a break following the end of the season. Awoniyi is back in Nigeria after helping Nottingham Forest avoid relegation in the Premier ...

Kwara State Gov's Three-day Formula
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq deserves medals round his neck for the uncommon wisdom in granting Kwara State workers a temporary relief from the biting effects of the withdrawal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Governm...

Gunmen abduct four guests returning from naming ceremony in Kwara
Suspected gunmen have abducted four persons including three naming guests and a vigilante in the Asa local government area of Kwara State. Punch Metro gathered that the abductors in their numbers ambushed some g...

Sheikh Ariyibi Commissions Clinic and Maternity
The esteemed Islamic scholar and philanthropist, Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi, has inaugurated a hospital in the heart of Ilorin City, specifically in the Aiyegbami Area of Ilorin, Kwara State. Named 'HAMFAT Clinic a...

2023-06-08

Ex-Minister Cautions Tunubu on Giving Governors Control Over Security Forces
The Director General of National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies, Professor Abubakar Sulaiman has cautioned the new President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in giving power of security to the state governor...

Subsidy Removal: Tinubu directs Shettima, NEC to begin work on betterment of Nigerians
President Bola Tinubu has directed the National Economic Council, NEC, led by Vice President Kashim Shettima, to begin the process of working on interventions to ameliorate the impact of subsidy removal on the people....

Late philanthropist wills building to UNILORIN
The management of the University of Ilorin has taken possession of a landed property willed to the institution by a deceased philanthropist, Alhaji Sulyman Lawal. The building, a 7-bed-room detached house, which...

Lai Mohammed bags international advocacy job
Ballard Partners, an international governmental affairs firm has appointed Alhaji Lai Mohammed, immediate past Minister of Information and Culture, as Managing Partner of its first office in Africa. In a stateme...

Nigerian Governors Back Tinubu On Fuel Subsidy Removal
Nigerian governors have backed President Bola Tinubu's decision to end fuel subsidy payments in the country. The governors who spoke during a visit to the Presidential Villa on Wednesday expressed happiness at t...

Retired perm secs seek partnership with NAN
The Association of Retired Permanent Secretaries of Nigeria (ARSPSON), Kwara Chapter, has solicited partnership with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) to sustain development in the state. Prince Ayo Fagbemi, Chai...

State's Assembly seeks dissolution of Kwara Ladies FC
The Kwara House of Assembly has urged the state government to dissolve the current board of Kwara Ladies FC and constitute a new one to reflect the geographical realities of the state. This was part of the resol...

Taiwo Awoniyi visits Ilorin after Nottingham Forest heroics
Nottingham Forest forward Taiwo Awoniyi has arrived in Nigeria and paid a visit to Ilorin, Kwara State capital following the end of the 2022/23 football season. The 25-year-old shared videos of his visit on Inst...

How climate change is denying children in Kwara community access to education
CLIMATE change is not just an environmental issue; it is also a social and economic problem affecting communities around the world. In Nigeria's Kwara state, the impact of climate change is being felt in a particularly...

Kwara 9th assembly passed 29 bills, 58 motions – Speaker
The 9th Kwara State House of Assembly passed 29 bills, 58 motions, according to the Speaker, Yakubu Danladi-Salihu. He disclosed this on Wednesday at the valedictory plenary of the state lawmakers to mark the en...

Fuel subsidy: Kwara maps out additional succour for state public servants
Kwara State Government is set to provide appropriate allowances to support state public workers to cushion the effects of the abolition of fuel subsidy by the Federal government. This is in furtherance of the re...

2023-06-07

Emotions As Arsenal Superstar Bukayo Saka Visits Grandparents in Kwara, Nigeria
Arsenal superstar, Bukayo Saka has paid a courtesy visit to his grandparents in Oro Irepodun Local Government Area, Kwara State, Nigeria. The Gunner is in Nigeria following the end of the Premier League season a...

ASUU Seeks Restoration of Kwara Varsity's Subvention, Implementation of Earned Allowance
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at the Kwara State University (KWASU) has called on Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq to restore quarterly subvention to the institution. ASUU also urged the governo...

Federal Govt Delivers 120-bed Healthcare Facilities To Kwara Communities
The federal government through the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (OSSAP-SDGs) has constructed 80-bed and 40-bed state-of-the-art healthcare facilities in Oro a...

Monarch Harps On Unity, Endorses 2023 Durbar
The Emir of Ilorin and Chairman, Kwara State Council of Chiefs, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, has called on the people of the Emirate to cultivate sense of unity and work assiduously for the development of the ancient t...

Insecurity: Kwara community builds divisional headquarters for NSCDC
In a bid to address the persistent banditry in Isolo-Opin land and surrounding areas in Kwara State, the community has taken matters into their own hands by constructing a divisional headquarters for the Nigeria Securi...

You've represented the dynasty excellently, Emir of Ilorin tells Prof. Gambari
The Emir of Ilorin and Chairman Kwara State Council of Chiefs, Mai-Martaba Alhaji (Dr) Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari CFR has congratulated Professor Ibrahim Agboola Gambari CFR the immediate past Chief of Staff to former Presid...