2023-03-09

Imam Bashir: Ilorin's Chief Imam's Four Decades of Extraordinary Imamship By Abubakar Imam
For obvious reasons, the Office of the Chief Imam of Ilorin is among the most respected traditional cum spiritual positions among the good people of the community generally known as either the southernmost Emirate or N...

Breaking: INEC postpones governorship, state assembly elections to March 18
Emerging reports indicate that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed Saturday's governorship and state assembly elections to March 18, 2023. INEC's decision is coming a few days bef...

50-year-old Jinx Broken as AbdulRazaq Inaugurates Osi-Obbo-Aiyegunle Road
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Wednesday inaugurated the 11.16km Osi-Obbo-Aiyegunle Road, breaking what locals called a jinx of different governments awarding and abandoning the project for decades. ...

BAL 2023: Kwara Falcons Arrive In Dakar, Hold First Training Session
Ahead of the 2023 African Basketball League, Nigeria's champions Kwara Falcons have landed in Dakar, Senegal the venue of the Southern Conference games, BSNSports.com.ng report. The Kwara-based club picked the ...

Kwara: I'll do more for workers, AbdulRazaq assures NLC leaders
The governor of Kwara state, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, has assured the newly elected leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), under the chairmanship of Comrade Muritala Saheed Olayinka, that his government would...

Kwara indigenes in Lagos endorse Sanwo-Olu for second term
MINISTER of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, yesterday, joined Kwara indigenes resident in Lagos State to endorse Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his Deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, for a second term, saying i...

We Will Make Kwara Food Secure, Says Gov. AbdulRazaq
The Kwara State Government says it is building a food-secure state, where farmers will be self-reliant, empowered and prosperous. The state Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq expressed this at the official flag-o...

Kwara Transporters Hold Solidarity Rally For AbdulRazaq's Re-Election Bid
Thousands of transporters from various unions on Wednesday held a solidarity rally in Ilorin to drum support for the re-election bid of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq. The transporters stormed various parts of the cap...

Ex-APC chieftains lead Kwara gov's re-election campaign
Some prominent politicians and former All Progressives Congress chieftains, including Senator Makanjuola Ajadi and Hajia Aisha Ahman-Patigi, are now leading campaigns for the second term re-election of Abdulrahman Abdu...

2023-03-08

Kwara Gov welcomes new NLC chairman, excos
Kwara State Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has congratulated the newly elected state chairman of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) Comrade Muritala Saheed Olayinka and other members of the newly constituted State Adm...

Electricity: Unilorin set to constructs smart buildings for regular supply
The Vice Chancellor, University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Prof. Wahab Egbewole, has disclosed that the institution would soon commence the construction of smart buildings within the institution to tackle power challenges....

Emir of Ilorin commiserates with Fountain Varsity VC over mother's death
The Emir of Ilorin and Chairman Kwara State Council of Chiefs, Mai-Martaba Alhaji (Dr.) Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari CFR, has commiserated with the Vice Chancellor of Fountain University, Osogbo, Professor Ramota Abdulkareem, ...

BAL 2023: REG Arrives Dakar For Kwara Falcons
The group opponent of Nigeria's representative in the 2023 African Basketball League Kwara Falcons, REG of Rwanda has landed in Dakar, Senegal venue of the competition, BSNSports.com.ng report. The team departe...

Old naira notes: Traders, transporters, fuel stations defy Supreme Court in Kwara
Despite the ruling by the Supreme Court, traders, transporters and fuel stations in Kwara State are still rejecting the old N500 and N1000 notes as legal tender. While some fuel stations accepted bank transfers...

Nigeria Labour Congress Inaugurates New EXCO In Kwara State
The Immediate-past Vice Chairman of the Kwara State Council of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, North Central Nigeria, Comrade Muritala Saheed Olayinka has emerged as the new Chairman of the council. Olayinka, w...

IWD: Women Are Great Team Players- Kwara Governor
The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated women on the anniversary of the International Women's Day, IWD, that is celebrated every year on March 8. Governor Abdulrazaq said Kwara state,...

Kwara Govt Pledges More Support For Private Businesses
Kwara State government has promised to continue to encourage owners of private businesses in the state to thrive. The special adviser on strategy, Alhaji Saadu Salahu gave the assurance while launching Qoidatul...

Ilorin court remands CMD Kaiama General Hospital for alleged murder
An Ilorin Magistrate Court has remanded the Chief Medical Director of Kaiama General Hospital, in Kwara State, Dr Abas Adio Adeyemi for the alleged murder of some persons. Magistrate Muhammed Ibrahim remanded t...

Kwara Govt provides free inputs for 4,000 farmers
Four thousand farmers have been earmarked to benefit from Kwara State Government free agriculture incentives to ensure food security in the state. At the officials flag off of the distribution of the inputs, th...

AbdulRazaq Still Best Option for Kwara, Says Ajadi
Senator Suleiman Makanjuola Ajadi has announced that he will be working with other progressives in the state to re-elect Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrahman who he said remains the best option for Kwara State for the next...

Court orders Isowo to stop parading self as Kwara APC secretary
A Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin, has ordered Mustafa Salman Isowo Secretary to stop parading himself as state secretary of the All Progressives Congress. The order was sequel to a motion ex-parte fil...

DISCLAIMER, DISCLAIMER, DISCLAIMER.
Ilorin.info, a Kwara-focused news aggregator and blog notes the refutation of a news item by the Honourable Minister of Solid Minerals, Senator Rukayat Gbemisola Saraki with a reference to Ilorin Info, on her purported ...

2023-03-07

Gov AbdulRazaq not owing us a Kobo, CAILS counters Kwara PDP
The attention of the Management of the Kwara State College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies, Ilorin has been drawn to a spurious and malicious Media propaganda by some opposition politicians under the People's Democ...

Gov. Abdulrazaq will win Ilorin East by a landslide - Olododo
... canvases for Gov. Abdulrazaq's second term bid The General Manager of Kwara State Social Investment Programmes (KWASSIP), Abdulquawiy Olododo, has reiterated his support for the re-election of Mallam Abdulr...

OPINION: Why Senator-elect Mustapha won by landslide By Bashar AbdulWaheed
The senatorial election in Kwara central was one of the most anticipated in the build-up to the 2023 general elections. The election had 11 contenders jostling for arguably the most prized Senate seat in Kwara ...

Millions of Out-of-School Children are in Poverty-stricken, Conflict-ridden Areas, Says Group
A civil society organisation, Brain Builders Youth Development Initiative(BBYDI) has said that millions of children in Nigeria who are out of school are mostly children living in poverty-stricken and conflict-ridden ar...

BAL 2023: US Monastir Will Be Our Toughest Opponent Not Kwara Falcons- REG Boss
Ahead of the 2023 African Basketball League, the manager of the Rwanda side REG Dean Murray has picked out the Tunisia side US Monastir as their toughest opponent not Kwara Falcons of Nigeria, BSNSports.com.ng report....

Omido community donates building to NSCDC, seeks Kwara govt's assistance
Omido, a serene community in Irepodun Local Government, Kwara State, is up in arms against insecurity. It is not taking the fight with levity. This is the reason it recently renovated a building and handed it over to t...

One dead, another injured as hit-and-run driver kills two in Kwara
A hit-and-run driver has killed an unidentified middle-aged man while another man was seriously injured in an accident which occurred along Ilorin-Jebba Expressway in Kwara State. The incident, it was learnt, o...

Guber Poll: Kwara SDP Rules Out Alliance With PDP, Others
Ahead of Saturday's gubernatorial election, the Social Democratic Party (SPD) has ruled out any alliance with the Peoples Democratic Party or any other party in Kwara State. The presidential candidate of the SD...

Ilorin's Oldest School Alumni Plans Big For Alma Mater
Club '98 set of one the over century-year-old Government Secondary School (GSS), has named 12 committees to organise a series of events to mark its silver jubilee anniversary coming up later in December 2023. T...

General Hospital Ilorin Begins 24-hour Pharmacy Service
The General Hospital, Ilorin, has announced its commencement of a 24-hour pharmacy service. According to a statement from the Press Unit of the Kwara State Hospital Management Board, the extension of operation ...

HYPPADEC's inprint In Kwara state
“The heights that great men and women reach were not attained by sudden flight, when they were busy burning the midnight candles, others were sleeping” – Jerry Goodfellow The giant strides of the Hydro Power Pr...

NCAA Approves Admission Into Ilorin Aviation College
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has granted the approval to the International Aviation College (IAC), Ilorin, Kwara State, to admit new students. This followed the relaxation of the limitations pla...

2023-03-06

KWASU Commiserates With the Akanbi Family
The Acting Vice Chancellor of Kwara State University, Malete, Professor Shaykh-Luqman Jimoh has commiserated with the Akanbi Oniyo family over the demise of the first son of the late Jurist, Hon. Justice Mustapha Akanb...

Kwara TESCOM dismisses rumour of teachers' retrenchment if Governor AbdulRazaq is reelected
•Says rumour, wicked antics of jittery opposition The attention of the Kwara State Teaching Service Commission has been drawn to some malicious rumour being spread by enemies of teachers in their shameful att...

Local Government Gratuity: 2011 Jan-May Retirees Payment Commences
2009/2010 Beneficiaries yet to pick their cheques are implored to visit Pension Board The Kwara State Local Government Pension Board is set to commence the payment of gratuity to Local Government Officers who r...

Tinubu's victory, manifestation of people's choice- ex-MILAD, Latinwo
A former Military Governor of Kwara State, Salaudeen Adebola Aliyu Latinwo, has felicitated the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on his victory in the just concluded presidential election. He said t...

40th anniversary: Emir Sulu-Gambari sends goodwill message to Chief Imam of Ilorin
The Emir of Ilorin and Chairman Kwara State Council of Chiefs, Mai-Martaba Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari CFR, has rejoiced with Dr. Muhammad Bahir Imam-Soliu OON on his attainment of 40years in office as the Chief Imam o...

Kwara community lauds rehabilitation of road abandoned for 57 years
Indigenes of Obbo-Ayegunle community in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State burst into wild jubilation on Friday over the rehabilitation of 11.1 kilometer road rehabilitated by the Kwara state government. ...

KWARA: I'll bring comfort to long-abused people —AbdulRaheem
Professor Shuaib Oba AbdulRaheem is the governorship candidate of New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP in Kwara State. The former Vice-chancellor of the University of Ilorin, an...

Don't relax, Kwara gov tells supporters
The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has called on members of the All Progressives Congress to sustain the momentum and canvass for votes from all eligible voters in the state to guarantee the success of t...

N-SIP: How Kwara Women Become Breadwinners Of Their Families – Kwara Focal Person
In this interview with LEADERSHIP Weekend in Ilorin, the focal person for the federal government's National Social Investment Programme (N-SIP) for Kwara State, Dr Rabiat Shehu-Jimoh says women beneficiaries of the sch...