2023-03-01

KWASU and Ore Asomu Community Sign Deed of Gift
In recognition of the impact of Kwara State University, Malete in communities in Kwara State, Ore Asomu in Moro Local Government Area donated a parcel of land in the community for the use of the institution. Sp...

Kwara Gov celebrates A.U. Mustapha on birthday anniversary
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated the chairman of the state Education Trust Fund AbdulHakeem Uthman Mustapha (SAN) on his birthday anniversary today, February 28. The Governor descr...

UNILORIN partners NCAM on agricultural engineering
The University of Ilorin yesterday expressed readiness to partner the National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation (NCAM), Idofian in Kwara on agricultural knowledge and human capacity development. The vice-c...

Voting: APC candidate urges INEC to improve on logistics
MAGAJI Oba Abdulkadir, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Magaji Ngeri in Kwara, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to improve on its logistics system to ease voting fo...

Nigerian Law Graduate Wins Essay Competition In Africa
A 22-year- old Law graduate of the University of Ilorin, Kwara state, North-central, Nigeria, Fa'izah Muhammad, has made Nigeria proud by coming top at an essay competition in the entire African continent. The ...

Basketball: Kwara Falcons sign Mboup as Nigerian prospects dominate teams' academy recruits
Nigeria's representative in the 2023 Basketball Africa League (BAL), which dunks off on March 11 at the Dakar Arena, Kwara Falcons, has recruited Senegalese star, Khadim Rassoul Mboup, to help their cause in the compet...

NPFL: Kwara United unveil Dogo as new head coach
Nigeria Premier Football League club, Kwara United have officially unveiled Kabiru Dogo as its new head new coach. Dogo was appointed as a replacement for Abdulazeez Mohammed, who was sacked earlier this month....

Abdulmaliq-Bashir: Kwara Guber Is Fait Accompli For AbdulRazaq
Kwara State Commissioner for Women Affairs, Hajia Mopelola Abdulmaliq- Bashir, in this interview with STEPHEN OLUFEMI ONI, speaks on the forthcoming governorship election in Kwara State and Governor AbdulRa...

2023 Elections: Kwara SDP blames INEC for poor outing
Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Kwara state has blamed the unimpressive performance of the party in the last Saturday's presidential and National Assembly elections in the state on “observable flaws” in the conduct o...

Kwara stakeholders charged to take over census exercise in Kwara
Stakeholders in Kwara have been charged to take over the 2023 census project to ensure successful conduct in the state. The Federal Commissioner of the National Population Commission, NPC, in Kwara State, Abdul...

Opposition Parties In Kwara State Reject National Assembly Election Results
Opposition parties in Kwara state have rejected the results of the recently concluded presidential and National assembly election results. The People's Democratic Party, PDP, Kwara Central Senatorial candidate,...

Ilorin: NSCDC arrests police sergeant over assault on doctor
A detachment of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), stationed at General Hospital, Ilorin, has arrested an unnamed mobile police officer for allegedly assaulting a medical doctor in the hospital. ...

2023-02-28

Guard Arraigned Over Theft Of CCTV Cameras
The police on Monday arraigned a 43-year-old security guard, Kaza Samuel, in a Kado area court, Abuja, for allegedly conspiring and stealing CCTV cameras at his work place. The prosecutor, Stanley Nwafoaku, tol...

Paucity Of Funds Causing Delay In Our Growth – Aviation College Rector
Capt. Okatahi Yakubu, the Ag. Rector of the International Aviation College (IAC), Ilorin, in this interview with OLUSEGUN KOIKI, speaks on the challenges confronting the college; the foreign exchange debacle and the ne...

Immigration records peaceful election in Kwara
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) says Kwara has recorded a peaceful 2023 Presidential and National Assembly elections in Kwara. The Comptroller of the service in the state, Mr Aminu Shamsuddin, confirmed t...

2 Remanded For Rustling 25 Cows In Kwara
A magistrates' court has ordered the remand of two herders, Ibrahim Umar and his brother, Musa Umar, who allegedly rustled their principal's 25 cows valued at N5 million in Kwara State. According to the police ...

Kwara: Resident doctors begin strike over assault of members by MOPOL officer
Resident doctors and consultants in the Kwara state general hospital, Ilorin, under the aegis of the Nigeria Association of Government Medical and Dental Practitioners (NAGMDP) commenced 48-hour strike action on Monday...

Two Kwara PDP candidates reject election results
Two candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kwara State who lost the last Saturday National Assembly election, have rejected the results of the exercise declared by the Independent National Electoral Commis...

Policeman assaults Kwara doctor for examining wife without consent
Members of the Nigeria Association of Government Medical and Dental Practitioners at the General Hospital, Ilorin, Kwara State, have commenced two days strike over an alleged assault on their colleague. The New...

2023-02-27

Sadiq Umar win Kwara North Senate seat by landslide
The Senator for Kwara North Senatorial District, Sadiq Sulaiman Umar has been declared the winner of February 25 election in that region The INEC Returning Officer for Kwara North,Professor Oluwole Akinola made...

Saliu Mustapha wins Kwara Central Senatorial seat for APC
Malam Saliu Mustapha, a Senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara Central, has been declared winner of Saturday's election. Abubakar said that Mustapha polled 109,823 votes against hi...

Kwara gets new NYSC State Coordinator
A new State Coordinator for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), in Kwara, Chris Jimba has assumed duty. A statement issued Monday, in Ilorin, by Dipo Morakinyo, Public Relations Officer for the Corps said...

NIGERIA #NigeriaElections2023Results: Tinubu wins in Kwara
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), winner of the Presidential election in Kwara State. However, People Demo...

Mustapha, Aluko, Shagaya win Kwara Central NASS seats
The Turaki of Ilorin, Mallam Saliu Mustapha, has won the Kwara Central Senatorial seat on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) Other winners are; Hon. Yinka Aluko and Hon. Mukhtar Shagaya who ...

APC Lola Ashiru wins Kwara South senatorial seat with big margin
The senator for Kwara South Senatorial District, Lola Ashiru (APC), has been reelected for another term in office. Ajibola Akanbi, the returning officer for INEC, made the announcement at the collation centre i...

Kwara Gov leads victorious APC team to Emir of Ilorin
Kwara Governor AbdulRaman AbdulRazaq on Monday led a thank-you-visit of his ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Emir of Ilorin Dr. Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari after the presidential and National Assembly elections...

Kwara APC Rep wins re-election
Tunji Olawuyi, (APC-Kwara), representing Ekiti, Isin, Irepodun and Oke-Ero Federal Constituency has been reelected. Dr Nurudeen Bello, INEC Returning Officer declared Olawuyi as winner at the collation centre i...

3 Grandpas, Nigerien Arrested Over 52kg Cocaine, Skunk Seized In Lagos, Kwara, Plateau
Three sexagenarian grandfathers and a Nigerien were among those that top the list of suspects arrested in connection with the seizure of over 52.252 kilograms of cocaine, methamphetamine and skunk as well as 32,590 pil...

Imodoye Writers Residency takes off in Ilorin
Writers Residencies are not easy to come by. The one established in Ilorin, Kwara State, by Dr. Dipo Usman Akanbi named Imodoye Writers Residency took off recently with five writers as beneficiaries. Edozie Udeze who o...

APC Wins House Of Reps Seat For Ilorin West
The All Progressives Congress, APC, House of Representatives candidate for Asa/ Ilorin West Constituency, Muktar Tolani Shagaya has been 'declared' winner of Saturday's Election by the Independent National Electoral Co...

Kwara Gov Commiserates with Belgore over Mum's Death
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji AbdulRahman has commiserated with the Belgore family over the death of Alhaja Maryam Alarape Belgore. She died on Sunday at 83 and her janazah was slated for today, in line with Isl...

Ballot snatching: Gombe youth leader shot, Kwara PU results cancelled
The Resident Electoral Commissioner in Kwara State, Mallam Attahiru Madami, has said the result of the election in Polling Unit 10, Tsaragi Ward in the Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State in the Saturday president...

INEC cancels results in four Kwara polling units
The Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) has cancelled election results in four polling units over violence, ballot box snatching and over voting in Kwara state. The areas affected are Tsaragi in Edu Local G...

Tinubu Wins 7 Kwara LGs, Collation of 9 Others Under way
All Progressives Congress presidential candidate in the Saturday election, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has won seven out of the 16 local government councils so far released by the Independent National Electoral Commissio...

APC in early lead in Kwara
The All Progressives Congress (APC) is in early lead in the results of Saturday's Presidential and National Assembly elections in Kwara State, collated by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) so far....

Kwara: Two Kwara APC national assembly candidates declared winners
As results trickle in for last Saturday's presidential and national assembly elections, two candidates of the upper house have been declared winners of the election. They are Yinka Aluko, former Special Adviser...

2023-02-26

Saraki Delivers Ward for Atiku in Kwara as Lai Mohammed Wins Polling Unit for Tinubu
Former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki on Saturday delivered his Ajikobi ward 005, Ilorin in Ilorin West local government area of Kwara state for Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku A...

AbdulRazak's strides, welfare interventions and odds against re-election bid in Kwara
Ahead of the governorship elections on March 11, 2023, Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahaman AbdulRazak, who is contesting for a second term in office, has rolled out some initiatives meant to offer palliatives to residen...

Kwara Gov, Buhari's CoS Deliver Polling Units to Tinubu
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has won his polling unit by a landslide, with APC winning in the presidential, senatorial, and House of Representatives elections. The Governor voted at Idig...

General Election: Collation Of Results To Begin In Kwara State
The collation of last Saturday's general election results will commence by 10 am Sunday, 26 February at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) headquarters in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, North Centra...

Trucks stranded along Ilorin/Jebba highway over restriction order
Over 100 trucks were hooked up at Bode Sadu – Jebba expressway in Kwara on Saturday following the restrictions of Vehicular movements. News Agency of Nigeria Correspondents confirmed this on Saturday while on e...

NPFL: Kwara winning mentality restored – Adebayo
Kwara United FC's dependable defender Abiodun Adebayo has told www.aclsports.com that his side's winning mentality is back after an impressive 1-2 win at El-Kanemi Warriors in midweek. Second-half goals from Ji...

Kwara Governor expresses hope of APC victory
Kwara State Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq on Saturday expressed satisfaction with voters' turnouts for the presidential and parliamentary elections, but called on the electoral umpire to quickly work on reports of th...