2023-01-26

NGO Decries Increase in Number of Out-of-school Girl-child in Kwara
A non-governmental organisation based in Kwara State, Brain Builders Youth Development Initiative (BBYDI), has expressed concern about the increase in the number of out-of-school girl-child in the state, especially in ...

Twin two-bedroom flats razed by fire in Ilorin
A twin two-bedroom building and a self-contained apartment were razed by fire in Ilorin on Wednesday, destroying property worth millions of naira. The fire disaster was reportedly caused by a power surge, accor...

Kwara SWAN Elects New Officers
The Kwara state chapter of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) has elected new executives to pilot the affairs of the association for the next three years. The new executives were sworn in after th...

Kwara police kill three kidnappers
The Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Paul Odama, has said policemen attached to the command killed three suspected kidnappers in a gun duel. He identified the slain suspects as Bala Idris, Hassan Idris and B...

10,000-Capacity Kwara IDP Camp Lacks Amenities – Coordinator
Hajia Jumai Ahmed, the North Central Zonal Coordinator of the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons, has disclosed that the 10,000-capacity lDP camp in Kwara State lacks basic amen...

2023 Elections: Emir Of Ilorin Cautions INEC Against Partisanship
The Emir of Ilorin and Chairman Kwara State Council of Chiefs , Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu Gambari has cautioned the Independent National Electoral Commisssion (INEC) against being partisan in the conduct of the 2023 general ...

Kwara set to unveil highest number of modern glass squash courts in W'Africa
Kwara State government is set to unveil 10 modern glass squash courts at the state's stadium complex in Ilorin. According to the chairman of Kwara State Sports Commission, Bola Magaji, the modern arenas, which ...

France to partner Kwara on agric, arts, tech
Ambassador of France to Nigeria, Madame Emmanuelle Blatman, has said the French government is open to partnership with the Kwara State government, even as she commended Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for his understan...

2023-01-25

Ex-President Obasanjo Lauds Governor AbdulRazaq Over Youth Inclusion In Governance
Former Nigerian President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has commended Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq over his policy of including and engaging youths in governance. The former President said he is extrem...

Kwara Gov AbdulRazaq is a visionary, will get our partnership: French Ambassador
•Says work ongoing on devt of Lata Grazing Reserve •Devt of Reserve will aid food security, says Gov French Ambassador to Nigeria Emmanuelle Blatmann has said she is impressed by the clear vision of Kw...

2023-01-24

Kwara gets World Bank funding to boost primary healthcare
•Governor launches programme Monday •Support based on state govt's payment of counterpart funds •One PHC per ward to receive N4.6m to upgrade facility Kwara State has secured a World Bank fund...

NUT commends Governor AbdulRazaq over housing estate plan for Kwara teachers, says it's a first
The Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), Kwara State, has commended Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq over his planned housing scheme for teachers in the state. The body described the initiative as a first in the hi...

WHO, NPHCDA, other partners hail Gov AbdulRazaq as Kwara launches new health intervention
•IMPACT programme to improve primary healthcare delivery, says Governor Development partners on Monday commended the many strides of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq in the health sector, saying the achievements...

2023-01-23

PVCs Collection: “INEC Will Not Extend Deadline” – Kwara State's REC
This is coming on the heels of calls from several quarters for the extension of the deadline for the collection of the PVCs. Speaking further, he noted that the reason for the INEC's inability to extend the dat...

Brother Of Late Kwara Assembly Leader Clinches APC Ticket
The brother of the late Kwara State House of Assembly leader, Oba Abdulkadir Magaji, has been declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Ilorin Central Constituency following a rerun primary elec...

Vote In Kwara, SDP Senatorial Candidate Urges Lagos Residents
The Kwara South senatorial candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Prof Wale Sulaiman, has urged indigenes of the district based in Lagos to travel to their hometowns and vote in the forthcoming elections. ...

Kidnapping: DSS Testifies Against Sarkin Fulani Of Kwara
An operative of the Department of State Security (DSS), Femi Babalola, has told a court that the Sarkin Fulani of Kwara State, Adamu Usman, confessed to have masterminded the abduction of one Abubakar Ahmadu and collec...

After 2 PhDs, 3 MScs, I Need More – Kwara Female-Don
Dr Khadijat Toyin Musah hails from Balogun Gambari in Ilorin East Local Government Area of Kwara State. The firstborn of her family has made many firsts in her career as a nurse. The multi talented scholar, whose passi...

2023: Gwanara Emirate Backs AbdulRazaq's Re-election Bid in Kwara
The Emir of Gwanara in Baruten local government of Kwara state, Alhaji (Dr) Sabi Idris KotoKotogi II, has said that, the Emirate has pledged their unalloyed support to Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for his reelecti...

'Cleric' Absconds With Woman's N30m Jewellery In Kwara
A magistrates' court in Ilorin, Kwara State, has remanded one Muhammed Muritala, a self-acclaimed Islamic cleric, and one Olajuamoke Fafemi in a correctional centre over criminal conspiracy, breach of trust, trespass, ...

Kwara gets N887.8m from W'Bank to fund immunisation
Kwara State has secured World Bank funding to support infrastructure upgrades in at least one primary healthcare facility in each of the 193 wards of the state, the Executive Secretary of the state Health Care Developm...