2022-12-24

Tinubu will prioritise dredging of River Niger to curtail flooding: Kwara Gov
•Urges Northern Kwarans to vote APC •Gov turbaned Sadaukin Lafiagi, Senator Saddiq Dan Amar Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has said the next APC government under Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Ti...

'Technology Is A Great Factor That Can Promote Agriculture'
Habeebat Bamidele is the Founder and Managing Director of Bambee farms in Kwara State. In this interview by YUSUF ABDULKADIR, she talks about her experience in farming, her short and long-term career goals. ...

What It Means To Be Commissioner At 28 Years —Buhari
Saddiq Buhari is the Kwara State Commissioner for Communications. In this interview by YUSUF ABDULKADIR, the 28-years-old commissioner speaks about youths' inclusion in governance, among other isseus. At age...

APC Vows To Win In Kwara State By Wide Margin
APC vows to win in Kwara State by wide Margin As Nigeria's general elections draw nearer, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Campaign Council in Kwara state, North-Central Nigeria, has vowed that the party will win t...

Kwara Recruits Medical Personnel, Spends N300m On Immunisation
In a bid to cushion the adverse effects of brain drain in the health sector, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State has given a marching order for the frequent recruitment of medical doctors and other healthcar...

2022-12-23

Malaysia Appoints KWASU Professor to National Security Index Study
The National Security Council of the Prime Minister's office of Malaysia has appointed Professor Abdul Rauf Ambali of Kwara State University as an expert to validate that country's indicators of national security index...

Kwara begins payment of gratuity arrears to 1,025 LG pensioners
•Labour, pensioners hail Gov AbdulRazaq's step Kwara State Government has on Wednesday commenced the payment of arrears of gratuity for at least 1,025 local government pensioners, who retired from Service betwe...

Kwara Gov attends Kwara tailors' inauguration of new executives
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Tuesday attended the inauguration of new executives of the Nigerian Union of Tailors, Kwara State chapter in Ilorin. The Governor has always supported local artisa...

2022-12-22

Kwara State: PDP's Gubernatorial Candidate Promises Fairness To All
The Kwara State People's Democratic Party's (PDP) gubernatorial candidate, Alhaji Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi, has promised to be fair to all irrespective of gender and political affiliations, if elected. Alhaji Ya...

CSO Launches App To Track Electoral Violence In Kwara
A non-governmental organisation has launched a digital platform to track electoral violence in Kwara State. The platform codenamed “NextElection” has an app to track issues of vote buying, ballot box snatching,...

Police Arrest Five Kidnappers in Kwara
Kwara state police command operatives yesterday said that they arrested “notorious” suspected kidnappers that have been terrorising the people of Ekiti and Ifelodun local government councils of the state in the rec...

50 statesmen, women to get Kwara merit awards
•MDAs, NGOs, firms, athletes, others vie in 23 other categories At least 50 elder statesmen, women, philanthropists, and public intellectuals across all divides have been penned down for Kwara State's Lifetime ...

Governor AbdulRazaq joins Exercise Apejopo Idi security officers in Asa, boosts confidence
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Wednesday joined officers drafted for a security operation codenamed Exercise Apejopo Idi in Ilorin-Ogbomoso Expressway, Asa. The operation which is being coordina...

2022-12-21

Kwara Stakeholders To Deploy Technology Against Electoral Violence In 2023 
Stakeholders on the 2023 general elections in Kwara State, on Wednesday, unanimously resolved that technology should be deployed to fight violence during the elections. This was disclosed at a stakeholders' eng...

AbdulRazaq: PDP Out to Reverse Gains of 2019 in Kwara
The Kwara State Governor, Mr. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, yesterday asked electorates in the state to see the comeback bid of Peoples' Democratic Party's (PDP) government as another plot to draw back the state after it has...