2022-12-08

Hoodlums injure firefighters, soldier in Kwara
A soldier and two officials of the Kwara State Fire Service were on Tuesday injured by suspected hoodlums who attacked them while they carried out a rescue operation. Soldiers and men of the state fire service ...

Tertiary Institutions: 83 Road Projects Completed – Minister
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola says the Federal government has intervened in a total number of 83 internal road projects in various federal tertiary institutions across the country. Speaki...

Our 4-year plan for MINILS – Isa Aremu
THE 18th Edition of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Harmattan School is presently taking place at the Michael Imoudu National Institute of Labour Studies, MINILS, Ilorin, Kwara State. While welcoming guests a...

Kwara Guber: APC, Opposition Bicker Over Opinion Poll
It is different strokes for different folks. That sums up the bickering and altercations currently raging between the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the opposition parties in Kwara State over the recently r...

Logistics, VC Offa win Legacy Volleyball Championship
It was jubilation at the indoor sports hall of the National Stadium, Lagos, following the victories of Logistics Spikers Volleyball Club and Volleyball Club, Offa, at the 2022 Legacy Volleyball Championship. Th...

NSCDC Arrests 3 For Diverting 33,000 Litres Of PMS In Kwara
Operatives of the Kwara state command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have arrested three persons for allegedly diverting 33,000 litres of petrol, also known as Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) meant ...

Kwara govt, polytechnic council differ on staff recruitment
The Kwara State Government has warned the managements of the state owned tertiary institutions to henceforth desist from illegal recruitment of staff or be made to face the full wrath of the law. The state Comm...

Ignore fake video, news against Gov AbdulRazaq — Kwara govt
Special Assistant to Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State on Political Communications, Bashir Adigun, has urged members of the public to ignore what he described as doctored video and fake news claiming that ...

Kwara govt supports 490 SMEs with interest-free loans
At least 490 small businesses have won varying amounts of non-interest loans under the Kwara State social investment programme to grow their enterprises. According to a statement by the government spokesman, Ra...

2022-12-07

Kwara PDP publishes 547 names for unified campaign council list
The Kwara State People's Democratic Party (PDP) has published 547 names that are to be inaugurated into the unified state presidential and gubernatorial campaign council. The members were selected on the pedestal of eq...

Defamation: Gov's Chief Press Sec, two journalist brothers end feud in Kwara
The Chief Press Secretary to the Kwara State Governor, Rafiu Ajakaye and the Akogun brothers who are journalists in the state have settled the feud between them amicably following the intervention of the state executiv...

2022-12-06

Kwara university postpones 10th convocation ceremony
The authorities of the Kwara State University, Malete, has postponed the 10th convocation ceremony of the institution earlier scheduled to commence on Tuesday December 6, 2022. No official reason was given ...

Kwara Targets 800,000 Pregnant Women, Others For Maternal, Child Health Week Intervention
Kwara State government says it targets over 800,000 women of reproductive age, most especially pregnant women and about 2 million children less than five years across 193 wards of the state for free distribution of low...

APC Won't Go Into Election Divided ? Kwara Governor, Senator Sadiq
Two leading All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwarts in Bode Saadu, headquarters of Moro local government area of Kwara State, Alhaji Iliyasu Ibrahim and Chief Wole Oke, on Monday publicly announced that the rift betw...

Kwara Warns Tertiary Institutions Over Illegal Recruitment
The Kwara State government has warned management of the state owned tertiary institutions to henceforth desist from illegal recruitment of staff or be made to face the full wrath of the law. The state commissio...

Kwara state govt seeks legal backing for NSIP
The National Assembly has been urged to expedite action in passing the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) into law to make it a national policy for the benefit of the common man. Speaking with journa...

Father of two abducted children in Ilorin recounts ordeal
Lukman Aliyu, father of two abducted children in Ilorin, Kwara State capital, has recounted his traumatic ordeal in the hands of the armed kidnappers who invaded his residence on 13th October, 2022. In the BBC ...

Kwara 2023: PDP Will Restore Dignity of Labour Force
The Kwara State Chapter of the Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), has promised to restore the dignity of labour force and optimum productivity of the civil service come if elected to power in the state in 2023. ...

Kwara govt urges support of heads of tertiary institutions on education policies
•Inaugurates Provost of College of Nursing Oke-ode The Kwara State Government has enjoined the heads of tertiary institutions in the State particularly the ones owned by the government to continue to support it...

2022-12-05

Kwara Gov mourns Onijagbo of Ijagbo
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has commiserated with the people of Ijagbo on the death of the Onijagbo Oba Salawudeen Olagunju Adeyeye Fagbemi (Obembe II). The revered monarch died at the age of 11...

Kwara Goes Tough On Illegal Examination Fees
Kwara State Government has vowed to sanction any principal who collects above the fees approved for external examinations. The decision to again outlaw any form of extortion is part of the ongoing reform agen...

2023: Group Urge Voters to Elect Female Candidates in Kwara
Ahead of 2023 general elections, a Kwara State based non-governmental organisation, Brain Builder Youth Development Initiative (BBYDI) has enjoined voters to prioritise electing female candidates across party lines in ...

2023: Police Warn against Destruction of Billboards, Banners in Kwara
Kwara State Police Command at the weekend warned political parties leaders in the state to call their supporters to order over the reported cases of destruction and defacement of billboards, banners and posters bel...

Infections remain major causes of child mortality rate says UNIILORIN Don
University of Ilorin lecturer and Professor of Paediatrics and Child Health, Aishatu Ahmed Gobir has said that infections remain major causes of mortality and morbidity in children, particularly those under the age of ...

'Nigeria needs working synergy to turn academic ideas to businesses'
Nigeria needs to develop a viable synergy that enables the country turn academic ideas and researches into viable businesses in order to develop the national economy and create jobs. Vice Chancellor, Summit Uni...

Kwara won't miss Zamfara national Quranic competition – AbdulRazaq
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara state has allayed fears of parents and members of state's contingents to this year's National Quaran Recitation Competition billed for Guzau ,Zamfara state that he will ensure t...

House Member Tasks Political Officeholders on Quality Representation
The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on National Plannimg and Economic Development, Hon. Saka Abdulganiyu Cook Olododo, at the weekend urged political office holders in the country to continue to rise to th...

AbdulRazaq Rewards Best Kwara Civil Servants with New Car, Other Prizes
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq weekend presented a car key to the star winner of the state's Civil Service Award programme, Dr. Kazeem Lakadir, in appreciation of his outstanding performance and character ...