2022-12-01

REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY GOVERNOR ABDULRAHMAN ABDULRAZAQ AT THE SWEARING IN OF NEW CABINET MEMBERS ON NOVEMBER 30, 2022
I welcome the new commissioners and Special Adviser to the cabinet. I urge you and all other government appointees to be committed to the service of our people. I urge you to be team players, and recharge your ...

Health Expert Cautions Nigerians Against Smoking
A consultant and Public Health Physician with the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Professor Tanimola Akande has cautioned that smokers are liable to terminal diseases. Professor Akande lamented the incr...

21 million young Nigerians jobless, engage in crimes – Varsity don, Aibinu laments
The Vice Chancellor of Summit University Offa, Kwara State, Prof. Abiodun Musa Aibinu, has decried the high rate of unemployment in Nigeria, linking that to the increase in crime. According to the Vice Chancell...

Kwara begins perimeter fencing of NYSC orientation camp
Consequent to the recent approval of the perimeter fencing of the NYSC orientation camp in Yikpata, Edu local government area of Kwara state by Governor Abdulrazaq Abdulrahman, the first phase of the project has commen...

NDLEA Destroys Illicit Drugs Worth N2bn in Kwara
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kwara State Command, has destroyed N2bn worth of illicit drugs and psychotropic substances. The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the NDLEA, Brigadier-Gen...

Fuel scarcity resurfaces in Ilorin as marketers hike price
Another round of fuel scarcity has resurfaced in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. DAILY POST reports that the scarcity was noticed about two days ago amid long queues of motorists in a few fuel stations with th...

Capital expenditures top govt priorities as Kwara Gov presents 2023 budget
•We've delivered on key campaign promises: AbdulRazaq •Says outlooks in education, health, rural-urban devt, business climate far better •Speaker commends AbdulRazaq for giant strides across sectors, wo...

Minor cabinet reshuffle as Kwara Gov swears-in new commissioners, SA
•Kawu-Moddibo back in Education, Towoju moves to Youths Devt •Engage people with record of achievements, Gov tells appointees Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Wednesday inaugurated two new...

2022-11-30

NGO donates toilet facilities to primary school to curb open defecation
As part of a measure to end open defecation in the country, a non-governmental organisation, Early Chance Support Foundation, has donated toilets and other facilities to Obanisuwa LGEA primary school, Egbejila in Ilori...

Kwara Gets Federal Govt's $7m Diagnostic Facility
Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority Healthcare Development and Investment Company (NHDIC), has signed an agreement with the Kwara State government on its diagnostics and oncology expansion programme to build, equip...

Kwara goes tough on illegal WASC exam fees
Kwara State Government has vowed to sanction any principal who collects extra fees above the approved for external examinations from secondary school Students including the West Africa Examination Council and the Natio...

'It's a secret' – Kwara Sports Commission chair refuses to disclose amount released for National Sports Festival
The Executive Chairman of Kwara State Sports Commission, Bolakale Magaji, on Monday, refused to disclose the amount released by the state government for the State participation at the 21st edition of National Sports Fe...

Why Ibitoye Resigns As Member Of Kwara United Media Team
Award winning Sports Journalist Ibitoye Shittu has tendered his resignation letter as member of Kwara United media team. His decision to walk away at Kwara United comes after 3 seasons working with the Harmony ...

Excitement As Flood Affected Farmers Get Fertiliser Succour From Kwara Govt
It was jubilation galore as scores of victims of the 2022 flooding, who are predominantly farmers, in Patigi and Edu local government areas of Kwara State on Monday, November 21 got succour of no fewer than 1,200 bags ...

Kwara to offset SUBEB, LG workers' salary arrears, gratuities with N3.5bn SURE-P refund
Kwara State government has said the N3,529,734,298.96 SURE-P (ECA) refund it received on behalf of the 16 local government areas will go into paying parts of arrears of unpaid salaries to SUBEB teachers, local governme...

Kwara court jails Yahoo Boy, orders forfeiture of N24.3m, three exotic cars
Justice Adebayo Yusuf of Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin, yesterday, jailed 30-year-old Yusuf Olarewaju, a native of Erin-Ile in Oyun Local Council of the state for offences bordering on internet fraud. ...

2022-11-29

Oloye, a Colossus Nigerian Leaders Must Emulate, Say Lumumba, Sultan
Kenyan intellectual and rights activist, Professor Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba, yesterday, implored Nigerian leaders to not only memorialise the life and times of former strongman of Kwara politics, the late Dr. Olusol...

SDP Flags Off Campaign In Kwara South
Social Democratic Party (SDP) on Monday flagged off its campaign activities in the Kwara South senatorial district of Kwara state for the forthcoming general election. The programme held at Ajase-Ipo town in th...

Kwara 2023: Lawal Promises to Address Disparity in Salary Structure of SUBEB, TESCOM
The Kwara State gubernatorial candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the 2023 elections, Alhaji Hakeem Oladimeji Lawal, at the weekend said he would address the disparity in the salary structure of the State...

Kwara 2023: APC Remains Party to Beat, Says Fagbemi
Ahead of 2023 elections, Kwara State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Sunday Fagbemi, at the weekend boasted that APC remained the party to beat in next year general elections, in view of the outsta...

Delta 2022: Team Kwara To Field 296 Athletes
Kwara State contingent to the 21st National Sports Festival in Delta State, tagged Delta 2022, have been charged to be good ambassadors of the state by strictly adhering to the rules of the games, and shun drug abuse....

Senior NSCDC officer allegedly in trouble after rescuing abducted victims in Kwara
A senior officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, in Kwara State, Mr A. Yusuf, has been suspended after the rescue operation of some abducted victims in a recent incident in Ilorin, the state cap...

OPINION: Three Silks At A Go: Welcome To Ilorin's Week of Greatness By Abubakar Imam
Last week was a very sad, unenviable and challenging one for the good people of Ilorin Emirate. It was a week of mourning precipitated by the demise of some frontline members of the community. Two of the four prominen...

FIRST LADY OF KWARA BAGS UNILAG DIAMOND JUBILEE DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD
The First Lady of Kwara State and Founder Ajike People Support Center Her Excellency Ambassador Dr Olufolake Abdulrazaq has bagged the University of Lagos Alumni Association Awards. The Alumni Association at an...

2022-11-28

AbdulRazaq Jiddah is new Kwara SA Special Duties
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has appointed Alhaji AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah as the new Special Adviser on Special Duties. Jiddah was until his appointment the chairman of the Kwara State Environ...

ASUU Unilorin Vows To Resist Half Salary
Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) of the University of Ilorin chapter on Monday protested what they called casualisation of intellectual workers in the country. Speaking with journalist...

APC Rally Shuts Kwara State, Welcomes Influx Of Thousands New Members
In the last ten days, the All Progressives Congress in Kwara state has witnessed an influx of thousands of new members following the Women's presidential Campaign flag-off and a youth rally in support of the State Gove...

Group Urges Women with Proven Integrity to Vie for Political Offices
A non-governmental organization(NGO), International Women Communication Centre in conjunction with McArthur Foundation, has called on women with proven integrity and character to contest for political offices to enhanc...

Governor AbdulRazaq Celebrates Newly Conferred Senior Advocates From Kwara State
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated the eight newly conferred Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) from the state, describing their feats as a great honour to the state and to their families....

Infrastructure development of Kwara North senatorial district will be my priority – YPP Gov Candidate
Young Progressives Party (YPP) Governorship Candidate for Kwara State Waziri Yakubu Gobir at the weekend promised to prioritize infrastructure development of Kwara North senatorial district just as he received a warm w...

NAFOWA President restates commitment to youth, women empowerment
National President Nigerian Airforce Officers' Wives Association, NAFOWA , Mrs Elizabeth Olubunmi Amao at the weekend in Ilorin retrietrated the commitment of the Association in capacity building of women, widows, ch...

Two Remanded For Burglary In Kwara
A magistrate court in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, has remanded two suspects, Olaide Abdulganiyu and Sam-son Akintunde over alleged burglary. They were brought to court on four-count charges of criminal con...

Kwara govt re-opens COED Ilorin
Kwara State Government has directed the re-opening of the College of Education Ilorin following five weeks of shutdown. The closure of the school followed a recent rampage and destruction of some public facili...