2023-03-04

Abdulhakeem Ajibola Akanbi is Dead
Alhaji Abdulhakeem Ajibola Akanbi, the elder brother of the late Kwara State University  Vice Chancellor,  Prof. Muhammed Mustapha Akanbi, is dead. Alhaji Akanbi slumped and died in the early hours ...

OPINION: Garlands for renowned journalist, Liad Tella at 75 By Gbenga Akinfenwa
What probably remains the most enduring legacy of the renowned journalist, Alhaji Liad Tella, is the inspiration he has cultivated in multitudes across assorted sectors over the years. Clocking the age of 75...

2023-03-03

NPFL: Kwara United adopt Akure home ground
Kwara United Football Club have been granted approval by the Interim Management Committee of the Nigeria Professional Football League to adopt the Ondo State Sports Complex, Akure as their new home ground for the secon...

Kwara PDP Forms Alliance with Other Political Parties to Wrestle Power from APC
Leadership of the opposition, Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) in Kwara state has finalised arrangements to form alliance with other political parties in the state so as to wrestle power from the ruling All Progressives C...

Kwara State To Install Transformers In Five Communities
Kwara State Commissioner for Energy, Abdulwahab Femi Agbaje White has said the Ministry has secured approval to install another set of transformers for five communities in the state. The Commissioner in a state...

Man, son die in auto crash in Kwara
A middle aged man and his 15-year-old son, yesterday, were crushed to death in auto crash along Jimba Oja, Idofian, Ifelodun Local council of of Kwara state. The deceased, whose identities could not be ascertai...

Sergeant guns down lover, kills self in Kwara
A mobile police sergeant on Thursday morning killed his suspected woman friend and later shot himself dead in school premises in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital. The incident, which happened early in the mornin...

Tinubu's Victory, Reward For Great Antecedents, Consistency – Kwara Gov
Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has congratulated President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and the All Progressives Congress (APC) family nationwide on the victory at the just-concluded poll. I...

Kwara Kiddies league : Organizers Open Registration for Second Season
The board of the Kwara Kiddies league has opened registration for the second season of the league. According to a statement signed by its Secretary, Yemi Sodeeq on Thursday in Ilorin, Kwara State capital, the r...

Kwara group hails Tinubu's victory, preaches unity
A group, Kwara Agenda for Asiwaju (KWAGA) has hailed Nigerians and Kwarans in particular for voting en masse for the emergence of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the just concluded poll. The group added that the p...

Invitational Basketball Tournament: Kwara Falcons Pick First Win
The Nigeria's Kwara Falcons have secured their first win in the invitational tournament currently going on in Abidjan. The tournament was organised to put the invited teams that will participate in the forthcom...

2023-03-02

How scarcity of shuttles, buses hampers students movement in KWASU
As the lingering fuel scarcity is gradually abating across the country, it is a different ball game in Malete area of Kwara, as students of the Kwara State University(KWASU) are still bearing the brunt. While t...

ABS FC to play home matches at Soun Stadium
Nigeria National League outfit, Abubakar Bukola Saraki (ABS) Football Club has adopted Soun Stadium, Ogbomosho as its home ground for the 2023 season. ABS ' original home ground, Kwara Sports Complex is current...

Election: Tinubu's victory divine, says Magaji
Oba Mogaji Abdulkadir, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Ilorin Central state constituency, says the victory of Sen. Bola Tinubu is divine. Abdulkadir, in his congratulatory message on Wednes...

How we're transforming education through KwaraLEARN —AbdulRazaq
Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has reiterated the commitment of his administration to the development of education in the state through one of the state's initiatives tagged 'KwaraLEARN.' The pro...

Kwara TESCOM dismisses retrenchment rumour
The Kwara Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM) has dismissed speculations that Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has planned to sack teachers after his re-election. A statement from the TESCOM Chairman, Malam Bello A...

Election: Kwara FRSC impounds 37 vehicles
The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Kwara Sector, impounded 37 vehicles during Saturday's Presidential/National Assembly election in Kwara. The Sector Commandant, Frederick Ogidan, disclosed this on Wednesday ...

Court jails fashion designer for cybercrime in Kwara
Justice Adebayo Yusuf of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin has sentenced a 24-year-old fashion designer, Muhammed Ayub, Odelade Samuel and Olowokere Jamiu, to six years imprisonment for offences bordering on...

Kwara SDP Urges Members to Work for Victory in March 11 Polls
Leadership of the Social Democratic Party(SDP) in Kwara state yesterday said that it would not allow the politics of depression over the outcome of the elections of last Saturday to dampen the party's morale ahead ...

Kwara Central: Senator-Elect Pledges To Prioritize Interests Of Constituents
The new Senator-elect for Kwara Central senatorial district, Mallam Saliu Mustapha, has pledged to prioritize the interests of his constituents over other considerations. Mallam Mustapha made the pledge in his ...

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. ...