2022-11-15

APC women flag off presidential campaign in Kwara
Aisha Buhari, Oluremi Tinubu, Nana Shettima, prominent first ladies to be present Women of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will flag off their presidential campaign in Kwara State November 17. The flag off w...

Kwara TV now up on Satellite
The AbdulRazaq-led administration in Kwara state continues to break new ground in its effort to reposition all State-Owned Media outlets. For the first time in the history of Kwara State Television Authority( Kwara T...

Govt proposes mandatory eight weeks course for labour leaders
The Federal Government is proposing a mandatory eight weeks course at the Michael Imoudu National Institute of Labour Studies (MINILS), Ilorin, Kwara State, for all newly elected labour leaders in the country. ...

KWIRS Pledges To Uphold Tax Education Among Students
The Kwara State Internal Revenue Service (KWIRS) has restated its commitment to promote tax education and quality learning among secondary school students in the state. This is as the Service said it would cont...

Saraki: G-5 Governors' Crisis With PDP, Atiku over Soon
Former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, yesterday, said the current political differences between the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar and G-5 governors of the party, spe...

Kwara NNPP Senatorial Candidate Passes Vote Of Confidence On INEC
With the 2023 general elections fast approaching, a candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) for the Kwara North senatorial District, Kolo Jiya, has expressed his confidence in the ability of the Independent N...

Saraki Foundation Offers Ilorin Residents Free Medical Services to Mark 10th Anniversary of Late Father
Thousands of Ilorin residents in Kwara State yesterday benefited from the free medical outreach services organised to mark the 10th year remembrance anniversary of the late former Senate Leader, Dr. Olusola Saraki....

'Kwara'll reduce COVID-induced hardship on vulnerable citizens'
Senior Special Adviser on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to Kwara State Governor, Dr. Jamila Ibrahim, has said the state will do its possible best to mitigate the hardship the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) impos...

N19.5m Property Destroyed As Fire Razes 15 Shops In Kwara
A midnight fire outbreak on Monday in Ilorin, Kwara State ravaged 15 shops and destroyed property estimated at N19.5 million. The incident occurred at the 20- shop Atiba- Iyalamu complex, near Oja- Tuntun, Ilor...

AbdulRazaq restates commitment to security as Kwara donates new patrol vehicles
Kwara State Government on Monday donated 10 new patrol vehicles to the 'Operation Harmony Tactical Team', a gesture Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq said will help to strengthen security of lives and properties and buil...

2022-11-14

'Captain' Umar Mohammed named new Special Adviser Youths to Kwara Gov
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has approved the appointment of Patigi-born Umar Mohammed as Special Adviser on Youths and Sports Development. Mohammed, known in political circles as 'Captain', is ...

Cash Transfer Has Reduced Poverty Rate In Kwara – Gov AbdulRazaq
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has said there are enough evidences to prove that cash transfer programmes for the vulnerable people is a workable solution to extreme poverty. While thanking the Pre...

NBBF Final 8: Kwara Falcons beat Customs, qualify for BAL tournament
It was jubilation galore on Saturday as Kwara Falcons surprised the bookmakers to emerge the winner of the Nigeria Basketball Federation final 8. The Kwara-based club emerged as the winner of the competition be...

Kwara Devises Measures To Improve IGR, Food Sufficiency
The Kwara State government has rolled out new measures geared towards improved revenue generation and food sufficiency. To achieve the targeted objectives, the state government has directed all the 16 local gov...

Kwara monarchs beg gov over 42-month salary arrears
Traditional rulers in Oke-Ero and Ekiti local government areas of Kwara State have appealed to the state governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, to pay them arrears of 42 months' salary owed them by the past administrations ...

2022-11-13

Kwara Gov. AbdulRazaq celebrates Pa Afolayan at 100
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara has congratulated former Super Chief Inspector of Education, Pa Immanuel Afolayan who clocked 100 years. This is contained in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to...

Kwara govt tasked on primary health care delivery
A non-governmental organisation (NGO), Connected Development (CODE), has commended the Kwara government on its efforts at improving healthcare service delivery in the state while urging the state government to better h...

Abdulrazaq has shown possibilities of positive devt in Kwara: Chief Of Staff Prof. Gambari
Chief of Staff to the President Prof. Ibrahim Gambari at the weekend said Kwara is recording impressive economic development under Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq. Speaking at the launch of the UNDP Economic Re...

Kwara police to prosecute politicians defacing opponents' billboard
Kwara State police command has read the riot act to politicians in the state over destruction of their opponents' billboard. The Commissioner of Police, Paul Odama who said this in a statement issued in Ilorin...

2022-11-12

Osi-Obbo-Aiyegunle Road ready this year, says Gov AbdulRazaq
•we've waited for this for 50 years: Owa L'Obbo •Your reign is impactful: monarchs, community leaders •Gov holds town hall meeting for Ekiti, Oke Ero Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq ...

27th anniversary: Atiku, Saraki, AbdulRazaq celebrate Ilorin emir
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, former Senate President Bukola Saraki and the Kwara State Governor AdulRahaman AbdulRazaq, have felicitated with the Emir of Ilorin and Chairm...

Yahoo boy, 30, docked in Ilorin for alleged N39.7m fraud
A 30-year-old man, Yusuf Yusuf Olarewaju, on Friday appeared before Justice Adebayo Yusuf of a Kwara State High Court in Ilorin charged with internet fraud-related offences. Arraigned by the Ilorin Zonal Comman...

Kwara is safe – Nigerian Army
Kwara State has been described as one of the safest states in Nigeria despite the current security challenges confronting Nigeria. The new commander of the 22 Armoured Brigade, Sobi Barracks, Ilorin, Brigadier ...