2023-02-16

Elections: Comrade Aremu Tells Political Class To Emulate Organized Labour
A Nigerian trade union activist, labour leader and the director general of Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies (MINILS) in Ilorin, Kwara state, Comrade Issa Aremu, has called on the political class to ...

Basketball: Kwara Falcons Face Defending Champions, Four Others As BAL Releases Fixtures
2022 Nigeria Basketball Federation league champions, Kwara Falcons will have a mountain to climb when they face the Basketball African League defending champions US Monastir in the group stage, Debutants, Falc...

6 Killed, 9 Injured In Kwara Auto Crash
Six persons have been killed in an auto accident that occurred on Wednesday along Ganmo, Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State. It was gathered that the accident involved a ash coloured commercial Suzu...

Fuel/Naira Scarcity: PDP Cautions Against Violent Protests In Kwara
The Director General of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) Gubernatorial Campaign Council in Kwara state, Professor Ali Ahmad, has appealed to aggrieved protesters across the country, particularly in Kwara state, to r...

New Naira Notes: Violent protest in Ilorin over cash scarcity, five arrested
Violent protests erupted on Wednesday in Ilorin, Kwara state over the hardship encountered by residents following the rejection of old naira notes by traders and commercial transporters. The protests started fr...

2023-02-15

Naira redesign: please remain calm, AbdulRazaq urges Kwarans
•Says we are in this together Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has sympathised with the people of the state on the continuous scarcity of the naira as a result of the recent CBN's currency redesign p...

IAC Ilorin to introduce cabin crew, engineering courses
The Rector of International Aviation College (IAC), Ilorin, Capt. Yakubu Otakahi says the institution, which has produced majorly Pilots and Flight Dispatchers over the years, is looking to introduce Cabin Crew Trainin...

Ilorin court jails business man for buying unlicensed minerals
A businessman, Kingsley Ogala, on Tuesday, bagged twelve months imprisonment without option of fine for purchasing minerals without lawful authority. Justice Muhammed Sani of the Federal High Court sitting in I...

Obasanjo, Duke, Emirs, Others to Attend FGCI's 50th Anniversary in Kwara
The Kwara State Capital, Ilorin, would play host to dignitaries like former President Olusegun Obasanjo, former Cross Rivers state governor, Donald Duke, national stakeholders, as well as the host governor, Abdulrahman...

Kwara APC Suspends Secretary
The Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State, Alhaji Mustapha Salman Isowo, has been suspended from the party over alleged anti-party activities and diversion of funds. Isowo was suspende...

Governor Calls For Sustainable Peace In Kwara State
The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has called for sustainable peace and adherence to relevant laws of the land in mineral exploration in Kwara North and other parts of the state. Governor AbdulRaz...

Abdulrazaq inaugurates int'l market in Kwara
Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State on Tuesday inaugurated the first phase of the Gbugbu International Market in Edu local government area of the state. Speaking at the event, the emir of Lafiagi, Mu...

2023-02-14

Elemere Secondary School receives internet and electronic information resources from KWASU Library staff
Staff of Kwara State University Library have donated internet access and electronic information resources and services to Elemere Secondary school in Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State. This donation whi...

Hardship: Emir Of Ilorin Calls For Calm
The Emir of Ilorin and chairman Kwara State Council of Traditional Rulers, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari has appealed to residents of the state to remain calm and resolute in the face of the current cash crunch and fuel ...

Fire razes home, 3 shops in Ilorin
An early morning inferno has razed a building of three bedroom flats and three shops as a result of suspected power surge. A statement from the Head Media, Kwara Fire Service, Mr Hakeem Hassan, said the inciden...

Election: Kwara cuts transport fare by 50% for students returning home
The Kwara State Government on Monday declared a 50 percent transport support to Kwara students in tertiary institutions across the country. This followed the directive of the federal government through the Nige...

Kwara Launches Free Transport Scheme For Students
Kwara State government has commenced free transport scheme for students and members of staff of some tertiary institutions to cushion the effects of fuel and currency scarcity. The government had last Thursday ...

Kwara govt opens online application portal for garment factory workers
The Kwara Government has opened an online portal for people to apply to work full-time in its garment factory. The factory is one of the legacy economic projects of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq. This...

Kwara govt fixes NECO fee at N22,500
The Kwara State Government has vowed to sanction any principal who collects more than N22,500 approved examination fees for the National Examinations Council. The government also outlawed the enrollment of exte...

Banks reject old naira notes in Ilorin
Commercial banks in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, are rejecting old naira notes from customers despite an order of the Supreme Court. Recall that the Supreme Court temporarily restrained the CBN from withdra...

2023-02-13

International Aviation College seeks FG's duty waiver on spares
The Rector of the Kwara State -owned International Aviation College (IAC), Ilorin, Captain Okatahi Yakubu, has solicitated for more Federal Government support for the institution through grants or subventions to fully ...

Ogun, Oyo, Kwara farmers differ on NiMET's prediction of early rain in 2023
Farmers across the states of Ogun, Oyo and Kwara have reacted differently to the prediction of early rainfall in 2023 by the Nigeria Metrological Agency (NiMET). The farmers, through their associations, express...

Kwara Falcons Win Louis Edem Men's Invitational Basketball Championship
The Kwara Falcons of Ilorin continued its dominance in the basketball arena in Nigeria as they beat Ghana's Spintex Knights of Accra 65-57 to clinch the Louis Edem Men's Basketball Invitational Championship trophy, at ...

Hijrah To Kwara: Ignore Distractions On Hijab
The Hijrah Organisation of Nigeria has charged Nigerians, especially the Muslim community, to have a change of attitude towards the next general election by coming out to vote massively. The organisation stated...

Kwara Gov't To Focus On Agro Processing In Isin Community
The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has promised that his administration will focus on agro processing in the coming years to deepen government's investment in agriculture. According to him, the go...

Kwara State: PDP Senatorial Candidate Promises Pro-Workers Policies
Ahead of the presidential and National Assembly elections scheduled for 25th February, 2023, the senatorial candidate of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) for Kwara Central, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, has vowed to adv...

Kwara Government Warns Against Indiscriminate Charges On NECO Registration`
The Kwara State Government in North-Central Nigeria, has vowed to sanction any principal that collects above the approved examination fees by the State Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development as the state g...