2023-01-27

Kwara Assembly approves tenure extension for acting auditor-general
The Kwara State House of Assembly on Thursday approved the extension of the tenure of the acting State Auditor-General by six months. This followed a request by Governor Abdulrahaman Abdulrazaq in a letter to t...

Kwara school owners protest multiple taxation
Members of the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools in Kwara State on Thursday staged a peaceful protest over what they described as exorbitant and multiple taxation by the state Internal Revenue Serv...

Kwara RATTAWU Elects New Officers
The Radio, Television and Theatre Arts Workers Union of Nigeria (RATTAWU), Kwara State chapter, North Central Nigeria has elected new officers to pilot its affairs for the next three years. The election was con...

Kwara, Ogun get BusinessDay's awards on youth empowerment, housing
Kwara and Ogun states have been chosen as most improved states in youth empowerment and women inclusiveness, and housing stocks development. While Kwara State will be receiving the award at the BusinessDay's St...

Beggars join Kwara traders to reject old naira notes
Barely a few days before the deadline of January 31 set by the Central Bank of Nigeria for the deposit of old notes of the newly-redesigned naira denominations, traders across markets in Kwara State are rejecting old N...

Kwara, Benue paid highest for cooking gas in Dec 2022
Residents of Kwara and Benue states paid the highest cooking gas (liquefied petroleum gas) costs in December 2022, a recent report by the National Bureau of Statistics has revealed. The report says that residen...

2023-01-26

NGO Decries Increase in Number of Out-of-school Girl-child in Kwara
A non-governmental organisation based in Kwara State, Brain Builders Youth Development Initiative (BBYDI), has expressed concern about the increase in the number of out-of-school girl-child in the state, especially in ...

Twin two-bedroom flats razed by fire in Ilorin
A twin two-bedroom building and a self-contained apartment were razed by fire in Ilorin on Wednesday, destroying property worth millions of naira. The fire disaster was reportedly caused by a power surge, accor...

Kwara SWAN Elects New Officers
The Kwara state chapter of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) has elected new executives to pilot the affairs of the association for the next three years. The new executives were sworn in after th...

Kwara police kill three kidnappers
The Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Paul Odama, has said policemen attached to the command killed three suspected kidnappers in a gun duel. He identified the slain suspects as Bala Idris, Hassan Idris and B...

10,000-Capacity Kwara IDP Camp Lacks Amenities – Coordinator
Hajia Jumai Ahmed, the North Central Zonal Coordinator of the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons, has disclosed that the 10,000-capacity lDP camp in Kwara State lacks basic amen...

2023 Elections: Emir Of Ilorin Cautions INEC Against Partisanship
The Emir of Ilorin and Chairman Kwara State Council of Chiefs , Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu Gambari has cautioned the Independent National Electoral Commisssion (INEC) against being partisan in the conduct of the 2023 general ...

Kwara set to unveil highest number of modern glass squash courts in W'Africa
Kwara State government is set to unveil 10 modern glass squash courts at the state's stadium complex in Ilorin. According to the chairman of Kwara State Sports Commission, Bola Magaji, the modern arenas, which ...

France to partner Kwara on agric, arts, tech
Ambassador of France to Nigeria, Madame Emmanuelle Blatman, has said the French government is open to partnership with the Kwara State government, even as she commended Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for his understan...

2023-01-25

Ex-President Obasanjo Lauds Governor AbdulRazaq Over Youth Inclusion In Governance
Former Nigerian President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has commended Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq over his policy of including and engaging youths in governance. The former President said he is extrem...

Kwara Gov AbdulRazaq is a visionary, will get our partnership: French Ambassador
•Says work ongoing on devt of Lata Grazing Reserve •Devt of Reserve will aid food security, says Gov French Ambassador to Nigeria Emmanuelle Blatmann has said she is impressed by the clear vision of Kw...

2023-01-24

Kwara gets World Bank funding to boost primary healthcare
•Governor launches programme Monday •Support based on state govt's payment of counterpart funds •One PHC per ward to receive N4.6m to upgrade facility Kwara State has secured a World Bank fund...

NUT commends Governor AbdulRazaq over housing estate plan for Kwara teachers, says it's a first
The Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), Kwara State, has commended Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq over his planned housing scheme for teachers in the state. The body described the initiative as a first in the hi...

WHO, NPHCDA, other partners hail Gov AbdulRazaq as Kwara launches new health intervention
•IMPACT programme to improve primary healthcare delivery, says Governor Development partners on Monday commended the many strides of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq in the health sector, saying the achievements...