2023-01-23

PVCs Collection: “INEC Will Not Extend Deadline” – Kwara State's REC
This is coming on the heels of calls from several quarters for the extension of the deadline for the collection of the PVCs. Speaking further, he noted that the reason for the INEC's inability to extend the dat...

Brother Of Late Kwara Assembly Leader Clinches APC Ticket
The brother of the late Kwara State House of Assembly leader, Oba Abdulkadir Magaji, has been declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Ilorin Central Constituency following a rerun primary elec...

Vote In Kwara, SDP Senatorial Candidate Urges Lagos Residents
The Kwara South senatorial candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Prof Wale Sulaiman, has urged indigenes of the district based in Lagos to travel to their hometowns and vote in the forthcoming elections. ...

Kidnapping: DSS Testifies Against Sarkin Fulani Of Kwara
An operative of the Department of State Security (DSS), Femi Babalola, has told a court that the Sarkin Fulani of Kwara State, Adamu Usman, confessed to have masterminded the abduction of one Abubakar Ahmadu and collec...

After 2 PhDs, 3 MScs, I Need More – Kwara Female-Don
Dr Khadijat Toyin Musah hails from Balogun Gambari in Ilorin East Local Government Area of Kwara State. The firstborn of her family has made many firsts in her career as a nurse. The multi talented scholar, whose passi...

2023: Gwanara Emirate Backs AbdulRazaq's Re-election Bid in Kwara
The Emir of Gwanara in Baruten local government of Kwara state, Alhaji (Dr) Sabi Idris KotoKotogi II, has said that, the Emirate has pledged their unalloyed support to Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for his reelecti...

'Cleric' Absconds With Woman's N30m Jewellery In Kwara
A magistrates' court in Ilorin, Kwara State, has remanded one Muhammed Muritala, a self-acclaimed Islamic cleric, and one Olajuamoke Fafemi in a correctional centre over criminal conspiracy, breach of trust, trespass, ...

Kwara gets N887.8m from W'Bank to fund immunisation
Kwara State has secured World Bank funding to support infrastructure upgrades in at least one primary healthcare facility in each of the 193 wards of the state, the Executive Secretary of the state Health Care Developm...

2023-01-21

Kwara Gov congratulates new Grand Kadi
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated the new Grand Kadi of the State's Shariah Court of Appeal Hon. Justice Abdullateef Kamaldeen. Justice Kamaldeen has now been confirmed as the substa...

Kwara Customs records 187 seizures with duty paid value of N302m in 2022
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Joint Border Patrol Team (JBPT) Sector 3, in Kwara State disclosed that it has recorded One hundred and eighty seven (187) seizures with a duty paid value of (N302,590 252:00) million ...

2023-01-20

NPFL: Kwara United Force Shooting Stars To Goalless Draw In Ibadan
Kwara United FC put up a credible performance to force Shooting Stars Sports Club of Ibadan to a goalless draw at the Lekan Salami Stadium, in the Matchday Two of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL). Sho...

Man, 19, Remanded For Raping Student In Kwara Hostel
An Ilorin magistrates' court has ordered the remand of a 19-year-old man, Adam Mohammed, for raping students of the Kwara State University, Malete. The prosecutor, Moshood Adebayo, told the police that the vict...

4 Abducted Kwara Truck Drivers Regain Freedom
The four tipper lorry drivers abducted by gunmen in Kwara State have regained freedom. The spokesman for the state police command, Ajayi Okasanmi, confirmed their release to our correspondent during a telephone...

Our work is speaking for us, says Kwara Gov
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Wednesday said the good works of the administration have placed it in a good standing with the people who are the beneficiaries of its investments in road infrastructure, ...

Kwara Rakes In N1bn From Land Administration
The Kwara State government, on Thursday, said it generated about N1 billion from land sales and administration last year. The Executive Chairman, Kwara State Geographic Information Service (KW-GIS), Malam Abdu...

2023-01-19

Inside Kwara community, Ijara-Isin, where residents have own 'currency'
The Ijara-Isin community in Kwara State, North Central Nigeria has devised a means to keep money within its community in a bid to foster economic development. Ijara-Isin came up with its own 'currency', which i...

Kwara PDP Reps Candidate Advocates Egypt's Security Model For Nigeria
Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP), House of Representatives candidate for Asa /Ilorin West constituency in Kwara State, Alhaji Ibrahim Ajia has advocated a replication of the security model adopted by the Egyptian gove...

Offa bank robbery: How Kyari offered me N10m, visa to implicate Saraki - Principal suspect
One of the principal suspects in the trial of the Offa bank robbery incident at a Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin, Mr Ayoade Akinrinbosun, yesterday, told the court how the former Commander, IRT squad, Abba Ky...

APC Presidential Rally In Kwara: Tinubu Extols Emir Of Ilorin
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has extolled the Emir of Ilorin and chairman, Kwara State Council of Chiefs, Mai-Martaba Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, descri...

Gunmen Kidnap 4 Drivers, Demand N20m Ransom In Kwara
Gunmen have kidnapped four tipper lorry drivers at a farm in the outskirts of Ilorin, Kwara State. A source confided in LEADERSHIP that the suspected kidnappers have contacted the victims' families and placed a...

Kwara: Vigilante, 2 Others Regain Freedom After 19 Days In Captivity
Three victims of a recent kidnapping in Asa LGA of Kwara State have regained their freedom, after spending 19 days in the den of their abductors. The trio of Sulaiman Saheed, Abdulmumin Abdulwahab and Uthman Ts...