2022-10-04

KWSG issues public advisory on climate change, flooding
The Kwara State Government wishes to inform members of the public that some of the trends currently being experienced in the volume, duration and pattern of rainfall which in turn leads to massive flood can be attribu...

Strike: Unilorin ASUU chairman seeks parents' intervention
Prof. Moyosore Ajao, the Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Ilorin (Unilorin) Chapter, has called on stakeholders, particularly parents, to prevail on the Federal Government to resolve...

Ilorin indigenous doctors offer free treatment, drugs to 1000 patients
The Ilorin Emirate Medical Doctors Group (IEMDG) has treated more than 1000 patients in the last one year free of charge. It also gave free drugs to beneficiaries, its vice-president, Dr Abdulkadir Ahmed, told ...

Farm Manager Raises the Alarm over Threat to Life by Kidnappers in Kwara
A Farm Manager at Pampo village in Asa Local Government Area of Kwara State, Mr. Sogo Emmanuel Ogunmola, has raised the alarm over an alleged continuous threat to his life by the kidnappers who earlier abducted him bef...

Islamic Cleric, His Students Drown In Kwara Flood
A popular Islamic cleric in Kwara State, Sheikh Abdulganiyu Nuraini, popularly called Alfa Gani Aboto, and two of his students, Alfa Azeez Omoekun and Alfa Nurudeen, were on Saturday killed in flood waters. It ...

Kwara Police Arrest Chief Medical Director for Alleged Murder of Girlfriend, Housewife
Detectives of the Kwara State Police Command have arrested the Chief Medical Director of Kaiama General Hospital, Dr. Adio Adeyemi Adebowale, for allegedly killing his girlfriend, Nofisat Halidu. The detectives...

2022-10-03

Oloriegbe Mourns Shaykh Aboto's Death, Condoles Family, Ansarul-Islam Society
The Senator representing Kwara Central, Dr Ibrahim Yahaya Oloriegbe has expressed sadness over the tragic incident that claimed the lives of highly revered Islamic preacher, Shaykh Abdulganiy Dhu-Nurayn Aboto and two o...

Unilorin SUG seeks partnership with Kwara Police
The President, Students Union Government (SUG) of University of Ilorin (Unilorin) Taofik Opeyemi, has called for stronger partnership between students and the Police to boost national security. Following this, ...

NUT absolves Kwara govt of illegal salaries deduction
The Kwara State wing of the Nigeria Union of Teachers has absolved the state government of a purported illegal deduction from teachers' salaries under the state Teaching Service Commission for the month of September 20...

AbdulRazaq And The New Face Of Public Schools In Kwara
A flashback to the 16 years of decadence of the past administration in Kwara State is a sad chapter in the history of the state that the people will not forget in a hurry. It was an unmitigated disaster. Education was ...

Kwara hunter's son shoots brother dead testing bulletproof charm
A son of a hunter in Dutse Gogo town near Kaiama, headquarters of Kaiama local government of Kwara State, Abubakar Abubakar, on Sunday shot dead his junior brother identified as Yusuf Abubakar while testing the efficac...

2022-10-02

Kwara Gov mourns Islamic scholar Sheikh Abdulganiy Aboto, others
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has described as shocking and sad the deaths of prominent Muslim preacher Sheikh Abdulganiy Dhu Nurayn Aboto al-Adaby and some other yet-to-be-identified persons in an auto c...

Kwara Govt demands speedy completion of Jebba waterworks
The Kwara Government has called for speedy completion of the ongoing construction of the waterworks in Jebba, Moro Local Government Area of the state. The government expressed dissatisfaction at the pace of the...

Tales Of Woe As Flood Kills 7, Displaces Thousands In Kwara
Residents of riverine communities in Patigi, Patigi local government area of Kwara State who were displaced by a devastating flood last weekend have recounted their ordeal. The victims said they now live in ma...

Store owner killed in Ilorin, two children abducted
Unknown gunmen reportedly killed a store owner at Oja Tuntun market in Ilorin, Kwara State capital. The victim, identified as Mr Aribidesi, was allegedly attacked at his residence in Alubarika area, Gaa–Osibi, ...

Flooding: Four Persons Confirmed Dead in Kwara
Tragedy struck in Ilorin, Kwara State capital, weekend when no fewer than four persons were confirmed dead after a heavy downpour in the city. Property worth millions of naira was also lost to flooding occasio...

Police recover decomposed bodies of 2 ladies inside CMD's office in Kwara
Police have recovered two decomposed bodies of ladies, inside the office of the Chief Medical Director of a government hospital in Kwara state. One of the carcasses of the decomposed female bodies was found bur...

2022-10-01

AbdulRazaq sympathises with Patigi flood victims
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has sympathised with the people of Gbaradogi and Saachi communities in Patigi Local Government, over the flood disaster in the area. The governor, during the inspecti...

Kwara declares zero tolerance for drug abuse
Kwara State Government has declared zero-tolerance for drug abuse and the numerous vices that trail the misuse of drugs in the country. The government has also called on Kwarans to support the effort in curbing...

Nigeria On The Rise Despite Challenges — Kwara Gov
Nigeria is a nation on the rise regardless of some drawbacks in its nation-building efforts and its share of the global challenges, Kwara State Governor said, on Saturday. The Governor spoke at Nigeria's 62nd I...

Kwara Govt Commends EFCC on Fight against Illegal Mining
The Commissioner, Ministry of Solid Minerals Development, Kwara State, Adenike Harriet Afolabi-Oshatimehin, has commended the efforts of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in checking the activities of...