2022-09-26

Society trains 40 Kwara clerics on fishery, animal husbandry
The Al-Habibiyah Islamic Society has trained about 40 Kwara Imams and Islamic scholars on different vocations including Fishery, Farming and Animal Husbandry. Imam Fuad Adeyemi, the Convener and Chief Imam of A...

World Pharmacists Day: Society tasks pharmacists on achieving SDGs
The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) on Sunday advised its members on achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the need for them to continue to stay united in line of action. Mr Adejuwon Otelaj...

Kayode Alabi Leadership engages stakeholders on improving basic education in Kwara
Kayode Alabi Leadership and Career Initiative (KLCI) as one of the cluster members for the Accountability for Good Governance in Education (AGGE) project implemented by YouthHub Africa, with support from USAID and Pall...

Emir of Ilorin loses Chief Security Officer
The Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, has expressed sadness over the death of his Chief Security Officer (CSO), ASP Adebayo Olowoyo. The first-class traditional ruler stated this in a condolence mess...

Fire guts building of 8 rooms, 15 shops in Kwara
A fire disaster on Sunday hit a residential building situated along Sobi Road, behind U-Sanda Filling Station in Ilorin East Local Government Area, Ilorin, Kwara State. Estimated property lost in the inferno wa...

Flood Kills 7, Displaces 2,800 Persons In Kwara
Seven persons lost their lives to devastating flood disaster in different parts of Kwara State this year. The riverine communities in Patigi, Patigi local government area of the state is the worst hit by the disaster w...

Kwara Gov celebrates Turaki Saliu Mustapha on 50th birthday anniversary
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated Turaki of Ilorin Mallam Saliu Mustapha on his birthday anniversary, describing him as a great party man and a philanthropist with good impacts in the lives ...

We won't accept collection of illegal fees, Kwara govt tells principals
The Permanent Secretary Kwara State Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development, Mrs Mary kemi Adeosun, has warned school principals accross the16 local government of the state to desist from collection of al...

2022-09-25

Kwara South elders, stakeholders protest exclusion from APC presidential campaign council
Leaders and stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from Kwara South have protested an alleged exclusion of members of the zone from the party's Presidential Campaign Council. Mr Adebayo Daramola, A...

Kwara: HYPPADEC flags off distribution of flood relief materials in Patigi
In an effort to cushion the effects of flooding ravaging riverine communities in Patigi, Kwara State, the Hydroelectric Power Producing Area Commission (HYPPADEC) on Saturday flagged off the distribution of relief mate...

2022-09-23

I gave thumbs up to racist fans who abused me –Aiyenugba
Kwara United goalkeeper, Dele Aiyenugba, in this interview with EBENEZER BAJELA, talks of his time in Israel, his best Super Eagles moment, comparisons with Vincent Enyeama and more How do you feel as o...

Why Britain Is Investing Resources To Educate Nigerians
The United Kingdom is investing resources on Nigerians students and other nationals to improve their societies back home. The Senior Political Adviser to the British Deputy High Commissioner in Nigeria, Wale Ad...

NANS Senate clerk, Baki, eulogises govt over striking development in Kwara Poly
The Senate clerk of National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, Comrade Saad Olatunji Baki has eulogised the Kwara State Government over the giant infrastructural development currently ongoing in Kwara State Polyt...

UniIorin Pro-Chancellor Abidu Yazid Dies At 79
The chairman, Governing Council and Pro-Chancellor, University of Ilorin, Alhaji Abidu Yazid, has died aged 79. The Katsina-born economist, who lived in Kaduna, died in Abuja after a brief illness in the early ...

Court dissolves marriage in Kwara on wife request
An Area Court sitting in Ilorin on Thursday dissolved an Islamic marriage between Usman Olanrewaju and Balkis Olanrewaju. Presiding Judge AbdulQodir Ahmed said that the wife had requested to end her marriage on...

Revenue: Kwara Agric Ministry strengthens partnership with Kw-irs
The Kwara Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has strengthened its partnership with the state Internal Revenue Service (Kw-irs) and other allied revenue generating agencies to improve the state' Internally Ge...

Police, Okada Riders Clash Over Illegal Duty In Kwara
Two police officers identified as ASP Samuel Acheje and SP Bamidele of F Division, Tanke, Ilorin, Kwara State, have been accused of masterminding the beating of a commercial motorcyclist over his refusal to bribe them ...

Boy, Girl Caught 'Attempting To Steal 2-Year-Old Baby In Kwara
A boy and a girl have been arrested for allegedly attempting to steal a baby at the Oja Tuntun market in Ilorin, Kwara State. It was gathered that while attempting to steal the baby, traders who had been suspic...

Kwara State Joins Chevening And UK To Explore Scholarship For Youths
Hundreds of young people have attended a one-day seminar organised by the British High Commission, Chevening, and the Kwara State Government to encourage as many qualified Kwarans as possible to apply for the Chevening...

Kidnapping: Court Remands Kwara District Head, 2 Sons
An Ilorin Magistrate's Court in Ilorin, Kwara State has remanded a district head, Ibrahim Ahmed and his two sons over their alleged involvement in kidnapping. Ahmad, 55, who is the Magaji Alase of Ilorin and hi...

2022-09-22

Healthcare: UITH praises Yusuf Ali over trauma centre
The University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) on Wednesday commended Mallam Yusuf Olaolu-Ali (SAN) for establishing the Yusuf Ali Trauma Care Centre in the hospital. Prof. Abdullahi Dasilva, the Chief Medic...

Nigeria's federal arrangement defective, requires restructuring – Prof Ojo
Prof. Gbade Ojo has called for political and fiscal restructuring of the federal arrangement in Nigeria. The senior lecturer at the Department of Political Science, University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), spoke to the...

NSDC boosts sugar production to generate forex
The Executive Secretary, of the National Sugar Development Council, Mr Zacch Adedeji, has said the council is implementing measures to make Nigeria's sugar sector globally competitive. According to a statement,...

ARMTI trains farmers on Sesame, Sorghum production
In a bid to further promote the farming and production of sesame and sorghum in Nigeria, local farmers in Bauchi state, have received training on crop cultivation to meet international standards and the modern procedur...

UNILORIN VC-Designate Pledges To Be Fair To All
Vice chancellor-designate of the University of Ilorin, Professor  Wahab Egbewole, SAN, has pledged that his incoming administration will be fair and just to the university community. A press statement released ...

2023 presidential race: We 'll join forces to deliver Kwara for Atiku – Supporters
Scores of supporters of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),in Kwara state, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Wednesday, agreed to join forces to deliver the state to him during the 2023 general elec...

Kwara United redeem cash pledge to players
Kwara United FC has redeemed its pledge to players after their qualification for the next stage in the ongoing TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup competition. The team defeated AS Douanes of Niger Republic 3-...

Kwara govt intensifies vocational empowerment
National Orientation Agency, NOA has called on the residents of Kwara State to leverage on the potential of the state-owned International Vocational, Technical and Entrepreneurship College (IVTEC) to develop expertise ...

MIREMCO hails EFCC on fight against illegal mining in Kwara
Members of Mineral Resources and Environmental Management Committee (MIREMCO) have thrown their weight behind the efforts of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in tackling i...

Three remanded for allegedly drugging, raping 18-year-old girl in Ilorin
Magistrate Adam Mohammed of an Ilorin Magistrate Court, has ordered the remand of three suspects accused of drugging and raping an 18-year-old girl in Ilorin, Kwara State capital. The suspects, Boluwatife Oluye...

Kwara disburses N600m grants to 30,000 traders
Kwara State Government on Wednesday commenced the distribution of N600 million grant to empower at least 30,000 women and petty traders across the 16 local governments areas of the state. The support, which is ...