2022-09-12

EFCC arrests Chinese expatriate for illegal mining
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, in its efforts to curb the non-payment of royalties on mineral resources in the country to the Federal Government, has arrested a 29-year-old Chinese, Gang Deng, for allege...

Committee Hails NEPZA on Projects Execution at Economic Zones
The Joint Projects Monitoring Committee, which comprised of officials from the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment and the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) has expressed satisfaction over the le...

Kwara APC Refunds Fees to Aggrieved Members
The All Progressive Congress, Kwara State, has disclosed that it has commenced the refund of the administrative fee in a bid to placate aggrieved members of the party in the state. The Chairman Kwara APC, Mr. S...

Kwara account: APC, PDP disagree over forensic auditing
The All Progressives Congress and Peoples Democratic Party in Kwara State have disagreed over whether an external auditor should be engaged to examine the state government account when there is the Auditor General's de...

Tension over delay in appointment of Offa Poly rector
There is tension at the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara State over the refusal of the Minister of Education Adamu Adamu to appoint a new rector for the institution. The tenure of the erstwhile rector, Dr. Late...

CAF: Rivers, Kwara on brink of qualification
While Rivers United, champions of the 2021/22 Nigeria Professional Football League on Sunday defeated Liberian champions Watanga FC 3-0 in the first leg of the CAF Champions League qualifying match, Kwara United in Lag...

Tragedy as 32-year-old man plunges into Asa River in Ilorin
A 32-year-old man, Peter Ajayi, reportedly plunged into the Asa River behind All Saints Anglican Church on Taiwo Isale road in Ilorin, Kwara State capital, on Thursday. DAILY POST reports that in what looked li...

2022-09-11

Eleven percent of coys close in Kwara-SON
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) at the weekend revealed the figure of indigenous companies closing down in the state is alarming. It specifically, hinted that at least, eleven percent of those compa...

Six Internet Fraudsters Bag Jail Terms in Ilorin
The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, September 7, 2022 secured the conviction and sentencing of six internet fraudsters. They were sentenced to various j...

2022-09-10

Emir of Ilorin rejoices with Etsu Nupe at 70
The Emir of Ilorin and Chairman Kwara State Council of Chiefs, Alhaji (Dr) Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari CFR, has rejoiced with the Etsu Nupe and Chairman Niger State Traditional Rulers Council, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar, on the o...

We're Working To Become Nigeria's Food Basket – Kwara Govt
The Kwara State government has restated its commitment to sustainable commercial agriculture as part of efforts to make the state the food basket of the nation. The state commissioner for agriculture and rural ...

2022-09-09

IITA Urges Institute To Collaborate With Varsities On Food Production
Prof. Lateef Sanni of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has urged the Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI) to collaborate with universities and other research institutes to bridg...

Student begins 'ASUU strike PoS' says dreams shattered
Amid the lingering strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities which has lasted seven months, a 200-level student of the University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Usman Opeyemi, has begun a Point of Sale busines...

University Of Ilorin Gets New Vice Chancellor
The Governing Council of the University of Ilorin has announced the appointment of a renowned Professor of Jurisprudence and International Law, Professor Wahab Egbewole, SAN as the new Vice-Chancellor, VC of the Univer...

Kwara Sports Commission Constitutes 30 Sports Associations
The Kwara State Sports Commission has constituted 30 Sports Associations to ensure the smooth running and development of sports activities in the state. The media officer of the commission, Yusuf Feruke, in a ...

OPINION: AbdulRazaq's agenda for Kwara clear, unambigious, futuristic by Rafiu Ajakaye
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has long unveiled his multi-sector agenda for the people of Kwara State. He speaks to this agenda every day — and will continue to do so in town hall meetings, off-the-cuff g...

2023: No plan to merge with any party – Kwara YPP Guber candidate, Yakubu Gobir
Gubernatorial candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) in Kwara State, Yakubu Gobir has declared that the party has no plan to merge with any leading political party in the State within a few months to the 2023 ...

Kwara can't return to PDP's locusts' years – AbdulRasaq
AHEAD of the 2023 election Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State, who is seeking a second term on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has said that his party would retain power in the state bec...

Kwara son kills father, buries corpse, steals money
The Kwara State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a man, Hassan Ibrahim, for allegedly killing his 90-year-old father, Sabi, a retired army corporal and stealing the deceased ATM card to withdraw his money in ...