2022-08-31

Rotavirus: Kwara To Vaccinate 150,000 Children
Kwara State government is to vaccinate 150,000 children below the age of five years against rotavirus and other preventable child-killer diseases across the 16 local government areas of the State. The wife of t...

Two fashion designers, Mujeeb, Abdulsamad, others jailed for internet fraud in Ilorin
Justice Ibrahim Yusuf of the Kwara State High Court, Ilorin, Kwara State has convicted and sentenced two fashion designers: Jatto Mujeeb and Opeyemi Bhadmus Abdulsamad. They were convicted and sentenced alongsi...

Kwara flags off N160m COVID-19 recovery grants for MSMEs
Kwara state government, Tuesday, flagged off the disbursement of N160, 550,000 in grants to 688 small and micro-scale businesses in the first tranche of the KWARA NG CARES RA3 operational grants. These benefi...

NSCDC arrests railway line vandals, three others in Kwara
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Kwara State Command, has arrested two suspected railway line vandals and three alleged house breakers. Parading the suspects at the NSCDC's headquarters in I...

2022-08-30

Kwara Govt continues gradual payment of pre-2019 SUBEB, LGAs' N11bn arrears
Kwara State Government has paid another 15% of one month of the huge salary arrears of SUBEB teachers, pensioners and local government workers it inherited in 2019 from the past administration in the state. Th...

Strike: We're confident Nigerian govt will implement agreements – SSANU, NASU
The University of Ilorin, Unilorin, chapters of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, and the Non-Academic Staff Union, NASU, have said they suspended the industrial actions to give the Federal ...

IEDPU Hails Dr Saudat Abdulbaqi over NIPR Fellowship, Urges Women to Emulate Her
Female indigenes of Ilorin Emirate origin have,again, been reminded of the need to always be focused on their various professions in order to attain positions of eminence as currently being achieved by an Associate Pro...

70% Kwarans to get COVID-19 vaccine
Hanifa Hamza, a pharmacist and Kwara State Coordinator, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), has disclosed that seventy percent of Kwara population will be vaccinated to further prevent COVID-19 in...

2 Kwara Varsity Students Found Dead, Naked In Hostel
Two students of the Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, Tobiloba Daniel and his suspected lover, Arewa Abayomi, have been found dead in Daniel's hostel... Two students of the Kwara State University (KWASU),...

Ripples at Offa Poly: Education minister ignores Buhari's choice of rector
A major crisis is brewing at Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara State, over the appointment of a substantive rector for the 30-year-old institution. Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, is alleged to have rejected ...

Kwara govt vows to deal with electrical cable vandals, thieves
The Commissioner for Energy in Kwara State, Hajia Mariam Ahmed Hassana, on Monday, warned electrical cable vandals and thieves to desist from the act as the state government is ready to deal with them. She gave...

2022-08-29

Kwara communities applaud Saliu Mustapha for reviving 2017 electrification project
Residents of Gambari, Akerebiata, Kulende and Sango communities have expressed gratitude to the All Progressives Congress candidate in the Kwara Central Senatorial race, Mallam Saliu Mustapha, over the rehabilitation o...

Foundation empowers 500 youths in Kwara
Free Light of Nigerian Youth Foundation (FLONY), an NGO, has empowered 500 youths in Offa Local Government Area of Kwara on different skills, to make them financially independent and self employed. The News Age...

Kwara Police Command effects IGP's order on govt assets
The Kwara State Police Command has complied with the directive of the Inspector-General of Police regarding the protection of government facilities especially, schools, hospitals and other national assets across the 36...

Saraki accuses APC of winning Kwara with deceit
A former President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, has recalled that the 'O to ge' campaign adopted by the ruling All Progressives Congress in Kwara State to oust the Peoples Democratic Party from government was full ...

Garment factory to create 2,000 direct jobs, ready this year: Kwara Gov
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq at the weekend said the state's garment factory will be inaugurated this year with a take off capacity to hire 2,000 direct labour. Speaking with dozens of APC youth...

2022-08-28

First phase of Gbugbu int'l market ready, Says next phase begins soon. Kwara Gov
The first phase of Gbugbu international market is ready for delivery, Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq said on Saturday as residents commended the Governor for his impactful projects. The first phase...

We are proud of you, Gov AbdulRazaq tells badminton star Feranmi, eight-year-old athlete Adeela
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated the duo of badminton star Feranmi Adekunle Aguda and eight-year-old athlete Adeela Adedeji, both of whom have recently won laurels at different internation...

Kwara Gov mourns Perm Sec Tertiary Education Hajia Alaya
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has expressed sadness at the death of Hajia Sidikat Bola Alaya who was until her death the Permanent Secretary at the state's Ministry of Tertiary Education. “It is ...