2022-08-16

COVID-19: Kwara strives for 70% vaccination coverage, says commissioner
The Kwara government says the state will continue to strive to achieve 70 per cent COVID-19 vaccination coverage to achieve herd immunity against the disease. Raji Razaq, the state Commissioner for Health, said...

Govt to create road setbacks in Kara, other markets: Kwara Gov
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has said there was no clash between the people of Ajase-Ipo and the Fulani or Bororo community, saying the Friday incident in Kara (Ajase-Ipo) involved some cattle traders in...

Kidnappers Devise New Tactics, Abduct Popular Musician's Daughter In Kwara
Kidnappers operating in Kwara State have devised new tactics as they now kidnap people right inside their residential houses. LEADERSHIP gathered that the daughter of a popular female musician in Ilorin, Alhaja...

Cow dealers, OPC bloody clash regrettable – Kwara Gov
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has reacted to last Friday's bloody clash between cow dealers and Odua Peoples Congress, OPC, at Kara Market in Ajasse-Ipo town, cautioning people against violent reaction t...

My life in danger – Kwara GAFDAN chairman, Ali Mohammed
Chairman of Gan Allah Fulani Development Association of Nigeria, GAFDAN, Ali Mohammed Jounwiro has raised an alarm over a threat to his life. He revealed this in a 'Save-Our-Soul' letter to the State Governor, ...

Kwara clash: Govt committee to avert future occurrence
The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has said that the government will institute a committee to look into the crisis which occurred among some people in Ajase-Ipo in Irepodun Local Government Area of the s...

2022-08-15

Strike: Doctors ultimatum expires, hold NEC meeting Friday
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors has shifted its decision on the ultimatum it issued to the Federal Government by one week, The PUNCH reports. The association said it shifted its decision to give ro...

OPC, Fulani trade blame over Kwara clash
The Oodua Peoples Congress and the Fulani traders who were alleged to be in the middle of last Friday's bloody clash in Ajase-Ipo in Irepodun Local Government area of Kwara State have denied instigating the clash ...

Kwara Gov Tasks Religious, Community Leaders On Insecurity
Kwara State governor, AbdulRahaman AbdulRazaq has harped on the important role the religious and community leaders must play in ending insecurity in the country. AbdulRazaq enjoined the religious and community ...

Misdiagnosis primarily not an offence — UITH prof, Mokuolu
The National Malaria Technical Director and Professor of Paediatrics at the University of Ilorin and Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Kwara State, Prof Olugbenga Mokuolu, speaks with LARA ADEJORO on misdiagnosis and how to pr...

2022-08-14

Poverty Alleviation: NG-CARES To The Rescue In Kwara
The Nigeria COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES) has provided employment opportunities for 1,025 poor women and youths in Kwara State. NG- CARES is a support programme to state governments ...

2023: Undercurrents shaping Kwara Central Senatorial seat poll
Election for the Kwara Central Senatorial seat in the 2023 general elections would no doubt be keenly contested. This is because of the array of candidates that would be on the ballot jostling for the zone's seat, cons...

Etsu Nupe condoles with Emir of Lafiagi over FIRS director's death
The Etsu Nupe and Chairman, Niger State Council of Traditional Rulers, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar, has expressed shock on the recent killing of Alhaji Mohammed Kudu, Sadauki Lafiagi, the Coordinator of the Federal Inland R...

Kwara celebrates RTEAN @44, lauds Maitakobi's reform
The Kwara branch of Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) has lauded the transformation of the association under its National President, Alhaji Musa Maitakobi. Alhaji Abdulrahman Onikijipa, th...

Insecurity: Kwara Governor Tasks Religious, Community Leaders
Kwara State governor, AbdulRahaman AbdulRazaq has harped on the important role the religious and community leaders must play in ending insecurity in the country. AbdulRazaq enjoined the religious and community...

2022-08-13

Ilorin court jails boutique owner for Yahoo-Yahoo business
A 25-year-old boutique owner, Muhammed Soliu, from Woru, Ilorin East Local Government Area of Kwara State, has bagged an 18 month jail term over offences bordering on internet fraud. He reportedly benefitted ov...

EFCC Arrests 2 Clerics, 5 Suspected Internet Fraudsters In Kwara
Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Saturday, have arrested seven persons suspected to be internet fraudsters in Ilorin, Kwara State. Among ...

Kwara Govt empowers 100 youths with N1m grant each
Kwara State Government has supported businesses owned by 100 young people in the state with N1m grant each, with Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq saying youth inclusion and productive engagement are key to sustainable f...

Under-Representation Of Women Constitutes Democratic Deficit —Rukayat Shittu, Kwara Assembly Candidate
Rukayat Shittu is a 26-year-old journalist and the All Progressives Congress (Apc) House of Assembly Candidate for Owode/Onire constituency. In this interview by YUSUF ABDULKADIR, she talks about her experience in poli...