2022-11-22

KWARA FIRST LADY PAYS CONDOLENCE VISIT TO THE FAMILY OF HAJIA RAMAT OLUWATOYIN, INDUCTS CHILDREN INTO THE PROGRAMMES OF HER OFFICE.
The First Lady of Kwara State and Founder Ajike People Support Center has paid a condolence visit to the family of Hajia Ramat Abdulsalam Oluwatoyin at the family house in Ilorin on Friday 18th November 2022. The f...

DSS to train UNILORIN security personnel
The Department of State Services (DSS) has agreed to train the security personnel of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) for the improvement of security around campus. Director of DSS, Kwara State Command, Bash...

NiMet anticipates 3-day sunshine, haziness from Monday
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted sunshine and haziness from Monday to Wednesday across the country. NiMet`s weather outlook released on Sunday in Abuja anticipated sunny and hazy conditi...

2023: Experts task media on increased coverage of women
Experts have raised concern over poor representation of female politicians in mainstream media, urging journalists to reverse the trend, ahead of the 2023 general elections. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of W...

Over 600 benefit from Kwara SDP medical outreach
Over six hundred persons have benefitted from a medical intervention carried out by the Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate for the Kwara South senatorial district, Professor Wale Sulaiman. Speaking during ...

Kwara State APC Sets Up Council For 2023 Campaign
The All Progressives Congress, Kwara State Chapter, North Central Nigeria has released the names of three key leadership officers of the state Campaign council. They are the Director General, Ambassador Yahya Seriki,...

2 Women, Teenager Abducted In Keke NAPEP Rescued In Kwara
Two women and a teenage boy have been rescued by the operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Kwara State after they were abducted in a Keke NAPEP. Spokesperson of NSCDC in the stat...

Late KWASU VC, Professor Muhammed Akanbi buried in Ilorin
Late Vice-Chancellor of Kwara State University, Malete, KWASU, Professor Muhammed Mustapha Akanbi, SAN, was buried in Ilorin on Monday. He was buried at his father's residence, No 6, Agba Dam Street, off Ahmadu...

Kwara Gov mourns Justice Titi Daibu
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has described the death of Justice Sofiyyah Titi Daibu as a painful loss to the state, describing her as one of the shining lights of the bench in the state. The Gove...

2022-11-21

Gunmen kidnap Kwara cleric, son, sibling; demand N100m ransom
Gunmen, again, struck at Oko-Olowo, a suburb of Ilorin, Kwara State, in the early hours of Saturday and kidnapped three persons. Meantime, relations of the victims are already begging Kwara state government to ...

KwaraLEARN showcased at Nigerian Economic Summit
Kwara State Education Programme, KwaraLEARN was showcased by NewGlobe Nigeria at the Nigerian Economic Summit (NES #28). The Nigerian Economic Summit attracted national and global policymakers, business leaders...

2023: Online polls cannot determine chances of candidates, says PDP Rep candidate
Alhaji Ibrahim Ajia, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Asa/Ilorin West Federal Constituency, has dismissed as inconsequential some sponsored online polls to assess the chances of candidates ahead ...

Coca-Cola Delivers $500,000 Medical Equipment To UNILORIN Teaching Hospital
The Coca-Cola System in Nigeria in continuation of its efforts at strategically ameliorating maternal and neonatal mortality has donated ultramodern medical equipment to the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH...

Traditional rulers key to peace, devt: Kwara Gov
As Ipee Community celebrates monarch on 20th coronation anniversary Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq at the weekend said traditional rulers have been instrumental to the peace, growth and development...

Kwara Gov mourns KWASU's VC Prof. Muhammed Akanbi
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has described as painful and shocking the death of the Vice Chancellor of Kwara State University (KWASU) Prof. Muhammed Mustapha Akanbi, SAN. “We submit to the decree...

2022-11-20

Egbewole, Ogunwumiju, others task Nigerians on unity, religious tolerance
Speakers at the just-concluded two-day conference on law and religion have called on Nigerians to recognise the importance of the nation's ethnic and religious diversity and tolerate one another. Held at the Un...

2023: Kwara SDP Guber, Hakeem Lawal, Vows To Conduct LG Election Within One Year In Office
Hakeem Oladimeji Lawal, the Kwara State gubernatorial candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has made a solemn pledge to the people of the state to the effect that once voted into office as the governor in the ...

Agriculture is a tool to end poverty in Nigeria – Kwara Deputy Governor
Mr Kayode Alabi, the Kwara Deputy Governor, on Saturday in Ilorin asserted that Agricultural development is one of the most powerful tools to end extreme poverty in the country. According to a statement issued ...

Outstanding Indigent Kwara Students Rewarded With Life Scholarship, Cash Donations
Kwara Central senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mallam Saliu Mustapha, has rewarded indigent students, who distinguished themselves in their studies in the state. Speaking at the fina...

BAL 2023: ABC joins Kwara Falcons in Rwanda
Abidjan Basketball Club (ABC) late on Friday evening joined already qualified Kwara Falcons of Nigeria in the 2023 African Basketball League slated to hold at the BK Arena In Kigali, Rwanda. In the keenly conte...

Osun deputy governor, Kwara First Lady, diplomats, others grace launch of international cocoa diplomacy
The formal launch of the International Cocoa Diplomacy took place at the prestigious Royal Over-Seas League House in St James's, London with many eminent Nigerians and diplomats in attendance. The dignitaries t...

Road crash claims 211 persons in Kwara between January-October
A total of 211 persons perished in road traffic crashes in Kwara State between January to October 2022, DAILY POST reports. Statistics made available by the Sector Commander in the State, Frederick Ogidan, show...

APC denies attack on Kwara PDP campaign team
The Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has denied any involvement in the alleged attack by hoodlums suspected to be political thugs on the convoy of the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democrati...

2022-11-19

Kwara Gov mourns, attends burial rites of statesman I. O. Yusuf in Igbaja
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Saturday led a state delegation to Igbaja town to attend the burial rites (janazah) of an elder statesman Alhaji Idris Olayemi Yusuf. Alhaji Yusuf, father of the i...

Kwara Set To Recruit More Medical Doctors, Pharmacists, Nurses
The Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has approved the recruitment of additional 40 medical doctors, 25 pharmacists and 60 nurses to boost healthcare service delivery in the state. This was disclosed...

APC women flag off presidential campaign in Kwara as Buhari calls for commitment
All Progressive Congress (APC) women on Thursday flagged off presidential campaigns for the party's candidates; Bola Ahmed and Kashim Shettima, with a call on women to uphold the party with seriousness to attain victor...

EFCC Arrests 18 Suspected “Yahoo- Yahoo Boys” in Ilorin
Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), yesterday arrested 18 suspected internet fraudsters in a sting operation in Ilorin, the Kwara State Capital. They ...

Three rescued from kidnappers' den in Kwara
Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Kwara state Command, have rescued three persons from kidnappers' den in Ilorin, the state capital. DAILY POST gathered that the victims boarded...