2022-11-18

Kwara Hajj Board bags NAHCON's award of excellence
•board dedicates award to Gov AbdulRazaq National Hajj Commission of Nigeria has awarded Kwara State Pilgrims Welfare Board for what it called its excellent outing in the 2022 Hajj exercise. The award t...

STEAM, Viable Alternative To Revive Nation's Economy ? Educationists 
Selected public and private school students in Kwara State have been trained on the need to ignite their passion in Science, Technology Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) for the greater nation's growth. ...

Man Remanded For Impregnating 20-Year-Old Woman
A magistrate court's sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State capital, has remanded a man, Abdulwasiu Hamzat, for impregnating a 20-year old woman, Zainab Isaiaq. The prosecutor, Gbenga Ayeni, who told the court that Zai...

2023: PDP Will Replicate Nigeria's Glorious Past – Saraki
Former Senate President Bukola Saraki has said the opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) has the capacity and template to return the country to it's glorious past. Saraki said this in Ilorin, Kwara State c...

Kwara: You 're appointed on public trust, AbdulRazaq tells perm secs, adviser
Kwara state governor ,AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has inaugurated five new permanent secretaries to fill vacancies in the leadership of the state civil service. The new permanent secretaries are AbdulRahman Ameen Ba...

AbdulRasaq brings succour to Kwara communities 50 years after.
After waiting for 50 years, the administration of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq is bringing succour to Osi-Obbo-Aiyegunle communities in Kwara state. UMAR BAYO ABDULWAHB reports on the construction of a road linking ...

First Lady, governors' wives rally for Tinubu, Shettima in Ilorin
The First Lady, Aisha Buhari, and wives of All Progressives Congress (APC) governors yesterday stormed Ilorin, Kwara State to begin their mobilisation for the presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and his runnin...

Police beef up security at Kwara INEC office
Security has been beefed up around the Independent National Electoral Commission office in Kwara State to protect the facility from attack. The deployment was in response to calls by INEC for the police to prot...

Census: NPC sensitises Kwara residents on e-recruitment
The National Population Commission (NPC) in Kwara on Wednesday embarked on an over five kilometres road walk to sensitise residents of the state on the forthcoming national census and ongoing e-recruitment of ad-hoc st...

Kwara flood victims: Buhari approves 2,100 bags of maize, others
Alhaji Mustapha Ahmed, the Director–General (DG) of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has handed over foodstuff and relief materials worth millions of naira to victims of flooding and vulnerable people in...

Truck Crushes Boy, Injures 3 Others In Kwara
A boy was on Thursday crushed by a truck on the expressway at the Oko Olowo area of Ilorin East LGA of Kwara State. The Sector Commander of FRSC in the state, Fredrick Ade Ogidan, who confirmed that three oth...

Kwara Gov swears in new Special Adviser, Perm Secs
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has inaugurated five new permanent secretaries to fill some vacancies in the leadership of the State Civil Service. The new permanent secretaries are AbdulRahman Amee...

2022-11-17

KWIRS Boss Tasks Kwarans On Prompt Payment Of Taxes
Companies and individuals in Kwara State have been urged to pay their taxes promptly to enable the government provide more social amenities that would better the lot of the citizenry. The Executive Chairman of the Kwar...

FG to subsidise cost of cancer drugs by 30%
The Federal Government of Nigeria says it will soon start funding 30 percent of the total cost of cancer care for patients to cushion the burden of expenses and ensure healthy living for Nigerians. Ahmed Yahay...

Abdullahi: My Big Agenda is to Proffer New Solutions to Nigeria's Challenges in Senate
Former Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Mr. Bolaji Abdullahi, who is also the Kwara Central Senatorial Candidate of the Peoples' Democratic Party(PDP) for 2023 polls, has said that his agenda on “Big Ideas” i...

Quality representation determines constituents' fortunes ? Kwara Accord reps candidate
Accord Party candidate for the Irepodun/Isin/Oke-Ero/Ekiti federal constituency, Kwara state in the 2023 general elections, Olayemi Afolayan Jejeloye, has said that the quality of members elected to the National Assemb...

I Won't Support Kwara Gov's Reelection — Senator Oloriegbe
The senator representing Kwara Central at the National Assembly, Dr Ibrahim Oloriegbe, has said he will not support the re-election bid of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq. While addressing supporters at a polit...

Common Vision Responsible For Cordial Legislative, Executive Relationship In Kwara, Says Adetiba
The Deputy Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Raphael Adetiba has attributed the cordial relationship between the Legislative and Executive Arms of government in the state to a common vision. The ...

Kidnapper Buying Food Arrested, Arraigned In Kwara
The police in Kwara State have arraigned a suspected kidnapper, Umaru Mohammed (20), who was arrested while buying food and slippers at Oro in Irepodun… The suspect was arraigned on a two-count charge of crimin...

Kwara fire service recovers eight corpses in flood disasters
The Kwara State Fire Service recovered eight corpses in the flood disasters in Ilorin, the state capital, from January to date. The figure disclosed by the State Fire Service headquarters in Ilorin also indicat...

More Parents Enrol Children In Kwara Public Schools
The enrolment of pupils into public schools in Kwara State has increased astronomically. LEADERSHIP's findings showed that more parents, especially in four local government areas- Ilorin West, Ilorin East, Baru...

2022-11-16

80-year-old man brutally murdered in Ilorin
An 80-year-old man, James Ajayi has been murdered by unidentified assailants in Ilorin, Kwara State capital. Baba Ajayi was reportedly murdered on Monday at his residence, Gbagede area of Amoyo town, a 15 kilom...

President Buhari's Wife To Lead APC Women Presidential Campaign
Women of the All Progressives Congress (APC), will flag off their presidential campaign in Kwara State on November, 17. The flag-off will be led by Nigeria's First Lady, Mrs. Aisha Buhari. Kwara's campa...

'Over 20 Special Marshals Killed By Reckless Drivers'
The Special Marshals Coordinator for Kwara, Ekiti and Kogi states, Deacon Mike Tunde Atoyebi, has said over 20 special marshals have been killed by reckless… The Special Marshals Coordinator for Kwara, Ekiti an...

Revenue Agency Boss Encourages Prompt Payment Of Taxes
Companies and individuals in Kwara State have been urged to pay their taxes promptly to enable the government provide more social amenities that would better the lot of the citizens. The Executive Chairman of t...

Kwara PDP youths hold rally over 'unkept promises' of ruling party in state, national
Youths in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara state have staged a peaceful rally, tagged, “O su wa” (we are tired) against alleged unfulfilled promises of better governance of 'O to ge' crusaders in the 2019 ge...

Breaking: Kwara TV now up on Satellite
The AbdulRazaq-led administration in Kwara state continues to break new ground in its effort to reposition all state-owned media outlets. For the first time in the history of Kwara State Television Authority (K...

AbdulRazaq Approves Promotion Examinations for 3,700 TESCOM Staff
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has approved the conduct of promotion examinations for all categories of teaching and non-teaching staff of the Kwara State Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM) for year 2022...

2022-11-15

APC women flag off presidential campaign in Kwara
Aisha Buhari, Oluremi Tinubu, Nana Shettima, prominent first ladies to be present Women of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will flag off their presidential campaign in Kwara State November 17. The flag off w...

Kwara TV now up on Satellite
The AbdulRazaq-led administration in Kwara state continues to break new ground in its effort to reposition all State-Owned Media outlets. For the first time in the history of Kwara State Television Authority( Kwara T...

Govt proposes mandatory eight weeks course for labour leaders
The Federal Government is proposing a mandatory eight weeks course at the Michael Imoudu National Institute of Labour Studies (MINILS), Ilorin, Kwara State, for all newly elected labour leaders in the country. ...

KWIRS Pledges To Uphold Tax Education Among Students
The Kwara State Internal Revenue Service (KWIRS) has restated its commitment to promote tax education and quality learning among secondary school students in the state. This is as the Service said it would cont...

Saraki: G-5 Governors' Crisis With PDP, Atiku over Soon
Former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, yesterday, said the current political differences between the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar and G-5 governors of the party, spe...

Kwara NNPP Senatorial Candidate Passes Vote Of Confidence On INEC
With the 2023 general elections fast approaching, a candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) for the Kwara North senatorial District, Kolo Jiya, has expressed his confidence in the ability of the Independent N...

Saraki Foundation Offers Ilorin Residents Free Medical Services to Mark 10th Anniversary of Late Father
Thousands of Ilorin residents in Kwara State yesterday benefited from the free medical outreach services organised to mark the 10th year remembrance anniversary of the late former Senate Leader, Dr. Olusola Saraki....

'Kwara'll reduce COVID-induced hardship on vulnerable citizens'
Senior Special Adviser on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to Kwara State Governor, Dr. Jamila Ibrahim, has said the state will do its possible best to mitigate the hardship the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) impos...

N19.5m Property Destroyed As Fire Razes 15 Shops In Kwara
A midnight fire outbreak on Monday in Ilorin, Kwara State ravaged 15 shops and destroyed property estimated at N19.5 million. The incident occurred at the 20- shop Atiba- Iyalamu complex, near Oja- Tuntun, Ilor...

AbdulRazaq restates commitment to security as Kwara donates new patrol vehicles
Kwara State Government on Monday donated 10 new patrol vehicles to the 'Operation Harmony Tactical Team', a gesture Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq said will help to strengthen security of lives and properties and buil...