2022-11-14

'Captain' Umar Mohammed named new Special Adviser Youths to Kwara Gov
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has approved the appointment of Patigi-born Umar Mohammed as Special Adviser on Youths and Sports Development. Mohammed, known in political circles as 'Captain', is ...

Cash Transfer Has Reduced Poverty Rate In Kwara – Gov AbdulRazaq
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has said there are enough evidences to prove that cash transfer programmes for the vulnerable people is a workable solution to extreme poverty. While thanking the Pre...

NBBF Final 8: Kwara Falcons beat Customs, qualify for BAL tournament
It was jubilation galore on Saturday as Kwara Falcons surprised the bookmakers to emerge the winner of the Nigeria Basketball Federation final 8. The Kwara-based club emerged as the winner of the competition be...

Kwara Devises Measures To Improve IGR, Food Sufficiency
The Kwara State government has rolled out new measures geared towards improved revenue generation and food sufficiency. To achieve the targeted objectives, the state government has directed all the 16 local gov...

Kwara monarchs beg gov over 42-month salary arrears
Traditional rulers in Oke-Ero and Ekiti local government areas of Kwara State have appealed to the state governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, to pay them arrears of 42 months' salary owed them by the past administrations ...

2022-11-13

Kwara Gov. AbdulRazaq celebrates Pa Afolayan at 100
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara has congratulated former Super Chief Inspector of Education, Pa Immanuel Afolayan who clocked 100 years. This is contained in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to...

Kwara govt tasked on primary health care delivery
A non-governmental organisation (NGO), Connected Development (CODE), has commended the Kwara government on its efforts at improving healthcare service delivery in the state while urging the state government to better h...

Abdulrazaq has shown possibilities of positive devt in Kwara: Chief Of Staff Prof. Gambari
Chief of Staff to the President Prof. Ibrahim Gambari at the weekend said Kwara is recording impressive economic development under Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq. Speaking at the launch of the UNDP Economic Re...

Kwara police to prosecute politicians defacing opponents' billboard
Kwara State police command has read the riot act to politicians in the state over destruction of their opponents' billboard. The Commissioner of Police, Paul Odama who said this in a statement issued in Ilorin...

2022-11-12

Osi-Obbo-Aiyegunle Road ready this year, says Gov AbdulRazaq
•we've waited for this for 50 years: Owa L'Obbo •Your reign is impactful: monarchs, community leaders •Gov holds town hall meeting for Ekiti, Oke Ero Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq ...

27th anniversary: Atiku, Saraki, AbdulRazaq celebrate Ilorin emir
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, former Senate President Bukola Saraki and the Kwara State Governor AdulRahaman AbdulRazaq, have felicitated with the Emir of Ilorin and Chairm...

Yahoo boy, 30, docked in Ilorin for alleged N39.7m fraud
A 30-year-old man, Yusuf Yusuf Olarewaju, on Friday appeared before Justice Adebayo Yusuf of a Kwara State High Court in Ilorin charged with internet fraud-related offences. Arraigned by the Ilorin Zonal Comman...

Kwara is safe – Nigerian Army
Kwara State has been described as one of the safest states in Nigeria despite the current security challenges confronting Nigeria. The new commander of the 22 Armoured Brigade, Sobi Barracks, Ilorin, Brigadier ...

2022-11-11

Cleric Urges Revival Of Reading Culture Among Muslims
A former Wali (leader) of The Muslim Congress (TMC) in Kwara State, Imam Hakeem Ishola Peleowo, has decried the dwindling reading culture, particularly among Nigerian Muslims. He spoke at the launch of six book...

NPC Promises Fair, Accurate Census
The National Population Commission (NPC) has vowed to conduct fair and accurate census next year, to add more values to the socio economic planning of the country. Speaking in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, y...

Philanthropist Donates Borehole To NYSC In Kwara State
A renowned philanthropist and founder of Al-hikma University, Ilorin, Kwara State North Central Nigeria, Alhaji AbdulRaheem Oladimeji has donated a borehole to the NYSC Orientation Camp, in Yikpata, Edu Local Governm...

Kwara YPP Gov'ship Candidate Promises Lift 20,000 Out Of Poverty
The governorship candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) in Kwara State, Waziri Yakubu Gobir has promised to introduce a poverty alleviation programme to lift 20,000 beneficiaries out of poverty. The mu...

Kwara Governor Congratulates Emir Of Ilorin On 27th Anniversary
The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated the Emir of Ilorin, Dr. Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari on the 27th anniversary of his ascension to the throne of Sheikh Alimi. The governor's congratulat...

5 Men Arraigned Over OPC, Vigilantes' Clash In Kwara
Five men have been arraigned before an Ilorin magistrates' court in Kwara State over their involvement in a clash between the Odua Peoples Congress (OPC) and the Atunluse vigilantes which left a member of OPC, Taofeek ...

Flood: NEMA Delivers Grains, Relief Materials To Kwara
National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) yesterday handed over foods and other items to the Kwara State government under the federal government special intervention of assorted grains and approved relief materials f...