2022-08-01

Kwara herbalist caught with human parts, remanded
A Magistrate's Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, has ordered the remand of a suspect, Ibrahim Hamza, in prison, for allegedly trading in human parts. Hamza, who was arrested by the police at the Balogun Ful...

Kwara Revenue Agency Generated N18bn In 6 Months
Kwara State Internal Revenue Service (KWIRS) has generated N18.036 billion in the first half of year 2022. Chairman of the agency, Mrs Shade Omoniyi, disclosed this during an interview with LEADERSHIP in Ilorin...

Man Jailed Six Months For Stealing Goat In Kwara
A Centre Igoboro Area Court sitting in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, has sentenced a 38-year-old man, Olawale Samuel, to six months imprisonment for stealing a he-goat. The convict, a resident of Amulegbolol...

2 Civil Servants Face Jail As 'Yahoo Yahoo' Suspects 'Jump Bail'
Two civil servants in Kwara State who stood as sureties for three internet fraud suspects risk going to jail over the forfeiture of the bail bond earlier granted by the court. They are Adenigba Olusola, an empl...

2022-07-31

NAPTIP Partners Facebook, US Centre To Curb Human Trafficking
The National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons (NAPTIP) has entered into partnership with Facebook and the National Centre for Missing And Exploited Children in the United States, to set up Amber Alert N...

Tread Softly On Buhari's Impeachment, Kwankwaso Warns Lawmakers
Presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People's Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, has cautioned some members of the National Assembly to thread softly over the call for the impeachment of President Muhammadu Bu...

Kwara Court sentences two sureties over failure to produce suspects
A Kwara State High Court has sentenced two sureties over failure to produce suspects. The duo sentenced by the court sitting in Ilorin, the state capital, on Friday are employees of the State Government. ...

Kwara speaks on reported diversion of N300m LG fund
The Kwara State Government on Friday denied claims of diversion of N300 million from the state local government fund. Aliyu Saifudden, Commissioner for Local Government, Chieftaincy Affairs and Community Develo...

Kwara Tomato Farmers Express Fear Over Insect Attacks
Some tomato farmers in Asa Local Government of Kwara State have expressed fear over insect attacks in the ongoing planting season. To this end, they have solicited for the provision of herbicides by the state government t...

Stop Attacks On Kwara Governor, Group Cautions
The Kwara Awareness Movement (KAM) has cautioned Senator Sulaiman Ajadi against verbal attacks on the person of Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq. The group described as shocking, Ajadi's recent com...

Kwara govt suspends pension payment to 6,437 retirees
The Kwara State Government has said that it has temporarily suspended the payment of monthly salary pension to 6,437 retired workers in the state with effect from July 2022 following their inability to complete a verif...

Uphold Ideals Of Hijrah, Kwara Governor, Speaker Charge Muslims
Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has described the migration of the Prophet Muhammed from his birthplace to Medina as a watershed in world history. Speaking at the annual Hijrah event in Ilorin, the...

No bandits in Kwara, police fault 'intelligence report'
Kwara State Police Command has faulted an intelligent report trending on social media on the alleged movement of bandits to the state as fake. The state Commissioner of Police, Tuesday Assayomo, in a statement ...

2022-07-30

Only 10% Of Kwara Farmers Have Gotten Interventions – Kwara Govt
AbdulQawiy Olododo is the Technical Assistant on Agriculture to Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq. In this interview, he speaks on accusation by some farmers that most of government's interventions have been hijacked by ...

Kwara Residents Storm Registration Centres To Beat Deadline
n Kwara State, North Central Nigeria, several eligible voters have stormed various registration centres in the effort to beat the July 31, 2022 deadline for permanent voter's card registration. The exercise acc...

Kwara Govt promises to upgrade facilities at school
Gov. Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara has promised to upgrade facilities at the Government High School (GHS), Ilorin, to the best standard. Abdulrazaq made the promise on Saturday at the 55th Anniversary Celebra...

2022-07-28

2023: NOA set to commence mass sensitisation of eligible voters
National Orientation Agency (NOA) says it will soon commence mass sensitisation of eligible voters across the country on the importance of voting, ahead of the 2023 general elections. NOA Director in Kwara, Mr...

Kwara Police Area Commander Dies In Auto Accident
An Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) in Kwara State, Abolade Oladigbolu, has died in a motor accident. Oladigbolu, who was until his death the Area Commander, Alapa Police Area Command of the State, was hi...

ASUU Strike: Implement what you signed, Kwara NLC urges FG
The Kwara chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged the Federal Government to implement the agreement it signed with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to rescue the dying tertiary education s...

Parents Commend Kwara Gov Over Support For Exchange Programme
Parents Association of Students on Exchange Programme (PASEP) of Government Secondary School (GSS) Ilorin has commended Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State for being passionate about the welfare of students ...

Kwara Govt Flags Off 2022 Anti Rabies Vaccination Exercise
The Kwara State Government, North Central Nigeria, has flagged off this year's State wide Anti Rabies Mass Vaccination Campaign Exercise in Ilorin, the State Capital. The State Governor, Mallam...

Oloriegbe: I will Not Be Part of Kwara Governor's Re-election Bid
The dust over the conduct of the All Progressives Congress(APC) in Kwara State is yet to settle as the Senator representing Kwara Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Dr. Ibrahim Oloriegbe has said he...

23-year-old FUTMinna undergraduate bags 12 months jail for cheating, impersonation in Ilorin
A 23-year-old student of the Federal University of Technology, FUT, Minna, Niger State, one Mohammed Bello, on Wednesday bagged 12 months in jail for offences bordering on cheating by impersonation. Justice Ade...