2022-07-27

Senate considers bills to tackle poverty, stop intellectual property theft
The Senate, Tuesday, considered two critical bills seeking to tackle poverty and put a stop to intellectual property theft in the country. One of the bills provides for the establishment of the National Poverty...

Saliu Mustapha symphatises with victims of Alanamu market fire
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Senatorial candidate for Kwara Central Mallam Saliu Mustapha has expressed sympathy with traders at Alanamu market. The expression of condolences was against the backdrop of ...

Indiscriminate Dumping: KWSG implores residents to patronize Waste Collectors
The Kwara State Government has implored residents of Ilorin Metropolis to always patronize Commercial Waste Collectors to consolidate on the efforts of the present administration in bolstering a clean and hygienic en...

Kwara Assembly tasks Gov Abdulrazaq on establishment of modern market
The Kwara State House of Assembly Tuesday urged Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq to work out modalities towards establishing modern markets. The lawmakers said this was to ensure transaction of specific goods or...

NLC rally: KWASU management disowns ASUU's attack on State govt
Few hours after the Kwara State council of the Nigeria Labour Congress held a solidarity rally in Ilorin on Tuesday to support the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, the management of the...

NLC protests in Ilorin over ASUU strike
Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress are protesting at the Kwara State Government House, Ilorin, in solidarity with the strike action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Some others are protesting at...

2022-07-26

Olododo urges FG to overhaul basic education sector
A member of the House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education, Abdulganiyu Cook-Olododo has urged the federal government to overhaul the basic education sector in the country I order to boost the standard and...

Kwaran Community Decries 6-month Power Outage
The people of Kwaran, Edidi in Isin local government area of Kwara State have decried the continuous power outage in the community, which has lasted for six months now. The people of the community have, appeale...

Ex-Principals Laud Resuscitation Of Education Sector In Kwara
The Kwara State chapter of the Association of Retired Principals of Secondary Schools (ARVPSS) has hailed the revitalisation of the hitherto comatose state's education sector by the state government. The associ...

Ilorin: Police arraign 2 suspects for alleged rape of JSS students
The Kwara State Police Command has arraigned two suspects, a 67-year-old man, Saadu Alabi, and one Abdulganiyu Haruna, who allegedly raped three underage students of Community Junior Secondary School in Ilorin on sever...

NSCDC parades three alleged motor bike thieves, five receivers of stolen items in Ilorin
Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, on Monday paraded three alleged motor bike thieves and five receivers of stolen items. The three alleged thieves are Abifarin Sunday, ...

Kwara: APC, PDP in war of words over 2023 elections
The battle line seems drawn between social media handlers of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State, as both parties on Monday exchanged verbal invec...

Kwara Plans Hall Of Fame For Citizens
The Kwara State governor, AbdulRahaman AbdulRazaq, on Sunday revealed plans to inaugurate a hall of fame to honour Kwarans who distinguish themselves in various areas. Speaking at a programme organised by the A...

Fire Razes 11 Shops, Destroys N9.6m Property In Kwara
Property worth N9.6 million were lost to an early morning fire outbreak that razed eleven shops in the popular Alanamu market in Ilorin, Kwara State. LEADERSHIP gathered that the incident occurred at about 5.08...

Kwara signs minimum wage agreement with Tertiary Institutions' workers
Kwara State Government on Monday signed agreement with the Joint Public Service Negotiating Council on the implementation of the N30,000 minimum wage and consequential adjustment for non-teaching staff at the Colleges ...

2022-07-25

Unilorin V-C procures 62-seater bus for school
Prof Abdulrasheed Adeoye, the Chairman of Parent-Teachers Association (PTA), University School, University of Ilorin (Unilorin), has commended the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Sulyman Abdulkareem, for procuring a bus for the...

OPINION: Next time you see an Oke Apomu LGEA School, by Rafiu Ajakaye
A surreal picture of some children learning on bare floor surfaced this week from Oke Apomu LGEA Primary School in Ilorin West. It is certainly not a good sight. A few weeks ago, an online news platform published a not...

1,000 Kwarans Benefit From NMA Free Surgeries, Others
Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Kwara State chapter has performed 1,000 free surgeries and medical healthcare on indigent patients in Esie community, in Irepodun local government area of the state. The depu...

No going back on mega rally for ASUU,SSANU,NASU others- Kwara- NLC
The Kwara State Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said it is not backed down on its plan for a mega rally in solidarity with the striking workers of public universities across the country. The st...

Kwara government faults PDP's claim on APC chieftains' plan to defect
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) spokesman in Kwara State, Tunji Morounfoye, has said that some chieftains of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state are planning defection to the party. Morounfoye alleged, ...

Gunmen shot dead Lagos-based bizman in Kwara
Gunmen have shot dead a Lagos State-based businessman identified as Biola Osundiya who came to Kwara State to visit his family. The incident, it was gathered, occurred around past 6:00pm on Wednesday when he wa...

2022-07-24

Maiden kids football league kicks off in Kwara
Nothing short of classical display of football artistry on Saturday when the maiden edition of Kwara U12 YEG league kicked off amid pomp and pageantry. With three matches on hand in the first day, fans and spec...

Kwara Maize, Cassava Growers Seek Govt Assistance On Cluster Farming
Female maize and cassava growers in Kwara State have solicited for government support on cluster farming in the state. Many areas in Ilorin West Local Government lack adequate land for farming ...

Why Kwara APC Crisis Escalated – Olokoba
Social commentator and pro-democracy activist, Comrade Razaq Olokoba, Convener, Kwara Central Volunteers for Saliu Mustapha Senatorial Ambition, and Founder, Razaq Kolade Olokoba (RKO), Political Network, spoke...

Kwara Rice Farmers Express Mixed Feelings Over Harvest Outlook
Rice farmers in Kwara State have expressed mixed feelings over the harvest outlook this year. Those who spoke with our correspondent lamented the high prices of farm inputs and services affecting the process and cultiv...

Kwara Govt to hold free medical, surgical outreach across 16 LGAs
The Kwara government will, on August 4, begin free medical and surgical interventions across the state’s 16 Local Government Areas (LGA). In a statement, the health commissioner, Raji Razak, said Govern...