2022-10-25

KWSG Offers Free Transportation to Students on Resumption
As a demonstration of its favourable disposition to the plight of Students, the Kwara State Government, under the amiable leadership of Mall. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has offered free transportation to all interested Stu...

2023: PDP Chieftain Scores Member of N'Assembly Low
Ahead of the 2023 general election, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) in Kwara State, Mr. Olusegun Olusola Adewara, at the weekend described the six and half years of the lawmaker representing Irepodun/...

NMA urges FG to declare state of emergency on health
The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) on Monday in Ilorin urged the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency in the health sector. Dr Abdulkadir Ahmed, the Kwara Chairman of NMA, made the appeal while...

Approval of Sugar Master Plan Phase II Will Attract More Investments, Says Adedeji
The Executive Secretary, National Sugar Development Council (NSDC), Mr. Zacch Adedeji, at the weekend said the recent approval of the phase II plan for the implementation of the Nigeria Sugar Master Plan (NSMP) by the ...

KWASU gets NUC approval for new courses
The National Universities Commission has approved the establishment of MBBS Medicine and Surgery and 23 other undergraduate and postgraduate programmes for Kwara State University, Malete. The approval which was...

Police Deny Redeployment Of Kwara CP Over Arrest Of Journalists
The Kwara State Police Command has described the news of the redeployment of its Commissioner of Police (CP), Paul Odama, as the fallout of his role in the arrest of two journalists as false. There was an insin...

Kwara poly graduates 7,781 students
The Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin has graduated 7,781 National Diploma and Higher National Diploma students during the 2021/2022 session, the rector of the Institution, Dr. Abdul-Jimoh Mohammed, has disclosed. ...

Kwara Gov, Abdulrasaq asks Abuja court to dismiss PDP's certificate forgery suit against him
The Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq, has asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to dismiss a certificate forgery suit instituted against him by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for want of merit and jurisdi...

Kwara Gov approves N200m grant for 4,000 artisans
Kwara AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has approved grant empowerment for 4,000 artisans in the State. Each of the beneficiaries will receive N50,000 each, acting General Manager Kwara State Social Investment Programme (...

Insecurity: Army Begins Special Operations In Kwara
The Nigerian Army has commenced a coordinated security operations in some parts of Kwara State. Security sources told LEADERSHIP that the step taken by the Nigerian Army was aimed at warding off any security br...

Hoodlums attack Customs officers, kill one in Kwara
Hoodlums suspected to be smugglers have attacked operatives of the Joint Border Patrol Team Sector 3 of the Nigeria Customs Service in the Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara State, killing one of its officers, iden...

2022-10-24

Kwara Gov pledges improved social amenities for rural communities
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq at the weekend said his administration will not relent in its efforts to reduce rural-urban migration by redistributing wealth and basic infrastructure, and paying premium on...

IGBO DAY: GOVERNOR ABDULRAZAQ CONGRATULATES NDIGBO, REASSURES OF ALL INCLUSIVE GOVERNANCE
Kwara state Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq today congratulated Igbo community in Kwara state on the occasion of the annual Igbo day celebration held in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital. The Governor described t...

AbdulRazaq: I 'll Reduce Rural-Urban Migration in Kwara
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq at the weekend said his administration will not relent in its efforts to reduce rural-urban migration. Towards this end, he said that, his administration wou...

UNILORIN Resumes Academic Activities Monday
Following the suspension of the prolonged strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) has concluded arrangements for the resumption of academic activities on Monday, O...

Kwara State Polytechnic Student Jailed For $9,891 Fraud In Ilorin
All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain Raheem Tunji Olawuyi (Ajulo Opin) is representing Irepodun/Isin/Ekiti/Oke-Ero Constituency in the House of Representatives. He spoke with EMMANUEL OLADESU on his re-election bi...

NAFDAC inaugurates new office complex in Ilorin
Director-General, National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC)Professor Mojisola Adeyeye has said customers are the agency's first priority and are always on its mind while making any decision....

Kidnapping: Police Partner Fulani Leaders, Vigilantes In Kwara
Following a rise in kidnapping and killing of residents, especially in border communities of Kwara State, the police command has met with vigilantes and Fulani leaders (ardo) with a view to tackle the issues. C...

2023: Governor Abdulrazaq faces tough battle as PDP plots to retake Kwara
The 2023 general elections in Kwara State promises to be an interesting battle of the titans in the murky political arena of the State. Political pundits are of the view that the political Tsunami christened 'O...

2022-10-23

My sons are thorns in Kwara Govt's flesh - Dad of arraigned journalists
Mr Kunle Akogun is the father of two Ilorin-based journalists, Messrs Dare and Abdulrasheed Akogun, who are being tried by the police on the complaints of the Chief Press Secretary to the Kwara State Governor, Mr Rafiu...

2022-10-22

Masses now seek only responsive politicians – Emir Of Ilorin
The Emir of Ilorin, Dr. Ibrahim Sulu Gambari, has observed that the improvements in the country's electoral system have made it possible for voters to look out for only responsible politicians during elections. ...

Kwara won't return to under-development era – AbdulRazaq
The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, said the ruling All Progressive Congress had delivered much on its campaign promises to the people. Speaking at the official re-election campaign flag-off for H...