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2022-06-18
Kwara Assembly Speaker Loses Father
Alhaji Aliyu Salihu, father of the Speaker of Kwara State House of Assembly, Engr Yakubu Danladi-Salihu, is dead. Salihu, the Tafakin Borgu of Borgu Emirate, died on Friday and was buried on Saturday in his Gwa...

2022-06-17
Nigerians Losing Interest In Whistleblowing Despite Rewards - EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has lamented the loss of interest in the whistleblowing policy of the federal government despite the huge financial reward attached to it. The executive chai...
ARMTI calls on scientists to explore grants for agricultural research
Nigeria's agricultural research sector loses approximately $100 million every year to its inability to attract grants from local and foreign grant-issuing foundations and organisations. Speaking at the opening ...
Nigeria Needs Credible Leaders Like Justice Akanbi - APU VC
A former president of the Court of Appeal and pioneer chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), the late Justice Mustapha Akanbi, has been described as a revered jurist...
Athletes: Kwara SWAN urges AbdulRazaq to host para-athletes
The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Kwara Chapter, has appealed to Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq to host victorious para-athletes who represented the state at the National Para-Games in Abuja between April ...
Kwara Sports Commission Not Guilty Of Allegations – Chairman
The Executive Chairman of Kwara State Sports Commission, Coach Bolakale Mogaji, has said that the commission expended funds released to it judiciously. He was reacting to allegations of missapropriation of fund...
35 suspected robbers, kidnappers nabbed in Kwara
Kwara State Police Command has arrested 35 suspected armed robbers, kidnappers, ritualists, cultists and murderers, rescuing seven victims in the kidnappers' den and recovered arms and ammunition. Commissioner ...
Ilorin Durbar: Emirate Partners UNESCO On Annual Eid-El Kabir Festival
Chairman of the Ilorin Emirate Durbar committee, Engineer Sulyman Yahaya Alapansapa, has said that a collaboration with the United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will help to expand t...
EFCC issues yellow card to hoteliers accommodating Yahoo boys in Kwara
Hotel owners in Kwara State have been warned to avoid being accomplice to Yahoo-boys who check into their facilities for internet fraud and money laundering or risk being prosecuted and jailed. The Ilorin Zonal...
Hijab crisis: Release panel's report, Muslims tell Kwara govt
Kwara State Muslim stakeholders in Offa and Oyun local government areas of the state on Thursday called on the state government to release the White Paper on the report of the committee it set up to probe the violence ...

2022-06-16
Ilorin Emirate Youths Congratulates Capt. Alhaji Muhammad Ahmad Yusuf Gobir on 60th Birthday & 13 years Anniversary as Sarkin Gobir of Ilorin Emirate
The Ilorin Emirate Youth Development Association (IEYDA) has Felicitated with Capt. Alhaji Muhammad Ahmad Yusuf Gobir on the Occasion of his 60th Birthday & 13years Anniversary as Sarkin Gobir of Ilorin Emirate. ...
Overland aircraft's engine catches fire midair, pilot declares emergency
A four-member flight crew of Overland Airways made a successful landing of a distressed aircraft on the Runway 18R of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on Wednesday evening, after the plane's engine ca...
FIRS, KWIRS Patrner on Revenue Generation
Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has reiterated its commitment to partner with the Kwara State Internal Revenue Service (KW-IRS) in the bid to boost and improve revenue generation in the state. The Tax Con...
Kwara teaching, non-teaching staff to enjoy promotions
The Kwara State Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM) has released dates for the conduct of examinations and interviews for its teaching and non-teaching staff. A statement from the Press Secretary of the commis...
25-Year-Old Remanded Over N2.8m Gold Fraud In Kwara
Kingsley Edet, a 25-year-old fraudster, has been remanded by Magistrate A.S. Moh'd in Ilorin for advanced fee fraud and other related offences. The matter was reported by one Samuel Rotimi Bodunde, who alleged ...
Kwara para-athletes threaten to shut down stadium over alleged N20m fraud
Kwara State athletes at the just-concluded National Paralympic Games in Abuja have accused the Kwara State Sports Commission of embezzling funds meant for them at the event, The PUNCH reports. The angry athlete...

2022-06-15
Kwara gets $15m intravenous fluid manufacturing complex
Healthcare delivery received a boost on Tuesday in Kwara with the inauguration of a Medication and Intravenous (IV) Fluid Manufacturing complex worth $15 million. An indigenous firm, HMA Medical Ltd, establishe...
NYSC deploys 1,000 prospective corps members to Kwara
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has deployed 1, 000 prospective corps members to Kwara for the 2022 Batch B, Stream One, orientation course. In a statement on Tuesday, Dipo Morakinyo, NYSC Spokesman in...
Kwara United's Ex-Players Protest Unpaid Wages
Kwara United ex-players have taken to the streets of Ilorin, Kwara state capital to protest and express their displeasure over their unpaid wages. The players finished the peaceful protest walk in front of the ...
2022 Hajj: Kwara To Airlift 1st Batch Of Pilgrims Thursday
The Kwara State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board has announced that the airlift of the first batch of 500 pilgrims for the 2022 Hajj will commence on Thursday, June 16, 2022. The Chairman of the b...
Abducted Kwara Anglican Bishop, wife regain freedom
The abducted Anglican Bishop of Jebba Diocese in Kwara State, Rt. Rev Oluwaseun Aderogba, has regained his freedom. The cleric was abducted with his wife and driver along the Oyo-Ogbomoso Expressway in Oyo Stat...
Sundry Foods unveils two branches in Ilorin
Food services giant in Nigeria, Sundry Foods Limited (SFL) has expanded its footprint across the country with the opening of two branches in Ilorin Kwara State. Deputy Governor of Kwara State, Kayode Alabi, whi...
Kwara govt., PDP in war of words on Democracy Day
The Kwara State Government has faulted accusations by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state that it has nothing to show after three year in office. In a statement made available to PREMIUM TIMES, the ...

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