2022-06-10

Offa Poly Students Protest, Seek Waiver For Carryover
Students of the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara State, have called on the management of the school to waive their carryovers. The students, on Tuesday, shut down the school's gate and destroyed the windscreen ...

Volleyball: GHS Battles Apata Ajele in Inter Secondary School final
Government High School (GHS), Adeta will face Apata Ajele Secondary School, ASA in the finals of the through to Kwara State Inter Secondary School Volleyball Competition on Friday. The finals will be played at ...

NewGlobe methodology'll improve learning in children - Nobel winner
A Nobel Prize-winning Economist, Prof. Michael Kremer, has said children will learn better if the teaching and learning methodology of the NewGlobe is replicated across public education systems in Nigeria. A st...

NBA Creates Three New Branches
The National Executive of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA NEC) has created additional two branches of the Association in Abuja and one in Lagos. The NBA NEC at its quarterly meeting in Ilorin Kwara State crea...

Renovation Of Infrastructure Increases Enrolment In Kwara Community
Residents of Laduba rural community in the Asa local government area of Kwara State have expressed their gratitude to a food processing company, Olam Food Ingredients (ofi) for renovating three blocks of six classrooms...

2022-06-09

Police Commissioner Decorates Promoted 37 Officers In Kwara
No fewer than 37 policemen in Kwara State police command who benefitted from the recent promotion exercise approved by the inspector-general of police (IGP), Alkali Baba, have been decorated. The officers were ...

Court remands 30-year-old man for alleged attempt to kill father, wife
A 30-year-old farmer, Alli Hassan, was Wednesday remanded by a Magistrate's Court in Ilorin for allegedly threatening to kill his biological father, Hassan Auta. The Kwara State Police Command arraigned the sus...

Court remands 2 men for allegedly stealing 450 chickens in Ilorin
An Upper Area Court, sitting in Ilorin, on Wednesday ordered the remand of two men, Jacob Peter and Baba Ochi, accused of stealing 450 chickens. The prosecutor, Insp. Iwaloye AbdulRauf, told the court that on J...

Offa Poly unveils anti-corruption unit
Authorities of the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara State, have unveiled its Anti-Corruption and Transparency Unit to tackle academic fraud and other related offenses on the institution. The Acting Rector, Dr. ...

Ilorin Union Warns Idol Worshippers Against Infiltrating Mosques, Others
The Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU), has urged Osun worshippers to respect the culture and values of the people of Ilorin, Kwara State. The union which lamented the incursion of Osun worshi...

Organisers reveal teams for Kwara inter-secondary school volleyball championship
Organizers of the Kwara Inter-Secondary Schools Volleyball Championship have revealed the list of participating schools for the maiden grassroots volleyball championship, which officially began yesterday. Parti...

Tinubu's Victory Truly Deserving - Kwara gov
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq described the emergence of Tinubu as truly deserving, saying the ballot represents a resounding vote of confidence by the largest majority of party faithful and lead...

2022 Hajj: Airlift Of 16,000 Intending Pilgrims Begins Today
Max Airline will today begin the transportation of intending pilgrims from 13 states for the Hajj in Saudi Arabia. The company's media consultant, Ibrahim Dahiru, said this in a statement made available to the ...

FRCN ZD honoured as Fellow of Fourth-Estate Professional Society
The Zonal Director, Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, North Central, Alhaji Haruna Idris has been honoured and inducted as a fellow of the Fourth-Estate Professional Society, a media professional body in Nigeria....

2022-06-08

EFCC Arrests a Youth Corper, 18 Others for Internet Fraud in Kogi
Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) have arrested a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and 18 other persons for alleged involvement in internet ...

Battling Indiscriminate Refuse Dumping In Kwara
Indiscriminate dumping of household refuse has remained a major challenge confronting governments at all levels in Nigeria. Despite their efforts at ensuring a clean, tidy and hygienic environment, the menace with its ...

Kwara Engages 40 Nurses, Midwives In Selected Rural Areas
Kwara state government says it has recruited more than 40 nurses and midwives into its primary health care development agency to take care of some selected rural areas of the state with basic health challenges. ...

Teenager Arraigned For Theft In Kwara
A 15-years-old boy, Yuguda Na-Mata, has been arraigned before a magistrates' court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, for belonging to a gang of thieves. According to the police report, the defendant was arrested ...

Ilorin invasion: Call traditional religion adherents to order - IEDPU warns
Socio-cultural body of Ilorin Emirate, Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union, IEDPU, has warned constituted authorities to curtail the invasion of Muslim homes, markets and mosques within and across Ilorin by ad...

2022-06-07

Kwara Gov names 'Oluwanilo' SA on Legislative Matters
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has appointed Hassan Azeez Elewu (Oluwanilo) as his Special Assistant on Legislative Matters. A former lawmaker and businessman, the 33-year-old appointee hails from ...

Protesting students shut FEDPOFFA gate
Students of the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, (FEDPOFFA) have shut the gates of the institution's permanent site over lack of water in school hostels. DAILY POST reports that the students were protesting the lack ...

UITH Employs Parents Of Separated Conjoined Twins
Management of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), Ilorin has given a permanent employment opportunity to the couple whose conjoined twins were separated by the specialists in the hospital. LEADER...

I Stand With Northern Govs On Power Shift To South - AbdulRazaq
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State, on Monday, said he is in full support of some Northern leaders' position for power to shift to the South in 2023. AbdulRazaq was reacting to a Daily Trust report ...

Kwara CoE lecturers commence indefinite strike over non-payment of new wage
Academic staff union members from Kwara state's three colleges of education and College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies have commenced a strike indefinitely over nonpayment of the new minimum wage and other...

Security Agencies Launch Manhunt For Kidnappers Of Bus Passengers In Kwara
Following Saturday's killing of two persons and abduction of many others in Obbo-Ayegunle of Ekiti local government area of Kwara State, security operatives, including soldiers, policemen and men of the secret service ...

Sheikh Shuaib Agaka lectured me about Islam, Quran - Emir of Ilorin, Gambari
The Emir of Ilorin, Ibrahim Sulu Gambari, has expressed grief over the death of Dr Abdulhameed Shuaib Agaka. Alhaji Gambari recalled benefitting immensely from the late cleric's preachings about Islam and Holy ...

COVID-19: Kwara directs all govt workers to resume normal duties
Civil Servants on GL14 and below on the Kwara State government's payroll have been directed to resume normal duty. DAILY POST recalls that following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, workers were d...

Court Remands Man For Stabbing Truck Driver In Kwara
A magistrates' court in Kwara State has ordered the remand of one Ismaila Moshood for leading hoodlums to stab a truck driver while delivering goods at Gambari area of Ilorin. According to the charged sheet, Mo...

FG: High grade lithium deposit discovered in Kwara
The federal government says “high grade” lithium has been discovered in Kwara state. Abdulrazaq Garba, director-general, Nigerian Geological Survey Agency (NGSA), made this known while briefing...