2022-06-01

OLOFA HAILS THE OFFA BORN LONDON TO LAGOS BIKER, KUNLE ADEYANJU
The Olofa of Offa HRM Oba Mufutau Muhammed Gbadamosi Ajagungbade I Esuwoye II, the Olofa-in-Council, and the good people of Offa have congratulated the Offa-born #LondontoLagos biker, Kunle Adeyanju who defies all odds...

Presidential Primaries: Group Hails Saraki, Says He Remains A Hero
A political support group, Saraki Is Coming Door To Door, has praised former Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, for his performance at the last special national convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PD...

Poor Environmental Attitude A Setback - KWEPA
The Kwara State Environmental Protection Agency, (KWEPA) has decried the poor attitude of some unscrupulous people for their failure to comply with the state's environmental laws, noting that their complacency has pose...

Milo excites returning to championship after Covid-19 pandemic
Nestle Nigeria limited, producer of Milo beverage has expressed delight at returning to Championship after Covid-19 pandemic, even as FCT and Benue emerged Champions in the just-ended 22nd Milo basketball conference....

3rd year anniversary: Kwara SWAN salutes Gov AbdulRazaq, seeks support on Secretariat project
The Kwara chapter of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) has saluted the “giant strides” of Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq in sports development, as he marks the third year in office. In a statement b...

Federal Govt Distributes ATM Cards To Household Uplifting Programme Beneficiaries
Federal government has commenced the distribution of Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards to the beneficiaries of the Household Uplifting Programme in Kwara State. The minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster...

Menace Of Yahoo-Yahoo Boys In Kwara, EFCC's Battle To Restore Sanity
The menace of internet fraud across the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, has become so widespread and damaging that it has become a major preoccupation of the Economic and Fin...

2022-05-31

#LondonToLagos: Kwara Gov salutes biker, Adeyanju on polio campaign
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara has congratulated the #LondonToLagos biker, Mr. Kunle Adeyanju, on the completion of his 41-day journey to raise awareness and funds for the #EndPolio campaign in Africa...

Ifelodun/Offa/Oyun House of Reps APC Primary: Calls for rerun gain grounds following failed first attempt
The calls by stakeholders and aspirants for a rerun of the All Progressives Congress, APC, primary election for the Ifelodun/Offa/Oyun House of Representatives slot continue to gain grounds following the Party's inabil...

Three feared dead in renewed cult clash in Ilorin
Three people were feared killed in a fresh bloody cult clash in Ilorin, Kwara State capital on Monday night. The three victims included one Hausa commercial Okada rider and two suspected cultists yet to be iden...

Hakeem Lawal wins SDP governorship primary in Kwara
In a tension-soaked rerun primary of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Ilorin on Monday, Alhaji Hakeem Lawal, son of late Kwara state governor, Mohammed Lawal, again won the party's governorship primary for 2023 gen...

Three Kwara fraudsters jailed, forfeit money, phones
A Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Monday, convicted and sentenced three men to various jail terms for offences bordering on cybercrime. The convicts are Pelumi Omoniyi, Oluwadamilola Faloy...

26 Policemen Under Investigation Over Alleged Extortion In Kwara
Some 26 officers and men of Kwara State Police Command were being investigated over alleged extortion of some youths and students in the state. The officers under investigation belong to AKS, Anti-cultism, and ...

2022-05-30

ASUP calls off strike, lectures to resume May 30
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has called off the union's 2-weeks warning strike and has mandated lecturers in all public polytechnics in Nigeria to resume lectures on Monday, May 30, 2022. Acc...

APC: Five women emerge Kwara House candidates as half lose bid to secure re-election tickets
More than half of the present members of the All Progressives Congress-dominated Kwara State House of Assembly, failed to secure re-election tickets at the last party's primaries for the 2023 general elections. ...

Opinion: Kwara Marches on to Greater Heights, it won't Recede by Rafiu Ajakaye
On January 3 this year, I published an article (A note on the Kwara journey) detailing the miles that Kwara has covered under the humble servant of God AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq in the past three years. It was a chronicle...

AbdulRazaq Lauds Former BoI MD's Contributions to National Development
Kwara State governor, Alhaji AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq at the weekend lauded the contributions of the Aare Bobagunwa of Offa Kingdom, Dr. Waheed Olagunju to national development. Olagunju was the immediate past Ma...

Oloriegbe loses return bid to Senate
Senator Ibrahim Oloriegbe (Kwara Central) has lost his bid to return to the Senate in 2023. Dr. Oloriegbe scored the least votes among the three All Progressives Congress (APC) aspirants that participated in th...

Group to launch programme against child trafficking
A non-governmental agency, Save the Future of Children Initiative (SAFIN) says it is launching a project tagged Protecting Children Against Trafficking and Abuse (PCAT) to address challenges confronting the children an...

AbdulRazaq clinches Kwara APC guber ticket, talks of beating own record
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara state was Thursday evening reelected as the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 General elections. The governor was the sole aspir...

2022-05-29

Half of Kwara Assembly members lose return bids, four women win
At least four women have won the ticket of the All Progressives Congress to vie for seats in the Kwara State House of Assembly in the 2023 general elections. The women are Hajia Arinola Lawal, daughter of forme...

Police hunt for hoodlums who murdered two in Kwara
The Kwara State Police Command said it has set crack detectives after some hoodlums who allegedly murdered two youths at the Adifa Area of Ilorin, Kwara state on Friday. The two young boys only identified as Lu...

Ex-minister's son wins APC Reps ticket in Kwara
Segun Adebayo, the son of Cornelius Adebayo, a former minister of communications, has emerged as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Ekiti/Isin/Irepodun/Oke-Ero Federal Constituency of Kwara. ...

Former Kwara Governor's Aide Wins Kwara South Senatorial Ticket In SDP
Professor Wale Sulaiman, who was the United States of America-based Neurosurgeon and former Special Adviser on Health to Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State has won the Senatorial ticket in the Kwara South z...