2022-09-10

Emir of Ilorin rejoices with Etsu Nupe at 70
The Emir of Ilorin and Chairman Kwara State Council of Chiefs, Alhaji (Dr) Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari CFR, has rejoiced with the Etsu Nupe and Chairman Niger State Traditional Rulers Council, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar, on the o...

We're Working To Become Nigeria's Food Basket – Kwara Govt
The Kwara State government has restated its commitment to sustainable commercial agriculture as part of efforts to make the state the food basket of the nation. The state commissioner for agriculture and rural ...

2022-09-09

IITA Urges Institute To Collaborate With Varsities On Food Production
Prof. Lateef Sanni of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has urged the Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI) to collaborate with universities and other research institutes to bridg...

Student begins 'ASUU strike PoS' says dreams shattered
Amid the lingering strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities which has lasted seven months, a 200-level student of the University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Usman Opeyemi, has begun a Point of Sale busines...

University Of Ilorin Gets New Vice Chancellor
The Governing Council of the University of Ilorin has announced the appointment of a renowned Professor of Jurisprudence and International Law, Professor Wahab Egbewole, SAN as the new Vice-Chancellor, VC of the Univer...

Kwara Sports Commission Constitutes 30 Sports Associations
The Kwara State Sports Commission has constituted 30 Sports Associations to ensure the smooth running and development of sports activities in the state. The media officer of the commission, Yusuf Feruke, in a ...

OPINION: AbdulRazaq's agenda for Kwara clear, unambigious, futuristic by Rafiu Ajakaye
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has long unveiled his multi-sector agenda for the people of Kwara State. He speaks to this agenda every day — and will continue to do so in town hall meetings, off-the-cuff g...

2023: No plan to merge with any party – Kwara YPP Guber candidate, Yakubu Gobir
Gubernatorial candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) in Kwara State, Yakubu Gobir has declared that the party has no plan to merge with any leading political party in the State within a few months to the 2023 ...

Kwara can't return to PDP's locusts' years – AbdulRasaq
AHEAD of the 2023 election Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State, who is seeking a second term on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has said that his party would retain power in the state bec...

Kwara son kills father, buries corpse, steals money
The Kwara State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a man, Hassan Ibrahim, for allegedly killing his 90-year-old father, Sabi, a retired army corporal and stealing the deceased ATM card to withdraw his money in ...

2022-09-08

Profile of Prof Wahab Egbewole, 11th UNILORIN VC
Prof Wahab Egbewole SAN was born over five decades ago in Osun State where he had his primary, secondary and tertiary (LL. B and LL.M degrees) education. He attended the Nigerian Law School and was admitted to the Nigeria...

UNILORIN announces new Vice-Chancellor
The University of Ilorin has appointed Prof. Wahab Egbewole as the institution's new Vice-Chancellor. Egbewolewas announced as the new vice chancellor by the Governing Council at a press briefing held at the Council...

Kwara to present N187.5bn revised budget
Kwara State Executive Council on Wednesday approved the presentation of N187,531,705, 929.00 revised budget to the House of Assembly, with emphasis to be placed on ongoing capital projects and consistent payment of the...

Kwara Govt recommits to sustainable, commercial agriculture
The Kwara Government has renewed its commitment to sustainable commercial agriculture. The state Commissioner for Agriculture, Malam AbdulLateef Alakawa, said this on Wednesday in Ilorin when the leadership of ...

EFCC, Army Collaborate To Tackle Corruption, Terrorism Financing
The Ilorin Zonal Commander of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Michael Nzekwe, has expressed the willingness of the anti-graft agency to collaborate with the Nigerian Army in the task of fighting co...

Accidents: Kwara lawmakers want speed breakers on highways
The Kwara House of Assembly has called for the construction of speed breakers on Shao-Malete junction and Oko-Olowo-Jebba-Eyenkorin roads to reduce accidents along the routes. This was part of resolutions of th...

Kwara community protest over poor drainage system, fault Unifoam company
Residents­ of Aduagbewa community at Asadam area in Kwara State, on Wednesday, protested over poor drainage system, faulting Unifoam company and accusing it of blocking their water ways. The residents, while ex...

Kwara Sports Commission inaugurates 30 associations
The Kwara Sports Commission has inaugurated 30 sport associations to ensure the smooth running and development of sports in the state. This is contained in a statement issued on Wednesday in Ilorin by the commi...

NFF Elections: Kwara committee drums support for Aisha Falode
Hajia Segilola, the Chairperson of the Female Football Development Committee of Kwara Football Association, has thrown her weight behind Aisha Falode for a seat on the Executive Committee in the forthcoming Elective Co...

NULGE Tasks Kwara Gov, Lawmakers On LG Autonomy
Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) in Kwara State has asked Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq and members of the state House of Assembly to speed up the process required for total autonomy of local gover...

Kwara commissioner warns contractors on timely delivery of projects
Kwara State Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, Muhammad Saifuddeen has warned contractors handling government projects that actions contravening the conditions and terms of the projects will not be condone...

Primaries that produced me was fair, credible, says Kwara Central APC senatorial candidate Turaki
Kwara Central APC Senatorial Candidate Mallam Saliu Mustapha has said the results of the senatorial primaries reflected the wishes of party stakeholders and members in the district. In a statement he personal...

Kwara principal allegedly defiles seven female pupils, absconds
The principal of Hassanat Islamic College, identified simply as Prosper, has gone into hiding after allegedly defiling seven female pupils of the school around Tanke, in the Ilorin South Local Government Area of Kwara ...

Kwara policemen brutalise UNILORIN undergraduate, victim hospitalised
Men of the F-Division Police Station of the Kwara State Police Command have been accused of brutalising a Liberian international student of the University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Theophilus Blamoh, in Oke-Odo, in the I...

2022-09-07

Students Fund N4m Project To End Open Defecation In Kwara Community
In the bid to end open defecation in their community, mass communication students in Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, have donated a self-funded toilet and water project worth N4 million. The project is ...

Kwara First Lady appeals to ASUU to suspend strike
The Kwara State First Lady, Dr (Mrs) Olufolake AbdulRazaq, has appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU) to suspend its ongoing strike in the interest of the Nigerian youths. Mrs Abdu...

We've Touched Every Part Of Kwara With Projects – Gov AbdulRazaq
Kwara State governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has taken a stock of his over three-year tenure and concluded that he made meaningful progress across the state. The governor who is seeking for a second term in offi...

NULGE Urges Kwara Assembly To Pass Local Government Autonomy Bill
Local government workers in Kwara State, under the aegis of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), have asked Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq and members of the state House of Assembly to speed up the...

Another Communal Crisis Looms in Kwara over Boundary Dispute
Another communal feud between Erin-Ile and Offa communities in Kwara State is imminent, as the people of Erin-Ile community under the aegis of Erin-Ile Progressive Union in Oyun Local Government Area of the state have ...

PDP Guber candidate faults Kwara Gov on allegations of abandoned education sector
The Media and Strategy Office of the gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State, Alh. Abdullahi Shuaibu Yaman has faulted the State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazak's assessment of the...

Community appeals for implementation of judgment in Kwara
Indigenes of Erin-Ile community in Oyun Local Government Area of Kwara state are asking the state government to implement the 2018 Supreme Court judgment on the age-long Offa/Erin-Ile boundary dispute. The two ...