2022-04-20

Foundation Announces Pioneer Board of Directors
Duddenhill Foundation has announced the formation of a six-man Board of Directors to oversee its operations and set governing policies to achieve its vision of providing Nigerian and African undergraduates with the ski...

Avoid Do-or-die Politics, Yusuf Ali Counsels Politicians
A legal luminary, Malam Yusuf Ali (SAN), has urged the political class not to turn the 2023 general election in the country into a do or die affair. Ali who spoke with newsmen in Ilorin, Kwara State reminded th...

Philanthropist Empowers 500 Widows In Kwara
No fewer than 500 widows from across the 16 local government areas of Kwara have been empowered with various working tools, including cash donations, worth millions of Naira. A philanthropist, Mr. Kolo Jiyah, s...

Kwara PDP: Our Aspirants Are United Over Candidate's Selection Process
The Kwara State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed claims by a publication that there is a crisis among its members from the Northern Senatorial District over the process of choosing the gubern...

Kwara Poison Saga: Deceased's Sister Seeks Justice, Denies Suicide Claim
Pelumi Balogun, a sister to Yetunde Balogun whose husband's family claimed poisoned herself in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, has broken her silence over the issue. Yetunde, a mother of two, ...

Baptist Church urges Kwara government to reopen school shut amid hijab crisis
President of the Nigerian Baptist Convention, Dr. Israel Akanji, has appealed to Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, to reopen Oyun Baptist Secondary School, which was shut down over the hijab controversy....

2022-04-19

OPINION: Tunde Idiagbon: A Missing Hero in the Guinness Book of Records. By Abdulrasheed Ibrahim
There is no better time to again remember the late General Babatunde Abdulbaki Idiagbon, the most active Second-in-Command in the history of the military rule in Nigeria. The reign of the likes of late Muritala Muham...

Abdulrazaq Inaugurates 7 New Permanent Secretaries, 2 Get New Postings
Kwara State Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq on Tuesday inaugurated seven new Permanent Secretaries to fill some vacant positions in the leadership of the state bureaucracy, urging them to be good team players and to join ...

Offa poly, ICPC to tackle corruption, malpractices
The Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara State, has established an Anti-Corruption and Transparency Unit to curb corrupt practices and related offenses in the institution. The unit, which is an initiative of the In...

Kwara Residents Lament Soaring Food Prices
Residents of Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, have expressed concern over the continuous hike in food prices and other items in the state during the Easter period. The traders and consumers who...

5 Arrested As Transport Unions, Tricycle Operators Clash In Kwara
No fewer than five persons have been arrested over the clash between members of the Tricycle Operators Association of Nigeria (TOAN) and their counterparts in the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW...

Crisis Hits Kwara PDP As Guber Aspirants Reject Micro-zoning
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leadership in Kwara State is in a fix as some stakeholders and gubernatorial aspirants of the party have rejected the micro- zoning adopted by the leadership to pick the party's guber...

2022-04-18

2023: 38-Year-Old Saraki's Aide Joins Kwara Guber Race
Mr. Baba Idris, a 38-year-old former aide of ex-Senate President Bukola Saraki has joined the 2023 gubernatorial race in Kwara State. The aspirant is a long-time aide of Saraki. He hails from Edu Local Governme...

Senate Passes Bill Establishing College Of Education In Kwara
The news of the passage of a bill establishing the Federal College of Education (Special), Afon in Asa local government area of Kwara State was received with excitement by the people of Ilorin Emirate. Afon, th...

2022-04-17

Kwara First Lady, groups seek removal of structural barriers against women, girls
In furtherance of its push towards inclusion for women and girls in all sectors, a not-for-profit organisation, Leading Ladies Africa (LLA) recently collaborated with the First Lady of Kwara State, Dr Olufolake Abudulr...

Kwara SDP Chieftain Urges Nigerians Not To Despair
A chieftain of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Kwara State, Pastor Engineer Sunday Babalola, has urged Nigerians not to despair amidst its current challenges, saying there is hope for the country. The SDP ...

Gov, Emir of Ilorin, others launch Zakat council against poverty
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Saturday launched the Majlis (Council) for Sadaqah, Zakat, and Waqf, a nongovernmental initiative conceived to fight extreme poverty and hunger among Muslims in the state...