2022-04-16

Kwara Governor Greets Christians At Easter
Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara state has congratulated the Christian community on the Easter festivities, calling it a period of reunion, self-discipline, sacrifice, forgiveness, and commitment to God. ...

OPINION: On Kwara Central Senatorial District in 2023 By Muhammed Belgore
What bothers me about the future of my country has never known regional boundaries. For once, however, my conscientious compass wants to focus on my land of origin, the State of Harmony, Kwara. That I m...

Billionaire Shagaya's Son Declares Interest For House Of Reps Seat In Kwara
Mallam Mukthar Shagaya, the youngest son of the business mogul, Hajia Muinat Bola Shagaya, has declared his intention to contest for the Ilorin West/Asa federal constituency seat in the House of Representatives in the ...

Kwara PDP Youths Make Case For Youngest Governorship Aspirant
A group of youths in the Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the leadership of the political party to consider the youngest governorship aspirant in the party, Mr. Baba Idris, as the...

2022-04-15

Police arraign suspected thieves in Ilorin
The Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq, on Thursday charged political appointees in the state with compliance with the Electoral Act. Abdulrasaq made the call at a one-day workshop on the Electoral Ac...

Kwara gov charges political appointees on compliance with Electoral Act
The Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq, on Thursday charged political appointees in the state with compliance with the Electoral Act. Abdulrasaq made the call at a one-day workshop on the Electoral Ac...

Kwara: Commercial Vehicle Drivers, Tricyclists In Free-for-all, Damage Vehicles
Scores of persons have been arrested by policemen in Kwara State over the crisis that broke out between commercial tricyclists and members of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) in Ilorin, the s...

Man Sodomises 7-Year-Old Boy In Kwara
A 51-year-old alleged child molester, Charles Ohanele, has been remanded in the federal correctional facility after he was accused of penetrating the anus of a seven-year-old boy in Ilorin, the Kwara state capi...

INEC Raises Alarm, Says Parties Encouraging Double Registration In Kwara
The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kwara State, Malam Garba Attahiru Madami, has expressed disappointment that some political parties are encour...

Police opts for post mortem over Kwara woman, Yetunde Balogun's suspicious death
A post-mortem examination to ascertain the real cause of Yetunde Balogun's death, allegedly from food poisoning will be conducted Tuesday next week by medical doctors in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. This wa...

2023: Kwara commissioner resigns to contest Reps seat
The Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development in Kwara State, Hajiya Sa'adatu Modibbo-Kawu, has resigned her appointment with the state government with effect from Thursday. Modibbo-Kawu said tha...

2022-04-14

Buhari Appoints Lukman Mustapha, Others As Federal Mortgage Bank Directors
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reconstitution of the Board of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN). The Senior Special Assistant to the President on, Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in a ...

N2trn Stolen from Oil Sector, Saraki Alleges, Says Nigeria is Broke
Former Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki yesterday said the country was broke as the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) has contributed nothing to the federation accounting (FAAC) in the last few months. ...

Easter: Kwara NSCDC Deploys 800 Personnel
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Kwara State, has deployed 800 personnel to man security during the Easter celebrations. The State Commandant of NSCDC, Makinde Iskil Ayinla, said the depl...

NiMet Alerts On High Temperature In Most Northern States
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) has predicted a high chance of a possible rise in temperature across most northern cities in Nigeria. According to a statement issued by the NiMet, in its High-Tempera...

TETFund, Fedpoly Offa Embark On Four-Year Strategic Plan
Tertiary Education Fund (TETFUND) in conjunction with the Federal Polytechnic, Offa (Fedpoly) has organized a workshop on a four-year strategic plan to improve the road map of the institution. Speaking at the e...

2023: Kwara North PDP guber aspirants resolve to pick consensus candidate
Nine gubernatorial aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from Kwara North Senatorial District, have resolved to pick a candidate for the 2023 general elections in the state without any rancor through a consen...

NG CARES: Kwara set to deploy 1,025 youths across LGAs
THE Kwara State Labour Intensive Public Workfare (LIPW), under the Nigeria COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES) Intervention Programme, is set to deploy 1,025 beneficiaries across the 16 lo...

2022-04-13

PARA FESTIVAL: Governor AbdulRazaq visits Kwara athletes
The Executive Governor of Kwara State, Mallam Abdulrahman AbdulRazaq has called on the para-athletes to be a good ambassadors of the state. The visit was to wish the team well ahead of Para National Sports Fest...

KWSG LAUNCHES ACTION PLAN ON WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY
The Kwara State Government has launched the state Action Plan Document on Women, Peace, and Security for the implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 today. The state Commission...

OPINION: Kwara's debt profile - and one other thing By Rafiu Ajakaye
Long before Kwara consummated its unprecedentedly humane minimum wage package for the workforce, senior citizen Saliu Ajibola Ajia, PhD, authored an article (...

Senate passes Peace Corps Bill, two others
The Senate, Tuesday, passed the Nigerian Peace Corps (Establishment) Bill, 2020. The passage of the bill followed the consideration of a report by the Committee on Interior. The bill was sponsored by Se...

Female Corps Member Dies In Motor Accident While Relocating To Kwara
Female corps member, Olaleye Bukola Olukolade (IM/22A/2156), who was deployed to Imo State for her one-year mandatory youth service, died in a fatal motor accident on her way to Kwara State on relocation after the thre...

Patients Lament Doctors' Negligence In Caesarean Deliveries
Mrs. Medinatu Jaiyeoba (pseudonym) is presently reeling in pain at the surgical ward of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH). She is one of the female victims who has to undergo another operation a...

2023 ambition: Resign by Friday, Kwara govt directs political appointees
The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has directed political appointees seeking elective positions in 2023 to tender their resignation letters no later than Friday, April 15, 2022. This was containe...

Kwara assembly kicks against indiscriminate disposal of waste in Ilorin
THE Kwara State House of Assembly has called for stringent measures against indiscriminate disposal of refuse in Ilorin, the state capital. The call was part of a resolution by the House after ...

Suspected cultists kill victim in Kwara
Suspected cultists on the prowl in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, have left death in their wake, killing a victim. The fatal incident occurred at the Oja Gboro area of Ilorin Monday night wit...