2022-07-24

Maiden kids football league kicks off in Kwara
Nothing short of classical display of football artistry on Saturday when the maiden edition of Kwara U12 YEG league kicked off amid pomp and pageantry. With three matches on hand in the first day, fans and spec...

Kwara Maize, Cassava Growers Seek Govt Assistance On Cluster Farming
Female maize and cassava growers in Kwara State have solicited for government support on cluster farming in the state. Many areas in Ilorin West Local Government lack adequate land for farming ...

Why Kwara APC Crisis Escalated – Olokoba
Social commentator and pro-democracy activist, Comrade Razaq Olokoba, Convener, Kwara Central Volunteers for Saliu Mustapha Senatorial Ambition, and Founder, Razaq Kolade Olokoba (RKO), Political Network, spoke...

Kwara Rice Farmers Express Mixed Feelings Over Harvest Outlook
Rice farmers in Kwara State have expressed mixed feelings over the harvest outlook this year. Those who spoke with our correspondent lamented the high prices of farm inputs and services affecting the process and cultiv...

Kwara Govt to hold free medical, surgical outreach across 16 LGAs
The Kwara government will, on August 4, begin free medical and surgical interventions across the state’s 16 Local Government Areas (LGA). In a statement, the health commissioner, Raji Razak, said Govern...

2022-07-23

Lawyer advises politicians to shun dirty politics, embrace fair play
An Ilorin-based legal practitioner, Mr Olaitan Abdulkareem, has advised politicians to shun 'dirty politics' and embrace fair play in the 2023 general elections. Abdulkareem, who gave the advic...

Gbenga Adebayo ALTON Chairman Honoured by KWASU Students
Engineer Gbenga Adebayo, the chairman, Association of Licensed Telecommunication Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has been honoured at the fifth Student Union Leadership Summit of Kwara State University, Malete, Kwara Stat...

Colleges of Education Strike: Committee of unions in tertiary institutions distances self
The Committee of Unions in Tertiary Institutions (CUTI) has distanced itself from the ongoing strike action in Colleges of Education. A statement from CUTI Chairman, Mr Oladimeji Gegele, and the Secretary, Comr...

Quality Education: FG Urged to Overhaul Basic Education Sector
A member of the House of Representatives' Committee on Basic Education, Hon. Abdulganiyu Saka Cook Olododo, has urged the federal government to urgently overhaul the basic education sector in the country to boost the s...

Group urges sustainable agricultural development in Kwara
The Agro-Climatic Resilience Semi-Arid Landscapes team (ACReSAL) in Kwara has called for the enhancement and sustainability of agricultural and reafforestation activities in Lafiagi, Edu Local Government Area of the st...

Kwara 2023: My intention to contest hinged on poor representation – Prof. Suleiman
The Kwara South Senatorial candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Professor Wale Suleiman has said his resolve to contest the Kwara South Senatorial seat was hinged on the poor representation the senatorial di...

ASUU strike: Kwara NLC mobilizes for national solidarity rally
Kwara State Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, is mobilising unions and organisations for the impending national rally in support of the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Nigeria Universities, ASU...

Smear campaign coming, Kwara govt alerts on opposition
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara state has alleged grand orchestrated plots by members of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),and other opposition politicians in the state to smear him,and other top government offi...

2022-07-22

Kwara Gov mourns APC chieftain Dr. Ola-Peters
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has commiserated with the Idera community in Ifelodun local government and the APC family on the sudden death of a prominent chieftain of the party in the state Dr. Julius Ol...

UNILORIN, ABU, Covenant Universities Top JAMB's National Tertiary Admissions Performance Merit Award
The Univerity of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Kwara State, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, Kaduna State and the Covenant University (CU), Ota, Ogun State were among the top-rated tertiary institutions of learning in the 3r...

CBN commissions poultry project at Unilorin
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN says it has invented the Tertiary Institutions Poultry Revival Scheme conceptualised specifically for Institutions to design and implement viable poultry projects. CBN Governor,...

Kwara SUBEB constructs 39 Digital Library Centres
Kwara Universal Basic Education Board has commenced the construction of 39 Digital Literacy Centres (DLC) in basic education schools across the state. A statement from the board's Press Secretary, Amina Atere, ...

541 Kwara Pilgrims Return Home, Seek Better Service From Board
The first batch of 541 pilgrims and one official from Kwara State have returned home after performing the 2022 hajj exercise. Daily Trust reports that the pilgrims, who cut across the 16 local government areas ...

2023: Kwara APC aspirant, Ola-Peters dies in his sleep
An aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the Kwara State House of Assembly, Share/Oke-Ode Constituency, Chief Oladipupo Ola-Peters is dead. Ola-Peters, who was until his death, a chieftain of the ...

Former Presidential Aide Explains Defection from APC to ADC in Kwara
A former Special Adviser on National Assembly Matters to former President Goodluck Jonathan and former Chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Suleiman Makanjuola Ajadi, has explained that he defected fr...

2022-07-21

Nigeria's energy crisis persists as kerosene, diesel prices soar
Nigeria's energy crisis has continued to worsen with prices of household kerosene and diesel spiking by as high as 105.70 percent and 202.67 per cent respectively between June 2021 and June 2022. The situation ...

Govt's sincerity doubtful, strike continues, says COEASU
Lecturers in Nigerian Colleges of Education have extended their ongoing strike by three weeks, The PUNCH reports. The lecturers, under the aegis of the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union, attributed the...

N600m UNILORIN Poultry Farm Ready For Take-off
The authorities of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) have established a N600 million integrated poultry farm which will be commissioned tomorrow. The management of the institution had sourced N600million loan...

Fairly Used Clothing, Shoes Worth N3.6m Seized By Joint Border Patrol Team In Kwara
Joint Border Patrol Team (JBPT), a Federal Government anti-smuggling task force in the North Central zone, has seized 44 bales of infectious fairly used clothing and shoe materials, popularly called 'tokunbo' with duty...

Internet fraudster lands in jail, car impounded in Ilorin
The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction of one Abdulrahman Kayode Wasiu for offences bordering on cybercrime and retention of proceeds of unlawful activiti...

2023: PDP Can Regain Power in Kwara, Says Former Minister
Former Minister of Transport and governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the just concluded primaries of the party in Kwara State, Hon. Isa Bio Ibrahim, has said the PDP possessed all it takes to...

Kwara: Stop raising false alarm, focus on governance, Saraki's aide tells governor
The Media Office of Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki in Kwara State has described as disingenuous, unfounded and laughable a claim by the state government that some opposition politicians were planning to launch a coordinated...

Kwara Monarch To Install Mother Of US Congressman As Iyalode
The Olomu of Omu-Aran in Kwara State, Oba AbdulRaheem Adeoti, will on Friday, July 22, 2022 install a new Iyalode for Omu-Aran community. The new Iyalode is Alhaja Bolade Owolewa, the mother of a Nigerian-Ameri...