2022-04-04

Fasakin: I'm Still UNILORIN Alumni National President
National President, UNILORIN Alumni Association, Dr. Stephen Fasakin has insisted that he is still the presiding leader of the association despite pending cases in court on the dissolution of the National Executive Com...

UNILORIN releases advertisement for VC position, method of application
OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE POST OF VICE-CHANCELLOR Introduction The Council of the University of Ilorin hereby announces to the general academic community that the post...

Doctors' strike: UITH blames irregular power supply on diesel scarcity
The Management of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital has attributed the recent inconsistent power supply in the facility to diesel scarcity. This is as the management also clarify that it has provided m...

NPFL: Kwara overcome Remo as second stanza begins
Kwara United on Sunday defeated visiting Remo Stars 2-1 in Ilorin as the Nigeria Professional Football League second stanza resumed. The hosts lost 3-0 in the reverse fixture to Remo on match-day 19 at Ikenne, ...

2023: APC Will Win With Landslide In Kwara - Chairman
In spite of the defection of the loyalists of the minister of information and culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed to the Social Democratic Party (SDP), the chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State, Princ...

2023: Lai Mohammed's APC Loyalists Join SDP in Kwara
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, thousands of the members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State loyal to the Minister of Information and Culture, Mr. Lai Mohammed, at the weekend in Ilorin publicly ...

Seven killed, 21 injured in Kwara crash, FRSC blames speeding, overloading
Seven people died while 21 others were injured in a lone accident at the Otte end of the Ilorin-Ogbomoso Road, Asa Local Government Area, Kwara State. The accident, which involved a white Mazda bus with number ...

2022-04-03

Flaunt APC Achievements For Repeat Of 2019 Victory, Kwara Governor Urges Party Faithful
Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State has urged members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state to flaunt the administration's achievements towards mobilizing people for a repeat of the 2019 victor...

Chartered Accountant Declares Interest In Kwara Federal Constituency Seat
A leading chartered accountant in Kwara state, Chief Gbenle Adeyemi, has declared his intention to contest the Federal House of Representatives seat of the Ekiti/Irepodun/Isin/Oke-Ero federal constituency under the rul...

Kwara TV Begins 24-Hour Transmission Of Local Content On Monday - Commissioner
25-year-old Kwara State Television (KWTV) will begin a 24-hour live broadcast from Ilorin, the state capital on Monday with local content. Speaking with journalists in Ilorin at the weekend, the state commissio...

2022-04-02

2023: Senator Ibrahim Emerges Kwara South PDP Consensus Candidate
Ahead of the 2023 general election, a former Senator representing Kwara South senatorial district in the eighth National Assembly, Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim, has emerged as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PD...

Contesting Political Offices Should Not Be Gender-Based - Kwara Gov's Aide, Kaosarah Adeyi
25-year-old Senior Special Assistant to Kwara State Governor on Youth Engagement, Kaosarah Adeyi, in this interview by YUSUF ABDUL KADIR, talks about her experience as a political appointee and women's participation in...

Why Kwara APC is in crisis - Oyabambi
Otunba Adetunji Oyabambi was a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State up till last week. The former gubernatorial candidate, after months of urging the various gladiators in the rul...

Kwara Inaugurates First E-Hailing Cab Business
Kwara State government, in partnership with a private company, Drupp Logistics Support Systems, has inaugurated the first e-hailing cab platform and business in the state. Speaking during the inauguration of th...

Six herdsmen bag life imprisonment for kidnapping in Kwara
A Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin on Friday sentenced six Fulani Herdsmen to life imprisonment for kidnapping. Justice Hannah Ajayi found the men guilty and convicted them on offences of conspiracy, ki...

Lawmaker kicks as Kwara assembly declares his seat vacant over defection
Saheed Popoola, a lawmaker from Kwara, has countered the decision of the state house of assembly to declare his seat vacant. Popoola spoke in llorin, the Kwara capital, on Friday in an intervie...

Kwara Gov greets Muslims at Ramadan
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated Muslims worldwide on the dawn of another Ramadan fast, calling it a new opportunity to get closer to our creator through fasting, alms-giving, and seeking f...

2022-04-01

Kwara, World Bank partner to curb effects of global warming
Kwara State government with the support of the World Bank, has commenced an environmental project aimed at curbing the devastating effects of global warming, environmental degradation, and related health challenges in ...

Islamic Group Mentors Muslim Students On Career Choices
NO fewer than 50 Muslim students of secondary schools across Kwara State have benefitted from a career mentorship programme sponsored by the state chapter of the Standard Bearers Islamic Organisation (SB). The ...

Kwara court remands district head for disrupting community peace
A Magistrate Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Thursday ordered the remand of the District Head, Mogaji of Budo Osho, Tanke area, Ilorin, AbdulGaniyu Akorede, in a Federal Correctional Service Centre for alleged...

Kwara Trains Community Health Workers On Integrated Maternal, Newborn Child Health
No fewer than 40 Community Health Workers (CHEWs) across the 16 Local Government Areas of Kwara State has been engaged in integrated maternal and newborn child health care. THe CHEWs were engaged by the Kwara S...

Youths Raze House Of Father Whose Son Stabbed Friend To Death Over Charger In Kwara
Angry youths in Ilorin have burnt the house of Mr. Akintude whose son, Ridwan, stabbed his friend to death following a disagreement over a universal charger. Ridwan and his deceased friend, Habeeb Saliu, were i...

Court Convicts 73-year-old Man for Falsification of Vehicle Documents in Kwara
A Magistrate Court in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, has convicted a 73-year-old trader, Bashir Alabi, for falsification of vehicle documents. Alabi was handed over to the police for investigation having conf...

Bandits invade Kwara communities, demand protection fee - Group
A pressure group, the Kwara4Kwara Movement, on Thursday, raised the alarm over the massive influx of bandits and kidnappers to the state from the neighbouring Niger State. The group said the criminals invaded t...