2022-03-31

Kwara Lawmaker Empowers Constituents With Vocational Items
A member of the Kwara State House of Assembly representing Irepodun state constituency, Hon. Omotayo Awodiji Felix has empowered his constituents with vocational items worth millions of naira. Some of the items...

Kwara Assembly Declares Member's Seat Vacant For Defecting
Kwara State House of Assembly has declared the seat of the lawmaker representing Ojomu/Balogun Constituency of Offa Local Government, Hon. Saheed Adekeye Popoola, vacant. Speaker of the Assembly, Engr Yakubu Sa...

Kwara dog seller jailed two years for cyber fraud
Justice Muhammed Sani of the Federal High Court, Ilorin, Kwara State, on Wednesday, convicted and sentenced a dog breeder, Tomiwa Omoteji, to two-year imprisonment for Internet fraud. The Ilorin Zonal Command o...

Fire guts 12-room storey-building in Ilorin
Fire razed a 12-room residential storey-building in Ilorin, Kwara State capital, on Wednesday, destroying valuables worth millions of naira. The fire disaster occurred at about 16:46hrs (04:46 P.M.) as a result...

How Man Raped, Injured Girl Inside Cashew Farm In Kwara
A magistrate's court sitting in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, has ordered the immediate remand of a suspect over offenses bordering on rape and theft. The suspect, Muhammad Bello, alongside his cohort, Chumo...

Kwara produces 10 for national Qur'anic recitation competition
Ten Qur'an reciters from Kwara state will compete for honour in this year's edition of the national Qur'an recitation competition scheduled to hold in Bauchi state, the immediate past secretary of the committee, Alhaji...

KWSG denies borrowing N93bn, says Saheed Popoola lied
The Kwara State government has denied borrowing N193bn over the last three years, describing the claim by Hon. Saheed Popoola is false and totally out of line. In a statement by the Honourable Commissioner for...

2022-03-30

Ramadan: Stakeholders Caution Muslim Preachers Against Provocative Sermon
Ahead of the commencement of the annual Muslim fast (Ramadan), Muslim preachers have been cautioned against abusive and provocative sermons that can lead to religious conflict in the country. The preachers and ...

Man Stabs Friend To Death Over Phone Charger
A man identified as Rilwan Akintunde has stabbed his friend, Habeeb Salihu, to death over a phone charger in Kwara State. The incident happened around 9pm on Monday in Baba Saka community, Oloje area of Ilorin ...

2022-03-29

Two brothers exhumed father's carcass for ritual in Ilorin: Police
The Police in Kwara on Tuesday arraigned two brothers, Abdullateef and Yusuf Adekanye, before an Ilorin Magistrates' Court for allegedly exhuming their father's corpse for ritual. The defendants face two count ...

Police neutralise 3 suspected kidnappers in Kwara
The Police Command in Kwara have neutralized three suspected kidnappers with the help of  Kwara vigilantes group and local hunters. The incident happened at Obbo Ile/Osi forest in Ekiti Local Government Area of...

Abuja-Kaduna train attack: Kwara gov mourns TUC chairman, others
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State has commiserated with the labor unions and the family of the state Chairman of Trade Union Congress, Mr. Akinsola Akinwunmi, who died in the Monday Abuja-Kaduna train atta...

Kwara TUC Chairman Killed In Kaduna Train Attack
Chairman, Trade Union Congress (TUC) in Kwara State, Comrade Akinsola Akinwunmi, has been reported as one of the persons killed by bandits who attacked the Abuja-Kaduna train on Monday. Speaking with Tribune On...

Kwara Students Urged To Shun Drug Abuse
Oasis Muslim Care Foundation, a non-governmental organisation that cares for sick Muslims, has advised students to shun drug abuse. The foundation gave the advice during its 7th Secondary Schools Public Health ...

2023 presidency: Saraki, Bola Mohammed, Tambuwa meet Taraba Gov, Ishaku over PDP ticket
Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki and governors of Sokoto, Bauchi State, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal and Bala Mohammed, respectively, on Monday met with the Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku over the presidential tic...

I'm monitoring reports of Abuja-Kaduna train bombing - Saraki
Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki says he is monitoring reports of the bomb attack on a train heading to Kaduna from Abuja on Monday. DAILY POST had reported that bandits in their numbers, detonated a bomb...

APC chairmanship: Decision to step down tough, says Mustapha
A frontline National Chairmanship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, Saliu Mustapha, Monday in Abuja has said that he stepped down for the consensus candidate, Abdullahi Adamu, a few hours before the national c...

UNILORIN Alumni Extends Tenure Of Interim Committee
The congress of the University of Ilorin Alumni Association has extended the tenure of the steering committee put in place to run the affairs of the association as a result of the crisis rocking it for six months. ...

HYPPADEC Remains Committed to Reduce Youths Restiveness, Unemployment
Hdro Electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC) has said that it remains committed to reducing youths' restiveness and unemployment in the hydropower host communities of the benefiting states of K...

Kwara Govt, Police collaborate on imbibing good hygiene
The Kwara State Government has reiterated its readiness to strengthen the existing cordial relationship with the Nigerian Police Force with a view to imbibing the art of good hygiene and adhering to environmental laws ...

Diesel: Businesses Operate At Half Capacity In Kwara
Manufacturing companies in Ilorin, Kwara State are now producing at half capacity due to the hike in the price of diesel. A litre of diesel now costs N750 in Ilorin, the state capital. The building industry is ...

2022-03-28

2023: Why Gov. AbdulRasaq remains best option for Kwara people - Arewa Group
Arewa Solidarity Group, has described the Governor of Kwara state, AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq as the best option for the state come 2023. The group in a statement titled:: "Why Governor. AbdulRasaq remain the best ...

FG executes 800 road, bridge projects, says Lai Mohammed
The Federal Government says it is executing over 800 roads covering 13,000km and bridge projects across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Moham...

UNILORIN's SSANU, NASU begin two weeks warning strike
Workers of the University of Ilorin under the aegis of the Senior Staff Association of Universities, SSANU and Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities, NASU, on Monday joined the nationwide two weeks warning strike as...

2023: Group campaigns for Tinubu Presidency in Kwara
A group, Senator Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has commenced public sensitisation in Kwara State on the major transformations that Nigeria would witness if the All Progressives Congress National Leader, Bola Tinubu, wins ...

Ex-Kwara commissioner joins PDP, supports zoning
A former Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in Kwara State, Aisha Ahman-Pategi, has defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress in the state to the Peoples Democratic Party. Aisha,...