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2022-03-27
New APC National Officers (See Full List)
The All Progressives Congress weekend held its national convention at the Eagle Square, Abuja, where new national officers that would steer rhe affairs of the party emerged. See full list of the new party offi...
APC NATIONAL EXCO: BRAVO AA
He has done it again: he has put women in their proper place in the polity. When some people say Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq doesn't keep his promises, I often wonder if I'm dealing with a different person....
Kwara APC crisis: Aggrieved members insignificant to electoral fortunes of party, governor
For Prince Sunday Fagbemi, Chairman, Kwara State chapter, All Progressives Congress (APC), there seems to be no end to the festering crisis among members in the state. After a series of failed steps by him and ...
Sanitation: 200 offenders arrested in Kwara
For violating the Sanitation Law, the Kwara State Government has arrested over 200 people for prosecution. No fewer than 32 offenders were also punished in Kano for a similar offence. Speaking while mon...
2023: Bolaji Abdullahi's Volunteer Group Begins Mobilisation
Top lecturers and practitioners from and academics and media industry weekend converged on Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, to launch 'Omoluabi Volunteers', a platform to actualise the senatorial ambition of former Min...
Kwara Neglects Cheap, Eco Friendly BioChar Despite High Cost Of Cooking Gas
Despite the abundance of Biochar, a cheap, eco-friendly alternative to the carbon-emitting charcoal, manufactured in Pategi, Kwara, the state government has failed to take advantage of its supplies and distribution at ...
NNL: ABS FC carpets EFCC team in Ilorin
Abubakar Bukola Saraki (ABS) Ilorin FC defeated EFCC Football Club of Abuja 1-0 in a Nigeria National League(NNL). The Match Day 7 2021/2022 NNL was played at the Kwara Stadium Complex, Ilorin, on Saturday....

2022-03-26
INVEST TO SAVE LIVES; KWARA FIRST LADY CALLS FOR SYNERGY TO END TB
The First Lady of Kwara state and Founder, Ajike people's support center Amb Dr Mrs Olufolake Abdulrazaq has stressed the need to intensify sensitization and awareness in combating tuberculosis in the state. Am...
2023: YPP targets 300,000 membership in Kwara
The leadership of the Young Progressives Party, (YPP), has expressed its commitments toward hitting the targeted 300,000 membership in Kwara State. YPP noted that currently, its membership in the state stands a...
YPP Holds Kwara Congress
Young Progressives Party (YPP), Kwara state chapter on Saturday held its state congress, where new leaders that will pilot affairs of the party in the 2023 general elections were elected. The congress held at t...
Dr Amuda Kannike joins Kwara Central PDP Senatorial race
A former member of House of Representatives representing Ilorin East/Ilorin South federal constituency of Kwara State, Hon. Amuda Kannike has declared his intention to vie for the Kwara Central senatorial election unde...

2022-03-25
Court jails 73-yr-old revenue racketeer, 3 others in Kwara
A Magistrate court sitting in Ilorin on Wednesday convicted a 73-year old trader, Bashir Alabi of Gbagba Area, Ilorin, for falsification of vehicle documents. Bashir Alabi was handed over to the Police for inve...
Consensus: Again, Saraki, Tambuwal, Bala Meet in Abuja
For the second time in about a week, former Senate President and erstwhile Kwara State governor, Bukola Saraki, the Governors of Sokoto and Bauchi States, Aminu Tambuwal and Bala Mohammed, all presidential aspirants of...
APC presidential aspirant harps on recognition of public school teachers
A Presidential aspirant in the ruling All Progressive Congress, Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has stressed the need for recognition of public school teachers in the country, saying that they make people in the society what th...
Farmer Arrested For Killing Mum, Brother In Kwara
A Magistrates' Court in Ilorin has ordered that a farmer, Mufutau Adekola, to be remanded in Oke-Kura Correctional Centre for allegedly murdering his mother and brother. The police charged Adekola with culpable...
NGO distributes 500 JAMB forms to indigent students in Kwara
A non-governmental organization, NGO, operating under the aegis of 'SIJ Foundation' had distributed no fewer than 500 free Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, examination forms to students aspiring to higher...
Kwara cautions against deforestation, says world loses 10m hectares of forests yearly
Kwara Commissioner for Environment, Abosede Olaitan Burahimo, has alerted to the danger of deforestation, warning of the dire consequences of high temperature in the northern axis of the state. During the 2022 Interna...

2022-03-24
Kwara gets N2.8bn Fed allocation for March, 16 LGs get N2.5bn
Kwara State Government has received a total inflow of N2,886,631,784.67k as federal allocation for the month of March, according to a statement from the Ministry of Finance. The allocation comprises statutory ...
SUMMIT UNIVERSITY, OFFA APPOINTS NEW VICE-CHANCELLOR
The Board of Trustees has approved the appointment of Prof. Abiodun Musa Aibinu as the second Vice-Chancellor of Summit University, Offa on the recommendation of the Governing Council. The appointment is sequel to an e...
NDLEA appoints Kwara REC as Ambassador
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kwara Command, has appointed Malam Garba Madami, the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner(REC) in the state, as an ambassador against drug abuse. Mr. Peter Onch...
Kwara Governor's Wife Trains Selected 40 Women In Jewelry Designs
Selected 40 women from the 16 local government areas of Kwara state have been trained and presented with work tools at the end of their training in jewellery making and designs. Speaking during graduation, pres...
Kwara lawmaker empowers constituents
A member representing Omupo Constituency at the Kwara State House of Assembly, Abdulganiyu Folabi Salahuddeen (AGF), has empowered 1000 households across the eight wards and five districts of his constituency. ...
College Of Education, Ilorin Screens Staff Over Alleged Infractions
FOLLOWING discovery of some alleged infractions by the former management of the Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin, the governing council of the institution has ordered that a staff audit be carried out. ...
Kwara Govt joins Adebola Williams to raise next generation of African Power Girls
In commemoration of International Women's Day 2022, media entrepreneur and author, Adebola Williams has joined forces with the First Lady of Kwara State and CEO of Ajike People Support Centre, Her Excellency, Amb. Dr. ...

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