2022-03-15

KWSG PENALIZES PUBLIC ENVIRONMENTAL DEFAULTER
The Kwara State Government has prosecuted an environmental defaulter, one Mr. Jimoh Atolagbe of Number 33, Ile Olopin, Opomalu, Ilorin, for contravening the law on environmental sanitation. Atolagbe contravene...

UTME: JAMB arrests illicit CBT centre operators in Kwara, Kogi, others
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has apprehended operators of Computer Based Test(CBT)centres that were allegedly engaged in illicit registration of candidates for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matri...

Hijab crisis: 151 Kwara students may miss WASSCE, says principal
Francis Lambe, principal of Ijagbo Baptist High School in Oyun LGA, Kwara state, has lamented the continued closure of the school over the crisis trailing use of hijab. The use of hijab has bee...

Kwara Taxi Drivers Groan As Commuters Patronise Tricycle Operators
Taxi drivers in Ilorin, Kwara State are no longer at ease as residents now embrace the services of tricycle (Keke Marwa) operators. The drivers previously had a near monopoly of intra-city transport in the Ilor...

Court Jails 6 For Cybercrimes In Kwara
Six persons were on Monday convicted by a Federal High Court in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital for cybercrimes and impersonation.  The convicts, Adeshina Wasiu, Hammed Akorede, Komolafe Shina ...

2022-03-14

How hijab sparked crisis at Baptist Secondary School in Kwara - Principal
Principal of Ijagbo Baptist High School, in Ijagbo, Oyun Local Government Area of Kwara State, Francis Sunday Lambe, on Monday gave a graphic account of what led to the hijab crisis in schools in the state February thi...

Lassa fever: Epidemiologist advises Kwara residents on hygienic environment
Dr Michael Oguntoye, the Director, Kwara State Primary Health Care Development Agency, has advised residents of the state to maintain high level of hygiene to prevent them from contracting Lassa fever. Oguntoye...

Why Kwara gives over 90% of its ongoing infrastructural projects to local contractors - Rotimi Illiyasu
Kwara state government has said that it has given over 90 per cent of its ongoing over 22 infrastructural projects to be handled by local contractors in order to encourage them and particularly stimulate the economy of...

Report says Kwara can lift 500,000 out of poverty in five years
Kwara State Social Investment Programme (KWASSIP) could exclusively lift as many as 500,000 people out of poverty in the next five years, a report by a research team of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC...

2023: YPP will rule Kwara, says secretary
Young Progressives Party (YPP) at the weekend said it will wrest power from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara state and by extension Nigeria. The National Secretary of the party, Vidiyeno Bama...

Why 13 Kwara crash victims were given mass burial - Police
Kwara State Police Command said on Sunday that all the 13 victims of Saturday auto crash which occurred at Lasoju in Asa Local Government Area of the state have been given mass burial. The 13 passengers were bu...

NPFL: Bamidele, Danbani's strikes help Kwara United beat Heartland
Kwara United players were made to labour hard to record a slim victory over visiting Heartland FC of Owerri on Sunday in Ilorin. Kwara United won the match 2-1 at the State Stadium Complex, Ilorin. The ...

2022-03-13

Police condole with families of 13 persons burnt in Kwara auto crash
The police command in Kwara has condoled with families of 13 persons burnt beyond recognition in an auto crash that happened on Saturday at Lasoju, along Ogbomoso-Ilorin Expressway in Kwara. The state Police Pub...

2023: Kwara indigenes organise prayers for Tinubu
More than 5,000 Kwara indigenes in Lagos yesterday held a special prayer session for the success of the perceived presidential ambition of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu...

12 burnt to death in Kwara auto crash
A motor accident occurred along Ilorin-Ogbomoso expressway in Kwara State, yesterday morning, during which  12 persons were said to have been burnt to death. Sunday Vanguard gathered that the accident happened ...

2022-03-12

Experts link drug abuse to poor parenting
National President of Ilorin Emirate Development Progressive Union, Alhaji Othman Otta and Professor of neuro-anatomy, Moyosore Ajao, have attributed the rising incidences of drug abuse and cultism in Ilorin, Kwara sta...

YPP Expresses Readiness To Take Over Kwara In 2023
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Young Progressives Party (YPP), on Saturday reiterated its resolve to take over government in Kwara State and Nigeria. Speaking while monitoring the conduct of the ward ...

Kwara Govt warns against waste management sabotage
The Kwara  Government has warned residents of the state to stop sabotaging its efforts in waste management and disposal strategies. The government issued the warning in a statement signed by Mrs Taiwo Okanlawon...

Party Chieftain Commends Peaceful Conduct Of YPP Ward, LG Polls In Kwara
The peaceful and orderly manner in which the Youth Progressives Party (YPP) conducted its ward and local government elections and inauguration demonstrates its readiness to take over in 2023, Honourable Vidiyeno Bamaiy...

Philanthropist Gives Scholarship, Visits Beneficiaries in Kwara
A philanthropist Mr. Emeka Eneanya has paid unscheduled visit to schools where some students are enjoying scholarship, courtesy of his goodwill. Among the students in 13 states of Nigeria, 30 Kwara state citiz...