2022-03-11

Tears, Eulogies as Late Kwara PDP Spokesman, Ashaolu, is Buried
Amidst tears and eulogies, the remains of late spokesman of the Kwara state chapter of Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) Babatunde Dare Ashaolu was laid to rest on Friday at his home town, Odo-Owa in Oke-Ero local governme...

Road Construction: Kwara Involves 90% Local Contractors to Boost Economic Stability
As part of moves to boost economic stability in Kwara State, the present administration in the state has involved over 90 percent local contractors in the handling of its ongoing over 22 roads projects across the three...

Diesel Price Hits N700/litre In Osun, Kwara
As the fuel scarcity which hit the country over six weeks ago gradually eases, the high cost of  automotive gas oil (AGO), popularly known as diesel, is now becoming a source of concern to many manufacturers and busine...

EQUITY, FAIRNESS AND KWARA 2023
Dapo Olaosebikan canvasses a commanding place for Kwara north in the next political dispensation Recent events in the Nigerian socio-political space are all indicative of the ongoing calc...

VIN Will Put Cars Out Of Masses' Reach – Kwara Dealers
The Association of Motor Dealers of Nigeria (AMDON) in Kwara State has said the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) for clearing imported vehicles will raise the price of vehicles out of the reach of the masses...

2022-03-10

18 Escape Death As Bus Catches Fire In Kwara
Tragedy was averted on Thursday as an 18-seater Toyota Hiace bus caught fire on motion. The incident which occurred in Koko Araromi village, along Ajase Ipo road, in Kwara State left many motorists stranded. ...

Officers Who Combated Fire Outbreaks In Lagos, Plateau, Kwara To Get Special Promotions
Federal Fire Service (FFS) officers who responded to the recent fire outbreaks in Lagos, Kwara and Plateau states will get automatic promotions for their efforts. The acting Controller-General of FFS, Dr Karebo Pe...

Kwara court jails two Internet fraudsters, gives N100,000 fine option
Justice Adenike Akinpelu of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin on Tuesday sentenced two men, Kamaldeen Yusuf, and Sulyman Omotosho to six-month imprisonment each for offences bordering on Internet fraud. ...

Not Yet Uhuru: Dilemma Of Children Freed From Borstal Facility
When 15-year-old Kabiru (not real name) was taken to the Borstal Training Institute (BTI) in Ilorin, Kwara State, he was reassured that it was a boarding school. But it was not long before he realised that he w...

2022-03-09

Kwara: Court remands four herders for alleged murder of 50-year-old farmer
A Magistrate's court sitting in Ilorin, on Wednesday, remanded four herdsmen who allegedly killed a 50-year-old farmer, Samson Alade, in Lanwa village, a suburb area of Kwara State. The lifeless body of the vic...

Kwara completes 11 water works, 57 motorised boreholes in 3 years
Communities hitherto suffering from perennial water challenges in Kwara state have now began to heave a sign of relief as the administration of governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has completed rehabilitation of 11 water w...

Court backs Kwara gov on auditor-general's removal
The National Industrial Court sitting in Akure, Ondo State, has vacated an earlier order restraining the Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, from directing the sacked state Auditor-General, Mr Muyiwa Adeyeye,...

Kwara school gets ICT centre from telecoms firm
The Group Managing Director/CEO of VDT Communications Limited, Abiodun Omoniyi and his wife, Mrs. Shade Omoniyi, have donated an ICT Centre to the Okeya-Ipo High School in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State....

How 'Kidnappers' Were Nabbed Inside Kwara Forest
Ten suspected kidnappers who have been allegedly terrorising Obbo-Aiyegunle/Ekiti axis of Kwara State have been arrested. They were nabbed following a raid of their... They were nabbed following a raid of their...

2023: Kwara North Group Urges Indigenes to Support AbdulRazaq for Infrastructural Transformation
Ahead of 2023, Kwara North Development Council (KWANDCO) has called on the people of the area agitating for power shift  to allow the ongoing infrastructural transformation to continue under the administration of Gover...

NSCDC arrest 5 suspected impersonators in Kwara
Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says it has arrested five persons for allegedly Impersonating as Civil Defence officials from Abuja. The five are also accused of exto...

2022-03-08

Kwara Holds Security Patrol, Show Of Force In Kaiama, Ekiti
As part of its efforts to prevent criminal elements from gaining a toehold in the state, Kwara State Joint Security Task Force has begun a fresh round of operations in Kaiama and Baruten local government areas of the s...

Emir of Ilorin turbans Kale Kawu as new Dan Iyan March 11
The Emir of Ilorin and Chairman Kwara State Council of Chiefs, Mai-Martaba Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari CFR, will on Friday 11th March 2022 turban Engr. Sulaiman Bolakale Kawu as the 2nd Dan Iya of Ilorin Emirate. ...

CECPC Ag chairman assures of credible APC convention
The Acting Chairman All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), Governor Sanni Bello, has assured teeming party members and stakeholders of conducting a credib...

Kwara Govt Approves Funds For Two Satellite Campuses For State Varsity
The Kwara State Government has given approval for the release of funds to commence work on the new Satellite Campuses of the Kwara State University (KWASU), located at Osi (Ekiti) and Ilesha-Baruba (Baruten) Local Gove...