2022-06-19

55 Persons Benefit N20m Empowerment Tools In Kwara
About 55 people in the Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Church, Muritala Mohammed Way, Ilorin have been empowered with various working tools worth N20million by a philanthropic organisation in the church, the Oluwole fou...

2022-06-18

Kwara Assembly Speaker Loses Father
Alhaji Aliyu Salihu, father of the Speaker of Kwara State House of Assembly, Engr Yakubu Danladi-Salihu, is dead. Salihu, the Tafakin Borgu of Borgu Emirate, died on Friday and was buried on Saturday in his Gwa...

2022-06-17

Nigerians Losing Interest In Whistleblowing Despite Rewards - EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has lamented the loss of interest in the whistleblowing policy of the federal government despite the huge financial reward attached to it. The executive chai...

ARMTI calls on scientists to explore grants for agricultural research
Nigeria's agricultural research sector loses approximately $100 million every year to its inability to attract grants from local and foreign grant-issuing foundations and organisations. Speaking at the opening ...

Nigeria Needs Credible Leaders Like Justice Akanbi - APU VC
A former president of the Court of Appeal and pioneer chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), the late Justice Mustapha Akanbi, has been described as a revered jurist...

Athletes: Kwara SWAN urges AbdulRazaq to host para-athletes
The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Kwara Chapter, has appealed to Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq to host victorious para-athletes who represented the state at the National Para-Games in Abuja between April ...

Kwara Sports Commission Not Guilty Of Allegations – Chairman
The Executive Chairman of Kwara State Sports Commission, Coach Bolakale Mogaji, has said that the commission expended funds released to it judiciously. He was reacting to allegations of missapropriation of fund...

35 suspected robbers, kidnappers nabbed in Kwara
Kwara State Police Command has arrested 35 suspected armed robbers, kidnappers, ritualists, cultists and murderers, rescuing seven victims in the kidnappers' den and recovered arms and ammunition. Commissioner ...

Ilorin Durbar: Emirate Partners UNESCO On Annual Eid-El Kabir Festival
Chairman of the Ilorin Emirate Durbar committee, Engineer Sulyman Yahaya Alapansapa, has said that a collaboration with the United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will help to expand t...

EFCC issues yellow card to hoteliers accommodating Yahoo boys in Kwara
Hotel owners in Kwara State have been warned to avoid being accomplice to Yahoo-boys who check into their facilities for internet fraud and money laundering or risk being prosecuted and jailed. The Ilorin Zonal...

Hijab crisis: Release panel's report, Muslims tell Kwara govt
Kwara State Muslim stakeholders in Offa and Oyun local government areas of the state on Thursday called on the state government to release the White Paper on the report of the committee it set up to probe the violence ...

2022-06-16

Ilorin Emirate Youths Congratulates Capt. Alhaji Muhammad Ahmad Yusuf Gobir on 60th Birthday & 13 years Anniversary as Sarkin Gobir of Ilorin Emirate
The Ilorin Emirate Youth Development Association (IEYDA) has Felicitated with Capt. Alhaji Muhammad Ahmad Yusuf Gobir on the Occasion of his 60th Birthday & 13years Anniversary as Sarkin Gobir of Ilorin Emirate. ...

Overland aircraft's engine catches fire midair, pilot declares emergency
A four-member flight crew of Overland Airways made a successful landing of a distressed aircraft on the Runway 18R of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on Wednesday evening, after the plane's engine ca...

FIRS, KWIRS Patrner on Revenue Generation
Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has reiterated its commitment to partner with the Kwara State Internal Revenue Service (KW-IRS) in the bid to boost and improve revenue generation in the state. The Tax Con...

Kwara teaching, non-teaching staff to enjoy promotions
The Kwara State Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM) has released dates for the conduct of examinations and interviews for its teaching and non-teaching staff. A statement from the Press Secretary of the commis...

25-Year-Old Remanded Over N2.8m Gold Fraud In Kwara
Kingsley Edet, a 25-year-old fraudster, has been remanded by Magistrate A.S. Moh'd in Ilorin for advanced fee fraud and other related offences. The matter was reported by one Samuel Rotimi Bodunde, who alleged ...

Kwara para-athletes threaten to shut down stadium over alleged N20m fraud
Kwara State athletes at the just-concluded National Paralympic Games in Abuja have accused the Kwara State Sports Commission of embezzling funds meant for them at the event, The PUNCH reports. The angry athlete...