2022-04-14

Buhari Appoints Lukman Mustapha, Others As Federal Mortgage Bank Directors
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reconstitution of the Board of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN). The Senior Special Assistant to the President on, Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in a ...

N2trn Stolen from Oil Sector, Saraki Alleges, Says Nigeria is Broke
Former Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki yesterday said the country was broke as the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) has contributed nothing to the federation accounting (FAAC) in the last few months. ...

Easter: Kwara NSCDC Deploys 800 Personnel
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Kwara State, has deployed 800 personnel to man security during the Easter celebrations. The State Commandant of NSCDC, Makinde Iskil Ayinla, said the depl...

NiMet Alerts On High Temperature In Most Northern States
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) has predicted a high chance of a possible rise in temperature across most northern cities in Nigeria. According to a statement issued by the NiMet, in its High-Tempera...

TETFund, Fedpoly Offa Embark On Four-Year Strategic Plan
Tertiary Education Fund (TETFUND) in conjunction with the Federal Polytechnic, Offa (Fedpoly) has organized a workshop on a four-year strategic plan to improve the road map of the institution. Speaking at the e...

2023: Kwara North PDP guber aspirants resolve to pick consensus candidate
Nine gubernatorial aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from Kwara North Senatorial District, have resolved to pick a candidate for the 2023 general elections in the state without any rancor through a consen...

NG CARES: Kwara set to deploy 1,025 youths across LGAs
THE Kwara State Labour Intensive Public Workfare (LIPW), under the Nigeria COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES) Intervention Programme, is set to deploy 1,025 beneficiaries across the 16 lo...

2022-04-13

PARA FESTIVAL: Governor AbdulRazaq visits Kwara athletes
The Executive Governor of Kwara State, Mallam Abdulrahman AbdulRazaq has called on the para-athletes to be a good ambassadors of the state. The visit was to wish the team well ahead of Para National Sports Fest...

KWSG LAUNCHES ACTION PLAN ON WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY
The Kwara State Government has launched the state Action Plan Document on Women, Peace, and Security for the implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 today. The state Commission...

OPINION: Kwara's debt profile - and one other thing By Rafiu Ajakaye
Long before Kwara consummated its unprecedentedly humane minimum wage package for the workforce, senior citizen Saliu Ajibola Ajia, PhD, authored an article (...

Senate passes Peace Corps Bill, two others
The Senate, Tuesday, passed the Nigerian Peace Corps (Establishment) Bill, 2020. The passage of the bill followed the consideration of a report by the Committee on Interior. The bill was sponsored by Se...

Female Corps Member Dies In Motor Accident While Relocating To Kwara
Female corps member, Olaleye Bukola Olukolade (IM/22A/2156), who was deployed to Imo State for her one-year mandatory youth service, died in a fatal motor accident on her way to Kwara State on relocation after the thre...

Patients Lament Doctors' Negligence In Caesarean Deliveries
Mrs. Medinatu Jaiyeoba (pseudonym) is presently reeling in pain at the surgical ward of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH). She is one of the female victims who has to undergo another operation a...

2023 ambition: Resign by Friday, Kwara govt directs political appointees
The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has directed political appointees seeking elective positions in 2023 to tender their resignation letters no later than Friday, April 15, 2022. This was containe...

Kwara assembly kicks against indiscriminate disposal of waste in Ilorin
THE Kwara State House of Assembly has called for stringent measures against indiscriminate disposal of refuse in Ilorin, the state capital. The call was part of a resolution by the House after ...

Suspected cultists kill victim in Kwara
Suspected cultists on the prowl in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, have left death in their wake, killing a victim. The fatal incident occurred at the Oja Gboro area of Ilorin Monday night wit...

2022-04-12

2023: You are day-dreaming - Gov AbdulRazaq's aide on Saraki's plan to retake power
Special Adviser on Political Communications to the Kwara State Governor, Malam Bashir Adigun says the people of the State have resolved never to go back to Egypt under the servitude of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP...

SDP will rule Kwara in 2023 - State Chairman, James Dada
The Social Democratic Party, SDP, will capture political power in Kwara State in the 2023 election in the state, state Chairman of the party, James Dada declared on Monday. He disclosed that with new members ac...

Three jailed in Kwara over cybercrime
The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of three persons charged before Justice Muhammed Sani of the Federal High Court and Justice Mahmood Abdulgafar ...

Primaries: Kwara PDP Insists On Consensus Amid Protest
The Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday reacted to the protest over the alleged imposition of candidates during its primaries. Some youths had at the weekend in ...

Rainstorm destroys 80 buildings in Kwara community
NO fewer than 80 private and public buildings were destroyed by a rainstorm that wreaked havoc in the Igbaja community in the Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State on Friday night. Affected buildings in...

Kwara United Share Spoils With Plateau United In Ilorin
Title contenders, Plateau United were denied the opportunity to climb to the top of the table, at least momentarily, by Kwara United who held them to a 1-1 draw in the MatchDay 22 fixture played yesterday at th...

Aspirant Urges Kwara PDP To Woo Aggrieved Members
A House of Representatives aspirant for Asa/Ilorin West Federal Constituency on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Kwara State, Alh Ibrahim Ajia, has urged the leadership of the party in the state t...

2022-04-11

Lawmaker donates cars, tricycles to 1,000 constituents
The lawmaker representing Ekiti/Isin/Irepodun/Oke-Ero Constituency in Kwara State House of Assembly, Raheem Olawuyi, has donated items to 1,000 constituents. Beneficiaries cut across 42 wards of the constituenc...

Palm Sunday: Pray for Nigeria, Kwara Dep-Gov, CAN, Archbishop Alabi charge Christians
The Deputy Governor of Kwara State, Kayode Alabi, has urged Christians not to relent in praying for Nigeria and the state for improved prosperity and security. This came as the Christian Association of Nigeria,...

Kwara Signs MSME Bureau Bill to Improve Business Environment
A bill aimed to improve the business environment of Kwara State has been signed into law by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq. A statement issued on Sunday by the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the Governor, Mr. ...

Saraki: PDP'll Reclaim Kwara in 2023, Feeds Orphans at Ramadan
Former President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, at the weekend, said the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would reclaim Kwara State from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) come 2023 in order to prov...

Kwara govt increases beneficiaries of FADAMA project
THE Kwara State government has augmented the number of farmers that will benefit from the first disbursement of the Kwara Fadama NG-CARES project. The State Project Coordinator Busari Toyin Isi...