2022-01-07

Police pledge to rescue retired Customs officer abducted in farm
The Police Command in Kwara has pledged to do everything humanly possible to rescue a retired senior Customs officer abducted in the state. The command Spokesman, SP Ajayi Okasanmi, said this in a statement o...

Rtd Deputy Comptroller of Customs kidnapped in Kwara
The Police Command in Kwara has confirmed the kidnap of Mr. Mohammed Zarma, a retired senior Customs officer abducted in the state. The command Spokesman, SP Ajayi Okasanmi, confirmed the development on Frida...

Gunmen abduct pregnant woman, husband, twins in Kwara; demand N10m ransom
About six gunmen have abducted four persons along Obo Ayegunle/Osi road in Ekiti Local Government area of Kwara State. Vanguard reliably gathered that the victims were Sunday Balogun, a  renowned automobil...

Fire Guts Building In Ilorin
Fire has gutted a storey-building at Sabo Oke area of Ilorin, the capital city of Kwara State. Two flats on the upper floor were badly affected by the fire which destroyed valuables in the residential building. ...

2022-01-06

OPINION: APC National Convention: What Really will Kwara Gain with Saliu Mustapha as Chairman? By Abubakar Teslim
Except for a short stint in acting capacity in the then ruling party, PDP, Kwara, through history, has not led a major political party in Nigeria. But with Mallam Saliu Mustapha, the Turaki of Ilorin, in the frontlin...

Again, Kwara Assembly reprimands lone PDP member for contempt
Jimoh Raheem Agboola, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, lone member in the Kwara State House of Assembly, has again been reprimanded by the House for alleged contempt and breach of privileges. DAILY POST reports...

Police Sergeant Arrested For Selling Arms To Cult Members
Operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team ( IRT) have arrested a 38-year- old police traffic officer, Haruna Yusuff who sold the station’s arms to suspected cultists in Kwara State....

OPINION: Time running out on Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq. By Wahab Oba
Something is in the offing for the Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq (GAA) day dreaming league in Kwara State. They have started to feel the heat; the heat of the realities of the consequences of what they did in 2019 wh...

Glo rewards Ilorin customers with car, other prizes in Joy Unlimited promo
Telecommunications services provider, Globacom, began the New Year reward of customers with a prize presentation ceremony on Thursday in Ilorin, Kwara state, for winners in its ongoing Joy Unlimited Extravag...

2022-01-05

OPINION: A Note on the Kwara Journey. By Rafiu Ajakaye
On October 26, 2021, former Senate President Bukola Saraki was on national television to attempt a rebrand of himself ahead of the 2023 elections. In what many have called his signature conceit and the groupthink into whi...

Two Feared Killed In Ilorin Market Fight
Suspected hoodlums on Tuesday morning caused pandemonium in the popular Mandate market when they reportedly engaged in a free-for-all. Two persons said to be involved in the melee were feared killed. Tribune...

NSCDC Sets Up Female Squad To Curb Abduction Of Students In Kwara
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Kwara has created a Female Squad to man security in schools across the state. The newly established squad, according to Mr Makinde Ayinla, is set up to checkm...

NSCDC Prosecutes Six Officers for Misconduct in Kwara
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps(NSCDC), Kwara State command yesterday said it has prosecuted six officers for alleged official misconducts. The State Commandant of Corps, Mr. Iskil Ayinla Makinde, di...

Saraki not your problem, deliver on your promises, Aide tells Kwara gov
The Media Office of Former Senate President, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has advised the Governor of Kwara State, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, to cure himself of the fixation with the name of a man who assumed the post he is ...

2022-01-04

FG Appoints Acting CMD For Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Budo-Egba
As part of the official efforts to kick-off medical activities at the newly established Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Budo Egba, Kwara State, facilitated by the Senator representing Kwara Central, Dr Ibrahim Yahaya ...

Kwara Governor Restates Commitment To Inclusive Growth
Leadership News by Abdullahi Olesin 16 hours ago Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has assured the people of the state of his administration's commitment to implementing projects and programmes t...

ARMTI Trains 200 Local Sorghum Farmers In Kwara, Oyo States
AGRICULTURAL and Rural Management Training Institute (ARMTI) under the Village Alive Development Initiative (VADI) has organised a four-day training programme for 200 selected farmers from Kwara and Oyo states as part o...