2022-04-02

2023: Senator Ibrahim Emerges Kwara South PDP Consensus Candidate
Ahead of the 2023 general election, a former Senator representing Kwara South senatorial district in the eighth National Assembly, Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim, has emerged as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PD...

Contesting Political Offices Should Not Be Gender-Based - Kwara Gov's Aide, Kaosarah Adeyi
25-year-old Senior Special Assistant to Kwara State Governor on Youth Engagement, Kaosarah Adeyi, in this interview by YUSUF ABDUL KADIR, talks about her experience as a political appointee and women's participation in...

Why Kwara APC is in crisis - Oyabambi
Otunba Adetunji Oyabambi was a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State up till last week. The former gubernatorial candidate, after months of urging the various gladiators in the rul...

Kwara Inaugurates First E-Hailing Cab Business
Kwara State government, in partnership with a private company, Drupp Logistics Support Systems, has inaugurated the first e-hailing cab platform and business in the state. Speaking during the inauguration of th...

Six herdsmen bag life imprisonment for kidnapping in Kwara
A Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin on Friday sentenced six Fulani Herdsmen to life imprisonment for kidnapping. Justice Hannah Ajayi found the men guilty and convicted them on offences of conspiracy, ki...

Lawmaker kicks as Kwara assembly declares his seat vacant over defection
Saheed Popoola, a lawmaker from Kwara, has countered the decision of the state house of assembly to declare his seat vacant. Popoola spoke in llorin, the Kwara capital, on Friday in an intervie...

Kwara Gov greets Muslims at Ramadan
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated Muslims worldwide on the dawn of another Ramadan fast, calling it a new opportunity to get closer to our creator through fasting, alms-giving, and seeking f...

2022-04-01

Kwara, World Bank partner to curb effects of global warming
Kwara State government with the support of the World Bank, has commenced an environmental project aimed at curbing the devastating effects of global warming, environmental degradation, and related health challenges in ...

Islamic Group Mentors Muslim Students On Career Choices
NO fewer than 50 Muslim students of secondary schools across Kwara State have benefitted from a career mentorship programme sponsored by the state chapter of the Standard Bearers Islamic Organisation (SB). The ...

Kwara court remands district head for disrupting community peace
A Magistrate Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Thursday ordered the remand of the District Head, Mogaji of Budo Osho, Tanke area, Ilorin, AbdulGaniyu Akorede, in a Federal Correctional Service Centre for alleged...

Kwara Trains Community Health Workers On Integrated Maternal, Newborn Child Health
No fewer than 40 Community Health Workers (CHEWs) across the 16 Local Government Areas of Kwara State has been engaged in integrated maternal and newborn child health care. THe CHEWs were engaged by the Kwara S...

Youths Raze House Of Father Whose Son Stabbed Friend To Death Over Charger In Kwara
Angry youths in Ilorin have burnt the house of Mr. Akintude whose son, Ridwan, stabbed his friend to death following a disagreement over a universal charger. Ridwan and his deceased friend, Habeeb Saliu, were i...

Court Convicts 73-year-old Man for Falsification of Vehicle Documents in Kwara
A Magistrate Court in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, has convicted a 73-year-old trader, Bashir Alabi, for falsification of vehicle documents. Alabi was handed over to the police for investigation having conf...

Bandits invade Kwara communities, demand protection fee - Group
A pressure group, the Kwara4Kwara Movement, on Thursday, raised the alarm over the massive influx of bandits and kidnappers to the state from the neighbouring Niger State. The group said the criminals invaded t...

2022-03-31

Kwara Lawmaker Empowers Constituents With Vocational Items
A member of the Kwara State House of Assembly representing Irepodun state constituency, Hon. Omotayo Awodiji Felix has empowered his constituents with vocational items worth millions of naira. Some of the items...

Kwara Assembly Declares Member's Seat Vacant For Defecting
Kwara State House of Assembly has declared the seat of the lawmaker representing Ojomu/Balogun Constituency of Offa Local Government, Hon. Saheed Adekeye Popoola, vacant. Speaker of the Assembly, Engr Yakubu Sa...

Kwara dog seller jailed two years for cyber fraud
Justice Muhammed Sani of the Federal High Court, Ilorin, Kwara State, on Wednesday, convicted and sentenced a dog breeder, Tomiwa Omoteji, to two-year imprisonment for Internet fraud. The Ilorin Zonal Command o...

Fire guts 12-room storey-building in Ilorin
Fire razed a 12-room residential storey-building in Ilorin, Kwara State capital, on Wednesday, destroying valuables worth millions of naira. The fire disaster occurred at about 16:46hrs (04:46 P.M.) as a result...

How Man Raped, Injured Girl Inside Cashew Farm In Kwara
A magistrate's court sitting in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, has ordered the immediate remand of a suspect over offenses bordering on rape and theft. The suspect, Muhammad Bello, alongside his cohort, Chumo...

Kwara produces 10 for national Qur'anic recitation competition
Ten Qur'an reciters from Kwara state will compete for honour in this year's edition of the national Qur'an recitation competition scheduled to hold in Bauchi state, the immediate past secretary of the committee, Alhaji...

KWSG denies borrowing N93bn, says Saheed Popoola lied
The Kwara State government has denied borrowing N193bn over the last three years, describing the claim by Hon. Saheed Popoola is false and totally out of line. In a statement by the Honourable Commissioner for...

2022-03-30

Ramadan: Stakeholders Caution Muslim Preachers Against Provocative Sermon
Ahead of the commencement of the annual Muslim fast (Ramadan), Muslim preachers have been cautioned against abusive and provocative sermons that can lead to religious conflict in the country. The preachers and ...

Man Stabs Friend To Death Over Phone Charger
A man identified as Rilwan Akintunde has stabbed his friend, Habeeb Salihu, to death over a phone charger in Kwara State. The incident happened around 9pm on Monday in Baba Saka community, Oloje area of Ilorin ...