2022-03-29

Two brothers exhumed father's carcass for ritual in Ilorin: Police
The Police in Kwara on Tuesday arraigned two brothers, Abdullateef and Yusuf Adekanye, before an Ilorin Magistrates' Court for allegedly exhuming their father's corpse for ritual. The defendants face two count ...

Police neutralise 3 suspected kidnappers in Kwara
The Police Command in Kwara have neutralized three suspected kidnappers with the help of  Kwara vigilantes group and local hunters. The incident happened at Obbo Ile/Osi forest in Ekiti Local Government Area of...

Abuja-Kaduna train attack: Kwara gov mourns TUC chairman, others
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State has commiserated with the labor unions and the family of the state Chairman of Trade Union Congress, Mr. Akinsola Akinwunmi, who died in the Monday Abuja-Kaduna train atta...

Kwara TUC Chairman Killed In Kaduna Train Attack
Chairman, Trade Union Congress (TUC) in Kwara State, Comrade Akinsola Akinwunmi, has been reported as one of the persons killed by bandits who attacked the Abuja-Kaduna train on Monday. Speaking with Tribune On...

Kwara Students Urged To Shun Drug Abuse
Oasis Muslim Care Foundation, a non-governmental organisation that cares for sick Muslims, has advised students to shun drug abuse. The foundation gave the advice during its 7th Secondary Schools Public Health ...

2023 presidency: Saraki, Bola Mohammed, Tambuwa meet Taraba Gov, Ishaku over PDP ticket
Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki and governors of Sokoto, Bauchi State, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal and Bala Mohammed, respectively, on Monday met with the Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku over the presidential tic...

I'm monitoring reports of Abuja-Kaduna train bombing - Saraki
Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki says he is monitoring reports of the bomb attack on a train heading to Kaduna from Abuja on Monday. DAILY POST had reported that bandits in their numbers, detonated a bomb...

APC chairmanship: Decision to step down tough, says Mustapha
A frontline National Chairmanship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, Saliu Mustapha, Monday in Abuja has said that he stepped down for the consensus candidate, Abdullahi Adamu, a few hours before the national c...

UNILORIN Alumni Extends Tenure Of Interim Committee
The congress of the University of Ilorin Alumni Association has extended the tenure of the steering committee put in place to run the affairs of the association as a result of the crisis rocking it for six months. ...

HYPPADEC Remains Committed to Reduce Youths Restiveness, Unemployment
Hdro Electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC) has said that it remains committed to reducing youths' restiveness and unemployment in the hydropower host communities of the benefiting states of K...

Kwara Govt, Police collaborate on imbibing good hygiene
The Kwara State Government has reiterated its readiness to strengthen the existing cordial relationship with the Nigerian Police Force with a view to imbibing the art of good hygiene and adhering to environmental laws ...

Diesel: Businesses Operate At Half Capacity In Kwara
Manufacturing companies in Ilorin, Kwara State are now producing at half capacity due to the hike in the price of diesel. A litre of diesel now costs N750 in Ilorin, the state capital. The building industry is ...

2022-03-28

2023: Why Gov. AbdulRasaq remains best option for Kwara people - Arewa Group
Arewa Solidarity Group, has described the Governor of Kwara state, AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq as the best option for the state come 2023. The group in a statement titled:: "Why Governor. AbdulRasaq remain the best ...

FG executes 800 road, bridge projects, says Lai Mohammed
The Federal Government says it is executing over 800 roads covering 13,000km and bridge projects across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Moham...

UNILORIN's SSANU, NASU begin two weeks warning strike
Workers of the University of Ilorin under the aegis of the Senior Staff Association of Universities, SSANU and Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities, NASU, on Monday joined the nationwide two weeks warning strike as...

2023: Group campaigns for Tinubu Presidency in Kwara
A group, Senator Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has commenced public sensitisation in Kwara State on the major transformations that Nigeria would witness if the All Progressives Congress National Leader, Bola Tinubu, wins ...

Ex-Kwara commissioner joins PDP, supports zoning
A former Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in Kwara State, Aisha Ahman-Pategi, has defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress in the state to the Peoples Democratic Party. Aisha,...

2022-03-27

New APC National Officers (See Full List)
The All Progressives Congress weekend held its national convention at the Eagle Square, Abuja, where new national officers that would steer rhe affairs of the party emerged. See full list of the new party offi...

APC NATIONAL EXCO: BRAVO AA
He has done it again: he has put women in their proper place in the polity. When some people say Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq doesn't keep his promises, I often wonder if I'm dealing with a different person....

Kwara APC crisis: Aggrieved members insignificant to electoral fortunes of party, governor
For Prince Sunday Fagbemi, Chairman, Kwara State chapter, All Progressives Congress (APC), there seems to be no end to the festering crisis among members in the state. After a series of failed steps by him and ...

Sanitation: 200 offenders arrested in Kwara
For violating the Sanitation Law, the Kwara State Government has arrested over 200 people for prosecution. No fewer than 32 offenders were also punished in Kano for a similar offence. Speaking while mon...

2023: Bolaji Abdullahi's Volunteer Group Begins Mobilisation
Top lecturers and practitioners from and academics and media industry weekend converged on Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, to launch 'Omoluabi Volunteers', a platform to actualise the senatorial ambition of former Min...

Kwara Neglects Cheap, Eco Friendly BioChar Despite High Cost Of Cooking Gas
Despite the abundance of Biochar, a cheap, eco-friendly alternative to the carbon-emitting charcoal, manufactured in Pategi, Kwara, the state government has failed to take advantage of its supplies and distribution at ...

NNL: ABS FC carpets EFCC team in Ilorin
Abubakar Bukola Saraki (ABS) Ilorin FC defeated EFCC Football Club of Abuja 1-0 in a Nigeria National League(NNL). The Match Day 7 2021/2022 NNL was played at the Kwara Stadium Complex, Ilorin, on Saturday....

2022-03-26

INVEST TO SAVE LIVES; KWARA FIRST LADY CALLS FOR SYNERGY TO END TB
The First Lady of Kwara state and Founder, Ajike people's support center Amb Dr Mrs Olufolake Abdulrazaq has stressed the need to intensify sensitization and awareness in combating tuberculosis in the state. Am...

2023: YPP targets 300,000 membership in Kwara
The leadership of the Young Progressives Party, (YPP), has expressed its commitments toward hitting the targeted 300,000 membership in Kwara State. YPP noted that currently, its membership in the state stands a...

YPP Holds Kwara Congress
Young Progressives Party (YPP), Kwara state chapter on Saturday held its state congress, where new leaders that will pilot affairs of the party in the 2023 general elections were elected. The congress held at t...

Dr Amuda Kannike joins Kwara Central PDP Senatorial race
A former member of House of Representatives representing Ilorin East/Ilorin South federal constituency of Kwara State, Hon. Amuda Kannike has declared his intention to vie for the Kwara Central senatorial election unde...