2022-03-25

Court jails 73-yr-old revenue racketeer, 3 others in Kwara
A Magistrate court sitting in Ilorin on Wednesday convicted a 73-year old trader, Bashir Alabi of Gbagba Area, Ilorin, for falsification of vehicle documents. Bashir Alabi was handed over to the Police for inve...

Consensus: Again, Saraki, Tambuwal, Bala Meet in Abuja
For the second time in about a week, former Senate President and erstwhile Kwara State governor, Bukola Saraki, the Governors of Sokoto and Bauchi States, Aminu Tambuwal and Bala Mohammed, all presidential aspirants of...

APC presidential aspirant harps on recognition of public school teachers
A Presidential aspirant in the ruling All Progressive Congress, Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has stressed the need for recognition of public school teachers in the country, saying that they make people in the society what th...

Farmer Arrested For Killing Mum, Brother In Kwara
A Magistrates' Court in Ilorin has ordered that a farmer, Mufutau Adekola, to be remanded in Oke-Kura Correctional Centre for allegedly murdering his mother and brother. The police charged Adekola with culpable...

NGO distributes 500 JAMB forms to indigent students in Kwara
A non-governmental organization, NGO, operating under the aegis of 'SIJ Foundation' had distributed no fewer than 500 free Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, examination forms to students aspiring to higher...

Kwara cautions against deforestation, says world loses 10m hectares of forests yearly
Kwara Commissioner for Environment, Abosede Olaitan Burahimo, has alerted to the danger of deforestation, warning of the dire consequences of high temperature in the northern axis of the state. During the 2022 Interna...

2022-03-24

Kwara gets N2.8bn Fed allocation for March, 16 LGs get N2.5bn
Kwara State Government has received a total inflow of N2,886,631,784.67k as federal allocation for the month of March, according to a statement from the Ministry of Finance. The allocation comprises statutory ...

SUMMIT UNIVERSITY, OFFA APPOINTS NEW VICE-CHANCELLOR
The Board of Trustees has approved the appointment of Prof. Abiodun Musa Aibinu as the second Vice-Chancellor of Summit University, Offa on the recommendation of the Governing Council. The appointment is sequel to an e...

NDLEA appoints Kwara REC as Ambassador
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kwara Command, has appointed Malam Garba Madami, the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner(REC) in the state, as an ambassador against drug abuse. Mr. Peter Onch...

Kwara Governor's Wife Trains Selected 40 Women In Jewelry Designs
Selected 40 women from the 16 local government areas of Kwara state have been trained and presented with work tools at the end of their training in jewellery making and designs. Speaking during graduation, pres...

Kwara lawmaker empowers constituents
A member representing Omupo Constituency at the Kwara State House of Assembly, Abdulganiyu Folabi Salahuddeen (AGF), has empowered 1000 households across the eight wards and five districts of his constituency. ...

College Of Education, Ilorin Screens Staff Over Alleged Infractions
FOLLOWING discovery of some alleged infractions by the former management of the Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin, the governing council of the institution has ordered that a staff audit be carried out. ...

Kwara Govt joins Adebola Williams to raise next generation of African Power Girls
In commemoration of International Women's Day 2022, media entrepreneur and author, Adebola Williams has joined forces with the First Lady of Kwara State and CEO of Ajike People Support Centre, Her Excellency, Amb. Dr. ...

2022-03-23

Kwara NSCDC sensitizes pupils, students against sexual abuse, child labour
The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps( NSCDC) has began a seven- day sensitization and enlightening programme with the aim of  educating  the school pupils on the danger of sexu...

Kwara women rally for second term for Governor AbdulRazaq in Ilorin
Scores of Kwara women held a rally on Wednesday on the streets of Ilorin to drum support for the second term ambition of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq ahead of the 2023 general elections. The women most of ...

Kwara Gov Moves To Grant Judiciary, Legislature Autonomy
Kwara State governor, AbdulRahaman AbdulRazaq, on Tuesday, sent two Executive Bills to the State House of Assembly, seeking to grant financial autonomy to both legislative and judicial arms of the state government....

Kwara Gov condoles with Engr. Musa Yeketi over son's death
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has commiserated with former Commissioner of Education and APC chieftain Engineer Musa Yeketi on the "unfortunate death" of his son, Engr. Nafiu Yeketi. In a statement Tuesd...

I Will Not Make NASS Victim Of The Executive - Saraki
Immediate past Chairman of the National Assembly and President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Abubakar Saraki has said he would bridge the political gap between the National Assembly and the Executive arm of government ...

2023 Elections 'll Proof Saraki Dynasty another Acceptability in Kwara Politics, Says PDP Senatorial Aspirant
A Former Member of House of Representatives representing Ilorin East and Ilorin South Federal Constituency of Kwara State, Hon. Amuda Kannike has said that the next elections would prove to be another acceptance of the...

HYPPADEC to empower Kwara 690 youths
The Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission has inaugurated a skill empowerment programme for 690 youths in Kwara State. According to the commission, intending participants in the training ca...

The Task Before the Abdulrazaq's APC Zoning Committee
Going by his track record, Nseobong Okon-Ekong writes that Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State will make a good job of his latest assignment as head of the All Progressives Congress' Zoning Committee ...

Lai Mohammed's loyalists quit APC in Kwara, join SDP
Members of the All Progressives Congress faction loyal to the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, in Kwara State have dumped the party. Our correspondent however gathered that while a few ...

2022-03-22

Ex-Kwara Commissioner Loses Son 24hrs After Daughter's Wedding
A former Commissioner for Education in Kwara State, Engr Musa Yeteti, has lost one of his sons, Engr Nafiu. The deceased, a Civil Engineer, who died around 11am in Lagos, was reportedly rushed to a private hosp...

Saraki: APC Is A Party Full Of Deceit
Former governor of Kwara State, Bukola Saraki has stated that the ruling All Progressives Congress is a party full of deceit. Saraki also added that the party has ruined Nigeria. This was stated on Mond...

Father laments as female undergraduate disappears in Kwara
A father, Abdullahi Garba, has lamented the disappearance of his daughter, Rabiat, in the Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara State. PUNCH Metro gathered that Rabiat, who is studying Chemistry a...

KWASU union laments poor funding
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Kwara State University branch has lamented poor funding of the institution by the Kwara State government. It stated that such predicament is currently responsible for i...

Kwara Police foreclose payment of ransom for kidnap victims
The Kwara State Police Command, yesterday, foreclosed any negotiation for payments of ransom to kidnappers in the state. Spokesman of the command, Superintendent Ajayi Okasanmi, told The Guardian in Ilorin that...