2022-02-02

Kwara council chairman arraigned over N5m inherited debt
The Chairman of the Transition Implementation Committee in Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State, Hon. Jare Olatundun, has been docked by a Magistrate Court. His appearance in court was in relation to his...

Indiscriminate Sale Of Ancestral Land Worries Ilorin Indigenes
There is a growing concern in the Ilorin Emirate community and its environs in Kwara State over indiscriminate sales of ancestral lands. From Taiwo to Opo Malu, Ita Amodu, Emir’s Road, Agbo Oba, and Oja...

Kwara to push for Air Force Comprehensive School - Abdulrazaq
•Lauds Air Force, security agencies for proactive steps Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has said the administration will make a strong push for the establishment of the Air Force Comprehensive Secondary Sc...

2022-02-01

Two university students jailed for cybercrime in Ilorin
Two students of the Kwara State University, Malete, Animasahun Rokeeb Mayowa and Lawal Alamin Tewogbola, were on Tuesday convicted and sentenced to various jail terms by Justice Adenike Akinpelu of the Kwara State Hi...

Bush fire razes storey building in Kwara community
A fire, which spread from a burning bush, has consumed six rooms in a storey building at Olagunju Estate, Offa in Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State. The incident, according to the State Fire Service, occurre...

2022-01-31

Kwara govt petitions police over publication of forged statements on social media
The Media Office of the Kwara State Government has petitioned the Commissioner of Police in the state, Tuesday Assayomo, to unravel those behind the posting of forged statements and mischievous publications on social medi...

OPINION: Why Kwara Govt Built Capacity of Press Secretaries. By Mashood Abdulrafiu Agboola
Apart from heavily investing to grow basic infrastructure in education, health and road sectors, another top priority for the present administration in Kwara state is human capital development, as evidently pursued in the...

Minimum Wage: AbdulRazaq is Kwara's long-awaited Messiah - Towoju
The Kwara State Commissioner of Communications, Hon. Olabode George Towoju, has described Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq as the "Messiah of Kwara State," following the recent approval of the issuance of pending promoti...

Abdulrazaq implements 30k minimum wage for all Kwara govt workers
Kwara Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has started implementing N30, 000 minimum wage for workers in the State. It was gathered workers in the State Government’s employment on Monday got alert of their Jan...

Phone repairer gets 1 year jail term for cybercrime
A 25-year-old phone repairer, Abdulkazeem Ridwan, on Monday bagged 12 months jail term from cybercrime offences and possession of fraudulent funds. The convict hails from Surulere Local Government Area, Ogbom...

3-Year-Old Girl Abducted From Home In Kwara
A three-year-old girl, Mutmaina, has been abducted at Aiyetoro community of Zango-Kulende Quarters in Ilorin, the kwara State capital. The father of the girl, Ahmed Azeez, said she was abducted by a lady around...

Kwara Gov congratulates NLC leader Yasin over honorary doctoral degree
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated the Nigerian Labour Congress Deputy President Alhaji Najeem Usman Yasin on the honorary doctoral degree in Public Administration conferred on him by the Taraba...

Driver On Video Call Crushes Waitress
A middle-aged waitress has been crushed by a driver suspected to be on a video call around Arca Santa Events Centre, Ajase-Ipo, in Ilorin, the capital of Kwara State. Witnesses told Daily Trust that the driver,...

2022-01-30

Lokosa, Danbani score as Kwara United down Gombe
Kwara United on Sunday returned to winning ways with two goals in two minutes to overcome visiting Gombe United 2-0 in their NPFL match-day nine encounter in Ilorin.  Hosts Kwara United started the ma...

U-17 Cricket Championship: Kwara wins male, female finals
Team Kwara on Sunday defeated Team Kogi in the final matches of both the male and female events of the U-17 Zonal Championships organised by the Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF). Both teams reached the finals o...

Environmental Sanitation: Govt Decries Non-Compliance, Seeks Proper Cleanliness
The Kwara State monthly environmental sanitation exercise held today across the 16 local government areas of the state. The monthly exercise, first of its kind in the year 2022, saw the new Commissioner for Environme...

Gender Policy: ECOWAS to launch advocacy for women’s safe hygiene in Kwara
A top delegation of the ECOWAS Commission will visit Kwara State in March to launch an advocacy for safe hygiene for women and girls — a pick that is linked to Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq’s gender mainstre...

Police allegedly kill two students in Ilorin over cultists' rumpus
Two students of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, have been allegedly killed by stray bullets of Police detectives from the Special Tactical Squad (STS) FIB, Abuja, who stormed the institution on Saturday morning to arr...

POST COVID-19: KWARA RECORDS 95.61% OF 2021 IGR TARGET
With the gradual ease in the economy from the covid-19 pandemic ravaging the globe, the Kwara State Internal Revenue Service (KW-IRS) posted a total IGR of N26,961,014,485.76 (Twenty Six Billion, Nine Hundred and S...