2022-01-24

Popular Ilorin Televangelist, Popoola is dead
he death of popular Ilorin based clergy and Televangelist Reverend Moses Rahman Popoola,who died yesterday came to many as a surprise. The Kwaran state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) through the...

Man Remanded For Possession Of Pistol
A magistrates' court sitting in Ilorin has ordered the remand of a middle-aged man, Aminullahi Abdullahi, at the Oke-Kura Correction Centre for allegedly being in possession of a locally made pistol. He was ch...

Kwara doctors commend Abdulrazaq for kickstarting residency training
The Association of Resident Doctors, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital chapter, has commended Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, for funding the commencement of residency training for medical doctors for t...

Oyo fleeing herdsman with stolen 17 cows arrested in Kwara
A 40-year-old Fulani cattle herder, Ruwa Mojuba, has been arrested by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Kura village, in the Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State for allegedly stealing 17 cows valued ...

International Day of Education: Lets dedicate today to victims of bullying, assault, kidnapping in schools - Saraki
Former Senate President Dr Bukola Saraki has asked Nigerians to dedicate the International Day of Education to victims of murder, kidnapping, bullying, assaults among other social vices. In a statement released by...

Save Nigeria with intensive prayers - Muslim Group appeals
The Muslim Media Watch Group of Nigeria, MMWG, has called on Nigerians to intensify their prayers on the future of the nation as we prepare to face another General Election in 2023. The National Coordinator of the...

Fire destroys two stores in Oja-Tuntun market, four shops in Ilorin
Ferocious fire in the early hours of Sunday destroyed two stores fully stocked with different varieties of food items at Oja-tuntun market in Ilorin, Kwara state capital. The unfortunate incident, it was gathered, ...

Kwara joins top rice producing states with 102,000 metric tons output
Kwara State has joined top states in rice production in Nigeria with its over 102,000 metric tons output during the wet and dry season of last year. This was contained in the Central Bank of Nigeria's official docu...

Don't impose beret or hijab on students, Kwara govt warns principals
Kwara State Government has warned school principals in the state to desist from imposing the wearing of hijab (female Muslim headscarf) or beret on any student. The warning came on the heels of fresh controversy on...

2022-01-23

How Research Led Me To Hip-Hop - Unilorin Lecturer
He is known as 'Theorist' because of his obsession with academics. But he found his way into the music scene despite holding a PhD from the Kwara State University, Malete. In this interview, Dr Isiaq Atanda Abdulwaheed, a...

2022-01-22

Perceptions 2023: Bukola Saraki
The journey started last week…seeking perspectives via objective perceptions of acts and trajectories of major and minor actors angling to foist on Nigerians their dreams to run for the position of the President. We ident...

Boat Mishap: HYPPADEC Begins Distribution Of 10,000 Life Jackets To 6 States
The Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC) has commenced the distribution of 10,000 life jackets to riverine communities in the six hydro power-producing states of Niger, Kebbi, Kwara, Kogi,...

OPINION: APC chairmanship: Who is Saliu Mustapha? By Gidado Shuaib
At the moment, the most prevalent question on the lips of Nigerians is the 2023 presidential election. Analysis is being churned out about who will become the next president of Africa’s most populous country....

Women Activist, Mopelola takes charge in Kwara state Ministry of Women Affairs
The newly appointed Honourable Commissioner for Women Affairs in Kwara State , Mrs Mopelola Abdulmalik-Bashir has set what she described as a Progressive agenda for the ministry, upon assumption to office this week,e...

Gender inclusion: Kwara Gov bags National APC Women merit award
Kwara State Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq came up for national applause in Abuja on Wednesday night as women of the ruling APC singled him out for recognition over his deliberate effort to mainstream gender inclusi...

100 Indigent Students Benefit From Free Uniforms In Kwara
No fewer than 100 students across several primary schools in Ilorin Central have benefited from free distribution of school uniforms in the state. The event, which was held across five schools involved 20 students ...

'Kwara Govt not interfering in community chieftaincy dispute'
Ayedun community in Oke-Ero local government area of Kwara state has absolved the state government of interference in the chieftaincy dispute rocking the community. A section of the community known as Iwoye Stakeh...

Street begging: Kwara govt evacuates beggars off Ilorin bridge
Less than 48 hours after the Kwara State government announced a ban on Street begging in Ilorin, the State Environmental Protection Agency has begun the evacuation of street beggars on the Gerin-Alimi bridge. The s...

2022-01-21

KwaraLEARN: Data driven Education Transformation
As a critical part of the kick-off for KwaraLEARN, the newly launched education transformation programme by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State, the Implementation Team will commence inspection visits to s...

Kwara Police's PCRC Honours Editor, Five Others
The Kwara State Police Command’s Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) on Thursday honored six distinguished Nigerians with Award of Excellence for their contributions to the sustenance of security, peace an...

Assets: Kwara vows to prosecute those indicted by govt white paper
The Kwara state government will not spare those indicted by its white paper report on the sales and illegal acquisition of government assets, the state’s Commissioner for Communication, Olabode Towoju, has stat...

143 roads in Kwara rehabilitated under 3 years, says Commissioner
The Kwara State Government has said that it has worked on the rehabilitation of 143 roads since the inception of the administration of Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq in the last two and half years, the state Commissioner...

Mixed Reactions Trail Shop Demolition For Road Construction By Kwara Govt
Traders whose shops were affected by the recent demolition exercise for the dualisation of the Yebumout/Al-Hikmah University/Adeta Roundabout/Oloje road in Ilorin by the Kwara State Government have expressed mixed feeli...

Can APC Afford an Elective Convention?
After a long season of indecision, perhaps, prompted by an attempt to see the direction of events before committing themselves, the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the All Progressives Con...

24-year-old undergraduate jailed over N74m Internet fraud in Kwara
A 24-year-old undergraduate of Kwara State University, Malete, Alonge Toyyib, was on Thursday sentenced to one-year imprisonment by Kwara State High Court over offences bordering on cybercrime and possession of fraudulent...