2021-11-20

How I Survived Attack By My Student - Unilorin Lecturer
Dr. Rahmat Zakariya, a lecturer at the Department of Microbiology, University of Ilorin, made national and international headlines this week when her story went viral after a student, Waliyullah Salaudeen, attacked her fo...

NBC grants first digital terrestrial TV licence, two radio licences
The National Broadcasting Commission has granted the first Digital Terrestrial Television station licence to Royal Media Group based in Ilorin, Kwara State. Gbenga Adebayo, Chairman, Royal Media Group, disclosed at...

Nigerians react to Saraki's Facebook message
Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq led the Otoge movement that culminated in the dethronement of the age–long Saraki dynasty in Kwara State in the 2019 election. He is now governor of the state. He has recorded achievments ...

2021-11-19

2021 lawmaker of the year award; Senator Rafiu congratulates Saheed Popoola
The Kwara South Senator in the 8th Senate, Dr Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim, has congratulated a member of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Honourable Saheed Olamilekan Popoola, representing Ojomu Balogun State Constituency on...

OPINION: Ilorin: Crisis or politics of identity; neither Yoruba, Nupe nor Fulani. By Adebayo Abubakar
“Who is an African?” This was a question asked, by someone, who I once thought was one of us (students), during our rowdy early days as 100 level students of the Department of Sociology at the University of...

Teenager hacks age-mate with machete over accusation
The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested a 15-year-old boy, Buba Bindiga, for allegedly attacking his age-mate, Hassan Sidi, with a machete in Moshe Gada, in the Kaiama Loc...

Assault: SSANU commends UNILORIN over expulsion of student
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), University of Ilorin branch, has commended the management of the institution for expelling Salaudeen Waliu aka Captain Walz, who allegedly attacked a fem...

Court remands man for raping 17-year-old girl to coma
An Ilorin Magistrates’ Court, on Thursday, November 18, 2021 ordered one Kposu Benjamin to be remanded in Mondala Correctional Centre in Kwara State for allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl to coma....

Kwara North Emir Hails Governor AbdulRazaq's Giant Stride On Infrastructural Development
The Okuta community in Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara State, have honoured Governor Adbdulrahman Abdulrazaq with an award of Excellence and Recognition, during this year’s Gaani traditional festival....

2021-11-18

Deepen innovation and enterprise, Governor AbdulRazaq Urges Kwara Polytechnic
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State has urged the Kwara State Polytechnic to be more proactive in deepening a culture of inquiry, technological innovation and enterprise. The Governor made this known to...

IATF 2021: Kwara Gov harps on business opportunities in Africa
.As winners of Kwara Pitch attend Youth Startup programme in Durban Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has encouraged Kwara-based companies and other Nigerian businesses to take advantage of opportunities ...

CLARIFICATIONS on the state of Shubanul Islam LGEA School, Oke Ogun, Ilorin South LGA
KWSUBEB has seen a viral video trending this morning on the ugly state of Shubanul Islam LGEA school, Oke Ogun, in Ilorin South LGA. We sincerely sympathise with the pupils, teachers, and all the stakeholders in the commu...

Lawmaker Trains, Empowers 60 Physically Challenged Persons, Others In Kwara
Sixty selected physically challenged persons drawn from the Ilorin East and Ilorin South federal constituency of Kwara state have been trained on various empowerment skills and vocations for their economic self-relia...

NSCDC arrests two over alleged cattle rustling in Kwara
The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested two cattle rustlers in Oro-Ago, Ifelodun Local Government Area of the State. The apprehended suspects were said to be among...

PROGRESSIVE STRIDES RATING: Why Kwara beat Lagos, others
The frantic efforts of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara state towards improving the lots of his people and make the state far better among its peers in the country have continued to attract accolades from s...

2023: We Are Not Fighting Any Zone - Kwara North Stakeholders
The Kwara North Stakeholders Consultative Forum has state that the agitation for the zone to produce governor of the state in 2023 is not to fight any zone or individual. The Forum Chairman, Comrade Abdullahi Ali...

HYPPADEC bemoans disease outbreak in Kwara communities
The Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Commission on Saturday raised the alarm over the prevalence of water-borne diseases and others in riverine areas of Kwara state. The commission attributed the challenge to the...

2021-11-17

Reps call for construction of Ibadan-Osogbo-Ilorin segment of Lagos-Kano standard gauge railway line
House of Representatives yesterday urged the Federal Ministry of Transportation to commence construction of the Ibadan-Osogbo-Ilorin segment of the Lagos-Kano Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) without further delay. ...

Terminate Ilorin-Kabba road contract, award to Dangote - Ex-Rep
A former member of the House of Representatives, Sunday Karimi, has urged the Federal Government to reach an agreement with Dangote Cement to fix the Kabba-Ilorin road while granting the company a tax waiver. Karim...

We now print our certificates abroad - Kwara Poly
The Rector of Kwara State Polytechnic, Dr Abdul Muhammed, on Tuesday said the institution now print its certificates from overseas. The Rector revealed this during a news conference to herald the Polytechnic's 27...

Kwara flags off COVID-19 mass vaccination
The Kwara State Government, on Tuesday, flagged off mass vaccination of residents of the state against the COVID-19 virus. Flagging off the exercise at a ceremony in Ilorin, the Deputy Governor, Kayode Alabi, urged r...