2021-11-12

Kwara Gov greets Senator Oloriegbe at 61
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated Senator Ibrahim Yahaya Oloriegbe (Kwara Central) on his 61st birthday anniversary, calling the medical doctor a very dutiful legislator with increasing popular...

Exams Malpractices: Kwara Poly Expels 29 Students
The Authority of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, has expelled 29 students for examinations malpractices contrary to the Matriculation oath they swore to. In a statement issued and signed by a Principal Assistant Reg...

FG increases prices of electricity metres
The Federal Government has raised the cost of both single-phase and three-phase electricity meters beginning from November 15, 2021. It announced this in a circular dated November 11, 2021, issued by the Nigerian Elec...

2021-11-11

AbdulRazaq greets Emir of Ilorin on 26th coronation anniversary
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated the Emir of Ilorin Dr. Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari on the 26th anniversary of his ascending the throne of the iconic Sheikh Alimi, saying those years have recorded gr...

IEDPU felicitates Emir on 26th installation anniversary
The National President of Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU), Alhaji Aliyu Otta Uthman, fsi, has joined millions of indigenes, residents and friends of Ilorin Emirate in congratulating the Emir of Ilor...

17-year-old girl's body recovered from Kwara well four days after declared missing
The Kwara State Fire Service on Wednesday said it had recovered the body of a 17-year-old-girl identified as Aminat from a well. It added that the corpse was recovered in Oke-Adini in the Alagbado area of Ilorin on...

APC Convention: Kwara Gov backs Saliu Mustapha for National Chairmanship
Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has assured one of the frontrunners for the National Chairmanship of the All Progressives Congress APC Mallam Saliu Mustapha of support. A statement issued by the medi...

2021-11-10

KWASU lecturer arrested arranging 'resit' for female student in bedroom
A lecturer at the Kwara State University, Malete, Pelumi Adewole, has been arraigned before a Magistrate's Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, for allegedly sexually harassing a student. Adewole was arrested by t...

60-year-old, one other arrested for alleged housebreaking in Ilorin
A 60-year-old man, Bolaji Olarongbe, has been arrested in Ilorin by the Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, for alleged housebreaking and theft. His accomplice, 45-year-old...

Kwara Govt To Partner NGOs In Tackling Poverty
Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has restated his administration's commitment to partnering well meaning individuals and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in tackling poverty in the state. AbdulRaz...

Presidential Committee frees five inmates in Ilorin Correctional Centre
The Presidential Committee on Correctional Reforms and Decongestion has set free five inmates and recommended three for bail from the Nigerian Maximum Security Correctional Centre in Ilorin, Kwara State. This was r...

Chamber to partner Kwara in agribusiness
Ibolo Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines, Agriculture and Technology (ICCIMAT) has expressed its readiness to collaborate with the Kwara State Government in the area of commercial agriculture, agribusiness value and cha...

Kwara Governor Loses Aide
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has announced the death of his Special Assistant on Religion (Christian) Dr. Samuel Olusegun Adedayo. "I join the Christendom and the immediate family of Rev. Dr. Samue...

2021-11-09

Past administration officials stole future of Kwara child: AbdulRazaq
*Laughs off PDP's comeback bid after wrecking state Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq at the weekend said the criminal diversion of funds meant for development of basic education amounted to reckless loot...

Kwara APC Elders Blast Minister Over Verbal Attacks On Gov AbdulRazaq
Leaders and elders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State, on Monday, came hard on the Minister of Information and Culture, Alh Lai Mohammed, for allegedly denigrating the state governor, AbdulRahman AbdulR...

KFA emerge winner at the Maiden edition of Eletu Unity Cup
The maiden edition of the "Eletu Unity Cup" came to a glamorous end m on Saturday, 6th November, 2021, at the main bowl of the Kwara State Stadium, Ilorin. The final match which was between Kwara Football Academy (KF...

How Ope Saraki procured 80 KVA generators against 100 KVA approved by govt - Witness
A prosecution witness of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Adedayo Muyideen Dunmoye, in the ongoing trial of Ope Saraki, a cousin to the former Senate President, Bukola Saraki...

Petrol supply to Kwara drops, as black marketers surface in Ilorin
Black marketers of petrol surfaced in parts of the Ilorin metropolis on Tuesday as they dispensed the commodity in Jerry cans to interested motorists and other consumers, National Pilot learnt. Though some filling st...