2022-01-12

Kwara Mortality Rate, Second Highest In 2019 - Elelu
Executive Secretary of the Kwara State Primary Health Care Development Agency (KPHCDA) Dr. Nusirat Elelu has said Kwara had only recently reversed the grim maternal mortality issues of the previous years, attributing i...

Residents commend Kwara Government for prioritising people's health
...say prompt evacuation of refuse, illegal dumpsites guide against epidemic Residents of Ilorin, Kwara State capital have lauded the efforts of the state government over the evacuation of illegal dumpsites at differe...

PDP Ticket: Kwara Ex-Lawmakers Endorse Saraki, Group Backs Tambuwal
Former lawmakers of the Kwara State House of Assembly under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have said former Senate president, Dr Bukola Saraki, remains the best choice for the party in the quest for president come 202...

Kwara Kicks-off Education Transformation
Basic education in Kwara State is currently undergoing a revolution following the introduction of KwaraLEARN (Leading Education Achievement and Reform Now) by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq’s administration....

Communications Ministry Charges Agencies on Dedication in the New Year
The Kwara State Commissioner of Communications, Hon. Abosede Olaitan Buraimoh, has called on workers of the ministry and its agencies to stay dedicated and committed to their duties in the new year in order to bring to...

Ex-PDP Assembly members condemn KKHA over suspension of Agboola
The forum of former lawmakers in the Kwara State House of Assembly has condemned the All Progressives Congress dominated Assembly for asking the lone member of the party in the legislative arm, Jimoh Raheem Agboola, to...

Don urges catchment areas indigenes to patronize UNILORIN Preliminary school
The outgoing Director, School of Preliminary Studies, University of Ilorin (Unilorin), Prof. Abdulqadir Abikan, has appealed to indigenes of the citadel catchment area to take advantage of different programmes of the s...

In Kwara, 'Immigration Officers Only Issue Passports to Those Willing to Pay Bribes'
A civil servant based in Kwara has accused the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) office in Apata Yakuba, Ilorin, Kwara State, of being corrupt and deliberately creating hurdles for citizens looking to acquir...

Abdulrazaq appoints Special Assistants Political for Central, South
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has appointed Prince Suleiman Abubakar (Sai Kayi), an All Progressives Congress stalwart, as Special Assistant Political for Central Senatorial District. He also named Olumi...

2022-01-11

Kwara Gov mourns Sheikh Ali Oladoja
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has commiserated with the Muslim community on the death of a renowned Muslim scholar Sheikh Seyidina Ali Oladoja. Sheikh Oladoja was until his death the chairman and found...

Kwara Gov mourns death of Imam Maraba Sheikh Abdussalaam
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has described the death of prominent Muslim scholar and Imam of Maraba (in Ilorin) Sheikh Shuaib Abdussalaam as painful, praying Allah to forgive his shortcomings and grant him ...

Sugar tax generates reactions from Kwara residents
The pronouncement by the Federal Government to introduce an excise duty of N10 per liter on all non-alcoholic, carbonated and sweetened beverages in the country is generating reactions from residents of Ilorin,Kwara st...

Kidnapping: Fish Farmers Abandon Farms In Kwara
Scores of fish farmers in Kwara State have abandoned their farms for fear of kidnappers, Daily Trust has gathered. The development is coming on the heels of the abduction of one of the top fi...

The Way Out of the Ruling Party's Conundrum
As the All Progressives Congress prepares to hold its primary, Tony Amadi writes that Saliu Mustapha is going strong for the position of National Chairman In some 60 days or thereabout, Nigeria’s ruling p...

AbdulRazaq's education transformation kicks off with KwaraLEARN
Basic education in Kwara State is undergoing a revolution following the introduction of KwaraLEARN (Leading Education Achievement and Reform Now) by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq’s administration. Kwara...

Offa Poly Gets Acting Rector
The Governing Council of the Federal Polytechnic, Offa has approved the appointment of Dr Olarongbe Afolabi as the acting Rector of the institution with effect from tomorrow (Wednesday), January 12,2022. A stat...

Kidnapped Ex-Custom Officer Regains Freedom
Mohammed Zarma, the retired Deputy Comptroller General of Customs, who was abducted by unknown gunmen last Thursday, in Ilorin, regained his freedom on Monday. Mohammed was abducted at about 6pm on Thursday, wh...

Kwara Housewife Who Lost Five Pregnancies Needs N15m For Kidney Transplant
A 34-year-old housewife in Ilorin, Kwara State, Mrs Rukayat Abdullahi, is seeking financial assistance to the tune of N15 million for a kidney transplant. Speaking with the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, the husba...

Is'haq Oloyede is NextMoney Person of the Year
The Editorial Board of NextMoney, Nigeria’s authoritative financial magazine, has selected the Registrar/Chief Executive Officer of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Is’haq Olanrewaj...

2022-01-10

INTERVIEW: Saraki living in the past... PDP not an option in Kwara, says Gbenga Awoyale
Gbenga Awoyale, president-general of Orisun Igbomina, a socio-cultural association of the predominant ethnic group in Kwara south, in this interview, speaks on the 2023 general election, the chances of the All ...

Maikaba delighted with important point in Ilorin after draw against Kwara United
Enugu Rangers boss Abdu Maikaba has stated that he is very satisfied with his side's 1-1 draw against Kwara United in Ilorin after making it three straight games on the road without losing stressing that the form has show...

Kwara APC Crisis Is 'Family Feud' - Reconciliation Committee
Senator Abdullahi Adamu-led National Reconciliation Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that the committee will listen to and reconcile all the sides in the lingering crisis within the state chapt...

Remembrance Day: AbdulRazaq salutes Armed Forces' patriotism
The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on Sunday acknowledged the sacrifices of the Nigerian Armed Forces in maintaining peace and security as well as stabilizing the country. Governor AbdulRahman AbdulR...

Ilorin Conference And The 2023 Permutations In Kwara
The 56th annual conference of the most influential socio-cultural organisation in Kwara State- Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU) appeared to be the day the people of Ilorin were waiting for to react and...

Soun of Ogbomoso's daughter dies days after monarch's death
Death has struck again in the family of the late Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Oladunni Oyewumi. Oba Oyewumi died on December 12 at the age of 95 and our Correspondent gathered that the first daughter of the late monar...

How Omolewa Ahmed Celebrated 50th Birthday
December 31, 2021, was an auspicious day, one that Omolewa Ahmed, the immediate past First lady of Kwara State will not forget in a hurry. It was the day she clocked 50. However, unlike her peers, who will not hesitate...

Kwara's Landmark in Breaking Barriers of Gender Parity in Governance
Hammed Shittu reports that Kwara State reached a landmark with the Political Offices Bill 2021, which was passed into law as arguably the first legislation of its kind in the country that places a ceiling below which t...

OPINION: On the Traditional Wolimatul Qur'an in Ilorin: Matters Arising. By AbdulHameed Badmas Yusuf
Marriage is a primordial human experience. As an institution, it has social and religious aspects. Religiously speaking, the messenger of Allah was reported to have said: “marriage is my tradition; whoever neglects ...

Unilorin promotes 685 senior staff
The management of the University of Ilorin has approved the promotion of 685 senior staff members of the University cutting across the academic and non-teaching cadres. This was sequel to approval by the Universi...

2022-01-09

Alangua Commends Mallam AbdulRazaq Over Reconstruction, Dualization of Oloje-Yebumot Road
Kwara State Governor, Mallam Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq has been commended for the planned re-construction and dualisation of Oloje to Yebumot road in Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara State. Speaking wi...

OPINION: Akogun's Message: An Outburst Of No Substance By Tunde Fadipe
I read the article of my father, the most revered Akogun Iyiola Oyedepo using his personal measurements of maximum and minimum governments to compare the administration of Mal. AbdulRazak AbdulRaham with the past leade...

2023: Kwara group wants Tinubu for Presidency, Abdulrahman for 2nd Term
Group known as Kwara State Agenda for Asiwaju (KWAGA) has urged All Progressives Congress (APC) national leader Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to take a shot at the 2023 presidential elections. KWAGA in an open lett...

OPINION: Kwara: Tanke flyover as another symbol of banality. By Seun Awogbenle
In Downton Abbey – a 2010 British historical, television drama series, which recount the British aristocratic system before and after World War I, one of its leading characters – Tom Branson – an ...

Kwara: NSCDC promotes 239 junior officers
The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has elevated 239 junior officers of the command. Addressing the newly-promoted officers at the corps headquarters in Ilorin, the s...