2021-11-04

Three convicted for alleged cybercrime in Ilorin
Justice Muhammed Sanni of the Federal High Court in Ilorin, on Wednesday, convicted one Ajewole Ayomide, who claimed to be a former staff of LG Company over cybercrime offences. In a similar development, Justice ...

Bandits rape two minors, attack others in Kwara - NSCDC
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has confirmed that gunmen have attacked Nuku village in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara. This is contained in a statement signed by the Spokesman of Kwara ...

You can't go: Kwara United reject Coach Biffo's resignation
Kwara United Football Club has rejected the resignation of its Technical Adviser/Head Coach, Abdullahi Biffo, urging him to return to his position after recuperating from eye surgery. The Club's Media Officer, Ji...

NDE Organises Training For 540 Public Works Beneficiaries In Kwara
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE), on Wednesday, commenced a two-day training programme for 540 beneficiaries of the Expanded Public Works (EPW) in Ilorin, Kwara State. The trainees comprised of those wh...

Kwara adds 30,000 more beneficiaries to non-interest loan programme
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Wednesday flagged off the disbursement of non-interest loans to another round of 30,000 beneficiaries of the social investment programme - bringing the tally to 60,000 since ...

2021-11-03

Kwara Residents Go For 'Ponmo' As Prices Of Beef, Fish Soar
Residents of Ilorin, Kwara State are now turning to the consumption of cow skin, popularly called 'ponmo'. LEADERSHIP findings showed that the residents' new found love for 'ponmo' is due to the increase in the pri...

Kwara Gov Pledges Scholarship Awards to 16 Students from Rural Communities
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has expressed the readiness of the state government to provide scholarships to sixteen outstanding students of rural communities that would emerge from the second editi...

'Kwara deserves better positioning on FAAC table'
Predominantly a civil service state with low internally generated revenue, Kwara state is now jettisoning this old toga. For instance, under the present administration, the state embarked on Bond issue in the non conventi...

Kwara revokes Kishi-Kaiama road contract awarded by previous government
The Kwara State Government has revoked the Kishi-Kaiama road contract awarded by the previous administration to Rocad Construction Limited. The revocation, according to the state Commissioner for Education and Hu...

Kwara To Get FG's N18bn Bridge Finance To Underwrite Inherited Loans, Others
Kwara State executive council has approved for the state government to key into the Federal Government's N18billion 'bridge finance' to underwrite old loans inherited from the former administration as well as execute some...

2021-11-02

Kwara: Principals in trouble for collecting illegal fees from students
Kwara State government has descended on some principals fingered to be collecting illegal fees not officially approved by the state government from students. DAILY POST reports that the action of the state govern...

Fire guts residential building, shops in Ilorin
Tragedy struck on Monday morning when fire gutted a residential building and five shops at the Government Reservation Area of Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. Confirming the incident, the Kwara State Fire Service s...

Why crisis persists between Kwara governor, minister
Yakubu Danladi-Salihu, engineer and Speaker of Kwara State House of Assembly, represents Ilesha-Gwanara Constituency. He spoke with reporters on the Legislative/Executive relations and the rift between Governor AbdulRah...

2021-11-01

Presidential committee releases 122 inmates from Kwara borstal
The Presidential Committee on Correctional Reform and Decongestion has released 122 children from the Borstal Training Institute in Ilorin, Kwara State. The committee led by its chairperson, Ishaq Bello, the immedi...

2 die in road accident in Kwara
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Kwara says two persons died in an early morning road accident in Ilorin on Monday. Mr Jonathan Owoade, FRSC Sector Commander in Kwara, said in a statement said that the accid...

We won't allow Kwara return to slavery, says Olawepo-Hashim
FORMER Presidential Candidate and a Chieftain of the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC, Mr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has said that leaders of the party would not allow the gains that came with the liberation of Kwara Sta...

Kwara govt begs doctors to suspend strike, says committed to agreements
The Kwara State government has begged striking doctors in the state to rethink their decision by suspending the industrial action, saying it is committed to their agreements. Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health...

Kwara medical workers declare 7-day warning strike
The National Association of Government General Medical and Dental Practitioners (NAGGMDP), Kwara branch, has declared a seven-day warning strike across the 16 local government areas of the state to press home their demand...

PDP, APC fight over ex-minister's defection in Kwara
THE Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress are at loggerheads over the reported defection of a former Minister of Transportation, Ibrahim Bio to the PDP. Bio, who once served as the Speaker of t...