2021-12-12

Kwara CP orders rescue of kidnapped District Head
Commissioner of Police in Kwara State Mr Tuesday Assayomo has ordered, the rescue and arrest of the kidnappers of a district head, the Mogaji Erubu in Ilorin Emirate in Kwara state, Dr Zubair Folorunsho Erubu The ...

Abductors of Magaji Erubu of Ilorin Emirate demand N60m ransom
Unknown gunmen suspected to be kidnappers who abducted the Magaji Erubu of Ilorin Emirate, Dr Zubair Folorunsho Erubu on Thursday night, have demanded N60m ransom for his freedom. Sources disclosed in Ilorin on S...

Ilorin, Kano, Minna stadiums not fit for NPFL games - LMC
The League Management Company have deemed the Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano, Kwara Sports Complex in Ilorin and the Bako Kontagora Stadium in Minna not fit to host matches in the 2021/22 Nigeria Professional Football League s...

Why Governor AbdulRazaq Signs into law 35% Inclusion of Women Appointments in Kwara
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq's passion for women and indeed youths in Kwara state to assume leadership positions since his assumption of office on May 29,2019 has been legendary,not a familiar route that his contempora...

Man arrested for alleged assault, attempted fraud in Ilorin
A 25-year-old man, Muhammed Abubakar, was arrested on Saturday for allegedly assaulting an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and attempting to defraud a POS operator and filling station atten...

Kwara South Women, Youths Declare Support For Saraki 2023 Presidency
Community groups and stakeholders in Kwara State have declared their support for the presidential aspiration of the former Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki. The various groups made the declaration at the annual O...

2021-12-10

Magaji Erubu Kidnapped
The Magaji Erubu in the Ilorin Emirate of Kwara State, Dr Zubair Folorunsho Erubu, has been kidnapped by gunmen. He was abducted on his way to Afon, headquarters of Asa Local Government Area of the state, on Thursda...

2021-12-09

Emir of Ilorin Endorses CELF, Commends Kwara Govt
The Emir of Ilorin, His Royal Highness, Alh. Ibrahim Zulu Gambari has given a royal blessing to the educational intervention tagged Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship (CELF). Represented by the Secretary of th...

Olawepo-Hashim Lauds Abdulrazaq's Passion for Gender Equity
Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Presidential candidate, Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim has described the signing into law of the gender equity bill by Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State,as a...

Kwara Governor Recommits To Developing All Parts Of The State
The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has reiterated that his administration will always consider every part of the state in its developmental agenda, saying investments in rural roads, river crossings and basi...

SAN title: Kwara Gov congratulates justice commissioner Jawondo
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated the state's Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Salman Jawondo, on attaining the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria, describing the honour as well-d...

Woman, three children escape death as plank-bearing container crushes car in Kwara
A woman and her three children escaped death in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Tuesday when a container loaded with processed planks fell on their car at Offa garage roundabout. The container, according to eyewitnesses, f...

Kwara Flags Off Integrated Measles, Polio Vaccination Campaign
Kwara State government plans to vaccinate about 601,865 children against measles by injection on the left upper arm at designated primary healthcare centres in the 16 local government areas of the state. Speaking a...

Five Internet Fraudsters Jailed in Kwara
Two Kwara State High Courts sitting in Ilorin yesterday jailed five internet fraudsters over offences that bordered on cyber fraud. Their conviction was secured by the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Fin...

2021-12-07

Kwara varsity justifies rustication of 87 students
The Vice Chancellor of Kwara State University, KWASU, Professor Mohammed Akanbi, SAN, has said the university is strictly for academics, warning that any student involved in cultism or anti-social behaviour would be expe...

Kwara North Group Urges Govt to Declare State of Emergency on Infrastructure, Education
A pressure group within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State, Kwara North Torchbearers, at the weekend decried the alleged marginalisation of the area by successive administrations in the state. The ...

Fuel tanker bursts into flames at Kwara filling station
A fuel loaded tanker burst into flames at a filling station in Alapa town, Asa Local Government Area of Kwara State on Monday. According to the spokesman of the Kwara State Fire Brigade, Hassan Hakeem Adekunle, t...

Kwara Hosts 40th Federal Public Service Games
The Kwara State Governor, Mallam AbdulRahman Abdulrazaq says the state is leveraging the peaceful co-existence, diverse cultures, hospitality and other variables to make the state the best investment destination in Nigeri...

We Have Dismissed Lecturer Who Asked Female Student To Write Examination In His Bedroom, Says KWASU VC
Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, has dismissed a member of its academic staff, Mr Pelumi Adewale, for alleged sexual harassment of one Miss Tosin Adegunsoye, a student of the Department of Pure and Applied Sciences...

Motorists protest deplorable Kwara-Oyo 'colonial' connecting bridge
Members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, as well as those of the Road Transport Employee Association of Nigeria on Monday in Ilorin, Kwara State, protested against the neglect of the Moro-Bailey bridge in ...

Fire Outbreak Destroys Multi-million Naira Properties in Kwara
Properties worth millions of naira were yesterday gutted by fire following electric surge that happened in one of the shops opposite state Arts and Culture center, Ilorin, Kwara state capital. During the incident...

2023: Kwara PDP wants Saraki to nominate candidate
Kwara State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged former Senate President Bukola Saraki to contest for president in 2023. The chapter said it has abided by the decision of the North Central to endorse him as a c...