2021-09-23

Organisation raises alarm of prostate cancer among Nigerian men, flags off IRONMAN project in Nigeria
The International Principal Investigator and Founder of Prostate Cancer Transatlantic Consortium (CaPTC), Prof (Mrs) Folakemi Odedina, and the National Principal Investigator for the International Registry to Improve Outc...

WASH: Group urges Kwara governor to overhaul water agency
The Kwara State chapter of the Nigerian Association of Hydrogeologists has called on the state governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, to comprehensively overhaul and revive the state's water supply agency towards addressing th...

Gov AbdulRazaq to fix FG roads in Kwara North before next rainy season - Rotimi Iliyasu, Works Commissioner
Kwara state government has said that it will ensure the collapsed Kosubosu-Gwasorro and Kishi-Kaiama roads linking Baruten to Kaiama Local Governments would be repaired by the federal government before the beginning of ...

Lagos prince, one other jailed in Ilorin for cybercrime
Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin has slammed a 6-month jail term on one Oyekan Abdulbaqqi Adedoyin, a self-acclaimed prince from Kosofe Local Government Area of Lagos State, for offe...

Police Arraign 6 Over Theft In Kwara
Six suspects have been arraigned in a magistrate court sitting in Ilorin, over allegations of belonging to a gang of thieves. The six suspects are Anafi Kehinde, Lawal Abubakar, Abdulrazak Owoseni, Wasiu Babatunde,...

AMCON's takeover of my house unnecessary - Former Kwara Gov Ahmed
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2021-09-22

OPINION: Can Saraki Reclaim Power from APC in Kwara?
The immediate past Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has left no one in doubt that he is committed to a quick return to political leadership in Kwara State through his ongoing consultative meetings with Peoples Democ...

Senate Passes Bill to Control Sickle Cell Disease in Nigeria
The Senate has passed a bill seeking to control and manage sickle cell anaemia, a genetically inherited disease in Nigeria. The passage of the bill followed the consideration of a report by the Committee on Health ...

Emir Sulu-Gambari's Special Prayers: Names of new Professors from Ilorin Emirate
The Emir of Ilorin and Chairman Kwara State Council of Chiefs, Mai-Martaba Alhaji (Dr) Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari CFR, has congratulated the newly promoted lecturers who are indigenes of Ilorin Emirate to the rank of Professor ...

Jega, Utomi float Rescue Nigeria Project
A former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega and foremost Nigerian Professor of Political Economy, Pat Utomi, alongside several politicians on Tuesday, unveiled the Rescue Nigeri...

2021-09-21

SUBEB chair chides contractor over shoddy job in Kwara school
The chairman, Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Prof. Shehu Adaramaja, has expressed dissatisfaction over the quality of work done by the contractor handling remodelling of  Alanamu Centr...

Ayodimeji sets agenda for KWACCIMA, speaks on 8th Kwara trade fair
The President/Chairman of Council, Kwara Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines & Agriculture (KWACCIMA), Alhaji Olalekan Fatai Ayodimeji, has unveiled his agenda for the one of the leading chambers in Nigeria. ...

Dagbalodo: We take responsibility for people's welfare: Kwara Govt.
The government has seen a video of some community folks digging up the soil in search of water in Dagbalodo village of Patigi local government area of the state. This video is another spur for our administration to ramp u...

Kwara PDP commences electronic registration of members
The Peoples Democratic Party PDP in Kwara State on Monday, commenced the electronic registration of new members in the State. This step according to the party is in line with the directive of its national leadershi...

Kwara court slams two-year jail term on herder for romance scam
A high court in Kwara state has convicted Tunde Olagunju, a herder based in Tanzania, and two others for offences bordering on love scam and cybercrime. The two other convicts are Hassan Gafar Olarewaju, 29, an...

EFCC Arrests 30 Suspected 'Yahoo Yahoo Boys' In Ilorin
Thirty suspected internet fraudsters, popularly known as 'Yahoo Yahoo boys,' have been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Kwara State. The arrest made by the operatives...

Two men caught with fresh human head in Kwara
Officers of Kwara state police command have arrested two young boys in their twenties for allegedly killing a young girl in Offa by severing her head and two hands for money ritual. The victim, a young girl ide...

2021-09-20

AbdulRazaq lauds Buhari over approval of neuropsychiatric hospital for Kwara
.Commends Health Ministers, Kwara senators for feat Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for approving Kwara as the host state for the federal neuropsychiatric hospit...

Doctors' Strike: Respect court order - MINILS DG urges Doctors
The Director-General of Micheal Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies (MINILS), Ilorin Comrade Issa Aremu has appealed to the striking National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to obey the ruling of the Natio...

Buhari Approves Neuropsychiatric Hospital For Kwara
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved Kwara State as the host for the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital for the North Central Zone. Governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq made this public in a statement,...

NSCDC working hard to dislodge criminals in Kwara – Makinde
The Kwara State Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Iskil Ayinla Makinde, has said that the agency is working day and night to identify hideouts of miscreants and men of the underworld in or...

NSCDC nabs butcher, one other with contaminated cow meat in Kwara
By NAN The Kwara Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested a meat seller, Bashiru Bala-Zuru, and one Nawali Bala while attempting to sell contaminated and unhealthy cow meat to the ...