2021-09-19

Driver Allegedly Kills Tricyclist Over N500 In Kwara
A staff of BYC Consultant Firm, Irewolede area, Ilorin, Kwara State, Kayode Oluwarotimi, has allegedly killed a tricyclist, Kola Adeyemi, over N500. The spokesperson of Kwara State Police Command, Okasanmi Aja...

IPI Board election: Kwara Gov congratulates Raheem Adedoyin
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman abdulRazaq has congratulated Oloriewe Raheem Adedoyin on his election into the governing board of the International Press Institute in Vienna. In a statement on Friday, the Governor...

AA Super Star, Oloru Super Angels win 4th Helbank inter-club Volleyball championship
AA Super Star of Offa and Oloru Super Angels of Oloru have emerged Champions of the 4th edition of Helbank inter Club Volleyball competition powered by Helbank Shipping International, under the Chairmanship of Bashorun Ka...

Ajibero for Burial September 25
The family of the Professor Matthew Idowu Ajibero, former Rector of Kogi State Polytechnic who died on August 25 at aged 71 has announced the burial ceremonies from September 21 to 25. Ajibero, was at different tim...

Sweden to prioritise climate change awareness in Nigeria
The Embassy of Sweden in Nigeria said awareness creation on issues about climate change remains a top priority, to proffer solutions to the global environmental problem in the country. The Swedish Ambassador to Nig...

We'll win National Youth Games again, Team Delta vows
Team Delta has vowed to continue its dominance of the National Youth Games (NYG), as athletes from all states of the federations prepare for the 2021 edition in Ilorin, Kwara state. Team Delta won the fifth edition...

APC Natl Appeal Committee will reconcile all aggrieved members in Kwara - State Chairman
Consequent to the protracted crisis rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara state, the party's Appeal Committee on Local Government Congress from the National Secretariat on Friday assured that none of...

KWARA: Partnership with police, Fulani, monarchs yielding result
Kwara state which serves as gateway between the north and the south and particularly share boundaries with Ekiti, Osun, Oyo, Niger States and Benin Republic surely has its own fair share of cases of insecurity currently r...

Smart City Academy Boss Hails Kwara Utd Partnership
The Chief Executive Officer of Smart City Academy, Lagos, Adeboye Adeyinka, has said the recent partnership between his academy and Nigeria Professional Football League side, Kwara United, will bear good fruit for both si...

2021-09-18

I Have Psychological Problem, Woman Who Bore 3 Children for Her Son Cries Out
The Benenise woman, Fati Bariba, whose incestuous relationship with one of her sons, Adamu, produced three children, has pleaded for forgiveness, attributing her action to psychological problem. Although she has been r...

How Kwara Community Is Curbing Cultism, Street Hawking With Summer Lessons
Ubandawaki community in Ilorin West Local Government Area is famous for producing top citizens in Kwara State and across the country who have excelled in their various fields of endeavour. Some of the community...

NDIC Organises Financial Literacy Training For 100 Kwara Students
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has taken its campaign on financial literacy to Ilorin, Kwara State. The agency gathered 100 secondary school students at the Government Secondary School, Ilorin, wh...

Mother who had kids for son extradited, says NSCDC
Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has extradited the woman reported to have had three children for her son in Kaiama local government area of the state to the Benin Republic, her ...

Kwara South Women Endorse Gov AbdulRazaq For Second Term
Women in the seven local government areas of Kwara South, have endorsed Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for a second term of office. The women from Ifelodun, Irepodun, Ekiti, Oke- Ero, Isin, Offa and O...

APC chieftain, Rex Olawoye is dead, Oyedepo reacts
Rex Olawoye, an All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain in Kwara State, is dead. The politician had been ill and out of the public in recent weeks. In a statement on Friday, a close ally, Iyiola Oyedepo ...

3 PhD, 30 master's degree holders apply for Olawuyi's empowerment programme
No fewer than three PhD and 30 Masters degree holders applied for the 2nd edition of Rep. Tunji Olawuyi's digital empowerment programme, tagged Ajuloopin Digital Empowerment Programme (ADEP) 2021, says an official. ...

Serial fraudsters sent to prison for love scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday secured the conviction of three fraudsters charged for cheating, attempted cheating and internet fraud. The convicts are Ayinde Qudus Olayemi, Ademo...

2021-09-16

We lost a great man in Chief Rex Olawoye: Kwara Gov
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Thursday bemoaned the death of APC stalwart Chief Rex Olawoye, describing him as a patriot and a pillar of the struggle that enthroned the Otoge administration in the state. ...

Send more police officers to Kwara, Gov AbdulRazaq begs IG
Governor AbdulRazaq says Kwara needs between 8,000 and 10,000 police officers but now has only about 3,000 officers. ByPress Release September 15, 2021 3 min read Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has urged t...

Kwara most peaceful State, says IGP
Kwara is the most peaceful State in Nigeria, Inspector General of Police Usman Alkali Baba said on Wednesday, commending his men and other security agencies for their huge efforts. Speaking with officers and men of...

Kwara condemns poor performance of wastes managers in Ilorin metropolis
The Kwara State Environment Commissioner, Remilekun Banigbe, has condemned social wastes managers for their poor performance in the evacuation of wastes within Ilorin metropolis. Speaking at a meeting with the so...

Court jails aluminum fabricator, two others for love scam
A 24-year-old aluminum fabricator, Olamide Adelokun, and two others have been sentenced to various jail terms by a Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin for offences bordering on love scam. A statement by the Ec...

2021-09-14

How Beninese mother bore children for her sons in Kwara - NSCDC
Adamu Sabi Sime, a Benin Republic citizen arrested by the Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) for allegedly having canal knowledge of his biological mother has justified his action,...

Supreme Court didn't cede any of our lands to Erinle - Offa Community
The people of Offa in Offa local government area of Kwara state under the aegis of Offa Descendants Union (ODU) at the weekend said that the Supreme Court did not in any of its judgments, cede any parcel of lands belongin...