2021-09-03

TESCOM Chair Charges Staff to Shun Indolence
The Chairman, Kwara State Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM), Mallam Bello Tahueed Abubakar has charged the commission staff to shun indolence in whatever guise in the course of discharging their duties, in their own in...

Kwara State Government Continues Road Rehabilitation Works on Township Roads
In the effort to continue to prioritise public assets with a view to improve the socio – economic well-being of the entire citizens, Kwara State Government has assured of more road construction for 2021 as rehabilitation ...

Works Commissioner Engr Rotimi inspects Ongoing Ganmo-CAN Secretariat–Micheal Imodu Road Construction
The Honourable Commissioner for Works and Transport, Hon. Rotimi Suleiman Iliasu, today paid an unscheduled visit to the ongoing road construction of the Phase 1 Project of Gamon through Borstal Training Centre, CAN off...

Kwara Committed to Quality Healthcare: AbdulRazaq
The Kwara State Government says it has designed policies and programs to expand access to affordable and quality healthcare. The Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, made this known today at the opening of the 45th an...

Kwara govt holds mentorship programme for women
.participants refurbish school Kwara State Government has concluded a one-month intensive mentorship programme for 62 women across the sixteen Local Government areas of the state The mentorship programme, ta...

Kwara Gov lauds SUBEB chief Adaramaja over project monitoring
• Says there must be value for public funds • Adaramaja making us proud: Prof. Laro Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has commended the intensive project monitoring efforts by the State Universal Bas...

2021-09-02

GENERAL PUBLIC NOTICE!
KWARA STATE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AFFAIRS AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT Earlier before now, the Ministry had through General Public Notice called upon Child Minding Services' institutions (Crèche, Daycare, Playgroup, Kinderga...

PDP extends sale of congresses forms to September 9
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has extended the closing date for the sale of nomination forms for its forthcoming ward, local government and state congresses to September 9. The party disclosed this in a stat...

Two children drown in Ilorin river
Two school students were on Wednesday morning reported drowned inside Aluko River in the Ilorin metropolis. Tribune Online gathered that the children from the Adangba compound in the state capital were also students ...

NEPZA, NIPC team up to boost investment in Lagos, Kwara economic zones
The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) and the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) have partnered to boost investments in the newly approved special economic zones (SEZs). SEZs are areas ...

Court Orders Interim Forfeiture Of 5.3bn Naira Linked To Firm In Kwara
A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the interim forfeiture of the sum of #5,318,517,789 warehoused in a new generation bank. Justice Tijjani Ringim made the order on Wednesday following an ex parte motion filed...

Kwara gets N4.3bn Fed allocation for August...16 LGs get N2.9bn
Kwara State Government has received N4,313,554,832.86 as federal allocation for the month of August. The sixteen local governments in the state also received N2.9B allocation for the same month. This i...

Kwara cabinet approves presentation of 2021 supplementary budget to Assembly
Kwara State Executive Council on Wednesday approved the presentation of a revised 2021 budget estimated at N169,167,143,768 to the State House of Assembly. The revised budget estimate is 23% higher than the approve...

COED Ilorin Appoints Principal Officers
The Governing Council of the Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin has appointed three new principal officers. Details of the appointments are contained in a press release posted on the school's website. Those ...

2021-09-01

Bird flu: KWSG Urges Livestock Farmers on Improved Bio-security Network in Their Farms
The Kwara State Government has charged livestock farmers and stakeholders in poultry business on improved bio-security network in their farms to prevent the spread of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) disease in th...

Kwara Govt to enrol 30,000 new petty traders for Owo Isowo
.refund for first phase begins September .30,301 Kwarans benefitted in first phase: KWASSIP chief Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has approved the enumeration of 30,000 petty traders as new beneficiaries of th...

SMEDAN Trains 145 Youths On Skills Acquisition
Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency (SMEDAN) on Monday commenced a five-day vocational training for 145 youths in Kwara State. The training, which covered three core areas of catering, tailoring and hairdressi...

Poor remuneration: Kwara doctors threaten to withdraw service
The Nigeria Association of Government Medical and Dental Practitioners (NAGMDP), Kwara chapter, on Tuesday threatened to withdraw their services across the state over poor remuneration. Their threat is contained in...

Brazilian winger Lucas Ribeiro Alves leaves Kwara United
Brazilian winger Lucas Alves has left Nigeria Professional Football League Side Kwara United. The winger's contract ended at the end of 2020-2021 season and he is keen to try something a new challenge. ...

Federal Govt Begins Digitised Cash Transfer To 2,143 Beneficiaries In Kwara
The federal government has commenced the digitisation of payment of Conditional Cash Transfer to 2,143 beneficiaries in Kwara State. The exercise commenced with 413 beneficiaries in two wards of Ilorin South local ...

Kwara Gov meets Fulani leaders, seeks partnership on security, devt.
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Monday met with the Fulani community in the state, reassuring them of fair treatment and urging them to work with the government and other stakeholders to prevent crimes and ...

Kwara Assembly confirms one commissioner nominee, postpones another
The Kwara State House of Assembly on Tuesday screened and confirmed Oyeyemi Olasumbo Florence as a commissioner for the state's cabinet. The House, however, postponed the screening and confirmation of another nom...

2021-08-31

FG'll amend all extant labour laws to conform with new challenges - Festus Keyamo
The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo has hinted at the Federal Government plans to amend all the extant laws on labour matters including that of the Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour S...

Offa community to train 60,000 youth under smart city project
Indigenes of Offa town in the Offa local government area of Kwara State, under the aegis of Offa Descendants Union (ODU), have commissioned a technology innovation hub to meet its smart city project by 2030. Spea...

COVID-19: Kwara records 3,513 cases, 57 deaths from inception - Commissioner
Dr Raji Razaq, the Commissioner for Health, Kwara, on Monday in Ilorin said that the state had so far recorded 3,513 cases and 57 deaths since inception of the COVID-19 pandemic. Razaq, who stated this during the ...

KWARA STATE GOVERNMENT FLAGS OFF EMPOWERMENT FOR WOMEN ACROSS 16 LGAs
The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq says empowered women are vital to arresting social vices and resolving the nation's economic challenges. Governor AbdulRazaq made this statement at the flag off of t...

AbdulRazaq launches 100 tricycles as Kwara extends health insurance to operators
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Monday launched 100 tricycles to ease transportation challenges, stimulate macroeconomic economic activities, and reduce poverty. The government also officially enroll...