2021-08-26

Hon (Engr) Tunde Fadipe mourns Chief Ogundeji's exit
The TIC Chairman Isin Local Government, Hon (Engr) Tunde Fadipe has described the death of Chief Joel Afolabi Ogundeji, the former deputy governor of kwara State, former civil servants and an educationist as a great shock...

ENERGY COMMISSIONER BAGS SERVICE AMBASSADOR AWARD
Centre for Peace and Value Reorientation (CPVR), a non-governmental organisation with tentacles across the country, today, presented an award of Integrity Stewardship to the honourable Commissioner for Energy, Hon. Lafia ...

Sen. Rafiu condoles family, Kwarans, over death of ex-deputy gov., Chief Joel Ogundeji
The former Kwara South Senator, Dr Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim, has commiserated with the immediate family of the deceased, the people of Iwo-Isin in Isin local government area and Kwarans over the death of a former deputy gove...

PUBLIC NOTICE
The Kwara State Bureau of Lands, Office of Surveyor-General, Physical Planning Authority and Directorate of Urban and Regional Planning have ceased to exist as separate Agencies. This development is sequel to the es...

Kwara State Monthly Sanitation Exercise Holds Saturday August 28th, 2021
This is to inform the general public that the monthly sanitation exercise for the month of August will hold on Saturday 28th, 2021 from 7:00 am to 9:00 am. Members of the public are hereby enjoined to fully participa...

AbdulRazaq mourns ex-Kwara Dep Gov Ogundeji
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has mourned the death of former Deputy Governor of the state Chief Joel Ogundeji, praying God to repose his soul and comfort the family. In a statement on Thursday, the Gov...

AbdulRazaq, WHO seek better attention to primary healthcare
*Kwara hosts 22 APC States' meeting on improving healthcare access Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Thursday sought improved funding for primary healthcare and easing of legal logjams militating again...

Re - One feared killed as cultists invade Kwara Poly campus
Attention of the Kwara State Polytechnic Authority has been drawn to a publication by an online media; "informant 247" on the above refers. The Authority of the Polytechnic wishes to state categorically that the pu...

KWSG To Initiate Best Performing Local Government Council Awards
The Kwara State Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy Affairs and Community Development will unveil the best performing Local Government Council in the State after evaluating impacts of their projects in their Council...

Kwara govt begins rehabilitation works on Garaga Offa, Sango-Akerebiata Road, others
Kwara State Government has continued to prioritise public assets with a view to improve the socio - economic well-being of the entire citizens. This is done through connection of more roads and opening up of more a...

2021-08-25

Yam Price Drops in Kwara As Commodity Flood Markets
The price of yam has dropped considerably across various markets in Kwara State, Daily Trust has observed. The development, it was gathered, was due to the harvest season of the commodity by farmers across the stat...

2023: Women demand leadership equity
The League of Women Voters in Nigeria (NILOWV), an NGO, has called for equity for Nigerian women to attain leadership roles by 2023. Mrs Folashade Aransiola, the Chairperson of NILOWV, made the appeal on Wedne...

OKUTA FM STATION TO COMMENCE OPERATIONS SOON - BURAIMOH
The Kwara State Government has reiterated its commitment to ensuring proper dissemination of information to all parts of the State. The Commissioner for Communications, Mrs. Olaitan Abosede Buraimoh, made this known...

Kwara, Cambridge Press Train 1000 English, Maths teachers
* Cambridge Univ. Press applauds Gov. AbdulRazaq's investment in school infrastructure, others. Kwara state Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq's giant strides in the education sector on Tuesday enjoyed another encomiu...

Kwara Govt, Opthalmological Society Organise Free Cataract Surgeries
The Kwara State Government is set to hold another round of free cataract surgeries in the state. The free surgery mission is being organised in collaboration with the Ophthalmological Society of Nigeria. T...

Kwara United striker Wasiu Alalade joins Akwa United
Kwara United striker Wasiu Alalade has completed his transfer to Nigeria Professional Football League Champions Akwa United. The skillful forward signed for the reigning League Champions from Kwara United...

UBEC/KWSUBEB organises capacity building for teachers ahead schools resumption
...Charges them to be more committed to duties. The Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), in conjunction with the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), has commenced the 2nd phase of training ...

2021-08-24

KWASU female student kidnapped
A female student of the Kwara State University, Malete, has been abducted by gunmen. The victim, simply identified as Isiaq Khadeejah, a 300 level student of the institution, was kidnapped on Sunday at Malete. ...

Gov AbdulRazaq Nominates 2 more Commissioners
The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has forwarded the names of two more commissioner-nominees to the Kwara State House of Assembly The nominees are Oyeyemi Florence Olasunmbo from Oke-Ero Local Governmen...

Kwara Gov greets Chief Rex on birthday anniversary
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated a chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and an arrowhead of the Otoge struggle in the state Chief Rex Kola Olawoye, praying God Almighty to g...

NiMet predicts Thursday to Saturday's weather across Nigeria
...NiMet predicts 3-day thunderstorms, rains from Monday The weather agency says there may be isolated thunderstorms over parts of Taraba, Zamfara, Kebbi, Kano and Kaduna Monday morning The Nigerian Mete...

Late Kwara ex-Deputy Speaker's children donate health facility, boreholes to community
Children of the late ex-deputy speaker of the Kwara state House of Assembly Hon Ayodele Shittu have donated a basic healthcare facility and five boreholes to Offa community, Offa local government area of the state. ...

Kwara advocates private sector support to tackle COVID
Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, governor of Kwara, says the state government cannot solve all healthcare challenges associated with the coronavirus pandemic, without support from the private sector. Abdulrazaq spoke on...

Gunmen kidnap man in Kwara
Four unknown gunmen on Monday kidnapped a middle age man in his farm located at Tafa village near Ballah town in Asa local government council area of Kwara state. Vanguard reliably gathered that the victi...

2021-08-23

Kwara benefits again, gets UBEC's 'smart' school
Universal Basic Education Board has approved the location of one of its smart schools in Kwara State - another major fruit of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq's investments in basic education. UBEC had earlier appro...

Foodstuff Prices Soar In Kwara Despite Drop In Inflation
Despite the consistent drop in the inflation rate in the country, the prices of foodstuff have continued to rise in Kwara State. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Tuesday through its latest Consumer Price ...

Kwara, PDP disagree over N35bn bond
THE Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party and officials of the state government have disagreed over the propriety of collecting N35bn bond from the Central Bank of Nigeria. While the state government ...

Drunken man drowns in well in Kwara
A man identified as Abdulfatai Taiye has drowned inside a well in a community in Offa LGA of Kwara State. The man who was suspected to have been drunk was brought out of the well dead. The deep well is locat...

Plateau Killings: Kwara Evacuates Students From Jos
Kwara State government, on Sunday, evacuated students of Kwara origin from Jos, Plateau State. The president of the National Association of Kwara State Students (NAKSS), Comrade Mufutau Shittu, made this known in ...