2021-10-14

We're leaving no one behind: Kwara Gov
.Govt empowers apprentices with tools Government has an obligation to ensure that no segment of the society is left behind, Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq said on Thursday, saying the administration is...

OPINION: The Ilorin Video And The Legend Of Mr Wahidi. By Abubakar Adam Ibrahim
Before I got into secondary school back in the days in Jos, I was terrified by the legend of Mr Wahidi. My older brothers and their friends talked about him often, about how good he was at what he did. You see, Mr Wahidi,...

Economic Hardship: Man Commits Suicide in Kwara
A middle-aged man yesterday reportedly committed suicide in Ansar Ul Slam area along Oloje-Ogidi Road in Ilorin, Kwara State capital. The man, whose identity is yet to be ascertained, was said to have committed sui...

Alcohol: Kwara Govt, Parents Differ Over Flogging Of Erring Students
There is disquiet in Kwara State presently and the reason is not far-fetched. On Monday, reports and viral videos about the flogging of five students of Misbaudeen Al-Islamiy Arabic School, Ganmo, dominated convers...

2021 NYG: "You are our state ambassadors in Ilorin", Niger Deputy Gov tells contingent
Niger State Deputy Governor, Alhaji Ahmed Mohammed Ketso has told Niger State contingent to the 6th National Youth Games taking place in Ilorin, Kwara State, that they are the state ambassadors and as such should behave w...

2021-10-13

Baraje: We Want North Central to Produce President, not Party Chairman
Former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje has stated that notwithstanding the zone that eventually gets the nod of the party leaders to produce the next national chairman,...

Three Persons Convicted For Cybercrime In Ilorin
Justice Adenike Akinpelu of the Kwara State High Court, sitting in Ilorin on Tuesday, sentenced one Salami Yusuf Adetola, who claimed to be a United States of America Lottery Agent to a term of six months imprisonment ove...

Auto crash claims seven persons in Kwara
Tragedy struck early Tuesday morning in Kwara state as seven persons reportedly died in a lone accident at Ayekale village along Bode Saadu-Ilorin expressway in Moro local government area of the state. Vanguard re...

2021-10-12

260 Team Lagos athletes storm Ilorin for Youth Games
ATHLETES and officials of Team Lagos on Sunday arrived in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, ahead of their participation in the 6th National Youth Games which holds from October 10 to 20. Team Lagos, which compris...

'Ex Players' Attack Kwara Utd, Chase Players Out Of Stadium
Hell was let loose on Sunday evening when individuals who claimed to be members of the Indigenous Players attacked Kwara United while demanding for indigenisation of the club. It was gathered that the players who o...

Hoodlums terrorising Kwara community, says NSCDC
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps says some hoodlums are terrorising residents of Alapa in Asa Local Government Area of Kwara. This is contained in a statement issued by the Kwara Command's Spokesman, Mr...

2021-10-11

UNILORIN holds convocation, bars graduates without first class from attending
The University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) says it will hold its 36th Convocation from October 15, this year, with plans to bar graduates without first-class degrees from attending the ceremony. This is contained in a...

Bolaji Abdullahi to Kwara: Obey court order sacking your LG caretaker panels
Bolaji Abdullahi, former minister of sports and youth development, says the Kwara state government should obey the court order sacking its LG caretaker committees. On Friday, a high court in the state ruled in fa...

Video: Kwara Govt suspends Madrasah's head, probes development
•affected students get medical treatment A Kwara State Government's delegation has visited the Arabic school whose students were seen in a video footage being punished for alleged conducts conceived to be contrary t...

Kwara Gov greets top ally Prince Fagbemi on birthday anniversary
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated his top ally and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Prince Sunday Fagbemi on his birthday anniversary, calling him a strong ally of the administr...