2025-10-26

PRNigeria Journalist Salis Manaja Released Ten Days After Abduction
Salis Manaja, a multimedia journalist with Image Merchants Promotion Limited (IMPR), publishers of PRNigeria and Economic Confidential, has regained his freedom ten days after his abduction by gunmen. Manaja wa...

Kwara APC Yet to Decide on Zoning 2027 Governorship Ticket
The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State, Sunday Fagbemi, has stated that the party is yet to decide on zoning its governorship ticket ahead of the 2027 general elections. Fagbemi made...

2025-10-25

CIAN to Host 2025 National Conference in Ilorin, Focus on Repositioning Auction Industry
The Nigerian auction industry is preparing to take centre stage in Ilorin as the Certified Institute of Auctioneers, Nigeria (CIAN) unveils plans for its 2025 Annual National Conference. This high-profile gathering is ...

Kwara Ministry of Environment Seals Cold Room for Selling Spoilt Fish
The Kwara State Ministry of Environment on Saturday intercepted and sealed a cold room in Ilorin, the state capital, for allegedly selling spoilt fish to members of the public. The Kwara State Commissioner for ...

Veteran Photo Journalist Kayode Okunola Honoured with SWAN Recognition Award
The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) has conferred an award of recognition on veteran photo journalist, Elder Kayode Adedeji Okunola, in marking its 60th anniversary. The honour was communicated to ...

2025-10-24

Offa Poly Management Debunks ASUP Claims of Accreditation Fraud Misappropriation
The management of the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, in Kwara State, has strongly denied claims of accreditation fraud by the institution's academic union, describing the allegations as "false, misleading, and malicious." ...

NAPTIP Partners Media Campaign to Sensitize Kwara Teachers on Human Trafficking Risks
The Kwara State Command of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has launched a sensitization campaign in collaboration with the Media Campaign Against Human Trafficking. Th...

Prof. Olubukola Abdulrazaq, Hadiza Bala Usman Named Headliners for TPP Fest Leadership Dinner
Three of Africa's most accomplished women have been announced as headliners for the Women in Leadership Dinner, one of the flagship events at this year's Peak Performer Festival (TPP Fest), holding in Lagos. Th...

ASUP Offa Demands Explanation For N300 Million Accreditation Fund Expenditure
The crisis between the management of the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, and the Academic Staff Union of the institution (ASUP) has deepened, with the union members publicly questioning how the management expended approxima...

25 Year Old Hammed Tunde Dies After Being Stabbed by Friend Gafar in Oja Gboro
A 25-year-old man, Hammed Usman Tunde, has been stabbed to death, allegedly by his friend, identified simply as Gafar, during a quarrel over a woman. The tragic incident, Daily Trust gathered, occurred on Tuesd...

NAHCON Renews Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Board's Hajj Operating License for 2026
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has renewed the Hajj operating license of the Kwara State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board for the 2026 Hajj exercise. The announcement was made by the NAHCON Zonal...

Nine Years After Kidnap Ese Oruru Graduates From UNILORIN With Second Class Upper
Ese Rita Oruru, who was kidnapped as a 13-year-old and forcibly married, has graduated from the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Kwara State, earning a Second Class Upper degree in Education Technology on Thursday, Oct...

2025-10-23

Female Footballers in Ilorin Face Criticism for Playing in Hijabs and Leggings
In Kwara, a Muslim-majority state in north-central Nigeria where religious traditions strongly influence daily life, some young women are actively defying cultural expectations through football. These young ath...

Kwara Ministry of Justice Generates N745 Million from Legal Drafting and Vetting
The Kwara State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Senior Ibrahim Sulyman, has announced that the ministry generated N745,048,000 from legal drafting and vetting of over 100 agreements in the last six month...

Kwara United Confirms Ashifat Suleiman as New Technical Adviser
Kwara United have officially confirmed the appointment of Ashifat Suleiman as their new Technical Adviser, DAILY POST reports. Suleiman's permanent appointment was ratified by the Ilorin club on Wednesday. The ...

Babalola Foundation Awards Scholarships to 877 Kwara Students, Undergraduates
The Bayo and Bunmi Babalola Foundation (BBBF) has awarded scholarships to approximately 877 students and undergraduates in Kwara State. This latest disbursement brings the total number of students who have benefited fr...

Kwara Football Academy Players Courted by Chelsea, Brentford Other European Clubs
The Executive Chairman of the Kwara Sports Commission, Coach Bolakale Mogaji, has revealed that Chelsea Football Club and several other international clubs have expressed interest in signing three players from the Kwar...

No Unauthorised Charges Commissioner Warns School Principals As WASSCE Registration Commences
The Kwara State Government has issued a stern warning to principals of senior secondary schools across the state against imposing unauthorized charges during the upcoming 2026 West African Senior School Certificate Exa...

Kwara Hospitals Board Aims to Be Leading Provider of Climate-Smart Healthcare
KW-HMB secures accreditation for six pharmacy departments to train graduate pharmacists and bridge manpower gap The Kwara State Hospitals Management Board (KW-HMB), North Central Nigeria, has reaffirmed its com...

Kwara PDP Chieftain Esinrogunjo Arraigned in Court Over Alleged Rape of Minor
A former aide to the Kwara State governor and local government chairmanship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2024 council elections, Comrade Musbaudeen Esinrogunjo, was on Wednesday arraigned befo...

Kwara's Pioneer SSG Chief Joseph Aderibigbe Dies at 104
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has sent his heartfelt condolences to the family, friends, and associates on the death of the pioneer Secretary to the Kwara State Government (SSG) and Head of Service, Sir C...

CP Adekimi Ojo Urges New Constables to Uphold Integrity Human Rights
The Commissioner of Police, Kwara State Command, Adekimi Ojo, has charged new police constables to embrace professionalism and respect for human rights as they begin their service. CP Ojo was speaking at the po...