2021-09-24

Man to receive 15 strokes of cane for stealing window burglary in Kwara
An Ilorin Magistrate Court on Thursday ordered that one David Olasunkanmi, convicted of stealing a window burglary, be flogged 15 strokes of the cane publicly. Magistrate Adebola Folorunsho of the Kwara State...

Politicalisation of exchange rate harmful to economy, ex-Kwara Senator tells FG
Former Chairman, Senate Committee on Banking Insurance and other Financial Institutions, Dr Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim, yesterday warned that the politicisation of the exchange rate has become an unhealthy obsession in the cou...

KWIRS wins appeal judgement against firm
Kwara State Internal Revenue Service (KW-IRS) has won an appeal judgement in the Court of Appeal, Ilorin Division against a consulting firm, Mazars Consulting, over N567.7 million claims. KW-IRS had lost the case...

Residents decry influx of trailers in Ilorin metropolis
Residents of Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, have expressed concern over the influx of commercial trailers along Oko-Olowo and Oloje axis of the metropolis. The residents, who spoke on Wednesday, said the action en...

Aggrieved Kwara PDP members reject fresh congress
Some aggrieved members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State have protested the planned conduct of a new congress scheduled to hold on Saturday. The aggrieved members, who formed the executives of ...

2021-09-23

Organisation raises alarm of prostate cancer among Nigerian men, flags off IRONMAN project in Nigeria
The International Principal Investigator and Founder of Prostate Cancer Transatlantic Consortium (CaPTC), Prof (Mrs) Folakemi Odedina, and the National Principal Investigator for the International Registry to Improve Outc...

WASH: Group urges Kwara governor to overhaul water agency
The Kwara State chapter of the Nigerian Association of Hydrogeologists has called on the state governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, to comprehensively overhaul and revive the state's water supply agency towards addressing th...

Gov AbdulRazaq to fix FG roads in Kwara North before next rainy season - Rotimi Iliyasu, Works Commissioner
Kwara state government has said that it will ensure the collapsed Kosubosu-Gwasorro and Kishi-Kaiama roads linking Baruten to Kaiama Local Governments would be repaired by the federal government before the beginning of ...

Lagos prince, one other jailed in Ilorin for cybercrime
Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin has slammed a 6-month jail term on one Oyekan Abdulbaqqi Adedoyin, a self-acclaimed prince from Kosofe Local Government Area of Lagos State, for offe...

Police Arraign 6 Over Theft In Kwara
Six suspects have been arraigned in a magistrate court sitting in Ilorin, over allegations of belonging to a gang of thieves. The six suspects are Anafi Kehinde, Lawal Abubakar, Abdulrazak Owoseni, Wasiu Babatunde,...

AMCON's takeover of my house unnecessary - Former Kwara Gov Ahmed
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2021-09-22

OPINION: Can Saraki Reclaim Power from APC in Kwara?
The immediate past Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has left no one in doubt that he is committed to a quick return to political leadership in Kwara State through his ongoing consultative meetings with Peoples Democ...

Senate Passes Bill to Control Sickle Cell Disease in Nigeria
The Senate has passed a bill seeking to control and manage sickle cell anaemia, a genetically inherited disease in Nigeria. The passage of the bill followed the consideration of a report by the Committee on Health ...

Emir Sulu-Gambari's Special Prayers: Names of new Professors from Ilorin Emirate
The Emir of Ilorin and Chairman Kwara State Council of Chiefs, Mai-Martaba Alhaji (Dr) Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari CFR, has congratulated the newly promoted lecturers who are indigenes of Ilorin Emirate to the rank of Professor ...

Jega, Utomi float Rescue Nigeria Project
A former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega and foremost Nigerian Professor of Political Economy, Pat Utomi, alongside several politicians on Tuesday, unveiled the Rescue Nigeri...

2021-09-21

SUBEB chair chides contractor over shoddy job in Kwara school
The chairman, Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Prof. Shehu Adaramaja, has expressed dissatisfaction over the quality of work done by the contractor handling remodelling of  Alanamu Centr...

Ayodimeji sets agenda for KWACCIMA, speaks on 8th Kwara trade fair
The President/Chairman of Council, Kwara Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines & Agriculture (KWACCIMA), Alhaji Olalekan Fatai Ayodimeji, has unveiled his agenda for the one of the leading chambers in Nigeria. ...

Dagbalodo: We take responsibility for people's welfare: Kwara Govt.
The government has seen a video of some community folks digging up the soil in search of water in Dagbalodo village of Patigi local government area of the state. This video is another spur for our administration to ramp u...

Kwara PDP commences electronic registration of members
The Peoples Democratic Party PDP in Kwara State on Monday, commenced the electronic registration of new members in the State. This step according to the party is in line with the directive of its national leadershi...

Kwara court slams two-year jail term on herder for romance scam
A high court in Kwara state has convicted Tunde Olagunju, a herder based in Tanzania, and two others for offences bordering on love scam and cybercrime. The two other convicts are Hassan Gafar Olarewaju, 29, an...

EFCC Arrests 30 Suspected 'Yahoo Yahoo Boys' In Ilorin
Thirty suspected internet fraudsters, popularly known as 'Yahoo Yahoo boys,' have been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Kwara State. The arrest made by the operatives...

Two men caught with fresh human head in Kwara
Officers of Kwara state police command have arrested two young boys in their twenties for allegedly killing a young girl in Offa by severing her head and two hands for money ritual. The victim, a young girl ide...