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2021-07-26
Dad Kills 10-Yr-Old Son Over Disobedience In Kwara
One Yahaya Mohammed has been remanded by an Ilorin magistrate's court for allegedly killing his 10-year-old son, Aliyu Muhammed, with a cutlass for refusing to run an errand for him in Budo Gidi in Baruten LGA of Kwara St...
Afe Babalola to Kwara governor: you can't review Supreme Court judgment
An eminent lawyer, Aare Afe Babalola (SAN), has cautioned Kwara State Governor Abdurahman AbdulRazaq against reviewing the Supreme Court judgment on the land dispute involving Offa and Erin-Ile. He said the gover...
2023: Kwara monarch, cleric advise APC on power retention
The Aro of Oro, Kwara State, Chief Gabriel Abioye and the Chief Imam of Oro Central Mosque, Alhaji Mikail Onisan, on Sunday, urged members of the All Progressives Congress to sheathe their swords in the interest ...
Clerics extol virtues of Kwara gov's late father, AGF Abdulrazaq
Prominent Islamic clerics on Sunday in Ilorin, Kwara state capital extolled the virtues of the late first lawyer of northern extraction, Alhaji AGF AbdulRrazaq. The prayer session was attended by prominent Ni...
NYSC deploys 2,000 prospective corps members to Kwara
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has deployed 2,000 prospective corps members to Kwara for the 2021 Batch 'B' Stream 1 orientation course. The NYSC Public Relations Officer (PRO) in Kwara, Oladipo Mora...
Kwara Inaugurates COVID-19 Surveillance Team
Kwara State deputy governor, Mr Kayode Alabi, has inaugurated the COVID-19 Research and Epidemiologic Surveillance Team for the management of COVID-19 data and samples. Inaugurating the committee, the deputy gove...
Avoid public display of affluence - DSS
The Department of State Services has warned Nigerians on the dangers of public display of affluence, saying it is a great security risk. Paul Oduh, Deputy Director, Security Enforcement, Kwara State Command, g...

2021-07-25
Nigeria's problem not religious, ethnicity - Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said the challenges facing the country is neither ethnicity nor religion. The minister said some elements in the country were exacerbating ethnic and rel...
Ilesha Baruba campus, Kishi-Kaiama road remain top priorities - Kwara Governor
Completion of the abandoned Ilesha Baruba campus of the Kwara State University remains a top priority of the administration as is the Kishi-Kaiama road in the northern senatorial district, Kwara State Governor AbdulR...
Kwara governor: We'll not overtax residents
AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, governor of Kwara, says his administration will not overtax residents of the state. AbdulRazaq gave the assurance at the investiture of Biola Adimula as the 4th national chairperson of...
Participation in sports reduces crime rate, says Kwara deputy gov
The Kwara State Deputy Governor, Kayode Alabi, has stated that youths' participation in sporting activities leads to lower crime rate. This was contained in a statement titled, 'Kwara Deputy Gov reassures ...
Kwara approves clinical training for health workers
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has approved a one-week capacity building and training for key staff of primary healthcare centres validated by the Basic HealthCare Provision Fund across the state. ...
NCAA speaks on alleged crash of Air Peace aircraft at Ilorin Airport
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has denied reports of alleged crash involving an aircraft belonging to Peace Airline at the Ilorin International Airport. Mr Sam Adurogboye, the Public Relations Officer of N...

2021-07-24
Buhari greets IPI secretary, Raheem Adedoyin, at 60
President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with Secretary of the Nigerian chapter of the International Press Institute (IPI), Raheem Adedoyin, on his 60th birthday. Mr Adedoyin turns 60 on Friday, July 23. ...
Kwara governor, others urge action against fake news, as Adedoyin Marks 60th Birthday
Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State, on Friday, joined media executives to call for urgent actions to halt the spread of fake news, saying the earlier the menace is tackled the better for peace and security of ...
Ilorin Airport Runway Closed as Plane Suffers Minor Landing Glitch
Following a minor landing gitch by an aircraft in the fleet of Air Peace, the runway of the Ilorin International Airport has been closed to traffic. All flights to Ilorin have also been cancelled pending the evacuat...
Saraki congratulates Ilorin Emir, new traditional chiefs
A former president of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has congratulated the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, and eight new traditional title holders who were named into the Emirate Council on Thursday. Sar...
Why Kwara cancelled 2021 Durbar celebration, Gov tells Emir
Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, told the Emir of Ilorin that the state government had to bow to the superior argument of security agencies before the cancellation of the Ilorin Emirate Durbar celebration o...
Kwara United will continue to push and hope in the race for continental ticket - Ohanu
Kwara United FC forward Michael Ohanu has stated that the Harmony Boys will continue to push and hope for the best following Thursday's 3-1 win against Wikki Tourists to move to within 3 points of second-place Nasaraw...

2021-07-23
IEDPU congratulates new Ilorin title holders
The National President of the Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union(IEDPU), Alhaji Aliyu Otta Uthman, fsi, has congratulated each of the nine distinguished sons of the Emirate on their conferment with different chi...
Kwara Goes Spiritual Over Kidnapping, Banditry
As people continue to lament over the insecurity that is ravaging the country's economy, Muslims in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, have converged to seek spiritual solution to the problem. The programme, which ...
Fake Customs officer sentenced to 20 years in prison for job scam in Kwara
Justice Mahmood Abdulgafar of Kwara State High Court, sitting in Ilorin, on Thursday, sentenced a fake customs officer, Yakubu Azeez Afolayan, to twenty years imprisonment for impersonation and job scam. The ...
Excitement As Ilorin Emir Names Kwara Gov's Brother Mutawalle Ilorin
The news of the appointment of a foremost lawyer and former chairman, National Iron Ore Mining Company, Itakpe, Dr Alimi AbdulRazaq, as Mutawali of Ilorin by the Emir of Ilorin, Alh Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, was received wi...
Emir Of Ilorin Hails AbdulRazaq On Kwara's Development
The Emir of Ilorin, Alh Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari has expressed satisfaction with the policies and programmes of Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq-led administration. Sulu-Gambari who described the AbdulRaz...
Ilorin Wholly Islam, Says Ex-CJN Justice Belgore
*As Management Installs CCTV Cameras At Ilorin Central Juma'at Mosque Former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Alfa Belgore, has on Thursday reiterated that Ilorin, the capital city of Kwara State, is a w...
Saliu Mustapha named Turaki of Ilorin
Emir of Ilorin and chairman, Kwara State Council of Chiefs, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu Gambari, has announced the appointment of a national chairmanship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mallam Saliu Mustapha, ...
Kwara gov greets Adedoyin at 60
Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, has congratulated foremost journalist and Secretary, International Press Institute (IPI), Alhaji Raheem Adedoyin, on his 60th birthday today. In a statement, yesterday,...

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