2021-09-09

Channel Your Energy Into Positive Things, Kwara Govt. Urges Youths
Kwara government has urged youths to channel their energy, emotions and creativity into positive things. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Youth Development, Mr Iyabo Banire, stated this on Wednesday in Ilorin a...

Gunmen kidnap former polytechnic lecturer
Gunmen on Wednesday kidnapped a retired lecturer of Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara State, who was reportedly travelling from Abeokuta to Imasai town in Ogun State. Fasasi Olanigan, who lives in Abeokuta, was with...

Kwara urges livestock farmers to prevent bird flu
The Kwara State Government has charged livestock farmers and stakeholders in poultry business on improved bio-security network to prevent spread of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) disease in the state. Th...

N169 billion supplementary budget passes second reading at Kwara Assembly
Kwara State's 2021 supplementary appropriation bill of N169 billion passed the second reading at the state House of Assembly on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the executive bill, presented b...

PDP condoles family members of former Commissioner, Tunde Abgoola
The Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has commiserated with the wife, children and other family members of Honourable Tunde Agboola who died on Wednesday. A statement signed by the State Pub...

UniIlorin Pro-Chancellor, Habidu rejected government's juicy offer - Governor Masari
The Katsina State Governor, Aminu Bello Masari has revealed how the Pro-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin (UniIlorin), Mallam Habidu Yazid Rafindadi rejected a juicy offer that many would have lobbied for from those ...

2021-09-08

Kwara Residents Lament High Cooking Gas Price, NNPC Blames Low Supply
Residents in Kwara State have lamented the continuous price of cooking gas with a 12.5 kilogramme cylinder selling for over N6,000. Some dealers who also spoke about this, blamed the hike in the product across the ...

Kwara College of Education organises free medical programme for staff, students, community
Management of the Kwara State College of Education, Oro has concluded arrangements to organise a free medical programme as part of activities for its Health Week. Among the programmes lined up for Health Week is, ...

Nigeria, South Africa reach youth, sports development agreement
*Ministry warns states against age cheats Nigeria has reached an agreement with South Africa to explore areas of mutual benefits in youth, sports, culture and educational development, Sports Minister, Sunday Dare has...

LG congress in Kwara a huge success, no parallel congress anywhere - Abdullahi Samari
Kwara State Chairman of Caretaker Committee of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)Alhaji Abdullahi Samari has described the Local Government Congress of the party at the weekend, a huge success, stressing that ther...

KWARA STATE SPORTS COMMISSION SPONSORS AIYELABEGAN SUKURAT TO THE WORLD TABLE TENNIS TRAINING CAMP IN TUNIS, TUNISIA
PRESS RELEASE Aiyelabegan Sukurat is number eleventh (11) ranking with 938 points. 2. Aiyelabegan Sukurat was invited along twelve (12) other countries to compete in this year Youth training camp in Tunis, Tunis...

KWARA STATE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION COMMENCES RELEASE OF PROMOTION LETTERS
The Kwara State Civil Service Commission has commenced the release of promotion letters to successful Civil Servants who sat for the 2020 promotion examination and oral interview. The Chairman of the Commission, Haj...

2021-09-07

NAFDAC Shuts 25 Water Factories In Kwara
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Monday sealed 25 water producing factories in Kwara. Kwara State Coordinator of NAFDAC disclosed this via a statement obtained by Channe...

Tanker driver, attendant injured in Kwara gas explosion
A gas tanker driver and an attendant have sustained injuries while discharging product into a dispensing outlet at a filling station in ljagbo, Oyun Local Government Area of Kwara State. The explosion occurred when...

How 300L student of KWASU, Ibraheem Abdullateef is touching lives, raising future leaders
The maverick Ibraheem Abdullateef, a native of Ilorin in his 20s is a writer and SDGs advocate with over 100 opinion articles on national and international platforms on Gender equality, Youths development, education, Huma...

2021-09-06

Public Institutions Tasked on Transparency, Equity to Strengthen Service Delivery
Former National President, Committee for Development of Human Right (CDHR), Malachy Ugwummadu Esq, has urged public institutions to institutionalise the core values of transparency, equity, impartiality and legality to s...

'You're an extraordinary woman' - Saraki hails wife on 57th birthday
Bukola Saraki, former senate president, has celebrated Toyin Saraki, his wife, on the occasion of her 57th birthday. The two-time Kwara state governor took to his Instagram handle on Monday to pen a short bu...

Unilorin remains Nigeria's most subscribed university
The University of Ilorin has emerged as the most preferred University by admission seekers in the country for the eighth consecutive year. In a statement by the university's directorate of information, the 2021 JAM...

Group Seeks Repair Of Ilorin-Jebba Road
Foremost socio-cultural association in Kwara State, Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU), has urged the federal government to urgently repair the damaged portion of the new Ilorin-Jebba road. The un...

APC, ADC members defect to PDP in Kwara
No fewer than 700 members of the ruling All Progressives Congress and the African Democratic Congress across wards in the Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State on Saturday defected to the Peoples Democratic Party....

Asa River Dredging/Channelisation: FG Contractor To Begin Work Mid-September
The Federal Government is set to commence dredging and channelisation project of Asa River in Ilorin, Kwara State by the middle of September. This is coming after the Governor, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on behalf of...

Meet specifications or risk contract revocation, Kwara SUBEB boss tells contractors
•Commends 'excellent jobs' by some contractors Contractors who fail to meet project specifications and quality in the ongoing UBEC/SUBEB jobs risk revocation of their contracts and possible blacklist, chairman of t...

AbdulRazaq picks finance wonk as Kwara's accountant general
•Swears in two commissioners Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has approved the appointment of AbdulGaniyu Sani as the new accountant general of the state. The appointment followed the conclusion of a...

Kwara Moves To End Water Scarcity
The Kwara State government has restated its commitment to put an end to water scarcity in the state. To achieve this, the state government expressed it preparedness to collaborate with Ground Water Development Asso...