2021-07-10

2023: Call Gov Abdulrazaq To Order Now, Group Tells Buhari
A group within the Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to call Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq to order before it is too late for the party in the 2023 electio...

Emir of Lafiagi was an advocate of peace, Abdulrazaq mourns
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State has described the late Emir of Lafiagi, Alhaji Saadu Haliru as an advocate of peace and unity in diversity. In a condolence message to the people of Lafiagi Emi...

Men's AITEO Cup: Kebbi United send Kwara United packing
Kebbi United Football Club of Birnin-Kebbi on Friday in Enugu eliminated Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) side Kwara United of Ilorin from the ongoing 2021 Men's AITEO Cup Competition. The lower l...

Buhari appoints Sultan, Emir of Ilorin, 40 other monarchs as universities' chancellors
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Ogunwusi; Sultan of Sokoto, Sa'ad Abubakar, and 40 others as the chancellors of the 42 federal government-owned universities in Nigeria. ...

AbdulRazak, Mohammed supremacy tussle deepens Kwara APC crisis
The waves that swept over the political terrain of Kwara State some two years ago were strong enough to pull down the Saraki political dynasty built over some three decades. Couched in Yoruba lexicon, 'O To Ge'...

Two students jailed for cybercrime, romance scam in Ilorin
Two University students were jailed on Friday by a Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin, for offences bordering on cybercrime and romance scam. The convicts are final year students of Ekiti State Univer...

NSCDC arrests man for inflicting cutlass injury on another in Kwara
A 20-year-old man, Usman Abubakar, has been arrested by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Kwara State for allegedly attacking a man with a cutlass. The cutlass attack left a deep cut on the ...

2021-07-09

Corruption: Nigeria'll get out of its predicament - EFCC Chairman
90% of money laundering is through real estate— EFCC Abdulrasheed Bawa. Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, on Thursday, expressed optimism that Nigeria would get out o...

It Will Be Unfair To Condemn Home Eagles After Defeat To Mexico- Unuanel
Former Kwara United coach, Samson Unuenel has urged Nigerians not to outrightly condemned the performance of the Home-Based Super Eagles against Mexico in an international friendly game. The Mexican side, known a...

PDP releases timetable for congresses in nine states
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has approved the timetable and schedule of activities for year 2021 party congresses in nine states. The states are Lagos, Oyo, Adamawa, Ke...

Four family members die of food poisoning in Kwara
Food poisoning has reportedly claimed the lives of four members of the same family at Olori village in Banni community, Kwara North senatorial district of Kwara State. Vanguard reliably gathered that the incident...

Kwara APC elders call for suspension of Lai Mohammed from party and removal as Minister
The Elders of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) in Kwara State have called for the suspension of the Minister of Information and Culture Alhaji Lai Mohammed from the party and his removal as the minister in the fe...

Court orders manager to vacate NUJ Guest Chalets
A magistrate's court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Thursday ordered one Alh Abdulfatai Ajibola, the tenant occupying the Guest Chalets of the Kwara State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), to vaca...

Friends, Associates Pray For Kwara's Late Chief Of Staff
Family, friends and associates yesterday gathered in Ilorin, Kwara State to hold the first year remembrance prayer for Alhaji Aminu Adisa Logun, the late chief of staff to Governor AbdulRahaman AbdulRazaq. The ...

UNILORIN final year student jailed for N35M cyber crime
A 25 year-old final year student, Giwa Nurudeen, of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) was sentenced to three years imprisonment today, after being found guilty of internet scam. He was arraigned by the Ilorin...

Man in court for allegedly giving wife abortion drug as pain killer
The police in Ilorin on Thursday arraigned one Nurudeen Osioyemi for allegedly giving his wife, Balikis Aliyu, an unknown drug as pain killer, which later led to the miscarriage of her pregnancy. The News Agency ...

2021-07-07

Kabir Shagaya holds summit on challenges of youth leadership in Public, Private Sectors
* Kwara, Oyo Speakers, REA MD, other dignitaries to attend Speaker of Kwara State House of Assembly Rt. Hon. Yakubu Saliu-Danladi and his Oyo State House of Assembly counterpart Rt. Hon. Debo Ogundoyin; Managing Di...

Kwara begins digital census of farmers, agric value chain
*Says census, key to Agricultural Transformation Plan Kwara State Government on Monday identified farmers' census through digitisation of agricultural value chain as a key parameter to ensure the success of the Kwara...

REPORT: Kwara moves up in budget transparency, accountability
•State now rated above national average Kwara State Government has recorded improved ratings in budget transparency, participation and procurement processes over the past two years, with the state ranking third in th...

Kwara's N2.5bn cancer centre ready in 12 months - Abdulsamad Rabiu
•Business mogul praises Kwara Gov's strides in health sector •Gov says state ready to reverse medical tourism The construction of the N2.5bn oncology and diagnostic centre donated to Kwara State Government is sl...

2021-07-06

National Youth Games to hold Oct 10 to 19
The 2021 National Youth Games will be held in Ilorin, Kwara State between October 10 and 19, The PUNCH has learnt. The date for the Games was contained in the letter dated July 2, addressed to the Directors of S...

UNILORIN launches app to curb crop wastage, boost food security
The University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) has launched an app known as KasuwaGo to curb crop wastage and boost food security in the country. According to NAN, Sulyman Abdulkareem, the institution's vice-chancellor...

20-year-old boy jailed 30days in Ilorin for alleged internet fraud
A Kwara state high court, sitting in Ilorin, on Monday sentenced a 20-year-old boy, Oke Gideon to 30 days imprisonment. He was found guilty of offences bordering on romance scam and internet fraud by Justice Mahm...

Three injured as company's escort van hits tricycles in Ilorin
Three injured as company's escort van hits tricycles in Ilorin The escort van belongs to a company owned by Sarah Alade, Special Adviser to the President on Finance and the Economy Earlier on Monday, one of the es...