2021-06-30

AbdulRazaq Inaugurates Harmony Holdings Boards
The Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq today inaugurated the boards of various government-owned companies and investments under the Harmony Holdings Limited. Governor AbdulRazaq observed that the best way t...

Kwara Records 3 Deaths In 81 Fire Outbreaks
Between January and June, this year, a total of 81 fire outbreaks were recorded in Kwara State. LEADERSHIP investigation showed that during the period under review, three lives were lost to the incidents while 82...

Insecurity: Police Need Sweeping Reforms, Says Ex-AIG
A retired assistant inspector general of police (AIG), Baba Adisa Bolanta has stressed the urgent need for the federal government to reform the Nigeria Police Force. He said this has become necessary to ensure th...

Saraki's ally Sulyman Olatunji resigns from PDP
Organising Secretary of the Kwara state Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and a close ally of ex-Senate President Bukola Saraki, Mallam Sulyman Olatunji Buhari has resigned from the party. Buhari's resignation d...

Contract money paid to Saraki's cousin not bribe - Contractor
THE trial of a former special assistant to the Kwara State governor on Millennium Development Goals, Ope Saraki, resumed on Tuesday with the third prosecution witness, Dr Adeyeye Abiodun, revealing how the defend...

Igbomina professionals congratulate new Olupo of Ajase-Ipo
The Igbomina Professionals Association (IPA) has congratulated the new Olupo of Ajase-Ipo, Irepodun Local Government, Kwara State, Oba Ismail Bolaji Yahaya Muhammed Atoloye Alebiosu, on his ascension to the throne of hi...

Senate passes bills to establish Health Sciences Varsity, ICT Institute
The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill to establish the Federal University of Health Sciences, Otukpo, Benue State. Also passed was a bill for the establishment of the Institute of Information and Communication Te...

2021-06-29

OLUGANMO/OLUGANNA CHIEFTAINCY TUSSLE: JUDICIAL PANEL OF INQUIRY SUBMITS REPORT
The Kwara State Government today received the report of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry on the Ganmo Chieftaincy Crisis. Receiving the Report, Kwara state Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq explained the rationale behind th...

We shall promote theatre - AbdulRazaq
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq said his administration has put necessary measures in place to promote theatre arts in the state. Governor AbdulRaman stated this Monday when he received officials of Nig...

Kwara Gov rallies support for FG on security, fixes police barracks
*Meets monarchs on communal peace, security Kwara State Government has commenced renovation of selected barracks and police stations in the state, a step Governor AbdulRahman said is meant to make the security a...

Kwara United's Abdulsalam Recovers 1 Year After Suffering Fracture Against Wikki
Kwara United winger Abdulsalam Abdulsalam has fully recovered and has returned to training one year after sustaining a leg fracture at the Kwara state stadium, Ilorin. There was tension on March 15, 2020, durin...

Alleged killers of raped UNILORIN student arrested
The Department of State Services has arrested eight suspects over the rape and murder of a 300-level agricultural student of the University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Blessing Olajide. Late Olajide was reported...

Aremu tasks African youths on nation building
African youths have been urged to change the continent's narrative from a false impression of failure to a working and fast growing region as contained in Africa Union's Agenda 2063 of inclusive growth and sustaina...

Oyedepo tasks youths on productive enterprises
The Chancellor and Chairman, Board of Regents, Landmark University, Dr. David Oyedepo, has warned that this generation may lose its heroes to social media disaster if an urgent step to checking free and unhindered acce...

MINILS Partners China To Train Nigerian Youths
Michael lmoudu National Institute of Labour Studies (MlNlLS), llorin, Kwara State has announced its resolve to collaborate with China in organising training programmes that will create employment opportunities for Niger...

El-Rufai's wife emerges Chairperson, Northern Governors Wives Forum
Wife of Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State, Hadiza has emerged Chairperson, Northern Governors Wives' Forum (NGWF). This followed the election of new executive members into the forum on Monday in Abuja. ...

Go And Make Us Proud In America - Kwara United Chairman Tells Jude, Muritala
Kwara United Chairman Kumbi Titiloye has urged forward Stephen Jude to be a good Ambassador of the club in the Super Eagles' coming friendly match against Mexico in America. The experienced football administrat...

Kwara bizman's kidnap: Family raises N2m as abductors demand N30m
Abductors of Lukman Ibrahim, the young Offa entrepreneur whose pregnant wife was killed on Saturday by suspected gunmen, have requested N30m ransom from his family. Close family sources told The PUNCH on Monda...

GSS Ilorin Class of 91 Old Boys Association gets interim EXCO
BY NAN Members of the Abuja/Northern chapter of the Government Secondary School (GSS) Ilorin 1991 Set Old Boys Association have appointed some people to serve in the interim executive committee (EXCO). ...

Kwara APC's Crisis: Lai Mohammed, Bolarinwa speak as gov opens can of worms
The crisis in the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kwara State became messier as Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq opened a can of worms over the funding and campaigns leading to his victory in the 2019 gubernatorial el...

2021-06-28

NPFL: Scoring To Help My Club Is Vital In Quest For Continental Ticket – Wasiu Alalade
The former Enyimba FC Stricker Wasiu Alalade has revealed that scoring for his team Kwara United is important to securing the continental "The season has been good and very interesting for me and the entire team....

Soccer: ABS FC manage slim victory over Malumfashi United
ABS Football Club of Ilorin defeated visiting Malumfashi United FC 1-0 in a 2020/2021 Nigeria National League (NNL) fixture on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that in the match played at the Kw...

NPFL: Kwara United Gear Up To End 9-Year Home Winless Run Against Sunshine Stars
Kwara United will on Sunday face Sunshine Stars in Ilorin in NPFL matchday 29 clashes with the hope of ending their 9-year home winless run against the Akure-based team. Having suffered a painful 2-0 defeat again...

Gunmen shot dead pregnant woman, abduct husband in Kwara
Gunmen suspected to be armed Fulani herdsmen on Saturday in Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State, shot dead a pregnant woman and also kidnapped her husband. Vanguard reliably gathered that the deceased, ...

NSCDC rescues unidentified man found unconscious at Patigi
The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, on Sunday, rescued an unidentified 27-year-old man found lying unconscious along Ahman Patigi University Road, Patigi, in Kwara state. ...

Otoge was Kwara people's struggle -AbdulRazaq
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has offered rare insights into protracted crisis rocking the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), tracing it to his refusal to fund a campaign structure tha...

2021-06-27

Ilorin emirate community commends INEC over creation of new polling units
Residents of Amule Oloko-obi community in the Ilorin East local government area of Kwara state have lauded the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the creation of new polling units in the area. ...

Emir Of Ilorin Tasks Youths On Knowledge Acquisition
The Emir of Ilorin, Alh Ibrahim Sulu- Gambari, has urged Nigerian youths to spend more of their time in seeking knowledge. He reminded the youths that Islam and other religions value and celebrate knowled...

Unilorin gives equal opportunity to admission seekers - Management
The University of Ilorin (Unilorin) says the institution is known as an equal opportunity espouser in all areas of its activities, including admission exercise. A statement signed by Mr Kunle Akogun, the Directo...