2021-07-13

AbdulRazaq congratulates new KWACCIMA exco, seeks stronger collaboration
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated the new executive committee of the Kwara State Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (KWACCIMA), describing the body as a key partner in the adm...

Abia Warriors ends poor run of results with comeback win against Kwara United
Coach Imama Amapakabo is a happy man again after his side, Abia Warriors brought an end to their four-game winless run in the league with a 2-1 home win against Kwara United on Sunday. Abia Warriors...

APC: Kwara, Lagos Governors head Anambra governorship reconciliation efforts
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has appointed governors of Lagos and Kwara states to head its reconciliation efforts on Anambra governorship election. Sen. John Akpanudoedehe, National Secretary APC Caretak...

Kwara State Governor Motivates OFFA Volleyball Club With Cash Incentives
Kwara State Governor, Mallam Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has motivated OFFA Volleyball Club with cash incentives ahead of the ongoing 2021 Nigeria Volleyball Premier League in Ilorin. The head coach of OFFA Volleyball C...

COVID-19: Astrazeneca vaccine effective against Delta variant - NMA
Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Kwara chapter, says two jabs of the COVID-19 Astrazeneca vaccine are about 92 per cent effective against the Delta variant of the virus. The Chairman of the Kwara NMA, Dr Baba I...

2021-07-12

463 civil servants get FMBN home renovation loan in Kwara
About 463 civil servants in Kwara State were on Monday presented cheques for the home renovation loan scheme of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria. Presenting the cheques to the beneficiaries, Governo...

Murdered UNILORIN student: Victim's phone recovered from accomplice, DSS tenders 40 exhibits
The Department of State Services on Monday tendered 40 items as exhibits at the resumed hearing of the trial of eight accused persons arraigned for the alleged rape and murder of a 300-level student of the University of I...

Court remands father for allegedly giving out 12-year-old daughter in marriage
A Family Court in Ilorin, on Monday, ordered the remand of one Oyefeso Saheed in Oke-Kura Correctional Centre, Ilorin, for allegedly giving out his 12-year-old daughter in marriage. Magistrate Shade Lawal also or...

2021-07-11

Young technocrats seek mentorship for youths for national growth
Nigerian youths have called on leaders in the public and private sectors to prioritise mentorship for the younger generation in whatever capacity they find themselves, saying it is the antidote to keep them focused a...

UNILORIN student's murder: Judge orders lawyer's arrest for attacking court
Justice Ibrahim Yusuf of the Kwara State High Court on Wednesday issued a bench warrant on Mr Sikiru Solagberu, the counsel for one of the eight accused persons facing trial in the murder of Blessing Olajide, a stu...

Lai vs Abdulrazaq: Buni meets Kwara Senators for resolution
Yobe state Governor and National Chairman, Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee CECPC of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Hon. Mai Mala Buni, on Saturday received three Senators representin...

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 ...