2021-07-04

Kwara Gov felicitates Emir of Kano on his coronation
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated the Emir of Kano Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero on his official coronation, describing the monarch as a bridge-builder and beseeching God to grant him long and peacef...

Kwara Gov welcomes ex-guber candidate, supporters to APC
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has welcomed a former governorship candidate of the Alternative Party of Nigeria (APN) Amb. Mohammed Abubakar Mohammed to the ruling All Progressives Congress in the state, sayi...

Kwara APC Financial Secretary speaks on Lai Mohammed's election funding claim
The Financial Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara, Mohammed Tajudeen, on Sunday said the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, funded the by-election campaign expenses of Rep. A...

2021-07-02

Microfinance bank launches cashless centres in Kwara, Oyo
Advans La Fayette Microfinance Bank has launched two new cashless centres in Offa, Kwara State, and Iseyin, Oyo State. It said in a statement on Wednesday that this was to create more efficient and agile branc...

'How Kwara's N1bn APC campaign fund was spent'
THE former Vice Chairman (North Central) of the All Progressives Congress, Suleiman Wambai, on Wednesday, gave an insight into how the N1bn sent to Kwara state by the party for the 2019 elections was disbursed. ...

2021-07-01

KWARA FADAMA NG-CARES TAKES SENSITISATION TO GRASSROOT PEOPLE
*Gov. AbdulRazaq's Mission is to Bring Succour to Poor and Vulnerable - SPC Following the release of fund by the Kwara State Governor, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, to execute the preparatory activities of the Fadam...

Offa Kidnapped businessman regains freedom
The abducted Offa businessman, Lukman Ibrahim, has regained his freedom. He was freed on Tuesday at about 1930hours by the gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, after the payment of N2m ransom. DAILY P...

2021 NVBF Premier League Gets Kick Off Date
The first phase of the 2021 Nigeria Volleyball Federation (NVBF) Premier League will kick off on Monday, July 5. A member of the NVBF caretaker committee, Professor Olatunde Morakinyo, who disclosed this said the...

ARMTI trains 50 agric officers on how to win grants
The Federal Government, through the federal ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, has organised a five-day training programme on how to win grants among 50 selected agricultural research officers across the co...

Ohanu happy to help Kwara United stop Sunshine Stars home dominance
Michael Ohanu says he is happy to deliver the goal that gave Kwara United needed victory against Sunshine Stars last Sunday. Ohanu scored the only goal of the game inside the opening 6 minutes of the encounter to...

Family 'shocked' at sight of neighbours amongst suspected killers of UNILORIN student
Eight suspects in the murder of Blessing Olajide, a 300-level student of the University of Ilorin, Kwara State, were arraigned in the early hours of Wednesday. Some of those apprehended by the State Security Serv...

Kwara governor names US-based policy analyst Focal Person on Diaspora Matters
The Eagle Online Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has named Dr Lola Sawyerr, Georgia-based policy analyst and a member of several diaspora bodies, including the Kwara State Association of Nigeria (No...

49-year-old trader seeks N12m for kidney transplant By
A 49-YEAR-OLD trader in Ilorin, Kwara State, Mrs. Ifeoma Unachukwu, diagnosed with chronic kidney disease, is currently battling with failed kidneys as she seeks N12 million for kidney transplant. The mother ...

Assembly's Hearing On Public Accounts Bill Is a Hoax - PDP
The Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described last Monday public hearing conducted by the state House of Assembly on Public Account Audit Bill as a hoax, uncalled for, and an attempt to hoo...

Olofa Urges Swift Passage Of University Of Technology, Offa Bill
The traditional ruler of Offa in the Offa local government area of Kwara State, Olofa of Offa, Oba Mufutau Oloyede Gbadamosi, Esuwoye II, has tasked leadership of the National Assembly on the swift passage of a bill to ...

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...