2021-06-13

Kwara Utd end MFM 6-game unbeaten run with 1-0 win in Ilorin
Kwara United FC of Ilorin on Sunday defeated Mountain of Fire and Miracle Ministry (MFM) FC 1-0 to end the Lagos based Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) side's six-game unbeaten run. The News Agency o...

NSCDC recovers corpse of woman allegedly killed by suspected ritualists in Kwara
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Kwara State has recovered the corpse of a woman who was allegedly killed by suspected ritualists in the Kanikoko area of Kaiama in Kwara North Senatorial District. ...

Our multimillion naira investments gone, we don't know where to start from - Kwara traders who lost goods to fire
Traders at Ipata market in the Ilorin East local Government Area of Kwara State are over the losses they suffered after fire gutted the market’s animal section, killing about 70 cattle on Thursday, June 3, 2021. ...

No protests in Ilorin as people go about their businesses
It is business as usual on the street of Ilorin, the Kwara state capital as there are no signs of protesters. Vehicular and human movements go on unhindered while security operatives are stationed at strategic...

Ex-PDP council chairmen, councillors, others defect to APC in Kwara
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chairmen, their vice, supervisory councillors and councillors between November 2017 and November 2020 Saturday officially defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara s...

2021-06-12

Offa poly convenes academic board meeting over suspension of ASUP strike
The management of the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara State, has called for an emergency academic board meeting on Friday, June 11, 2021, in response to the suspension of the strike action by the national body of the A...

Court grants three suspected cow thieves conditional bail in Kwara
Magistrate Lukman Adamu of Gwanara Area Court in Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara State, has granted three suspected cow thieves conditional bail pending resumption of work by striking judiciary workers. ...

KWARA FIRST LADY RECIEVES WIVES OF TRANSITION IMPLEMENTATION CHAIRMEN IN HER OFFICE
On Thursday, 10th June 2021, the First Lady of Kwara State and the Founder Ajike People Support Centre, Her Excellency, Ambassador, Dr. Mrs. Olufolake Abdulrazaq hosted the Forum of the Kwara State Wives of TIC Chair...

June 12: Nigeria moving forward despite odds - Abdulrazaq
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated Nigerians on the commemoration of another June 12 democracy day, saying the country continues to grow on all fronts despite the challenges of nation building, ...

Abdulrazaq Hails NANS for suspending June 12 protest, Says bursary process underway
The Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, has commended the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) for suspending the nationwide protest earlier planned for June 12, calling the step “very patriot...

AbdulRazaq swears-in Jawondo as Kwara AG and Commissioner for Justice
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Friday inaugurated Barrister Salman Jawondo as the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice with a charge on him and other public officers to keep to their oaths of offi...

2021-06-11

Toyin Saraki , 11 others get chieftaincy titles
The Oniru of Iruland, Lagos, Omogbolahan Lawal, on Thursday conferred chieftaincy titles on the wife of former Senate President, Toyin Saraki, and 11 others "for their contributions to the development of the kingdom". ...

Kwara Awards Contract For Garment Factory
The Kwara State Government has approved the award of a contract for the establishment of a garment production factory. The factory will provide job opportunities for thousands of Kwarans, particularly youths and wo...

Kwara chapter kicks as JUSUN suspends strike
Ibrahim Sambo, the Chairman, Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, Kwara State Chapter, says the suspension of the three-month strike by the union would affect the morale of judicial workers in the country. Sambo tol...

Kwara Assembly passes 14 bills
Kwara State House of Assembly says it has passed a total of 14 bills in the last two legislative years. The House under the same period also said that it considered 29 reports while 32 motions were moved with r...

Vandals destroy transformer in Ilorin
Thieves on Wednesday vandalised an electric transformer and cables near the late Justice Mustapha Akanbi Library in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. The transformer is owned by Ibadan Electricity Distribution Com...

Kwara, UBEC train school monitoring officers
The Kwara State Government has distributed 40 Ipads to the Quality Assurance Officers in the state as part of its effort to improve the quality of school monitoring and evaluation. The Chairman, Kwara State Univ...

Kwara sets up committee on transport sector security
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has constituted a four-person transport sanitation committee to coordinate the activities of the sector for public safety and harmonisation of revenue collection to curb le...

Insecurity: Traditional ruler laments porous borders in Kwara
The Emir of Yashikeira in Baruten Local Government area of Kwara state, Dr Umaru Usman has said the borders between his community and Benin Republic is currently very porous and has become a hideout for bandits, kidnapp...

2021-06-10

Building collapse: COREN investigates 10 engineers, refers 2 to tribunal
Following the case of incessant building collapses in the country, the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN), Wednesday, disclosed that it has commenced preliminary investigation into the...

Supremacy battle behind Kwara APC crisis - Mustapha hints on resolution
A former governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State, Mallam Saliu Mustapha has revealed that the crisis rocking the State chapter of the party would be resolved in a matter of weeks....

Police recover vandalized transformer in Kwara
A gang of electric cable vandals in Ilorin, Kwara State early Thursday morning attempted to steal a transformer, stationed few metres away from Kwara state Government House on Ahmadu Bello Way, Ilorin. The vand...

COVID-19: 20,000 Kwara Households To Benefit From Fadama Project
No fewer than 20, 000 poor and vulnerable households in Kwara State will benefit from Fadama NG-CARES food security and safe food supply chain in Kwara State. Coordinator, Kwara State Fadama project, Engr Busari ...

Fulani herdsmen reportedly kill seven hunters in Kwara
Suspected Okada thief burnt to death by angry mob in Ilorin Fulani herdsmen, Tuesday evening in Faje community in Asa local government area of Kwara state reportedly ambushed and killed Four local hunters. Simi...

NDLEA Arrests Two Bandits' Drug Suppliers In Kwara, Seizes 24kg Diazepam, Codeine
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have arrested two drug dealers, Martins Okwor Ejiofor and Bala Mohammed with a total of 24.450 kilograms of assorted substances meant to be delivered in ...

Biffo explains Dele Aiyenugba's absence from Kwara United
Coach Abdullahi Biffo of Kwara United says veteran goalkeeper Dele Aiyenugba could make a return to the team for the midweek fixture against FC Ifeanyi Uba. Aiyenugba missed Kwara United's last two matc...