2021-04-03

Henry George Limited donates kits to Kwara Beach Soccer Club
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Henry George Limited, who is also Kwara Beach Soccer patron and Board Member Nigeria Beach Soccer Association, NBSA, (First Vice Chairman, NBSA), Prince Ladi Oladimeji Thompson has d...

Kwara intending Hajj pilgrims gets COVID-19 vaccine
No fewer than 2,500 intending pilgrims from 16 local government areas of Kwara have started taking COVID-19 vaccination for the 2021 Hajj to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...

Kwara funds free eye surgeries for 450
At least 450 patients have benefitted from the Kwara State Government's free cataract surgeries. The beneficiaries were drawn from the three senatorial districts of the state. "On the approval and sponsors...

Police deploy 2000 personnel in Kwara
By NAN The Police Command in Kwara has deployed 2000 personnel to ensure a hitch free Easter Celebrations in the state. The command's spokesman, SP Ajayi Okasanmi, made this known in statement issued on Thursday...

Kwara United's tie is a must win, says Nasarawa skipper Makama
Nasarawa United Captain Emmanuel Makama has stated that the solid miners will not spare Kwara united when both sides meet in the NPFL clash. Makama told brila.net that the players have been Instructed that the ga...

2021-04-02

Kwara Gov greets Christians at Easter, urges unity
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated Christians on the occasion of Easter celebrations, calling it an auspicious moment for Kwarans to "renew our hope, embrace one another and purposefully forge a...

Kwara Gov seeks private sector collaboration to fight poverty
·As Dangote Foundation disburses micro grants to rural women Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has said private sector collaboration is critical in government's fight against poverty, calling on corpora...

Kwara United sweat over Gata, Salaudeen for Nasarawa United Clash
Kwara United coach Abdullahi Biffo could be without winger Adeshina Gata and Taiwo Salaudeen for Sunday's clash against Nasarawa United. Gata picked up a knock against Katsina United and they sat out Kwara United's tra...

EFCC Ilorin Zonal office gets new head
Usman M. Muktar, has taken over as the new head of the Ilorin Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC. Muktar, a Chief Detective Superintendent, took over from Chief Detective Superint...

16 cultists on revenge mission arrested, paraded in Kwara
A crack team of police detectives from the Kwara State Police Command has arrested 16 persons suspected to be members of the Eiye and Aiye confraternities in the Oloje/Okoolowo area of Ilorin, the state capital. ...

2021-04-01

OPINION: Prof. M.M Akanbi: One-Year Scorecard as KWASU VC. by Abdulrazaq Sanni
"The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night." The above quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, an American...

NUT commends Kwara over transparent recruitment
The Nigerian Union of Teachers(NUT) Kwara wing has commended the state government for the transparent and thorough manner with which it has conducted the ongoing recruitment of teachers for primary and secondary schools...

Badminton Africa Best Badminton Players Shine In Kwara Novelty Tourney
There was excitement among badminton enthusiasts on Saturday in Ilorin when the Kwara State veterans brought the best hands in Africa, who incidentally were Nigerians, to the city. Africa and Nigeria's number o...

NSCDC arrests 55-year-old man for defiling minor in Ilorin
The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested a 55-year old man, Abdulraheem Jimoh, for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old girl in Mayegun area of Alagbado, Ilorin. The Comman...

Kwara directs Okada, keke napep riders to operate between 6a.m and 9p.m
The Kwara State Government, on Wednesday, directed okada and keke napep commercial operators to operate between 6a.m and 9p.m daily. This is part of the government's surveillance activities to tackle security i...

2021-03-31

Kwara Gov names White Paper Committee on sales of govt assets
· Herald gets new board; Ishiak Sannu is chair of HealthTech Offa Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has appointed a seven-person White Paper Committee on the Commission of Inquiry into sales, disposal and ...

Group Tackles Violators of NPA Call-Up System
The maritime branch of the Senior Staff Association of Statutory Corporations and Government-owned Companies (SSASCGOC) has said it will unmask those frustrating the electronic call-up system introduced by the Niger...

Cable Foundation trains campus journalists on investigative reporting
The Cable Newspaper Journalism Foundation (CNJF) has organised a training for campus journalists on investigative reporting. The workshop, which took place in Abuja on Monday and Tuesday, had students from seve...

Waste energy can provide constant electricity - Unilorin don
Constant electricity generation is achievable in the country when there is the government's political will to source electricity generation through other sources aside from hydropower. Speaking at the inauguratio...

Senate Committee Decries Non-implementation of Backward Integration Policy on Syringes, Needles
The Senate Committee on Health (Secondary and Tertiary), has expressed concern over the non implementation of the Backward Integration Policy (BIP) on needles and syringes in the country, five years after it was valid...

Court stops Kwara govt from taking over 'Ile Arugbo'
LA high court sitting in Ilorin has restrained the Kwara state government from taking over Ile Arugbo, described as the political home of Olusola Saraki, father of former Senate President Bukola Saraki. Adenike...

Kwara Committed to Promoting Status of Women - AbdulRazaq
The Kwara State Government says women deserve patronage and support to be their best. The Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq made this known today at the north-central zonal meeting of the 65th United Nations commiss...

UBEC/SUBEB: 937 contractors bid for Kwara school renewal projects
At least 937 local contractors on Monday participated in an open bidding for the construction/renovation of public schools and other facilities recently advertised by the Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board (KWS...

Kwara govt warns teachers against indecent dressing
The Kwara Government on Tuesday warned teachers in the state against indecent dressing. Malam Abubakar Bello, the Chairman, Kwara Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM), issued the warning in a statement in...

Customs joint border patrol arrests five illegal aliens with guns, others
...Makes 43 seizures worth N61m in 18 days Operatives of the Joint Border Patrol Team of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) have arrested five illegal immigrants for allegedly being in possession of a locally-made p...