2021-03-30

How Kwara United players were held hostage after defeating Kastina United 2-1
Officials and players of Kwara United football club were on Sunday held hostage for over an hour by Kastina United fans after their team's 2-1 home loss to the Afonja warriors in the Nigeria Professional Football Leag...

NSCDC arrests 65-year-old man for raping minor in Ilorin
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Kwara Command has arrested a widower, Samuel Darisa, 65, for allegedly defiling a 10-year old minor at Agbadam area of llorin. The commandant of the command, M...

I want to play for Nigeria, says Brazilian Alves
Brazilian Lucas Alves has revealed his admiration for the Super Eagles while making it clear that he dreams of playing for the Nigerian national team in the near future, The PUNCH reports. The Kwara United wi...

Education remains bedrock of growth, development - Kamoru
The founder of KAM Holdings, Dr. Kamoru Ibitoye Yusuf has asserted that only proper funding of our educational sector can give Nigeria the needed boost for growth and development as a nation. Dr Yusuf made the ...

Animal diseases: Herdsman canvasses establishment of dairy farms
Alhaji Mohammed Atiku, a herdsman, has called on Federal and State Governments to establish dairy farms to boost healthy protein production in the country. He said such dairy would also enable veterinary doct...

KWASACA provides humanitarian services to IDPs
Kwara State AIDS Control Agency (KWASACA) has embarked on the provision of healthcare services to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Patigi and Ilorin East local government areas of the state. Speaking duri...

Ohanu glad to help Kwara United retain top spot on NPFL table
Kwara United's striker Michael Ohanu is excited with teh team's position on top of the table in the NPFL and believes team spirit is driving their campaign for a title push. Ohanu scored the winner in the 2-...

Kwara governor, Abdulrasaq, hails Asiwaju Tinubu at 69
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on his 69th birthday anniversary, calling the former Governor of Lagos State a "patriot, statesman, and consummate political strategist" ...

2023 walkover for Kwara PDP if..., says Baraje
Former national chairman of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) Alhaji Abubakar Baraje Monday said that the party's defeat at the 2019 elections has been a big lesson for the erstwhile ruling party in the Kwara state. ...

2021-03-28

IEDPU inaugurates ICT Hub Committee, assures speedy completion
Indigenes of Ilorin Emirate have been assured that the construction and completion of the proposed IEDPU ICT/Skills Acquisition Hub shall be given utmost priority. The National President of the Ilorin Emirate Des...

IEDPU condoles Amb. Nurudeen on Mom's demise
The National President of the Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union(IEDPU),Alhaji Aliyu Otta Uthman, fsi,has sympathised with a former Nigeria's Permanent Representative to the ECOWAS Commission,Ambassador Babatu...

IEDPU inaugurates ICT Hub Committee, assures speedy completion
Indigenes of Ilorin Emirate have been assured that the construction and completion of the proposed IEDPU ICT/Skills Acquisition Hub shall be given utmost priority. The National President of the Ilorin Emirate Desc...

RE: POSTPONED OMUPO DESCENDANTS UNION(ODU)ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
We hereby inform you that the Annual General Meeting for OMUPO DESCENDANTS UNION(ODU) 2020, which was postponed as a result of covid-19 pandemic-induced advisories by Government, has been rescheduled to hold as follows:...

DPR begins clampdown on unlicensed gas retailers in Ilorin
The Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, in Kwara State, has intensified efforts towards curtailing the sale of gas products by unlicensed retailers in the State. The state coordinator of DPR, Sule Yusuf, di...

2021-03-27

Kwara gets N3.2bn for March as allocation falls
• LGAs get N2.003bn, seek state support to pay 100% salary •No worker gets below N30K in Kwara anymore Kwara State has received N3,280,571,173:55 as total allocation (inflow) for March, a statement from the Mini...

The Hijab Issue: The Position of Pious Muslim Women International Organisation
The current controversy over Muslim girls using the hijab in some secondary schools in Ilorin metropolis is an unfortunate development and a mischievous attempt to impinge on the rights of Muslim girls who are desirous of...

How we saved N750m monthly pension for FG - PTAD
Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) has said it removed no fewer than 20,089 pensioners not verified from its payroll last October. The directorate added the exercise saved a sum of N750 million m...

Kwara civil defence corps arrests 65-year-old widower for alleged rape
The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCD, has arrested a 65-year-old widower, Samuel Darisa, for allegedly defiling a ten-year-old minor, Bello Memunat Muhammed. The allege...

Ilorin priest Kewulere arraigned for allegedly beheading man for money ritual
An Ilorin priest, Abdurasak Al-Sulati, popularly called Kewulere, has been charged for allegedly killing one Sumo Usman. He was arraigned at an Ilorin Magistrates' Court on Friday on a two-count charge of crim...

Kwara Assembly confirms six commissioner-nominees
Kwara Assembly has confirmed appointment of six commissioner-nominees out of the seven the lawmakers received from Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq for screening. Speaker Yakubu Danladi-Salihu announced confirmati...

Emir of Ilorin Tasks HYPPADEC on Flooding in Hyrdo Power States
The Chairman, Kwara State Traditional Council of Chiefs and Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari has tasked the management of the Hydro- electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC) to urgen...

Police rescue 3 kidnapped farm managers in Kwara
Police in Kwara have rescued three farm managers abducted in the state on Sunday. The victims, Dr Julius Owoeye, Akeem Ajadi and Bola Adedoye, workers at Bafford/Morola's Farms, at Elega via Pampo in Asa Local Go...

2021-03-26

Kwara Assembly calls for reintroduction of joint task force to check kidnapping
The Kwara State House of Assembly, on Thursday, asked the state government to reintroduce the joint task force to provide surveillance across the 16 local government areas in the state. The joint task force, it...

UNILORIN to host national alumni conference
All is now set for the first National Conference and Workshop of the Association of Nigerian Universities Alumni (ANUA) to be hosted by the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN). The event with theme, "Developing a Pla...

'We've put in place measures to promote local content initiative'
The Chairman of the Governing Council of International Aviation College, Ilorin, Alh Ahmed Yusuf-Gobir, has said that the college has put in place measures to promote the local content initiative of the federal governme...

Fire guts school in Kwara
An early morning fire outbreak has reportedly destroyed six classrooms, two stores in a private school in Offa, Offa local government area of Kwara state on Thursday. The Nigerian Tribune gathered that the fire...

Ex Beauty Queen Jennifer Ephraim Joins Fmr Kwara Gov, Others To Speak At Democracy Youth Roundtable
As young Nigerian Leaders and youths convened at the 5th edition of Democracy Youth Roundtable; the gathering of influential young Nigerians, one could easily notice the excellent coordination and Presentations of the w...

Ramat Cup: Kwara Stun Kano To Reach Semifinal
The Kwara State under-16 male team took a big step toward defending their title as they crushed host Kano State 3-1 to reach the semifinals of the ongoing Ramat Cup tournament, yesterday. The kwaran starlets outp...