2021-06-01

Kwara Govt restates commitments to grassroot healthcare
The Kwara Government has renewed its commitment to delivering quality healthcare services to the grassroots. Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, represented by his Deputy, Mr Kayode Alabi, made the commitment on Mond...

Islamic foundation empowers 12 orphans with N.7m working tools
About 12 orphans have been empowered with occupational tools to aid them in their various vocational skills. The empowerment kits were facilitated by an Ilorin-based Islamic Orphanage Foundation, which had earl...

Akwa Utd Subdue Kwara Utd 2-1 To Reclaim NPFL Top Spot
Title chasing Akwa United returned to the summit of the Nigeria Professional Football League after a slim 2-1 win over rivals Kwara United in the week 24 match played Sunday at the Nest of Champions in Uyo. Akw...

Gunmen kill village head's son in Kwara
The suspected gunmen were said to have stormed Reke Community, Eyenkorin/Afon road in Asa local government area and killed their victim. It was gathered the gang of the armed men invaded the c...

PDP, Kwara bicker over Abdulrazaq's scorecard
THE Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has disagreed with the All Progressives Congress over the performance of the Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq-led administration. This was contained in ...

Kwara school resumes after 'demon invasion'
The St Claire's Anglican Girls' Grammar School, Offa, Kwara State, on Monday, resumed academic activities after a temporary closure following claims by some students that demons invaded the premises last Friday. ...

2021-05-31

Insecurity: Seek help from advanced nations, Anglican Archbishop tells FG
Federal Government has been advised to seek support from advanced nations of the world to put end to kidnapping, banditry and killings, which are happening and taking a destructive path in the country. The advi...

Akwa United's Kennedy Boboye expects tough match against Kwara United
Kennedy Boboye says he's expecting a tough match against Kwara United in Sunday's NPFL encounter at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo. The former Plateau United nd Remo Stars FC boss described the Harmony Boys ...

Abductors demand N100m ransom for American returnee in Kwara
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted an Ilorin- born American returnee. Muritala Adebayo was said to have been kidnapped on his farm located at Pampo, Asa local government area, last Thursday. ...

2021-05-30

We're with you for next six years, Emir of Yashikira tells Kwara Gov
*Hails AbdulRaza's humility, performance, respect for tradition *Emirs commend Gov on first radio station in Kwara North The outstanding performance, humility, and respect of Kwara State Governor AbdulRahma...

One Killed in Kwara Cultists, Police Clash
A least one person suspected to be a cultist has been feared killed while others sustained serious injuries during the clash between them and men of the state police command yesterday in Ilorin, Kwara State capital. ...

Ilorin residents make brisk business from blood, semen/eggs sale
Human blood transfusion and 'donations' of semen and ovaries have become big business at many hospitals and IVF centres in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital. Those involved are mostly students of higher institu...

Hoodlums attack Kwara Fire Service personnel
Scores of suspected hoodlums on Saturday attacked personnel of the Kwara Fire Service, Mr Rafiu Yahaya, while performing his official assignment in Ilorin, the stste capital. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) repo...

Kwara NSCDC arrest 60-year-old for defiling 9-year-old girl
A sixty-year-old Jerimiah Oyedokun has been arrested by the Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in connection with the alleged rape of a 9-year- old girl. Oyedokun, who...

For paying N3m out of N10m ransom, kidnappers killed my 30-year-old son -Olayinka, Kwara herder
A cattle herder in Egosi town, Oke-Ero Local Government Area of Kwara State, Alhaji Hussein Olayinka, narrates to TUNDE OYEKOLA how kidnappers took his two sons away and killed one after he paid N3m ransom Wha...

IEDPU congratulates AbdulRazaq on second anniversary
The Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU) has joined the list of respected individuals and organizations congratulating the Executive Governor of Kwara State, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on the occ...

2021-05-29

Unilorin VC greets Governor AbdulRazaq on midterm celebration, canvasses more collaborations
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Sulyman Age Abdulkareem, has saluted the Kwara State Governor, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on his second anniversary in office, saying it is obvious that the gov...

Governor AbdulRazaq is not responsible for paying Harmony Holdings Group staff
• Mgt. condemns politically motivated protest • Hails responsible staff for resisting incitement by opposition The management of Harmony Holdings Limited is aware of a protest by a few staff...

OPINION: How Gov Abdulrazaq Rescued the Kwara Civil Service from the Doldrums. By Dr. Ghali Muhammed
Empirically, civil service is the life wire of any government. It is the nucleus of planning and implementing government policies. Former Vice-Chancellor of Germany Otto Von Bismark says "With bad laws and good civil...

OPINION: Abdulrazaq: A Mid-Term Report
By Raheem AdedoyinHe is already on a projects commissioning mode; so, you can't claim ignorance of the achievements of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq in Kwara State in two years. The decision to go public with...

OPINION: Erubu and Abdulkareem: A Toast to Two of a Kind
By Abubakar Imam "Nigeria lacks heroes not because there are no heroic figures but because we take delight in exposing and magnifying, at times, ...