2021-04-23

Kwara Minimum Wage: TUC Says Implementation Not Negotiable
Trade Union Congress (TUC) said that the implementation of new minimum wage by all state governors is not negotiable. Speaking with journalists in Ilorin shortly after the inauguration of the new state executiv...

Accolades as Kwara govt briefs stakeholders on teachers’ recruitment
·Successful applicants to print employment letter from Tuesday ·50 first class graduates get TESCOM jobs ·Exercise transparent, first of its kind, says NUT Kwara State Government on T...

Death of Bello, Africa’s best para-badminton player, tragic - Kwara Gov
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Thursday described as devastating and painful the sudden death of Africa’s number one para-badminton player Abdulrafiu Bello, saying the incident represented a hu...

KWASU Benefits N600m EU Solar Power Grant
European Union and the Lithuanian Government awarded a N600 million grant to the Kwara State University (KWASU) Malete to install 300 kilowatts of solar power projects in the institution. The first phase of the...

Kwara SWAN mourns state badminton coach, Bello Oyebanji
Kwara State Sports Writers Association of Nigeria, SWAN, has described the death of the state badminton coach, Bello Oyebanji, as unfortunate and a huge loss to the African continent. A condolence statement by the...

Kwara PDP to woo old members ahead 2023 elections
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara state has announced its resolve to bring back old members of the  party who dumped the party in the build up to the 2019 general ele...

"My boyfriend lured me to sell my only child for 300k"
A 31-year-old lady, Titilayo Kudaisi and her boyfriend, Oluseyi Akinsete, have been arrested for stealing and selling children. They were arrested in Ondo State after stealing a six-month- old baby at Odo-Ota S...

Senate President, Others Celebrate Senator Oloriegbe on National Development
Senate President, Others Celebrate Senator Oloriegbe on National Development President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has hailed Senator Ibrahim Yahaya Oloriegbe for his commitment to national development....

2021-04-22

Gov Abdulrazaq felicitates Emir of Ilorin at 81
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated the Emir of Ilorin Dr. Ibrahim Sulu Gambari as he clocked 81 years, describing his reign as transformative and hugely beneficial to the emirate and the state a...

PRESIDENT BUHARI GREETS EMIR OF ILORIN, ALHAJI IBRAHIM SULU-GAMBARI AT 81
President Muhammadu Buhari warmly felicitates with Emir of Ilorin and Chairman of Kwara State Traditional Council, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, on his 81st birthday, joining family and friends to celebrate with the r...

Islamic Devt Bank backs Kwara health insurance with $99K
•Additional 4500 indigents to be enrolled in schemeKwara State’s health insurance is getting wider acclaim, with the Jiddah-based Islamic development bank supporting the enrolment of 4,500 more indigents t...

Emir of Ilorin Appoints Prof Badmas Yusuf Chair of Org
Emir of Ilorin, Alh Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari has approved the appointment of Professor Badmas Olanrewaju Yusuf as the  chairman of the national hijrah ummatul -Islamiyyah, Kwara state chapter. ...

Kwara Lawyers Stage Protest On Judicial's Financial Autonomy
Members of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Ilorin branch, on Wednesday, staged a peaceful demonstration in the state capital to back the growing call for financial autonomy for the judiciary in the state. T...

Abducted Ekiti monarch found in Kwara forest
David Oyewumi, the Obadu of Ilemeso Ekiti, who was kidnapped by gunmen in Oye LGA of the state last Thursday, has regained his freedom. Sunday Abutu, spokesman of the Ekiti police command, confirmed t...

Man admits raping 10-year-old
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kwara State Command, has announced the arrest of a suspected rapist, Muhammadu Mailemu. The Public Relations Officer, Babawale Afolabi, in a statement on Tu...

2021-04-21

Kwara Govt Provides Furniture for 54 Public Schools
Kwara State Government on Wednesday reiterated its commitment to the provision of quality education to its citizens by providing furniture for 54 public schools in the state. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry o...

Customs Intercept 513 Bags Of Expired Rice In Kwara
A total number of 513 50-kilogramme bags of expired foreign parboiled rice, loaded in two separate Toyota Canter lorries, was intercepted by officers and men of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in Kwara State. ...

Manufacturing, key to job creation - AbdulRazaq
Kwara State Government says manufacturing is an important means of reducing unemployment in Nigeria.The State Governor, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, made the remarks today while receiving the Director-General of S...

Making farmers ICT-complaint
There are efforts by the government at all levels to train farmers on the use of appropriate technologies for the production and processing of produce to make them better, DANIEL ESSIET of The Na...

Kwara launches 500 hectares Youth Farm Scheme per LG
•Initiative will provide jobs, food security: Govt Kwara State Government on Wednesday launched a pilot scheme of 500-hectare Farm Kwara in Ifelodun local government to create farming communities that nu...

Ritualists murdered man six days to wedding, collect ransom, dismember victim
A man, Mr Olokose Ojo, has been murdered six days to his wedding by his neighbour who promised to assist him to get cows for the ceremony in Kwara State. Ojo, said to be in his early 30 and a staff member at ...

2021-04-20

KWSG inducts 130 new health workers
Kwara has commenced induction of no fewer than 130 health workers recently recruited into the state civil service. The exercise is a step meant to improve patient-to-health giver ratio and better medical servic...

Oro market fire victims seek succour
Forty victims of the Oro Central Market fire outbreak in lrepodun Local Government of Kwara State have appealed to the state government for financial support to resuscitate their businesses. Mrs. Mulikat Jimoh,...

Kwara recruits 130 health workers
Kwara State Government on Tuesday said it has recruited at least 130 health workers into the state civil service, a step meant to improve patient-to-health giver ratio and better medical service delivery in the state....

KWIRS posts highest revenue since inception, explains 2020 drop
•Agency generates N9.5bn in Q1 2021Kwara State Internal Revenue Service (KW-IRS) on Tuesday announced that it generated N9,598,504,939.90 in the first quarter of 2021, a feat it credited to its increased adoptio...

OPINION: Still on Ilorin and identity. By M.T. Usman
Ilorin long ago came to terms with its identity. As a united community forged by the religion of Islam from diverse ethnic groups, Yoruba,  Fulani, Hausa, Gobir, Kanuri, Gwari, Nupe, Barba and Kamberi; disturbed...