2021-04-14

OPINION: Hijab By Olakunle Abimbola
The Hijab, and the excessive love or hate it evokes, underscores the tricky cohabitation the colonial Brits left Nigeria's public space. The colonial bureaucracy was basically Western - and Christian: days of work, dre...

Ramadan: Kwara Speaker Tasks Muslim Faithful On Steadfastness
The Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Yakubu Danladi-Salihu has felicitated with the Muslim faithful as Ramadan fast begins across the globe, calling on them to be steadfast and support the government with ...

Fed Govt committed to self-sufficiency in sugar production
The Executive Secretary, National Sugar Development Council (NSDC), Zacch Adedeji, has reiterated the Federal Government's commitment to achieving self-sufficiency in sugar production through the implementation of the N...

BUA To Commission $300m Lafiagi Sugar Company By 2022
In line with the federal government's Backward Integration Programme on self-sufficiency in sugar, BUA Group said it has invested over $300million in its Lafiagi Sugar Company (LASUCO). Speaking yesterday durin...

Arik Air Donates To Less Privileged
Arik Air celebrated Easter with donations to old people's homes, orphanages, and internally displaced persons (IDPs) camps. The airline operator donated sundry items to old people's homes, orphanages and intern...

Kwara market fire razes 30 shops, destroys foodstuffs, others
Fire outbreak has destroyed 30 shops, food items, meat and farm tools worth millions of naira at the Oro Central Market in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State. The PUNCH gathered that a heap of yam...

Facility upgrade begins in Oro General Hospital soon - Kwara Gov
• Visits victims of Oro Central Market's fire Facility upgrade begins in Oro General Hospital soon — Kwara G Kwara State will begin the upgrade and equipping of the Oro General Hospital within the next quarter, ...

Price Of Sachet Water Increases By 100% In Ilorin
The price of sachet water popularly known as 'pure water' has increased by 100 per cent in Ilorin, Kwara State. Producers of sachet water blamed the hike on inadequate power supply and the consequent increase in ...

Kwara Governor congratulates Muslims on dawn of Ramadan
Kwara State Governor ,AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated Muslims on the dawn of another Ramadan (fast), calling it a renewed opportunity for the faithful to seek God's forgiveness and recommit to the ideals of Isl...

KWASU students protest alleged extortion
Students of Kwara State University (KWASU) Malete, on Monday, came out in their numbers to express their grievances against school management over alleged extortion and poor condition of the school hostel. The ...

2021-04-13

Ramadan: Ex-Governor Ahmed Solicits Prayers for Nigeria's Harmony and Prosperity
Immediate past governor of Kwara State, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has solicited prayers for Nigeria's harmony and prosperity as Muslims begin the Holy Month of Ramadan. In a commemoratory message, Alhaji Ahmed cong...

2021-04-11

KWASU Update
This is to inform the entire University community that it has been the University's policy over the years that, new students and final year students should stay in the University's hostels. However, attention of the Man...

2021-04-10

Hijaab: 10 Kwara schools resume academic classes on Monday April 12
This is to inform parents/guardians and teachers that the 2020/2021 Third Term Accademic Session for the 10 schools affected in the recent hijaab debate starts on Monday, 12th April 2021. This is part of the govern...