2021-01-25

Be Proactive, KWSG Counsels Residents on Natural Disasters
•As more victims of Ilorin rainstorm get govt support Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has enjoined Kwarans to take proactive measures to prevent natural disaster effects on lives and properties. G...

Four dead in Ilorin-Ogbomosho road accident
Four persons were reported dead in a fatal auto accident which occurred along Ilorin-Ogbomoso Road, Kwara State on Sunday afternoon. An eyewitness account revealed that the accident occurred at Otte town as a r...

2021-01-24

KWASU FELICITATES WITH ITS VC @ 50
The Management, staff and students of the Kwara State University wish to felicitate with our amiable, dynamic and pragmatic Vice Chancellor, Professor Muhammed Mustapha Akanbi SAN as he clocks the golden age of 50 today. ...

FG donates relief items to flood victims in Kwara
The Federal Government on Saturday distributed food items and other materials to 260 households that were internally displaced by flood in some parts of Ilorin, the Kwara capital in 2020. The News Agency of Nigeri...

KW-IRS GENERATES N6.2 BILLION IN QUARTER 4 OF 2020
The year 2020, in spite of the imbalances created by the Covid-19 pandemic, was remarkably progressive for Kwara State Internal Revenue Service (KW-IRS) as it generated a sum of N6,227,099,973.42 (Six Billion, Two Hundr...

On the Social Revolution in Kwara. By Rafiu Ajakaye
As I surfed the social media last Wednesday morning, something quite interesting popped up on my Facebook page. It was a post I had made on January 20, 2019 ahead of Nigeria's presidential polls. This was Facebook, two ...

SDP woos warring Kwara APC members
The Social Democratic Party has extended invitation to members of the Kwara State All Progressives Congress, as the crisis within ruling party deepens. The SDP, in a statement by its Chairman in Kwara State, Le...

2021-01-23

Offa set to host Kwara State Chess Competition
As part of the preparations towards the forthcoming Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq Open Chess competition tagged "Governor's Challenge " season 2; the Kwara State Chess Association paid a courtesy visit to HRM Oba Mufuta...

Mohammed helps 3SC beat ABS in Ilorin
SUBSTITUTE Mohammed Mohammed helped Shooting Stars Sports Club, 3SC, of Ibadan to a 2-1 win over hosts ABS Football Club in an entertaining friendly match on Saturday in Ilorin. In the match played at the Kwara S...

Enyimba holds a special place in my heart - Aiyenugba
Kwara United goalkeeper, Dele Aiyenugba, said his former club, Enyimba international still hold a special place in his heart. Aiyenugba was in goal for his new team Kwara United in their 1 – 0 win over the record...

OPINION: Don't distract the driver, please! By Abdulrazaq Magaji
After years of being left in the lurch, divine intervention came for Nigeria's State of Harmony, Kwara State, when, in 2019, the people elected what came close to their idea of a people's government. The election of Abd...

Economist advises Kwara Govt on re-evaluation of budget processing
An economist, Prof. Gafar Ijaiya, on Saturday, advised the Kwara Government to re-evaluate its budget processing in order to achieve its monetary and fiscal policy. Ijaiya, the Director, Ilorin Business School (I...

Kwara gets N3.5bn Fed allocation for January, 16 LGs get N2.3bn
Kwara State Government has received a total inflow of N3,576,113,211:84 (net) as federal allocation for the month of January, a statement has said. The allocation comprises statutory revenue allocation SRA (Gross)...

2021-01-22

FG, Kwara govt meet to resolve communal crisis
The Federal Government, in collaboration with the Kwara State government, have resolved to find solutions to a recent communal crisis between people of Wara-Oja community and Christian neighbours. It is recalle...

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PHYSICIANS IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HOSPITALS ON MANAGEMENT PROTOCOLS FOR COVID-19 IN KWARA STATE
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PHYSICIANS IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HOSPITALS ON MANAGEMENT PROTOCOLS FOR COVID-19 IN KWARA STATEThu ,January, 21 2021 In the wake of a second wave of Covid-19 in Nigeria, Kwara State inclusive, i...

Ilorin driver sentenced to jail over N2million credit alert
A 45-year-old driver, Adetunji Tunde Oluwasegun, has been sentenced to two-year imprisonment for fraudulently converting to personal use a sum N2 million that was erroneously transferred into his account. The Ilori...

COVID-19: NMA lauds Kwara govt on oxygen supply
The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has commended the Kwara State Government for ensuring regular supply of supplemental oxygen to the Infection Diseases Hospital, Sobi in Ilorin. The NMA Chairman in the state,...