2021-01-05

Ekiti APC youth leaders commend government over N2m agric empowerment
All Progressives Congress (APC) youth leaders in the Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State have commended the State Commissioner for Health, Dr Raji Razaq, on the N2 million Agricultural Empowerment, sponsored for ...

Kwara state residents laments over slow pace of NIN registration
Scores of prospective registrants for the National Identity Number (NIN) in Kwara, on Monday, expressed their frustration over the difficulty in registering at the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) offices i...

Gov AbdulRazaq presents N123Bn Budget
Kwara Government says it has recorded 44 more COVID-19 cases, while 101 patients, who tested negative twice have been discharged. Mr Rafiu Ajakaye, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor and Spokesman for the Tech...

Kwara reviews 2021 budget proposal by N11b
KWARA State Governor AbdulRaman AbdulRazaq has reviewed the 2021 budget proposal from N123billion to N134.9billion. The governor's letter for the slight increase in the proposal to the House of Assembly was rea...

Building a new future for Kwara. BY ABDULRAHMAN ABDULRAZAQ
Today, January 3, 2021, the portals for taking applications for a new crop of teachers have been programmed to go live. That begins a new process to fill our schools with qualified and competent tutors who will teach...

Kwara NSCDC parades 9 suspects over possession of hard drugs, vandalization
Kwara State commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) Mr Ayinla Makinde yesterday paraded nine suspects arrested for various offences in Ilorin, the state capital. Makinde said the offe...

Gov Abdulrazaq sacks DG bureau of lands in Kwara
The Director-General of the Bureau of Lands, in Kwara State, Mr Bolaji Edun, has been removed. Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq removed the former DG on Monday and replaced him with Mr Abdullahi Bolakale Yusuf. ...

2021-01-03

Kwara Gov dissolves cabinet, retains SSG
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has dissolved his cabinet with effect from December 31, 2020, a statement said late Sunday. "His Excellency especially commends the Honourable cabinet members for their c...

Lessons from Ile Arugbo's takeover
It is exactly one year on January 2nd, 2021 that the Kwara State Government took official possession of a portion of land otherwise known as Ile Arugbo or Ile L'Oke, depending on which side of Kwara politics one may belon...

Abdulfatah Ahmed eulogises Alarape Mustapha
Former Kwara State governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has expressed grief over the death of Alhaja Hassanat Alarape Mustapha, describing her as a worthy mother. In his condolence message to the husband of the dec...

COVID-19: Kwara Govt. announces date for resumption of schools
The Kwara State Government has announced that its tertiary institutions will resume on January 11, under strict adherence to COVID-19 safety protocols. The Chief Press Secretary to the State Government and Sp...

Kwara Boxers Eager for National Sports Festival as Mega Bouts ends in Ilorin
Kwara State Amateur Boxing Association under the leadership of Barrister Ahmed Musa Rufai is poised to change the concept of the ring based sports from passion to profession while identifying talents that will haul laur...

Michael Ohanu: Kwara United can challenge for NPFL title
Nigeria Professional Football League outfit Kwara United has confirmed the signing of Michael Ohanu, Adesina Gats, and Afeez Nosiru. Michael Ohanu admitted that Kwara United must stay humble and continue to wor...

Kwara United vs Enyimba game postponed
The match day two Nigeria Professionally Football League (NPFL) game between Kwara United and Enyimba International has been postponed. The game was originally scheduled to hold on Sunday, January 3 at the Illorin ...

Kwara working towards new minimum wage-HOS
Kwara state government has called on the civil servants in the state to exercise patience as it was working hard to reach acceptable agreement with the leadership of the Labour Unions on the implementation of the new ...

2021-01-02

Kwara united won't get carried away by win over Plateau - Biffo
Kwara United boss Abdullahi Biffo has stated that his side will not be carried away by the noise and accolades of her success following a shock 2-0 win over league defending Champion Plateau united on matchday one ahead o...

Vanguard Personality Award: Lifetime Achievement Award - Biodun Sobanjo
BIODUN Shobanjo, an accomplished broadcaster, entrepreneur, marketing and advertising guru, was overwhelmingly recommended by the Vanguard Editors for a Life Time Achievement Award on the strength of his contributions t...

FG urged to withdraw suspension placed on sales, registration, activation of SIM cards
The federal government has been urged to withdraw the suspension order placed on sales, registration and activation of SIM cards, following reported hardship being faced by phone users in the country. In a stat...

Expect a more secured Kwara - NSCDC
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kwara Command, has sought more cooperation and support from the people of the state to ensure enduring peace and security they enjoy. The Public Relation ...

Minimum Wage: Kwara explains delay in reaching terms with labour
Kwara state government has said that the delay in reaching an agreeable minimum wage with the labour leaders was to avoid falling into the unfortunate ditch some states have fallen into over the payments of the minimum wa...

Literary Review: How kindred spirits gathered in Ilorin for ANA
Among the Nigerian literary community, the last quarter of the year is characterised by a buzz -an annual pilgrimage to the shrine of fecundity. Kindred spirits move from all over Nigeria, guided by the muse, to partake...

Kwara Gov calls for peace, promises inclusive growth in 2021
AbdulRazaq has congratulated the people of the state on the dawn of another Gregorian Year 2021, calling for concerted efforts and collaboration between government and the people to build a truly greater country. ...

Kwara youth professionals, KEL mobilise members to take over governance
Some youths, comprising of young professionals in Kwara state under the aegis of Kwara Emerging Leaders(KEL) who claim to have the capacity and competence have begun aggressive move to take over the leadership of the st...

KWASSIP AND THE SAME OLD QUESTIONS. By Mohammed Brimah
One of America's New Thought spiritual teachers Iyanla Vanzant's words, "Tell the truth about what you are feeling. Tell the truth about what you are thinking. Tell the truth about what you are doing and why," filled ...

2021-01-01

UNILORIN resumes academic activities Jan 11 - Spokesman
The management of the University of Ilorin, on Thursday, stated that the institution will resume full academic session on Jan. 11, 2021. The announcement was contained in a statement signed by Mr Kunle Akogun, Di...

Kwara FA Commiserates with SAN A.U Mustapha, Families
Kwara State Football Association has sympathized with Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) A. U Mustapha and his family over the death of their mother, Alhaja Hassanat Alarape Mustapha who passed on in the early h...

Kwara promotes 1,600 civil servants
The Kwara Civil Service Commission has promoted more than 1,600 civil servants who passed the 2019 promotion examination and oral interview.. The commission's chairperson, Habeebat Yusuf, stated this on Wednesday...

NEW YEAR SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
1ST JANUARY 2021 My fellow countrymen and women, First, I would like to thank and praise the Almighty who saw us through the year 2020 and has given us the opportunity to witness the start of another new year...

NEW YEAR MESSAGE FROM OLOFA OF OFFA
To some it is a year to remember but to many it is a year to forget. 2020 came like a swift wind and breezed through the world with shocking waves and turbulence, and the consequences were serious health crisis, financial...