2021-02-21

Hijab: Affected schools remain shut pending govt's position
·Official pronouncement likely this week amid consultations The 10 grant-aided schools in Ilorin, the capital of Kwara State, are to remain shut pending announcement of the state government's position on the us...

Hijab controversy: Kwara PDP calls for calm
Amid the hijab controversy that has hit some schools in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the State has called for calm and peace, saying that "we must not allow the issue to...

OPINION: USE OF HIJAB IN CHRISTIANS MISSIONARIES SCHOOLS IN ILORIN: A SETTLED LEGAL POSITION. BY SAMBO MURITALA
Kwara state is a state of harmony and it will be disastrous to keep quiet and allow religious or ethnic crises take over the harmonious atmosphere within the state. We are all students of history as our ages are enough...

Kwara Fire Service averts fire outbreak at Crown Hill University
The Kwara Fire Service on Saturday averted a fire outbreak at the Crown Hill University, Eiyenkorin in Asa Local Government Area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the fire was triggered ...

Hakeem Lawal: rejects APC registration slip
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara, Alhaji Hakeem Lawal, has said that he rejected his membership registration slip because over 75 percent of members of his political family were excluded from ...

Former Kwara MILAD, Gen Aboki Passes On
A former military administrator of old Kwara State and communications minister, Gen Ahmed Abdullahi Aboki, is dead. He was a stalwart of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) and an All Progressi...

96,000 Pupils To Benefit From School Feeding Programme In Kwara
A total of 96, 000 pupils in Kwara State public schools will benefit from the federal government's home grown school feeding programme. The focal person for National Social Investments Programmes (NSIP) in the ...

NNL: ABS Beat DMD As Players Dedicate Win As Birthday Gift To Chairman
Club skipper Muri Dagbo, who captained Abubakar Bukola Saraki (ABS) Ilorin FC, to a 2-0 win over visiting DMD FC of Maiduguri, said the victory is dedicated to the club's Chairman, Seni Saraki as their birthday gift to ...

2021-02-20

Kwara APC Crisis: Governor AbdulRazaq talks tough says dissidents risk suspension
Alh Nurudeen Mohammed is one of the respected elder statesmen of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara state. During the military era, he served many of the military administrators as their Commissioner for Finan...

Fire guts school hostel in Kwara, destroys apartments
A fire outbreak in Offa Grammar School, Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State on Thursday evening destroyed six rooms and other valuables in the girls' hostel of the school. The fire, according to the Kwara ...

Kwara loses N27.6m property to bush burning
Kwara State lost about N27.6 million property to indiscriminate bush burning across its 16 local government areas, from January till date. The Director of Kwara Fire Service, Mr John Falade, made the disclosure...

Kwara United ready for Flying Antelopes test - Biffo
Kwara United Coach Abdullahi Biffo said his team is ready for the mouthwatering clash with Rangers on Sunday. Rangers hosts Kwara United in Enugu this weekend at the Nnamdi Azikwe Stadium in a Match week 11 NPFL fixtur...

Suleiman Ajadi: Lai Mohammed Not Leader of Kwara APC
Former Special Adviser on National Assembly Matters to former President Goodluck Jonathan and now a stalwart of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State, Suleiman Makanjuola Ajadi spoke with Hammed Shittu in Ilorin ...

Kwara APC Youths Condemn Minister's Call for Cancellation of Membership Registration Exercise
Youths of the Kwara South All Progressives Congress (APC) have condemned the recent call by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, for the immediate cancellation of the ongoing party membership ...

APC membership registration: Kwara LG, ward chairmen reject exercise
Local government and ward caretaker committee chairmen of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara have rejected the ongoing membership revalidation and registration in the state. While describing the exercis...

2021-02-19

Hijab: Govt directs closure of affected schools
Kwara State Government has directed immediate temporary closure of some grant-aided schools in Ilorin, the state capital, pending resolution of the hijaab question in the schools.The affected schools are:1. C&...

Offa Bank Robbery: Suspects told court how they killed eleven people
At the resumed hearing of the Offa bank robbery case at an Ilorin high court on Wednesday, suspects in a recorded video clip told the court how they killed no fewer than eleven innocent persons during the robbery traged...

Kwara Police arrests 6 protesting teachers for violating COVID-19 safety protocols
Kwara State Police Command on Wednesday arrested six protesting teachers who were sacked by the state government last year December because their recruitment was fraught with irregularities. Vanguardreliably ga...

2021-02-18

Hijaab: Kwara govt meets religious leaders, sets up new committee
Kwara State Government on Thursday held a marathon meeting with religious leaders in the state, with both Muslim and Christian leaders stating their positions and offering opinions on how to resolve the differences on t...

Dismissed cop supplied five AK-47 rifles for Offa bank robbery - Suspect
Four of the five suspects who are on trial for the April 5, 2018 Offa bank robbery in the Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State on Wednesday told a Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin how they killed no fewer...

Muslim groups canvass for hijab wearing in Kwara schools
Muslim stakeholders comprising youths and women organizations Wednesday urged the Kwara state government to prevail on former owners of public schools to allow female Muslim students wear hijab. The Muslim organi...

Naval chief, Kwara community laud NOWA school
Chief of Naval Staff Awwal Z. Gambo and Offa community in Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State have applauded the giant stride of Naval Officers Wives Association (NOWA) Secondary School in Offa. The naval c...

Kwara State Can Host World-class National U-18, U-21 Handball Championship - Ocheho
The President, Handball Federation of Nigeria (HFN) Mr. Sam Ocheho believes Kwara state can host a world class National U-18 and U-21 Handball Championship. Ocheho stated this during a visit to the Deputy Gover...

Kwara APC warns Lai Mohammed Over Unguarded Utterances
The All Progressives Congress(APC) in Kwara State has advised the embattled Minister for Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed to refrain from discrediting the seamless registration and revalidation exercise in the state in ...