2020-11-09

How Kwara Water Corporation's Land was unlawfully sold: witnesses
·As panel on sale of govt properties begins public hearings Public hearing began on Monday at the Judicial Commission of Inquiry on the sales of Kwara State Government assets with focus on the alleged illegal sale of...

OPINION: L.A.K. Jimoh: A Living Legend at 80 By Abubakar Imam
"If L.A.K does not make any other contribution apart from this book,his place in the history of Ilorin Emirate is already assured". -Mallam Jimoh Pakata(1931-2012) The second week of November,2020 is not and w...

KWSG Seeks Synergy in Community Development
The Kwara State Government has urged the citizens to key into community development for the overall benefit of the society. The Deputy Governor Mr Kayode Alabi stated this today at the closing ceremony of the Nat...

Kwara assets recovery panel holds public hearings
Kwara State Judicial Commission of Inquiry on Assets will on Monday commence public hearings for people to testify or offer relevant information on the sale, disposal or unlawful acquisition of properties that belong to...

Kwara To Camp Eaglets, Ahead Of WAFU Regional Tournament
Despite pressure from different quarters, Kwara state has been offered the advantage of camping the nation's U-17 team, the Golden Eaglets, in preparation for the U-17 Male West Africa Football Union (WAFU) Regional t...

Commissioner, Joana Kolo hails impressive Kwara handball team, Adorable Angels
The Honourable Commissioner for Sports and Youth Development, Kwara State, Mrs Joana Nnazua Kolo has rained praises on the trailblazing Kwara Adorable Angels Handball Team who are making great progress and outstanding...

Kwara has paid N1bn counterpart funding across different sectors - Governor
Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State said that his administration has paid over N1 billion as counterpart funds across all sectors to bring about the overall development of the state. The governor sai...

342 Businesses Register for Kwara Recovery Fund
No fewer than 342 business owners have registered for the Kwara State Government's N500 million small and medium enterprise (SME) recovery funds. The funds was set aside to support those who lost assets in the recent lo...

We're ready for 2020 Batch 'B' orientation course in Kwara - NYSC
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Kwara says it is ready to host the 2020 Batch 'B' orientation course. The NYSC Spokesman in the state, Mr Oladipo Morakinyo, said this in a statement made available t...

Kwara FOMWAN Enrolls 200 Destitute Kids in Schools
The Kwara branch of the Federation of Muslim Women’s Association of Nigeria (FOMWAN), has enrolled 200 Almajiri children in a school in Ilorin to ensure a better future for them. Hajia Halimat Yusuf, Ch...

It is tragic Ibadan-Ilorin road remains in sorry state, says Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has lamented the parlous state of the Ibadan-Ilorin Road, saying it was tragic that the artery remains in a sorry state 13 years after he left office as president. Obasanjo state...

Volleyball Super Four To Serve Off Nov 19th In Ilorin
The League Management Committee (LMC) of the Nigeria Volleyball Federation (NVBF) has confirmed that the top four teams in the elite and division one will compete for the Super Cup. The Super Cup for the top fo...

Anxiety in APC as Kwara crisis deepens
Leaders and chieftains of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) are worried that the party may be thrown into a fresh internal squabble as the crisis rocking the Kwara State chapter took a new turn for the worse d...

Kwara Wins at 2020 INAC Craft Expo
Ekiti, the land of honour and dignity state, has won the overall first position at the just-ended 13th International Arts and Craft Exhibition in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria reports tha...

2020-11-08

Kwara to Host First Pre-Season Mini League
Alhaji Sanni Lulu, a former egg-head of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has thrown his weight towards a successful hosting of the 8th edition of the Ogunjobi Gold Cup after he donated plaques for Most Valuable ...

Change: Please bear with FG, Lai Mohammed begs Nigerians
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Friday, appealed to Nigerians to bear with the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) in its quest to deliver the much-needed change it p...

Malaria: Kwara to distribute 2.3 million insecticide nets worth N3.3bn
About 2.3 million free Insecticide Treated Nets (ITNs) worth N3.3 billion will be distributed to households in the 16 Local Government Areas of Kwara State in the fight against Malaria disease. Speaking when a ...

Kwara records two new cases of COVID-19
The Kwara government says two more persons have tested positive to coronavirus in the state, bringing its total confirmed cases to 1,079. The spokesman of the state's Technical Committee on COVID-19, Rafiu Ajakay...

Gov AbdulRazaq affirms BOB's Chairmanship of Kwara APC amidst impeachment plot
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara state on Friday reaffirmed that Hon. Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa (BOB) is still the chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State. Vanguard reliably g...

2020-11-07

Kwara Gov celebrates quintessential statesman LAK Jimoh at 80
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated elder statesman and historian Alhaji L'Aziz Jimoh on his 80th birthday anniversary. "On behalf of the government and people of Kwara State, I felicita...

Police welfare should be top priority now: Kwara Gov
· To fix water facilities in barracks A major takeaway from the recent developments in the country is a need to build a stronger and more viable policing system that prioritises the welfare of officers and men of ...

KWST Govt Vows to Uphold Polio-Free Status
The Kwara State Government says it will not rest on its oars in maintaining the state's polio-free status. Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq stated this today at the flag-off ceremony of the November Sub-National Im...

2020-11-06

Late Olusin served his people diligently: Kwara Gov
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has commiserated with the people of Ijara-Isin in Isin local government area of the state over the passing of their monarch Oba Omoniyi Banigbe Atobatele Oyebimpe II. "Th...

Party without internal democracy can't form good government - SAN
A legal luminary, Yusuf Ali, has said any political party whose internal democratic mechanism is not credible cannot form a transparent government. Ali made this observation on Wednesday in Ilorin while deliver...

Ile Arugbo: Saraki asks judge to withdraw from case
Counsels to the late Kwara State political icon, Dr Olusola Saraki, in the disputed land (Ile Arugbo), on Thursday, urged the presiding judge handling the matter at a Kwara State High Court, Justice Abiodun Adebara, to ...

Kwara warns varsities, polys, others against illegal fees
The Kwara State Government has warned heads of state-owned tertiary institutions to desist from self-imposed levy, under the guise of Internally Generated Revenue that would amount to the exploitation of their st...

Kwara to spend N7.15bn to fix basic schools
The Kwara State Government has said it will spend the sum of N7,15bn grant received from the Universal Basic Education Commission to fix basic schools in the state. The state Commissioner for Education and Huma...