2020-12-16

ICT expert urges government to establish more entrepreneurship centres in Nigeria
Mr John Ademola, an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) expert has appealed to Federal Government to establish more entrepreneurship centres in the country to harness the potential of Nigerian youths. ...

Unilorin wins global Artificial Intelligence contest - Management
The University of Ilorin has won the global Artificial Intelligence competition anchored by Scale Early, Rapidly and Securely of Carleton University, Canada, the institution's management announced in Ilorin. Reac...

NCPF campaigning for North-Central Development Commission - Useni
THE Chairman of the North-Central People's Forum, Senator Jeremiah Useni, has appealed to the Federal Government to establish the North-Central Development Commission to cater to the needs of the people in the si...

What makes Saraki different in politics -Ibrahim
Senator Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim, who represented Kwara South senatorial district in the eighth National Assembly, was also Chairman, Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions. He spoke with s...

Public Varsities to Get Additional Power Supply through REA
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has expressed readiness to partner the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) to provide all public universities with independent power supply. The fund said it is curr...

Kwara FA Expresses Shock Over Emmanuel Ibah's Death
Nigeria Football Fraternity was shell shock on Tuesday following the announcement of the demise of Akwa Ibom State Football Association Chairman, Hon. Emmanuel Ibah. The Kwara state football association has exp...

COVID-19: Kwara records 19 new cases, discharges 18 patients
The Kwara Government has recorded 19 more COVID-19 cases in the state with 18 patients, who tested negative twice, discharged. Mr Rafiu Ajakaye, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor and Spokesman of the Technica...

Kwara prioritises N30,000 minimum wage in proposed 2021 budget
The tussle over the new minimum wage, which had on several occasions pitted the Kwara state government against the labour unions in the state, may finally be resolved if the proposed 2021 budget is approved. ...

"We Created Our Club To Add Value To The Society" - Glamour FC President
The President of Glamour FC, Abdulkareem Abubakar Eyitayo has revealed some of the reasons why the Ilorin based club was created a year ago. In a chat with Sportspro News correspondent recently, Eyitayo said the ...

Nda-Isaiah succeeded where many failed – NCPF
The North Central Peoples Forum (NCPF) has described the late Leadership Newspaper publisher Sam Nda-Isaiah as a great achiever who succeeded where many failed. A patron of the organisation and former Deputy Sen...

SWAN Challenges Gov on Budget
The Kwara State chapter of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), has urged Governor Abdul Rahman Abdul Razaq, to prioritise the rehabilitation of sporting facilities as stated in the budget presented yesterd...

2020-12-15

THE 2021 BUDGET SPEECH, DELIVERED TO THE KWARA STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, BY HIS EXCELLENCY, ABDULRAHMAN ABDULRAZAQ, THE GOVERNOR OF KWARA STATE, ON TUESDAY 15TH DECEMBER, 2020
PROTOCOLS. Honourable Speaker, Honourable Members of the Kwara State House of Assembly. It is with a grateful heart to God Almighty that I stand before you today in this hallowed chamber to present th...

Executive Summary of the 2021 budget speech delivered at the Kwara State House of Assembly by Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on December 14, 2020
Protocols I am here this afternoon to lay the fiscal proposal for year 2021 before this Honourable House. This is a tradition in every democracy and the essence is to ensure that public funds are allocated and sp...

Don't open borders, NASME tells FG
The National Association of Small and Medium Enterprise has advised the President, Major General Mohamadu Buhari (retd.), not to succumb to the pressure to reopen the country's border in January 2021. The ...

Church founder, herbalist get four-year imprisonment for trading in human parts
A Kwara state Chief Magistrates' Court sitting in Ilorin, on Monday, sentenced a church founder, Pastor, Gabriel Josaya, aka Eli-Wakuku, to four years' imprisonment for dealing in human parts. Josaya, who is the ...

ANA Crisis: Nigerian authors continue bitter squabble, hold parallel conventions
There appears to be no end in sight to the crisis currently rocking the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) as the group's factions held parallel conventions in December to appoint new members into the Board of Trustees...

Kwara Gov urges new monarchs to work for peace
·As seven monarchs get staffs of office Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Monday called on traditional rulers to build bridges of harmony, understanding, tolerance and peaceful co-existence among th...

AbdulRazaq Bags UN Award
The United Nations has conferred the Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, with the 'HeforShe' award, for his efforts and cabinet picks, which have mainstreamed gender inclusion in the state's political structur...

2020-12-14

Kwara Gov urges new monarchs to work for peace
· As seven monarchs get staffs of office Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Monday called on traditional rulers to build bridges of harmony, understanding, tolerance and peaceful co-existence among the ...

CELF: We're Committed to Inclusive Development - KWSG
...says proud of CELF initiative for youths Makes personal gift to Fellows Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Sunday said his administration is committed to spreading development to every part o...

Kwara elders caucus of APC rejects Bolarinwa's caretaker committee
Kwara All Progressives Congress (APC)Elders Caucus has rejected the newly constituted Caretaker Committee of the party under the leadership of Hon Bashir Bolarinwa, saying that a Caretaker committee cannot succeed anothe...

My Plan For Kwara Women Football Is To Produce Hundreds Of Oshoalas Says Hajia Segilola Alaya
As the Kwara female six-a-side inter-secondary schools competition came to a close at the Kwara state stadium complex on Saturday 12th December 2020, with a final between St. Mary Secondary School and Ilorin Grammer Sch...

Kwara cashew farmers decry poor rural roads
Cashew farmers in Ora community, Ifelodun local government and their counterparts in Foko-Oja and Aboto-Oja communities in the Asa local government area of Kwara State have expressed their displeasure over deplorable co...

Kwara govt. seeks collaboration in tackling animal diseases
Kwara Govt gives reasons for hitches in payment of October salaries The Kwara Government has called for collaboration by stakeholders in tackling outbreak of animal diseases in the state. Alhaji Muritala O...

Offa Polytechnic expels student jailed for Internet fraud
The authorities of the Federal Polytechnic Offa, Kwara State, have expelled Oladipo Juwon, a student of its Business Administration Department who was recently convicted for his involvement in cybercrime. PREMIUM...

Be carriers of good news, cleric charges journalists
Evangelist Emmanuel Akeredolu, the minister in charge of Christ Apostolic Church, Oke-Isegun in Ilorin, has admonished journalists in Kwara to be carriers of good news. Akeredolu, who was represented by Pastor Ay...

Customs seize 113 prohibited goods valued N107.67m
Nigeria's borders covering four states in the North Central has said that it made 113 seizures of prohibited goods with a total value of N107.67m within 48 days of its operation in the area. Coordinator of...

Female farmers canvass security in farms, self-defence skills
Female participants at agricultural training programmes in the country have canvassed adequate protection of farmers' lives and property to boost their involvement in farming. After a recent programme at the Nat...

AREMU urges the media to sustain Sam Nda-Isaiah's legacy
Nigerian media practitioners have been urged to rededicate themselves to the task of nation building through objective constructive reporting and professionalism as a mark of tribute to the legacy of the late Chairma...

6-Aside Female Tourney: Kwara FA Commends Female Football Group In Kwara
Kwara State Football Association under the leadership of Abdullahi Musa Thuraya has commended the Female Football Interest Group,(FFIG), Kwara State Chapter for their efforts in developing female football in the ...

Kwara now has second wave of COVID-19
Kwara state government has said that the state has entered its second wave of COVID-19 outbreak. It added that the second curve started early in November with a sharp rise in the number of positive cases. ...

Kwara PDP mourns Adedapo Ojora
The Kwara State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has mourned the death of Prince Adedapo Abdulfatah Ojora, who reportedly died Friday evening at his residence in Ikoyi, Lagos. The party in a state...

Joana Kolo First Year in Office: She is Young yet Mighty. By Basheer Luqman Olarewaju
Like the smell of bacon filling the kitchen; like the fresh-squeezed orange juice a woman made for spouse every day; like making one's child's favorite dinner on his birthday; like having a sense of wonder knowing that ...

Promise Kept as Oloriegbe Equips Banni/Ogidi PHC
As part of Sen. Ibrahim Yahaya Oloriegbe's efforts to make quality healthcare accessible to the people of his constituency especially at the grassroots, Banni-Ogidi Primary Health Care Center yesterday took delivery of me...

2020-12-13

KWARA APC AND THE 'ARABIAN DISEASE'
Let me be very frank from the beginning: I am disgusted at the happenings in the Kwara APC. All the noise about who becomes the party chairman and the controversy around their relationship with the Governor elected on t...

Farewell to a Yoruba, Muslim Princess
I will start with a footnote on the billionaire Bishop, David Bello Oyedepo. He was born a Muslim, named Hasan by his father Bello Oyedepo. His mother was a Christian who converted to Islam when she married Bello. Bello...

2023: Other regions should concede presidency to North Central, says forum
. Alleges region's marginalization, insists North no longer one entity Some indigenes of the North Central zone under the auspices of North Central Peoples Forum (NCPF) have urged other geo-political zones ...

Kwara records 23 new cases of COVID-19
The Kwara Government says 23 more people have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the state to 1,226. The spokesman of the Technical Committee on COVID-19 in the state, M...

PUBLIC ADVISORY ON UPSURGE OF COVID-19 CASES IN KWARA STATESat ,December, 12 2020
1. The last few weeks have recorded a new surge in confirmed COVID-19 cases across Nigeria. Kwara State is no exception. 2. Presently, there are two epidemiological curves of the disease in Kwa...

Kwara governor says death of Leadership newspaper's publisher a 'monumental loss'
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has expressed grief on the sudden death of the publisher of Leadership newspaper Sam Nda-Isaiah, describing the development as a monumental loss to the media industry an...