2020-10-19

Kwara, NCAM ink MoU on agroprocessing
*Govt to establish cottage industries Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq at the weekend signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Kwara State Government and National Centre for Agricultural M...

Kwara workers resume today after strike suspension
WORKERS of the Kwara State Civil Service and the Local Government Councils will resume in their respective offices on today (Monday) as the state Labour Congress suspended the three-day warning strike to press home the im...

Kidnapped Kwara Govt Official Released - Police
The Kwara State Police Command has confirmed the release of the Director, Expenditure Control in the state Ministry of Finance, Alhaji Hakeem Idris, who was kidnapped on October 7, 2020. SP Ajayi Okasanmi, the P...

2020-10-18

Hoodlums disrupt #EndSARS protest in Ilorin
Protesters fled Sunday afternoon after some hoodlums attacked them while protesting police brutality in Ilorin, Kwara State capital. Tunde Sulaimon, one of the protesters, who spoke with PREMIUM TIMES, said t...

Kwara Gov condemns attacks on #EndSARS protesters
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Sunday condemned the attacks on the peaceful #ENDSARS protesters in parts of Ilorin, describing the violent attacks as despicable and intolerable. "I vehemently deno...

Camphor, dusting powder cause jaundice, destroy red blood cells in babies -Paediatrician
A Professor of Paediatrics, Department of Paediatrics, College of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Kwara State, Olugbenga Mokuolu, has asked expectant and nursing mothers to do away with campho...

Court injunctions stop NBBF men's premier league
•Kida Calls For Understanding The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) has announced that the Men's Premier League may not dunk off soon due to the ongoing suit brought against it by an 'unknown' entity, Manag...

Nigeria's democracy can't survive with over 80 political parties - NILDS DG
Director General, National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), Professor Abubakar Olanrewaju Sulaiman, has advocated that number of political parties in the country should be pruned down to only th...

Youth Association Decries Deteriorating Security Situation In Ilorin
The Ilorin Emirate Youth Development Association (IEYDA) has decried the increasing rate of insecurity in the five local government areas making up the emirate. The association, in a statement jointly signed by ...

2020-10-17

Kwara gets N3.7bn as October allocation
· LGAs' receipts down to N2.4bn Kwara State Government has received a total sum of N3,779,894,487:72 as Federal allocations for the month of October, a statement by the state's Finance and Planning Commissioner...

Common Entrance Examination Is Now 24th October, 2020
The Kwara State Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, Hajia Fatimah Bisola Ahmed has announced that the state Common Entrance Examination has been slated for 24th October, 2020. The Commissio...

Innovation Centre underway as Kwara Hotel gets new mosque
The construction of the much-talked-about Ilorin Innovation Centre is underway with the clearing of a section of the expansive Kwara Hotel to accommodate the project that is designed to empower youths with new skills, sup...

Kwara State governor signs VAPP bill into law
Kwara State governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has signed the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Bill into law. With the signing, Kwara has exited the club of 19 states widely criticised for not domesticating t...

2020-10-16

Labour Suspends Strike
Organised labour in Kwara State has suspended its strike with an agreement to return to the negotiation table with the Kwara State Government. Details later......

Senate set to pass mental health bill for 3rd reading in November - Oloriegbe
The Senate is set to pass the National Health Bill for the third reading in November 2020, even as the Federal government has been charged to set up a mental health desk at the Federal Ministry of Health to regulate and...

Senate confirms Nasir Kwarra as Chairman, 11 commissioners for NPC
THE Senate has confirmed the appointment of Nasir Isa Kwarra from Nasarawa State as Chairman and eleven Commissioners for the National Population Commission, NPC. Those confirmed yesterday by the Senate  as Com...

Al-Hikmah Uni Unveils Radio Station
Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin has unveiled an online radio station to be managed by Department of Mass Communication. The radio station, however, began services last Wednesday. This was made known on the ...

#EndSARS: Kwara Governor speaks on controversial meeting with Dangote, Wizkid, others
The Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, has aired his side of the story on the controversial Zoom meeting held with some stakeholders and popular figures fronting the #EndSARS protest. The protest aga...

Kwara Gov Congratulates Gidado Over NPC Appointment
Kwara Gov congratulates Gidado over NPC appointmentFri ,October, 16 2020 Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated senior journalist Alhaji Razaq Folorunsho Gidado on his appointment as a commissio...

World Food Day: Kwara committed to food security, say Dep Gov
Kwara State Government on Thursday assured youths in the state of its continuous support to agricultural sector to ensure food security and achieve zero hunger in the state. "Kwara State Government places high ...