2020-10-11

Kwara Express shutdown for alleged fraud
AUTHORITIES of Harmony Transport Services Limited otherwise known as Kwara Express have temporarily shut down the Kwara State government owned transport company for alleged fraud and gross staff indiscipline. O...

OPINION: On Kwara Assembly's refusal to swear in lone pdp lawmaker
The continued refusal of the Kwara State House of Assembly to swear-in a lone PDP lawmaker even after two court judgements in his favour is quite worrisome. Mr Jimoh Agboola, who served in the previous assembly, ...

Olakunle Olusegun From Police Barracks Field To Stardom By Jimoh Bashir
Far back in the 70s, A’ Division Police Barracks, Ilorin served as the make-shift stadium for Kwara state. That was before the construction of the Kwara State Stadium Complex, Ilorin, in 1977. The ground host...

Kwara Utd promotes 2 youth team players to senior team
Kwara United Football Club of Ilorin has given two of its youth team players professional contract ahead of the new season, the Club's Media Officer, Jimoh Bashir, has confirmed. The duo, John Emmanuel, a centra...

World Mental Health Day: Nigeria has 350 psychiatrists - NMA
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has said only 350 psychiatrists who specialise in mental health are currently serving 200 million people in Nigeria. The Chairman of the Kwara branch of NMA, Baba Issa, said...

Why resilience is key for aspiring pilots - Abdulsalam Opeyemi
Abdulsalam Quadri Opeyemi, a pilot professionally known as Blinjoe, has said resilience is a key characteristic of any aspiring pilot, as the training and practice of the job require patience, thoroughness and dedicatio...

Buhari bows to protesters, SARS dissolved nationwide
The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu has announced the dissolution of the dreaded police formation, Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS or FSARS). The dissolution is coming on the hills of the #EndSARS prote...

Kwara's 10-year journey to end open defecation
Despite that the National Council on Water Resources at its 2014 meeting prioritised the development of a roadmap towards eliminating open defecation in the country by 2025, Kwara State has set 2030 as its target yea...

Lift Ban On Contact Sports, Kung Fu Federation Of Nigeria Urges Federal Government
Adewunmi Adekunle, the President of the Kung fu Federation of Nigeria urged the Federal Government to lift the ban on contact sports. Recall that the Covid-19 Presidential Taskforce had announced the resumpti...

COVID-19: Kwara discharges 58 patients
Kwara has recorded one new COVID-19 infection, while 58 patients, who tested negative twice have been discharged. Mr. Rafiu Ajakaye...

2020-10-10

Kwara Assembly rejects PDP member declared by court nearly a year ago
The appeal court has given two judgements on the case. ByAlfred Olufemi October 9, 2020 2 min read The Kwara State Assembly has continued to ignore multiple court judgements as it is yet to swear in Jimoh Agboola, th...

Women Engineers take over education of girl-mechanic in Kwara
Women Engineers take over education of girl-mechanic in Kwara The Association of Professional Women Engineers, Kwara State Chapter has taken over the educational sponsorship of Atoyebi Abiodun, an SS1 girl-mechanic in Il...

Khaleel: We've lost a freedom fighter - Kwara NULGE
The Kwara state chapter of Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) has expressed shock over the death of its national president, Comrade Ibrahim Khaleel Abdulkadir, saying that the union had lost a freedom f...

OPINION: A Tribute to My Father, Imam Shuaib Agaka, By Yushau A. Shuaib
Dr. Abdulhameed Shuaib, our very dear patriarch, an honourable father, friend, and community leader, is an exemplar of good conduct, a reliable confidant, moral teacher, spiritual healer and my superhero. He is not only...

Infrastructural deficit bane of Kwara schools
Facilities in public primary and secondary schools in Kwara State have seen better days. ADEKUNLE JIMOH of The Nation  reports on the effect on education service delivery in a state that last accessed Unive...

2020-10-09

Kwara youths protest, call for scrapping of SARS
Some youths in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, have staged a peaceful protest in order to put an end to what they called an extrajudicial killing and other activities of the operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad...

Women account for only 16.1% legislators in West Africa - ECOWAS Parliament
The Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, has condemned the low level of women representation in country-specific parliaments across the region. The Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliam...

Kwara urged to make inquiries on Olupako
The Ajikanje lineage of Dada ruling house in Share, Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, has urged the government to make inquiries from people of the community so that it will be well guided in picking a new ...

Kwara Governor greets APC chieftain Seriki on birthday anniversary
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Thursday congratulated top APC leader in the state and businessman Alhaji Yahya Seriki on his birthday anniversary, calling him a preeminent party leader and grassroots mo...

Kwara Gov congratulates new Emir of Zazzau
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated Alhaji Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli, a distinguished diplomat and technocrat, on his appointment as the 19th Emir of Zazzau. Bamalli was announced the new Emir o...

Two students crushed to death in Kwara crash
Two Junior Secondary School students were crushed to death in an auto accident in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Wednesday. Five persons also sustained injuries in the accident which happened around 2pm in the Gas Odot...

Policeman arrested for defiling 11-year-old girl in Kwara
A policeman attached to Ijagbo Police Post in the Oyun Local Government Area of Kwara State has been arrested by the state command for allegedly defiling an 11- year-old girl. The suspect, Monday Folorunsho, ...

Internet fraud: Student changes plea to 'not guilty'
University of Ilorin student, Itanola Abdulsamad will on 29 October face fresh trial before Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of the Kwara State High Court, Ilorin for alleged internet fraud. This followed the suspect&rs...

OPINION: A conversation on the Kwara minimum wage. By Dr Salihu Ajibola Ajia
This is the moment for hard truth and sober reflection. On Tuesday morning, October 6, 2020, a local blog published a screenshot of a story it had published on May 20, 2019, accompanied with video footage of protesting...

2020-10-08

Staff audit not a precondition for minimum wage -KWSG
·Says govt will pay minimum wage.·Negotiations continue Thursday Kwara State Government on Wednesday said staff audit and verification of workers are part of its efforts to reposition the public ser...

Saraki Bankrolls Medical Expenses Of Ailing Ex-photo Editor
Former Senate President, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has bankrolled the medical expenses of an Ilorin- based veteran journalist, Alh Ibrahim Salami.Salami, a former photo journalist with The Herald and later photo ed...

KWSG to end era of information falsification -Commissioner
The Kwara State Government has restated its determination to entrench a system that would eliminate attitude of information falsification for selfish interest without recourse to facts and figures. The State C...

Labour rejects fresh workers' screening ordered by Kwara
THE organised labour in Kwara State has rejected the ongoing verification/auditing of the state government as condition for the payment of minimum wage to the workers as demanded. The labour leaders, therefore, ...

Kwara Assembly calls for public hearing on revenue bill
The Kwara State House of Assembly has invited stakeholders and general public to the public hearing of a bill titled "Kwara State Consolidated Revenue Codes and Rates Bill, 2020." The bill proposed by the state gov...