2020-09-13

ASUU accuses FG of planning to kill public universities
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has alleged that there is a deliberate and calculated attempt to kill public universities and frustrate the union. The union's president, Biodun Ogunyemi while addressing ...

Flood displaces over 2500 Kwara residents in Jebba
Jebba community in Moro local government area of Kwara state has been thrown into survival crisis as no fewer than Two Thousand five hundred residents have been displaced from their abodes by a devastating flood on Thur...

KWSG approves new master plan for Ilorin
A new master plan has been approved for Ilorin, the capital city of Kwara State, decades after the first and the last one was designed by former military regime of the late Brigadier-General David Bamigboye. ...

Yahaya Oladimeji: The Exit of A Philanthropist
To the family of Late Alhaji Yahaya Moronfade Oladimeji, a frontline carpenter, businessman and philanthropist par excellence, his exit to the world beyond in the early hours of last month in Ilorin after a brief ill...

2020-09-12

Kwara gov to host USA '94 Super Eagles
The Governor of Kwara State Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has promised to host the 1994 Super Eagles in recognition of their role in lifting the image of the country and to keep the memory of late Rashidi Yekini alive. ...

Ile Arugbo: Saraki Drags Kwara to Appeal Court, Seeks Stay of Execution
The Asa Investments Limited owned by the former Senate leader in the second republic National Assembly, late Dr. Olusola Saraki, and Alhaji Sanusi Baba-Eleku has filed a motion on notice before the Court of Appeal in...

'Africa Fashion Week London' Partners Kwara First Lady to Promote Aso-ofi
Organisers of foremost global fashion event, Africa Fashion Week London, has partnered with Kwara State’s first lady, Dr. Olufolake Abdulrazaq, for the 2020 edition of the show. The partnership, aimed t...

Kwara Leads Progressive Governors' Achievement Chart
Kwara State is the leading State in developmental initiatives for the month of August, 2020, according to a magazine published by the Progressives Governors’ Forum (PGF). The PGF is the umbrella body fo...

NSIP operates with solid, verifiable database: Kwara Focal Person
The Kwara State Focal Person for the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) Mrs Bashirah AbdulRazaq Sanusi has denied saying that the scheme has no records of beneficiaries of the popular Trader Moni. In...

2020-09-11

Anti-graft war: Kwara Internal Revenue Service partners with EFCC
The Kwara State Internal Revenue Service, KWIRS, has pledged its support for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in the ongoing efforts to become victorious in the fight against corruption. ...

AbdulRazaq meets Timipre Silva over Ibadan-Ilorin-Jebba gas pipeline, other devt projects
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Wednesday visited the Minister of State for Petroleum Timipre Sylva in Abuja, the Nigerian capital city, to discuss various areas of collaboration between the state and the...

Kwara House pledges improved budgetary provision for cultural promotion
Kwara State House of Assembly has promised to ensure sustainable budgetary provision in 2021 for promotion and improvement of diverse cultures in the state. Speaking during a week-long cultural fiesta, organised ...

Fuel hike: Fix Nigeria's refineries now, Kwara NLC tells FG
Kwara state council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on the federal government to as a matter of urgency revert to the old price regime of both petrol and electricity tariff . The congress...

Kwara stadium to be named after Rashidi Yekini
Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara has pledged to immortalise late Super Eagles legend, Rashidi Yekini, by naming the Kwara State Sports Stadium in Ilorin after him. The governor disclosed this on Thursday i...

2020-09-10

KWASU Has No Affiliation With Ekiti Study Centre - Management
The Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, says it has no Study Centre for Top Up Programme in Ekiti State. This is contained in a statement from the Director of University Relations, Abdulrazaq Sanni, on Tuesday...

PSN, NDLEA partner to sensitise against drug abuse
The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, Kwara Chapter, has sought the partnership with the National Drug Law and Enforcement Agency in sensitising the residents on the dangers of drug abuse. The newly elected Kwar...

KWSG APPOINTS NEW DIRECTORS FOR KW-IRS
The Kwara State Government has announced the appointment of Omolara Mulikat Ojulari and Olatunji Ahmed Balogun as new full-fledged Directors for the Kwara State Internal Revenue Service (KW-IRS). The appointment t...

N13.3B spent on N-Power beneficiaries in Kwara State - Official
The Nigerian government has said that it expended a total sum of N13.3 billion to N15,246 on N-Power beneficiaries comprising batches A and B who volunteered in Kwara State before they exited the National Social Investm...

EFCC arrests twin brothers for internet fraud in Ilorin
The Ilorin zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arrested twin brothers: Kehinde Adebayo and Taiye Adebayo over their alleged involvement in offences bordering on internet fraud. ...