2020-11-03

Opinion: Oke-Fomo Bridge: A Loud Gratitude To Gov. AbdulRazaq. By Abubakar Imam
On Friday, May 29,2020 during the euphoria of the one year celebration of the administration of His Excellency Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, I had the cause to draw the attention of the Executive Governor of Kwara Stat...

Supreme Court affirms Kwara PDP lawmker's victory
Supreme Court has affirmed electoral victory of Hon. Jimoh Raheem Agboola of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the duly elected member representing Ilorin South state constituency in the Kwara State House of Assembl...

Headless body of suspected cultist found in Ilorin
The headless body of a suspected cultist was found in the early hours of Monday in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. The deceased's corpse, popularly called 'star boy' was found along the railway line close to Mar...

2020-11-02

Lawmaker empowers Kwara youths
About 100 youths across Offa, Oyun and Ifelodun local government area of Kwara state have been trained and empowered to make them self reliant. The Skill acquisition training and empowerment scheme sponsored ...

'SMEs Key to Building Sustainable Economy'
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq at the weekend said small and medium scale enterprises are very important in any effort to building a strong and sustainable economy. He, however, added tha...

Kwara Speaker brokers peace between community, herdsmen
The Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Yakubu Danladi, has brokered peace between Batonou and Fulani inhabitants of Bwen community of the Baruten Local Government Area of the state. Danladi met with the...

2020-11-01

Regional old people's home unnecessary - Physician
A Public Health Physician, Dr. Taiye Omojasola, says the plan by the Federal Government to establish regional geriatric centres to provide clinical care for the elderly in the country is a waste of resources and duplica...

We sold our belongings to raise N3.5m used to build aircraft - Four Kwara secondary school leavers
Four senior secondary school leavers from Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara State constructed a prototype of an aircraft which was displayed in Ilorin on October 1, 2020, Nigeria's 60th Independence Anniversary...

NPFL: 13 stadiums get LMC approval for 2020/21 season
The League Management Company has approved 13 stadiums for the 2020/21 Nigeria Professional Football League season. In a memo sent by the LMC to clubs on Friday, which was seen by our correspondent, the league b...

Kwara not in a hurry to lift ban on curfew - Commissioner
Kwara State Government says it may not completely lift the curfew imposed on the state, unless it gets a favourable security report, the Commissioner for Communication, Adenike Afolabi Oshatimehin, has said. Foll...

Odo-Owa: Kwara community where widowed black soap makers raise children with meagre proceeds
At a speed that concealed her stressed face, Mrs Asake Asaolu picked from an array of palm nuts she cracked on a well-worn mortar. Her energy buried the pains from fingers she hurt while separating 'stubborn' palm ker...

2020-10-31

Prof. A.O. Sulaiman: 55 Garlands For Erudite Scholar And Astute Administrator. By Bayo Jimoh
  Professor Abubakar Olanrewaju Sulaiman, erstwhile Minister of National Planning, former Deputy Chairman, National Planning Commission (NPC) and currently the Director-General, National Institute for Legislative a...

Clerics task journalists on accuracy
An Islamic cleric, Adebayo Abdulkareem, has called on journalists to disseminate accurate reports to prevent social disorder. Abdulkareem made the call on Friday in Ilorin during a special prayer organised by...

Kwara FA Gives Green Light to Resumption of Football Activities
The Kwara state football association has confirmed the resumption of football activities in the state. This was contained in an announcement on Friday morning by chairman of the association, Malam Idris Musa Abdu...