2020-08-05

FG to resume Digital Switch Over roll out - Lai Mohammed
The federal government says it will "very soon" resume the roll out of Digital Switch Over (DSO) - a transition from analogue to digital television broadcasting - across the country. The Minister of Information a...

Kwara Governor hails BUA boss at 60
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has felicitated with the founder and chairman of the BUA Group Abdul Samad Rabiu (CON) on his 60th birthday anniversary, calling him a distinguished Nigerian businessman wi...

Gov Abdulrazaq appoints Commission of inquiry on Kwara assets
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has set up a six-person commission of inquiry to investigate the sale or unlawful acquisition of government's properties between May 29, 1999 and May 29, 2019. "In exerci...

2020-08-04

COVID-19: Kwara Deputy Gov, wife, test positive
The Deputy of Governor of Kwara State, Mr Kayode Alabi, and his wife, Mrs Abieyuwa Alabi have tested positive the coronavirus disease. According to a press release by the Kwara State Governor's Chief Press Secretary, Mr R...

Kwara constitutes Visitation Panels to Kwara Poly, Aviation College
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has approved the constitution of Visitation Panel for the Kwara State Polytechnic to be chaired by Dr. Fatai Bello. Dr. Bello was Country Representative of the Global F...

Al-Hikmah University will emulate Unilorin success - VC, Prof Yusuf
The Vice-Chancellor of Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Prof. Noah Yusuf, has said that as a fast-growing university, is committed to emulating the success of the University of Ilorin and even improve on it where possible ...

Kwara govt announces resumption date for SS3 students
The Kwara State Government has announced August 5 for the resumption of students preparing for the secondary school certificate examinations. The government has also provided 65,000 face masks for senior secondar...

Kwara distributes face masks as SS3 students resume tomorrow
Kwara Government, yesterday, gave out 65,000 face masks for distribution across schools ahead of tomorrow's resumption of students preparing for the secondary school certificate examinations. The face masks are to ...

Kwara discharges 41 COVID-19 patients
Kwara State government yesterday said it had discharged 41 persons confirmed with COVID-19 after they were treated and confirmed negative. This brings the total number of discharged cases in the state to 311....

Kwara Ladies FC felicitates with Her Excellency on her birthday
The management, players and staff of Kwara Ladies Football Club have congratulated Her Excellency, Dr. Mrs Olufolake Abdulrazaq, the First Lady of Kwara State on the occasion of her birthday celebration. A statem...

Kwara Gov sets up Justice Adewara panel to probe alleged N300m LG funds
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has set up an eight-person panel of inquiry to investigate the federal allocations accruing to the 16 local government areas of the state as well as their share of the inte...

What you need to know about SFTAS' grants in Kwara
SFTAS grant is a Programme for Result project that is mandated for all Nigerian states to become Public Financial Management Compliant. The $750m project is to last for 4years with a total sum of $700m to be ...

Immortalise late Abdulrazaq, GHS old boys tell Kwara
The old students of the Government High School, Ilorin, have called on the Kwara State Government to immortalise the late Abdulganiyu Abdulrazaq by naming an institution after him. The President of the Govern...

2020-08-03

UNILORIN student wins International Bar Association contest
Famuyiwa Olushola, a 300-level law student of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) in Kwara state, has won the maiden edition of the International Bar Association (IBA) vlogging competition. NAN reports that ...

Edo, Ondo Elections litmus test for Nigeria's Democracy - Aremu
Comrade Issa Aremu, a former Labor Party Guber candidate in Kwara state, has said that campaign for the election in Edo and Ondo states should be issue-based and depersonalised. "The elections are between brot...

2020-08-02

BIRTHDAY GREETINGS TO HE KAYODE ALABI By Raheem Adedoyin
I knew His Excellency, Mr. Kayode Alabi, Deputy Governor of Kwara State closely only two years ago. Of course, I had heard much about him in Abuja as a notable Kwaran. My encounter with him in 2018 during th...

Emir Commissions Ilorin Central Mosque's Library
Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu – Gambari, has commissioned the ultra-modern library of the Ilorin Juma'at Central Mosque, Ilorin, Kwara State. The ultra-modern library comprises of conventional and e-libr...

PCN seals 499 pharmacies, patent medicine stores in Kwara
The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) has sealed 499 pharmacies and patent medicine shops across Kwara State over alleged illegal operations.The sealed outlets included 30 pharmacies and 469 PMS, in the one week enfo...

AbdulRazaq paying lip service to agriculture - Kwara farmers
Farmers, in Kwara state under the aegis of All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), have accused the State Government of paying lip service to agriculture. The farmers specifically stated the administration of ...

OPINION: Ilorin and the Family House Thing by Tunji Ajanaku
"When we gather together in the moonlit village ground it is not because of the moon. Every man can see it in his own compound. We come together because it is good for kinsmen to do so"* - Chinua Achebe's Things...