2020-07-23

Fire guts NTA Ilorin branch
Three offices and a conference hall at the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) Ilorin, Kwara State capital, were ravaged by fire Tuesday night. The station is located along Fate Road, beside Shoprite Mall. ...

Senate confirms 39 non-career ambassadorial nominees
The Senate, on Wednesday, confirmed the appointment of 39 non-career Ambassadors-designate. The Red Chamber also approved the nomination of Mr Suleiman Sani from FCT as career ambassador. Senators slam ambassadorial nomin...

Kwara govt swears in Judicial and Assembly Services' Commissions members
Gov AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara has said that the state government was making efforts to recover public patrimonies that were unlawfully taken away. He stated this in Ilorin on Tuesday at the swearing-in of mem...

Kwara Records 87 New Cases Of COVID-19
Kwara has recorded 87 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of infections in the state to 672, with 244 discharged and 14 deaths. Mr Rafiu Ajakaye, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor and Spokesman ...

Spike in COVID-19 cases in Kwara stalls continuation of Offa bank robbery trial
The ongoing trial of the suspects of April 5, 2018 Offa bank robbery could not continue as the doors of the court of the trial judge, Justice Haleema Suleeman, were under lock and keys. Though, the prison offi...

COVID-19: UNILORIN student invents automated hand-washing machine
A 500-Level student of the Department of Computer Engineering, University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Mr. Okunlola Emmanuel Olarewaju, has invented an automated hand-washing machine that can assist in the fight against the...

AbdulRazaq visits, sympathises with NTA Ilorin over fire incident
By NAN Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara has sympathised with the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) over the fire that gutted some sections of its Ilorin area office late Tuesday night. The governor, who ...

Fire Outbreak: Kwara Speaker sympathizes with NTA, Ilorin
The Speaker, Kwara state House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Danladi-Salihu has sympathized with the management and staff of the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA), Channel 9, Ilorin over a fire outbreak that razed a s...

COVID-19: Kwara govt meets Muslim leaders, to announce position on Eid Friday
Kwara State Government on Wednesday met with a delegation of the Council of Ulamah (Muslim leaders) in the state, with discussions focusing on the spike in COVID-19 cases, the need for enforcement of rules, and the up...

2020-07-22

Kwara Assembly to accelerate passage of anti-rape bill
Kwara state House of Assembly is poised to accord the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) bill accelerated passage in the state Assembly Speaker Yakubu Danladi-Salihu said the passage would be done in acc...

COVID-19: Implement provisions of quarantine act - Kwara Assembly tells govt
The Kwara State House of Assembly on Tuesday urged the state government to implement provisions of the Quarantine Act by making the use of face masks and social distancing compulsory in the state. It al...

COVID-19: PSN takes campaign to Kwara communities
The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), Kwara chapter, on Tuesday, took COVID-19 awareness and prevention campaign to Oke-Oye and Oke-Ose in Ilorin East Local Government Area of Kwara. Mrs Elizabeth Adebol...

Kwara FA restates commitment to female football devt
Chairman of the Kwara Football Association, Malam Idris Musa, has restated the board's resolve to develop female football in the state. Musa made this known in Ilorin on Tuesday when he received the management and...

Unilorin to begin N600m poultry project, says VC
Prof. Sulyman Abdulkareem, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, has said that the university, with support from the Central Bank of Nigeria, is embarking on a poultry project worth N600 million. A...

Labour, Kwara government disagree over staff
The organised labour, under the umbrella of Joint State Public Service Negotiating Council (JNC), Kwara State chapter, has disagreed with the state government over the indefinite postponement of 2020 promotion exe...

Customs Kwara Area Command Destroys 927 Bags Of Poisonous Rice, Other Items
The Nigeria Customs Service, Kwara State Area Command Tuesday in Ilorin destroyed seized food items said to be dangerous for human and animal consumption. Items that were set ablaze in the presence on newsmen i...

2020-07-21

Don't go out without face masks, Kwara govt tells residents
· Violators face sanctions from July 31st · Govt meets Muslim leaders Wednesday ahead Eid-el-Kabir · Says raids on night clubs, viewing centres, others to continue Residents of Kwara State must use face...

RE: YOUTH PROTEST INCREASE COST OF MARIJUANA IN ILORIN
PRESS RELEASE 20/07/2020 RE: YOUTH PROTEST INCREASE COST OF MARIJUANA IN ILORIN The Kwara State Police Command wishes to debunk news report published by some news media captioned above as untrue and m...

ABDULRAZAQ HAILS RTD. GENERAL JEMIBEWON AT 80
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Monday congratulated former military Governor of old Western Region and former Minister of Police Affairs Rtd. General David Jemibewon on his 80th birthday anniversary. ...

Kwara governor, deputy test negative for COVID-19
The COVID-19 test results for Governor AbdulRazaq AbdulRahman of Kwara State and his deputy, Kayode Alabi, have come back negative. The Chief of Staff to Mr AbdulRahman, Aminu Logun, died of COVID-19 complicatio...

Alleged fraud: N300m LG funds intact, says Kwara commissioner
Kwara state Special Duties Commissioner Aisha Ahman-Pategi Monday denied accusing the state Ministry of Finance of alleged withdrawal of N300 million local government funds. This accusation was said to have led ...

Yusuf Ali seeks amendment to EFCC's Act, wants Nigerians of proven integrity to head Agency
A legal luminary, Malam Yusuf Ali(SAN) has called for the amendment of the Act that established the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC). He said the amendment should among other things make provisions...

2020-07-20

NGO Petitions EFCC Over Alleged Diversion of N300 Million Kwara LG Funds
A non-governmental organisation, Kwara Advancement Initiative (KIA), has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission( EFCC) to fish out the perpetrators of the alleged unlawful deduction of N300 million from ...

NEMA distributes relief materials to households in Kwara
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has commenced the distribution of relief materials to 662 households affected by wind and rainstorm in three local government areas in Kwara North senatorial district. ...

Kwara Gov. commiserates with ex-Gov Adebayo over loss of daughter
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has commiserated with former Governor Cornelius Adebayo over the death of his daughter Diekolola Osa-Avielele (nee Adebayo). "The Governor shares in the pain and qui...

Malaria: Kwara State gets 2.3m insecticide nets
Kwara State has received at least 2.3m insecticide nets to be distributed across 772,648 households in the state. This is contained in a statement issued by the State's Director of Public Health, Dr Oluwatosin ...