2020-07-19

Kwara records 85 new COVID-19 cases
Kwara State government, Saturday night, said it had recorded 85 new COVID-19 positive cases. This was contained in the routine table released by the spokesman of COVID-19 Technical Committee in the state, Rafiu...

Youths protest increased cost of marijuana in Ilorin
Concerned elders in Ilorin are worried over alleged rise in crime rates among youths in the ancient town of Ilorin, Kwara State. The development came on the heels of outbreak of hostilities among youths at 'Alor...

2020-07-18

COVID-19: Kwara arrests 50 at Night Club
No fewer than 50 people were arrested in the early hours of Saturday at a night club in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, by the state Technical Committee on COVID-19. The Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee on ...

Bolaji Abdullahi: If airlines can operate, students can write WASSCE
Bolaji Abdullahi, former minister of youth and sports development, has asked the federal government to find "creative ways to manoeuvre around" the coronavirus pandemic so that Nigerian students can write the West ...

Niger police arrests two suspects for allegedly killing Fulani girl in Kwara
Two suspects have been arrested by the Niger state police command in connection with the death of an 18-year-old Fulani girl in Lavun Local Government Area of the state. The suspects include Abdulkadir Ibrahim,...

10,000 Kwara Rural Women Benefit From Broiler Chicken Initiative
No fewer than 10,000 rural women in Kwara State are to be empowered in broiler chicken production. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) initiative is to empower the rural women to boost their economic well-being. Th...

12 NYSC Members to Repeat Service in Kwara
The Kwara State Coordinator, National Youths Service Corps (NYSC), Mrs. Francisca Olaleye, has disclosed that about 12 corps members out of 1,077corps that passed out in the just concluded passing out in the state were ...

Abdullahi Biffo: Kwara Utd would have escaped relegation even without COVID-19 crisis
The Technical Adviser of Kwara United, Abdullahi Biffo has said the 'Afonja Warriors would have escaped relegation even without the coronavirus crisis that forced the recent cancellation of the 2019/2020 Nigeria Professi...

Senate Screens Djebah, Adesina, Other Non-career Ambassadorial Nominees
The Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs yesterday concluded the screening of 41 non-career ambassadorial nominees including former Deputy Editor of THISDAY Newspapers, Mr. Oma Djebah, referred to it by the upper legis...

Teach your children morals to curtail rape, lawyer urges parents
An Ilorin-based legal practitioner, Mr Femi Olorunleke, has advised parents to teach their children morals and stop the girl-child from wearing indecent dresses to curtail cases of rape and other vices. Olorunl...

We'll support you, Kwara Gov tells private school owners
· Says Online education has come to stay · State aligns with FG on school reopening Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Friday pledged to offer interest-free loan and grants to private school...

WE'RE PUTTING FINAL TOUCHES TO OUR AGRIC MASTERPLAN: KWARA GOV
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has said the state's agricultural masterplan would be ready soon as the government puts final touches to the document. "Revamping Kwara's economy through agricultural...

2020-07-17

OPINION: Of Rape and the Way Forward. By Abdulganiyu Abdulrahman Akanbi
Some days ago, the Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Pauline Tallen disclosed that Nigeria reported 3,600 rape cases since the beginning of lockdown in the country. Besides, the majority of these cases led to loss of lives. ...

Saraki mourns ex-IEDPU President, commiserates with Emir, family
Former President of the Senate, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has mourned the death of the ex-President of the Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU), Alhaji Abdullahi Atanda. Atanda who served as IED...

No Positive Case Of COVID-19 Among Our Members - Kwara PSN
Mr Aliu Bakau, Chairman, Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), Kwara branch, says none of his members in the state has tested positive for the Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease. Bakau made this known to the News...

Kwara Gov describes death of first female combat pilot as a huge loss
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Thursday described as shocking and sad the death of Nigerian Air Force first female combat pilot Tolulope Arotile following a car crash in Kaduna. "The death of...

Nigerian Football Coaches Are Denied Respect, Job Security - Biffo
The Technical Adviser of Kwara United football club, Abdullahi Biffo has said there is no job security for indigenous coaches as he maintained that they can be sacked anytime by their employers. Biffo who was th...

Nigeria: Court Orders EFCC to Return Saraki's Houses
The Federal High Court in Lagos Thursday upturned its earlier order forfeiting to the federal government two houses in Ilorin belonging to a former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki. The court, in a judgment by ...

10,000 Kwara Rural Women Benefit From Broiler Chicken Initiative
No fewer than 10,000 rural women in Kwara State are to be empowered in broiler chicken production. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) initiative is to empower the rural women to boost their economic well-being. ...

2020-07-16

Kwara Gov mourns ex-IEDPU President
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Thursday commiserated with the Ilorin Emirate over the death of the former President of the Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU) Alhaji Abdullahi Atanda Atu...

COVID-19: Avoid unnecessary visits to hospitals, NMA urges.
The Kwara State branch of the Nigeria Medical Association has said that people should avoid paying unnecessary visits or consultations to hospitals to minimise the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. It said 35 d...

Kwara records 21 new COVID-19 cases
Kwara State has recorded 21 more COVID-19 cases, while one patient who tested negative twice has been discharged. Mr Rafiu Ajakaye, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor and Spokesman of the Technical Committee o...

COVID-19: 12 doctors recover at Ilorin Teaching Hospital
12 doctors at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital who tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered, Lanre Olosunde, the President of Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), UITH chapter, has said. Speak...

Kwara Assembly sets up committee to probe local councils finances
The Kwara State House of Assembly on Wednesday set up a committee to probe the finances of the sixteen local government councils in the state. DAILY POST reports that the action by the state legislature is com...

Kwara commends doctors who tested positive for COVID-19
Kwara State government says it appreciates efforts of medical doctors in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic in the state and those who have contracted the virus. Speaking during the commissioning of a mini sp...