2020-07-15

Lions Club tackles diabetes with 20,000 screening, 100 eye surgeries
The District Governor, Lions Club, District 404 B2, Nigeria, Ademola Adesoye, has decried rising cases of diabetes among Nigerians.This has led to the determination to fight the disease to its knees in Kwara, Ekiti, Osu...

Kwara FA Meets Stakeholders: Deliberate on Key Issues affecting Football
The Kwara state football association held its first meeting in the event of Covid-19 in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Tuesday, chaired by Malam Idris Musa Abdullahi. Opening the meeting which was held in full complian...

Man dies in Kwara well
A man has reportedly died in a well in Offa, Offa local government area of Kwara state. The deceased, Abubakar Sokoto, was suspected to a well digger. It was also gathered that the late Abubakar Sokoto wa...

Kwara Governor, AbdulRazaq Sets Up Independent Panel To Probe LG Funds
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to conduct an independent probe into funds so far received and disbursed to the 16 Local Government Areas from M...

2020-07-14

COVID-19: 35 doctors infected in Kwara - NMA
The Kwara State branch of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), said on Monday that 35 doctors has so far tested positive for COVID-19 since the virus manifested in the state. Dr Kolade Solagberu, NMA Chairma...

2020-07-13

OPINION: Kwara: Are we all looking at the COVID-19 cases? By Prof. Aisha Gobir.
Kwara has for the first time recorded the highest number of daily cases, 71. Those are higher than the cases the state recorded in the first two months of getting on the pandemic table in Nigeria. I predict as exponen...

COVID-19: Kwara Deputy Governor's Aides Test Positive
Kwara State Deputy Governor and Chairman of the Technical Committee on Coronavirus, Mr Kayode Alabi has again called on the people of the state to always adhere strictly to COVID-19 safety protocols. Mr Alabi,...

Kwara records 71 new cases of COVID-19
The Kwara Government says 71 more people have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total of confirmed cases in the state to 382. The Chief Press Secretary to the state Governor and Spokesman of the Technica...

2020-07-12

OPINION: Ode to the astute statesman Aminu Adisa Logun! By AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq
He liked to be called Aminu Adisa Logun. These are names he so much cherished and protected until his last breath on Tuesday July 7, 2020. If you must add anything to his name, it has to be the 'mni' acronym, which in...

Kwara gets COVID- 19 test centre
Kwara State has officially been designated a test centre for the COVID-19 pandemic by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The chairman of the State's Medical Advisory on COVID-19, Femi Oladiji, made this kno...

Kwara Governor Salutes Philanthropist and Son of Billionaire Businesswoman, Hajia Bola Shagaya at 40
The skies are clear and bright for Sheriff Shagaya, son of billionaire businesswoman, Hajia Bola Shagaya as he turned 40 a few days ago. As expected of a man of accomplishments, privilege and charter, great things were ...

Body of missing farmer, 26, recovered in Kwara river
The Kwara State Fire Service has recovered the corpse of a 26-year-old farmer, Abdulwaheed Abdullateef, who drowned in Moro River, Oko-Olowo, Ilorin, after a Wednesday rain. Abdullateef, whose corpse was recovered...