2020-07-11

Kwara Gov greets Issa-Onilu, Mustapha on birthday anniversaries
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated the former National Publicity Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu and Chairman of Sobi FM Mallam Lukman Mustapha ...

FRSC enlightens NURTW on COVID-19 safety protocol in Kwara
The Kwara Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), has called on the executives of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Kwara to ensure that members of the union adhere to the safety g...

COVID-19: Kwara State Deputy Governor tests negative
Kwara State Deputy Governor and Chairman of the Technical Committee on Coronavirus, Mr Kayode Alabi has tested negative to COVID-19. According to his Chief Press Secretary Modupe Joel, the deputy Governor took t...

2020-07-10

Wife of Kwara Governor empowers women and youths
The wife of Kwara State Governor, Mrs Olufolake AbdulRazaq has presented tools to empower women and youths of Offa, in Offa Local Government Area of the State, North Central, Nigeria. The first lady who ...

Kwara court sentences Internet fraudster to sweep GRA
A judge of the Kwara State High Court, Justice Sikiru Oyinloye, on Thursday, sentenced 25-year-old Victor Salawu to sweep and clear the Government Reservation Area, Ilorin, and pay a fine of N50,000 for his involvemen...

2020-07-09

No foothold for criminal gangs in Kwara - Gov Abdulrazaq
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has said there would be zero tolerance for any killer gangs in the state. "The Governor warns that while the state government welcomes every Nigerian who wishes to make ...

How Unilorin is using its radio to fight COVID-19 - Manager
The management of the University of Ilorin says it has stepped up its fight against COVID-19 by using the institution's radio station, UNILORIN 89.3 FM, to enlighten and sensitise the public against the pandemic. ...

Kwara Fish Farmers Seek Govt Intervention
The Kwara State Chairman of Fish Farmers Association, Alhaji Sulyman Buhari, has called on the state government to come to their aid over low patronage being experienced by his members as a result of the Covid-19 pandem...

Ahmed Condoles Kwara Governor on Chief Of Staff's Death
Former Governor of Kwara State, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has condoled State Governor, Mallam Abdulrahman Abdulrazak on the death of his Chief of Staff, Alhaji Aminu Adisa Logun, who died on Tuesday. Alhaji Ahmed ...

Gbemi Saraki Mourns The Passing of the Chief of Staff to Kwara State Government
The Minister of State for Transportation, Sen. Gbemisola Ruqayyah Saraki, has conveyed her deepest sympathy to the family of late Chief of Staff to the Governor of Kwara State, Alhaji Adisa Aminu Logun. In a st...

Customs intercepts goods, arrests 53 smugglers in 1 month
The Nigeria Customs Service, North Central Zone, Sector 3, Ilorin, Kwara State, on Wednesday, said it has seized contraband goods worth N1.2 billion and arrested 53 suspected smugglers between May and June this year....

2020-07-08

Unilorin, Army sign MoU on research of ballistic composites, local content development
The University of Ilorin (Unilorin) and the Nigerian Army have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to support research of ballistic composites and promotion of local content development. According to the U...

Ministry donates seedlings to army as Kwara government endorses tree planting
In a fresh effort to mitigate the effects of climate change, the Federal Ministry of Environment plans to assist the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) with over five million seedlings of various species for planting. ...

Emir of Ilorin mourns late Chief of Staff
The Emir of Ilorin and Chairman Kwara Stat Council of Chiefs, Mai-Martaba Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, has commiserated with the State government over the death of Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq's Chief of Staff, Alh...

Kwara discharges 15 COVID-19 patients
Kwara State Government has announced the discharge of 15 COVID-19 patients, just as the state recorded 13 new cases. According to the Publicity Secretary of COVID-19 Task Force Rafiu Ajakaye, the state conducted ...

Kwara N-Power Beneficiaries Condemn Disengagement
Beneficiaries of the federal government youth empowerment programme, N-Power scheme, in Kwara state have appealed to President Mohammadu Buhari and the National Assembly, among other stakeholders to have a rethink on th...

COVID-19: I last saw my Chief of Staff two months before his death - Kwara Governor
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq said he last had physical contact with his Chief of Staff, Adisa Logun, on April 6, two months before his death on Tuesday from the new coronavirus complications. Mr Ab...

Death of CoS: Kwara APC, PDP Commiserate with Kwara Governor
The People's Democratic Party (PDP) has commiserated with Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara over the demise of his Chief of Staff, Adisa Logun. Mr Kola Shittu, the state Chairman of the PDP, in a condolence mes...

Buhari Mourns The Death Of Kwara Governor's Chief Of Staff
President Muhammadu Buhari joins the All Progressives Congress (APC), government and people of Kwara State in mourning the passing of Alhaji Aminu Adisa Logun, Chief of Staff, Kwara State Government House, describing h...

Kwara CoS for Burial Today
Health Commissioner explains janazah protocols PRESS RELEASE The Kwara State Ministry of Health has received with rude shock the sudden demise of Aminu Adisa Logun, mni., the Chief of Staff to His Excellency, ...

COVID-19: Kwara officials proceed on isolation
Kwara State government officials who have had contact with the late Chief of Staff Aminu Adisa Logun in the past two weeks have all proceeded on self-isolation while their samples are taken for COVID-19 test, a statemen...