2020-07-03

COVID-19: Kwara Spends N1.56bn
The Kwara State government has announced the receipt of N243m as financial donations from private individuals and corporate bodies between March 27th and now. The donations were in respect of the government's fight...

Abdulrazaq Commends BUA for COVID-19 Donations
Thhe Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, has commended the BUA Group for donating three ambulance buses to the Kwara State Government - some two months after the conglomerate donated N100m to the state's COVID-1...

Abdulrazaq reshuffles Kwara cabinet
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Friday announced a minor cabinet reshuffle involving five commissioners who are to move from one ministry to the other. Those affected are the Commissioner for Communic...

Police investigation stalls certificate forgery case against Kwara lawmaker
An Abuja Area Court, in Karmo has adjourned to 6th of July for ruling on whether or not to refer to a higher police station, investigations into a case of alleged certificate forgery and false information on oath prefer...

AbdulRazaq Congratulates Kwara Ambassador Nominees
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara has congratulated the three non-career ambassador nominees from the state, saying their appointment is an evidence of a new dawn in the state. This is contained in a stat...

I restored hope to 500 households in Kwara - Corps member
Global change maker and multiple award winner, Emmanuel Oluwasayomi Ahmadu, said he restored hope to 500 households and 50 secondary schools across three local government areas of Kwara State through his sensitisation a...

COVID-19: NALVEJ Chairman Urges FG To Grant Media Industry Bailout Funds
The Federal Government has been urged to approve a bailout funds for the media industry in the country in order to avoid further loss of jobs in the sector. The chairman, National League of Veteran Journa...

2020-07-02

STOPPAGE OF DEDUCTIONS ON SALARY OF KWARA STATE SUBEB STAFF
The Kwara State Government has directed the Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board (KWSUBEB) to stop all deductions from salaries of SUBEB Staff except Statutory deductions (PAYE, Water rates and NHF) and bank loan...

Asa River Dredging; Commissioner visits project site, other areas of concern
The Commissioner for Environment Arc. Aliyu Muhammad Saifuddeen has today visited the project site of the ongoing dredging and desilting of Asa River at Unity area, to assess the quality and the extent of the execution ...

COVID-19: Kwara State inaugurates post pandemic committee
A seven-man committee on the Action Recovery Economic Stimulus Programme for Results (CARES) has been inaugurated by Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State. A World Bank-backed initiative, the committee ...

Two robbers to die for killing Kwara couple
A Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin, on Wednesday, sentenced two armed robbers to death by hanging for killing a couple, Mr Michael and Mrs Juana Aigbe, at the Fate area of Ilorin in 2016. Justice Aminat ...

Gov AbdulRazaq urges Nigerian Air Force to resume training at Ilorin college
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has solicited the collaboration of the Nigerian Air Force to resume the training of its personnel at the International Aviation College (IAC) Ilorin. This is conta...

UNILORIN Student Sentenced to Nine Months Imprisonment for Fraud
An Ilorin High Court in Kwara State yesterday sentenced a 19-year-old Chemistry student of the University of Ilorin, Mr. Ajayi Joshua Oluwatobi, to nine month's imprisonment for defrauding three students seeking acc...

2020-07-01

Scopus accepts Unilorin Engineering journal
The Nigerian Journal of Technological Development, a quarterly scientific publication of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology, University of Ilorin, has been accepted by Scopus, a global scientific and research dat...

Gov AbdulRazaq offers youth 500 hectares in 3 LGs through NALDA's programme
The Governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, Tuesday, offered youth in the state 500 hectares of land in three Local Government Areas through the National Agricultural Land Development Authority, NALDA, initia...

Kwara gets new Director of Sports
Coach Ibrahim Alarape has been appointed as the 16th Director of Sports, Kwara State Sports Council. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that he replaces the out-going Director of Sports, Mallam Tunde ...

Ghost Workers' Probe: Kwara suspends Permanent Secretary, others
A statement from the State Commissioner for Communications, Kwara State, Alhaji Muritala Olanrewaju, stated that the state Government has suspended five senior officials. The suspended five senior officials inc...

2020-06-30

How Kwara top shots hijacked public solar street lights for their residences - ICPC
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission has ordered the relocation of solar street lights from private residents in Ilorin, Kwara State. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that IC...

No interference with local government affairs in Kwara - State Assembly
The Kwara State House of Assembly has reacted sharply to insinuations on the extension of the 16 local government chairmen in the state by the state governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq. A statement in Ilorin, by the...

Fire guts residential building, shops in Kwara
A residential building of eight rooms, with two attached shops at Isale-Ago, Ile Olu-Olo compound in Offa Local Government area of Kwara, was on Monday gutted by fire. The Head, Media and Publicity, Kwara State ...

Legal battle raises hope on ex-governors, others' jumbo pension
The details of payment of life pensions to former governors across the 36 states in the country, and the names and details of such ex-governors and other government officials collecting pensions, may soon be disclosed...