2020-05-12

Kwara Speaker commiserate with colleague over dad's demise
The Speaker, Kwara state House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Salihu Yakubu Danladi has sympathized with the family of Hon. Abdulwaheed Yusuf Gbenga, member representing Essa/Shawo/ Igbodun Constituency at the State Assembly ove...

COVID-19: AbdulRazaq mulls labour-civil society border volunteers
* Kwara to have test centre soon * Again, Gov engages CSOs Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has suggested the setting up of a volunteer team drawn from the labour unions and the civil society to...

COVID-19: FRSC arrests 396 vehicles for violating social distancing
The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has arrested a total of 396 vehicles conveying over 2,422 passengers in indiscriminate violation of Presidential directives on physical distancing in vehicles. The arrests w...

2020-05-11

Kwara reconnects twelve border communities to national grid
L The Kwara Government has begun the reconnection of more than 12 border communities to the national grid, five years after vandals carted away cables providing electricity to the area. Alhaji Aliyu Kora-Sabi, the...

COVID-19: Police warn transporters against smuggling passengers into Kwara
The Kwara State Police Commissioner, Mr. Kayode Egbetokun, on Monday, strongly warned transport union members against smuggling passengers into the state under the interstate travels ban by the government. Egb...

Kwara police intercept 200 Lagos-bound Almajirai
Police in Kwara State on Saturday intercepted about 200 youths suspected to be Almajirai (street children) from Katsina State attempting to travel through the state to Lagos. The lorry with registrat...

2020-05-10

Kwara Gov hails Olofa on 10th coronation anniversary
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated the Olofa of Offa Oba Mufutau Gbadamosi (Esuwoye II) on the 10th anniversary of his ascending the throne. "The Olofa has carved a niche for himself ...

NSCDC intercepts 52 violators of lockdown order in Kwara
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kwara Command, has intercepted 52 persons who allegedly violated the COVID-19 lockdown order in the state. The Public Relations Officer of NSCDC in the stat...

Kwara records first COVID-19 death, 4 new cases
The Kwara Government on Saturday announced that it recorded its first death from a confirmed case of Novel COVID-19 pandemic. This was made known in a Press Statement issued by Mr Rafiu Ajakaye, Chief Press Secr...

2020-05-09

COVID-19: Kwara records 1st death, 7 new cases.
UPDATE: There are now seven new cases and one death. The number of active cases in Kwara is 21. The report below was written earlier on the evening of Saturday, 9th May 2020. COVID-19: Kwara records 1st death, act...

MOTEST inaugurates board members of KWASU, Kwara State Polytechnic and IVTEC
Hon. Commisioner, MOTEST, Hajiya Sa'adatu Modibbo Kawu congratulated the council members, and charged them to ensure best practices and standards that will make Kwara state a model, for the management and administrati...

Kwara Governor signs additional 114 Certificates of Occupancy
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq The Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has signed additional 114 Certificates of Occupancy. This is in addition to the 285 recently signed by the...

Former Kwara acting governor, Col. Adedipe, passes on at 78
Former acting military governor of Kwara State, Col. John Olajide Adedipe, has passed on at his Ibadan, Oyo State residence. Col. Adedipe, who died on April 17, after a brief illness, was born in Jebba, Niger St...

Ilorin emirate opposes call for grading of chiefs in Jebba, Shao
Emirate Council has cautioned the Kwara State government against acceding to the request for the elevation of the traditional chiefs of Jebba and Shao in Moro Local Government Area of the state. The council in a...

Two dead, others injured in Ogbomosho-Ilorin road accident
Two persons died while three others sustained injuries in an accident, which occurred at Apake on the old Ogbomoso-Ilorin road on Friday. Confirming the accident, the Oyo State FRSC Sector Commander, Chukwurah U...

Lockdown: Kwara butchers lose cows worth N20.5m
The Kwara Butchers Association says it lost cows worth N20.5 million during the one-month lockdown in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the lockdown was aimed at reducing COVID-19 spread...

COVID-19: Kwara arrests 31 passengers for violating interstate boundary order
At least 31 passengers have been arrested in Kwara state for allegedly violating the inter-state boundary order of both the state and the federal government as parts of efforts to curb the spread of coronavirus pandemic...