2020-05-05

Kwara FA pays Tribute to Rashidi Yekini on 8th Anniversary ...To be Immortalized with naming rights, football competition
The Kwara state football association on Monday, joined millions of football enthusiasts around the globe in paying emotional tribute to late Super Eagles striker, Rashidi Yekini on the 8th anniversary of his death....

COVID-19: Ilorin residents violate social distancing, face masks directives
Residents of Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, flagrantly violated the social distancing and mandatory use of face masks on Monday, the first day of the relaxed COVID-19 restrictions order by the state government. ...

2020-05-04

Clarifications on capital expenditure for the health sector in the 4th quarter of 2019
True to its aspiration to bring government closer to the people in line with democratic ethics, this administration has always uploaded relevant documents for the use and assessment of our internal and external audience. ...

Ochuba hopeful of league return and sure of Kwara united topflight survival
Kwara United defender Henry Ochuba has stated that he wants the Nigeria Professional Football League to continue despite the seemingly uncertain situation of things as to when the league will return due to the Covid-19 ...

Kwara state launches Eco Clean Initiative project
The Kwara State Government of Nigeria has launched an Eco Clean Project as part of efforts to ensure that the state achieved Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftainc...

Kwara United Felicitate With Commissioner For Sports Joana Kolo On Birthday
The management, staffs, coaching crew and all the players of Kwara United have congratulated Sports Commissioner Mrs Joana Kolo on the celebration of her birthday. Joana who is known to be the youngest Commissioner...

COVID-19: Kwara artisans seek palliatives
Association of Professional Artisans of Nigeria, Kwara State branch, has appealed to the state government to assist them with palliatives to cushion the effects of the ongoing lockdown. Its President Jose...

Kwara police intercepts 50 passengers from Zamfara hidden inside trailer load of fruits
Fifty persons from Zamfara state hidden inside Lorry loads of fruits were intercepted in Ilorin by officers of Kwara state police command. Vanguard reliably gathered that they were intercepted at the Oyun area ...

2020-05-03

COVID-19: Kwara imposes curfew, bars inter-LG travels, 6 discharged
*Says reviews will be constant while pandemic lasts *Kwara discharges six more COVID-19 patients Kwara State Government has announced additional measures to curtail community transmission of COVID-19 pandem...

Public Announcement: Postponement of the 10th Year Coronation Anniversary of Olofa
Postponement of the 10th Year Coronation Anniversary of His Royal Majesty, Oba (Alhaji) Mufutau Gbadamosi Oloyede, Ajagungbade I, Esuwoye II, The Olofa of Offa. (9th May 2010- 9th May 2020) ================ ...

Kwara Govt to create fish farm estate
The Kwara Government says it will create a modern fish farm estate to attract more farmers for fish processing. The State Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mrs Adenike Afolabi-Oshatimehin, disc...

COVID-19: Christian, Muslim households benefit from N100m relief donation in Ilorin
About 30,000 households, including members of the Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Church, Ilorin, Kwara State, Muslim community and market women have benefitted from relief materials donated by a foundation in the church...

2020-05-02

Kwara governor reiterates commitment to workers' welfare
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of has said the welfare of workers will continue to form the thrust of his administration's policies. The governor, while toasting workers in the state on the May Day y...

101 prisoners regain freedom in Kwara
Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State has granted executive pardon to 101 prison inmates in the state to de-congest prisons. It was part of the strategies to curb the transmission of the deadly coronavi...

Woman abducted with Ekiti commissioner freed in Kwara
Bosede Taiwo, the woman abducted alongside the Ekiti State Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Folorunso Olabode, last Sunday evening has been freed. Taiwo and Olabode were in a car when they were abducted alon...