2020-03-05

How Ex-Kwara Scholarship Board Embezzled Students' Bursary – Witness
The trial of the immediate past Chairperson of the Kwara State Scholarship Board, Fatimoh Yusuf, and two others have begun at the State High Court sitting in Ilorin. Yusuf is facing trial along with the board'...

Kwara Gov backs FG's border closure policy
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on Wednesday, hailed the border closure policy of the Nigerian government, saying regional economic agreements should not be an excuse to dump goods or compromise the security...

Afenifere Wants Kwara To Join Amotekun
Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, yesterday asked Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq to key into the Amotekun security project initiated by the south- west governors. The group made the call after a meet...

Kwara trains team on National Livestock Plan programme
About 3000 N-Power Agro Corps are being trained to take necessary data that would help in implementing the National Livestock Transformation programme (NLTP) in Kwara State. Kwara State Commissioner for Agricult...

2020-03-04

Covid-19: Kwara deploys health workers to airport
The Kwara Government on Tuesday said it had deployed health workers at the international airport in the state capital to check the outbreak of Coronavirus and Lassa fever in the state. Dr Raji Razak, the Kwara Com...

Kwara Fire Service gets new fire fighting truck
In line with his campaign promises, to safeguard lives and properties of Kwarans, the Kwara State administrator, Alhaji AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Tuesday, 3rd March has delivered a 5000-litre capacity fire fighting truc...

Kwara receives another N263m looted funds from EFCC
...Money to go into safety net for the poor - AbdulRazaq Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Tuesday received another N263,327,800 funds recovered from some officials of the previous administration, s...

NDLEA raids Succoth Garden in Ilorin, arrests manager, staff over alleged production, sale of "skuchies'
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Kwara State Command, has raided a popular joint in Ilorin, Succoth Valley Garden over alleged production and sale of "skuchies". The Public relation officer of the ag...

Nine die, five injured in Kwara road accident
The Kwara Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps has confirmed that nine persons lost their lives in a crash that occurred along Bode Saadu–Jebba road on Tuesday. The Sector Commander, Mr Jonathan Owoad...

Political marauders've taken over Kwara APC, says chairman
Embattled Chairman of Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bashr Bolarinwa, yesterday opened up on the festering political crisis rocking the party in the state, saying the party had been hijacked ...

Kwara Assembly renames Saraki varsity to Kwara State varsity
Kwara State House of Assembly has amended the Kwara State University (Amendment) Bill, 2020 which reverted the name of the university from Abubakar Sola Saraki University to Kwara State University. It is recalle...

Biffo assures that Kwara united will not relent in their NPFL survival effort
Coach of embattled NPFL side Kwara united FC Abdullahi Biffo has stated that the Ilorin based side will not relent in it effort to ensure they keep the club's NPFL status. He made this remark after a breakout...

16 under observation as Kwara strengthens surveillance on Lassa fever
The Kwara State Government said on Tuesday that it had strengthened its surveillance at border communities, adding that 16 people were under observation. Speaking at a news conference, Health Commissioner Dr....

2020-03-03

Coronavirus: Kwara warns against self-medication
Kwara state government has warned residents against self-medication and ensure they take the patient to the hospital for proper medical attention to prevent the outbreak of Corona Virus in the state. The state C...

Ile Arugbo: Court resumes hearing as Saraki's firm, Kwara govt talks collapse
Counsel for Asa Investment limited owned by late Dr Olusola Saraki, Mr Abdulrazeez Ibrahim, and the state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Salman Jawondo, who is representing the Kwara State Government, on...

Kwara closes all forests for three months
The Kwara State Government has announced the closure of its forests for all activities except farming for three months with effect from March 2nd to May 31st, 2020. The government has also banned street begging ...

Kwara Education Commissioner Launches Campaign Against Coronavirus
As Kwara State Government Commenced Coronavirus sensitisation in the State, the Honourable Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, Hajia Ahmed Fatimah Bisola has lunched a #NoToCoronavirus campaign a...

2020-03-02

UNILORIN to host Guinness World Record
The Management of University of Ilorin says its Renewable Energy Centre (UREC) would host the Guinness World Record on Innovation Hackathon. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Hackathon is a science p...

Power Foundation ends over 40yrs water problem in Kwara communities
There was wild jubilation by the people of Ajegunle-Idera community in the Ifelodun local government area of Kwara State as the over 40years water problem was put to an end by the Gbenga Power Foundation, a Non-Governme...

I received N252mn from Kwara govt to build a house, but it wasn't enough - Saraki
A former senate president and Kwara State governor, Bukola Saraki, has admitted that he got N252 million from the Kwara State Government to build a five-bedroom duplex for himself. The money was not even enoug...

9 killed in Kwara road crash
Nine persons, including eight adults and a two-year-old baby, died yesterday in an accident along the Ilorin -Ogboosho Expressway. The accident occurred around the Airport Road Area of Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, at...