2020-02-17

Still on Kwara's 2020 Budget. By Ahmad Babatunde
My name is Ahmad Babatunde . I'm a private financial analyst. People have asked me to make some comments about some misunderstandings on the 2020 budget in Kwara State. As I have told some people before, this bud...

2020-02-16

FRSC reiterates commitment to safety of roads in Kwara
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has renewed its resolve to ensure that lives and property are protected on the roads in Kwara. The Kwara Sector Commander of FRS, Mr Jonathan Owoade, told the News Agency o...

Pandemonium As Kwara D/Gov Scampers At NIPOGA Closing Ceremony
The Deputy Governor of Kwara, Mr Kayode Alabi, was on Saturday whisked away by security operatives when players (students) of Nuhu Bamali Polytechnic, Zaria, following a pandemonium at the closing ceremony of this year...

Rotary Club Stages Walk Against Child Abuse, Social Vices In Ilorin
The Rotary Club of Ilorin Sunrise on Sunday staged a walk through strategic locations in Ilorin to campaign against child abuse and other social vices identified as causes of unrest in the society. The N...

2020-02-15

EFCC returns N200m recovered from former officials to Kwara State
Kwara State governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq Friday said Nigeria's anti-graft agency Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) will be returning N200 million to the state coffers. The money was embezzled by ...

Kwara governor, speaker, others walk against corruption in Ilorin
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State, yesterday, led a marathon anti-corruption walk across downtown Ilorin, amid renewed calls on Nigerians, especially young people, to shun graft or activities capable of stu...

EFCC probes alleged diversion of N3b in Kwara
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said that it is probing alleged diversion of over three billion naira by the past administration in Kwara State. Speaking in Ilorin, Kwara State capital, yest...

Shun Acts Of Corruption, Kwara NYSC Coordinator Urges Youth
The NYSC Coordinator in Kwara, Mrs Esther Ikupolati, has urged Corps members and youths in general to shun any act of corruption in all their endeavours. Ikupolati made the appeal on Friday in Ilorin while add...

2020-02-14

Rufai emerges Kwara APC candidate for Patigi rerun
Ahmed Adam Rufai has emerged as the All Progressives Congress (APC)'s candidate for the March 14 House of Assemblu rerun ballot in Patigi local government area of Kwara State. Rufai was affirmed as the APC candi...

Cooking with paracetamol causes liver, kidney failure, NAFDAC warns
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned food vendors and others against the use of paracetamol as tenderiser in cooking meat and beans, saying it can cause kidney and liver fa...

EFCC boss condemns glorification of public funds looters by youths
Head of the Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr Isyaku Sharu, Thursday condemned the glorification of public funds looters by the youths in the country. In apparent rebuke o...

Security: Hunger, poverty, catalysts for crimes - Kwara governor
Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State has identified hunger and poverty as catalysts for crimes, saying they must be addressed headlong by every responsible government. Speaking at a one-day multi-stake...

Kwara Govt., Legal Luminary Advocate Better Welfare For Security Agencies
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Professor Dakas Dakas has called for better welfare in terms of improved salary, good working tools for security agencies operating in the country. Providing these, he said ...

Immunisation: Kwara is polio-free, says Gov. AbdulRazaq
Governor AbdulRazaq AbdulRahman of Kwara says the state has achieved and sustained its polio-free status for the past five months across the 16 local government areas. AbdulRahman, who was represented by his Deputy, Mr Ka...