2020-02-04

For Kwara, an Emblem of Shame. By Segun Adeniyi
News that no fewer than 165 secondary schools in Kwara State have been indicted by the West African Examination Council (WAEC) for widespread cheating during the last examinations is both shocking and embarrassing. ...

Kwara sports festival ends, Ilorin West tops medals table
Kwara State 7th Sports Festival ended at the weekend amid colourful displays of great talents from across the state, with the Federal Government commending Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for taking special interest in ...

Dare reiterates commitment to grassroots sports development
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare, has reiterated his commitment to grassroots development as he said more attention would be paid to sports at that level. While speaking at gra...

EFCC arrests Civil Servant in Kwara state for employment scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC) Ilorin Zonal Office has arrested a Senior Official of the Kwara State ministry of Finance, Mrs Olajumoke Rhoda Oyawoye for allegedly defrauding many job seekers under...

UK MINISTER ’S AIDE NAMED PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO KWARA GOV
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has named an assistant secretary to a UK junior minister (Whitehall) Olajumoke Monsura Gafar as his principal private secretary (PPS).An active member of the nonprofit Po...

2020-02-03

Kwara Govt to digitalise Education Management Information System
The Kwara Government says it will digitalise Education Management Information System (EMIS) to promote efficiency in the sector. The state Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, Mrs Fatimah Ahm...

Sports Minister, Dare, Graces Rejuvenated Sports Festival in Ilorin
Nigeria's Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has said that the importance of grassroots sports development cannot be over emphasised. He said this while speaking to newsmen at the grand fin...

Flood: FG Distributes Relief Materials To 1,200 Flood Victims In Kwara
The federal government through the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has distributed relief materials to 1,200 persons affected by the 2019 flood across four local government areas in Kwara state. The ...

2020-02-02

Political crisis brews in Kwara APC over plan to replace executives
Political crisis is now brewing in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State, over an alleged plan to reconstitute fresh members of the state executive council of the party by the powers that be without ...

High turnover rate of legislators has hindered vibrant legislature in Nigeria - Kwara APC chieftain
A former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State, Akogun Iyiola Oyedepo, has said that high turnover rate of legislators in both states and National Assemblies is a major hindrance to the developme...

Accolades for AbdulRazaq as Kwara's sports festival ends
Kwara State 7th Sports Festival ended at the weekend amid colourful displays of great talents from across the state, with the Federal Government commending Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for taking special interes...

51 Polytechnics, Monotechnics to grace 20th Edition Of NIPOGA
The Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, has expressed its readiness to host 51 Polytechnics and Monotechnics for the 20th edition of Nigeria Polytechnic Games (NIPOGA) scheduled to commence on 5th of February 2020 to 16th ...

2020-01-31

Governor, Minister to close 7th Kwara Sports Festival
Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara and the Minister for Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare, are expected to declare the 7th Kwara Sports Festival closed on Saturday. The state Director of Sports, Mala...

NIPOGA: Kwara Poly Rector promises hitch free event
Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, is set for the successful hosting of the 20th edition of the Nigeria Polytechnic Games (NIPOGA). This would be the second time Kwara Polytechnic would be hosting the national e...

Kwara to reconstruct 31 dilapidated schools
The Kwara state government says its plans to reconstruct 31 dilapidated schools across the state. Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq made this known in Ilorin at the flag-off of distribution of exercise books to public schoo...

Abdulrazaq signs Kwara 2020 budget
The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on Thursday signed the 2020 Appropriation Bill of N162,487,666,170.00 into law, saying it was designed to rebuild, uplift the people and addresses infrastructural defi...

One dies as suspected cultists run amok in Ilorin
There was pandemonium in Sawmill area of Ilorin, Wednesday, when suspected cultists fired gunshots indiscriminately, leaving one person identified as Wasiu dead in the process. Wasiu, a bricklayer, was killed ...