2020-01-26

Kwara Govt: Saraki Has No Legal Right to Disputed Ilorin Land
The family of Second Republic Senate Leader, late Dr Olusola Saraki, has no legal right to the piece of land opposite his house in Ilorin, where he built his Ile Arugbo (old peoples home), so says a top official of t...

Public Health Advisory to Nigerians on Novel Coronavirus
PUBLIC HEALTH ADVISORY TO NIGERIANS ON NOVEL CORONAVIRUS This is a public health advisory on a new virus; the novel coronavirus (nCoV), by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. As this is a new virus, and new in...

Kwara says no cause for alarm
The Kwara State Government has said that it has put measures in place to guide against spread of Lassa fever and other communicable diseases in the state. State's commissioner for health Dr. Raji AbdulRasaq said...

Ilorin Emirate: Unique Coronation Rites Of Chiefs
The recent turbaning of the new head of Agaka community in Ilorin, Kwara State once again brings to fore the rich culture of the people of Ilorin Emirate. ABDULLAHI OLESIN reports. The rich culture of the people ...

Oniyangi: Buhari sends condolence message to Ilorin Emirate Council.
President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with Ilorin Emirate Council, government and people of Kwara State over the passing of Dr. Abdulkadir S. Oniyangi. He said the deceased's contributions to national develo...

Another Ebola outbreak may be imminent in Nigeria - Don
A University Don, Professor Olatunji Kolawole has urged major stakeholders in the Health sector to take urgent and proactive measures to prevent further outbreaks of the Viral Hemorrhagic Fever (VHF) conundrum in the co...

Kwara prosecutes 135 sanitation offenders
Kwara State government has prosecuted 130 sanitary offenders at the mobile courts during the monthly sanitation exercise held in Ilorin on Saturday. The degree of offences committed ranged from illegal dumping...

2020-01-25

Kwara govt will seek to eradicate drug abuse, poverty through sports, deputy governor says
The Kwara State Government is ready to use sports to eradicate drug abuse, youth restiveness and lift the state's people out of poverty, the State Deputy Governor, Kayode Alabi, has said. He stated this in Ilori...

Ile-Arugbo Demolition: Saraki seeks out of court settlement
The family of the Second Republic Senate Leader, Olusola Saraki, has sought an out-of-court-settlement with the Kwara State Government over the demolition of a property acquired by the late politician through his Asa ...

Ile Arugbo: Saraki's counsel berates Kwara gov for making out of court settlement's letter public
The counsel to the family of Dr Bukola Saraki on the controversial revocation of the land title to the piece of land on which Ile Arugbo was built at the GRA, Ilorin, Kwara state has berated Kwara State Government for m...

2020-01-23

Kwara community worried about influx of snakes
Residents of Igbo-emun, Moro local government area of Kwara State have expressed worries over recent upsurge of snakes found around the town. This is coming on the heels of several residents receiving treatments at the ...

Chief Jailed For Parading Himself as an Oba
A Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin has penalised one Chief Sunday Ayantola for parading himself as the king of Ayedun in the Ekiti Local Government Area of the state. Ayantola was dragged to court by the s...

Kwara owes retirees N11bn gratuities
The Kwara State Government is owing retirees about N11bn in gratuities, the Executive Secretary of the state Pension Board, Aliyu Boni-Shuaibu, has said. Boni-Shuaibu said this when Governor Abdulrahman Abd...

More high profile looters will be repatriated soon - EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has renewed its zeal in the campaign against corruption by revealing plans to repatriate high profile looters seeking refuge in other countries. Acting chairman, Ibra...

Seven jailed for trafficking human parts in Kwara
Kwara state High Court sitting in Ilorin, the state capital on Wednesday jailed seven persons for trafficking, selling, buying and possessing human parts for money ritual. The convicts are local herb seller...

Kwara pensioners protest unpaid gratuities, want past administrations probed
Some pensioners in Kwara state on Wednesday took to the streets of Ilorin to protest the incomplete payment of their pensions and gratuities by the administrations of former governors Bukola Saraki and Abdulfatah Ahmed....

EFCC secures forfeiture of Ahmed's ex-aide's property in Ilorin
Ilorin Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Wednesday, secured the final forfeiture of three blocks of two bedroom flats situated at Gaa Ajegunle village, Egbejila road, Ilorin, the Kwara sta...

Nigerians have right to protect their domains - Kwara Monarch
The paramount ruler of Offa in Kwara State, Oba Muftau Gbadamosi, Esuwoye 11 on Tuesday said considering the peculiarities of Nigeria's security architecture, it is incumbent on communities to protect their domains. ...

You've brought joy to Kwara, Pension Board Chair tells AbdulRazaq
Kwara State Pension Board Executive Secretary Aliyu Boni Shuaibu has said Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has brought joy to senior citizens in the state following his timely payments of their entitlements since he assu...

2020-01-22

EFCC after my properties 'to annoy me' - Saraki
A former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has asked the Federal High Court in Lagos State to dismiss a suit filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC ) for final forfeiture of his house in Ilorin, the Kw...

Human trafficking: NAPTIP partners Kwara on rescue, rehabilitation of victims MDAS
THE National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) is set to collaborate with the Kwara State government on rescue, rehabilitation and empowerment of rescued victims of human trafficking. ...

Group Lauds AbdulRasaq For Reviving Education In Kwara
The Muslim Media Watch Group of Nigeria (MMWGN) has lauded Gov. AbfulRahman AbdulRasaq of Kwara for reviving the education sector in all the 16 local government areas of the state. The National Coordinator of th...

Stakeholders raise 29-member panel to resolve Kwara, Saraki's dispute
A 29-member stakeholder's committee has been set up to wade into the ongoing dispute between the Kwara State Government and the Saraki family over the controversial demolition of Ile-Arugbo. A statement signed by...