2020-01-17

Border Closure: Customs seizes N500m goods in Kwara
The Nigeria Customs Service says it has seized goods worth over N500 million from smugglers across the borders in Kwara from Aug. 20, 2019, to date. Mr Mohammed Garba, the Joint Border Operation Drill Coordin...

Ahmed denies owing Kwara civil servants
Kwara state governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed. Former Governor of Kwara State, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has maintained that his administration fully paid civil servants employed by the State Civil Service Commission before his ...

Kwara: Ahmed's administration owed teachers seven months salaries - Unions
Committee of Unions in Tertiary Institutions (CUTI), an amalgam of teachers in Kwara State Colleges of Education, has faulted the claim of former Governor Abdulfatahi Ahmed that his administration did not owe any worker...

Kwara governor harps on irregular migration
Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq says his administration is putting in place measures to empower young people and strengthen local businesses to discourage Kwarans from seeking so-called greener pastures abroad and endange...

2020-01-16

ADDRESS OF THE HON. COMMISSIONER FOR EDUCATION AND HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT TO SECONDARY SCHOOLS PRINCIPALS IN KWARA STATE ON WEDNESDAY 15TH JANUARY, 2020
Protocols. It gives me great pleasure to stand before you today to formally address you as your number one servant. I want to humbly state before you that my appointment as the Honourable Commissioner of Educ...

Dr Oniyangi's death, end of an era, says Kwara Gov
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has described the death of Dr AbdulKadir Oniyangi as the end of an era, saying the contributions of the frontline medical doctor to the development of Kwara State are well doc...

Kwara Governor seeks better care for fallen heroes' families, veterans
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Wednesday called for better care and attention to the welfare of families left behind by fallen heroes, saying that is the way to show gratitude for their selfless service...

NPFL Wrap: Enugu Rangers, Heartland & Kwara United record away victories
The Promise Keepers' six-match unbeaten run came to a halt against the Harmony Boys at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium Enyimba lost their first home game of the Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL) season...

Kwara court issues bench warrant against Lagos businessman
* Judge urges parties in Ile Arugbo suit to explore an out-of-court settlement * Adjourns hearing till January 24 Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of a Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin yesterday issued a be...

Police parade suspects in Kwara
Kwara State Police Command on Wednesday paraded 18 suspected criminals, including a kidnapper, a murderer and land grabbers in Ilorin. Commissioner Kayode Egbetokun said that the suspected kidnapper, Adamu Alhaji Baw...

Suspected Katsina kidnap kingpin nabbed in Kwara
Suspected Katsina kidnap kingpin nabbed in Kwara The Kwara State Police Command yesterday announced that it has arrested a suspected kidnapper who, after operations in Katsina runs to Kwara State to hide. The C...

EFCC arraigns ex-Kwara scholarship board chair, others for fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday arraigned the immediate past Chairperson of the Kwara State Scholarship Board,  Hajia Fatimah Yusuf, and two others over alleged involvement in bursary fraud in ...

Court summons Kwara police commissioner over Ile Arugbo demolition
A High Court sitting in Ilorin on Wednesday ordered the Kwara State Commissioner of Police to appear in court over the demolition of Ile Arugbo. Justice Abiodun Adebara also advised all parties in the Ile Arugb...

2020-01-15

Kwara government to secure tertiary institutions' lands
Kwara Government says it will secure the boundaries of all its tertiary institutions to prevent any encroachment on their properties. Hajia Sa'adat Kawu, the state Commissioner for Tertiary Education, Science an...

Kwara bans preaching in public schools
The Kwara state government says no religious organisation is permitted to preach or conduct other spiritual activities in public schools across the state. Bisola Ahmed, the state commissioner for education an...

2020-01-14

Emir of Ilorin calls for divine intervention to end security challenges facing Nigeria
The Emir of Ilorin and Chairman, Kwara State Council of Chiefs and Obas, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, has called for prayers for divine intervention over issues escalating insecurity in some parts of the country,...

Agent denies trafficking Nigerian lady to Lebanon, as she lands in Ilorin
A Nigerian travel agent involved in the alleged trafficking of a Nigerian lady to Lebanon, has debunked the narrative pushed out by the lady who has been assisted to return to Nigeria. The agent, Mr Sanusi Adet...

AbdulRazaq: My deputy staying in a rented apartment because Abdulfatah Ahmed sold his house
Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq, governor of Kwara state, says the government of Abdufatah Ahmed, his predecessor, sold 110 government properties, including the house meant for the deputy governor. The governor said ...

Ex-Governor Ahmed: I sold Kwara govt properties legally
Former Governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed, has refuted claims that his administration sold 110 government properties to friends and cronies. In a statement issued by his media aide, Muyideen Akorede, he r...