2020-01-13

ABDULRAZAQ MEETS BUHARI, SEEKS SUPPORT FOR KWARA DEVT
*President commends Gov for his giant strides. Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Monday briefed President Muhammadu Buhari about some developmental challenges he inherited in the north central stat...

2020-01-12

Unemployment: IEYDA empowers aged women, widows, artisans and students
The Director, Center for Community Development, Kwara State University, Malete, Mr Lawal Olohungbebe has called on Nigerians to think out of the box on ways to boost our economy and revitalize our system. Mr Olo...

IEYDA: Ilorin Youths laud Senator Rafiu's contributions to Association's devt
A socio-cultural group, Ilorin Emirate Youth Development Association (IEYDA) has presented a certificate of commendation to the former Kwara South Senator, Dr Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim for his numerous contributions to t...

Ile Arugbo: Kwara PDP petitions NHRC, seeks probe of use of live ammunition to disperse aged women
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State has sent a petition to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in Abuja, calling for the probe of the alleged use of live ammunition and tear gas to disperse aged women ...

Border closure not to obstruct legal businesses - Customs
Mr Mohammed Garba, the newly appointed Coordinator for the Joint Border Operations Drill, North central Zone, Ilorin, Kwara, says Federal Government policy on temporary border closure is not designed to witchhunt or obs...

Unilorin MPH students renovate reptile- infested health centres in Kwara
The Master of Public Health (MPH) students, University of Ilorin have renovated health centres in some communities in Kwara State, including dilapidated structures infested with snakes and reptiles. The MPH ...

179 law school students, new lawyers get Kwara scholarship
One hundred and seventy nine law students and new lawyers of Kwara State origin have been paid N100, 000 scholarship each after online application processes and verification that lasted for weeks. According to th...

2020-01-11

OPINION: Ile-Arugbo: Beyond the Politics of the Saraki-AbdulRazaq Feuds in Kwara. By Yushau A. Shuaib
Kwara State should not be turned into a battlefield through heightened tension, like a state in Nigeria where due to a slight misunderstanding, the leader of a religious sect was shot and arrested, his properties dest...

Kwara govt reacts to video showing trafficked indigene in Lebanon
Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq of Kwara State has condemned the rising trend of human trafficking in the country and vowed to deal with anyone caught in the state according to the dictates of the law. Abdulraza...

NSCDC arrests Lebanese, two others over Kwara-based lady trafficked to Lebanon
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested three suspects in connection with the trafficking of a Kwara-based lady, Omolola Ajayi, to Lebanon. The lady pleaded for help to regain freedom in a vide...

2020-01-10

Re: The Demolition of Ile-Arugbo
The Kwara State House of Assembly has noted the editorial of the Nigerian Tribune on Wednesday 8 January 2020 over the demolition of some illegal sheds sitting on a landed property bordering the Kwara state Civil Servic...

AbdulRazaq flags off Torch of Unity for 7th Kwara Sports Festival
Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara says the re-introduction of the State Sports Festival is a demonstration of his administration's determination to bring youth to limelight and ensure their bountiful sports talents are...

'Ile Arugbo': Court fixes date for hearing on Motion of Notice
'Ile Arugbo': A Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin and presided over by Justice A. A Adebara, has fixed January 15 for hearing on Motion of Notice on a suit filed by Asa Investments Limited on the disputed land ...

Lithuanian club discover talents in Kwara
The Director of Football, FK Kauno Zalgiris of Lithuania, Emantas Puras, says the club has discovered over 20 players in a week-long scouting programme in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. Puras disclosed this du...

Politics of demolition in Kwara. By Mustapha Temidayo
The demolition of 'Ile Arugbo' in Ilorin, capital of Kwara State, by the government has deepened the fued between Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq and former Senate President Bukola Saraki. How will the rift be settled? ...