2020-01-01

2020: Full text of Buhari's New Year message to Nigerians
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), wrote a letter to Nigerians to commemorate the New Year. The letter was made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja. Read the full content of the ...

New Year: Ilorin residents clamour for better life
Some residents of Ilorin, capital of Kwara State, expressed optimism for a better New Year as well as good governance in 2020. Some of them who spoke with News Agency of Nigeria in Ilorin, on Tuesday,...

Kwara pledges support to Sports Festival MOC
The Kwara Government has pledged to ensure the success of the upcoming 7th Kwara Sports Festival. The state's Deputy Governor, Mr Kayode Alabi, made the promise on Tuesday in Ilorin during a meeting with the Mai...

Minimum Wage: Kwara Govt sets up implementation committee to deliver in 3 weeks
The Kwara Government on Tuesday in Ilorin inaugurated a 13-man Minimum Wage implementation Committee for the state. The committee has three weeks to work and give the government direction, with recommenda...

2020 will be positively decisive for Kwarans - Governor AbdulRazaq
The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Tuesday congratulated Kwarans on the successful completion of year 2019 which he said heralded a new dawn for the people of the state with the outcome of the general e...

Kwara committed to education reforms - Commissioner
The Kwara Government on Tuesday assured residents of the state of its commitment to ensuring reforms in the education sector that would continue to yield positive results. The State Commissioner for Education and ...

2019-12-31

Kwara Gov Visits State Hospitality and Tourism Development Board
The Executive Governor of Kwara state, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq in the company of the Speaker, Kwara State House Assembly, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Salihu Danladi visited Kwara State Hospitality and Tourism Development Bo...

NBA honours legal adviser, others
THE Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Young Lawyers Forum (NBA-YLF) Ilorin has honoured a former national Legal Adviser of the  NBA, Chief R.O. Balogun and other lawyers for their contribution to the association&rsqu...

OPINION: Kwara: Harmony returns to its natural state! By Abdulrazaq Magaji
Things are beginning to look up for Kwara state. The state is beginning to live up to its alias of a State of Harmony and governance is assuming its real meaning. Yes, the state is lucky not to have another stooge to...

Gamji Coalition backs Kwara Gov over Ile Arugbo
Gamji Members Association of Nigeria,yesterday, threw its weight behind Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for recovering a public land unlawfully converted to private use without any payment made to p...

Saraki's Property: You're Making Fatal Mistake, AYCF Tells AbdulRazaq
The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) has slammed the Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, over his decision to revoke the ownership of a property allegedly belonging to late Olusola Saraki, father of form...

OPINION: Which Oloye was Bukola Saraki talking about? By Ahmed Baba
Barely 24 hours after Kwara State Government announced its plan to build a new secretariat on the land currently housing the Ile Arugbo in Ilorin, the scion of the Saraki family, Bukola, came out threatening fire and b...

OPINION: Wealth Creation as the best approach to Poverty Alleviation in Ilorin Emirate. By La-Kadri Yusuf Bolaji
As we gather together to mark this year’s edition of the annual lunch of Almanac for Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union, I would like to congratulate every son and daughter of the Emirate for the gra...

Saraki's Land: Aged women protest as policemen take over Ilofa road
There is anxiety in Ilorin ,Kwara state capital Tuesday following deployment the of armed policemel to the large expanse of land belonging to the late Second Republic Senate Leader, Dr Olusola Saraki, on which the st...

Amuda-Kannike charges IEDPU new Exco to show exemplary leadership
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria and Provost, College of Law, Kwara State University, Malete, Prof. Abiodun Amuda-Kannike, has charged the newly-elected National President and other members of the National Executive Cou...

Saraki's land revocation: Police station two patrol vehicles
Kwara state police command on Tuesday deployed some detachment of policemen around the precincts of the disputed land between the Kwara state government and the family of the late godfather of Kwara politics Dr Oluso...

OPINION: Revocation of Ile Arugbo: The Questions Saraki Must Answer. By Abdullahi Babamale
The entire debacle between the present Kwara state government and Bukola Saraki has become a giant farce. What many considered a mere correction of public affairs defect has been used to stir political sentimen...

Stakeholders make case for proper waste disposal
Stakeholders in the environment sector have harped on collective responsibility in changing mindset against indiscriminate waste disposal in Kwara State. They also advocated the reorientation and attitudinal change among ...

Don't join bad gangs - Kwara Deputy Governor Alabi tells Awoniyi
Kwara state Deputy Governor Mr Kayode Alabi has advised Nigeria international Taiwo Awoniyi not to join bad gangs for his career to last in football. Mr Alabi stated this on Monday, December 30, when Awoniyi and hi...

Aremu to AbdulRazaq: tread softly on Saraki's land revocation
Member of the National Executive Council (NEC) of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Issa Aremu, has urged Kwara State Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq to have a rethink on his reported revocation plan of a portion of la...

Stakeholders make case for proper waste disposal
Stakeholders in the environment sector have harped on collective responsibility in changing mindset against indiscriminate waste disposal in Kwara State. They also advocated the reorientation and attitudinal change amon...

Open defecation: Group donates toilet to Kwara community
The Unik Klub of Omu-Aran in Kwara on Monday donated a modern toilet built at the cost of N2 million to the community to boost the health and sanitary condition of the area. Mr Aransiola Kayode, the group's Pr...

PDP reacts to revocation of Saraki's land in Kwara
Dr Bukola Saraki Reactions have continued to trail the revocation of Ile Arugbo property of Late Dr Olushola Saraki by the Kwara State Government. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State said the rev...

2019-12-30

Group hails AbdulRazaq for recovering state-owned property from Saraki
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has received plaudits from the Kwara Progressives Group, KPG, over the alleged recovery of a choice property belonging to the state but allegedly appropriated by the ex-Senat...

Group Faults Kwara Governor On Revocation of Saraki's Land in Ilorin
A non-governmental organisation, Kwara Legacy Network, has faulted the acquisition of the property of the late former Senate Leader, Dr. Olusola Saraki, by Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq. The ...

150 students' athletes partake in Kwara Mini-Marathon
No fewer than 150 students drawn from public schools in Omu-Aran, Kwara, participated in the 2019 Mini-Marathon organised by Skylarks' Club of Omu-Aran in Irepodun Local Government Area on Sunday. The News Agenc...

Kwara Adopts e-Govt to Drive Growth, Investment
The Kwara state government has established an e-Government Delivery Team to drive its efforts to deploy modern technology for government operations and enhance ease of doing business in the state. That comes a...

2020 budget will promote Kwara's cultural heritage - Abdulrazaq
Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State has said the 2020 budget of the state will promote the cultural heritage and festivals of the people of the state. Speaking in Offa at the 8th Ijakadi festival held...

Christmas: Deputy Speaker Kwara State Urge Nigerians To Pray For Leaders
Mr Raphael Adetiba, the Deputy Speaker of Kwara State House of Assembly, has urged Christian faithful to offer special prayers for national development during the Christmas season. Adetiba also enjoined Nigeria...

As AbdulRazaq, Saraki Spoil For War In Kwara
Recent developments in Kwara state are indicative of a looming political war between the Saraki political dynasty and the administration of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, ABDULLAHI OLESIN reports Except c...

Promotion of culture, tourism will attract investors says Minister
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq and Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed at the weekend emphasised the promotion of cultural festival. The duo said this in Offa, Offa local government o...

Union hails Kwara governor ahead police college take off
The Ilorin Emirate Descendants Union (IEDPU) at the weekend hailed Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, for taking concrete steps to facilitate the preliminary works ahead January 2020 take off of the Police Co...

Kwara pledges favourable policies for civil servants
Governor Abdul-Rahman Abdul-Razaq of Kwara state says his administration has designed policies and programmes that will enhance workers welfare toward efficient service delivery in the state. AbdulRazaq made the...

Veterans renovate basketball court in Kwara
Kwara Basketball Veterans on Sunday began the renovation of the outdoor basketball court inside the state township stadium as part of activities to mark their end of the year programme. The President of the group...

2019-12-29

Kwara gov trying to erase my father's legacy - Saraki
Former President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, has declared that the Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, has crossed the line of decency with his recent efforts to erase the legacies of his (Saraki's) late ...

Ijakadi festival aimed at promoting equity - Olofa
Annual traditional and cultural wrestling competition, called, Ijakadi festival of the people of Offa town in the Offa local government area of Kwara State is aimed at promoting fairness, justice and equity among sons a...