2019-12-20

OPINION: Engr S.A. Yahaya: The New Danmasani of the Universe. By Abubakar Imam
"Whoever works righteousness benefits his own soul; Whoever works evil, it is against his own soul:Nor is thy Lord ever unjust(in the least) to his servants". ---Surat Fusilat Q41 V 46 When, in 199...

A week after visit, Kwara Govt begins work on Kpada/Patigi Road
The Executive Governor of Kwara State, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq in his relentless efforts to improve the standard of living of all Kwarans directed the reconstruction of major infrastructural needs of Kpada commu...

A week after visit, Kwara Govt begins work on Kpada/Patigi Road
The Executive Governor of Kwara State, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq in his relentless efforts to improve the standard of living of all Kwarans directed the reconstruction of major infrastructural needs of Kpada commu...

20 students get Anglican Church scholarship in Kwara
Twenty students have benefitted from the Diocese of the Igbomina West Anglican Communion in Irepodun local government area of Kwara state in its adopt-a-child programme. The students are in various levels of i...

Saraki's travails, an act of God - Clerics
Renowned Islamic scholars in Ilorin, Kwara state, Sheikh Sulaiman Dan Borno, the grand Mukadam of Ilorin and Ustaz Abdulrazaq Aduagba, have admonished immediate past Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, to see his presen...

Insecurity: FG urged to restructure security architecture
Federal Government has been urged to restructure the nation's security architecture to make the country safer and more secure. Featuring on a news programme of the Kwara State NUJ Correspondents' chapel, titled, ...

FG, states, LGs share N635.826bn allocation for November
The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has approved the sum of N635.826 billion for sharing to three tires of government for the month of November. The amount was less than N702.058 billion dist...

Kwara gets minimum wage negotiating committee
Kwara State Government has assembled a negotiating team to interface with representatives of the labour unions over the implementation of the new minimum wage. The Chief Press Secretary to Governor Rafiu Ajakaye...

2019-12-19

#SarakiAt57 : IEDPU salutes Saraki on his 57th birthday
The Ag.National President of the Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union(IEDPU),Alhaji Yahaya O.Ahmed,has described the immediate past President of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,Dr.Abubakar Bukola S...

BEING THE JOINT PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE KWARA STATE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCILS' VICE CHAIRMEN AND* *COUNCILORS OVER THE ILLEGAL SUSPENSION OF THE ELECTED LOCAL GOVERNMENT* *COUNCILS IN KWARA STATE FOR 6 MONTHS WHICH HAS ENDED (18TH JUNE -17TH DECEMBER,
All protocol duly and respectfully observed. It would be recalled that both the *Executive* and *Legislative* *Councils* of the 16 LGAs in *Kwara State* were suspended on the 18th June, 2019 based on the recomme...

KWSG reiterates commitment to education
The Kwara State Government has again reiterated its commitment to ensuring that every child of school age has access to qualitative and free education in the state. The Commissioner for Education and Human Capit...

"Kwara misses you", PDP tells Saraki, greets him at 57
The Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has felicitated with former Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki as he marks his 57th birthday. The party, in a congratulatory message signed by its Sta...

YIAGA: NotTooYoungToRun strategy team honours Kwara State coordinator
The NotTooYoungToRun strategy team has commended the Kwara State coordinator, Abideen Olasupo, of the movement for his unflinching support to the success of the NotTooYoungToRun bill. At a meeting which held in A...

Tension in Ilorin Over Move to Revert Abubakar Olusola Saraki Varsity to Kwara Varsity
Tension has continued to mount in Ilorin, Kwara State over the alleged move by members of the state House of Assembly to revert Abubakar Olusola Saraki University to Kwara State University. Already, the bill ...

2019-12-18

OPINION: Re: Kwara Cabinet Inauguration: The Challenges Ahead.
In the sea of articles that have greeted the nomination and inauguration of Kwara cabinet--most especially about the nine historical women--this one stands out for a reason: crass insensitivity. The writer, an ...

Kwara Govt Release names of Secondary Schools to be renovated
In line with kwara state governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq directive about government contracts adhering to the public procurement process, the list of classrooms advertised for renovation are as follows; 1. Comp...

Gov. Abdulrazaq's Budget 2020 Speech
THE FULL BUDGET SPEECH FOR THE 2020 FINANCIAL YEAR, DELIVERED TO THE KWARA STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY BY HIS EXCELLENCY, ABDULRAHMAN ABDULRAZAQ, THE GOVERNOR OF KWARA STATE, ON WEDNESDAY, 18TH DECEMBER, 2019 PROTOCOLS...

Kwara Gov presents N162bn budget of 'reconstruction'. Education, enterprise, health, roads top agenda
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Wednesday presented the 2020 budget estimates to the State House of Assembly, with provisions for critical infrastructure and human capital development taking the larger c...

OPINION: Sheikh Kamaludeen: 14 years after the demise of a great son of Ilorin. By Abubakar Imam
Today marks exactly fourteen years since the passage to the eternal glory of one of the most accomplished participants in the march to the greatness of Ilorin Emirate, Shaykh Muhammad Kamaldeen Habibulahi Musa Al-Adaby...

EFCC recovers additional N70m for Kwara
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday said it has additional N70 million for Kwara state government from its recovery of looted funds from alleged corrupt persons in the state. The comm...

Kwara prunes ministries to 16, seeks public support
Kwara State Government has pruned the ministries in the state civil service to 16, down from the 19 ministries inherited from the past administration, saying the measure was to cut cost and strengthen efficiency in serv...

Four die as truck, passenger bus collide in Kwara
No fewer than four persons died in a motor accident in the late hours of Monday on the Omu-Aran-Oke-Onigbin Highway, in Kwara, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. The accident involved an unmarked empty truck he...

Kwara First Lady pledges to fight gender-based violence
Mrs Olufolake Abdulrazaq, Wife of Kwara Governor, has pledged to evolve ways to positively engage girls and young women on how to be responsible citizens. She made the pledge on Tuesday in Ilorin during her...

Two internet fraudsters jailed in Ilorin
The Ilorin Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Tuesday secured the conviction of two persons charged before a Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin on offences bordering on internet fraud ...

2019-12-17

Kwara extends suspension of 'indicted' Kwara LG chairs, others
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Tuesday extended the suspension of 16 local government chairmen and their legislative committees, a decision premised on the ongoing investigation of the affected officia...

OPINION: Throwing The Child With The Birth Water: A Special Appeal To Our Collective Conscience On Our University. By Abdulbaqi Jimoh
I believe in truth fairness and justice and I believe it is honourable to speak out to advise or to correct in good conscience and with all sense of responsibility. Truth is justice, justice is fairness, these are the ...

Minimum wage: Kwara approves composition of negotiation c'ttee
Gov. Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara has ordered the immediate composition of the state Minimum Wage Negotiation Committee. Mrs Susan Modupe, the Kwara Head of Service (HoS), said in a statement on Tuesday in Il...

Labour threatens strike in Kwara over minimum wage
The Joint Labour Congress in Kwara has threatened to call out workers to embark on industrial action if the state government fails to implement the new minimum wage by December 31. Following the threat, the Kw...

FG stop establishing more universities; it is nauseating, says Unilorin Don
A Professor of the Performing Arts at the University of Ilorin, Professor Abdulrasheed Abiodun Adeoye, has advised the federal government to stop establishing more universities. This is as he urged the federal...

Land fraud: Court fixes Feb. 5 for judgment involving lawyer
A high court in Ilorin has fixed February 5th, 2020 for judgment over a land fraud case involving an Ilorin based lawyer Akeem Jimoh. The case which was before Justice Mahmood Abdulgafar, by the Ilorin Zon...

Dec 31 minimum wage negotiation deadline: Oyo, Rivers, Kwara, Gombe, others fail to raise panels
No fewer than eight state governments have yet to constitute committees on the new minimum wage negotiations, two weeks to the deadline labour gave states to conclude talks on the wage increase. Labour le...

Court remands 2 for alleged kidnapping in Ilorin
An Ilorin Magistrates' Court on Monday remanded one Tope Issa, 24, and Yusuf Abdulgafar, 26, in a Federal Correctional Centre for alleged kidnapping. The Magistrate, Mrs Mariam Dasuki, remanded the accused perso...

NDLEA arrests 119 suspects in Kwara
Kwara state command of th National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the weekend said it arrested119 drug suspects. The command added that it also made a seizure of 1,406.55 kilogrammes of cannabis ...