2019-10-28

AbdulRazaq redeems promise to fix Omu-Aran road
? It's a miracle - Community Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara state has fulfilled his promise to upgrade the damaged Taiwo Road in Omu-Aran town from surface dressing to asphalt overlay, exactly one week afte...

Plaudits for Kwara governor over women in exco
One hundred and sixty-nine additional women groups have praised Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for nominating nine women, or 56.25 per cent as commissioner-designates. This came barely 72 hours aft...

Group applauds Kwara governor for 56.25% women inclusion in cabinet
More Women Campaign Group, a coalition of women and youths professionals representing different ethnic, economic, social and political allegiance, has applauded Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State for includi...

Abdulrazaq's pleasant surprise as Kwara gets more feminine
By Demola Akinyemi ...To keen watchers of kwara politics, Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has undoubtedly brought strange but positive dimensions to governance since he assumed office on May 29,2019. ...

2019-10-27

Kwara Govt. begins distribution of 40 million anti malaria items across 16 LGAs
The Kwara government says it has started the training of healthcare workers on malaria treatment and the distribution of over 40 million malaria commodities across the 16 local government areas of the state. Spea...

Kwara govt. committed to payment of all outstanding pension, gratuities
The Kwara State Deputy Governor, Mr Kayode Alabi, has again reiterated the government's determination to clear all outstanding arrears of pension and gratuities owed pensioners in the state. Alabi made this known...

2019-10-26

Raped by five men, had three abortions, I'm glad Police rescued me - Kwara rehab centre inmate
The Kwara State Police Command has uncovered another Islamic rehabilitation centre, Sumuratu Mumeen Arabic Centre, Gaa-Odota Area in Ilorin, where 108 people detained under inhuman condition were rescued. The Sta...

Era of reckless spending over in Kwara, says AbdulRazaq
Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara has declared that the era of reckless spending by public office holders was over in the state. The governor said this on Friday in Ilorin in a statement by his Chief Pre...

Kwara governor denies buying bullet proof cars for his wife
Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq on Friday denied purchasing any bulletproof cars for himself or his wife as alleged by a report in an Ilorin based local newspaper linked to a top opposition leader in the stat...

Kwara harps on transform roaming cattle into business
Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara says the state needs to harness the cow business along the value chain to enhance sustainability and profitability. AbdulRazaq made this known in Ilorin at two-day training fo...

Women coalition laud Kwara gov, task others on inclusion
A coalition women groups has commended the Kwara state Governor Abdulrahman AbdulRasaq for appointing women into his cabinet. They also called on other governors to take a cue from him in order to fast track ...

Motorcyclist remanded for allegedly raping trader in Kwara
A 32-year-old motorcyclist, Aremu Oriyomi, has been remanded in Oke-Kura prison custody in Ilorin for allegedly raping one Tawakalitu Abdullahi in Shao, Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State. Oriyomi was ...

2019-10-25

Polio: Kwara State Government Disinfects Rivers, Other Places To Stem Spread
The Kwara State Government on Thursday disinfected major rivers and adjoining areas in the Ilorin metropolis after health officials recently discovered a polio virus inside the river, a step the government said was to q...

Despite border closure, Nigeria Customs intercepts 1,879 bags of foreign rice, cars in Niger, Kwara states
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Thursday said it has intercepted 1,879 bags of foreign rice illegally smuggled into the country through Niger, Kogi, and Kwara states. The Customs Area Controller in charge o...

Kwara trains team ahead National Livestock Plan takeoff •Gov says initiative key to economic growth
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OPINION: Kwara like the whole Nigeria is in a catch 22 situation. By - Rotimi Sulyman
The state government will need to walk her talk to port into the real next level, not the platitude mouthed and bandied around by professional politicians and the so-called technocrats in politics. In my estima...

AbdulRazaq names new Rector for Kwara Poly
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has approved the appointment of Dr Abdul Jimoh Mohammed as substantive Rector of the Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, a government's statement said on Friday. The state...