2019-10-24

Fraud: EFCC arrests two brothers, eight others in Ilorin
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ilorin Zonal office, has arrested two brothers and eight others over alleged internet fraud and other fraud-related offences. This was contained in a statement issue...

NSE inducts 85 graduate members in Ilorin
The Ilorin branch of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) yesterday inducted no fewer than 85 engineering graduands of the University of Ilorin as graduate members of the society. The inductees took grad...

We will immortalise Yekini, cater for family - Kwara FA
The Kwara State Football Association has said late football icon, Rashidi Yekini, would be immortalised in the state. Kwara FA chairman, Idris Musa, said this in commemoration of the late Yekini's 56th post...

Insecurity: Kwara assembly wants review of 'Operation Harmony'
Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara state. Kwara State House of Assembly has called on Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq to review the activities of the state security outfit, Operation Harmony, in order to reposition ...

Kwara National Library takes campaign to correctional centre
The Kwara Branch of the National Library of Nigeria (NLN) on Wednesday took its Annual Readership Promotion Campaign to Borstal Training Institution, Ganmo, (a facility of the Nigerian Correctional Service). The ...

Parents lament children's addiction to gambling in Kwara
Some parents in Ilorin, Kwara, have lamented the rate at which children trooped to bet centres to gamble, in the area and the country at large. The parents expressed their views in separate interview with the New...

2019-10-23

Kwara Speaker receives NIPOGA Committee
The Speaker, Kwara state House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Salihu Yakubu Danladi, today received in his office the Technical Committee of 2019 Nigeria Polytechnic Games (NIPOGA), which is to be hosted by the Kwara State Polyt...

KWHA holds Public Hearing on Sports Commission Bill Friday
Kwara State House of Assembly will on Friday October 25th, 2019, hold Public Hearing on the Kwara State Sports Commission Bill, at the Hallowed Chamber of the Assembly Complex, beginning from 10am. The Public Hea...

Kwara Dep Gov calls for proper funding of Education
...Praises Unilorin for running uninterrupted academic calendar The Kwara State government on Tuesday called for the proper funding of the education sector to ensure the development and progress of the Nation....

Re: KWARA APC BEMOANS GOVERNOR ABDULRAZAQ'S APPOINTMENT- A RUSE.
The release making the rounds that the APC in kwara is bemoaning the commissionership nominations by His Excellency, Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq is nothing but a ruse. The write up, purportedly issued and signed by ...

University of Ilorin signs MoU with Korean University
The University of Ilorin has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Kyungpook National University (KNU) in the Republic of Korea. It is a consortium made of industry and academic experts including KNU and ...

Sanitation: Gov Abdulrazaq inaugurates committee to clean up Ilorin in 72 hours
Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq has set up a seven-member special task force to see to the cleanliness of Ilorin, the state capital and other parts of the state in 72 hours. Inaugurating the special ...

Ahmed becomes controller, Kwara Customs Command
The Nigeria Custom Service has created a new Area Command in Kwara State. The new Command was created from the existing Niger/Kogi/Kwara Area Command. A statement signed by the Public Relations Officer of ...

Kwara Increases Students' Bursary from N100m to N200m
The Kwara State government has announced that it has increased the bursary of it's students across the country's tertiary institutions from N100 million inherited from the immediate-past administration to N200 million i...

2019-10-22

OPINION: Oba Abu @72: The Celebration of a Paragon! By Abubakar Imam
Tuesday, October 22, 2019 is a date; which may be regarded as any other! Yes, it is!! However, on deeper reflections; it is a unique date it is a date that marks the day a great icon, an often misunderstood Nigerian pa...

Kwara Gov releases new commissioner-nominees’ list
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Tuesday released an additional six-person commissioner-nominees’ list, with five more women added to what has now gone down in history as Nigeria’s most gender...

Profile of New Commissioner Nominees
An entrepreneur and renowned community development advocate, 38-year-old Harriet hailed from Okeayo/Ora community in Ifelodun local government area of the state. She was an officer at Surveillance Department of the Nation...

KWSG Sends Six More Commissioner Nominees to KWHA
The latest nominees are Afolabi-Oshatimehin Adenike Harriet (Ifelodun); Ahmad Fatima Bisola (Ilorin West); Aremu Bose Deborah (Irepodun); Oyedun Juliana Funke (Isin); Oyeyemi Olasumbo Florence (Oke Ero); and Suleiman Roti...

Court Remands 52-year-old Man Over Alleged N500, 000 Theft in Ilorin
An Ilorin Magistrates Court in Kwara on Monday ordered the remand of 52-year-old Muhammad Lawan in prison custody for allegedly stealing the sum of N500, 000 cash from a parked vehicle. The Magistrate, ...

Farmers remanded in prison over alleged culpable homicide in Ilorin
An Ilorin Magistrates' Court in Kwara State, on Monday, remanded two farmers, Adeyemi Yusuf and Omotosho Adam in prison custody over alleged culpable homicide. NAN reports that Magistrate Mary Bamidele ordered th...

Kwara takes custody of housemaids injured with knife
Olufolake, wife of Kwara State Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, has directed the state Ministry of Women Affairs to take custody of two housemaids allegedly injured with a knife by their mistress Bilikis Mohammed...

Beware of scammers, PTAD warns pensioners
Ejikeme gave the warning on Monday in Ilorin while addressing pensioners during the verification organised for pensioners in the North Central geopolitical zone. Executive Secretary, Pension Transitional Arrangem...

Unilorin VC Professor Age explains how luck saved him from pure water business
The Vice-chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Professor Sulyman Abdulkareem Age said he ventured into pure water and soap making business in the 90s when he returned from his overseas studies and was frustrated out o...

University of Ilorin graduates 12,009 students, 130 bag first class
A total of 130 grandaunts of the University of Ilorin have graduated with a first class degree, for the 2018/2019 academic year. This was disclosed by the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Professor Sulyman Ag...

2019-10-21

Seizure of Assets: Court misled into granting temporary forfeiture order - Saraki
Former Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has stated that his attention has been drawn to an order said to have been granted by a Federal High Court in Lagos for a temporary forfeiture of his property on 17...

Court orders forfeiture of Saraki's Ikoyi property
The Lagos Division of the Federal High Court on Monday has ordered the temporary forfeiture of two properties located in the Ikoyi area of Lagos State and belonging to the immediate past senate president, Bukola Sara...

Kwara Assembly Approves N130bn Revised Budget
The Kwara State House of Assembly has approved N130,380,403,956 as the new revised total budget size of the State. The approved sum by the lawmakers was against the initial N157,802,032,561, which showed a decr...

We'll build a prosperous state through SMEs - Kwara Governor
Kwara Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazak The Kwara state Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq says his administration's upcoming social investment programme has been designed to fund small businesses across the state. ...

Abdulrazaq pledges Infrastructures to Omu-Aran
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara state has pledged the provision of infrastructure to Omu-Aran community by his administration. He made this pledge when he spoke at this year Omu-Aran Day and N500 milli...

Kwara to hold independent negotiations with workers
The Kwara State Government said it would negotiate with workers. The Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Rafiu Ajakaye, in an interview with The PUNCH, said, " We are going to hold independent negotiations with th...

Minimum wage: NLC state chairmen meet Tues, talks with govs begin
State chairmen of the Nigeria Labour Congress will on Tuesday (tomorrow) meet in Enugu to discuss modalities to be adopted for negotiations on consequential adjustments of the new minimum wage with various state gove...