2019-10-08

Kwara Govt to commence tetanus vaccination in 10 LGAs
The Kwara Government says it will commence tetanus vaccination in 10 local government areas of the state from Oct. 12 to Oct. 16. Dr Michael Oguntoye, the state Director of Primary Health Care, Ministry of Heal...

Workers of Ilorin model school protest unpaid 36 months' salary
The staff of the Model Basic School, Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin, yesterday protested non- payment of their 36 months' salary. The staff who were seen in front of the provost' office carrying p...

Division in Kwara APC over governor's style
Crisis is brewing in the Kwara State All Progressives Congress (APC) over what aggrieved chieftains describe as the style of governor-AbdulRahman AndulRasaq. The unsavory relationship between the governor and the...

'Kwara collected N85bn IGR in four years'
The founding Chairman of the Kwara State Internal Revenue Service, Prof. Muritala Awodun, on Monday said the agency collected N85bn as internally generated revenue during his tenure, from 2016 to 2019. He als...

20 corpers in Kwara to repeat national service
The Coordinator of the National Youth Service Corps in Kwara State, Mrs Esther Ikupolati, has said that 20 corps members will repeat national service as punishment for absconding from their places of primary assignment...

2019-10-07

FRSC arrests 109 motorcycle, tricycle offenders in Kwara
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Kwara Sector Command, has arrested and impounded 109 motorcycles and tricycles for various traffic offences. The arrests were part of the command's activities towards ensurin...

AbdulRazaq has cleared PDP mess in Kwara - APC chairman
Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State, Honourable Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa, speaks with BIOLA AZEEZ on sundry issues affecting the state. HOW has Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq fared s...

Kwara pays N60m counterpart fund
The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has approved N60m counterpart funds to key into the World Bank-funded Community and Social Development Projects that would help attract development to rural areas....

2019-10-06

Kwara teachers appeal for prompt salary payment
Kwara state government has been urged to urgently address challenges facing the teaching profession to ensure maximum output from teachers in the state. The state chairman of the Nigeria Union of Teachers Comrade...

Ilorin Community Floats World Class Islamic Library
Ilorin community in Kwara state has put in place a world class e-Library within the premises of Ilorin Juma'a central mosque to promote learning. Abdullahi Olesin reports. Ilorin community in Kwara state has p...

Kwara politicising distribution of materials to schools - Saraki's aide
Mr Otukoko Ibrahim, Director of Projects and Environment of Mandate Constituency Office of the former President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, insists that the instructional materials produced for schools in Kwara Sta...

Kwara Beach Soccer association gets board members
The board member of the Kwara Beach Soccer Association was on Saturday inaugurated in Ilorin. The General Manager of the Kwara Broadcasting Corporation (Radio Kwara), Alhaji Abdullateef Adedeji is the Chairman ...

2019-10-05

KWSG urges Revenue Chairmen to give the improve tax system top priority
...JTB Boss praises KWIRS for setting the pace All Internal Revenue Service Chairmen in the Country have been charged to give the drive to improve the Tax system a top priority. The Kwara State Gover...

Kwara South Elders' Forum Meets AbdulRazaq, Pledges Consistent Advice
The Executive Governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq received some Elders of thought from Kwara South Senatorial District of the state. The Elders visited the governor for interactions, hoping the Governor w...

Alabi Tasks Women on Nation Building
The Kwara State Government has tasked women to play greater and positive role in shaping the Nation. The State Deputy Governor, Mr Kayode Alabi gave the charge on Friday during a courtesy call by the State Ch...

Patigi Delegates Commend AbdulRazaq For His Foresightedness
Delegates from Patigi Local Government Area in their numbers visited the Executive Governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq to appreciate him on the nomination of one of their daughters, Aisha Ahman Pategi as ...

Kwara Gov To Explore Tourism Potential Of National Museum Esie
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq today visited the National Museum Esie in Irepodun LGA for on the spot personal assessment of the first Museum in Nigeria. The Governor who has always reiterated that...

KWSG urges DPM to key into its health policy
The Kwara State government has directed the Directors of Personnel Management DPM in all the sixteen Local Government Areas of the State to play active role in the drive to eradicate polio and others immune diseases....

OPINION: Muritala Awodun; The Maigida ‘Star Boy’ By Tajudeen Habeeb
For keen followers of the Nigerian political discourse, ‘Star boy’ is the political sobriquet of Professor Yemi Osibanjo, the Vice President Federal Republic of Nigeria. This is in consonance with h...

FIRS Reports States' Revenue Collection Jumps to N1.6tn from N800bn
Revenue generation by the 36 states of the federation has risen from N800.02 billion in 2016 to N1.6 trillion in 2018, representing a 46.11 per cent rise, according to data released yesterday by the Federal Internal Rev...

Kwara Governor inaugurates task force on immunisation
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq yesterday inaugurated the State Task Force on immunisation and primary healthcare, saying the exercise forms a part of his administration's efforts to stamp out polio and str...

Why Saraki's Chalet Was Revoked - Kwara Assembly
Kwara State House of Assembly yesterday said it has directed the revocation of a chalet gifted to a former governor of the state, Sen. Bukola Saraki, because the property belonged to the state government. The hou...