2019-09-06

Gov AbdulRazaq restates commitment to Kwara
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulrahman AbdulRazaq says his administration has not spent a dime from the 4.8 billion Naira inherited from the past administration. Governor AbdulRazaq stated this to newsmen in an...

AbdulRazaq to spend N14b to improve facilities in primary schools
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq said on Thursday his administration will spend N14 billion on infrastructural deficits in primary schools He added that the state would access N7 billion from the Uni...

1000 Kwara traders, artisans to get N1bn soft loans
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, yesterday, disclosed that not less than 1000 traders, marketers and artisans will benefit from a N1 billion soft loan to boost their businesses under the Kwara State Social I...

2019-09-05

Excerpts from Gov. Abdulrazaq's 100 days Press Briefing
We have spent the last 100 days putting in place the basic infrastructural needs of the people that ought to have been done in the past like access to water, access to basic healthcare and repair of dilapidated schoo...

Planned revocation of Baba Saraki's house: Abdulrazaq on vendetta mission - Kwara PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State has condemned the call by the State House of Assembly for revocation of the building belonging to the late icon of Kwara politics, Olushola Saraki, which is situated ...

Cabinet list likely next week - Gov Abdulrazaq
1000 Kwara traders, artisans to get N1bn soft loans, says Gov • Cabinet list likely next week • Says N4.8bn inherited from Ahmed intact At least 1000 traders, marketers and artisans w...

NIS commences e-registration of foreigners in Kwara
The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on Wednesday, flagged off the electronic registration of non-Nigerians residents in the state, describing the exercise by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) as a ke...

Kwara police honour officers for rescuing Turkish nationals
Police in Kwara State have honoured 37 officers in recognition of their gallantry. Among them are four officers who rescued four kidnapped Turkish nationals from their abductors in Gbale community, Edu ...

Xenophobia: I 'll not allow reprisal attack in Kwara - CP
The Kwara Commissioner of Police, Mr Kayode Egbetokun, has vowed to prevent reprisal attack on South African companies in Kwara, following xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and foreigners in South Africa. Eg...

HiFL: 'Ilorin is going to be battle' - UNIBEN Royals coach
The coach has shifted his focus on the return fixture after Wednesday's win at the University of Benin Sports Centre UNIBEN Royals coach Onome Komi said his players will improve on their performance when they tra...

100 days of hope, prudence and restoration in Kwara
Rafiu Ajakaye, Chief Press Secretary to Kwara State Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq, highlights the activities of his boss in the first 100 days of the administration. It is 100 days since AbdulRahman AbdulRa...

17 police officers detained, facing trial for misconduct in Kwara
The Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has revealed that 17 officers of the command are currently in detention and going through orderly room trial for misconduct. The CP said he has been em...

Tinkering With the Fragile Unity in Kwara
Hammed Shittu writes that fifth columnists are at work in Kwara State, threatening the fragile unity between Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq and the leadership of the All Progressives Congress For the ruling All Pr...

2019-09-04

Opinion: The fear of Abdulrahman is the beginning of wisdom. By Tunde Akanbi
The administration of AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq nostalgically reminds one of the regime of a one-time Governor of Kwara state, Chief Salaudeen Olatinwo, a replica of the  administration of the then Buhari/Idiagbon at the fed...

Kwara lawyer remains suspect in N20m property scam, says EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has denied issuing any apology to an Ilorin-based lawyer, Sulyman Abaya, who is being investigated for alleged N20 million property fraud. This was contained in...

Kwara Assembly demands revocation of Saraki's landed property
The Kwara State House of Assembly on Tuesday urged Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq to "declare as void" the acquisition, appropriation and conversion of residence of the late Dr. Olusola Saraki. The property wi...

Kwara probes seizure of 704 bags of rice
Kwara State House of Assembly has directed its Committee on Commerce, Industry, Cooperative and Social Development to investigate the alleged seizure of 704 bags of rice from the warehouse of Mount Olive Nigeria limited...

2019-09-03

Biffo promises to give home-based players a chance at Kwara United
Newly appointed Kwara United manager Abdullahi Biffo has made it clear that he is ready to give good home players the chance to make his team in the coming NNL season. Biffo who replaces Abubakar Bala as the...

Saraki, allies move to regain relevance in Kwara
The recent move by the people of Kwara State, which ousted former Senate President, Bukola Saraki from the National Assembly and broke his stranglehold on the soul of Kwara, may not have sounded the death knell on his p...

Kwara govt vows to support "Pro-Poor-Policy"
Kwara State Government has vowed to continue to support the "Pro-Poor-Policy" of the World Bank Assisted Community and Social Development Project, CSDP in the state. Deputy Governor, Mr Kayode Alabi stated this...

NCC to check proliferation of fake phones
The Nigeria Communications Commission has said that it is collaborating with security agencies and other stakeholders to put an end to the proliferation of fake and counterfeit phone products imported into the countr...

EFCC forced me to carry placard at gun point - Kwara lawyer
•NBA threatens legal action against anti-graft agency Former secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Ilorin branch, Sulyman Abaya, has said that he was forced at gunpoint to carry a placard with the inscrip...

Kwara REC tasks NYSC members on integrity, patriotism
The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Kwara, Malam Garba Attahiru-Madami, on Monday called on NYSC members to always maintain their integrity wherever they found themselves. Attahiru-Madami made the...

Kwara government commits to anti-malaria campaign
Gov. Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara says his administration is committed to tackling the scourge of malaria in the state. Abdulrahman stated this during the flag-off of the malaria-free Kwara campaign and inv...

NBA threatens to sue EFCC over wrongfully parading member
The Nigerian Bar Association has threatened to sue the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over the parade of one of its members, Sulaiman Abaya, on what it calls 'false accusation' of illegal sale of land. ...