2019-07-09

Why Nigerians can't access loans from commercial banks, by CBN
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Monday said that many Nigerians are unable to access loans from commercial banks because they cannot distinguish between working and fixed capital. The apex bank added that many N...

Health week: Kwara tasks women on turnout
GOV. Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara has urged pregnant women in the state to take advantage of the ongoing health week and bring their children under zero to five years for immunisation. Abdulrazaq made the ca...

Governor hails Kwara's 34-year-old SAN
KWARA State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Sunday held a telephone conversation with the 34-year-old Muyiwa Tola Atoyebi, who was recently conferred with the title of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). Atoye...

2019-07-08

World Bank to empower 19,200 in Kwara
World Bank No fewer than 19,200 poor and vulnerable people will be taking part from the World Bank empowerment programme in Kwara State. The beneficiaries will cut across all the 16 local government area of the state and ...

2019-07-07

I use travels to negotiate with my children - Ojuade
Jeleel Ojuade is a professor of Dance in the Performing Arts Department, Faculty of Arts, University of Ilorin, Kwara State, and President, Association of Dance Scholars and Practitioners of Nigeria. He talks about his ...

KWARA SPEAKER CHARGES NYSC CORPS MEMBERS ON PATRIOTISM
The Speaker, Kwara state House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Danladi Salihu has called on Nigerian youth to see themselves more as Nigerians, rather than prioritizing their ethnic or religious affinity for the country to...

Kwara Speaker promises improved welfare package for Assembly staff
The Speaker, Kwara state House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Danladi Salihu has promised improved welfare package for the staff of the Kwara state House of Assembly. Hon. Yakubu made this disclosure, during an i...

Increasing eye disorders and manpower shortage in Kwara. By Tunde Akanbi
Kwara State under the new captainship of our amiable Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq will definitely have a number of issues to address, however, the most paramount task will be the task of prioritisation. Repos...

2019-07-06

KWSG calls for the support of FG to revamp its infrastructure
. requires N11.2bn to turn around the education sector The Kwara State Government has called for the support of the Federal Government and donor agencies in its drive to revamp the education sector. The St...

I inherited N59.6b local debt, N48.6 foreign loans - AbdulRazaq
Kwara state Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has given the local debt profile his administration inherited from the past government at N59.6 billion (N59,585,637,336.62). The governor added the indebtedness was at...

Police blow hot over planned cultism anniversary celebration in Kwara
The Kwara State Police Command has warned against the planned festival of cultism in Ilorin, the state capital. The police said they have received credible intelligence report that some cult members were planni...

We've yet to trace Fatoyinbo's record –UNILORIN
The University of Ilorin has said it has yet to trace the academic record of Biodun Fatoyinbo, the embattled Senior Pastor of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly. The Punch correspondent learnt that the UNILORIN co...

UNICEF Tasks Kwara Govt. On Protection Of Children's Rights
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has called on Kwara Government to make comprehensive plan on the protection of children's rights and welfare. Dr Zakari Adam, Chief of UNICEF Field Office, Kaduna, made...