2019-06-09

INTERVIEW: Poverty, youth unemployment greatest problems in Kwara -Senator-elect, Oloriegbe
Dr Ibrahim Oloriegbe is the senator-elect for Kwara Central Senatorial District. He spoke with TUNDE OYEKOLA on how the All Progressives Congress swept the last polls in Kwara; the people's expectations and how the nati...

Kwara Govt pledges to help KWASU realise its potentials
Kwara State Government has pledged to help the Kwara State University (KWASU) realise its potentials as a 21st century institution. Gov. Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara, who is the visitor at the institut...

2019-06-08

Eid-el-fitri celebration: Kwara policeman shoots fun seeker dead during party
Eid-el-fitri celebration turned sour on Bello Babatunde Street, Egbejila Road, Ilorin, Kwara State, on Wednesday as a 25-year-old fun seeker, Wasiu Issa, was allegedly shot dead by a policeman at a hotel in the commun...

EFCC secures conviction of two Internet fraudsters in Ilorin
Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of Kwara State High Court, Ilorin, has convicted two Internet fraudsters, Johnson Okuselu, 23 and Saheed Olanrewaju, 25, to one year imprisonment without an option of fine for alleged intern...

Buhari sends delegation to Ilorin on condolence
President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a letter of condolence to the Emir of Ilorin, His Royal Highness, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, following the loss of his mother, Alhaja Aishat Nma Zulkarnaini-Gambari. In the l...

Kwara Gov appoints Chief of Staff, SSG, CPS
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has made his first appointments, comprising the Chief of Staff (CoS), Secretary to the State Government (SSG) and Chief Press Secretary (CPS). A statement by the Deputy C...

2019-06-07

We've not sacked any worker, says Kwara govt.
Kwara Government said it had not sacked any worker in its employment as being rumoured. A statement signed by the Deputy Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Agboola Olarewaju on Thursday in Ilorin, said i...

Kwara Assembly passes 47 bills, holds valedictory session
The Kwara House of Assembly, which was inaugurated in June 2015 by former Gov. AbdulFatah Ahmed, on Friday, held a valedictory session to end it activities. The event which was presided by the Speaker, Dr Ali ...

Town planners advocate new master plan for Kwara towns
Nigerian Institute of Town Planners in Kwara State has called on the new administration in the state to prepare a new master plan for Ilorin and other major towns to avoid imminent disaster. Speaking with journalis...

Kwara women set to take position in new administration
As Kwara State is poised for a paradigm shift in governance, women in the state are also gearing up to demand for their rightful place in the new administration. This has led to calls on the newly inaugurated government...

2019-06-06

Labour Party urges Kwara gov not to sack workers
The Chairman of Labour Party in Kwara State, Mumini Onagun, has appealed to the state governor, Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, not to contemplate retrenchment of workers in the state. The appeal followed a direct...

Buhari commiserates with Emir of Ilorin over mother's death
President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the Ilorin Emirate Council over the loss of Alhaja Aishat Nma Sulukarnaini-Gambari, mother of His Royal Highness, Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari. ...

2019 hajj: Kwara pilgrims' board announces June 15 as payment deadline
The Kwara State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board on Thursday announced June 15 as deadline for full payment of Hajj fares by all intending pilgrims travelling with the board for the 2019 Hajj exercise in the Kingdom of Sau...

Lai Mohammed: The emergence of a new political order in Kwara
THE swearing in of the business mogul and oil magnate Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq last Wednesday as the eight democratically elected governor of Kwara State signposts the emergence of a new political order in the state....