2018-06-20

Schoolgirl suffers dislocation after 'frog jump' punishment
A 13-year-old pupil of Sheikh Abdulkadir Secondary School, Ilorin, Kwara State, Suliat Ganiyu, has suffered fibular dislocation after her teacher allegedly asked her to serve punishment for coming late to school. ...

Court remands trader in police custody over N46m fraud
A 38-year-old trader, Cephas Peter was remanded in police custody on Tuesday, over allegation that he swindled a financial company in Ilorin of N46.7m. The prosecutor, Nasiru Yusuf told the court that the accused f...

Drug Trafficking: FAAN Installs Baggage Scanner At Ilorin Airport
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, (FAAN) yesterday said it had installed a baggage scanner at the llorin International Airport, Kwara, to curb drug trafficking and other related crimes. A...

2018-06-19

Olomu stool : We will not disappoint - Kingmakers
The Omu-Aran Traditional Council of Chiefs in Kwara State on Monday pledged to ensure diligence and transparency in the selection of a new monarch to fill the vacant stool in the community. The council heade...

2019: We can't win with our division, Kwara PDP guber aspirant warns
Ahead of 2019 general elections, a governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State, Alhaji Mohammed Ibrahim Ajia, has cautioned the party against internal wrangling and acrimony. ...

Ilorin Flooding: Kwara Government Pledges Relief Measures
The Kwara State government has urged residents to remain calm in the wake of the heavy rainfall which led to flooding in some parts of Ilorin, the state capital on Monday even as it pledged relief measures for victims....

Estate surveyors seek Kwara Govt's patronage
Estate Surveyors and Valuers under the umbrella of the Nigerian Institute of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV), Kwara branch, have called on the state government to patronise local firms in order to boost economic ...

2018 Press Week: Kwara WesternPost Correspondent Gets Bronze Medal For Table Tennis Competition
Channels Television Correspondent for Kwara State, Akeem Garuba representing Correspondents Chapel has emerged the winner of Suleiman Ba'aziki/Kwara State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists Table Tennis Com...

Ajia receives APC decampees in Kwara
Scores of members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Magaji Ngeri Ward in Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara State have defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). A 2019 governorship aspir...

2018-06-18

Thunderstorms likely in Ilorin
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted cloudy weather conditions over the Central States of the country on Monday with chances of thunderstorms over Ilorin in the morning hours. NiMet's Weathe...

Kwara 2019 : Why the cap fits Ali Ahmad? By Adebayo Abdullahi
Haven read series of publications and write-ups from prominent writers both in local and national dailies within and outside the State, one is prompted to pen this piece. In spite of the rumours about a num...

'Obtain your PVC now,' Kwara Governor tells residents ahead of 2019 election
Ahmed also warned against politicising the Offa bank robbery incident, urging the police to follow due process. Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara has called on the people of the state to obtain their Perm...

Kwara PDP guber aspirant preaches peace among Nigerians
A 2019 governorship aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State, Alhaji Mohammed Ibrahim Ajia, has called on Nigerians and Kwarans in particular to sustain the tempo of holiness an...

2018-06-16

Offa robberies: Police arrest five additional suspects
The police have arrested five additional suspects in connection with the April 5 Offa bank robberies during which nine policemen and 33 persons were killed. PUNCH correspondent gathered that the operatives of the...

Eid-Fitr: Ilorin Emirate Youths Felicitate with Muslim Ummah
The Ilorin Emirate Youth Development Association has congratulated the Muslim ummah over the successful completion of this year's Ramadan. The Association, while thanking God Almighty, felicitated with the Emir...

Offa robberies: Police arrest five additional suspects
The police have arrested five additional suspects in connection with the April 5 Offa bank robberies during which nine policemen and 33 persons were killed. Our correspondent gathered that the operatives of the I...

Pray For End To Increasing Killings In Kwara, APC Urges Muslims
The Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has felicitated with Muslim faithful in the state for the successful completion of 1439AH Ramadan. In a statement issued in Saudi Arabia, Kwara...

Opinion Oniyangi, the emerging dark horse in Kwara politics. By Jide Bankole
Oniyangi, the emerging dark horse in Kwara politics It was Maria Isabel Aldinhas Ferreira who wrote on the role played by the 'street' as the ultimate locus of political expression and interaction when political instit...

Kwara Gov asks Muslims to uphold lessons of fast
Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed, has congratulated Muslims for successfully undertaking the Ramadan fast, urging them to remain connected to virtues of love, compassion and generosity. "As we mark the...

Offa robbery: Kwara groups differ from PDP, APC over Saraki
The Kwara State chapters of the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party on Friday dismissed calls by some cultural and socio-political groups that Dr. Bukola Saraki should step down as Senate P...

Offa Robbery: Allow police do their work, Kwara elders tell Saraki
Some Kwara elders, under the auspices of Kwara Elders' Unity Forum, have called on the Inspector General of Police to carry out thorough investigation into the Offa robbery case so that justice will be done on the m...