OPINION: Idiagbon: His Life, His Times Till he died last week. By Ayodele Ojo - 1999-03-29
As sympathisers left the 4, Aderemi Adeleye residence of General Tunde Idiagbon after his interment last Thursday, many of them were overheard wondering what killed the fiery soldier. Could he have died fro...

Alhaji S. A.Onimago: The Second And New Shettima of Ilorin. By Abubakar Imam - 2021-08-19
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character give him power". -Abraham Lincoln One of the commonest lessons of life is that if one does not get close to a man one may never be...

ETHNIC PLURALISM IN ILORIN - 2021-05-28
An important area of interest is the composition and evolution of Ilorin as an ethno-cultural melting point. That Ilorin, at a point in time, was peopled almost exclusively by Yorubas, is not in dispute. However, w...

Profile of Wives & Children of Sheikh Muhammad Kamaldeen Al Adaby - 2026-06-03
Shaykh Muhammad Kamalud-deen married Madam Hafsat in Lagos. She was blessed with three children: (i) Alhaji Sofiyullahi (born 1928) (ii) Alhaja Rahmatullahi (born 1935) (iii) Alhaji Abdullahi (born 1939...

KWASU Second Batch Provisional Admission List is Out - 2013-07-21
Kwara State University, Malete has released their second batch provisional admission list for the 2013/2014 academic session on the University's website. ...

LASTMA men for Kwara, Oyo, Edo - 2017-06-19
The Lagos State Traffic Management Agency (LASTMA) has redeployed two of its officers to Kwara, Oyo and Edo states. Yekeen Babatunde Bello now heads the Kwara State Road Traffic Management Authority (KWARTMA), whil...

Kwara Gets New Police Commissioner - 2023-09-24
A new Commissioner of Police has been appointed for Kwara State, North Central Nigeria. He is Olaiya Victor Mobolaji. His appointment followed his approval by the acting Inspector General of Police, Mr Kayode Egbeto...

Kwara youths decry dissolution of PDP executives - 2017-09-08
Kwara State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) youths have criticised the dissolution of the State Executive Committee by the Ahmed Makarfi-led National Caretaker Committee. The youths are also demanding for the restor...

Ramadan 1444H: Oloriegbe Tasks Muslim Ummah To Pray For The Success of Incoming Administration - 2023-03-23
The Senator representing Kwara Central, Dr Ibrahim Yahaya Olori...

Abdulrazaq needs prayers to succeed- Matawali of Ilorin - 2023-03-25
Mutawali of Ilorin, Dr. Alimi Abdulrazaq has urged residents of the state not to stop in their prayers for the administration of Governor AbdulRaman Abdulrazaq to succeed and deliver divid...

AbdulRazaq Congratulates Kwara Ambassador Nominees - 2020-07-03
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara has congratulated the three non-career ambassador nominees from the state, saying their appointment is an evidence of a new dawn in the state. This is contained in a stat...

SSANIP Threatens Strike Over Delayed Implementation of New Service Scheme - 2024-12-12
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Polytechnics (SSANIP) has threatened to down tools if the federal government refuses to implement the new service scheme for its members within the next 48 hours, as reported by...

Governor Abdulrazaq: Weapons Alone Insufficient to Resolve National Insecurity - 2025-02-11
Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, has stated that addressing the country's pervasive insecurity requires more than just weapons. The governor made this assertion on Monday during the inauguration of...

NUC Approves 14 Undergraduate Programmes for AbdulRasaq Abubakar Toyin University - 2025-08-09
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has granted approval for the commencement of 14 full-time undergraduate programmes at AbdulRasaq Abubakar Toyin University (AATU), Oke Ogba, Ganmo, Kwara State. The...

Nothing Can Stop Tinubu's Inauguration – Kwara Group - 2023-04-06
A group known as Moro AA Unity Forum in Kwara state on Wednesday said the emergence of president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu was God's ordained. The group declared that no amount of hang-up, conspiracy and...

How Afonja (Yorubas) lost the Ilorin throne - Vanguard Newspaper - 2000-10-22
THE rivalry between the Fulani and Afonja descendants over the throne of Ilorin is rooted in history. While the Fulani rest the case of their claim to the kingship of the ancient town on the fact that the mona...

STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE: PRESIDENT BUHARI CONGRATULATES GOV ABDULRAHMAN ABDULRAZAQ ON ELECTION AS NGF CHAIRMAN - 2023-05-26
President Muhammadu Buhari warmly felicitates with Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State on his emergence as the new Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum NGF), urging him to give his best in providing leadersh...

Atunwa mourns Balogun Fulani - 2016-08-17
Hon Razak Atunwa has condoled with Ilorin Emirate led by the Emir of Ilorin, the Kwara State Government and the entire people of Kwara over the demise of the Balogun Fulani of Ilorin Emirate, Alhaji Mahmud Durosinlohun At...

Dad didn't encourage his children to act -Kunle Afolayan - 2013-10-21
Kunle Afolayan, one of the sons of late Ade 'Love' Afolayan, renowned film maker and director, tellsARUKAINO UMUKORO about his father's passion for film-making How was it li...

Kwara: 500 Benefit From Lawmaker's Free Medical Intervention - 2024-02-06
No fewer than 500 persons, over the weekend, benefitted from the free medical outreach sponsored by the member representing Ilorin East constituency at the Kwara state House of Assembly, Hajia Fatima Arinola Lawal, spe...

Gov Abdulrazaq Congratulates Industrialist Adedoyin at 89 - 2024-12-05
Kwara State Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq joins the people of the state and business community to congratulate frontline businessman, philanthropist, and patriot Prince (Dr.) Samuel Adedoyin, OFR, who turned 89 today...

GSS Ilorin Old Boys Hail Abdulrazaq Over KWSIEC Appointment - 2023-05-31
The 1984 set of the Government Secondary School, Ilorin has commended the governor of Kwara State, MAbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for the appointment of one of its members, Muhammed Okanla Baba, as the Chairman of the Kwara S...

Rainstorm Renders Scores Homeless in Kwara - 2024-04-13
Residents of the Igbonna community in the Oyun Local Government Area of Kwara State have been thrown into mourning following a rainstorm that blew off the rooftops of several buildings. City Round learnt that t...

THE COGNOMEN OF "IJAKADI L'ORO OFFA" AND BENEVOLENCE HISTORY OF OFFA PEOPLE. By Alabidun, Shuaib Abdulrahman - 2017-12-27
Offa is an ancient town and Headquarters of Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State, Nigeria. By landmass, it is the second largest town in the state, after Ilorin, the state capital that takes first. It is also the tra...

KWASAA Directs Removal of Billboards Along Ahmadu Bello, Murtala Muhammad Way - 2025-01-04
The Kwara State Signage and Advertisement Agency (KWASAA) has directed all billboards and signage owners, including private and government entities, to immediately remove all forms of outdoor advertisements erected alo...

Court Dismisses Crystal Group's Case Against Kwara State Government Over Kwara Hotel Remodelling - 2024-10-18
According to Blueprint, an Ilorin High Court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Crystal Group of Companies Limited, owned by Hon. Moshood Mustapha, against the Kwara State Government concerning the remodelling of Kwara H...

Emir of Ilorin Confers Dan Amana and Wakili Titles on NNPC Director and Former Lawmaker - 2024-09-14
According to news reported by Royal News, the Emir of Ilorin and Chairman of the Kwara State Traditional Rulers Council, Alhaji (Dr) Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari CFR, has announced the appointment of two prominent traditional ...

Rice Farmers Laud Kwara Govt's Dry Season Farming Scheme - 2023-05-23
Beneficiaries of the Kwara State government agricultural inputs and irrigation equipment empowerment scheme have praised Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for enhancing the capacity of indigenous farmers and improving f...

Kwara school owners protest multiple taxation - 2023-01-27
Members of the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools in Kwara State on Thursday staged a peaceful protest over what they described as exorbitant and multiple taxation by the state Internal Revenue Serv...

Resident Doctors Pay Courtesy Visit To Governor AbdulRazaq - 2023-09-16
•commends huge investment in Healthcare The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) on Thursday paid a courtesy visit to Kwara State Governor and Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF) Chairman AbdulRahman Abdul...

KWSG Directs Private Secondary Schools to Submit Registers - 2017-10-05
KWARA Government has directed private secondary schools across the 16 local government areas of the state to submit registers of their students. The directive is in a statement by Alhaji Musa...

Easter: Kwara Gov Urges Christians to Promote Unity - 2024-03-29
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has appealed to Christians in the country to seize the Easter celebration to renew their faith in God and unite for national and collective growth. The governor, in...

Nigerian Army Begins Recruitment Exercise for 87 Regular Recruits - 2024-06-21
According to a news report from Leadership, the Nigerian Army has commenced the recruitment of 87 regular recruits in Kwara State. The recruitment exercise, which is set to conclude on July 3, 2024, was announc...

Governor AbdulRazaq Mourns APC Chieftain, Marafan Shonga, Alhaji Abubakar Ndakene - 2024-10-14
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has expressed deep sadness over the passing of Kwara All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain and Marafan Shonga, Alhaji Abubakar Ndakene. The Governor extended his heartfelt co...

IGP Orders Comprehensive Investigation into Killing of Kwara Polytechnic Student, Detains Officers Involved - 2024-09-10
According to the news report from Voice of Nigeria, Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun has directed the Homicide section of the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) in Abuja to conduct ...

UNILORIN Medical Students Renovate Public Health Infrastructure in Rural Communities - 2022-01-17
Medical students of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Kwara State studying in the area of Public and Community Health have carried out some health infrastructural facilities and provisions in some selected rural com...

Governor AbdulRazaq, Nigerian Air Force Launch Operation to Secure Ogbomosho-Ilorin Highway - 2024-10-16
The Kwara State Government, under Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, in collaboration with the Nigerian Air Force 303 Composite Group (303 CG), has launched Operation Alanu Tide (OAT), an initiative aimed at combating i...

Kwara Poly Advertises for the Post Of Librarian - 2022-01-25
Applications are hereby invited from suitably qualified candidates for the post of the Polytechnic Librarian for the Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, Kwara State... ...

Kwara Records Over 80% Pass In 2017 JSSCE - 2017-09-16
Kwara State Government on Friday confirmed that over 80 per cent of the 43,430 students who sat for the 2017 Junior Secondary School Certificate Examinations (JSSCE) passed. Hajia Maryam Garba, the Permanent Secretar...

Kwara governor urged to pay salary arrears - 2019-11-21
Teachers under the Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) yesterday urged Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq to pay their four months' salary arrears. The teachers, who converged on the Asa Dam secretar...

Three Inmates Regain Freedom as Kwara Chief Judge Reviews Custodial Centre Cases - 2024-09-19
As reported by Daily Trust, three inmates have regained their freedom following the intervention of the Chief Judge (CJ) of Kwara State, Justice Abiodun Ayodele Adebara, during his visit to the Old Oke Kura and Mandala...

Late Wali of Kaiama's virtues extolled at Fidau - 2013-07-14
All roads led to Kaiama, headquarters of Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State on Thursday for the Fidau of the late Wali of Kaiama, Alhaji Mohammed Bukar. Politicians, Civil Servants, Businessmen and wo...

Sapati-Ile community hails Gov. AbdulRazaq's achievements, sues for unity - 2023-06-04
The National Association of Sapati-Ile Indigenes in Asa Local Government Area of Kwara State on Sunday rejoiced with Mallam Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, on his inauguration for a second term in office as the Executive Gover...

Tour Operators Visit Historic Emir's Palace in Ilorin - 2024-07-19
According to a news report from Radio Nigeria, members of the Association of Tour Operators (NATOP) visited the palace of the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, known for housing significant historical artefa...

EFCC interrogates ex-Kwara Gov over alleged diversion of N9bn - 2021-05-17
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has quizzed the immediate past Kwara Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, over alleged diversion of N9billion. According to sources at the anti-graft agency, the for...

Ahmed approves upgrade of 70 traditional rulers - 2014-09-28
The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has approved the grading and upgrading of 70 traditional rulers in the state. According to a statement by the Commissioner for Local Government Affair...

Gov AbdulRazaq Hails Makaman Lafiagi's 'People-First' Legacy on Special Day - 2025-04-17
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has extended warm congratulations to Alhaji Tajudeen AbdulKadir Audu (FCA), the Makaman of Lafiagi Emirate, on his birth anniversary, celebrated on Tuesday, 16 April. ...

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