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2024-03-28
Gov. AbdulRazaq to Make Kwara Stand Out Through SAPZ Project - Agric Commissioner
•Initiative Proves Gov's Vision Great-SPC The Kwara State Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Hon. Oloruntoyosi Thomas, has said that the State Governor, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, will mak...
Kwara Monthly Sanitation Exercise Holds Saturday
This is to inform members of the public that the modified sanitation exercise for this month will come up on Saturday, 30th March, 2024 starting from seven to nine o'clock (7:00 am to 9:00 am) in the morning. R...
Offa Stadium For Reconstruction
Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has directed the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development to re-appraise the facilities at Offa Stadium and make recommendations for their reconstruction. “This ...
NGO Empowers 100 Women with Digital Skills in Kwara
After completing a four-month intensive digital skills training programme, a non-profit organisation, Webfala Digital Skills for All Initiative (WDSfaI), has graduated 100 women fellows under its first SafeHer programm...
Kwara Govt Reacts To Medical Certificate Racketeering Report, Moves To Arrest Culprits
In the ongoing battle against fraud and unethical practices, the Kwara State Ministry of Health has intensified efforts to safeguard the integrity of medical certificates and counter fraudulent practices in the state. ...
Kwara NSCDC Deploys 3,300 Officers for Easter Celebrations
The Kwara State Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Umar Mohammed, has ordered the deployment of 3,300 personnel across various locations in the state for this year’s Easter celebration...
Kwara Gov’s CPS Ajakaye Emerges ‘NIPR Distinguished Spokesperson’
The chief press secretary (CPS) to Kwara State governor, Rafiu Ajakaye, on Wednesday, emerged the distinguished spokesperson in political communication at the National Spokespersons Awards 2024 of the Nigerian Institut...

2024-03-27
Kwara Fire Service Sensitises Traders to Fire Fighting Techniques
THE Kwara Fire Service has sanitised the traders of Oja-Oba Market Ilorin, to the basics of fire techniques. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the service officials, led by Mr Hassan Hakeem, delive...
Cybercrime: Court Sends ‘Photo Editor’ To Prison Over N15,000 In Kwara
Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin has sentenced a 26-year-old man, Usman Harun, to six months imprisonment over internet fraud and possession of proceeds of unlawful activity. ...
Land: Tension Rises as Kwara Poly, Communities Head for Showdown
The management of the Kwara State Polytechnic and its host communities are headed for a collision course as they both claim ownership of sections of land upon which the school is built. The situation that is fa...
Kwara Residents Get Life Jackets, 9 Months After 107 Died In Boat
The Kwara State Government on Tuesday presented boats and life jackets to the residents of Patigi and Lafiagi in Patigi and Edu local government areas of the state. The gesture came nine months after 107 person...
Alleged N10bn Fraud: Ex-Kwara Commissioner Faults EFCC
Former Kwara State Commissioner for Finance Ademola Banu has denied being guilty in the fraud allegation made against him and ex-Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). ...
EFCC Confiscates Three Trucks of Solid Minerals in Kwara
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) in Ilorin, Kwara State, have arrested three trucks laden with assorted solid minerals mined without license. The operatives also arrested five persons for al...
Kwara Rallies Experts to Tackle Food Shortage
The Kwara State Government has assembled experts from the various fields of agricultural production to immediately reverse the shortage of food in the state. The experts drawn from across the ministries and agr...

2024-03-26
OPINION: Why Kwara’s Running a Gender-Balanced Govt by Muritala
Sambo Muritala is the Special Adviser on Legal Matters to Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State. In this interview with SUCCESS NWOGU, he defends some recent policies of the governor, which have generated crit...
Kwara Govt Lauded On Food Palliative Distribution To Students
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has been lauded for extending government palliative succour to students of tertiary institutions in the state. The state Commissioner for Tertiary Education, Dr Mary...
Paul Erinne Foundation Celebrates Late General Tunde Idiagbon, Former Chief of Staff in Ilorin
Twenty-five years after, the Paul Erinne Foundation has donated 1,000 bags of rice and scholarships to five indigenes of Ilorin Emirate, Kwara State capital to commemorate the death of General Tunde Idiagbon, former Ch...
Kwara Customs Boss Seeks Emir Of Ilorin, Sister Agencies’ Support
The newly deployed Comptroller, Kwara Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, Mathew Ojeifo, has solicited the support of the Emir of Ilorin and sister security agencies for effective operation. He made th...
Kwara Government to Partner with Real Estate Developers
The Kwara state government is poised to partner with the Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria (REDAN), Kwara Chapter, with the aim of preventing members from contravening the set standard of building construct...
One Dies as Rival Cult Groups Clash in Kwara
A clash between suspected cult groups has claimed the life of one person, while many others were injured and valuables, including three cars, were destroyed by the rampaging groups in Pakata area, Ilorin West Local Gov...
Kwara Recorded 1,869 Cases Of Tuberculosis In 2023 – Commissioner
The Kwara State Commissioner for Health Amina El-Imam says the state recorded 1,869 cases of tuberculosis in 2023. El-Imam, who spoke on Monday in Ilorin while delivering a speech at the commemoration of the 2...
Suspect Flees As 1 Dies In Kwara Fisticuffs
Policemen have launched a manhunt for one Omotosho Jimoh of Elekoyangan area, Oke-Suna, Ilorin, Kwara State, over the death of his neighbour, Usman Abubakar. The fleeing suspect reportedly engaged in “hand-to...

2024-03-25
UNILORIN VC Promises To Deliver On Institution’s Smart Agenda
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Wahab Egbewole, has reiterated his administration’s commitment to creating an enabling environment to ensure that the University achieves its Smart Agenda. ...
Customs Seeks Collective War Against Trans-Border Crimes
The controller of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Kwara Area Command, Faith Ojeifo, has called for a stronger inter agency collaboration among security agencies in the state. Ojeifo made the call during his visi...
AbdulRazaq, Emir of Ilorin Mourn late Kwara Monarch
Kwara State first-class monarch, Oloro of Oro Kingdom, Irepodun Local Government Area of the state Oba AbdulRafou Olaniyi Ajiboye, Oyelaran 1 is dead. The monarch joined his ancestors in the early hours of yest...
Palm Sunday: Kwara Governor Tasks Nigerians On Peaceful Co-existence
Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, yesterday stressed the need for peaceful co-existence among the people to ensure progress and development of the state and Nigeria as a whole. AbdulRazaq said this ...
Kwara Christians observe Palm Sunday in Ilorin
Christians all over the World trooped out in large number to observe Palm Sunday to mark the triumphal entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem over two thousand years ago. In Ilorin, the Kwara State Capital, Chris...
Poor Officiating Responsible for Enyimba’s Defeat to Kwara United – Yemi
Enyimba assistant coach, Yemi Olanrewaju has expressed disappointment with the officiating in the club’s 2-1 defeat against Kwara United. Yemi frowned at the undue advantage given to the Harmony Boys by the m...
Issues As Igbo Traders Downtool In Kwara
The Igbo traders in Ilorin, Kwara State on Friday, March 1, 2024 paralysed economic activities in some parts of Ilorin, Kwara State by shutting their business outlets. The Igbo traders and businessmen under th...

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