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2024-03-22
Kwara Governor Impressed With Work At Industrial Park
Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, yesterday paid a working visit to the construction site of the state industrial park at Eiyenkorin in Asa local government area, calling it a catalyst for development in th...
Ramadan: 1,000 Kwarans Benefit From Ex-Speaker’s Cash Palliative
No fewer than 1,000 Muslim faithful across the 16 local government areas of Kwara state have benefited from the millions of Naira Ramadan cash palliative initiated by Professor Ali Ahmad, former Speaker, Kwara State Ho...
No Group Authorised to Collect Personal Income Tax – KWIRS
The Kwara State Internal Revenue Service said it has not authorised payment of Personal Income Tax and the like through any association or umbrella group representing artisans or business owners. This is contai...
High Court Grants Suspected Killer Of Kwara Monarch Bail
The Kwara State High Court has released one of the suspected killers of Onikoro of Koro, Oba Peter Aremu, on bail over health reasons. The suspect, Olowofela Oyebanji, was the second defendant among others who were arr...
Man Remanded For Allegedly Stealing Foodstuff In Kwara
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has apprehended four suspected kidnappers believed to be terrorising residents of Owo in Ondo State. The suspects were nabbed at Abusoro camp in Ipele fores...
Kwara’s Adaramaja Emerges Dean Of SUBEB Chairmen Forum
The executive chairman of Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Prof. Shehu Adaramaja, has emerged the Dean of the Forum of Chairmen of State Universal Basic Education Boards in Nigeria. The exec...
Ramadan: Ilorin Muslim Kids and Challenges of Modernity
A lot is happening in the society. UMAR BAYO ABDULWAHAB in this piece reports how mordernity is fast eroding unique practices of muslim kids during the month of Ramadan in Ilorin, the capital of Kwara state. C...
Police Arrest Soldier for Stabbing Kwara DPO
A soldier identified as Suleiman Sidiq has been arrested for stabbing a policeman in Kwara State. This was disclosed by the spokesperson for the Kwara State Police Command, Ejire-Adeyemi Toun, in a statement on...

2024-03-21
Kwara Assembly Passes Six Bills, 30 Motions in Nine Months
Kwara State House of Assembly has passed a total of six bills and 30 motions in the last nine months of the inauguration of the current 10th Assembly. Speaking in an interview, the Leader of the state House of ...
Kwara Para-Athletes Protest Over Unemployment
Kwara state Special Sports Athletes also known as para-athletes staged a peaceful protest against unpaid allowances and unemployment in the state. The protesters therefore urged Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq ...
Atiku Should Allow PDP to Breathe Fresh Air – President, Political Scientists
A professor at the University of Ilorin and President of the Nigerian Political Science Association, Hassan Saliu, in this interview with ABDULRAHMAN ZAKARIYAU, explains how the country can ensure credible polls ...
Kwara: Igbo Traders Lock Shops As Truce With Revenue Agency Collapses
The agreement reached between Igbo traders and the Kwara Internal Revenue Service (KWIRS) over tax remittances appears to have suffered a setback. On Tuesday, the traders shut their shops across the metropolis ...
Abducted Chinese National Regains Freedom in Kwara
The Kwara State Police Command has rescued PengChao Zhang, a Chinese national, from his abductors in a forest within the state, after spending 10 days in the kidnappers’ den. Zhang, known as Williams Kaka amo...

2024-03-20
Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazak’s KwaraLearn Expands
In November 2021, Kwara State government under the able leadership of His Excellency, Mallam AbdulRahman Abdulrazaq, through Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board (KWSUBEB) set out to revamp basic education in th...
Kwara Assembly Wants IBEDC Investigated for Alleged Poor Services, Unwholesome Practices
Kwara State House of Assembly has urged Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq to direct the state Ministry of Energy to investigate complaints of poor service delivery against the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company, IBE...
Gov. AbdulRazaq Flags off World Bank-FG Assisted Agric Project in Kwara
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara state has flagged off the Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project (L-PRES), a $500m food security programme supported by the World Bank and the Federal Government....
Trial of Alleged Killers of Hotelier Begins in Ilorin
The trial of the suspects arrested in connection with the alleged murder of Adeniyi Ojo, the Managing Director of Water View Hotel, kicked off on Wednesday at the Kwara State High Court in Ilorin. The suspects ...

2024-03-19
Cervical Cancer: Kwara To Vaccinate Schoolgirls
The Kwara State government, on Tuesday, said it will ensure that the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine, which will soon be introduced, is taken to secondary schools in all nooks and crannies of the state. The...
Ilorin Courts Jail Six Internet Fraudsters
The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, March 18, 2024 secured the conviction and sentence of six persons for internet fraud. They were jailed by Justices Evel...

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