2025-06-18

Business Leaders Demand Tax and Energy Reforms Ahead of NACCIMA's Historic Kwara AGM
Business leaders in Nigeria have called on the government to implement reforms that ease trading conditions, reduce multiple taxation, lower energy costs, and improve the overall business environment to foster local en...

Kwara Farmers Receive 1.3M Seedlings to Boost Food Security and Reforestation
Approximately 46,550 smallholder farmers in Kwara State have received over 1.3 million fast-growing, income-generating tree seedlings as part of efforts to bolster food security and support Nigeria's federal afforestat...

Enyimba vs Kwara United U-19 to Open N-YLC Super 8 at Mobolaji Johnson Arena
Enyimba International Football Club's U-19 team will face Kwara United FC's U-19 squad in the opening match of the Nigeria Youth League (N-YLC) Super 8 Tournament at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena in Lagos, kicking off on ...

Farmer Accused of Attempting to Exhume Missing Labourer's Remains in Baruten LGA
Farmer Haruna Umar has been apprehended for allegedly attempting to exhume the remains of a farm labourer, Gunu, in Taberu, Okuta District of Baruten Local Government Area (LGA), Kwara State. According to Daily...

No Stranded Pilgrims in Saudi Arabia: Kwara Officials Counter PDP's Allegations
The Kwara State Government has denied claims by its Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chapter that pilgrims are stranded in Saudi Arabia, releasing a return flight schedule showing their repatriation will begin on 21 June...

2025-06-17

Kwara Governor Vows to Boost Healthcare Infrastructure Amid NAHE Conference Commitments
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has reaffirmed his administration's commitment to strengthening healthcare systems through investments in health promotion, preventive care, and community engagement. Speakin...

MINILS Staff Protest DG Reappointment Amid Financial Misconduct Allegations and Process Irregularities
Staff at the Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies (MINILS) in Ilorin, Kwara State, staged a total shutdown of the institute on Monday to protest the reappointment of Comrade Issa Aremu as Director-Gener...

Stranded Hajj Contingents Highlight Leadership Failures, Says Kwara Opposition Party
The Kwara State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has strongly condemned the humiliating ordeal faced by Kwara State Hajj pilgrims stranded in Mecca, days after completing their pilgrimage rites, calling it an internation...

Emir of Ilorin Backs Kwara United's Quest for President's Cup Glory Against Abakaliki
The Emir of Ilorin and Chairman of the Kwara State Traditional Rulers Council, Mai-Martaba Alhaji (Dr) Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari CFR, has rallied behind Kwara United Football Club ahead of their 2025 President's Federation ...

NiMet Warns of Thunderstorms Across Nigeria from 16th to 18th June
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has forecast thunderstorms and rain across Nigeria from Monday, 16 June to Wednesday, 18 June 2025 , according to its weather bulletin released in Abuja. Northern Regi...

NGF Condemns Brutal Attack in Benue's Guma LGA, Offers Solidarity to Families and State
The Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF) has strongly condemned a deadly attack on communities in Guma Local Government Area (LGA), Benue State, in a statement signed by its chairman and Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman Abdu...

2025-06-16

MINILS DG Cheers Tinubu's Economic Strategy at ILC: 'Labour Is Not a Commodity to be Discarded
The Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration's focus on job retention, decent work creation, and job-centric economic reforms has been highlighted as critical to fostering industrial harmony in Nigeria, according to Issa Aremu...

Family Pays Last Respects to Late Sheikh Ajimati, Brother of Kwara's NILDS DG
The Grand Mufti of Ilorin, Sheikh Sulyman Faruq Onikijipa, revealed during a fidau (Islamic prayer for the deceased) ceremony on Sunday that the late Sheikh Isiaka Sulaiman Ajimati, brother of the Director-General of t...

KSMPWB Launches Probe After BTA Scam Exposes Pilgrims to Third-Party Fraud
The Kwara State Muslim Pilgrims' Welfare Board (KSMPWB) has denied any involvement in a foreign currency fraud that resulted in some pilgrims being shortchanged of their Basic Travel Allowance (BTA) while in Saudi Arab...

Teenage boy accused of stabbing Step-Mother to death in Kwara
A 17-year-old boy, identified only as Malik, has allegedly stabbed his mother's co-wife, Falilat Yusuf, to death in Gaa Akanbi area of Ilorin, Kwara State's capital. The incident occurred shortly after congrega...

Kwara Governor Reimburses Hajj Pilgrims Defrauded in Saudi Arabia Forex Scam
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has reimbursed pilgrims defrauded in a foreign currency scam during this year's Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. The intervention was disclosed by the state's Muslim Pilgrims...

Kwara CP Adekimi Ojo Promises Open Communication Channel to Boost Police-Media Collaboration
Kwara State Police Commissioner Adekimi Ojo has reaffirmed his commitment to fostering a constructive relationship with journalists in the state, pledging improved communication channels to ensure transparent informati...

Kwara's First Lady Backs UK's Evolving Heritage Gala to Empower African Youth Through Art
Her Excellency Prof Olufolake Abdulrazaq, First Lady of Kwara State and Founder of Ajike People Support Centre, has expressed support for the Evolving Heritage Gala , a major event celebrating Black History Month 2025,...

2025-06-15

Security Guard Fatally Struck by Hit-and-Run Drivers
A security guard, identified as Lanre Ismael, has been killed in a hit-and-run incident on Unity Road in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. The attack occurred around midnight on Saturday, according to sources. I...

Kwara Governor Mourns Late First Lady Beatrice Bamigboye, Wife of State's Founding Governor
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has expressed deep sorrow over the death of Mrs. Beatrice Bamigboye, wife of the state's first governor, Brigadier-General David Oluwasanmi Bamigboye. The former first lady, ...

Kwara Governor Condolences with Hon. Razaq on Mother's Passing, Highlights Spiritual Legacy
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has extended his heartfelt condolences to Hon. Owolabi Olatunde Razaq (representing Share/Oke Ode Federal Constituency) following the death of his mother, Alhaja Mariam Abike...