Deal with those who loot public funds — NBA tasks EFCC in Kwara
The chairman of the Ilorin branch of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, in Kwara State, Barrister Sulyman Kosemani, has charged…
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Kwara NSCDC refutes allegations of poor welfare for personnel
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, Kwara State Command, has refuted allegations of poor welfare for officers. A…
Kwara govt restricts some vehicles from plying Ahmadu Bello Way in Ilorin
Kwara State Government has restricted some categories of vehicles from making use of Ahmadu Bello Way, GRA, Ilorin, the state…
Kwara: Prof Oba Abdulraheem appointed council chairman State University of Education
Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State has appointed the former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Shuaib Oba Abdulraheem,…
Kwara: Police parade 3 over alleged involvement in culpable homicide
The Kwara State Police Command has paraded six suspects, five males and a female, for alleged involvement in offences bordering…
FRSC explains how former Kwara lawmaker perished in auto crash
Details have emerged of how former Kwara State lawmaker Christopher Ayeni perished in a fatal auto crash on Thursday along…
New political movement emerges in Kwara
A chieftain of a new political movement in Kwara state, Iyiola Oyedepo, has declared that the present leadership in the…
FRSC condemns assault on personnel in Kwara
The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has condemned the recent assault on its patrol team during a routine operation around…
Kwara: Gov Abdulrazaq directs payment of new minimum wage from October 2024
Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State has directed the payment of the new minimum wage starting from October 2024. According…
Kwara: Fire guts 4 rooms, 23 shops in Ilorin
A building comprising four rooms and 23 shops has been gutted by fire in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. The…
Kwara Commissioner of Police holds strategic security meeting with stakeholders
The Kwara State Police Command, led by the police commissioner, Victor Olaiya, has convened a high-level strategic security meeting at…
One injured, another killed as bandits invade Kwara community
An unidentified person has reportedly been injured while one other was killed on Thursday when bandits invaded the Oreke-Okegbo community…
Kwara govt launches flood campaign in riverine areas
In a bid to avert the loss of lives and property due to flooding, the Kwara State Government has launched…
Six schools qualify for final stage of 2024 tax club contest in Kwara
Six secondary schools have qualified for the final stage of the 2024 Tax Club competition in Kwara State. The competition…
Kwara: Stakeholders worry over persistent kidnapping in Igbominaland
A first-class traditional ruler in Kwara State, Olupo of Ajasse-Ipo, in Ifelodun Local Government Area, Oba Ismail Muhammad Yahaya, has…
Kwara PDP leadership meets police commissioner over clampdown on members
The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State on Thursday held a crucial meeting with the state…
October 1: Kwara court restricts protests to Ilorin metropolitan square
Chief judge of Kwara State, Justice Abiodun Adebara, on Monday, ordered that public protests of any kind in the state…
Fire guts courtroom in Kwara, burns documents, electronics
Fire gutted a courtroom in the Kwara State High Court Complex, Ilorin the state capital on Sunday night. The fire…
It’s shameful Kwara now has illegitimate LG chairmen, councillors – Saraki
Former President of the Senate Bukola Saraki said it is a shame that the 16 local government areas in Kwara…
Kwara varsity of education gets Vice Chancellor
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has appointed Prof. Medinat Folorunsho Salman, as the pioneer Acting Vice Chancellor of the newly…
APC clears local council polls in Kwara
The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kwara State, has emerged victorious in the local council polls held on Saturday…
Kwara: 5 political parties to contest in September 21 council polls
Only five political parties in Kwara State registered to participate in the state local government polls fixed for September 21,…
Kwara approves 2024/2025 academic calendar for schools
The Kwara State Government has approved the academic calendar for the 2024/2025 session for all primary and secondary schools, both…
Gov Abdulrazaq swears in six high court judges in Kwara
Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State on Friday swore in six high court judges. The event brings to 11 the…
Kwara CP visits murdered poly student, Abdulqoyyum Ishola’s family
The Commissioner of Police, Kwara State Command, Victor Olaiya, on behalf of the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, on…
Kwara govt warns against illegal fee on P-BAT women empowerment programme
The Kwara State Government has warned against the collection of N1,500 for registration in the ongoing P-BAT empowerment programme in…
Kwara fines environmental law offenders N50,000
The Kwara State Government has continued with the clampdown on environmental law offenders as the fine imposed on them has…
Kwara court convicts 40 for indiscriminate refuse dumping, illegal scavenging
A Magistrate Court sitting in Ilorin on Friday sentenced 40 persons to a three-month jail term each for violation of…
LG Poll: Kwara agency warns against indiscriminate pasting of campaign posters
The Kwara State Signage and Advertisement Agency (KWASAA) has warned against indiscriminate erection of boards and posters in the build-up…
Kwara: 21 environmental offenders convicted,12 others awaiting trial
Twenty-one environmental offenders have been convicted by a mobile court set up by the Kwara State government to enforce the…
Kwara marks second anniversary of LEARN
The Kwara State Government on Tuesday marked the second anniversary of KwaraLEARN, a tech-driven initiative, as enrolment of pupils rose…
Kwara Govt unveils new strategies to curb indiscriminate dumping of refuse
The Kwara State Government has inaugurated a 300-man surveillance taskforce to check indiscriminate dumping of refuse in the Ilorin metropolis…
‘I’m proud of you’ – Gov AbdulRazaq lauds Kwara youths for shunning protest
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has urged Nigerian youths to shun all forms of vice and to continue to be…
Suspected cultists kill hotel manager in Kwara
Gunmen suspected to be cult members of the Eiye Confraternity, on Thursday night shot dead the manager of a hotel…
NPFL: Kwara will be ready for new season
Kwara United technical adviser, Kabir Dogo has reiterated his desire to present a formidable team for the 2024-25 Nigeria Premier…
Suspected food poisoning claims four lives in Kwara
Four persons have died in a suspected food poisoning in Kwara State. The incident occurred in Eruda, a community in…
Kwara remains calm, peaceful on sixth day of protest
Kwara State in the North Central geopolitical region of Nigeria has remained relatively calm and peaceful since the planned nationwide…
No discriminatory tax policies against Igbo traders – Kwara IRS
The Kwara State Internal Revenue Service, KWIRS, has debunked the allegation of discriminatory tax policies levelled against it by Igbo…
Kwara: Police invite protest leaders
Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Victor Olaiya, has invited leaders of the August 1-10, 2024, nationwide hunger protests in the…
Kwara: Gov Abdulrazaq inaugurates committee on minimum wage
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State, on Friday inaugurated the Consequential Adjustment Committee on Minimum Wage. The development is coming…
Kwara: Businesses, financial institutions closed over hunger protest
Businesses, financial institutions and shops partially shut their doors to customers in Ilorin, Kwara State capital out of fear over…
Kwara: Court restricts nationwide hunger protest to Ilorin metropolitan square
A few hours to the August 1-10, 2024, nationwide hunger protests in the country, a Kwara State High Court has…
Court orders INEC not to release voter register to Kwara for LG elections
A Federal High Court in Abuja has restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from releasing the National Voter Register…
Kwara youths shun nationwide protest
Youth groups and associations in Kwara State on Friday dissociated themselves from the proposed nationwide protest and demonstration, declaring that…
Kwara: Gov Abdulrazaq urges citizens to work for peace, stability
Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman AbdulRazaq has called for peace and stability in the state as the planned August 1-10, 2024…
Kwara: Govt solicitors react to violation of court order on Saraki’s disputed land
The Kwara State government lawyers have asked the state Police Commissioner, Victor Olaiya to discountenance a petition forwarded to his…
Kwara: Unilorin confirms one dead, nine others injured in accident
The management of the University of Ilorin has confirmed the death of one person in a lone accident that occurred…
High court grants bail to suspected killer of Koro monarch in Kwara
A Kwara State High Court has released one of the suspected killers of Onikoro of Koro, Oba Peter Aremu on…
Kwara: Police deploy tactical teams to forestall cult related violence
Kwara State Police Command has deployed tactical teams for public security on July 7th and beyond. The move is meant…
46-year old suspected ritualist arrested in Kwara
A 46-year-old suspected ritualist, Isiaka Adeniyi, has been arrested by the Kwara State police command after a failed attempt to…