Kwara: NSCDC arrests three suspects for alleged theft, fraud
Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has arrested three suspects involved in various criminal…
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Kwara: ASUP condemns deplorable decay of Federal Poly Offa
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), Federal Polytechnic Offa, has strongly condemned the current deplorable state of the institution.…
PDP ready for local councils election in Kwara
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has declared its readiness for the local council polls fixed for September 21, 2024, in…
Cholera: Kwara places health surveillance teams on alert
The Kwara Government has alerted healthcare surveillance teams across all the state’s 16 Local Government Areas (LGAs) on preparations and…
Kwara releases timetable for council polls
Kwara State independent electoral commission, KWSIEC, has released the timetable for local councils poll fixed for September 21, 2024 in…
Kwara govt sues for peace over Tsaragi, Share land crisis
The Kwara State Government has warned that it will no longer tolerate any act of civil unrest between Share and…
Two Kwara pilgrims die in Saudi Arabia
Two pilgrims from Kwara State on this year’s pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia have reportedly died. The Kwara State Muslim Pilgrims…
Hajj: Kwara pilgrims disrupt activities at Ilorin Airport over delayed flight
About 270 intending pilgrims protested at the Ilorin International Airport over delayed flight to Saudi Arabia for this year’s Hajj…
New controller appointed for correctional service in Kwara
Shuaib Ayodeji Danmairomu, has been appointed the new controller of the Kwara State Correctional Service Command. He is taking over…
Property destroyed as fire consumes shops in Kwara
An early morning fire which engulfed a building, on Tuesday, consumed five shops destroying property worth millions of naira. The…
Late Kwara Controller of corrections, Adeyinka Adebayo Oyun buried
The late Controller of Nigerian Correctional Service, Kwara State command, Adeyinka Adebayo Oyun, has been laid to rest in his…
Police arrest car theft syndicate in Kwara
Operatives of the Kwara State Police Command have arrested some suspects allegedly connected with the dismantling of suspected stolen cars…
Kwara: Abdulrazaq unveils new Ilorin City Master Plan
Governor AbdulRahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State on Wednesday unveiled the new Ilorin City Master Plan with a warning against the…
Kwara govt intensifies action against street begging
Kwara State Government has once again intensified efforts in ridding Ilorin, the state capital of environmental and social defacement. The…
Emir of Ilorin mourns late Kwara controller of prisons, Adeyinka Adebayo
The Emir of Ilorin and Chairman Kwara State Traditional Rulers Council, Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari CFR, has expressed sadness over the demise…
Kwara govt sacks transition implementation committees chairmen
The Kwara State Government on Friday sacked chairmen of the transition implementation committees of the 16 local government councils in…
Nigerian govt alerts public of poisoned animals at cattle market in Kwara
The Federal Government has alerted the public to the outbreak of poison in animals at Mandate Cattle Market in Kwara.…
Police rescue abducted infant, 11 market women in Kwara
A combined team of security men in Kwara State have rescued 12 people, among whom is a two-year-old child. It…
NDLEA arrests 31 suspects in Kwara
Operatives of the Kwara State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested 31 suspects for alleged…
Kwara’s inaugural 2024 hajj flight shifted to May 21
The inaugural flight from General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport in Ilorin for the 2024 Muslim pilgrimage has been shifted to…
Kwara LG polls to hold September 21
Elections will be held across the 16 local government areas of Kwara State on September 21, 2024. This was contained…
NSCDC arrests two for alleged serial robbery, burglary, theft in Kwara
Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has successfully dismantled a notorious burglary syndicate allegedly…
Kwara Govt warns against illegal charges for Common Entrance exam
The Kwara State Government has warned principals of Junior Secondary Schools and head teachers of primary schools across the state…
Lai Mohammed mourns Kwara monarch, Oba AbdulGaniyu Ajibola Olusokun II
A former Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has expressed profound sadness over the passing of His Royal Majesty,…
2027 Kwara guber race open to all – Afonja descendants
The President of Afonja Descendants Union (ADU) in Kwara State, Alhaji Abdulkarim Olola-Kazum, has declared that the 2027 governorship election…
Firefighters avert major disaster in Kwara
Firefighters from the Kwara State Fire Service on Thursday saved a petrol filling station from a major fire disaster in…
NSCDC arrests 45-year-old suspected serial rapist in Kwara
Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kwara State Command, has nabbed a 45-year-old Prophet Olayinka Ajiboye, for allegedly defiling…
2024 UTME: Kwara teenage student scores 362
A student of a public secondary school, Government Secondary School, Omu Aran, Kwara State, Olukayode Victor Olusola, scored 362 marks…
Kwara: New minimum wage soon – Gov Abdulrazaq to workers
Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State, on Wednesday said another minimum wage is in the works for workers in the…
Two buildings razed as groups clash in Kwara community
Two buildings were reduced to ashes in Eyenkorin, Asa Local Government Area of Kwara State, on Tuesday, in a violent…
Many feared dead as unknown groups clash in Kwara community
A clash by some groups at Ballah junction in Eyenkorin, Asa Local Government Area in Kwara State has left an…
Fuel crisis: Kwara govt task force raids filling stations in Ilorin
Kwara State Government task force on Monday raided some filling stations within the Ilorin metropolis, in the bid to tackle…
Long queues resurfaces in Kwara fuel stations
Acute fuel scarcity has hit Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. A survey by DAILY POST in Ilorin on Saturday showed…
Fire razes building housing 40 rooms in Kwara
A fire disaster struck in a compound housing 40 rooms in the early hours of Friday in Ilorin, the Kwara…
Kwara residents groan amid arbitrary fuel price increase
Residents of Kwara State are groaning amid arbitrary fuel price increases by petrol filling stations. DAILY POST reports that filling…
Kwara indoor sports hall to gulp N2bn
The renovation of the Ilorin indoor sports hall in the Kwara State capital will gulp N2.06 billion to turn it…
Ex-Kwara Senator, Rafiu Ibrahim is dead
Former Senator Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim is dead. Senator Rafiu, who represented Kwara South Senatorial District in the eighth National Assembly,…
Kwara: NSCDC commandant calls for increased vigilance by citizens
The Kwara State Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, Umar Mohammed, has charged citizens to remain…
Police arrest 46 suspects after cult war in Kwara
Operatives of the Kwara State Police Command have arrested 46 suspected cultists in Ilorin, the state capital, DAILY POST reports.…
Scores rendered homeless as rainstorm wreaks havoc in Kwara community
Residents of Igbonna community in Oyun Local Government Area of Kwara State are counting their losses after a heavy rainstorm…
Eid-el-Fitr: NSCDC deploys 3,500 personnel in Kwara
The Kwara State Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Umar Mohammed, has deployed 3,500 personnel across…
Daughter drags father to court over alleged sexual assault in Kwara
A lady identified as Simbiat Moshood has accused her father of sexual abuse in Moro Local Government Area of Kwara…
Law banning charcoal production still in force in Kwara – State govt warns
Violators of the ban on charcoal production in Kwara State will be sanctioned if caught in the act. The state…
Kwara deputy gov loses mum
Mama Ena Maud Alabi, mother of Kwara State Deputy Governor, Mr Kayode Alabi, is dead. The Jamaican-born, Nigerian by citizenship…
Four killed in Kwara auto crash
Four persons were reportedly killed on Wednesday, while five others were seriously injured in a fatal crash at Ayere village…
Fire guts Kwara market
A fire outbreak in the early hours of Tuesday gutted several shops at Owode Market in Offa, Kwara State. A…
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…
Three Kwara traditional title holders suspended over disloyalty, indiscipline
Three traditional title holders of Ekan land in Oke-Ero Local Government Area of Kwara State have been suspended. They are…
Man arrested for assaulting police officer in Kwara
A suspect, identified as Suleiman Sidiq, has been arrested for inflicting serious injuries on a police officer at Sinau town,…
Ilorin: Igbo traders shut shops as truce with Kwara Govt over tax payment collapses
The agreement reached between Igbo traders and the Kwara State government over controversial tax matters may have suffered a set…