A clash between some Fulani traders and Bororo cow sellers as well as some members of Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) on Friday night have claimed four persons in Kwara State. The scuffle, which was said to have started between some…
Kwara State to partner with NIPR on feedback mechanism
The Kwara State Government is to collaborate with the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), in ensuring proper dissemination of its activities and evolve adequate feedback mechanisms from the people of the state. The State Commissioner for Communications, Mrs Abosede…
Delta hits 28 gold overall, as Lagos wins medals in swimming
Team Delta has maintained its lead on the medals table at the ongoing sixth edition of the National Youth Games in Ilorin, Kwara State, after garnering 15 gold medals on day three to hit 28 gold medals. The defending champions…
Okada riders fleeing Lagos won’t find abode – police
The Kwara State Police Command has said it will not allow commercial motorcyclists popularly called okada driven out of Lagos State to settle in the state. The Lagos State Government recently placed a ban on okada over rising acts of…
Kwara mother, four children burnt to death, husband hospitalised
A woman and her four children were burnt to death in their place of residence in the Tanke area of Ilorin, Kwara State, on Wednesday. The incident occurred in Ifesowapo community behind the ‘F’ Division Police Station, Tanke, Ilorin. It…
AbdulRazaq announces N500m support for looted businesses
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has announced N500m fund to assist all those whose businesses in Ilorin were looted by hoodlums, as parts of the administration’s efforts to bring them back on their feet following the incident. The governor said…
AbdulRazaq’s female nominees impress Kwara Assembly (Vanguard)
Screening for Kwara State commissioner-nominees entered day two on Wednesday, with the cabinet picks wowing the lawmakers with their eloquence and clear roadmaps of how they thought the government could deliver basic amenities and reposition the state for greater heights.…
Independence Day: Kwara Gov seeks consensus to develop Nigeria
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Tuesday called for a consensus among Nigerians, especially the political elite, to build a country where no one is left to suffer or is treated unfairly on account of whatever differences. AbdulRazaq said in…
Local contractors to fix Kwara schools, hospitals’ projects, says AbdulRazaq
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has said local communities would have the option of nominating trusted indigenous contractors to fix their schools and hospitals while government funds the projects. The contractors so nominated would be picked only after going through…
AbdulRazaq nominates four women in first cabinet list
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has forwarded the names of four women to the State House of Assembly as commissioner-nominees, including a 26-year-old Joana Nnazua Kolo from Edu Local Government Area of the state. According to a statement by Chief…