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NSCDC Nab Six Suspected Cultists In Kwara
Officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Kwara State Command on Saturday nabbed six suspected members of two rival cult ...
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Oyo Community Asks President Buhari to Probe Killings by Customs Officers
THE Iseyin Elders Council (IEC) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to order the arrest and prosecution of officers and men of the ...
Education
JAMB Discloses Plan To Shift 2021 UTME Date
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB on Friday 14th of May 2021 disclosed that the board is considering shifting the initial date of ...
Metro
Cleric Urges Children To Sustain Legacies Left By Late Princess Awawu Adedoyin
An Islamic cleric, Alhaji Bashir Ibrahim Adewara has urged the children of late Princess Awawu Ajibike Adedoyin to sustain and build on the ...
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Emir of Ilorin Commends Gov AbdulRazaq Humility, Infrastructure Development
Emir of Ilorin and Chairman Kwara State Council of Chiefs, Mai-Martaba, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari CFR, has commended Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq for his humility ...
Education
Eid-el-fitri: Provost Preaches Peace, Development
The provost, Kwara State College of Nursing and Midwifery, Imam Abubakar Ayinla has congratulated the faithful Muslims on the occasion of Eid-el-Fitri celebration ...
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Igangan: Fulani Group Asks Alafin, Oyo Govt To Ignore Calls For Removal Of Sarkin Fulani
The Miyetti Allah Kauthal Hore- the Fulani socio- cultural association on Thursday urged the Alafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi and Oyo State ...
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Kwara TV Get New GM
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has appointed a multimedia guru Olatunde Michaels Oyeyiola as the new General Manager of the Kwara Television, a ...
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Gov AbdulRazaq Assign Portfolio To New Cabinet Members, Charges Them To Be Exemplary
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has sworn in 10 commissioners and one special adviser, charging them to be “exemplary, prudent, creative, and team ...
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Kwara Police Command Raise Alarm Over Plans Of Some Miscreants To Disrupt Eid-Prayer
Kwara State Police Command has raised the alarm that some disgruntled elements have perfected plans to foment trouble at this year’s end of ...
Health
COVID-19: FG Reintroduces Restrictions In All 36 States
The Federal Government has announced COVID-19 restrictions across all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) are to resume. The latest directive ...
Economy
Empowerment: KWSG Call On Enterprising Youths To Access Up To N3m Free-Interest Loans
As part of efforts to empower youths in the state, the kwara state government led by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Monday 10th of ...
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INEC Converts 1,015 Voting Points To Polling Units In Kwara, See Breakdown of Polling Units Per LG
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has converted 1,015 voting points to polling units in Kwara. Malam Garba Attahiru-Madami, the state’s ...
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Catholic Archbishop task government to embrace dialogue to tackle security challenges
Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama has called on the government to embrace dialogue across religious and ethnic lines to find a ...
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Sen. Bukola Saraki Donates N10m For Completion of Mosque In Ilorin
Immediate past president of the senate, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki, Waziri ngeri of Ilorin on Friday, 7th of May, 2021 donated sum of ...
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APC Membership Registration: Appeal Panel visits Kwara, As Gov AbdulRazaq Promises Nobody Will Be Excluded From APC
Appeal panel set up by the National Working Committee of All Progressive Congress (APC) to look into all complaints that trailed the recent ...
Economy
Cottage Industry: With Govt Support, We can produce two tonnes of shea butter in a week — Ilota Women
Women in Ilota, Ilorin South local government area of kwara State said they possess capacity to produce atleast two tonnes of shea butter ...
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Offa People Applauds Gov AbdulRazaq Developmental Projects, Says They Are Fully Behind Him For Second Term
The people of Offa, in Offa local government area of Kwara state on Thursday 6th of May, 2021 expressed happiness over the level ...
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Boko Haram Plan To Attack National Assembly, VIP Locations Causes Scare
Lawmakers have been notified of a possible attack by Boko Haram insurgents on the National Assembly complex and other public buildings in Abuja, ...
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Kano Hisbah Sacks Official Found In Hotel Room With Married Woman
The Kano State Hisbah Board, in its effort to ensure transparency as well as guide against immortality, has sacked a top official allegedly ...
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Gumi Urge Govt To Pay N100m,10 Motorcycles Demanded By Abductors of Kaduna University Students Before They Are Killed
Renowned Islamic cleric, Sheik Ahmad Gumi, has advised the Federal Government not to take the threat of kidnappers of students of Greenfield University, ...
Agriculture
Gov AbdulRazaq Launches Input Subsidy For Kwara Farmers, Disclose Plan To Ink Agreement With Lagos On Rice Production
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Wednesday 5th of May, 2021 launched an agricultural input subsidy scheme that would give at least 10,000 ...
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Kaduna forestry college students released 56 days after abduction
After 56 gruelling days, the abducted students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna ...
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Alleged Relocation of Herders: NSCDC Call On Kwara Communities To Be Security Conscious
Nigeria Security Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) kwara state command have called on the residence of some communities in Kwara south senatorial district to ...
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Insecurity: Police IG Applauds Gov AbdulRazaq Proactiveness, Says KWSG Sponsored Highest People For Community Police In Nigeria
Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, has applauded Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq over his proactiveness on security of lives and ...
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Infrastructure: KWSG Reiterates Commitment, As Community Appreciates Govt Presence
The Kwara State Government has reinstated its commitment to the welfare of the people of Kwara State. The State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq made ...
Economy
Ilorin West Takes Step To Boost IGR, Set Up Special Committees
As part of determination to raise its internal generated revenue to a level that can sustain development, the chairman of Ilorin West Local ...
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Group Commends Gov AbdulRazaq’s proactive step on security, Urge Residents On Useful Infor to Security
A group, operating under the aegis of Community Development Council (CDC) has commended Kwara state government led by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for its ...
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Youths Arrest Six Kidnappers In Kwara
Some courageous youths in Odo-Owa in Oke- Ero local government area of Kwara State on Friday laid ambush for six suspected kidnappers who ...
Education
KWSG partners TIIDELab to train youth on software devt
In a bid to hone their creative and problem-solving skills as well as make them more competitive, the Kwara State Government has set ...
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Our plan to upgrade Dada Pottery is underway- SSA Community Intervention
Senior Special Assistant to Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on community intervention, Kayode Oyin-Zubair on Monday reiterated the commitment of the current administration to the ...
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Razing Uzodinma’s home, criminality taken too far — NGF
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), has condemned Saturday’s fire that gutted the house of the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma. The NGF Chairman ...
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Developmental Initiatives/Projects: Kwara Tops Other Progressive States
Kwara has topped the table of developmental strides recorded across states governed by All Progressives Congress (APC) for the month of March, 2021, ...
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Safer Kwara: Gov AbdulRazaq flags off training for 1,056 community police constables
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Friday flagged off a training course for the newly recruited 1,056 Community Police Constables for the state, ...
Education
European Union/Lithuanian Govt Grant Kwara Varsity N600m To Install Solar Power
European Union and the Lithuanian government have awarded sum of N600 million grant to the Kwara state owned University (KWASU) Malete to install ...
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Kwara TUC Reconciles Aggrieved Members,Swear in Akinwumi As State Chairman
National leadership of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Wednesday 22nd of April, 2021 swear in comrade Akinsola Akinwumi as the Kwara state ...
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SWAN Applauds Gov AbdulRazaq, Athletes Over Impressive Outing At Edo 2020 Nat’l Sports Festival
The Kwara chapter of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) has applauded the state Governor, Malam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq and athletes over what ...
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Judiciary Financial Autonomy: NBA Members Protest To Kwara Govt House
Members of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Ilorin branch, on 21st of April, 2021 staged a peaceful protest in Ilorin, kwara state capital ...
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Civil Right Group Call For Establishment of Anti-corruption Commission in kwara
Civil Rights and Development Resource Centre-CIRDEV (CIRDEV Resource Centre), a Civil society organization based in Kwara state has challenged the state government to ...
Agriculture
KWSG launches 500 hectares Youth Farm Scheme per LG
Kwara State Government on Wednesday 21st of April, 2021 launched a pilot scheme of 500-hectare Farm Kwara in Ifelodun local government to create ...
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CSO’s Asks KWSG To Establish Public Complaint, Anti-Corruption Commission
Civil Society Organisation, operating under the aegis of ‘Elites Network for Sustainable Development’ (ENetSuD) has asked the Kwara State Government to establish Public ...
Economy
Customs ‘Strike Force’ Kwara Area Command Impound 513 Bags of Foreign Rice, Says It wouldn’t Deter By Smugglers Threats
The Nigeria Customs Service under its special team, codenamed “Strike Force” kwara area command zone B, Kaduna, Kwara States axis has confirmed the ...
Economy
DG Asks FG To Grant SON’s Permission To Presence At Ports To Check Influx of Substandard, As CEO KAM Holdings Urge CBN On Forex For Manufacturers
The Director-General of Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Farooq Salim, has asked the federal government to permit the agency to establish its presence ...
Economy
KWIRS breaks record, declares highest Tax generation of N9.5b in first quarter of 2021
Kwara State Internal Revenue Service (KW-IRS) on Tuesday announced that it generated N9,598,504,939.90 in the first quarter of 2021, a feat it credited ...
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774,000 jobs: FG Commences Payment To Some Set of Beneficiaries
The Federal Government, on Sunday, said it has commenced payment of the N20,000 monthly stipend to some beneficiaries of the 774,000 Special Public ...
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PDP Asks DSS to Invite Pantami over Alleged Affiliation with Al-Qaeda, Taliban, Demand For His Sack as Minister
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the Department of State Services (DSS) to immediately invite the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, ...
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Gov AbdulRazaq’s Restates Commitment To Transparency, Accountability of LGs Administration
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has reiterated his commitment to transparency and accountability in administering the affairs of local government administration in the ...
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Security Chiefs Charges Citizens To Take Advantage of Holy Month of Ramadan To Revive Moral Values
Comptroller of the Nigeria Customs Service and Commissioner of Police in Kwara state, Ahmed Bello and Mohammed Bagega have charged citizens to take ...
Health
Islamic Devt Bank Financed 4,500 kwara Indigents into State Health Insurance Scheme
Islamic Development Bank, based in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, have disclosed that it will support the enrollment of 4,500 Kwara indigents into the State ...
Interview
My money could not save me from being depressed Says Femi Otedola
In a recent interview, business magnate, Femi Otedola revealed that he was depressed despite all the money he had. The philanthropist revealed that ...
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Zamfara police command arrests seven security personnel for banditry, see what they found in their possession
Zamfara State police command has arrested seven security personnel involved in aiding and abetting banditry activities in the state. This was made known ...
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APC Membership Registration: Appeal Committee Asks Aggrieved Members To Submit Complaints
The Newly inaugurated Membership Registration Appeal Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has notified all party members that it is ready to ...
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2023 General Election: Kwara PDP Woos, MM, Olododo, Other Old Members
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara state on Thursday announced its resolve to bring back old members of the party who dumped ...
Crime
18 years after popular soundtrack, Bembe Aladisa finally wins free trip to Jordan
Barely 18 years after he released a popular soundtrack in which he prayed to White people to considered him “Eyin oyinbo, e wa ...
Education
KWSG Lauds Over Evacuation of Refuse In School Premises
The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has been lauded for his proactiveness in ensuring that school environment are in tidy condition. The recommendation ...
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Ramadan: Mashood Mustapha (MM) Greets Muslims, Sues For Peaceful Coexistence Among Nigerians
All Progressive Congress (APC) Chieftain in Kwara State, Hon. Mashood Mustapha, (MM) has felicitated with the Muslims in the state and Nigeria on ...
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Southeast Governors Launch Regional Security Apparatus Codenamed ‘Ebube Agu’
Southeast governors on Sunday 13th of April, 2021 launched a regional security outfit codenamed, Ebube Agu (the glory of a tiger) to battle ...
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774,000 public jobs workers protest over unpaid N20,000 wage
Participants in the Federal Government’s Special Public Works (SPW) programme are protesting the delay in paying their stipend more than three months after ...
Education
Hijaab Controversy: 10 Kwara schools to resume academic classes Monday April 12
This is to inform parents/guardians and teachers that the 2020/2021 Third Term Accademic Session for the 10 schools affected in the recent hijaab ...
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RCCG General Overseer Calls For Drastic Action Against Corruption, Says ‘Aviation Officials Asked Me For Bribe’
General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has called for drastic action against corrupt practices in all ...