A coordinated security patrol in Niger State faced a deadly ambush, leaving one NSCDC officer dead and a patrol vehicle destroyed by fire. The incident took place around 12:30 p.m. in Zuzungi, Kataeregi, during an operation targeting illegal mining and mineral smuggling. The patrol included officers from the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), […]
A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Senator Ashiru and Senator representing Kwara South Senatorial District, on Sunday called on governments at all levels to strengthen border security through the promotion of shared prosperity among border communities. Ashiru made the call when members of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), […]
More than fifty survivors of the recent bandit attack on Woro community in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State are currently receiving treatment in hospitals. They sustained varying degrees of injury during the attack Senator representing Kwara North Senatorial District, Sadiq Umar, has paid a visit to the victims. The lawmaker sympathised with those […]
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has approved the appointment of a seven-person committee to interface with Woro community on humanitarian support that the Governor announced earlier on Thursday. In a statement on Friday, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor Rafiu Ajakaye said the chairman of the committee is Hon. Ahmed Kiwozi, a former lawmaker from […]
Following bandits attack in Woro and Nuku communities of Kaiama local government area of Kwara state, Tuesday evening, Soldiers and Forests Guards have taken over the communities even as death toll in the affected communities has risen to Forty persons. Credible source in the local government who spoke with journalists on condition of anonymity confirmed […]
Former national acting chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP), Alh Abubakar Kawu Baraje, on Tuesday said that Nigeria needs a change of government during the next general elections, given the excruciating economic challenges facing the people. He said there is a lot of poverty in the land and that there’s no hope that […]
Two local government area councils in Kwara state; Edu and Ifelodun LGAs, have separately, declared 24-hour curfew in their communities as part of security measures to tackle banditry and kidnapping. In separate statements by the authorities of the councils, there will be no human or vehicular traffic in the entire district within the period, saying […]
Peace ambassadors of the International Association of World Peace Advocates (IAWPA), United Nations Peace Volunteers have called on the global community and governments to ensure peace. They noted that peace is pivotal for the security of lives and properties as well as for national and global development. The peace ambassadors are an award-winning international scholar, […]
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State and governorship aspirant, Aare Olayinka Segelu, has extended warm birthday felicitations to Governor Seyi Makinde and Chairman of Oluyole Local Government, Hon. Akeem Olatunji, as both leaders celebrate their birthdays on Christmas Day. In a congratulatory message made available to journalists on Thursday, Segelu […]
The Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on Thursday commissioned the Ibrahim Sulu- Gambari Skills Acquisition Hub. The event formed part of activities marking the 60th Annual Conference of the Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union( IEDPU). The Skills Acquisition Hub – an initiative of the IEDPU was bankrolled by the governor who is the […]
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has inaugurated 83 Primary Health Care newly revitalised by the administration to improve access to quality healthcare services in the state. The project was jointly funded from the Kwara State Government, World Bank-supported IMPACT Project, the Basic HealthCare Provision Funds and Leadership Challenge Funds won by the state. The programme […]
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq presented the 2026 Appropriation Bill to the parliament on Monday. At least 65.95 per cent of the fiscal plan goes for capital expenditure, while the remaining will go into recurrent, such as supporting the poor and doubling down on workers’ welfare. The Governor said the fiscal plan will focus more […]
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Tanke Division, Kwara State Command, at the weekend,13th December, 2025, organized a free medical test and free eye screening exercise for residents of Tanke and its environs in Ilorin. The health outreach, which was held at the Tanke Divisional Headquarters, formed part of activities marking the 3rd […]
Former Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC,) Prof Peter Okebukola has advised Nigeria’s varsities to establish a Quantum Futures Institute (QFI) that would serve as an interdisciplinary hub for exploring emerging technologies and their applications. Okebukola, as the Convocation lecturer at the Kwara State University (KWASU) Malete, charged universities’ management to keep their minds open […]
Pandemonium broke out in Ilorin, Kwara State on Friday as a four-man armed robbery gang on Friday struck shooting their way to snatch unspecified several millions of naira from an unsuspecting victim. The armed gang operated on Muritala Muhammmed Way, directly opposite Newspapers Correspondents’ offices. The masked armed men drove in an ash-colour Toyota corolla […]
Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete has produced 82 First Class graduates among a total number of 8,119 degree recipients that will be graduated during its 13th convocation ceremony. Speaking with journalists during the convocation press briefing on Tuesday, the KWASU vice chancellor, Professor Shaykh-Luqman Alade Jimoh, said that 7,618 earned a first degree while 501 […]
The Kwara State chapter of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) has unveiled the list of prominent sports personalities nominated for special recognition at its maiden Personality Lecture in honour of the Executive Governor of Kwara State, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, CON. The event, scheduled for Thursday, 18 December 2025, will hold at the Taiwo […]
Justice I. Olawoyin of the Kwara State High Court has convicted a man for the offences of attempted culpable homicide and causing grievous hurt. The defendant, Abdullateef Yakub, was accused of using a knife to slit the throat of one Abubakar Babatunde at Shao Garage area of Ilorin,the state capital on December 26, 2023. The […]
The Federal Government has urged all actors in the fish value chain to deepen their understanding of proper antimicrobial use and adopt evidence-based alternatives for disease prevention and control in aquaculture. The Chief Veterinary Officer of Nigeria (CVON), Dr. Samuel Anzaku, made the call in his opening remarks, delivered on behalf of the Federal Ministry […]
Aftermath of the last Tuesday bandit attack on church worshippers in Eruku area of Ekiti local government, Kwara State, security agencies in the state have arrested a man from Makurdi, Benue State alleged of fixing guns for bandits in the state. They have also arrested many suspects linked to supplying foods, drugs and general sustenance […]