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Anxiety engulfs Kwara town, as crisis looms over royal stool

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..Indigenes ask Gov Abdul Rahman to order fresh selection process By Tunde Opalana An appeal has gone to the governor of Kwara State, Dr. Abdulrazaq Abdul Rahman to save the people of Erin Ile in Young Local Government area of the state from imminent crisis over the kingship tussle for the

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Kwara Gov commiserates with Offa traders on Owode market fire

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Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara has commiserated with the people of Offa, especially the business community, on the unfortunate fire incident at the popular Owode market. This is contained in a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the state governor, Malam Rafiu Ajakaye, on Tuesday in Ilorin. The governor said the development was […]

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Insecurity: Doctor killed, daughter kidnapped as gunmen invade Kwara community

Ihesiulo Grace 22 December 2023 0

A medical practitioner, David Adefikayo, has reportedly been killed by unknown gunmen who attacked his home in the Kambi community along the Ilorin/Jebba Expressway in Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State. Naija News learnt that the doctor’s sixteen-year-old daughter was also kidnapped during the attack, which has the residents in a sorry state. It […]

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Recognize, reward grassroots politicians in Kwara State, KPS appeals to Tinubu

Ihesiulo Grace 14 August 2023 0

By Tunde Opalana Members of the Kwara Progressive Squad (KPS), at the weekend made a heartfelt appeal to President Bola Tinubu, to adequately reward the state in nominating persons to government positions. The KPS urged the President to address the matter of appointing grassroots politicians who played a pivotal role in ensuring the resounding victory […]

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Speaker sad over death of 104 in Kwara boat mishap

Ihesiulo Grace 19 June 2023 0

..as Prof Suleiman consoles Emir of Patigi By Tom Okpe Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep Tajudeen Abbas has expressed grief over the Kwara boat mishap, which claimed lives of 104 people in the state recently. Rep Abbas said he was deeply pained that the precious lives of over 100 of our compatriots were […]

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Kwara restates commitment to N-SIP scheme, hails FG

Ihesiulo Grace 17 April 2023 0

BY KEHINDE AKINPELU Kwara State Government has restated its commitment to the full implementation of all the components of the National Social Investment Programmes, N-SIP scheme of the Federal Government. The government said this is necessary to ensure that vast majority of the people of the state benefit from the scheme. The Special Adviser on […]

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Kwara: Fulani traders, cattle dealers declare support for Saraki, PDP candidates

Ihesiulo Grace 23 February 2023 0

BY KEHINDE AKINPELU, ILORIN Fulani traders and cattle dealers in Kwara State have promised to give their bulk votes to all candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the next Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections and subsequent elections. The Fulani community pledged their support on Saturday during a visit to the former Senate […]

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Nat’l Population C’ssion deploys 786,741 personnel to Kwara

Ihesiulo Grace 20 February 2023 0

BY KEHINDE AKINPELU The National Population Commission (NPC), has deployed 786,741 personnel to Kwara for the 2023 Population and Housing Census. The NPC Federal Commissioner in the state, Alhaji AbdulRazaq Gidado, said this during a workshop organised for journalists on “Effective Reporting of 2023 Census”, in Ilorin Kwara state capital. He said the workshop was […]

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Kwara Govt approves installation of transformers in 11 communities

Ihesiulo Grace 2 February 2023 0

BY KEHINDE AKINPELU The Kwara State Government has again approved the installation of 11 transformers across communities in its ongoing efforts to boost access to regular electricity in the state. State Commissioner for Energy, Hon. AbdulWahab Femi Agbaje Whyte, stated this on Tuesday while fielding questions from newsmen in his office. The communities include Araromi […]

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Kwara hosts 250 tech ecosystem builders to ease govt businesses

Ihesiulo Grace 31 January 2023 0

BY KEHINDE AKINPELU Kwara State Government at the weekend assembled at least 250 tech ecosystem builders across Nigeria to develop ideas and digital skills that will address some of the problems associated with government businesses in the country and beyond. The two-day event, which attracted participants from states like Cross Rivers, Kano, Nasarawa, Niger and […]

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Security experts identify state governors as key solution to insecurity

Ihesiulo Grace 27 December 2022 0

BY KEHINDE AKINPELU A group of security experts in the country on Monday in the ancient town of Offa, Offa local government area of Kwara state said that state governors are a major key to insecurity solution in the country. Speaking as a group of panelists at the fourth annual colloquium of the Galaxy Clique […]

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Abdulrazaq flags off fresh support for Kwara’s crop, livestock, fish farmers

Ihesiulo Grace 22 June 2022 0

BY KEHINDE AKINPELU At least 6,000 crop and livestock farmers in Kwara State have benefited from the first round of government and World Bank-enabled support along agricultural value chains, with Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq saying it was part of the measures to strengthen food security and protect vulnerable households from post-COVID-19 challenges. Flagging off the

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Kwara people have enjoyed 2 years of freedom under Gov. Abdulrazaq’s leadership – APC chieftain

Ihesiulo Grace 1 June 2021 0

By Tunde Opalana A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State, Asiwaju Tajudeen Abioye has congratulated the people of Kwara State for having a new lease of life under the administration of governor Abdulrahaman Abdulrasaq in the past 730 days. He said with huge dividends of democracy and human development policies and […]

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Kwara leads in maternal, child mortality reduction — Programme

Ihesiulo Grace 16 March 2021 0

Kwara is leading in maternal and child mortality reduction in the country with 68.3 per cent, Saving One Million Lives Programme For Results (SOML PforR) has said. Dr Ibrahim Omar, the Programme Manager of SOML PforR in Kwara, disclosed this on Tuesday in Ilorin at a news conference. Omar added that “Kwara is leading in […]

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Hijab crisis: Kwara government backtracks, orders indefinite closure of schools

Ihesiulo Grace 8 March 2021 0

The Kwara government has announced that the 10 grant-aided missionary schools shut over wearing a religious head covering will remain shut until further notice. In a statement by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development, Kemi Adeosun, on Monday, the government said. “The government, therefore, directs school children and teachers

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Best Governor 2020: APC chieftain commends Kwara Governor Abdulrazaq

Ihesiulo Grace 9 December 2020 0

By Tunde Opalana A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Tajudeen Olabisi Abioye has commended the Executive Governor of Kwara State, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq on his recognition by the Leadership Newspapers, Daily Times gathered. The newspaper had named Governor Abdulrazaq Governor of the Year 2020. Speaking with the Daily Times in Abuja on Wednesday,

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Kwara sets aside N135m for private schools

Ihesiulo Grace 30 September 2020 0

By Kehinde Akinpelu Kwara State Government on Tuesday disclosed that it has set aside the sum of N135,500,000 under the Kwara State Social Investment Programme (KWASSIP) as interest-free loan to 1,119 private school owners across the state. “KWASSIP has engaged with the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS) in Kwara State after they […]

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Kwara, Kogi Yoruba writes to NASS on South-West merger

Ihesiulo Grace 28 September 2020 0

The Yoruba ethnic group in Kwara and Kogi states has approached the National Assembly demanding a  merger with their kith and kin in the South-West region in Nigeria through boundary adjustment. READ ALSO: Kogi: Okun-Yoruba group demands separation from Daily Times understands that Kwara South Consultative Forum, made up of Yorubas from seven local government areas in […]

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Kwara approves distribution of hybrid cocoa seedlings to famers

Ihesiulo Grace 9 September 2020 0

By Kehinde Akinpelu Kwara State Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has approved the distribution of hybrid cocoa seedlings to cocoa farmers across the state. The exercise was part of the administration’s efforts to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the agriculture sector in the state. Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Muritala Olarewaju in

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Blue-eyed lady: Kwara State first lady rents apartment for couple

Ihesiulo Grace 8 September 2020 0

The First Lady of Kwara State, Mrs Olufolake Abdulrazaq, has secured a rented apartment for Risikat, the blue-eyed lady and her husband, Abdulwasiu Omodada. The estranged couple reunited at a Nikkah held in Ilorin on Saturday, Daily Times gathered. The Press Secretary to the First Lady, Yinka Adeniyi, said Olufolake, through her non-governmental organisation, the […]