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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 Kwara […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 a […]
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 […]
The blue-eyed Risikat Azeez has given her marriage another chance as she recently reunited with her husband who abandoned her. The Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu Gambari, reunited her husband, Mr Abdulwasiu, to his wife. Daily Times recalls that Abdulwasiu had thrown his wife out of marriage for bearing children who also inherited the […]
By Rafiu Ajakaye His first one year in office has rightly been adjudged one of the best among first-term governors of Nigeria. His heavy investments in healthcare, road network, provision of potable water, workers’ welfare, his incredibly simple but impactful approach to governance, and his relationship with the masses have earned him accolades from wide […]
Rep. Tunji Ajuloopin (APC-Ekiti/Isin/Irepodun/Oke-Ero) of Kwara has advised communities in the constituency to report any bad bridge linking the areas for immediate repair and reconstruction. Ajuloopin gave the advice on Friday in Ilorin. I warned, democracy will only return to Nigeria when Buhari leaves office – Fayose He said that such reports should be forwarded […]
The Kwara Butchers Association says it has lost cows worth N20.5 million during the one-month lockdown in the state. The lockdown was aimed at reducing COVID-19 spread. READ ALSO: Inter-state travel: Security agents arrest 189 violators in Abuja Alhaji Lam AbdulRasaq, the Chairman of the Association, made the disclosure in llorin on Friday during an […]
The Omupo citizens, under the auspices of its umbrella national body, OMUPO DESCENDANTS UNION (ODU), has executed a comprehensive relief package to compliment government’s effort to cushion the effect of the lockdown arising from the covid-19 pandemic on its people. The package, in the form of food items, is designed as part of the palliatives […]