The Olomu of Omupo and the Chairman , COVID-19 Palliative Technical Commitee in Omupo District of Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, His Royal Highness, Oba Yakubu Adebayo Buari (Ilufemiloye II), has appreciated the Governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq , for the approval and the immediate delivery of palliative items to cushion the […]
Kwara Government has commenced the enumeration of senior citizens in the state that will benefit from the state’s Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT). This is contained in a release signed by Muritala Atoyebi, the Press Secretary in the office of the Head of Service in Ilorin on Monday. READ ALSO; COVID-19: Oyo NYSC members develop semi-automated […]
The Kwara Government on Monday said it would grant pardon to nursing mothers and aged persons among others in the four correctional centres in the state. Salman Jawondo, the state’s Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in llorin. He, however, stressed that those to […]
Some residents of Kwara have commended the effort of the State Government on the preventive measures taken to curtail the spread of Coronavirus pandemic in the state. The residents gave the commendation in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin on Saturday. NAN recalls that the Kwara Government had on April […]
Widows no fewer than 75, on Friday received food items from the Omu-Aran Women Forum in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara. Presenting the items, Mrs Celestina Oyedepo, the Coordinator of the forum, said that the donation was to cushion the effect of lockdown directive over Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the widows. The News Agency […]
The Kwara Government has announced the lockdown of Offa Local Government council following confirmation of two index cases of COVID-19 in the area. Area to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the state. READ ALSO: COVID-19: Ogun deploys mobile app for residents’ personal self-assessment The state Chairman of Technical Committee on COVID-19, Mr Kayode Alabi, […]
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced six new cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria According to the NCDC the six new cases of #COVID19 were 2 in Kwara, 2 in Edo, 1 in Rivers and 1 in the FCT as at 09:30 pm 6th April there are 238 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported […]
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed six new cases of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). The NCDC said two cases were recorded in Kwara, two in Edo, one in Rivers and one in the Federal Capital Territory(FCT), making Nigeria’s confirmed case 238. READ ALSO: COVID-19: FG mobilises NAFDAC, SON to speed up certification of essential […]
Ilorin – Some residents of Ilorin have complained of lack of fund to buy food for themselves and their children, as a result of the stay-at-home directive by the Kwa Government which has lasted for over a week. The residents on Wednesday appealed to government to assist them with some palliative measures to ameliorate the […]
A Nigerian doctor who works in the United Kingdom has lost his life after contracting coronavirus while treating victims of the disease. Dr Alfa Saadu’s death was shared on Facebook by former Senate President, Bukola Saraki. The Facebook post shared by Saraki to mourn Dr Saadu reads; “Inalilahi Wa Ina Ilaehi Rajiun. My condolences go […]
Public and private schools in Kwara on Monday complied with the state government’s directives to shut down to guard against spread of Coronavirus. A check by the correspondent of News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Ilorin, the state Capital revealed that schools were under lock and key. READ ALSO: COVID-19: Tinubu to assist disseminate health […]
The Omupo Descendants Union in Ilorin, Kwara, says the community is not hosting any ritualist. The community is reacting to social media speculations and online publications that a ritualist inhabits Omupo community known as Idi-Ifa, Arole Compound. The union made its position known in a letter signed by the union’s National President, Dr Monisoye Olorunsola-Afolabi, […]
Patigi (Kwara) – Malam Garba Attahiru-Madami, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kwara, says the commission will create more polling units ahead of the 2023 elections in the state. Attahiru-Madami said this on Saturday in Patigi after he monitored the conduct of the by-election into the Patigi constituency seat at […]
The Secretary of the Kwara Football Association (FA), Kazeem Agaka on Thursday in Ilorin said, No fewer than seven football clubs in Kwara have so far registered for the 2020 Aiteo Cup competition. Agaka said Abubakar Bukola Saraki (ABS) FC, Kwara United FC, House of Prayer, LA Planet Academia and Kwara Football Academy (KFA), registered […]
The Kwara House of Assembly on Tuesday passed four amendment bills aimed at further improving the well being of the people as well as enhance good governance in the state. The four amendment bills are the Local Government Miscellaneous Provision Amendment Bill 2019, and Kwara State Teaching Service Commission Amendment Bill 2019. READ ALSO: Covid-19: […]
An IIorin based legal practitioner, Murtala Sambo has asked the National Judicial Council (NJC) to suspend the consideration for appointment of five new judges for the Kwara state judiciary due to glaring irregularities, nepotism and favouritism that marred the selection process. He also said that the selection process was in violation of the constitution and the Kwara state Judicial […]
The Kwara state government on Monday inaugurated a 12-member committee to wade into age long crisis amongst members of the National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) in the 16 local government areas of the state. The protracted leadership crisis has rocked the union, leading to the emergence of two factions. Inaugurating the committee, the […]
Kwara state is joining the national home grown school feeding programme to tackle school age malnutrition, boost school enrolment, and strengthen its local economy through wealth redistribution, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq said on Thursday. Gov. AbdulRazaq said the statistics of stunted and wasted children in the state until May 2019 the highest in the north central […]
Organised labour in Kwara and the state government have reached an agreement on the N30, 000 minimum wage to be paid to workers in the state. To this end, labour has shelved its plan to embark on industrial action over the new wage. READ ALSO: Kwara to revoke 5, 000 illegally allocated plots of land […]
The Kwara state government says it will revoke over 5,000 plots of land allocated illegally by the immediate past administration. Director-General of the Kwara state Bureau of Lands, Bolaji Edun, disclosed this on Monday in llorin. According to Edun, the immediate past administration signed over 5, 000 certificates of occupancy for plots of land in the […]