Kwara
18 Apr
FORMER Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Senator Rafiu Ibrahim, who represented Kwara South in the 8th National Assembly, has passed on at 58 years of age. Ibrahim, who died about 4.30am, yesterday, at an Abuja hospital, has been buried according to Islamic rites in a Muslim cemetery, Osere, in Ilorin, Kwara State. The deceased was, reportedly,…
27 Mar
Former Commissioner of Finance in Kwara State, Ademola Banu, has said that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was wrong to say that he jumped bail and that he was involved in a N411m fraud.
4 Mar
97-year-OLD widow from Kwara State, Saadatu Mamade Bello-Belukor, has taken her call for help to President Bola Tinubu; the Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq, and Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, seeking their intervention over some expanse of land she claims belongs to her, but which has been allegedly acquired without compensation to her.
26 Feb
Three siblings, a boy and two girls, have died after suffocating inside a parked car in Ilorin, Kwara State. The incident occurred on Sunday afternoon at No. 8, Boluke Line, Zango-Kulende quarters. The victims' mother, Shade Silifat, had reportedly stepped out to buy noodles for their school meals when the incident happened. Upon returning home,…
25 Feb
A United Kingdom registered international organisation, Jose
Foundation UK in collaboration with the office of the First Lady of
Kwara State has distributed about 1,600 Delivery Kits to Kwara State.
6 Feb
The Police Command in Kwara said it had rescued the wife of the late Oba Olusegun Aremu-Cole, the Onikoro of Koro-Ekiti, and one other in the Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara.
23 Jan
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Kwara Command, says it is partnering with tricycle owners in the state towards reducing road traffic crash fatalities and injuries.
23 Oct 2023
The Nigrria Immigration Service (NIS), Kwara Command, on Monday, said 3000 interntional passports were awaiting collection by applicants in its office.
28 Sep 2023
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has revealed that over 80 illegal miners were arrested in the last 10 months in Kwara State.
6 Sep 2023
Kwara State recorded the highest average price for refilling a 5kg Cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) in July 2023 at the rate of N4, 780. This is just as Adamawa State, also recorded the highest average price per litre of Kerosene during the same period with N1, 757.69 per litre.
17 Aug 2023
Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, has nominated a renowned communications, public relations, and policy advocacy specialist, Bolanle Olukoju, as a commissioner-designate in the new cabinet that will drive effective and efficient governance during the governor's second term in office. Olukoju's name was among the list of 18 commissioner-nominees forwarded to the Kwara State House of…
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