Governance

NYSC Lauds Kwara Gov. for Ex-Corps Member Nomination as Commissioner Designate

Web News 20 December 2023 275 0

By Sola Rotimi (Ilorin) Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has been applauded for nominating Miss Nafisat Buge a youth corps member who just completed the mandatory one-year national service as a commissioner designate. Reacting to the nomination, Kwara State Coordinator of the Continue Reading

Feature

Death Stalks Nation’s Streets in Garb of Mentally Challenged (Video)

Web News 23 August 2023 496 0

By Simeon Ugbodovon/Tope Bolugbe Taking a walk around areas including Oke-Ado, Orita-Challenge, J. Allen junction, Dugbe Bank Road, Dugbe-Eleyele route in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital,  it is not unusual to catch sight of mentally challenged persons. Some of whom can be seen lying on road medians, marketplaces, and road intersections.  And their number Continue Reading

Telecommunication

CPJ Decries Conviction of Kwara Journalists

Web News 15 April 2023 264 0

The Committee to Protect Journalists has condemned the conviction of two Kwara journalists, Gidado Yushau and Alfred Olufemi on conspiracy and defamation charges. A Magistrate Court sitting in Kwara State had convicted the duo over a false publication about an Agro-allied company based in the state. The publication, “Inside a Kwara Factory where Indian Hemp […]Continue Reading

Politics

26-Year-Old Lady Wins Kwara Assembly Seat

Web News 19 March 2023 446 0

26-year-old Rukayat Shittu has won a seat in the Kwara State House of Assembly. Rukayat, a former Senate President of Congress of NOUN Students (CONS), will represent Owode/Onire constituency, Asa local government of Kwara State. In the result announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Returning Officer, Professor Hakeem Ijaya, the lady who contested Continue Reading

Sport

Kwara, Lagos Win 5th Edition Of Racket Festival In Ogun

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Mistura Durosinlorun from Kwara state and Dominion Ntupe from Lagos state have emerged champions in the under 16 girls and boys category of the 5th Racket festival. Miss Durosinlorun defeated Delight Temple from Akwa Ibom state by three straight sets of 11/7, 11/4 and 11/7 in the final of the competition played at the Squash […]Continue Reading

Education

Kwara Suspends Arabic School Head Over Unsavoury Punishment Of Students

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Kwara State Government has suspended the head of an Arabic school in Ilorin, the state capital over unsavoury manner students were punished for alleged misconduct in the school.It is recalled that a video that went viral at the weekend showed four male students of an Arabic school caning the affected students while being forced to […]Continue Reading

Security

Insecurity: Oyo, Kwara Collaborate On Border Communities

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Oyo and Kwara state governments are to set up a working team to look into security challenges between the two states around its borders following security threats in some parts of Oyo leading to movement of people from Oyo state to Kwara. The team is also expected to address issues of movement of internally displaced […]Continue Reading