Tag: Kwara
Gov Abdulrazaq orders workers stay at home
Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, Sunday, directed state civil servants to work from home beginning from Monday, March 23.
Kwara bye-election records moderate turn out
The Kwara House of Assembly bye-election on Saturday witnessed a considerable turn out of voters in some polling units while…
CBN partners INEC on Kwara by-election
The INEC has dispatched sensitive materials, including ballot papers and result sheets, for the Saturday by-election in Patigi state constituency…
Kwara receives N3.2bn February federal allocation
Kwara Government has received N3,255,019,095.98 as allocation from the federation account for the month of February.
Coronavirus: MDCAN calls for testing laboratory in Kwara
The Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) has called for the establishment of a modern on-testing laboratory for…
Birthday: Gov. AbdulRazaq bans celebration, adverts
Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara has stopped any celebration and advertisements to mark his 60th birthday.
Kwara to begin mass cancer screening
Dr Raji Abdulrazak, Kwara Commissioner for Health has said that efforts were underway for women, youths, adults and the aged…
Ile Arugbo: Saraki secures injunction
The Saraki family has secured an ex parte injunction restraining the Kwara State Government from further demolition of Ile Arugbo.
Kwara governor’s wife leads Walk Against Gender-Based Violence
Olufolake Abdulrazaq, the wife of Kwara’s Gov. Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, on Saturday led some residents of the state on a walk…
Border closure: Farmers in Kwara count blessings
Farmers and local foodstuff sellers in Kwara South Senatorial District say the partial closure of the nation’s land borders is…
What we’ll do with recovered loot – Kwara Gov
Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara has said that the looted funds recently returned to the state would go into social…
NDLEA intercepts 500kg of Indian hemp, destroys farmland in Kwara
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said on Wednesday that it had intercepted an articulated vehicle loaded with 500kg…
Bukola Saraki yet to realise why his dynasty failed
HarrySong, a musician once sang, "after the reggae play the blues, the blues, the blues".The song signifies that, after a…
Police react to reports of bank robbery in Ilorin
The Kwara Police Command says it has arrested a man suspected to be of unsound mind for allegedly disrupting business…
3,500 policemen to police Kwara during Eid-el-Kabir
Police Command in Kwara says it has deployed 3,500 police officers and men to strategic locations to ensure adequate security…
EFCC saved Kwara from looters: Gov. Abdulrazak
The Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq was effusive in his praise for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC in…
Gov Abdulrazaq applauds Olorunnisola’s integrity
Gov. Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara has called on Nigerians to protect their integrity rather than engage in the inordinate pursuit…
Kwara postpones Democracy Day activities
The Kwara Government has shifted activities commemorating the June 12 Democracy Day in the state to Friday June 14.
Revealed: I rejected bribes to compromise 2019 elections in Kwara – REC
Malam Garba Madami, Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Kwara on Monday said that he resisted money offered by politicians to…
Flashback: Saraki Not From Kwara; He is Egba
At a press conference in Abuja in August 2009, Dr. Olusola Saraki told his audience that he is essentially of…
APC group endorses Poopola as Speaker
A group, Kwara Must Change Forum (KMCF), an arm of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has endorsed Hon. Saheed Popoola…
APC wins Kaiama constituency in Kwara
Mallam Abdullahi Halidu-Danbaba, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been declared the winner of the March 9…
Kwara Governor’s ex-aide, others defect to APC
Alhaji Aliyu Mohammed-Salihu, a former Special Adviser on Chieftaincy Affairs to Gov. AbdulFatah Ahmed, has defected to All progressives Congress…
373 candidates to feature in Saturday’s poll in Kwara
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says 373 candidates from 19 political parties would take part in Saturday’s Governorship and…
Guber Poll: 35 political parties adopt APC in Kwara
No fewer than 35 political parties out of 55 for Saturday’s governorship and state assembly elections in Kwara have adopted…
Kwara is free at last – Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed says with the outcome of last Saturday’s elections, Kwara is free…
Buhari sweeps Kwara State
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2019 presidential election, Muhammadu Buhari has won the election in…
PDP guber candidate loses LG to APC in Kwara
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara, Razak Atunwa, has failed to deliver his Asa Local…
Buhari wins in Kwara, Saraki loses
President Muhammadu Buhari won 462 votes at the Idigba Ilorin polling unit 004 of the party’s governorship candidate, Abdulrahman Abdulrazak.…
Elections: Airforce deploys helicopter for surveillance in Kwara
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has deployed one security helicopter to Kwara for air surveillance operation during the Presidential and…