The Kwara government has lamented the retention crisis in the state health sector due to the emigration of medical doctors in search of greener pasture. The executive secretary of the state Hospital Management Board, Abdulraheem Abdulmalik, disclosed this at the 2025 first quarter inter-ministerial briefing on Tuesday. Abdulmalik noted that despite the directive of Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq on hiring doctors, …

Kwara State Government has revoked with immediate effect year 2024 signage and billboard licenses across the state. The government warned that removal enforcement will commence next week. This was contained in a statement released on Sunday from the office of the Chairman, Kwara State Taskforce Committee on Illegal Billboards and Signages and Commissioner for Communications, Bolanle Olukoju. The statement noted …

No fewer than 334 Certificates of Occupancy (C of O) were signed by Governor AbdulRaman AbdulRazaq for building owners in the state in the last quarter of last year. The chairman of Kwara State Geographic Information Service, ESV Abdulkareem Sulyman disclosed this during the quarterly inter-ministerial press briefing organised by the Ministry of Communications. Sulyman said 178 Certificates of Occupancy …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, filed 14 fresh charges of alleged N5.78 billion fraud against the former Kwara State governor, Abdulfattah Ahmed; and his Commissioner of Finance, Mr. Ademola Banu. The duo were charged before Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar at a Kwara State High Court in Ilorin with alleged diversion and misappropriation of public funds meant for …

The Kwara State government on Monday warned the head teachers of public primary schools in the state against charging illegal fees for the common entrance examination slated for Saturday. The government said it had paid all the required fees for all the pupils participating in the examination. It also directed the school heeds to guide against any form of malpractice …

The Kwara State government is to recruit at least 300 extension agents for wet season farming in the state. The state’s commissioner for agriculture and rural development, Mrs Oloruntoyosi Thomas, announced this during a training programme for 22 extension agents in the state. The training was organised by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, through the Department of Agricultural Extension Services …

Owa-Onire community in the Ile-Ire district of the Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State has appealed to Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq to discard plans to construct a 21-kilometre road leading to the Owu waterfalls in the community, saying the move is wasteful. In a statement by the Concerned Indigenes of Owa Onire Community which was jointly signed by its coordinator, …

The Kwara State government, on Sunday, ordered the temporary shutdown of the abattoir at Mandate Market in Ilorin, Ilorin West Local Government Area following the alleged sale of poisonous cow meat in the market. In a statement by the Ministry of Environment, the government also ordered the immediate general cleaning and fumigation of the abattoir so as to cleanse it of …

Kwara state government on Thursday sealed a privately owned mortuary facility “Omosebi Mortuary” in GaaAkanbi area of Ilorin, the state capital. Government officials led by Commissioner for Health, Dr Amina Ahmed El-imam sealed the facility after paying an unscheduled visit. The Commissioner said that the action was a decisive move to ensure compliance with standards of care for the good …

The Kwara State Government is preparing for the first local government elections in the state since 2019. The previous council chairmen elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were sacked by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2019, when the party took over the reigns of leadership in the state. The development led to a court …