The Kwara State Government has again warned charcoal dealers in the state to desist from illegal tree felling. The government gave the warning through the state Commissioner for Environment, Mallam Ndanusa Usman, who warned of severe consequences for violators of the law. Usman stressed that anyone caught felling trees for the production of charcoal will face the full wrath of …

Three siblings, a boy and two girls, on Sunday, died of suffocation inside a car parked in their residential quarters in Ilorin, Kwara State. The incident occurred at 8, Boluke Line, Zango-Kulende quarters in Ilorin East Local Government Area of the state. According to Vanguard, the incident occurred about 2 p.m. when the three children of the same parent were …

The Executive Secretary of the Kwara State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Nusirat Elelu has complained about some challenges facing healthcare delivery in the state. At the 40th Media Parliament, organised by the state council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Elelu identified inadequate personnel due to persistent turn over in staff in the agency. She stated that misinformation …

Kwara State State Government has expressed its readiness to collaborate with any donor agency to eradicate open defecation in the state. The state Commissioner for Water Resources, Yunusa Lade, gave the assurance when the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund Wash Specialist, Mrs. Theressa Pammer, visited his office in Ilorin, the state capital. The commissioner said the state government had …

The Kwara State government has warned individuals and corporate bodies against embarking on any road repairs in the state without first obtaining the permission of the state to do so. The state issued the warning in a statement on Monday by the Press Secretary to the state Ministry of Works and Transport, Bola Onile. Onile said, “We have seen unfortunate …

The Kwara State House of Assembly on Tuesday confirmed the nomination of 18 persons as Commissioners as sent to it by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq. This confirmation was a sequel to their screening and consideration at the assembly’s Committee of Whole during Tuesday’s plenary. The move was in line with Section 182 Sub-Section 1 and 2 of the Constitution of the …

Kwara State Government has confirmed receipt of N2 billion out of the N4 billion relief funds that the Federal Government, released for purchase of rice to be distributed en masse to vulnerable members of the public in the state. The state also said it awaits a balance of N2 billion of the funds as well as N1 billion worth of …

The Ilorin branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has called on all members of the association to boycott the Ilorin zonal command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for any business until the zonal commander of the anti-graft agency is transferred out of Kwara state. The branch’s acting Chairperson/Publicity Secretary, Barrister Aishat Omotayo Temim and Barrister Ridwan …

Kwara State Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has expressed dismay over the news of no fewer than 100 people who are feared dead in a boat accident in Egbu village, in the Patigi Local Government Area of the state. It was reported that the boat travelling along the Niger River was carrying wedding guests who were returning on Monday morning to Kwara …

Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has approved the deployment of government buses to support the movement of students and workers in public tertiary institutions within Ilorin, metropolis, and its environs. The bus palliative for the students covering the metropolis is the second phase in the measures by the Kwara government to cushion the effects of the fuel subsidy removal. The …