Kwara State Government said it has uncovered an illegal dumpsite in Ilorin, the state capital. The state government said the illegal dumpsite was discovered along General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport in the metropolis, “where some commercial waste collectors and other residents had been dumping their refuse in violation of the state environmental law”. State Commissioner for Environment, Nafisat Buge, who …

The Kwara State Government has placed the Healthcare sector on Outbreak Response Mode after confirmation of the death of a 70-year-old grandmother, her son and two other family members in the Eruda community, Ilorin in Ilorin West Local Government Area of the state after eating an Amala meal said to have been poisoned. The state Commissioner of Health, Dr Amina …

Youth groups and associations in Kwara State have dissociated themselves from the proposed national protest and demonstration slated for 1 August 2024. The youths opined that the protest would not solve any problem. Led by the state chairman of the National Youths Council of Nigeria (NYCN), Comrade Alli Yusuf, the youths said, “It is agreeable that things are not easy …

Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Kwara state Command has said that it has generated well over N10 billion revenue to the coffer of the Federal Government between January and May 2024. The Customs Area Controller of the Command, Mr Faith Mathew Ojeifo who disclosed this in Ilorin on Thursday while addressing the press on the activities of the command in the …

A resident’s failure to properly extinguish a charcoal fire used for cooking on Thursday night resulted in a fire that engulfed a 40-room flat in the early hours of Friday. The incident happened at the Ile Muse compound, off Emir’s Road in Ilorin, Kwara State, It was gathered that 9 of the 40 rooms at No. E143, Ile Muse, off …

Kwara State Government has commenced another round of polio immunisation campaign for children under the age of five in the state. The exercise which is the second in the series in the year, is expected to cover all the nooks and crannies of the state, beginning from Saturday 20th to Tuesday, 23rd April, 2024. Speaking during the flag-off of the …

The Kwara State Government is set to renovate the indoor sports hall of the state stadium at the cost of N2.06 billion to make it an ultra-modern sports facility. The sports hall was constructed under the administration of Brigadier-General Agbazika Innih (retd.) in 1977. Speaking with sports writers in Ilorin on Wednesday, the chairman of the state’s sports commission, Bola …

The Federal High Court in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Tuesday, convicted and sentenced three persons to various jail terms for engaging in naira racketeering by selling the currency to make gains. The convicts,  Asmau Wuraola, Owoduni Abdullahi Isa, and  Shuaibu Rukayat, were jailed by Justice Evelyn Anyadike. They were arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The EFCC …

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 …