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 …

The decomposing body of a nursing mother, Kehinde Jibril, recently abducted by suspected kidnappers at Ago-Oja town in Asa Local Government Area of Kwara State, has been discovered. The corpse was reportedly found on Thursday along Ojoku Road in Ago-Oja axis after frantic efforts to locate and rescue her from her abductors. Kehinde had since been buried according to Islamic …

The Bishop of the Diocese of Kwara Anglican Communion, Rt. Rev. Sunday Timothy Adewole has encouraged Nigerians to be hopeful of better days ahead despite the challenges confronting the nation. In his Easter message on Sunday at the Cathedral of Saint Barnabas Anglican Church Sabo-Oke Ilorin, Kwara State, Rev. Adewole said: “We should be hopeful in an  hopeless situation because the …

A Saturday fire at a paints shop in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, razed two adjoining residential buildings and destroyed properties worth millions of Naira. The fire destroyed five other shops beside the paint shop. The spokesman for Kwara Fire Service, Mr Hassan Adekunle explained that “a paints shop suddenly caught fire and destroyed two residential buildings built beside it; …