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; …

Ahead of Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections, members of the Coalition of Peter Obi Support Groups (CPO) in Kwara State have raised the alarm over alleged plot by some candidates and leaders of the Labour Party in the state to negotiate the collapse of the political structure of both the presidential and vice presidential candidates of the party – …

Kwara State Government on Monday donated 10 new patrol vehicles to the ‘Operation Harmony Tactical Team’, a gesture Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq said would help to strengthen security of lives and property and build confidence within the business community. The tactical team is a combined security outfit under the state command of the Nigeria Police. This is the third time the …

Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, who recently accented to an executive bill mandating the state to have at least 35 percent female appointees in the state executive council and other political appointments, has appointed 16 women — one per local government — as Special Assistants on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Governor charged the appointees with the duties of supporting and …

At least N11.9 billion of public funds were carted away from the treasury of Kwara State between 2011 and 2019 without any lawful tie to any project or programme, a forensic audit report has revealed. According to the audit report commissioned by the state government, N2 billion cash withdrawals not tied to any project or official expenditure were made within …