The newly appointed Commissioner for Youth Development in Kwara State, Mrs. Harriet Adenike Oshatimehin has stated the ministry under her watch will be committed to the task of reorienting the youth on the enviable traditions and cultural values of the state while making certain that no stones are left unturned in the process of rebuilding…
The Kwara State Government restates its readiness to cooperate with other stakeholders to eradicate malaria in the state. The Commissioner for Communications, Hon. Abosede Olaitan Buraimoh, reiterated this while receiving members of the Advocacy Team from the Federal Ministry of Health on the zero-malaria programme as part of the campaign on measures by the Federal…
The enforcement team of the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) Monday sealed 25 water-producing factories in Kwara State. The Kwara Coordinator of NAFDAC, Azikiwe Kenneth, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday, in Ilorin. He explained that the agency had shut down five illegal packaged water manufacturing factories operating…
The Kwara State Government has stated its resolve to use Information Technology to grow the state’s economy. The Commissioner for Communications, Mrs. Abosede Buraimoh stated this during the flag-off of a five-day digital training programme organised by the Kwara State Chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists(NUJ) for its members at the NUJ Press Centre…
Chairman of Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Professor Shehu Raheem Adaramaja said that appropriate punitive measures await contractors who fail to comply with specifications of the ongoing intervention projects. Adaramaja handed down the warning while inspecting ongoing UBEC/SUBEB intervention projects for 2014/2019 at Gorobani village, Kaiama Local Government Area of the state. He…
The Kwara State Government on Saturday announced Forty-nine 49 new cases of COVID-19 infection. The new figure recorded brings the total number of infections in the state to 3,611 with 59 death so far. The update has it that 3,207 patients have been discharged so far as at 9:00 pm September 3, 2021.
…brawl, commotion at inauguration venue …DSS officers beat Magaji Ngeri’s factional chairman-elect, others …Hon. Owolabi, Sen. Ajadi supporters clash As the All Progressive Congress prepares for its nationwide Local Government congresses on Saturday, it is not the best of times for the governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq as his supporters are clearly working at…
The Kwara State Government has reiterated its warning against the illegal operation of Crèche, Daycare, Playgroup, Kindergarten, Pre-Nursery, Nursery, pre-schools among others. A statement signed by Hajia (Mrs) Yusuf M.J, Director Child Development, Kwara State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development stated that the government has exhausted its magnanimity, and is set to begin…
The governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has approved the construction of the alternative road for the proposed flyover bridge at Tipper Garage, Tanke, Ilorin. This was contained in a statement posted on the verified Facebook page of the State Government on Friday. The road will serve as an alternative route for the University road…
The Governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has approved rehabilitation of some roads with potholes within Ilorin metropolis. This was contained in a statement posted on the verified Facebook page of the State Government. The roads include: Maraba Junction – Ipata Market; Chapel Junction – Sanrab Tanke; Royal Shekinah – Offa Garage; High Court road;…
Following the reports of influx of Trailers and articulated trucks through the Ilorin township roads due to the bad state of the Eyenkorin and Oko-Olowo road, the Kwara State government has sought the speedy rehabilitation of the expressway. The Commissioner for Works, Rotimi Illiasu Suleiman made the appeal during a visit to the damaged section…
Two internet fraudsters bag jail terms in Kwara | The Informant247 Kwara State High Court, sitting in Ilorin on Tuesday sentenced one Oyadiji Temitope Ridwan, a student of Kwara State Polytechnic, and Asimiyu Idris to various jail terms for offences bordering on impersonation and internet fraud. The Ilorin zonal office of the Economic and Financial…
Kwara state government said that it has received N4.3 billion as federal allocation for the month of August. The allocation comprises statutory revenue allocation SRA (gross) of N3.6 billion deductions (loans) of N672.3 million SRA (Net): N2.9 billion Value Added Tax (VAT) of N1.4 billion and exchange gain difference of N13.2 million, the Ministry of…
The Kwara State Government, on Monday in Ilorin said that the state had so far recorded 3,513 cases and 57 deaths since inception of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr Raji Razaq, the Commissioner for Health in Kwara State, who stated this during the inauguration of the second round of COVID-19 vaccine, said that the state was…
The Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Danladi, on Tuesday, postponed screening for the commissioner-nominee from Ifelodun local government, Harriet Adenike Afolabi-Oshatimehin till next week Thursday. The House however confirms the nomination of her counterpart from Oke-Ero local government, Oyeyemi Olasumbo. The Speaker postponed her screening till the next sitting….
Doctors in Kwara State, on Tuesday, threatened to withdraw their services across the state over poor remuneration. Their threat is contained in a letter addressed to Gov. Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara and other stakeholders. It was jointly signed by the chairman and secretary of the Nigeria Association of Government Medical and Dental Practitioners (NAGMDP), Kwara…
Immediate-past President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has expressed sadness over the death of Chief Joel Ogundeji, who served as Deputy Governor of Kwara State, between 2003 and 2011. Ogundeji died on Thursday. Saraki, in whose administration as Governor of Kwara State, Ogundeji served, described the death of the late politician, civil servant…
The Kwara State Government has urged traders to always take in the weekly market sanitation exercise. The State Commissioner for Environment, Mrs. Remilekun Banigbe made this appeal during the weekly market sanitation exercise held today at Oja Oba in Ilorin. Banigbe explained that proper hygiene should be taken seriously by packing out dirt from drainages…
The Kwara State Government has merged four agencies to form the newly established Kwara State Geographic Information Service (KW-GIS). The affected agencies include The Kwara State Bureau of Lands; Office of Surveyor-General; Physical Planning Authority and Directorate of Urban; and Regional Planning. All the four (4) aforementioned Agencies are henceforth to perform their functions and…
The Commissioner for Local Government, Chieftaincy Affairs and Community Development, Architect Aliyu Muhammad Saifuddeen says all the Council Areas in Kwara State are in charge of their affairs including finances and choices of projects to be executed based on the request of their people. He stated that his Ministry only performs oversight function of monitoring…
A yet-to-be-identified man has been feared killed at the IOT campus of the Kwara State Polytechnic in Ilorin. The young man, during students’ final “sign-out”, was reportedly shot by some suspected cultists Thursday afternoon. However, details of the incident are still sketchy as at the time of filing this report as police have cordoned off…
The Kwara State House of Assembly has urged the Chief Executive Officer of the Kwara State Road Traffic Management Authority (KWARTMA) to consider the deployment of personnel of the authority for evening duties especially in places within the Ilorin metropolis and other major cities in the state. The resolution was hinged on a motion on…
The Kwara State Government has reiterated its readiness to collaborate with Ground Water Development Association towards ending water scarcity in the State. The Commissioner for Water Resources, Alhaji Agbaje White disclosed this during a meeting with members of the association at his office on Wednesday. Alhaji Agbaje, who said he was happy for the visit,…
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has urged politicians and other public figures in the state to emulate the Turaki of Ilorin, Mallam Saliu Mustapha, on social impact and philanthropy. Saliu Mustapha, a frontline aspirant for the position of the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is the chairman and founder of the Saliu…
Stranded Kwara State students studying in Plateau State are being evacuated back home by the state government in the face of the renewed crisis in the state. According to sources who declined to be identified, fifty-eight (58) students are being returned back to Kwara in four buses with security escorts provided by the government as…
The Kwara State Commissioner for Communications, Mrs Olaitan Abosede Buraimoh has commended the initiator of the Most Beautiful Girl in Kwara State, for positively engaging youths to showcase the beauty and rich culture of the State of Harmony. Buraimoh made the commendation in Ilorin when the contestants paid her a courtesy visit at the conference…
The Police in Kwara State have arrested suspected kidnappers and cultists.. According to the spokesperson of the command, Ajayi Okasanmi, the suspected kidnappers, Rafiu Ganiyu (45) and Mustapha Afolabi (42) were arrested on top of a motorbike along Ganmo/Omu-Aran road in the state. Okasanmi said that “when the search was conducted on them, three locally…
Kwara State Executive Council approves a memorandum to restructure and split some government ministries to achieve greater efficiency, ensure effective coordination of mandates, and accommodate developmental needs of the 21st century, Commissioner for Communications, Mrs. Abosede Olaitan Buraimoh said in a statement on Saturday. The memorandum was presented by the Head of Service Mrs Modupe…
The Kwara State Government says the state has been certified by the Debt Management Office (DMO) as being financially healthy to take above N35bn loan. This was contained in an article titled “On Kwara bond and other issues” by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Kwara State, Rafiu Ajakaye on Thursday. On the…
The Kwara State Government has said it will construct a flyover at Tanke and complete the two satellite campuses of the Kwara State University, among other projects with N35bn proposed loan. This was contained in an article entitled “On Kwara bond and other issues” by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Kwara…
