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Kwara United will on Thursday, May 8, 2024 play host to Rivers United in the NPFL rescheduled matchday 23. The game will be played at the main bowl of the Kwara State Stadium Complex at 4pm. The match was rescheduled due to Rivers United CAF confederation cup engagement. Rivers United were eliminated from the competition…
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has said that Kwara is the second-largest steel producer in Nigeria, attributing much of this success to the contributions of KAM Holdings, a leading steel company. Governor AbdulRazaq reiterated the importance of the steel industry to Nigeria’s industrialization efforts and pitched KAM Holdings as a suitable candidate to manage the…
The first batch of 3,102 people, which will be performing this year’s hajj from the state, will be airlifted from Babatunde Idiagbon International Airport, Ilorin, to Saudi Arabia on May 20, 2024. Abdulsalam Abdulkadir, the executive secretary of Kwara State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, while disclosing this on Saturday in Ilorin during an enlightenment programme…
A 15-year-old student of the Government Secondary School, Omu Aran, Kwara State, Olukayode Victor Olusola, scored 362 marks in this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, to be among the contenders for the highest scorers in the examination. Though the Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, organisers of the…
By Abdul Abdul It took me like forever to summon enough strength to weave words together in honor of an icon, the Late Senator Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim. It still feels strange that I added the four-letter title “late” to his name. I’ve had a lot to say, but too weak to say. Since the day…
…Pategi, Lafiagi communities rely on contaminated stream water …Lafiagi General Hospital gets water from well for operation In this report, The Informant247’s Yemi Sodeeq documented how water scarcity in Pategi and Edu Local Government Areas of Kwara State, continues to affect residents and medical facilities despite monumental government expenditures on local waterworks rehabilitation. The investigation…
As Nigeria grapples with a fuel scarcity crisis, residents of Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, have called for immediate government intervention to alleviate the hardships of obtaining Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), widely known as petrol. They also called on the government to prioritise long-term solutions to build a more resilient energy sector and mitigate future…
In commemoration of this year’s Workers’ Day celebration, the Kwara State Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq on Wednesday promised that another minimum wage is in the works for workers in the state. AbdRahman, while disclosing this in his fraternal message to workers on the 2024 May Day celebration in Ilorin, enumerated the efforts of the state government…
No fewer than 100 intending pilgrims from Kwara State will miss this year’s Hajj exercise, the State Pilgrims Welfare Board has said. Alhaji AbdulSalam Abdulkadir, the agency’s executive secretary, while disclosing this on Sunday during a sensitisation programme held for the intending pilgrims, said the affected persons were those who could not complete the additional…
In this report, The Informant247’s Adisa Jaji-Azeez reveals how the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) fails to address the needs of its consumers and also violates the regulatory framework guiding its operation. The residents of Akuo/Gaa communities, located a few kilometres away from Kwara State Polytechnic Ilorin, have lived without electricity for more than a…
As a young pugilist, Ahmed Sulaimon has a lofty dream of gracing the world stage and securing some of the most prestigious titles in his boxing career. What is life without dreams? For Sulexy, as he is fondly called, his boxing journey is deeply rooted in his background—he grew up in a milieu where children…
The Kwara State Government on Wednesday said it has concluded a plan to renovate the indoor sports hall of the state stadium at the cost of N2.06bn to make it an ultra-modern sports facility. Bola Mogaji, the chairman of the state’s sports commission, while speaking with sports writers in Ilorin, alleged that the previous administrations…
Senator Saliu Mustapha, the Senator representing Kwara Central Senatorial District, has described the death of late Senator Rafiu Ibrahim as a great loss. Senator Ibrahim died at the age of 57 on Wednesday after a brief illness. The Turaki of Ilorin expressed shock and sadness over the passing of former lawmaker who represented Kwara South…
….We’ve lost a loyal, great man: ex-Kwara Speaker Ali, grief over Rafiu Ibrahim’s demise AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, the Kwara State Governor, has mourned the shocking death of Senator Rafiu Ibrahim of the Peoples Democratic Party after a brief illness. A statement by Rafiu Ajakaye, the spokesperson for the governor, on Wednesday said the governor expressed his…
No fewer than 35 houses were on Thursday, destroyed by rainstorms, throwing residents of the Igbonna Community in Oyun LGA of Kwara State into anguish and tears. The Informant247 gathered that the incident, which occurred by 6:30 pm on Thursday, saw victims counted losses after the havoc caused by the rainstorms affected the rooftops of…
The leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ifelodun Local Government Area (LGA) of Kwara State, in a dramatic turn of events, has kicked against what they perceive as an imposition of leadership within the party. The party leadership, in a press conference led by the acting chairman, Prince Owolabi Olatayo Razak, expressed their dissatisfaction…
Rt. Hon. Prof. Ali Ahmad, the former Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly has sent his congratulatory message to Muslim faithful across the globe on the successful completion of the 1445AH Ramadan and the occasion of the 2024 Eid-ul-Fitr Ahmad, in a statement issued by his media office’s spokesperson, Steve Makinde, in Ilorin…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ilorin Zonal Command, on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, arrested Adeniyi Janes, the General Overseer of CAC Freedom City Prophetic and Deliverance Ministry, Ilorin, Kwara State, for allegedly defrauding a member of the church to the tune of N3,980,000. According to a statement by the Head of Media and…
The University of Offa, Offa, Kwara State, on Thursday held its Second Matriculation Ceremony in a grand style. The Informant247 gathered that the ceremony, which was held on the university premises, welcomed a new cohort of students into the academic fraternity amidst heartfelt speeches, commendations, and exhortations for academic excellence and moral uprightness. Addressing the…
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq-led Kwara State Government, on Thursday, refuted claims that the state government is behind the current corruption trial of Abdulfatah Ahmed, the former Governor, saying the burden of governance does not permit any distractions or targeting of anyone, including former public officials. According to a statement by the Commissioner for Communications, Bola Olukoju,…
