The Kwara State Government has delivered 10,000 bags of 10kg rice palliatives to the labour unions for onward distribution to their members, another layer of support to the workers in the state as Nigeria battles to beats down the cost of consumer goods. The palliative followed an engagement Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq had with the leadership…

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Tuesday in Ilorin, the state capital, briefed different segments of the state on developments in the country, including efforts of the government to ease things for the people. Held in different sessions, the hours-long engagements involved labour union chiefs, transport sector leaders, artisans, leadership of the market unions, and…

Kwara State Government has further addressed outstanding salaries and gratuities owed to local government workers, basic school teachers, and pensioners by committing another N1.03 billion. This latest payment marks the government's continued efforts to settle inherited arrears from the previous administration. Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has repeatedly emphasized the government's commitment to clearing these debts as…

A student of the Faculty of Law, University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Precious Chiamaka Onuabuchi, has emerged the winner of the 2023 edition of the Justice Innocent Umezulike Annual National Essay Competition. As the overall winner, she a cash prize of N100, 000.

Afenifere chieftain in Kwara State, Wole Oke, has urged the Federal Government to halt the incessant killings of innocent Nigerians by bandits or risk the proliferation of ethnic militias across the country as an unauthorised defensive mechanism.

Barely three days after two traditional rulers were killed by yet-to-be identified gunmen in Ekiti State, another suspected kidnappers last night invaded the palace of Olukoro of Koro in Ekiti local government area of Kwara State, killing the traditional ruler of the town, General Segun Aremu (rtd). The assailants also went away with the deceased…

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has presented the sum of one million naira each to the six public school students who recently won the presidential debate competition in Abuja. That was a fulfilment of his administration's pledge to give the ‘great six’ one million naira each alongside a full scholarship for their first degree in…

Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State has received resounding praise from the National Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) for his administration's focus on critical infrastructure projects that aim to transform the state into a thriving "service economy hub." The commendation came during a courtesy visit to the Governor's House in Ilorin by a delegation led…

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Friday signed the 2024 Appropriation Bill into law, calling it another bold step to expand infrastructure and grow the economic base of the state on a sustainable basis. The governor also assented to the Local Government Amendment Bill, saying: "We are looking forward to holding the local government elections…

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mohammed Alhassan, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to immediately order the Federal Revenue and Fiscal Mobilisation Commission to stop releasing the monthly statutory revenue allocations to all the 16 local governments in Kwara State until proper council elections are conducted. Alhassan, the former Director, mobilisation South…

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has approved the subsidisation of the 2024 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) fees for 55,150 students in public schools across the state by half. The State Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development in a statement by its press secretary, Peter Amogbonjaye, noted that parents would now pay N2,500 against…

Former Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State, Kayode Zubair, has asserted that neither economic nor political solution would ease Nigeria out of her present dilemma.