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The Operation Whirlwind of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 15,375 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), valued at N15.37 million, at different border communities in the Niger-Kwara axis. The seizure, involving 615 jerrycans of 25 litres each, was recorded during intelligence-led operations targeting smuggling networks and the illegal diversion of petroleum products across ...
Crime
The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction of two persons, Mohammed Umar and Usman Ishaku, for offenses bordering on illegal mining and the unlawful transportation of mineral resources. The convicts were sentenced by Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court, Ilorin, after separately pleading guilty ...
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Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has boasted that the multi-storey Oluremi Tinubu Hospital in Ilorin will be the best public hospital in Nigeria. During an inspection visit to the hospital on Monday in Ilorin, AbdulRazaq said the state government plans to make the facility a rallying point in terms of personnel and equipment. While expressing ...
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By Muyideen Aliyu The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Kwara State, Rt. Honourable Salihu Yakubu-Danladi (SYD), has stated that his administrative experience and governance acumen over the past seven years position him to take the state to greater heights of sustainable development. Danladi expressed confidence that, if elected in next year's elections, Kwarans ...
Crime
The Kwara State Commissioner of Police, CP Adekimi Ojo, has urged youths to play an active role in tackling insecurity, stressing that effective policing requires public trust, accountability, and stronger collaboration between security agencies and citizens. Ojo made this known in Ilorin on Thursday at the 2026 Police-Youth Interactive Forum, tagged "The Police and You," ...
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The Kwara State Government has launched a capacity-building programme to enhance the professional competence of public finance officers in tax administration, tax compliance, and public sector financial management under the 2025 Tax Reform Laws. Organized by the Office of the Accountant-General in the Ministry of Finance, the training aims to deepen participants’ understanding of the ...
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No fewer than 2,577 civil servants in Kwara State are set to benefit from the 2026 promotion exercise following the completion of oral interviews by the State Civil Service Commission. This was disclosed by the Chairman of the State Civil Service Commission, Hajia Habeebah Yusuf, in Ilorin while speaking with our correspondent on the sidelines ...
Crime
The Kwara State Government has inaugurated a 10-man special joint task force to strengthen security surveillance, intensify data capturing of commercial motorcycle operators, and prevent criminal activities within the transport sector. The initiative was announced in Ilorin by the State Commissioner for Transportation, Hon. Lafia Aliyu Korasabi, who noted that it was necessitated by emerging ...
Business Direct
Kwara State Governor, Mallam Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, has announced that the second-largest shea processing factory in Nigeria is set to be commissioned in the state. AbdulRazaq stated that the facility, located in Kaiama Local Government Area, is ready for commissioning soon to boost the economic potential of the community and the state. He noted that the ...
North-Direct
The Kwara State Government has approved the 2026 promotion for 5,956 teaching and non-teaching staff under the State Universal Education Board (SUBEB) to boost the morale of teachers. This was made known in a statement issued in Ilorin by the Executive Chairman of the Board, Prof. Shehu Raheem Adaramaja, who announced that the promotion letters ...
Judiciary
The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday, arraigned a 50-year-old businesswoman, Zainab Muhammed, before Justice Ogbonnaya of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, sitting in Zuba, Abuja, over an alleged ₦100 million land fraud. Muhammed, an interior decorator from Gwandabawa Local Government Area of Sokoto State, was ...
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The Kwara State government has implemented the corrected Consolidated Health Salary Structure (CONHESS) and Professional Allowance Table for nurses and allied health workers in the state. The approval was contained in a statement by the State Head of Service, Dr. Mercy Shittu. According to her, "the approval followed a committee constituted to undertake a comprehensive ...
Crime
The Kwara State Government, in collaboration with the State Security Council and the National President of the Consultative Council on Community Policing has established regulated operating hours for commercial motorcycle and tricycle operators to curtail the activities of criminal elements. To this end, the state government has directed commercial motorcycle and tricycle operators to strictly ...
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Kwara State Government has commenced deliberations on the proposed 2027 budget estimates submitted by Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), with a strong emphasis on fiscal discipline, prudent resource allocation, prioritising the completion of ongoing projects and programmes. This was made known by the State Commissioner for Planning and Economic Development, Dr. (Mrs.) Mary Ronke Arinde, ...
Crime
The Kwara State Police Command has arrested two men over the recovery of two human hands allegedly intended for money-making rituals along Bakase Road, Alapa, Asa local government area of the state. The suspects, identified as Kamalden Lukmon and AbdulGaniyu Ibrahim, were arrested on October 8, during a police stop and search operations prompted an ...
Crime
The Kwara State Police Command has arrested two men over the recovery of two human hands allegedly intended for money-making rituals along Bakase Road, Alapa, Asa Local Government Area of the state. The suspects, identified as Kamalden Lukmon and AbdulGaniyu Ibrahim, were arrested on October 8 during a police stop-and-search operation that prompted an investigation ...
Politics
The prudence transparency and accountability by the Kwara State Governor, Mallam Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has been a strong pillar for the rapid development of the State. This was made known by the State Commissioner for Finance, Dr.(Mrs) Hauwa Nuru while receiving an award of Excellence from the Adeta Primary School Old Pupil's Association, in recognition of ...
Politics
The fate of People Democratic Party (PDP), Senatorial candidates in Kwara State, Saliu Mustapha (Kwara Central) and Kolo Baba Jiya (Kwara North), and other top politicians across the country still hangs in the balance as INEC has fixed next Tuesday for the enforcement of the Supreme Court judgment on Section 77 of the Electoral Act ...
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Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Monday presented cash awards totaling about N120 million to the most outstanding teachers, head teachers, and principals of basic and post-basic public and private schools across the state. The awards span multiple categories: 29 best principals and head teachers received N29 million; 119 outstanding teachers shared N59.5 million; 11 ...
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Kwara State Government has flagged off the distribution of 10,000 improved cocoa seedlings to farmers across the State’s cocoa-producing local government areas. The seedlings, allocated to the State by the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN), are improved planting materials capable of producing their first fruits within 18 months, making them suitable for establishing new ...
