Kwara State Government on Monday organized a one-day seminar for heads of tertiary institutions and other relevant stakeholders in the state on the adoption of an anti-sexual harassment model to check cases of students being molested in schools. Themed: “Addressing Sexual and Gender-Based Harassment in Tertiary Institutions in Kwara State,” the programme was organised in…
•Seeks Understanding Of Road Users. The general public is hereby notified of the closure of the Post Office-Emir’s Road as we commence ongoing rehabilitation and upgrade works. This is in line with the urban renewal projects of His Excellency Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq which seeks to create good road networks and boost the economy. The closure…
…Says Opportunity Abounds To Train Newly Sworned In Council Chiefs, Councillors Inline With NILDS-Kwara APC Partnership. The Director General, National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies, NILDS National Assembly has urged the newly sworned in Chairmen of the sixteen Local Government Areas of Kwara State to make service to the people their watchwords. Professor Sulaiman…
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has appointed Prof. Medinat Folorunsho Salman as the pioneer Acting Vice Chancellor of the newly established Kwara State University of Education (KWSUED) Ilorin. A professor of mathematics education, she was until the appointment a senior lecturer at the department of science education and coordinator of the Educational Technology Centre at…
The Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission (KWSIEC) has declared candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winners of the local government election held yesterday in the State. Announcing the results at the KWSIEC headquarters in Ilorin in the early hours today, the Chairman of the Commission, Mr Mohammad Baba-Okanla said the APC won…
In preparation for the commissioning of the Kwara State Garment Factory, the Kwara State Government has made an on-the-spot assessment of the project to ascertain proper completion of the factory, promising to take the ‘State of Harmony” to the promise land through all efforts and initiatives to improve socioeconomic activities and well-being of the citizens….
Movers and shakers of the Nigerian movie industry are expected in Ilorin in November as Kwara State hosts the 16th edition of the Best of Nollywood awards in November. Receiving the hosting rights of the award on Wednesday in Ilorin, Governor Abdulrazaq said the event will hold at the iconic Sugar Factory Film Studio which…
As a new academic session draws closer, the Kwara State government has commenced a girl child education awareness campaign across the state, underscoring the Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq-led administration’s commitment to improving girl children’s access to quality education. Led by Hon. Joana Nnazua Kolo, the Adviser to Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Girl Child Education, the awareness…
•Govt To Give Grants For ‘Self-Help’ Projects. Kwara State Government on Saturday concluded a three-day capacity-building training for community-based organisations (CBOs), requesting citizens to support public projects and programmes to foster inclusive growth and sustainable development. The training took off from Bode Sadu in Kwara North, headed South in Ajase-Ipo, and was concluded in Ilorin…
The three-day summit and capacity-building training for community development associations in Kwara State has continued today in Kwara South Senatorial District. The training is holding at IVTEC, Ajase-Ipo, Ifelodun LGA. The participants from different associations across the seven (7) local governments of the districts have started arriving for the highly-anticipated summit which will deepen participatory…
