A fuel tanker explosion has reportedly claimed the lives of multiple passengers in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. The incident occurred on Friday morning. SaharaReporters monitored a live video posted by a Facebook user, Orioye Chanter Ijobaibile, showing the raging fire at Iyemanja community, along the expressway in Okolowo axis, Ilorin. In the video, Orioye … Read more
THE First Prosecution Witness (PW1), Abubakar Hassan in the trial of former governor of Kwara State, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, and his Commissioner for Finance, Ademola Banu on Monday, February 17, 2025, told Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar of the State High Court, sitting in Ilorin that the first defendant diverted to personal use, funds earmarked for … Read more
IN a bid to avert the loss of lives and property due to flooding, the Kwara State Government has launched a comprehensive sensitisation campaign in the riverine areas of the state. The sensitisation campaign team, which was led by Commissioner for Environment Hajia Nafisat Musa Buge, visited Gbaradogi village in Patigi Local Government Area to … Read more
Gov. Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State has declared Monday, 7 October, a public holiday to commemorate the 2024 World Teachers’ Day. This is contained in a statement on Sunday by the Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, Hajia Sa’adatu Modibbo-Kawu. She said the gesture was a mark of appreciation for the state’s teachers, … Read more
Ibraheem “Labaeka” Abdulhameed, the Special Assistant on Artiste Matters to the Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman AbdulRazaq has resigned. The Islamic singer and cleric, shared his resignation letter on his Instagram page on Thursday, September 12. In the letter addressed to the Governor, Labaeka explained that despite serving for one year and seven months, he had … Read more
KWARA State is the highest producer of Catfish in Nigeria as Farmers claimed that no less than 45 tonnes of fish loaded in buses move out of the state daily, deputy coordinator of fish farmers in the state, Brigadier General Saidu Olasupo (retd.), has disclosed. Speaking with our correspondent at the meeting of the state … Read more