Politics
FEATURED: Kwara 2023 — Zoning Is Not The Answer
By: Atolagbe Ayansola I begin by expressing my gratitude and appreciation to all divides in their quest to air their view and opinion about where…
Kwara APC youths resort to prayers over party’s crisis
By Nafiu Toyin Abdulqadri. The concerned APC youths stakeholders in Kwara State today held a prayer session to seek God’s intervention over the crisis rocking…
Kwara APC youth stakeholders vow to resist removal of Bolarinwa as caretaker Chairman
By Nafiu Toyin Abdulqadri. A group of young APC members in Kwara State on the platform of Concerned Youth Stakeholders of APC have vowed to…
EDITORIAL: As Kwara APC elders enter the forest of a thousand demons
Monday, January 11, 2021, a press conference was called by the Kwara APC elders and stakeholders to address what they described as “a number of…
Entertainment
LankoTheory label, OBT Entertainment signs comedian, BabaTojubole
By Balkis Tijani. Ologo Babanla Theory (OBT) Entertainment, the record label owned by the multi-talented first lecturer hip-hop artiste in Africa, Mr. Isiaq Atanda Abdulwaheed…
‘Strip K1 of Mayegun title’ — FIBAN pleads with Alaafin over alleged assault on member
Broadcasters under the aegis of Freelance and Independent Broadcasters Association of Nigeria, on Friday, berated a popular Fuji musician, Wasiu Ayinde, popularly called KWAM 1,…
Davido signs ex-unilorin student, Liya, as first female artist on DMW
By David Olalekan. David Adeleke, popularly by his stage name, Davido, has reportedly signed an ex-student of the University of Ilorin as the first female…
26-yr-old Laycon wins Big Brother Naija season 5 reality TV show — See prizes, voting patterns
By David Olalekan. 26-yr old Olamilekan Agbelese, popularly known as Laycon, has emerged winner of the Big Brother Naija season 5 reality TV show after…
BBNaija 2020: ‘N85m prize money will go to charity if my son wins,’ Kiddwaya’s billionaire father says
By David Olalekan. Terry Waya, father of Big Brother Naija lockdown housemate, Kiddwaya, has said his son does not need the N85m prize money. The…
Business View More
NEPAD, Kwara govt to partner on food security as Gov Abdulrazaq launches 10-year agric plan
By Nafiu Toyin Abdulqadri. Kwara State government will be partnering with the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) to deliver food security in the State.…
NGO calls on Kwara Speaker to publish details of Assembly’s 2021 budget, queries N240m allocation for GDP
A non-governmental organization, the Brain Builders Youth Development Initiative, BBYDI, has called on the Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Yakubu…
BBYDI demands clarifications on Kwara 2021 budget estimates
The Brain Builders Youth Development Initiative (BBYDI) has asked the Kwara State Government to provide clarifications on some line items in its proposed 2021 Budget,…
HIC to partner Lagos youth ministry to empower young people
The management of Horizontal Initiative Concept LTD has expressed willingness to partner with Lagos State Ministry of Youth and Social Development through innovations that will…
Kwara ease of doing business: Oladotun commends gov Abdulrazaq, tasks cmte on stakeholder involvement
By Ibraheem Solahudeen. A business woman and Financial Secretary of Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), Hajia Madinat Adigun-Oladotun has commended Kwara State governor, Mallam…
Kwara inaugurates ease of doing business council
Kwara State Government has inaugurated a 12-person Ease of Doing Business Council to drive its efforts to lift bureaucratic bottlenecks that hurt businesses as well…
342 alleged victims of looting applied for recovery fund in Kwara
By Balkis Tijani. The Kwara State Government has announced that 342 businesses have applied to access its N500m small and medium enterprise (SME) recovery funds…
‘We aspire to build an economy like that of Lagos,’ says Kwara Gov
By Balkis Tijani. Kwara State governor, Mallam Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has said that Kwara would build a strong economy capable of competing with that of Lagos,…
2020 personnel cost exhausted, 428 MDAs can’t pay salaries
At least 428 Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, in the federal civil service have reportedly exhausted their 2020 personnel costs and are, therefore, unable to…
Editorial
Edo guber: Gov Obaseki’s commissioner resigns ahead of primary
By David Olalekan. Barely six weeks after the resignation of Taiwo Akerele as the Chief of Staff to Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, another…
2023: Presidency cabals move against Osinbajo
By Nimi Princewill. Speculations are brewing as Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s influence in the Presidency is reportedly being watered down by a widely believed presidential…
Sports
Kwara to name stadium after Rashidi Yekini
By Shola Abayomi. Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara has pledged to immortalise late Super Eagles legend, Rashidi Yekini, by naming the Kwara State Sports Stadium…
ABS FC seals partnership deal with Kanu International Football Academy
By Ibraheem Solahudeen. The Abubakar Bukola Saraki (ABS) Football Club yesterday in Lagos signed a historic and developmental partnership deal with Kanu International Football Academy.…
Sports Ministry visits Kwara, pledges monthly stipend for Yekini’s mum
By Kennedy Pwaspo. The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has promised to pay a monthly allowance to Alhaja Sikirat Yekini, mother of late…
Fans want NPFL scrapped as player slumps, dies during league match
By Kennedy Pwaspo. Reactions have continued to trail the death of Chineme Martins, a defender with Nasarawa United FC, who slumped on the pitch during…
Rohr names rejuvenated Iheanacho, Akpeyi in squad for S/Leone clash (Full list)
By Kennedy Pwaspo. Super Eagles Head Coach, Gernot Rohr has unveiled his 24-man squad ahead of the double header 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier…
Education
KEL urges KWSG to reinstate sacked 1658 qualified teachers, wants attention paid to facility upgrade, retraining
By Ibrahim Solahudeen. A group, the Kwara Emerging Leaders, has urged the Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq-led administration to reabsorb the sacked 1658 teachers that were already audited…
Kwara govt nullifies employment of sunset teachers engaged by former gov Ahmed, calls for fresh application
*Affected workers receive 7 months pending salaries By Ibraheem Solahudeen. The salaries of 594 SUBEB teachers in Kwara State withheld since June, 2020 have now…
Application open for second cohort of Bolaji Abdullahi Mentorship Programme
By Balkis Tijani Applications are being invited from suitably qualified persons for enrollment into the second batch of the Bolaji Abdullahi Mentorship Programme (BAMP). This…
My session on the CELF Camp: A facilitator’s report
My session on the CELF Camp: A facilitator’s report By Nafiu Toyin Abdulqadri Today, I have the privilege to be a facilitator at the ongoing…
Nigerian education startup, Myschool365 to participate in Black Innovation Fellowship
A Nigerian edu-tech startup, Myschool365, has been accepted into Black Innovation Fellowship (BIF) bootcamp, an initiative of DMZ at Ryerson Univeristy, Canada. The fellowship is…
Special Reports
Less than 30% of over seven thousand Kwarans consider Abdulrazaq administration excellent — BBYDI report
In 2019, Alhaji Abdulrasaq Abdulrahman became Kwara State Governor after several months of campaigns, convincing the indigenes and residents that there is a need to…
Claim, counterclaim as EnetSud alleges N750m contract inflation by Kwara works ministry
By Ibraheem Solahudeen. A Kwara-based civil society group, the Elites Network for Sustainable Development (ENetSuD) has alleged that the Kwara State ministry of works and…
IPPIS: Fuel scarcity looms as PENGASSAN commences strike today
By Shola Abayomi. Members of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has directed all its branches nationwide to proceed on…
Ilorin residents storm Kwara warehouse, cart away stored palliatives
By Nafiu Toyin Abdulqadri. Thousands of people in Ilorin, mainly youths, today, Friday, stormed a warehouse where the Covid-19 palliatives were kept by the State…
‘NEPU blood in me triggered my reaction’ — Ganduje’s aide, Yakassai, apologizes for Twitter comment on Buhari
By Umar Salam. The suspended Special Adviser on media to the Kano State governor, Saliu Tanko Yakassai has apologized to President Muhammadu Buhari for his…
Opinion
FEATURED: Governor Abdulrazaq — Between Deception And Reality
By Abdulbasit Ibrahim Oniwiridi When apologist of the then ruling dynasty in Kwara State christened the APC gubernatorial candidate and now the Governor of Kwara…
OPINION: Offa Robbery — Saraki’s vindication and the domestic terrorists who politicised the case
By Abdulganiyu Abdulqadir. Few days ago, two petitioners through their petition submitted to the Kwara State Judicial Panel of Enquiry on police brutality, narrated how…
FEATURED: Enugu Centenary City — The Facts Behind the Scene
By Prince Ejeh Josh Few weeks ago, Enugu State was yet again in the glare of the media for the wrong reason. It was a…
FEATURED: Gov. AA — When deceit becomes a trademark
By Bashar Akanbi On March 3rd, 2020, I penned a piece titled “Governor Abdulrazaq, who is more inordinately ambitious?”, where the covert attack on contenders…
Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship: A View From Afar
By Ishola Haroon Like a bird perched on a tree, I have taken a vantage position since the formal opening of the camp for the…
Bolaji Abdullahi: Joy of a mentee
By Tajudeen Habeeb The concept of perspectivism as taught by Ifa (Oracle) was the model I adopted in 2018 after the public pronouncement of my…
Would democracy ever work in Nigeria? By Abdullateef Ishowo
The fact that there is hardly any regime or government in the world today that does not seek to be seen or described as being…
Nigerian youths as self-enemies
By Mohammed Abdullahi. In the aftermath of the #EndSARS protest that has been described as an hurricane, especially with its undisguised achievement of waking up…
OPINION: Who is afraid of Saraki’s presence in Kwara?
By Abdulganiyu Abdulqadir The former President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki returned to Nigeria yesterday amidst fanfare as cheerful loyalists of the Waziri…