March 2025

  The Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, has hosted a Computer-Based Test (CBT) recruitment exercise for the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH). This initiative, according to the Head, Information Division, Kwara State Polytechnic, Halimat Garba, underscored the Polytechnic’s commitment to digital transformation and the adoption of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in educational settings, positioning…

  No fewer than 400 people in Kwara State have been screened for kidney diseases as part of activities to mark this year’s World Kidney Day in the State, even as the State Government reiterated its commitment to providing adequate, affordable and high-quality healthcare services to the citizenry. . Speaking at the event which held…

  The trial of the ex-Kwara State Governor, Alhaji AbdulFatah Ahmed, and his Finance Commissioner, Demola Banu, for alleged diversion of N5.78 billion Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) fund has continued at the State High Court, Ilorin. The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had arraigned the two of them…

  The embattled Chairman of the Social Democratic Party in Kogi state, Moses Peter Oricha has declared that those behind the purported last Wednesday kangaroo Congress of SDP in the state are unknown to the party or the Independent National Electoral Commission, describing them as impostors. Speaking with our correspondent in Lokoja on Friday, the…

  Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo, has paid glowing tribute to Chief Patrick Adaba, the former Deputy Governor of Kogi State, and Dr Tom Adaba the pioneer Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), who both passed on few weeks ago. During separate condolence visits to their families in Abuja, Governor Ododo acknowledged their…

                     Over one million Nigerians nationwide will receive a 10kg bag of rice each as the Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) Thursday commenced the distribution of the staple food as part of the 2025 Annual National Food Intervention Project estimated at a whooping cost of N16billion. Speaking…

  A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja has granted permission to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for its two additional witnesses to give evidence virtually in the charges against former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele. The two witnesses said to be in the…

  On behalf of the Management, Academic Board, staff, and students of Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, I warmly felicitate with an astute administrator, Dr. Elijah Adeiza Evinemi, Head of Civil Service, Kogi State, on the joyous occasion of his birthday anniversary. My dear brother, your steadfast dedication to public service, exemplary leadership, and unwavering commitment…

  Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has applauded the student loan policy of the federal government for boosting the hope of children of low-income earners to access quality higher education in the country. The Governor spoke in Ilorin, the State capital, during a sensitisation programme for students of tertiary institutions in the State. The programme,…

  The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has intensified its Safe School Initiative Programme. According to the State Commandant, Umar J. G. Mohammed, this was in line with the directive of the Commandant General of the NSCDC, Dr. Ahmed Abubakar Audi, to strengthen the security architecture of educational…