Security Concerns: Drivers Advised to Avoid Night Trips in Kwara
The Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) in Kwara State has advised motorists to avoid travelling at night on high-risk roads due to growing security concerns across the country. The state chairman of the association, Abdulrahman Onikijipa, gave the warning in an interview with the News Agency of […]
FG Strengthens Healthcare Delivery as 78,146 Workers Trained Nationwide
assesses Nigeria has recorded major progress in the health sector in 2025, with over 23,000 additional frontline health workers trained, bringing the total number trained in the last two years to 78,146, according to the 2025 State of Health of the Nation Report released on Saturday in Abuja. The report, issued by the Federal Ministry […]
Two Lagos Men Jailed 40 Years for Selling Fake Alcohol
The Federal High Court in Nigeria has sentenced two men to a combined 40 years in prison for producing and selling counterfeit alcoholic beverages in Lagos State. The convicts — Otuorimuno Nelson Aziakpono, 58, and Ikegwuonu Davidson Ikechukwu, 28 — were found guilty of offences relating to the manufacture, possession, sale and distribution of adulterated […]
Unilorin Seeks Army Lab to Boost Collaboration
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Wahab Olasupo Egbewole (SAN), has urged the Nigerian Army to consider establishing a laboratory on the university’s campus to strengthen institutional collaboration. He made the appeal on February 23, 2026, while receiving a delegation from the Nigerian Army Institute of Science Education and Technology (NAISET), Sobi […]
NDLEA Arrests Fugitive Drug Kingpin After 13 Years
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested an alleged drug kingpin, Reginald Peter Chidiebere, who had been on the run for 13 years after jumping bail. In a statement on Sunday, the agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, said Chidiebere was taken into custody following fresh investigations linking him to large […]
Kwara Flags Off SBBC Training For Data Collectors
The Kwara State Government has flagged off a three-day Safer Birth Bundle of Care (SBBC) training programme for data collectors as it reiterated its unwavering commitment to ending preventable maternal and newborn deaths. The training, which commenced on Thursday in Ilorin was organized by the Kwara State Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Strengthening […]
LASUTH Interns Protest Mandatory Retirement Levy
Trainee nurses at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) have accused hospital authorities of imposing a compulsory levy on them to fund the retirement ceremony of the hospital’s Director of Nursing Services, Aina Adebisi. The affected trainees, identified as members of the 2025 Batch B nurse interns, said the directive was communicated through the […]
KWARA GOVERNMENT INTENSIFIES FIGHT AGAINST FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION
The Kwara State Government has renewed its commitment to eradicating Female Genital Mutilation, FGM, through a coordinated, multi-sectoral approach. Speaking during a stakeholders’ review meeting in Ilorin, the Commissioner for Women Affairs, Opeyemi Oluwakemi Afolashade, emphasized that ending FGM requires collaboration between government, traditional and religious leaders, civil society, law enforcement, and community members. Afolashade […]
NAFDAC Seals 18 Warehouses Over Expired Products in Bida
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has sealed 18 warehouses in Bida, Niger State, after discovering large quantities of expired food and beverage products. According to a statement by the agency’s Resident Media Consultant, Mr. Olusayo Akintola, the warehouses were located around the Ndazabo White House along Minna Road, behind the […]
Kwara Hands Over Land for Ultra-Modern Veterinary Hospital
The Kwara State Government has handed over land for the construction of an ultra-modern veterinary hospital under the World Bank-assisted Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project to improve livestock productivity and animal health services across the state. The handover ceremony took place at the State Veterinary Clinic in Ilorin, where the Commissioner for Livestock Development, […]
