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EXPOSED: AbdulRazaq’s government to sell multimillion Naira worth Kwara asset at #400k

Editor July 21, 2022

…Bulldozer, combine harvester to be sold for less than #1m By Ibrahim Sheriff The AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq led Kwara state government has toed the path of the previous government of Kwara state it alleged of...

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Small Holders Women Farmers in Kwara Seeks Access to Easy Credit Facilities

Editor March 25, 2022

…recommends specific budgetary allocation for smallholder women farmers in subsequent budget. By Dare Akogun Small holders women farmers in Kwara State have requested that the state government should grant them access to cheap and...

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Ipata: More than #20m lost to inferno, as traders count losses

Freshinsight June 6, 2021

By Abdulrasheed Akogun Traders at the popular Ipata market Ilorin have continued to count their loses, over the Thursday night inferno that gutted part of the market, leading to loss of goods and...

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Gov. Abdulrazaq commends NSPRI over impact on host communities

Freshinsight April 29, 2021

The Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI) Ilorin has received applauds for impacting meaningfully on its immediate environment through it’s proven technologies. The Technical Assistant (Agriculture) to the Kwara State Governor, MR. Abdul Qawiy...

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Gbenga Power foundation Empowers Kwara Communities

Freshinsight January 8, 2021

A public-spirited Kwaran, Hon. Gbenga Oyekunle Power, the Founder/CEO of Gbenga Power Foundation, has demonstrated once again his usual support, love and empathy for his people by distributing food items and agricultural equipment to...

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Kwara Health Commissioner doles out #2m empowerment for Ekiti youth farmers

Freshinsight December 26, 2020

By Bisi Oyelere The Kwara State commissioner for health, Dr. Raji Razaq today empower selected youths of Ekiti local government origin with farm implements and insecticides worth #2m. Razaq while speaking on the rationale...

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How Ilorin rainstorm snatched #5m bank loan from me, fish farmer laments

Freshinsight October 5, 2020

By Abdulrasheed Akogun An ilorin based fish farmer Oyeleke Oyejide Abdulazeez has lamented how Ilorin rainstorm of Saturday, September 19th, 2020 destroyed his farm worth more than #8m naira, sweeping away fishes running into...

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We lost 100,000 hectares of farm, 150 houses to flood, Pategi community cries out

Freshinsight October 4, 2020

By Dare Akogun Looking into empty space, using his hands to support his cheeks and with sadness and loss of hope written all over his face, sighing intermittently like a lost dog not...

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RUGA: Kwara Government set aside 3 million plots of land

Freshinsight September 23, 2020

By Abdulrasheed Akogun The Kwara State government has set aside 200,000 hectares of land land for the National livestock transformation plan otherwise known as RUGA. This much was disclosed to President Muhammadu...

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Climate Change: Government Must tackle Transport Infrastructure in Agrarian Communities in Kwara State to boost food production

Editor September 5, 2019

By Dare Akogun Kpura, is one of the numerous communities along the Ilehsa –Baruba – Gwanara Road in Baruten Local Government Area, LGA, of Kwara State, and whenever it rains the residents of the...