[7] Geographically, Kwara is split between the West Sudanian savanna in the east and the Guinean forest–savanna mosaic ecoregion in the rest of the state.

In the far northwest of the state is the Borgu section of the Kainji National Park, a large national park that contains populations of grey heron, kob, hippopotamus, African bush elephant, olive baboon, and roan antelope, along with some of the last remaining West African lions on earth.

In the mid-1800s, the Fulani jihad annexed some part of what is now the state of Kwara and placed the area under the Gwandu sphere of the Sokoto Caliphate.

[citation needed] Economically, Kwara state is largely based around agriculture, mainly of coffee, cotton, groundnut, cocoa, oil palm, and kola nut crops.

Other key industries are services, especially in the city of Ilorin, and the livestock herding and ranching of cattle, goats, and sheep.

Kwara state has the joint-twentieth highest Human Development Index in the country and numerous institutions of tertiary education.

[28][29] On March 19, 2023, Abdulrazak won re-election[30] and will remain governor until 2027 when he will be constitutionally ineligible to re-contest for a third term in office.

[23] Imoleboja Rock Shelter, Ogunjokoro, Kainji Lake National Parks, now in Niger state, and Agbonna Hill—Awon Mass Wedding in Shao.

Ero Omola waterfall is also a tourist attraction [50] Located at an elevation of 286.86 meters (941.14 feet) above sea level, Kwara has a Tropical wet and dry or savanna climate (Classification: Aw).

[52] According to reports, a boat capsized and broke in two on 12 June 2023, in the Niger River close to Pategi, in Kwara State, Nigeria.

Ilorin Airport is a major center for both domestic and international flights and has now been built up into a hub for transportation of cargoes.

[56] Agriculture is the main source of the state's economy and the principal cash crops are: cotton, cocoa, coffee, kola nut, tobacco, sesame and palm produce.

Mineral resources in the state are Petroleum, Gold, limestone, marble, feldspar, clay, kaolin, quartz and granite rocks, and laterite found majorly in omuaran.

The facilities available at the stadium complex are the mainbowl, indoor sports hall, hostel, recreational press center as well as an Olympic size swimming pool.