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2014-11-01
Ajadi Debunks Alleged Recall of Jonathan's Appointees
A former Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on National Assembly Matters, Senator Makanjuola Ajadi, has debunked claims that the President had ordered back all his political appointees who recently resigned...
A former Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on National Assembly Matters, Senator Makanjuola Ajadi, has debunked claims that the President had ordered back all his political appointees who recently resigned...
Meningitis vaccinators face mobility challenge in border area
The vaccinators handling meningitis immunisation in Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara on Sunday said they were having difficulty moving around the communities in the Nigeria-Benin Republic border. Mr Ibr...
The vaccinators handling meningitis immunisation in Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara on Sunday said they were having difficulty moving around the communities in the Nigeria-Benin Republic border. Mr Ibr...
Tony Tetula Yet to Get Rid of Dreadlocks
Despite criticisms of his outlook due to the weird dreadlocks he is carrying, Tony Tetula who has indicated his intention like some of his colleagues to contest for a seat at the Kwara State House of Assembly come 2015...
Despite criticisms of his outlook due to the weird dreadlocks he is carrying, Tony Tetula who has indicated his intention like some of his colleagues to contest for a seat at the Kwara State House of Assembly come 2015...
Expert says no herbal treatment for stroke, hypertension
A Consultant Neurologist, Dr Kolawole Wahab of University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), Ilorin, on Wednesday, said there was no proven herbal treatment for stroke and hypertension. Wahab said this at th...
A Consultant Neurologist, Dr Kolawole Wahab of University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), Ilorin, on Wednesday, said there was no proven herbal treatment for stroke and hypertension. Wahab said this at th...
Nigerians import N300bn textiles annually - NLC
The Vice President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr lssa Aremu, has said that Nigerians import N300 billion worth of textiles and garments annually without paying duties or taxes to government. He mad...
The Vice President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr lssa Aremu, has said that Nigerians import N300 billion worth of textiles and garments annually without paying duties or taxes to government. He mad...
Remembering Alhaji Ahmed Shehu Okekere
It's just like yesterday when death took away our cherished treasure. He was the pillar holding the family's architecture together as well as a caring father who always insisted nobody lacks anything. Alhaji Ahmed Sheh...
It's just like yesterday when death took away our cherished treasure. He was the pillar holding the family's architecture together as well as a caring father who always insisted nobody lacks anything. Alhaji Ahmed Sheh...
Inside Ilorin's colony for the blind
For decades, the colony for the blind popularly known as Koro Afoju in Ilorin, Kwara State has been in existence, becoming a major community over the years, providing shelter for many. Weekly Trust visited. I...
For decades, the colony for the blind popularly known as Koro Afoju in Ilorin, Kwara State has been in existence, becoming a major community over the years, providing shelter for many. Weekly Trust visited. I...
Kwara Utd sure of promotion
Kwara United striker, Hammed Jimoh has vowed that the Warriors would do their best to get promotion ticket this term into the Glo Premier League. Kwara United's return to the top flight is dicey at present, a...
Kwara United striker, Hammed Jimoh has vowed that the Warriors would do their best to get promotion ticket this term into the Glo Premier League. Kwara United's return to the top flight is dicey at present, a...
Tambuwal: Kwara Speaker condemns removal of security details
Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Mr Razak Atunwa, has condemned the removal of security details attached to the Speaker, House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal by the Police, describing it as unconstitu...
Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Mr Razak Atunwa, has condemned the removal of security details attached to the Speaker, House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal by the Police, describing it as unconstitu...
2014-10-31
Emir of Ilesha-Baruba's Death: A Sudden and Great Loss - Saraki
I'm saddened by the news of the passing away of His Royal Highness, Alhaji Usman Bio Abubakar, the Emir of Ilesha/Baruba in Baruteen LGA of Kwara. This time Kwara has lost an epitome of cultural heritage and embodi...
I'm saddened by the news of the passing away of His Royal Highness, Alhaji Usman Bio Abubakar, the Emir of Ilesha/Baruba in Baruteen LGA of Kwara. This time Kwara has lost an epitome of cultural heritage and embodi...
Emir of Ilesha-Baruba dies at 71
Emir of Ilesha/Baruba in Baruten LGA of Kwara State, Alhaji Bio Uthman Abubakar, died early yesterday aged 71 after a after a protracted illness, a relative told Daily Trust correspondent in Ilorin. The late ...
Emir of Ilesha/Baruba in Baruten LGA of Kwara State, Alhaji Bio Uthman Abubakar, died early yesterday aged 71 after a after a protracted illness, a relative told Daily Trust correspondent in Ilorin. The late ...
Kwara state government pledges to curb drug abuse
The Kwara state governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed has restated government's commitment to partner with relevant agencies and stakeholders in the fight against drug abuse in the state. Governor Ahmed state...
The Kwara state governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed has restated government's commitment to partner with relevant agencies and stakeholders in the fight against drug abuse in the state. Governor Ahmed state...
Wife Kills Husband With Pestle In Ilorin
An Ilorin Magistrate Court has remanded a housewife, Jumai Bamaiyi, at the federal prison, Oke-Kura, Ilorin, for allegedly killing her husband with a pestle. The 30-year-old woman was said to have hit her hus...
An Ilorin Magistrate Court has remanded a housewife, Jumai Bamaiyi, at the federal prison, Oke-Kura, Ilorin, for allegedly killing her husband with a pestle. The 30-year-old woman was said to have hit her hus...
Kwara to upgrade 30 secondary schools
The Kwara State Government has announced plans to upgrade 30 secondary schools to first class in the state. Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, Alhaji Saka Onimago said on Thursday in Il...
The Kwara State Government has announced plans to upgrade 30 secondary schools to first class in the state. Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, Alhaji Saka Onimago said on Thursday in Il...
Ex-governor Lawal's son joins race in Kwara
Eldest son of late governor of Kwara State, Admiral Mohammed Lawal, Akeem Lawal, yesterday made a public declaration to contest Kwara State's governorship seat come 2015, under the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. ...
Eldest son of late governor of Kwara State, Admiral Mohammed Lawal, Akeem Lawal, yesterday made a public declaration to contest Kwara State's governorship seat come 2015, under the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. ...
Senatorial aspirant raises the alarm over use of thugs in Kwara politics
As the 2015 general election approaches, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) aspirant for Kwara North Senatorial district, Alhaji Yinusa Yahaya, has raised the alarm over use of thugs by politicians in the state, advising...
As the 2015 general election approaches, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) aspirant for Kwara North Senatorial district, Alhaji Yinusa Yahaya, has raised the alarm over use of thugs by politicians in the state, advising...
150 women receive agric empowerment in Kwara
AS part of efforts to reduce poverty among womenfolk in the North Central geo-political zone of Nigeria, about 150 women farmers in Kwara State and environs have been trained by the Directorate of Nutrition and Women i...
AS part of efforts to reduce poverty among womenfolk in the North Central geo-political zone of Nigeria, about 150 women farmers in Kwara State and environs have been trained by the Directorate of Nutrition and Women i...
2014-10-30
Kawu may replace Bamgbola as Kwara CJ
A Kwara State High Court Judge, Hon Justice Sulyman Durosinlohun Kawu is warming up to replace the outgoing State Chief Judge, Justice Olatunji Bamgbola, when he retires in December, National Pilot ...
A Kwara State High Court Judge, Hon Justice Sulyman Durosinlohun Kawu is warming up to replace the outgoing State Chief Judge, Justice Olatunji Bamgbola, when he retires in December, National Pilot ...
Kwara wins First North Central Zone Athletics Championship
Kwara State has emerged the champion of the maiden edition of North Central Zone Athletics Championship with a total of nine gold, five silver and two bronze medals. The one day athletics championship which was pow...
Kwara State has emerged the champion of the maiden edition of North Central Zone Athletics Championship with a total of nine gold, five silver and two bronze medals. The one day athletics championship which was pow...
LG Autonomy Will Breed New Lease of Life, Says Ex-Chairman
Chief Rex Olawoye, an aspirant to the House of Representatives from Kwara, said on Tuesday that the proposed autonomy for local governments in the country would give them a new lease of life. Olawoye, a two-t...
Chief Rex Olawoye, an aspirant to the House of Representatives from Kwara, said on Tuesday that the proposed autonomy for local governments in the country would give them a new lease of life. Olawoye, a two-t...
'We are taking agribusiness training to the prisons' - Usman
Hajiya Bola Riskat Usman is the founder and coordinator of the Islamic Green Club Empowerment Initiative, a civil society group waging war against climate change and poverty. In this interview, she told Daily Trust tha...
Hajiya Bola Riskat Usman is the founder and coordinator of the Islamic Green Club Empowerment Initiative, a civil society group waging war against climate change and poverty. In this interview, she told Daily Trust tha...
'Fear, cause of mass failure in maths'
Mrs. Osiki Erances, a civil engineer and lecturer at the Auchi Polytechnic, Edo State, is the National Coordinator, Women in Technical Education in Nigeria (WITED), a body of women scientists and technologists in polyt...
Mrs. Osiki Erances, a civil engineer and lecturer at the Auchi Polytechnic, Edo State, is the National Coordinator, Women in Technical Education in Nigeria (WITED), a body of women scientists and technologists in polyt...
Police parade 3 for robbing varsity teacher
The Kwara State Police Command has paraded three suspected armed robbers who recently invaded the house of former Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academics, University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Professor Bayo Lawal. The ...
The Kwara State Police Command has paraded three suspected armed robbers who recently invaded the house of former Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academics, University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Professor Bayo Lawal. The ...
Community protests 5-months power cut
Residents of Sabo Oke community of Ilorin, Kwara State, Tuesday, protested over five months of power cut in the area. They accused officials of the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) of charging ...
Residents of Sabo Oke community of Ilorin, Kwara State, Tuesday, protested over five months of power cut in the area. They accused officials of the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) of charging ...
OPINION: Oil Benchmark Price of $78 for 2015 Budget is Unrealistic. By Bukola Saraki
These are troubling times for the Nigerian economy. Our revenue base is caving in under the stress of falling price of oil in the international market. Due to the drastic and persistent nature of this fall from the...
These are troubling times for the Nigerian economy. Our revenue base is caving in under the stress of falling price of oil in the international market. Due to the drastic and persistent nature of this fall from the...
OPINION: Aminu Waziri Tambuwal's Defection and the Possibility of a Hung Parliament. By Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia
With Aminu Waziri Tambuwal's defection from the ruling Peoples' Democratic Party onthe 28th of October, 2014 to the opposition All Progressive Congress,the fourth republic has entered an unchartered territory. The possi...
With Aminu Waziri Tambuwal's defection from the ruling Peoples' Democratic Party onthe 28th of October, 2014 to the opposition All Progressive Congress,the fourth republic has entered an unchartered territory. The possi...
Flood renders 2000 homeless, damages 500 houses in Kwara
More than 2000 residents, including widows from various parts of Kwara state were rendered homeless by flood that occurred in different parts of the state in September. The Special Adviser to Kwara state Gove...
More than 2000 residents, including widows from various parts of Kwara state were rendered homeless by flood that occurred in different parts of the state in September. The Special Adviser to Kwara state Gove...
Kwara To Rehabilitate Bad Roads
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State, has promised that the rehabilitation of the Kishi-Kaiama and Ilesha Baruba-Gwanara roads will soon commence to ease transportation challenges confronting the people of the area...
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State, has promised that the rehabilitation of the Kishi-Kaiama and Ilesha Baruba-Gwanara roads will soon commence to ease transportation challenges confronting the people of the area...
Saraki urges Nigeria to free self from economic woes
Ahead of the 2015 fiscal year, the Nigerian government has been asked to take preventive measures to revive the economy by balancing the International oil price at the foreign market. The Chairman Senate Comm...
Ahead of the 2015 fiscal year, the Nigerian government has been asked to take preventive measures to revive the economy by balancing the International oil price at the foreign market. The Chairman Senate Comm...
Makanjuola raises alarm over alleged fake delegates' list
A governorship aspirant in Kwara on the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, platform, Sen. Makanjuola Ajadi, has expressed concern over alleged circulation of fake delegates lists among the party members. Ajadi, w...
A governorship aspirant in Kwara on the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, platform, Sen. Makanjuola Ajadi, has expressed concern over alleged circulation of fake delegates lists among the party members. Ajadi, w...
Kwara Utd return to top flight dicey
Kwara United's quest for a return to Nigeria's top flight is now under severe and serious permutation as the Nigeria National League (NNL) Group A enters its final two rounds of matches this season. The Afonj...
Kwara United's quest for a return to Nigeria's top flight is now under severe and serious permutation as the Nigeria National League (NNL) Group A enters its final two rounds of matches this season. The Afonj...
OPINION: Saraki Dynasty Will Exist Long After Suleiman is Minister.
By Abdulakeem Sulieman
Apparently, the group of selfish overnight leaders of scanty followers who are emerging under the platform of PDP in Kwara state are seriously struggling for recognition, having been empowered by the federal governme...
Apparently, the group of selfish overnight leaders of scanty followers who are emerging under the platform of PDP in Kwara state are seriously struggling for recognition, having been empowered by the federal governme...
Kwara Accountant-General becomes ICAN chairman
Kwara state Accountant-General, Alhaji Suleiman Ishola has been elected the new chairman of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) for Ilorin and district society. Speaking during his invest...
Kwara state Accountant-General, Alhaji Suleiman Ishola has been elected the new chairman of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) for Ilorin and district society. Speaking during his invest...
Kwara worried over dwindling federal allocation
Kwara State Government has expressed concern over the state's slide from the 33rd slot to the bottom of the 36-state federation fiscal allocation table. The All Progressives Congress (APC) Governors' forum at...
Kwara State Government has expressed concern over the state's slide from the 33rd slot to the bottom of the 36-state federation fiscal allocation table. The All Progressives Congress (APC) Governors' forum at...
'Presidency hasn't issued directive on Kwara gov race' - Makanjuola
Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on National Assembly Matters, Senator Suleiman Makanjuola, has said there is no iota of truth in the rumuour that the Presidency has directed all its appointees, who had r...
Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on National Assembly Matters, Senator Suleiman Makanjuola, has said there is no iota of truth in the rumuour that the Presidency has directed all its appointees, who had r...
Kwara 2015: PDP holds Ward Congress, Saturday
The Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), will on Saturday hold its delegate ward congress in Ilorin, the state capital. Ahead of the exercise, National Pilot gathered that gu...
The Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), will on Saturday hold its delegate ward congress in Ilorin, the state capital. Ahead of the exercise, National Pilot gathered that gu...
Battle for Kwara Central reps ticket thickens... moves to stop Atunwa, Olododo uncovered
Ahead of the 2015 elections in Kwara State, the race for the House of Representatives ticket among Kwara Central aspirants has assumed a new dimension following scheming and intrigues that had reportedly trailed the de...
Ahead of the 2015 elections in Kwara State, the race for the House of Representatives ticket among Kwara Central aspirants has assumed a new dimension following scheming and intrigues that had reportedly trailed the de...
How have Kwara Assembly female lawmakers fared?
Amidst agitation for 35% affirmation action for women in all elective and appointive positions in Nigeria, the womenfolk who constitute larger percentage of the voting population in the country have upped their game with ...
Amidst agitation for 35% affirmation action for women in all elective and appointive positions in Nigeria, the womenfolk who constitute larger percentage of the voting population in the country have upped their game with ...
2014-10-29
NBA to sue Kwara Police over assault on members
The Ilorin branch of the Nigeria Bar Association is considering filing a suit against the Kwara State command of the Nigeria Police Force over incessant onslaught on its members. The latest in the series of a...
The Ilorin branch of the Nigeria Bar Association is considering filing a suit against the Kwara State command of the Nigeria Police Force over incessant onslaught on its members. The latest in the series of a...
Kwara identifies reason for delay in October salary payment
The Kwara Government has attributed delay of fund from the federation account as factor responsible for the delay in the payment of October workers' salary in the state. The Permanent Secretary in the state M...
The Kwara Government has attributed delay of fund from the federation account as factor responsible for the delay in the payment of October workers' salary in the state. The Permanent Secretary in the state M...
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