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2014-03-27
PDP begins membership registration in Kwara on Friday
The Peoples Democratic Party will begin registration of members of the party in Kwara State on Friday. According to a statement on Thursday by the Offa Local Government chapter of the party, the...
The Peoples Democratic Party will begin registration of members of the party in Kwara State on Friday. According to a statement on Thursday by the Offa Local Government chapter of the party, the...
Opinion: The Many 'Sins' of Bukola Saraki. By Wale Bakare
There’s truth to the saying that old sins cast longer shadows. And as humans, revenge is the ultimate antidote that can be employed to make one feel spite against our transgressors. To stand up shoulder high to...
There’s truth to the saying that old sins cast longer shadows. And as humans, revenge is the ultimate antidote that can be employed to make one feel spite against our transgressors. To stand up shoulder high to...
Kwara Muslims canvass five-year single term for president, govs.
The Kwara State Muslims on Wednesday canvassed for a single term of five years for presidents and governors. Pioneer Grand Khadi, Kwara State Sharia Court of Appeal, Justice Abdulkadir Orire, in a m...
The Kwara State Muslims on Wednesday canvassed for a single term of five years for presidents and governors. Pioneer Grand Khadi, Kwara State Sharia Court of Appeal, Justice Abdulkadir Orire, in a m...
Defection: PDP opposes Saraki, others' request for adjournment
The Peoples Democratic Party and the Senate President, David Mark, on Wednesday opposed a request by members of the National Assembly who defected to the All Progressives Congress, for another adjournment in a suit they f...
The Peoples Democratic Party and the Senate President, David Mark, on Wednesday opposed a request by members of the National Assembly who defected to the All Progressives Congress, for another adjournment in a suit they f...
Saraki never consulted me on his defection - Ogundeji
The immediate past Deputy Governor of Kwara State, Chief Joel Ogundeji has broken his silence, saying his former boss never consulted him before defecting to the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) with some o...
The immediate past Deputy Governor of Kwara State, Chief Joel Ogundeji has broken his silence, saying his former boss never consulted him before defecting to the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) with some o...
Who controls soul of Kwara PDP?
Until the recent defections of the immediate past governor of Kwara State and senator representing Kwara central in the National Assembly, Bukola Saraki and his groups, the anatomy of State PDP was in firm control of...
Until the recent defections of the immediate past governor of Kwara State and senator representing Kwara central in the National Assembly, Bukola Saraki and his groups, the anatomy of State PDP was in firm control of...
Kwara Police Arrests First Weekly Magazine's Staff Over Story.
Some policemen from the Kwara State Police Command, on Wednesday morning, picked up an employee of a Lagos-based softsell magazine, ‘First Weekly’, over a story published by the media house two weeks ago....
Some policemen from the Kwara State Police Command, on Wednesday morning, picked up an employee of a Lagos-based softsell magazine, ‘First Weekly’, over a story published by the media house two weeks ago....
Exam fraud: Kwara education college suspends four workers.
The Kwara State College of Education, llorin, on Wednesday suspended four members of its staff over alleged examination malpractices. The suspension order was contained in a statement by the Registr...
The Kwara State College of Education, llorin, on Wednesday suspended four members of its staff over alleged examination malpractices. The suspension order was contained in a statement by the Registr...
Those that Delivered Kwara to PDP Have Not Left - Ajadi
enator Makanjuola Sulaiman Ajadi represented Kwara South Senatorial zone between 1999 and 2001 and currently special adviser to the President on National Assembly Matters. In this interview, the PDP ...
enator Makanjuola Sulaiman Ajadi represented Kwara South Senatorial zone between 1999 and 2001 and currently special adviser to the President on National Assembly Matters. In this interview, the PDP ...
528 victims in Kwara get NEMA's relief materials.
No fewer than 528 victims of fire disasters from four local government councils of Kwara State on Wednesday benefited from the Federal Government’s disasters relief intervention. The items distrib...
No fewer than 528 victims of fire disasters from four local government councils of Kwara State on Wednesday benefited from the Federal Government’s disasters relief intervention. The items distrib...
Press Release - Re: Kwara APC set to ground Kwara Express
We reject the PDP's claims as desperate, callous, and insensitive attempts to incite the public against the APC led government through deliberate disinformation and misrepresentation. Coming at a time Kwara Express has ...
We reject the PDP's claims as desperate, callous, and insensitive attempts to incite the public against the APC led government through deliberate disinformation and misrepresentation. Coming at a time Kwara Express has ...
Press Release: Kwara
APC set to ground Kwara Express - PDP
It has indeed become necessary to draw the attention of the general public to the attempt by the All Progressive Congress (APC) led government in Kwara State to totally incapacitate the Kwara State Transport Corporation...
It has indeed become necessary to draw the attention of the general public to the attempt by the All Progressive Congress (APC) led government in Kwara State to totally incapacitate the Kwara State Transport Corporation...
Press Release: My Views on Emefiele's Confirmation as CBN Governor - Bukola Saraki
The Senate today screened Mr Godwin I. Emefiele for appointment as the new Central Bank Governor of Nigeria. I was impressed by the candor and character exhibited by the nominee during the screening which lasted fo...
The Senate today screened Mr Godwin I. Emefiele for appointment as the new Central Bank Governor of Nigeria. I was impressed by the candor and character exhibited by the nominee during the screening which lasted fo...
Kwara COED to commence indefinite strike, next week.
The Kwara State chapter of the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union, (COEASU) will next week join its counterparts across the federation in the on-going indefinite strike, National Pilot can report . The Chair...
The Kwara State chapter of the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union, (COEASU) will next week join its counterparts across the federation in the on-going indefinite strike, National Pilot can report . The Chair...
2014-03-26
Kwara mediation centre resolves 1,000 cases
The Kwara Mediation and Concilliation Centre on Tuesday said it had resolved 1, 000 civil cases since its establishment in 2008. The Acting Director of the centre, Mr Yekini Ayodele-Lawal, who made this known...
The Kwara Mediation and Concilliation Centre on Tuesday said it had resolved 1, 000 civil cases since its establishment in 2008. The Acting Director of the centre, Mr Yekini Ayodele-Lawal, who made this known...
Letters: Who owns Kwara?
The statement made by President Goodluck Jonathan during his recent visit to Kwara State that by 2015 "we shall know who owns Kwara State" depicts confidence and forceful plots to recover the state and other states that t...
The statement made by President Goodluck Jonathan during his recent visit to Kwara State that by 2015 "we shall know who owns Kwara State" depicts confidence and forceful plots to recover the state and other states that t...
Kwara Assembly Passes District Courts Amendment Bill Into Law
The Kwara State House of Assembly yesterday passed the District Courts Amendment Bill into law. The bill which was sent to the House by the state governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed was passed into law after th...
The Kwara State House of Assembly yesterday passed the District Courts Amendment Bill into law. The bill which was sent to the House by the state governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed was passed into law after th...
Contractors Hand Over General Hospital Ilorin to State Govt
The General Hospital Ilorin has been formally handed over to the Kwara State Government. The State Commissioner for Health, Alhaji Abdul Kayode Issa who disclosed this said the handing over is in accordance with the...
The General Hospital Ilorin has been formally handed over to the Kwara State Government. The State Commissioner for Health, Alhaji Abdul Kayode Issa who disclosed this said the handing over is in accordance with the...
Kwara to go cashless in July.
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says cashless financial services will commence in Kwara on July 1. The Acting Governor of CBN, Dr Sarah Alade, made this known on Tuesday in Ilorin during a stakeholders foru...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says cashless financial services will commence in Kwara on July 1. The Acting Governor of CBN, Dr Sarah Alade, made this known on Tuesday in Ilorin during a stakeholders foru...
Letters: Attention, Governor Ahmed
Permit me to appeal to the Kwara State governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, on behalf of 2013 Law School graduates who are indigenes of the state, to accede to the request of the students by settling their Law School schola...
Permit me to appeal to the Kwara State governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, on behalf of 2013 Law School graduates who are indigenes of the state, to accede to the request of the students by settling their Law School schola...
NGO Deepens Fight Against Cancer
The Leah Charity Foundation, an Ilorin, Kwara State based non-governmental organization, has intensified her effort at reducing the incidence of breast and cervical cancers in women through a sensitisation visit to loca...
The Leah Charity Foundation, an Ilorin, Kwara State based non-governmental organization, has intensified her effort at reducing the incidence of breast and cervical cancers in women through a sensitisation visit to loca...
Alade: CBN Cashless Policy Will Not Eliminate Cash Transactions
The acting Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mrs. Sarah Alade has said the cashless policy does not intend to eliminate use of physical cash for payment, explaining that the policy is only meant to...
The acting Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mrs. Sarah Alade has said the cashless policy does not intend to eliminate use of physical cash for payment, explaining that the policy is only meant to...
When Kwara boosted transportation with 100 taxi cabs
SUCCOUR recently came the way of transporters in Kwara State as Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed injected 100 taxi cabs into the system. This gesture was made under the auspices of the Shared Prosperity agenda of the ...
SUCCOUR recently came the way of transporters in Kwara State as Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed injected 100 taxi cabs into the system. This gesture was made under the auspices of the Shared Prosperity agenda of the ...
Bukola Saraki Reinvents Politics of Loyalty in Kwara
With the uncommon loyalty shown to Bukola Saraki by prominent politicians in his camp, many are asking if the politics of loyalty that reigned during the heydays of Abubakar Olusola Saraki are not being reenacted in ...
With the uncommon loyalty shown to Bukola Saraki by prominent politicians in his camp, many are asking if the politics of loyalty that reigned during the heydays of Abubakar Olusola Saraki are not being reenacted in ...
2014-03-25
Suspected cultist held for robbery
A suspected cultist, Abdulkadir Abdulrasaq of Traford Villa, Eleko, Poly Gate, Ilorin, has been arraigned before an Ilorin Magistrate Court over an alleged robbery. The 22-year-old accused allegedly conspired with two...
A suspected cultist, Abdulkadir Abdulrasaq of Traford Villa, Eleko, Poly Gate, Ilorin, has been arraigned before an Ilorin Magistrate Court over an alleged robbery. The 22-year-old accused allegedly conspired with two...
Rainstorm causes havoc in Kwara
Properties worth millions of naira have been destroyed during a rainstorm in Oyun and Offa local government areas of Kwara State. The rainstorm followed two earlier heavy rain falls in the last two weeks rendering...
Properties worth millions of naira have been destroyed during a rainstorm in Oyun and Offa local government areas of Kwara State. The rainstorm followed two earlier heavy rain falls in the last two weeks rendering...
Kwara PDP targets 200, 000 members for registration
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara said on Monday that it would target 200,000 members during its registration, which begins on March 25. Mr Rex Olawoye, a member of the PDP Car...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara said on Monday that it would target 200,000 members during its registration, which begins on March 25. Mr Rex Olawoye, a member of the PDP Car...
APC, PDP'S Mind Game in Kwara
INDICATIONS that next year’s general election in Kwara State will be quite interesting have started to emerge judging from recent political developments in and around the state. One factor that will make it int...
INDICATIONS that next year’s general election in Kwara State will be quite interesting have started to emerge judging from recent political developments in and around the state. One factor that will make it int...
Kwara bars commissioners from talking to press
The Kwara State Government has directed commissioners and other top public officials to obtain clearance before entertaining media enquiries. The government, in a letter addressed to top public officers...
The Kwara State Government has directed commissioners and other top public officials to obtain clearance before entertaining media enquiries. The government, in a letter addressed to top public officers...
Kwara APC to elect 5,447 officials in April - Interim Secretary
The All Progressives Congress, APC, will elect 5,447 officials to direct its affairs in Kwara at ward, local government and state levels in April. The interim Secretary of the party in the state, Yemi Afo...
The All Progressives Congress, APC, will elect 5,447 officials to direct its affairs in Kwara at ward, local government and state levels in April. The interim Secretary of the party in the state, Yemi Afo...
Bank driver remanded for causing death
A 45-year-old driver with Zenith Bank, Unity Road Branch, Ilorin, Hycent Oguwu of No. 13, Fas Close, Unity Road, Ilorin, was yesterday remanded at the Federal Prison, Oke.Kura, Ilorin, for allegedly knocking down a woma...
A 45-year-old driver with Zenith Bank, Unity Road Branch, Ilorin, Hycent Oguwu of No. 13, Fas Close, Unity Road, Ilorin, was yesterday remanded at the Federal Prison, Oke.Kura, Ilorin, for allegedly knocking down a woma...
Kwara Utd Manager wants team to take home form away
The General Manager of Kwara United FC of Ilorin, Alhaji Haruna Maigidasanma, has expressed delight at away draw to Jigawa Golden Stars and charged the players and officials to build on it. The Kwara United manage...
The General Manager of Kwara United FC of Ilorin, Alhaji Haruna Maigidasanma, has expressed delight at away draw to Jigawa Golden Stars and charged the players and officials to build on it. The Kwara United manage...
Saraki Wanted For Alleged Money Laundering.
The Special Fraud Unit (SFU) of the Nigeria Police may soon declare former Governor Bukola Saraki wanted over what it called fresh facts that confirmed that several millions of dollars were allegedly laundered illega...
The Special Fraud Unit (SFU) of the Nigeria Police may soon declare former Governor Bukola Saraki wanted over what it called fresh facts that confirmed that several millions of dollars were allegedly laundered illega...
2014-03-24
Remove subsidy on petroleum products, marketers tell FG
An Ilorin-based petroleum products marketer, Alhaji Abdulkareem Sanni, on Sunday urged the Federal Government to totally remove subsidy on all petroleum products. Sanni said subsidy had become a source throug...
An Ilorin-based petroleum products marketer, Alhaji Abdulkareem Sanni, on Sunday urged the Federal Government to totally remove subsidy on all petroleum products. Sanni said subsidy had become a source throug...
NAFDAC wants death penalty for fake drug importers
The Kwara State Coordinator of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Mrs. Juliana Abayomi, has canvassed death penalty for importers and marketers of fake and substandard drugs...
The Kwara State Coordinator of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Mrs. Juliana Abayomi, has canvassed death penalty for importers and marketers of fake and substandard drugs...
Oba Cup: Kwara, Kaduna duel in Benin.
Defending champion Kwara will today meet Kaduna in the final of this year's YSFON-organised Oba Cup for U-13 boys in Benin City, Edo State. Kwara defeated Edo by 5-4 penalties in one of the semi finals after the mat...
Defending champion Kwara will today meet Kaduna in the final of this year's YSFON-organised Oba Cup for U-13 boys in Benin City, Edo State. Kwara defeated Edo by 5-4 penalties in one of the semi finals after the mat...
Court dissolves three-yr-old marriage over insincerity claim
An Area Court in Ilorin on Monday dissolved the three-year-old marriage between one Memunat Ahmed and her husband, Shehu, due to irreconcilable differences. Memunat, 29, who resides in the Edun area of Ilor...
An Area Court in Ilorin on Monday dissolved the three-year-old marriage between one Memunat Ahmed and her husband, Shehu, due to irreconcilable differences. Memunat, 29, who resides in the Edun area of Ilor...
"My husband does not sleep at home," wife tells court
A housewife, Mrs Mariam Bello, on Monday prayed an Ilorin Area Court to dissolve her marriage to Isiaka Bello because he was in the habit of not sleeping at home. The 30-year-old woman of Maraba area, Ilorin,...
A housewife, Mrs Mariam Bello, on Monday prayed an Ilorin Area Court to dissolve her marriage to Isiaka Bello because he was in the habit of not sleeping at home. The 30-year-old woman of Maraba area, Ilorin,...
African Languages May Suffer Extinction - Prof Bamgbose
Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at the University of Ibadan, Professor Ayo Bamgbose, has called for the empowerment of African languages to prevent them from going extinct. According to him, when African la...
Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at the University of Ibadan, Professor Ayo Bamgbose, has called for the empowerment of African languages to prevent them from going extinct. According to him, when African la...
'Youths Deserve More Seats at Confab' - Prof Badmus
Former commissioner of National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Professor Yusuf Badmus, has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to allocate more slots to youths in the National Conference. He said most...
Former commissioner of National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Professor Yusuf Badmus, has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to allocate more slots to youths in the National Conference. He said most...
Rape: Police arrest 12 students in Kwara.
No fewer than 12 students of tertiary institutions in Kwara State have been arrested by the police command for alleged rape related cases. The state Commissioner of Police, Ambrose Aisabor, disclosed this whe...
No fewer than 12 students of tertiary institutions in Kwara State have been arrested by the police command for alleged rape related cases. The state Commissioner of Police, Ambrose Aisabor, disclosed this whe...
Kwara warns school authorities against illegal NECO fees
The Kwara State Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development last week warned principals of public senior secondary schools against collection of illegal fees from students registering for the 2014 National Exami...
The Kwara State Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development last week warned principals of public senior secondary schools against collection of illegal fees from students registering for the 2014 National Exami...
Bukola, Gbemi Saraki deny fighting over late father's property
SENATOR Bukola Saraki and his younger sister, Senator Gbemi Saraki have denied ever fighting over one of the property left behind by their late father, Dr. Olusola Saraki. News about their continued disagreem...
SENATOR Bukola Saraki and his younger sister, Senator Gbemi Saraki have denied ever fighting over one of the property left behind by their late father, Dr. Olusola Saraki. News about their continued disagreem...
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