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2014-02-14
I wasn't deployed in Kwara for politics - CP
The new Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ambrose Aisabo, yesterday allayed the fear of the All Progressive Congress (APC) that his deployment to the state was to favour a particular political party. The sta...
The new Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ambrose Aisabo, yesterday allayed the fear of the All Progressive Congress (APC) that his deployment to the state was to favour a particular political party. The sta...
NYSC Remains a True Symbol of National Unity, Says Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan, on Thursday, urged the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to promote national unity and development. He made the call in his address to mark the passing-out of Batch 'A' 2013 cor...
President Goodluck Jonathan, on Thursday, urged the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to promote national unity and development. He made the call in his address to mark the passing-out of Batch 'A' 2013 cor...
Kwara Utd charges ABS, United fans to stick together
The General Manager of Kwara Utd Fc of Ilorin, Alhaji Haruna Maigidasanma, has called on soccer fans in the state to get behind his team and ABS FC inorder to ensure promotion next season. Maigidasanma made...
The General Manager of Kwara Utd Fc of Ilorin, Alhaji Haruna Maigidasanma, has called on soccer fans in the state to get behind his team and ABS FC inorder to ensure promotion next season. Maigidasanma made...
Gbemi, Bukola re-ignite Saraki's dynasty war
Politicians would seize any opportunity to manifest their talents. For the many political leaders in Kwara who had resisted the influence of Senator Bukola Saraki, the exit of the senator and his political godson, Go...
Politicians would seize any opportunity to manifest their talents. For the many political leaders in Kwara who had resisted the influence of Senator Bukola Saraki, the exit of the senator and his political godson, Go...
KWASU gets new registrar
The Kwara State University, Malete, has announced the appointment of Mr. Surajudeen Oyedokun Oyebode as its Registrar. Oyebode succeeds Mrs Modupe Akinrinmade, who completed her tenure on January 31, 2014.&nb...
The Kwara State University, Malete, has announced the appointment of Mr. Surajudeen Oyedokun Oyebode as its Registrar. Oyebode succeeds Mrs Modupe Akinrinmade, who completed her tenure on January 31, 2014.&nb...
Kwara House Rejects Executive Bill
The Kwara House of Assembly on Thursday rejected the passage of the Monitoring and Evaluation Bill sent by Gov. AbdulFatah Ahmed in January 2014. The legislators rejected the passage of the bill after the maj...
The Kwara House of Assembly on Thursday rejected the passage of the Monitoring and Evaluation Bill sent by Gov. AbdulFatah Ahmed in January 2014. The legislators rejected the passage of the bill after the maj...
Anguish as Kwara colonial bridge collapses again
Eight markets, prisons cut off For motorists, market men and women in Kwara State, the past four days have been very frustrating and difficult following the collapse of Moro bridge in Aiyelab...
Eight markets, prisons cut off For motorists, market men and women in Kwara State, the past four days have been very frustrating and difficult following the collapse of Moro bridge in Aiyelab...
Registration: APC chieftain lauds massive turnout in Kwara
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State, Mr Bode Towoju, has lauded the turnout for the party registration exercise in his Kwara South senatorial district. Towoju, said this wh...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State, Mr Bode Towoju, has lauded the turnout for the party registration exercise in his Kwara South senatorial district. Towoju, said this wh...
2014-02-13
Press Release: Our reaction to
the rejection of Monitoring and Evaluation Bill - Kwara PDP
The Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has commended members of the Kwara State House Assembly for standing against the passage of the Monitoring and Evaluation bill sent by Governor Abdulfatah A...
The Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has commended members of the Kwara State House Assembly for standing against the passage of the Monitoring and Evaluation bill sent by Governor Abdulfatah A...
KWASU Vacancy Advertisement
Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for the following vacant positions in Kwara State University. Candidates will also be considered for Contract or Adjunct ...
Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for the following vacant positions in Kwara State University. Candidates will also be considered for Contract or Adjunct ...
'Why Herdsmen Deserve Recognition'
National president, Jamu Nati Fulbe Association of Nigeria, a national body of Fulanis, Alhaji Abdulkadir Salihu, has appealed to the Federal Government for adequate recognition. He said the herders deserve m...
National president, Jamu Nati Fulbe Association of Nigeria, a national body of Fulanis, Alhaji Abdulkadir Salihu, has appealed to the Federal Government for adequate recognition. He said the herders deserve m...
ACF Gets New Officials, Holds Economic Lecture
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has elected new Board of Trustees (BOT) and National Executive Council (NEC). The new BOT and NEC will assume duties on February 18 after an inaugural ceremony to be chaired by form...
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has elected new Board of Trustees (BOT) and National Executive Council (NEC). The new BOT and NEC will assume duties on February 18 after an inaugural ceremony to be chaired by form...
2014 Kwara budget passes second reading
The 2014 Kwara State appropriation bill of N124. 5 billion has sailed through second reading on the floor of the state House with majority members calling for speedy passage of the bill. The Majority Lea...
The 2014 Kwara State appropriation bill of N124. 5 billion has sailed through second reading on the floor of the state House with majority members calling for speedy passage of the bill. The Majority Lea...
Kwara Assembly tasks education agencies on responsibilities
The Kwara State Ministry of Education, Teaching Service Commission (TSC) and the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) have been urged to double commitment in discharging their duties. The Kwara State...
The Kwara State Ministry of Education, Teaching Service Commission (TSC) and the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) have been urged to double commitment in discharging their duties. The Kwara State...
NOA urges Kwara workers to develop principles of character and values
In a bid to promote sound character and values among public servants in Kwara state, the Director of National Orientation Agency (NOA), Kwara directorate, Mr Felix Olowokere has urged all public servants to be more c...
In a bid to promote sound character and values among public servants in Kwara state, the Director of National Orientation Agency (NOA), Kwara directorate, Mr Felix Olowokere has urged all public servants to be more c...
Saraki: Events Have Overtaken Returning to PDP
Personality Interview Chairman, Senate Committee on Environment and Ecology, Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki, spoke with journalists recently in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, o...
Personality Interview Chairman, Senate Committee on Environment and Ecology, Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki, spoke with journalists recently in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, o...
2014-02-12
Union Suspends Ultimatum to Kwara Govt
Committee of Unions of Tertiary institutions (CUTI),Kwara state chapter has suspended its 7-day ultimatum to the state government to meet its demands. The committee at a meeting with the Special Adviser Labour to ...
Committee of Unions of Tertiary institutions (CUTI),Kwara state chapter has suspended its 7-day ultimatum to the state government to meet its demands. The committee at a meeting with the Special Adviser Labour to ...
Press Release: Belgore's speech on his defection to PDP
Today is very symbolic. It is symbolic because people have waited with baited breath for us to make a pronouncement on our political future. The expectations and the anxieties are understandable, given the happenin...
Today is very symbolic. It is symbolic because people have waited with baited breath for us to make a pronouncement on our political future. The expectations and the anxieties are understandable, given the happenin...
Kwara agency impounds 6,132 vehicles
The Kwara State Road Traffic Management Agency (KWARTMA) has said that it impounded 6,132 vehicles in 2013. The Assistant General Manager, Operations of the agency, Alhaji Mustapha Abdulraheem said: "We succeede...
The Kwara State Road Traffic Management Agency (KWARTMA) has said that it impounded 6,132 vehicles in 2013. The Assistant General Manager, Operations of the agency, Alhaji Mustapha Abdulraheem said: "We succeede...
Belgore defects to PDP in Kwara
The Kwara State governorship candidate for the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria in the 2011 election, Mr. Dele Belgore (SAN), on Wednesday announced his defection to the Peoples Democratic Party. The Senior...
The Kwara State governorship candidate for the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria in the 2011 election, Mr. Dele Belgore (SAN), on Wednesday announced his defection to the Peoples Democratic Party. The Senior...
Opinion: The exit of Sa'ad Ibrahim as CDS By Tunde Akanbi
THERE is time to occupy a position, and there is time to definitely vacate such position. There is nothing that has a beginning that has no end, only God that is everlasting. Admiral Ola Saad Ibrahim attended N...
THERE is time to occupy a position, and there is time to definitely vacate such position. There is nothing that has a beginning that has no end, only God that is everlasting. Admiral Ola Saad Ibrahim attended N...
Showdown in Senate - Mark Refuses to Read 11 Defectors' Letter
The 11 senators who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday stepped back from physically crossing the carpet in the face of a stand-off with Senate President ...
The 11 senators who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday stepped back from physically crossing the carpet in the face of a stand-off with Senate President ...
Defection - Mark Forecloses PDP Senators Defection to APC
President of the Senate, Senator David Mark literarily and legally foreclosed any further attempt by the 11 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senators to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Though five out ...
President of the Senate, Senator David Mark literarily and legally foreclosed any further attempt by the 11 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senators to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Though five out ...
Nat'l Conference: Kwara Muslims Faults Presidency over Nomination of 150 Delegates
Ahead of the proposed national conference, the Muslim community in Kwara State Tuesday faulted the alleged plan by the presidency to nominate 150 delegates for the conference. The Muslims also cauti...
Ahead of the proposed national conference, the Muslim community in Kwara State Tuesday faulted the alleged plan by the presidency to nominate 150 delegates for the conference. The Muslims also cauti...
Union Issues 7-Day Ultimatum To Kwara Govt
The Committee of Unions of Tertiary Institutions (CUTI) in Kwara on Tuesday in Ilorin gave the state government a seven-day ultimatum to implement its requests or face industrial action. The committee is the ...
The Committee of Unions of Tertiary Institutions (CUTI) in Kwara on Tuesday in Ilorin gave the state government a seven-day ultimatum to implement its requests or face industrial action. The committee is the ...
Press Release: Gbemi Saraki's Speech at a Recent Political Rally in Ilorin
Good day to you all. This is a very important day for me. This is a day I have decided to come out as one of you to summon you on a journey that will redefine the course of our lives.This is not the beginning...
Good day to you all. This is a very important day for me. This is a day I have decided to come out as one of you to summon you on a journey that will redefine the course of our lives.This is not the beginning...
2014-02-11
When Leah Charity Foundation battled cancer in Ilorin
Leah Charity Foundation, whose founding trustee is the wife of the Governor of Kwara State, Mrs. Omolewa Ahmed, staged a road show in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, against cancer, writes OLUKOREDE...
Leah Charity Foundation, whose founding trustee is the wife of the Governor of Kwara State, Mrs. Omolewa Ahmed, staged a road show in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, against cancer, writes OLUKOREDE...
Much ado about a letter
Since he received the letter of the 11 defecting Senators from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senate President David Mark has sat on it. Last week at a closed door ...
Since he received the letter of the 11 defecting Senators from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senate President David Mark has sat on it. Last week at a closed door ...
Opinion: Kwara and the politics of betrayals By Khadijat Abiola Alabi
We are indeed in a season of politics. It is also repulsively, a period for betrayals; when it is more beneficial to betray your benefactor for a pot of political favour from the centre of administrative gravit...
We are indeed in a season of politics. It is also repulsively, a period for betrayals; when it is more beneficial to betray your benefactor for a pot of political favour from the centre of administrative gravit...
Interview: APC should be praised for solving Rivers crisis - Ahmad
The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Justice, Dr. Ali Ahmad, who is a member of the All Progressives Congress, in this interview with SUCCESS NWOGU of The Punch , said the blockage of...
The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Justice, Dr. Ali Ahmad, who is a member of the All Progressives Congress, in this interview with SUCCESS NWOGU of The Punch , said the blockage of...
Senate May End Stalemate On Defectors Today
The controversy over defection of 11 senators from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) is expected to be laid to rest when the Senate resumes plenary today, Daily Trust learnt in...
The controversy over defection of 11 senators from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) is expected to be laid to rest when the Senate resumes plenary today, Daily Trust learnt in...
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