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2014-01-22
List of New Special Advisers (13) to Governor Ahmed of Kwara State
1. Alhaji Raheem Adedoyin (Government Communication Strategies) 2. Otunba Taiye Afolabi (Infrastructure) 3. Rtd CP Amosa Bello (Security Services) 4. Engr. Abdulkareem Ayinde (Local Government...
1. Alhaji Raheem Adedoyin (Government Communication Strategies) 2. Otunba Taiye Afolabi (Infrastructure) 3. Rtd CP Amosa Bello (Security Services) 4. Engr. Abdulkareem Ayinde (Local Government...
Press Release: Count me out of new APC - Belgore
Mohammed Dele Belgore SAN wishes to state that there is no truth to the report in a section of the media that he has floated a faction of the APC nicknamed the New APC. He is not party to any such thing, if it exists...
Mohammed Dele Belgore SAN wishes to state that there is no truth to the report in a section of the media that he has floated a faction of the APC nicknamed the New APC. He is not party to any such thing, if it exists...
Breaking News: Kwara Governor Appoints 13 New Special Advisers
Details shortly.. Click to view the list of new Special Advisers (13) to Governor Ahmed of Kwara State...
Details shortly.. Click to view the list of new Special Advisers (13) to Governor Ahmed of Kwara State...
20 Kwara Lawmakers defect to APC
Twenty lawmakers of Kwara State House of Assembly on Wednesday formally defected to the All Progressives Congress. The defected members which included the Speaker, Mr. Razak Atunwa, his deputy, Prof. Yisa M...
Twenty lawmakers of Kwara State House of Assembly on Wednesday formally defected to the All Progressives Congress. The defected members which included the Speaker, Mr. Razak Atunwa, his deputy, Prof. Yisa M...
Breaking News - KWHA: 22 Lawmakers move to APC, Iliasu & Baakini Remain in PDP
Details shortly.....
Details shortly.....
Press Release: I remain the Kwara State Chairman of APC. - Rev Bunmi Olusona
My attention has been drawn to a statement credited to Mr. Tijani Tumsah , the interim National Secretary of the APC dissociating the leadership of the party from our State Chapter. He went on to say that Governor Abdul...
My attention has been drawn to a statement credited to Mr. Tijani Tumsah , the interim National Secretary of the APC dissociating the leadership of the party from our State Chapter. He went on to say that Governor Abdul...
Press Release: No Interim Exco in Kwara - APC
Our attention has been drawn to one Rev. Bunmi Olusona, who is parading himself as the Interim Chairman of the APC in Kwara State. We hereby state that our party has not inaugurated the interim executive committe...
Our attention has been drawn to one Rev. Bunmi Olusona, who is parading himself as the Interim Chairman of the APC in Kwara State. We hereby state that our party has not inaugurated the interim executive committe...
Press Release: New APC (nAPC) to be launched soon.
Members of the Kwara State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress APC wish to congratulate Mohammed Dele Belgore, (SAN) of Kwara State, former Governors Ibrahim Shekarau of Kano, Attahiru Bafarawa of Sokoto, M. Buba ...
Members of the Kwara State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress APC wish to congratulate Mohammed Dele Belgore, (SAN) of Kwara State, former Governors Ibrahim Shekarau of Kano, Attahiru Bafarawa of Sokoto, M. Buba ...
Health workers' strike unnecessary, unwarranted - FG
The Federal Government yesterday described decision by the Joint Health Sector Union, JOHESU, and Assembly of All Healthcare Professionals, AHPN, to suspend services in all public health facilities across the country...
The Federal Government yesterday described decision by the Joint Health Sector Union, JOHESU, and Assembly of All Healthcare Professionals, AHPN, to suspend services in all public health facilities across the country...
2015 elections'll be better than others, says Jega
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, yesterday promised that the 2015 general elections will be better than the previous polls ever orrganised in the country. ...
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, yesterday promised that the 2015 general elections will be better than the previous polls ever orrganised in the country. ...
Kwara pensioners to CJN: Save our lives
Pensioners in Kwara State yesterday called on the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Aloma Muktar, to compel the state government to pay the arrears of their gratuities amounting to N1.68 billion. The pen...
Pensioners in Kwara State yesterday called on the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Aloma Muktar, to compel the state government to pay the arrears of their gratuities amounting to N1.68 billion. The pen...
Bafarawa, Marwa, Shekarau to form New APC - Kwara chapter *May face expulsion as APC NEC meets
Progressives Congress (APC), to be known as New APC (nAPC), will soon be launched across the country, the Kwara State chapter of the party has said. The party, in a statement on Tuesday, declared that like mi...
Progressives Congress (APC), to be known as New APC (nAPC), will soon be launched across the country, the Kwara State chapter of the party has said. The party, in a statement on Tuesday, declared that like mi...
Ahmed seeks Kwara Assembly's nod for N206m loan
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed has requested the Kwara State House of Assembly to approve for his administration a loan of N206 million, to be drawn from Ecobank Plc. According to the request, which was containe...
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed has requested the Kwara State House of Assembly to approve for his administration a loan of N206 million, to be drawn from Ecobank Plc. According to the request, which was containe...
Kwara NIS repatriates 100 illegal immigrants
No fewer than 100 illegal immigrants in Kwara State have been repatriated by the state command of the Nigerian Immigrations Services, the state Comptroller, NIS, Mr Nwachukwu Chime, has said. In an interview ...
No fewer than 100 illegal immigrants in Kwara State have been repatriated by the state command of the Nigerian Immigrations Services, the state Comptroller, NIS, Mr Nwachukwu Chime, has said. In an interview ...
Kwara Govt Gives Contractors Marching Orders
The Kwara Government on Tuesday directed contractors handling road and bridge projects across the state to take advantage of the current dry season to complete them. Alhaji Alabi Amuda, the Permanent Secretar...
The Kwara Government on Tuesday directed contractors handling road and bridge projects across the state to take advantage of the current dry season to complete them. Alhaji Alabi Amuda, the Permanent Secretar...
Opinion: Why Jonathan may not be returned in 2015 By Uche Igwe
Day by day, it is becoming clearer that President Goodluck Jonathan may not be returned to his position if he decides to re-contest in 2015. You can take this to the bank. Here are my reasons. The first reason is tha...
Day by day, it is becoming clearer that President Goodluck Jonathan may not be returned to his position if he decides to re-contest in 2015. You can take this to the bank. Here are my reasons. The first reason is tha...
Without Goodluck, Nigeria would have disintegrated - Smart Adeyemi
Senator Smart Adeyemi, was a former president of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ before his entry into the political arena. Senator Adeyemi who represents Kogi West Senatorial District is also the vice-cha...
Senator Smart Adeyemi, was a former president of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ before his entry into the political arena. Senator Adeyemi who represents Kogi West Senatorial District is also the vice-cha...
Defected members begging to come back - Kwara PDP
The Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday said that former members who defected with the Senator representing Kwara Central, Dr. Bukola Saraki, to the All Progressive Congress, APC, are ...
The Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday said that former members who defected with the Senator representing Kwara Central, Dr. Bukola Saraki, to the All Progressive Congress, APC, are ...
2014-01-21
UNILORIN announces N4.5million as grant after 3 students bag NUDTAS Award
About N4.5 million as been announced by the authority of University of Ilorin as research grant for the three outstanding supervisors whose students recently excelled at the Nigeria Universities Doctoral Thesis Award...
About N4.5 million as been announced by the authority of University of Ilorin as research grant for the three outstanding supervisors whose students recently excelled at the Nigeria Universities Doctoral Thesis Award...
NUJ advocates for massive youth employment
The chairman of the kwara state council of Nigeria Union of Journalist (NUJ), Mallam Abiodun Abdulkareem has advocated for massive youth employments in a bid to increase economic development and to alleviate poverty ...
The chairman of the kwara state council of Nigeria Union of Journalist (NUJ), Mallam Abiodun Abdulkareem has advocated for massive youth employments in a bid to increase economic development and to alleviate poverty ...
Ahmed denies lobbying to return to PDP
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State at the weekend said it had uncovered moves by its former members who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) to return to the party. The party in a ...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State at the weekend said it had uncovered moves by its former members who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) to return to the party. The party in a ...
Jonathan Submits Names Of 12 Ministerial Nominees, No Kwaran in List
resident Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday transmitted to the Senate, the names of 12 ministerial nominees for confirmation. The senate president, David Mark, announced the names of the nominees on the f...
resident Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday transmitted to the Senate, the names of 12 ministerial nominees for confirmation. The senate president, David Mark, announced the names of the nominees on the f...
Opinion - Gbemisola Saraki: A rare but endangered specie. By Rahman Adelodun
It was at the G3 political meeting in Abuja, and there seated was Sen. Gbemisola Saraki. Elegant, radiant and level-headed, she sat and listened throughout the session, except of course the occasional fiddling with h...
It was at the G3 political meeting in Abuja, and there seated was Sen. Gbemisola Saraki. Elegant, radiant and level-headed, she sat and listened throughout the session, except of course the occasional fiddling with h...
KWSG Gives Contractors Marching Orders.
The Kwara Government on Tuesday directed contractors handling road and bridge projects across the state to take advantage of the current dry season to complete them. Alhaji Alabi Amuda, the Permanent Secretar...
The Kwara Government on Tuesday directed contractors handling road and bridge projects across the state to take advantage of the current dry season to complete them. Alhaji Alabi Amuda, the Permanent Secretar...
2014-01-20
SURE-P belongs to Nigerians - Kamal Fagbemi
The Federal Government has been warned against coercing the people of Kwara State to join the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) using the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P) jobs as a bait. A...
The Federal Government has been warned against coercing the people of Kwara State to join the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) using the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P) jobs as a bait. A...
'APC to take over Reps majority leader, other positions'
The spokesman for the House of Representatives has disclosed that the House would effect leadership changes to reflect the current political realities in the chamber, following defections from the ruling PDP. ...
The spokesman for the House of Representatives has disclosed that the House would effect leadership changes to reflect the current political realities in the chamber, following defections from the ruling PDP. ...
'Tukur should have resigned before defection of G-5 governors'
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members in Kwara State that defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) have described the resignation of Alhaji Bamanga Tukur as a belated action not capable of having any impact o...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members in Kwara State that defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) have described the resignation of Alhaji Bamanga Tukur as a belated action not capable of having any impact o...
PDP chair: Jonathan, govs choose Mu'azu
A former Governor of Bauchi State, Alhaji Adamu Mu'azu, has been chosen as the new Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party by President Goodluck Jonathan and governors. He will replace the former chair...
A former Governor of Bauchi State, Alhaji Adamu Mu'azu, has been chosen as the new Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party by President Goodluck Jonathan and governors. He will replace the former chair...
Imengers make history as first father, son to play for Nigeria
It's rare in football, but Barnabas Imenger and son, Nanen, have made history as the first father and son to play for Nigeria in the modern era. There have been several successful ‘father and son' p...
It's rare in football, but Barnabas Imenger and son, Nanen, have made history as the first father and son to play for Nigeria in the modern era. There have been several successful ‘father and son' p...
Ahmed approves N60m for NECO, NABTEC fees
Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed has approved N60 million for the payment of National Examination Council (NECO) and National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB) examinations' fees for 6167 pupils...
Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed has approved N60 million for the payment of National Examination Council (NECO) and National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB) examinations' fees for 6167 pupils...
SS3 student hangs self in school premises
A 17-year-old student in Senior Secondary School 3 at Oro Grammar School,Oro, in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, Anthony Oyeniyi, on Monday reportedly hanged himself within the school premises....
A 17-year-old student in Senior Secondary School 3 at Oro Grammar School,Oro, in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, Anthony Oyeniyi, on Monday reportedly hanged himself within the school premises....
2014-01-19
IPMAN Takes Measures To Avert Disruption Of Petroleum Products Distribution
The national body of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has begun intervention process to engage Ogun State government on road repair projects with the view to averting looming disrupt...
The national body of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has begun intervention process to engage Ogun State government on road repair projects with the view to averting looming disrupt...
He loves cigarettes more than me - Wife
An Ilorin Area Court in Kwara State has dissolved the three-year-old marriage between one Sherifat Azeez and her husband, Nurudeen, over the latter’s smoking habit. Thirty one-year-old Sherifat, a resid...
An Ilorin Area Court in Kwara State has dissolved the three-year-old marriage between one Sherifat Azeez and her husband, Nurudeen, over the latter’s smoking habit. Thirty one-year-old Sherifat, a resid...
Unilorin don bags Stanford varsity appointment
A lecturer at the Department of Geology, University of Ilorin, Dr. Wasiu Raji, has bagged a Postdoctoral appointment at the Department of Geophysics, Stanford University, USA. The appointment is for one year with eff...
A lecturer at the Department of Geology, University of Ilorin, Dr. Wasiu Raji, has bagged a Postdoctoral appointment at the Department of Geophysics, Stanford University, USA. The appointment is for one year with eff...
Sen Smart Adeyemi's Wife's Confession: I played hard to get on my husband!
Mrs. Yemisi Smart Adeyemi was a newscaster with the Nigerian Television Authority, Ilorin where she met her husband, Senator Smart Adeyemi, who was equally working at the NTA. She left after 1...
Mrs. Yemisi Smart Adeyemi was a newscaster with the Nigerian Television Authority, Ilorin where she met her husband, Senator Smart Adeyemi, who was equally working at the NTA. She left after 1...
How Abdurrashed, Tafeeqah Met in Lagos, Married In Kwara
On Saturday, January 4 2014, in Aran Oni community, Kwara State will never forget in a rush how the Editor-in-Chief of Al-Fahm and entertainment editor of the Encomium Magazine, Mallam Abdur-rasheed wedded his hearth...
On Saturday, January 4 2014, in Aran Oni community, Kwara State will never forget in a rush how the Editor-in-Chief of Al-Fahm and entertainment editor of the Encomium Magazine, Mallam Abdur-rasheed wedded his hearth...
We Will Not Return To PDP - Saraki
The chairman, Senate committee on Ecology and Environment, Dr Bukola Saraki, has denied rumour of plan by him to return to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Saraki dissociated himself from any link or...
The chairman, Senate committee on Ecology and Environment, Dr Bukola Saraki, has denied rumour of plan by him to return to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Saraki dissociated himself from any link or...
Opinion: All the President's Enemies. By Simon Kolawole
Does President Goodluck Jonathan sleep at night? Does he not have nightmares? Does he not wake up midnight, sweating and screaming? I have had to wonder at times - given the groundswell of opposition against him. On ...
Does President Goodluck Jonathan sleep at night? Does he not have nightmares? Does he not wake up midnight, sweating and screaming? I have had to wonder at times - given the groundswell of opposition against him. On ...
Why We Published Names of 24 Expelled Students - Unilorin
Dean, Student Affairs, University of Ilorin, Prof. Lawal Omotosho, said today that the publication of the names of 24 expelled students was to serve as deterrent to others. Omotesho told the News Agen...
Dean, Student Affairs, University of Ilorin, Prof. Lawal Omotosho, said today that the publication of the names of 24 expelled students was to serve as deterrent to others. Omotesho told the News Agen...
We Are Building Capacity For The Aviation Industry - Abdulkarim
Recently, the International Aviation College, Ilorin, Kwara State graduated its first students. In this interview with NKEM OSUGAWU, Captain Nuhu Abdulkarim, Rector of the institute, highlights how the school is ...
Recently, the International Aviation College, Ilorin, Kwara State graduated its first students. In this interview with NKEM OSUGAWU, Captain Nuhu Abdulkarim, Rector of the institute, highlights how the school is ...
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