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2013-12-09
FG must declare emergency on unemployment - Saraki
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Environment and Ecology, Dr. Bukola Saraki, on Monday urged the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency on youths' unemployment to address youth restiveness and enhance pe...
Again, Pressure Mounts for Tukur's Sack
The insistence by governors of the Peoples Democratic Party that the national chairman of the party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, should be removed may dominate today's meeting in Abuja between President Goodluck Jonathan a...
Defection of G-7 Governors Won't Affect PDP - Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan has declared that the defection of five of the G-7 governors to the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) will not affect the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in any way. ...
Saraki remains our political leader - Kwara traditional rulers
Traditional rulers in Kwara State have unanimously supported the political leadership of the immediate past governor of the state, Senator Bukola Saraki. The traditional chiefs said their open declaration...

2013-12-08
Kwara produces youngest pilot
The pool of trained commercial pilots in Nigeria will increase on Thursday this week as the Kwara State Government owned International Aviation College in Ilorin graduates its first batch of eight commercial pilots , ...
Ahmed signs four bills into law, pledges more empowerment
The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed last Friday signed four bills into law with a pledge to streghten governance and further enhance the people's welfare in the coming year. The new laws are the N56....
NLC Urges Democrats To Emulate Mandela
THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged democrats all over the world to use the occasion of the recent death of the former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela “to organise” democratic dividends f...
PDP Agree to Dissolve Kwara Executive
The insistence by governors of the Peoples Democratic Party that the national chairman of the party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, should be removed may dominate today’s meeting in Abuja between President Goodluck Jona...
Dele Belgore set to join Kwara PDP
Indications emerged yesterday that the Kwara State governorship candidate of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in 2011, Mr Mohammed Dele Belgore, SAN, has finally agreed to join the Peoples Democratic Part...
2015: Will Ahmed survive Kwara political storm?
The eventual fusion of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State with the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the instance of its leader, Senator Bukola Saraki, over a week ago has since become a watershed in ...

2013-12-07
3 NDLEA men injured in raid of smokers' hideout
Three men of the Kwara State command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) were severely wounded on Wednesday in an encounter with weed smokers in Ilorin. Three others escaped by the whiskers, D...
NNL: Supreme Court FC Dare Wikki Tourists, Kwara United
The promoted Nigeria National League (NNL) side, Supreme Court FC, Abuja has said that they are ready for the coming league season, expected to kick off January 24 across the country. The team manager, Tolulo...
22 senators set to dump PDP for APC
ABOUT 22 Senators elected on the platform of PDP may be on their way to the All Progressive Party (APC). This is despite Wednesday’s trouble shooting visit to the Senate by the embattled National Chairman of th...
Old PDP, APC's nPDP flex muscles over secretariat
A conspicuous manifestation of the merger of members of the new PDP with the opposition APC in Kwara State is the sealing off of the PDP secretariat in the state by the Police. Crisis erupted over who is the rightful...
G5, G2 and 2015
The G7, as the group of seven PDP governors who staged a walk-out in protest at the special national convention of the party in August was then called, was canvassing reform and change in PDP, holding meetings and di...

2013-12-06
Health stakeholders urge to improve campaign against its spread
Alhaji Tajudeen Zulu-Oloje, the Chairman of the IIorin West Local Government area of Kwara on Thursday called on stakeholders in Health sector to intensify effort on its campaign against the spread of HIV/AIDS in Nig...
The Sun bags MANDAN award
Magazines and Newspapers Distributors' Association of Nigeria (MANDAN), Kwara State  chapter has given The Sun Publishing  Limited and six others newspapers award of excellence. Chairman of MAN...
APC not marketable in the North - PDP Chieftain
All Progressive Congress, APC, was yesterday described as a seasonal party that cannot stand the test of time and not marketable to Nigerians most especially in the north. A chieftain and founding member of t...
FERMA begins face-lift of Ilorin-Omu-Aran road, says Coordiator
The Federal Road Maintenance Agency,(FERMA) says it has commenced the rehabilitation of the bad potions of Ilorin-Omu-Aran-Egbe highways to ensure free flow of traffic during the Christmas and New Year periods....
Fish out fraudulent workers, KWSG charges labour
Kwara State government has frowned at a situation whereby some civil servants in the state engage in double appointment. The State's Head of Service (HOS), Alhaji Dabarako Mohammed made this known when memb...
University Don backs national confab
A University Don, Dr. Ebigbaha Sylvester says the proposed national confab will address some of the challenges facing Nigeria if purposefully implemented.  Dr. Ebigbaha says the challenges w...
Federal Character Commission: Again, Senate Shuns Rule, Confirms Oba AbdulRaheem As Chairman
The Senate again shunned its rule for the second time on Thursday to confirm the appointment of Professor Shaibu Oba Abdulraheem as the Chairman of the Federal Character Commission (FCC) for a second term in office i...
No Christmas break for ABS players
ABS football club of Ilorin say there will be  no Christmas  break for  their players and officials. This is to enable the team to prepare for the Nigerian National  League  which kic...
Senate Rejects Saraki's Objection, Confirms Oba's Re-appointment
The Senate Thursday confirmed the re-appointment of Professor Oba Abdulraheem as the Chairman of Federal Character Commission (FCC) despite stiff opposition to his return from Senators Bukola Saraki (Kwara Central) a...
Principals Flay Rise in Exam 'Miracle' Centres
Secondary school principals under the All Nigeria Confederation of Principals of Secondary Schools (ANCOPSSS) in Kwara State have complained over the influx of so-called exam miracle centres across the country. ...
Kwara Express targets world class service delivery
The Group Managing Director/CEO, Harmony Holdings Ltd, Mr. Tope Daramola has assured customers of Kwara State Transport Corporation (Kwara Express) of better days ahead in terms of world class service delivery standa...
APC Warns PDP, Presidency Against Removing Kwankwaso, Amaechi, Others From Office
The All Progressives Congress, APC, on Thursday warned the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, against its alleged plot to remove the five governors who recently left for the opposition party. APC, in a sta...
Yoruba Leaders Support Confab
Leaders of thought from the South-West have enjoined Yoruba people to participate in all processes leading to the National Cconference in order to realise aspirations for Yoruba autonomy within the country. T...
Jonathan nominates new ministers *Na'Abba, Gbemi Saraki, Adeniji scale security hurdles
President Goodluck has commenced covert process of replacing ministers who were dropped on September 11, 2013. Nigerian Tribune reliably gathered that nominees of three states had secured security clearan...
Senate Confirms Abdulraheem As Character Commission Chair
The Senate yesterday confirmed Prof. Shuaibu Oba Abdulraheem as chairman of the Federal Character Commission (FCC) after they rejected moves by Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki to stop his confirmation. Saraki ...
ABS FC coach joins Nasarawa Utd
The chief coach of Abubakar Bukola Saraki (ABS FC) of Ilorin, Kabiru Dogo, has moved to the Nasarawa United FC of Lafia, a team in the Nigeria National League (NNL). The general manager of the club, Alloy...
Kwara Assembly okays Kwara land charge amendment bill
The Kwara state Land Charge amendment bill twenty thirteen which was sent to the state House of Asembly by Governor AbdulFatah Ahmed in September, 2013 has been passed into law. The House passed the bill afte...

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