2019-05-21

EFCC grills Kwara Assembly Clerk, SSG over alleged N400m severance package paid lawmakers, others
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ilorin Zonal Office, has commenced investigations into the alleged illegal payment of about N400m to some members of the Kwara State House of Assembly and the State Executiv...

Kwara media houses facing operational challenges - Governor's Aide
The Kwara government says its three media houses - Radio Kwara, Kwara Television and the Herald Newspaper -have not collapsed. A statement issued on Monday in Ilorin by Muideen Akorede, the Sole Administrator o...

Kwara United players, officials protest unpaid salaries
Players and officials of Nigeria Professional Football League side, Kwara United, on Monday in Ilorin staged a protest over unpaid salaries to the state's Ministry of Finance. The players and officials, clad in t...

Kwara United beat Remo Stars for some succour
Relegation-threatened Kwara United Football Club of Ilorin on Monday defeated visiting Remo Stars FC of Sagan 2-1 in a lacklustre game. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Match Day 21 fixture in ...

Intrigues as Gbemisola Saraki Eyes Kwara Ministerial Slot
If feelers seeping out from the Kwara State chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress is anything to go, there is a titanic battle currently ongoing between two of the state's prominent people in what amounts to a...

KWARA ASSEMBLY TO SCREEN NOMINEES FOR 3 COMMISSIONS...FREEDOM OF INFORMATION BILL PASSES 1ST READING
The Kwara State House of Assembly is to screen and confirm nominees as chairmen and members of three Vacant Statutory Commissions tomorrow at the Floor of the House. The decision to screen the affected nominees by ...

2019-05-20

Gov. Ahmed presents staff of office to new Oluganna in Kwara
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara has presented a staff of office to Alhaji Abdullahi Kolawole, the newly appointed Oluganna of Ganmo in the Ifelodun LGA of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria reports tha...

Kwara Poly staff, students threaten protest against Gov Ahmed over Rector's appointment
Staff and students of Kwara State Polytechnic have threatened to stage a peaceful protest over the appointment of a new rector by the outgoing administration in the state. Mr. Kayode Rafiu, the leader of the st...

2019-05-19

Kwara Community Decries Attempt To Distort History
The People of Omu-Aran in Irepodun local government area of Kwara have vowed to resist any attempt aimed at distorting the town's traditional history by any person or group. The community made their position kn...

Value Your Culture, Alaro Charges Ilorin Emirate Indigenes
The Head, Department of Islamic Law, University of Ilorin, Prof. AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro, has charged the people of Ilorin Emirate to cherish their cultural heritage in order to ensure a functional connection betwe...

2019-05-18

Kwara Weightlifting Association restrategises to rekindle interest in sport
The Kwara Weightlifting Association is to restrategise in order to rekindle interest in the sport. A communique issued at the end of the association's meeting in Ilorin on Thursday restated its resolve to rekin...

Minimum Wage: Kwara TUC, FG Disagree on New Committee Home Living Minimum Wage: Kwara TUC, FG Disagree on New Committee LIVINGNEWS STATE BY STATE Minimum Wage: Kwara TUC, FG Disagree on New Committee
The organized labour on Thursday threatened to drag the Federal Government to court if it continued to delay the implementation of the N30, 000 new minimum wage recently signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari....

5,000 defect from PDP, others, to APC in Kwara
No fewer than 5,000 people from different parties in Kwara State South Senatorial District on Saturday defected to the All Progressives Congress at a rally in Omu-Aran, Kwara, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. ...

Kwara herbalist stings South Korean posing as Baru, Adesina
A 31-year-old man in Ilorin, Kwara state, who claimed to be an Islamic scholar and herbalist, Jamiu Isiaka has stung a South Korean, impersonating prominent public officials. Among the people that Isiaka imperson...

Saraki's political dynasty will bounce back in kwara, outgoing Speaker, Dr Ahmad Ali
•EFCC's style cannot stop corruption •What we expect from incoming govt The outgoing Speaker of Kwara State House of Assembly, Dr Ali Ahmad, is a lawyer. He was a lecturer in Ahmadu Bello University...