2019-04-22

Kwara North Lawmakers-Elect deny report of disunity in choosing candidate for the post of Speaker
The Coalition of Kwara North Groups (CKNG) has said all the eight state lawmakers-elect from Kwara North senatorial district are united and working together to ensure one of them emerge as Speaker of the Kwara State Hou...

Clergy highlights unemployment as cause of insecurity in Nigeria
A clergy, Reverend Moses Tswanya has attributed the spate of insecurity in the country to unemployment and negligence on the part of the leaders. Reverend Tswanya who is the National President of United Miss...

Adebayo felicitates with Emir of Ilorin on seventy-ninth birthday
The President and founder, African Broadband Limited, owners of RoyalFM, RoyalTimes and RoyalTV online, Engineer Gbenga Adebayo, has felicitated with the Emir of Ilorin, Dr Ibrahim Sulu Gambari on the occasion of his se...

Kwara United suffers setback
Kwara United FC of Ilorin suffered a setback in their bid to retain their top flight status after playing out a goaless draw at home against visiting Insurance FC of Benin. The day 16 match of Nigeria Professiona...

NAFDAC raises alarm over prevalence of drug adicts in Nigeria
The National Agency for Food and Drug Adminitration and Control (NAFDAC) has again raised the alarm that Nigeria is sitting on a keg of gun powder due to the high rate and prevelence of drug adicts across the country....

2019-04-21

New Wage: Kwara TUC Urges Govt. To Curb Irrational Increase In Prices Of Commodities
Comrade Kolawole Olumoh, the Chairman of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) in Kwara has urged government at all levels to curb any irrational increase in the prices of commodities. Olumoh stated this on Sunday in Il...

Military JTF deployed to Ekiti-Kwara border against bandits
Ekiti State government has ordered the deployment of military Joint Task Force patrol across towns sharing border with Kwara State. The operational squad was instituted to curtail the overbearing influence of t...

2019-04-20

Kwara workers protest non-remittance of salary deductions
AGGRIEVED workers of the Kwara state Water Corporation on thursday staged a protest against the management of the corporation in Ilorin over non-remittance of their 55 months' deductions from their monthly salaries to c...

Oro community holds prayer over judgement on name
The Oro community in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara, on Friday organised a thanksgiving prayer over a recent Supreme Court Judgement that affirmed 'Oro' as the authentic name of the community. Oro is the...

Kwara College workers embark on indefinite strike
Staff of the Kwara State College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies have embarked on an indefinite strike over non-payment of their four months salaries. Staff of the state college of education have also begun a...

2019-04-19

Ilorin residents groan as rainstorm destroys houses
One of the buildings distroyed by the rainstorm. As the rainy season set in many residents of Kwara have continue to groan over damaged caused to their homes as a result of rainstorm that pulled down roofs of their...

FAAC: Kwara Gets N3.3b for March as LGs Receive N2.4b
The Kwara State Government is to receive a sum of N3,307,918,431,91 as allocation from the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) March 2019. The State Commissioner for Finance, Alhaji Demola Banu, m...

Kwara House of Assembly rejects Transition committee, gives reason
Kwara State House of Assembly has rejected the request of the Transition Committee set up by the state Governor-elect, Alhaji AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq, for a handover note on the activities of the Assembly. The H...

Minimum Wage: What I expect from workers - Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has challenged Nigerian workers to justify the signing into law of the new N30,000 National Minimum wage by showing more commitment to their work. The president stated this shortly afte...