2019-04-18

Sacrifice in National Interest, Saraki appeals to Nigerians
The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has urged Nigerians to imbibe the value of sacrificing in the interest of the country as demonstrated by Jesus Christ whose selfless service to humanity is being commemorated acr...

Nigeria currently gripped with gloom and violence, Buhari laments in Easter message
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that Nigeria is currently gripped with gloom occasioned by the killings, kidnappings and violence that have been witnessed in some states of the country. He described them as...

PRESS RELEASE
PRESS RELEASE 18/04/2019 EASTER CELEBRATION The Easter celebration is here again, the Christian faithful in the State will be celebrating the season with friends and families, this is expected to happen in a peac...

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. ...

Disquiet over plan to relocate Police PR School from Ilorin to IG Adamu's home State, Nasarawa
There is palpable anxiety over a plan to relocate Nigeria Police School of Public Relations (NPSPR) in Ilorin, capital of Kwara State to Nasarawa, the home state of the Acting Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Ada...

Gov. Ahmed approves appointment of new Emir of Patigi
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara state has approved the appointment of Alhaji Umar Ibrahim Bologi, as a new Etsu Patigi. In a letter, titled, approval of appointment/grading as First Class chief, signed by the co...

Minimum wage now N30,000 as Buhari assents to bill
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law the Minimum Wage Repeal and Re-Enactment Act, 2019. By this act, the new minimum wage is now N30,000. The President assented to the Act on Thursday in Abuja, ...

2019-04-17

Kwara APC canvasses rule of law in electing Assembly speaker
Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State have said that rule of law and legislative experience should not be sacrificed on the altar of sectionalism when electing ninth speaker of the state House of...

KWHA Wants Police to Take Over Recurrent Expenditure of Offa Barracks
Kwara State House of Assembly has called on the Acting Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to urgently take over the recurrent expenditure of the modern police barracks in Offa, Offa Local Government Area of th...

Seven die in Kwara auto crash
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) yesterday confirmed the death of seven persons in a fatal accident at Osi Bridge on the old Ilorin-Jebba-Mokwa road along Apado in Ilorin East council area of Kwara State. T...

Who Speaks for Kwara?
Hammed Shittu writes the issue of who emerges the 9th Speaker of the All Progressives Congress dominated Kwara State House of Assembly has become very intriguing In any democractic setting, the importance of le...

Rainstorm blows off parts of Kwara Assembly building
No fewer than five offices belonging to Kwara State lawmakers, a part of the administrative block, including the Office of the Clerk and a hall under construction, have been damaged by rainstorm at the Kwara House of As...

Kwara customs distributes seized items to Orphanage, IDPs
Nigeria Custom Service has begun free distribution of seized items kept at the government warehouse located at Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. Chairman of sub-committee for the distribution of seized items to or...

Kwara: Group roots for Popoola as speaker
A group of members of the APC in Kwara State has said the rule of law and legislative experience should not be sacrificed on the altar of sectionalism when electing the Speaker of the House of Assembly. Speaking ...

2019-04-16

Court affirms APC candidate as Reps-elect in Kwara
Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin, the state capital on Monday affirmed Mohammed Omar Bio as the House of Representatives-elect for Baruten /Kaiama Federal constituency of Kwara state. The Independent Na...

Etsu Patigi: There may be revolution if Kwara govt go against our wish – Kingmakers
Following the death of the Etsu Patigi, in Patigi local government area of Kwara state, the kingmakers, traditional title chiefs and the people of the town have warned against undue interference by some first class tr...

School teacher bitten to death by mysterious snake in Kwara
A mysterious snake has bitten a 49- year- old school teacher and mother of three, Mrs Mary Olubunmi Omoloye to death in her Sango area residence of Ilorin, Kwara state. Mrs Omoloye (a.k.a) Iya Success, was report...

Kwara community sets up team on economic devt
A socio-cultural, non- political and non -religious organisation in Kwara State, Isin community, Isin Local Government Area of the state, has set up an eleven- member committee to fasttrack the development of rural co...

Folorunsho Abdulrazaq reclaims his glory in Kwara
ON March 29, the Body of Benchers honoured 132 outstanding lawyers in Abuja. The Body of Benchers is a statutory body established by the Legal Practitioners Act of 1962 responsible for the call to the Bar of persons s...

2019-04-15

2 APC candidates claim Kwara assembly seat
Two APC candidates, Abdulwaheed Gbenga Yussuf and Mariam Joy Adeniran, are laying claim to the Kwara State House of Assembly seat for Essa/Shawo/Igbodun constituency in Offa Local Government Area. A gender-base...

Enyimba's Coach Hails Players' Mentality in Win against Kwara Utd
Enyimba's Technical Adviser, Usman Abd'Allah has handed out praises to his players following the team's 2-0 win against Kwara United in the Nigeria Professional Football League on Sunday evening in Aba. Stanley D...

UNICEF engages Kwara govt. on intervention programmes for children
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), says it will engage the Kwara government on necessary intervention programmes for children in the state. Dr Zakari Adam, Chief of Field Office, UNICEF, Kaduna, said ...