2019-04-04

Kwara Pensioners accuse state government of illegal deductions worth four-point-five billion naira
Pensioners in Kwara state have said that the government owes them four-point-five billion naira from alleged illegal deductions. In a statement jointly signed by the chairman of the Nigerian union of pensioners, Alhaji Sa...

Kwara election tribunal to lawyers, parties: Be wary of fraudulent agents
Kwara State Governorship and State Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Ilorin Thursday cautions lawyers and parties to be wary of persons who might be parading themselves as agents for fraudulent purposes....

Kwara poll: Tribunal orders substituted service on Governor-elect, INEC
The Chairman of Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Ilorin, Justice Bassey Effiong has granted permission to serve Kwara Governor-elect, Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq and Independent National Electoral ...

Kwara Governor-elect promises to run people-oriented administration
Kwara State Governor-Elect, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq said on Thursday that he would serve the best interest of Kwara State people and would run a people-oriented government. Abdulrazaq made the promise in Ilori...

Court Remands 2 Herbalists Nabbed With Coffin, Charm In Ilorin
An Ilorin Magistrate's Court in Kwara State has ordered that two herbalists – Adewale Bashiru and Owoade Olabisi – be remanded in prison custody for alleged money rituals. The suspects were arraigned before M...

2019-04-03

Policeman attacked by scavenger dies in Kwara
A policeman attached to Omu-Aran Police Division in Kwara State, who was attacked by a suspected mentally unstable man, is dead, the News Agency of Nigeria reports The deceased, simply identified as Sgt. Abu, wa...

NYSC begs FG to fence orientation camp in Kwara
COORDINATOR of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, in Kwara State, Mrs. Esther Ikupolati, yesterday, appealed to the Federal Government to construct a perimeter fence round the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp in Yikpa...

Kwara election tribunal gets three petitions
The election petitions tribunal in Kwara State has so far received two petitions over the just-concluded governorship election in the state. The tribunal also said it received only one petition on the state Hou...

Kwara state Governor-elect names 80-member transition committee
Kwara State Governor-elect AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has announced an 80-member Transition Committee (TC). AbdulRazaq made the announcement in a statement issued in Ilorin, the state capital, on Wednesday through hi...

2019-04-02

Nigerians Urged to Improve Reading Culture
Nigerians have been urged to play a role in improving reading culture and patronage of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) resources centres in order to drive academic growth in the country. The ad...

Kwara PDP denies being behind governor-elect's ordeal
The Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party on Sunday said It had no hand in a case filed against the state governor-elect, Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrazak, accusing him of allegedly forging his West African...

Kwara APC Crisis: S'Court fixes April 8 for judgement between Balogun-Fulani, Bolarinwa factions
Will the court sack the Kwara State Governor-elect, Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq or validate the judgement of the lower court to declare Kayode Abdulwahab Omotose as the rightful candidate of the All Progressiv...

Kwara APC warns elected NASS members on party supremacy
Ahead of the internal elections of the National Assembly that will give birth to the leaders that will direct the affairs of the 9th Upper and lower legislature. All Progressives Congress, APC, chairman in Kwara state, ...

Police extortion of students in Ilorin
Permit me to express my disgust at the criminal conduct of some bad eggs in the service of the Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Police in Ilorin. Policemen on patrol within Ilorin township constantly harass universit...

2019-04-01

7 Docked For Possession Of Human Parts In Ilorin
A middle aged woman, Aishat Yinusa and six others who were allegedly trading in human parts have been arraigned before an Ilorin High Court in Kwara State.. Other suspects arraigned alongside Ai...

Kwara APC Crisis: S'Court fixes April 8 for judgement between Balogun-Fulani, Bolarinwa factions
Will the court sack the Kwara State Governor-elect, Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq or validate the judgement of the lower court to declare Kayode Abdulwahab Omotose as the rightful candidate of the All Progressives C...

Ahmed denies influencing recruitment of new VC for Kwara varsity
Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed has said the Kwara State University (KWASU)'s Governing Council reserves the right to recruit a new Vice Chancellor (VC) as the incumbent's tenure expires. In a statemen...