2018-12-08

Student committed suicide due to drug addiction, not project failure -UNILORIN
The Management of the University of Ilorin on Friday said that investigations by the institution, revealed that its student, late Mr. Adigun Emmanuel, committed suicide as an eventual culmination of drug addiction....

PDP, APC organise separate 'TraderMoni' in Kwara
TraderMoniVice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that there is no politics involved in its micro credit scheme, tradermoni, against rising criticism of the scheme. Speaking after official launch of the schem...

2018-12-07

2019: Hajia Sarat canvases votes for PDP Candidates
The Chairperson, Kwara State LG Service Commission, Hajia Sarat Adebayo, on Thursday, 6 December, 2018 continued her sensitization tour with a visit to Isale Koko, Gambari Ward ll in Ilorin-East LGA of the State. Haji...

2019: Governor Ahmed Warns Against Inciting Campaign Rhetoric
As campaigns open for the 2019 elections, the Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has cautioned political parties and their candidates to avoid utterances and slogans capable of rupturing the peace and harmo...

Court remands 3 men for alleged killing
A Magistrate Court in Ilorin has ordered that three men, Aminu Ibrahim, Abubakar Saadu and Oche Ella, be remanded in Federal Prison, Oke-Kura, for allegedly killing one Rasheedat Jimoh. The Senior Magistra...

Customs Ready To Curtail Rice Smuggling In Niger, Kwara, Kogi – Comptroller
The Nigeria Customs Service on Thursday expressed its readiness to curtail rice smuggling in the Niger Area Command comprising Niger, Kwara and Kogi States. Comptroller Abba Kassim, the Controller in charge of the area...

Senator Rafiu condemns politicisation of Tradermoni
THE Senator representing Kwara South senatorial district, Dr. Rafiu Ibrahim, has decried perceived politicisation of the Federal Government's Social Investment Programme, Tradermoni, saying only members of All Progres...

TraderMoni is APC's vote buying gimmick by Presidency - Kwara PDP
The Kwara state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described one of the Federal Government's social investment programme, TaderMoni as a vote buying gimmick by the All Progressives Congress (APC) led ad...

Opinion:Kwara Youth involvement in crime, call for concern
With Joke Adeniyi Jackson Few days ago, I was at the Magistrates' Court in Ilorin, Kwara State, what I witnessed within two hours stay made my heart bleed. A large percentage of the population of suspects brought for...

Kwara to pass law against water travel without life jacket
THE Kwara State House of Assembly has passed a motion outlawing anyone travelling on waterways in the state without a life jacket. A member representing Edu constituency in the Kwara State House of Assembly, who...

Thugs disrupt TraderMoni in Ilorin
SUSPECTED Hoodlums yesterday invaded the Mandate Market in Ilorin, Kwara State, to disrupt the disbursement of money to beneficiaries of the TraderMoni. They scared away petty traders and agents of the sche...

Kwara Assembly holds valedictory session for pioneer Speaker
Kwara House of Assembly, yesterday, held a valedictory session for its pioneer Speaker, Alhaji Shehu Usman, who died on November 26, aged 77. The valedictory session was also attended by all former speakers a...

2018-12-06

PDP leaders serve Buhari quit notice at Ilorin rally
The need to replace the All Progressives Congress, APC-led federal government as a means of ending the nation's multifarious problems was the highlight of the North Central zonal rally of Peoples Democratic Part, PDP,...

Gov. Ahmed Approves N115million For LG Staff and Teachers' Promotion
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has approved the release of N115m for the implementation of promotion of Local Government staff as well as teaching and non-teaching staff under the State Universal Basic ...

2019: Atiku takes campaign to North-Central, South-West
The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, will on Wednesday (today) take his campaign to the North-Central. Our correspondent learnt on Tuesday that the North-Central ra...

2018-12-05

Real reasons AGF cleared Saraki, Gov Ahmed of Offa robbery
Real reasons the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, cleared the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Kwara State Governor, Abdulfata Ahmed, and his Chief of Staff, Yusuf Abdulwahab...

Ilorin emirate traditional chiefs warn against division
The Ilorin Emirate traditional chiefs have warned politicians against moves to divide Ilorin Emirate. At a press conference in Ilorin, the traditional chiefs specifically took exception to a statement allegedly cre...

I never attacked Ilorin Emirate - Lai Muhammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has denied an allegation that he attacked the Ilorin Emirate in a recent speech. According to The Nation Newspaper, a group of traditional leaders alleged Mr...

Police lament shortfall of personnel in Kwara
KWARA State commissioner of police, Bolaji Fafowora, has lamented shortfall of officers and men in the command, saying that only 46 out of 116 traffic wardens are left to cover the whole command. Speaking when ...

Kwara Speaker describes state ACJA most sophisticated, efficient
...commends Gov Ahmed's assent The Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Dr. Ali Ahmad has eulogized Governor AbdulFatah Ahmed for assenting to law adopting the Administration of Criminal Justice Act...