2018-11-10

Edo, Kwara governors call for improved revenue generation to meet up new minimum wage
As Nigerians await a new minimum wage, Kwara State Governor, Abdufatah Ahmed has implored state governors to increase revenue generation in their respective states to meet up with the new minimum wage. The gove...

APC, PDP, 30 other parties for 2019 Kwara governorship poll
Three of the candidates female Group seeks proper child upbringing Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ON Friday released the names of 32 governorship candidates of different political parties for the ...

Suspect on wanted list caught committing another crime in Kwara
Kwara state police command has paraded a notorious and suspected crime kingpin in the Ilorin metropolis, Kale Bayero, together with four members of his gang. Bayero, who had been declared wanted by police ...

NDLEA seizes cannabis worth N250m in Kwara
The Kwara State Assistant Commander, Operations and Intelligence, Mr. Dandi Emmanuel, on Friday said that the state command had seized a lorry load of compressed Cannabis Sativa worth over N250m." He stated tha...

2018-11-09

Saraki reshuffles c'ttees, appoints Ndume chair
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, yesterday, ?reshuffled the leadership of four committees of the Senate. Saraki, while announcing the development at the end of plenary, said a former Senate Leader, Mohammed Ali...

Buhari swears-in Saadu Alanamu, 22 other NPC Commissioners
The former chairman of Kwara State Polytechnic Board, Dr Sa'adu Koroagba Alanamu has been sworn in alongside 22 others as Commissioners of the National Population Commission (NPC). Alanamu who expressed joy over...

One month to passing out, another Kwara Corps member dies of malaria
Barely a month to his passing out as a corps member serving in Kwara State, Allwell Daniel, had his life cut short after alleged brief battle with malaria. According to the post shared on NYSC forum on Facebook, ...

Saraki donates N10m to 630 flood victims in Kwara
Senate President Abubakar Bukola Saraki yesterday distributed cash gifts to 630 victims of flood disaster in his senatorial district, Kwara Central. The cash was disbursed to the beneficiaries at a brief ceremo...

2019: As internecine war lingers in Kwara APC. By AHMED 'LATEEF
Barely 100 days to the commencement of the 2019 general elections, the internal crisis rocking the Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the outcome of the primaries in yet to fizzle out as s...

Kwara APC primary: Oshiomhole apologizes to Saliu Mustapha over unauthorized announcement of his disqualification
The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress has apologized to one of the party's governorship aspirants in Kwara State, Mallam Saliu Mustapha over the unauthorized announcement of his disqualific...

2018-11-08

Saraki Donates N10m To 630 Flood Victims
The Senate President, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki, yesterday, distributed cash gifts to 630 victims of flood disaster in Kwara central senatorial district. The cash donation totalling N10 million was disbursed ...

INEC to deploy 1, 825 ad hoc staff for Kwara bye-election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday said it would deploy 1, 825 ad hoc staff for the Nov. 17 by-election for the vacant House of Representatives seat in Kwara. Malam Garuba Madami,...

Kwara United's Abubakar Bala explains reasons massive overhaul
Kwara United head coach, Abubakar Bala has affirmed that he kept faith with only 13 players out of those used to prosecute the Harmony Boys activities last season because he does not want the club to struggle. Th...

APC confident of victory in Kwara bye-election - Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Tuesday expressed confidence that the All Progressives' Congress' (APC's) would emerge victorious in the Nov. 17 House of Representatives bye-election i...

Kwara Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed addresses his peers on taxation
Dr. Muyideen Akorede who is Senior Special Assistant on Media and Communications to the Kwara Governor, told Pulse that Ahmed will be speaking at the 4th NGF National Internally Generated Revenue Peer Learning Event i...

2018-11-07

Kwara Hotel Ex-Boss, Gobir, Collapses In Court During Alleged Fraud Trial
A businessman and former boss of Kwara Hotels, Mohammed Gobir, has been reported to have collapsed at the hearing of his trial on Monday. Gobir, an indigene of Kwara State, and his company, Mondial Defence Syst...

Police nab cleric, nurse over missing placenta in Kwara
ILORIN—Officers of Kwara State Police Command are still battling to recover the placenta of a newborn baby allegedly sold to a cleric in Ilorin for ritual purposes by a nurse in a private hospital. At pres...

Kwara workers refuse to suspend strike
Many Kwara State workers yesterday shunned duties despite the suspension of the proposed strike of the organised labour over minimum wage.The strike was called off yesterday night when labour's demand of N30,000...