2018-11-02

Minister harps on religious tolerance as church marks centenary
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has stressed the need for peaceful co-existence between Christian and Muslim faithful in order to engender peace and unity in the country. T...

Kwara commends FG for adopting State's 'Every Child Counts'model
The Kwara State Government has commended the Federal Government for its adoption of Every Child Counts, an education model introduced 10 years ago by the administration of former Governor Abubakar Bukola Saraki and sc...

Kwara Governor Ahmed receives remains of General Bamigboye
The final burial rites for the first Governor of Kwara State, Brigadier-General David Bamigboye (rtd) begins today with the arrival in Ilorin, the state capital, of the late military officer's remains. A Nigeri...

FG copied my 10-year-old child policy in Kwara -Saraki
President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has commended the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government for adopting the "Every Child Counts" education policy initiated by his administration 10 years ...

2018-11-01

Alcohol, tobacco high cause of breast cancer - expert
NAN A medical practitioner, Dr Toyosi Aibinuomo, on Wednesday warned against excessive consumption of alcohol and tobacco, to prevent breast cancer. Aibinuomo gave the advice in Ilorin at a seminar...

Blame academia for stunted democracy, says KWASU VC
FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInWhatsApp Vice Chancellor of Kwara State University (KWASU) Prof Abdulrashed Na'Allah has blamed Nigerian universities for the country's stunted growth. Prof Na'Allah said...

NYSC scandal: Bolaji Abdullahi may pick Kwara PDP ticket
A former minister of sports, Bolaji Abdullahi, may pick the governorship ticket of the PDP in Kwara State following allegation that the winner of the primary election, Razak Atunwa, did not participate in the compul...

2019: APC affirms Abdulrahman as Kwara governorship candidate
The Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday affirmed Abdulrasaq Abdulrahman as its gubernatorial candidate for the 2019 general elections. The chairman of the party, Bashir Bolarin...

It will be Difficult to Defeat Kwara PDP, Says APC Leader
Son of the former Chairman of Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences(ICPC), Late Mustapha Akanbi (rtd), Ahmed Mustapha Akanbi, wednesday said the task of All Progressives Congress(APC) in Kwara S...

2018-10-31

NCC chief makes a case for sports devt
Chief Executive Office of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Prof. Umar Danbatta, has called for the development of sports in the country. The don, who urged sports stakeholders in the country to suppo...

Kwara APC Stakeholders Forum will provide rallying point for all members of our party - Yahaya Seriki
The chairman of Kwara APC Stakeholders Forum, Ambassador Yahaya Seriki Gambari said, his party; All Progressives Congress (APC) is ready to occupy the government house on Ahmadu Bello, Ilorin come 2019. Speaki...

Kwara APC Crisis: Elders Council Wants Ex- FCC Chairman Sanctioned over Anti-party Activities
Crisis over the emergence of the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Kwara State, Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq, yesterday continued unabated as the elders council of the party asked the leadershi...

Kwara Begins Roads Rehabilitation
The Kwara State government is to begin the rehabilitation of roads in Ilorin, the state capital as rain subsides. The state commissioner for Works and Transport, Alhaji Aro Yahaya disclosed this in Ilorin yesterday. ...

Minimum wage: Kwara workers protest, insist on N30,000
The Joint Kwara Labour Congress, on Tuesday in Ilorin, staged a peaceful protest on the delay by the Federal Government to implement the N30,000 minimum wage demanded by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). The wor...

NLC blames Labour Minister over minimum wage saga
A member of the Central Working Committee (CWC) and National Executive Council (NEC) of NLC, Comrade Issa Aremu has condemned the position of the Minister of Labour and Employment, Doctor Chris Ngige, for trying to...

2018-10-30

500 APC Members Defect To PDP In Kwara
Membership of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State continued to swell as about 500 card carrying members of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday joined the ruling party. The dec...

Bamigboye, 1st Kwara military governor for interment on Saturday
The First Kwara military governor, Brig.-Gen. David Bamigboye, will be buried on Saturday, Nov. 3, according to the state government. The State's Head of Service, Mrs. Modupe Oluwole, told the News Agency ...

Kwara district head decries over five years' blackout October 29, 2018George Ogala Kwara State governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed Kwara State governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed Oba Daudu-Sulaiman, the district head of Aawe in Asa L...

2019: Why PDP'll win Kwara again - Banu
Kwara State commissioner for finance, Alhaji Nurudeen Demola Banu is a household name in Kwara politics. He told journalists at an empowerment programme he organised recently that Alhaji Razak Atunwa, the PDP govern...