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2018-10-08
National Assembly: Use court, not force over Saraki, Dogara, SANs advise
SOME Senior Advocates of Nigeria have called for a judicial intervention to determine the fate of the President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, o...
Saraki may emerge PDP Kwara Central senatorial candidate - Shittu
The Kwara State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Kola Shittu, on Sunday, said it was possible for the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, to emerge the Kwara Central senatorial candidate of the party....
Kwara APC alleges imposition of candidate in governorship primaries
SOME political groups in the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara state, Kwara Elders Unity Forum (KEUF) and Kwara Rescue Movement, have accused national secretariat of the party of allegedly anointing one of the clea...
Kwese Basketball League: Kwara Falcons shock Hoops N Read in semi-final
Kwara Falcons came back from the dead to edge out Hoops N Read in the second semi-final match of the 2018 Kwese Basketball League Final 8 competition on Saturday night. The team from Kwara state now joins G...
Kwara Assures On Quality Teachers' Recruitment
The Kwara State Government has pledged its commitment to the provision of quality teachers with the aim of sustaining high quality of education in the state. The Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Devel...
Kwara PDP Berates APC over Guber Primary Violence
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State has berated the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the series of violence that marred its Saturday governorship primary in the state. Ther...
Union honours 25 new professors in Kwara, tasks them on community development
The Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union on Sunday in Ilorin honoured 25 new Professors from various universities in the country, who are indigenes of the llorin Emirate in Kwara. The News Agency of Nig...
Bala to get new contract as Kwara Utd retains 22 players
Oladimeji Thompsom, Chairman of Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) side, Kwara United FC of Ilorin, has said the club would retain and give Coach Abubakar Bala a new contract. Thompson told the News Ag...

2018-10-07
Thugs attacks journalists covering governorship primaries in Ilorin
Political thugs suspected to be members of All Progressives Congress (APC) attacked journalists covering the governorship primaries of the party in Kwara state. The national leadership of the party has cleared ...
Kwara South Strides Towards Development. By Oladipo Magaji
In this report, OLADIPO MAGAJI x-rays Kwara governor Abdulfatah Ahmed's developmental stride in the southern part of the state. The Kwara state governor, Alh Abdulfatah Ahmed during his inauguration...
APC clears eight aspirants to contest Kwara State Governorship Primaries
APC clears eight aspirants to contest Kwara State Governorship Primaries The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has cleared eight aspirants for its governorship primaries holding on Saturda...
Abdulazeez Oniyangi Wins NPM's Governorship Ticket In Kwara
AbdulAzeez Oniyangi has won the governorship ticket of the New Progressive Movement (NPM) in Kwara State after its primary on Saturday. He emerged as the consensus candidate and was subsequently aff...
IT'S TIME TO RESTORE THE STATUS OF TEACHERS, Comrade Aremu
Labour Party (LP) Governorship Candidate in Kwara State, Comrade Issa Aremu says it is time to restore the dignity of thousands of teachers in the state. He said this in a statement of congratulation to Nig...

2018-10-06
NCAA restores ATO certificate of Ilorin International Aviation College
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has restored the Approved Training Organisation certificate of International Aviation College, Ilorin, Dr Muideen Akorede, the Senior Special Assistant on Media to Governor Abdulf...
Couple, three others nabbed with 11 human skulls, other parts in Ilorin
THREE fresh human skulls, eight dry ones, several suspected human bones, a bunch of human hairs and other items were yesterday morning recovered from a suspected ritualist's house in Ilorin by detectives of Kwara State ...
Belgore withdraws from Kwara governorship race
One of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirants in Kwara State, Mohammed Dele Belgore, has stepped down. Belgore, who was the governorship candidate of the rested Action Congress of Nigeria (A...

2018-10-05
Flooding: NEMA declares Benue, Kogi, Niger, Kwara, 8 others worst affected states
... Receives UN Commendation After its assessment, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has declared 12 states along the River Niger and Benue as worst affected by flood disaster this year while other st...
ICYMI: EFCC arraigns Saraki's aide for alleged N3.5bn fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday arraigned an aide to Senate President Bukola Saraki, Gbenga Makanjuola, for an alleged fraud of N3.5bn. Makanjuola was arraigned alongside a firm, Mel...
Kwara APC primaries start today - Lai Mohammed
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, yesterday, blamed the delay in conducting primaries of All Progressives Congress, APC, Kwara State on logistics, but hailed the aspirants' perseverance and annou...
Foundation offers 17m to 813 Kwara indigent students in four years
An NGO, Bunmi and Babalola Foundation in Omu-Aran, Kwara, on Thursday says it has offered no fewer than 813 students the sum of N17m as grants through its annual scholarship empowerment scheme. Eng. Sunday B...
Bankole hails Saraki, delegates for his affirmation
The House of Representatives candidate nominated for Irepodun /Ekiti/ Oke-Ero/ Isin federal constituency under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)in Kwara state in the 2019 general election, Engineer Dare Bankole has c...
Olayonu again wins Reps ticket under PDP
A serving member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Olarinoye Tope Olayonu has again secured the ticket to recontest his present position under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the National Assembly. Hon....
Kwara South PDP Senatorial Ticket: Governor Ahmed Attributes Victory to Inclusiveness, Thanks Saraki
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has attributed his emergence as the PDP Kwara South Senatorial Candidate to the inclusiveness championed by the Saraki political family in the state. In a personally ...
Governor Ahmed Appoints Six New Permanent Secretaries
The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has approved the appointment of six new permanent secretaries. According to a statement signed by the Head of Service, Kwara State, Mrs. Susan Oluwole, on Thurs...

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