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2018-08-17
2019 and the menace of vote buying. By AHMED 'LATEEF
Ilorin, the Kwara State capital was a beehive of activities at the weekend where at two different fora, stakeholders deplored rising cases of financial inducement during electioneering, which was identified as anathema ...
Ilorin, the Kwara State capital was a beehive of activities at the weekend where at two different fora, stakeholders deplored rising cases of financial inducement during electioneering, which was identified as anathema ...
Olomu stool: We have done our part - Kwara LG
The Irepodun Local Government Council of Kwara on Friday said it had exercised its responsibility in respect of the process leading to the selection of the new Olomu of Omu-Aran. The council made the clarific...
The Irepodun Local Government Council of Kwara on Friday said it had exercised its responsibility in respect of the process leading to the selection of the new Olomu of Omu-Aran. The council made the clarific...
Saraki, Lai Mohammed in battle for the soul of Kwara
Ahead of the 2019 general election, a political supremacy battle is looming in Kwara State, ostensibly between forces loyal to the Senate president, Dr. Bukola Saraki and supporters of the Minister of Information and Cu...
Ahead of the 2019 general election, a political supremacy battle is looming in Kwara State, ostensibly between forces loyal to the Senate president, Dr. Bukola Saraki and supporters of the Minister of Information and Cu...
2018/2019 Session: Offa Health Tech, releases admission list
The Kwara State College of Health Technology, Offa (Offa Health Tech) has released its first and second batch admission list for the 2018/2019 academic session. According to a statement on the website of the institu...
The Kwara State College of Health Technology, Offa (Offa Health Tech) has released its first and second batch admission list for the 2018/2019 academic session. According to a statement on the website of the institu...
Olomu Stool: Ministry denies receiving Adeoti's nomination for the throne
The official announcement of the next Olomu of Omu-Aran may not happen soon after the office Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy Affairs and Community Development, last night, denied receiving the name of the n...
The official announcement of the next Olomu of Omu-Aran may not happen soon after the office Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy Affairs and Community Development, last night, denied receiving the name of the n...
Offa robbery probe: Saraki not exonerated, say AGF, IG
Senate President Bukola Saraki has not been cleared of his alleged complicity in the Offa robbery, it was learnt yesterday. The Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), the Nigeria Po...
Senate President Bukola Saraki has not been cleared of his alleged complicity in the Offa robbery, it was learnt yesterday. The Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), the Nigeria Po...
2019: Saraki defection would return PDP to power, says Kwara guber aspirant
A 2019 governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State, Alhaji Mohammed Ibrahim Ajia, has warned against what he called "needless vilification" of the President of the Senate, Dr Abubaka...
A 2019 governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State, Alhaji Mohammed Ibrahim Ajia, has warned against what he called "needless vilification" of the President of the Senate, Dr Abubaka...
Baraje to Oshiomhole: Saraki can't be impeached via Gestapo approach
The leader of the Reformed All Progressives Congress, Alhaji Kawu Baraje, has said that the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, cannot be impeached by Gestapo approach. He said it was an insult on Nigerians for t...
The leader of the Reformed All Progressives Congress, Alhaji Kawu Baraje, has said that the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, cannot be impeached by Gestapo approach. He said it was an insult on Nigerians for t...
NIMC releases 29,117 National Identity cards in Kwara
The National Identity Management Commission in Kwara State, has released a total of 29,117 national identity cards for registered Nigerians in the state. Mr Habeeb Olumo, Kwara State Coordinator of NIMC, disclo...
The National Identity Management Commission in Kwara State, has released a total of 29,117 national identity cards for registered Nigerians in the state. Mr Habeeb Olumo, Kwara State Coordinator of NIMC, disclo...
ITF, Kwara train youths in skill acquisition
The Director-General of the Industrial Training Fund, Mr Joseph Ari, has said that the National Industrial Skills Development Programme is a solution to unemployment among youths in Nigeria. He, therefore, stated...
The Director-General of the Industrial Training Fund, Mr Joseph Ari, has said that the National Industrial Skills Development Programme is a solution to unemployment among youths in Nigeria. He, therefore, stated...
Release Kwara Gov's aide or risk imprisonment, court tells Police IG
A High Court sitting in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital presided over by Justice Ibrahim Yusuf, has threatened to imprison the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Idris Ibrahim, for alleged contempt of court proceeding...
A High Court sitting in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital presided over by Justice Ibrahim Yusuf, has threatened to imprison the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Idris Ibrahim, for alleged contempt of court proceeding...
300,000 PVCs yet to be collected in Kwara - INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said no fewer than 300,000 eligible voters in Kwara are yet to collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs). Garba Madami, Resident Electoral Commissioner ...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said no fewer than 300,000 eligible voters in Kwara are yet to collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs). Garba Madami, Resident Electoral Commissioner ...
Two kids found dead in soakaway pit in Kwara
People of Gure community in Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara were on Wednesday evening livid with hanger when corpses of two kids were strangely found in an uncompleted soak-away pit half filled with water in the ...
People of Gure community in Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara were on Wednesday evening livid with hanger when corpses of two kids were strangely found in an uncompleted soak-away pit half filled with water in the ...
political environment unfriendly to youth - Kwara Speaker
Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Dr Ali Ahmad, has stressed the need for a change in the present political environment in order to make the environment youth friendly. Speaking at a citizens' conference, org...
Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Dr Ali Ahmad, has stressed the need for a change in the present political environment in order to make the environment youth friendly. Speaking at a citizens' conference, org...
2018-08-16
Balarabe Musa endorses Issa Aremu for Kwara governorship
Ahead of 2019 elections, first democratically-elected governor of Kaduna State in the Second Republic, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, has endorsed the aspiration of the General Secretary of National Union of Textile, Garment...
Ahead of 2019 elections, first democratically-elected governor of Kaduna State in the Second Republic, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, has endorsed the aspiration of the General Secretary of National Union of Textile, Garment...
Saraki's agents still in Kwara APC'
A political group, Ilorin Emirate for Buhari (IEB), has said loyalists of Senate President Bukola Saraki are still members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State. The group is campaigning for Presi...
A political group, Ilorin Emirate for Buhari (IEB), has said loyalists of Senate President Bukola Saraki are still members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State. The group is campaigning for Presi...
KWIRS spends 13.5b on infrastructure in Kwara
The Kwara State Internal Revenue Service (KWIRS) on Wednesday said that the service has contributed about N13.5 billion to the state's infrastructure development fund (IF-K) since the fund was inaugurated in September 2...
The Kwara State Internal Revenue Service (KWIRS) on Wednesday said that the service has contributed about N13.5 billion to the state's infrastructure development fund (IF-K) since the fund was inaugurated in September 2...
2019: Saraki mulls presidential bid, promises change
The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, has said that he is considering contesting the 2019 presidential election, adding that he believes he can "make the change." Saraki, who stated this in an inter...
The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, has said that he is considering contesting the 2019 presidential election, adding that he believes he can "make the change." Saraki, who stated this in an inter...
Kwara Generates N10.32b As Revenue In Six Months
Dr Muritala Awodu, Chairman, Kwara Internal Revenue Service, said on Wednesday that the revenue agency generated N10.32billion as revenue between January and June. The chairman, who made this known in Ilorin during...
Dr Muritala Awodu, Chairman, Kwara Internal Revenue Service, said on Wednesday that the revenue agency generated N10.32billion as revenue between January and June. The chairman, who made this known in Ilorin during...
Saraki makes new appointment
Senate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki, Wednesday appointed Earl Osaro Onaiwu, 59, as the Liaison Officer to the Senate President on State Matters. This was disclosed in a statement in Abuja signed by Sarak...
Senate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki, Wednesday appointed Earl Osaro Onaiwu, 59, as the Liaison Officer to the Senate President on State Matters. This was disclosed in a statement in Abuja signed by Sarak...
CCT Beneficiaries Make N15m Saving In Kwara LGA - Official
Beneficiaries of Federal Government's Conditional Cash Transfer Programme in Offa Local Government of Kwara have disbursed N15 million as loans among members out of the N15 million saving made since inception. ...
Beneficiaries of Federal Government's Conditional Cash Transfer Programme in Offa Local Government of Kwara have disbursed N15 million as loans among members out of the N15 million saving made since inception. ...
2018-08-15
Sallah: Gov Ahmed Directs Immediate Payment of Workers' August Salary
Ahead of the Eid Celebrations and before the release of Federal Allocations for August, Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has directed the State Ministry of Finance to commence the payment of August Salary t...
Ahead of the Eid Celebrations and before the release of Federal Allocations for August, Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has directed the State Ministry of Finance to commence the payment of August Salary t...
Gov Ahmed Directs Release of N125m As Tertiary Institutions' July Subvention
Barely a week after the release of June subventions to State-owned tertiary institutions in the state, Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has directed the release of another N125m as July subventions to Ter...
Barely a week after the release of June subventions to State-owned tertiary institutions in the state, Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has directed the release of another N125m as July subventions to Ter...
Anger over Saraki's refusal to recall National Assembly
'No plan to recall lawmakers' Senate, House leaders warn against constitutional crisis MOVES to reconvene the National Assembly remained unsuccessful yesterday, even as the row sparked by the long recess...
'No plan to recall lawmakers' Senate, House leaders warn against constitutional crisis MOVES to reconvene the National Assembly remained unsuccessful yesterday, even as the row sparked by the long recess...
2019: Use PVC to vote credible leaders, foundation tells Kwara resident?s
As 2019 general elections draw closer, a non governmental organization, Mohammed Ajia Ibrahim Foundation has urged residents of Kwara State and potential voters to obtain their permanent voter card from the Inde...
As 2019 general elections draw closer, a non governmental organization, Mohammed Ajia Ibrahim Foundation has urged residents of Kwara State and potential voters to obtain their permanent voter card from the Inde...
Saraki's action is high treason, says APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has likened Senate President Bukola Saraki's failure to reconvene the National Assembly to consider the budget of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and other requ...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has likened Senate President Bukola Saraki's failure to reconvene the National Assembly to consider the budget of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and other requ...
APC will produce next Kwara governor, says Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, spoke with reporters in Lagos on the achievements of President Mohammadu Buhari, defections from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic ...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, spoke with reporters in Lagos on the achievements of President Mohammadu Buhari, defections from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic ...
On Impeachment of Saraki and Ekweremadu
Read the two court judgements that have laid to rest the controversy surrounding how Saraki and Ekweremadu can be impeached. CASE ONE Asogwa v Chukwu (2003) 17 WRN 71 The Court of appeal ruled th...
Read the two court judgements that have laid to rest the controversy surrounding how Saraki and Ekweremadu can be impeached. CASE ONE Asogwa v Chukwu (2003) 17 WRN 71 The Court of appeal ruled th...
Int'l Aviation College, Ilorin Gets New Rector
The Kwara State government has announced Engr. Oluwole Benedict Adeyinka as the new Rector of the state-owned International Aviation College, Ilorin. This follows the expiration of contract of Captain AbdulKareem...
The Kwara State government has announced Engr. Oluwole Benedict Adeyinka as the new Rector of the state-owned International Aviation College, Ilorin. This follows the expiration of contract of Captain AbdulKareem...
2018-08-14
Excitement As Saraki Donates 500 KVA Generator To Ilorin Community
Reprieve has come the way of people of Adanna community and its environ in Ajikobi ward of Ilorin West local government area of Kwara state as the Senate President, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki donated a 500KVA transf...
Reprieve has come the way of people of Adanna community and its environ in Ajikobi ward of Ilorin West local government area of Kwara state as the Senate President, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki donated a 500KVA transf...
Kwara to priorities youths development through sports
Muyideen Alalade, the Kwara Commissioner for Youths and Sports Development on Tuesday said the state would continue to priorities youth development through sports. Alalade told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...
Muyideen Alalade, the Kwara Commissioner for Youths and Sports Development on Tuesday said the state would continue to priorities youth development through sports. Alalade told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...
NOA to curb illegal felling of economic trees in Kwara state
The National Orientation Agency (NOA) is collaborating with the Kwara Government, NGOs and traditional rulers to check illegal felling of economic trees in the state. Mr Segun Adeyemi, the Kwara Director ...
The National Orientation Agency (NOA) is collaborating with the Kwara Government, NGOs and traditional rulers to check illegal felling of economic trees in the state. Mr Segun Adeyemi, the Kwara Director ...
Police arrest five as protesting students of Ilorin College disrupt exams
Protesting students of College of education, ilorin , Kwara State over the ongoing strike by their lecturers, disrupted ongoing second semester examination. The protest, also paralysed commercial activities at Sa...
Protesting students of College of education, ilorin , Kwara State over the ongoing strike by their lecturers, disrupted ongoing second semester examination. The protest, also paralysed commercial activities at Sa...
Defection Saga: Court restrains Assembly from investigating, suspending Saheed Popoola
Justice T.S Umar of an Ilorin high court Tuesday restrained Kwara state House of Assembly and its agents from suspending and investigating , Hon Saheed Popoola. The legislator,representing Balogun/Ojomu constituency ...
Justice T.S Umar of an Ilorin high court Tuesday restrained Kwara state House of Assembly and its agents from suspending and investigating , Hon Saheed Popoola. The legislator,representing Balogun/Ojomu constituency ...
FRSC returns N.4m to relatives of crash victims in Kwara
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Kwara Command, on Monday returned N410,000 to the family of one Adamu Ibrahim who died in an auto accident on Ilorin-Ogbomoso Expressway on Aug. 11. The sector Commande...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Kwara Command, on Monday returned N410,000 to the family of one Adamu Ibrahim who died in an auto accident on Ilorin-Ogbomoso Expressway on Aug. 11. The sector Commande...
Kwara United pip MFM in mid-season friendly
The Harmony Warriors continued their impressive mid-season form with an away win against the Olukoya Boys in Lagos on Monday afternoon Kwara United claimed a precious 1-0 victory over MFM in a friendly match pl...
The Harmony Warriors continued their impressive mid-season form with an away win against the Olukoya Boys in Lagos on Monday afternoon Kwara United claimed a precious 1-0 victory over MFM in a friendly match pl...
INEC releases 9, 750 PVCs in Ilorin West
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Ilorin West, Kwara, has released a total of 9,750 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) for those that registered in 2017. Alhaji Abu Uffene, Electoral officer, Il...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Ilorin West, Kwara, has released a total of 9,750 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) for those that registered in 2017. Alhaji Abu Uffene, Electoral officer, Il...
KWSG Congratulates Batch 'B' Corps Members
Kwara State Governor Dr. Abdulfatah Ahmed, has congratulated the one thousand nine hundred and ninty nine 2018, batch 'B' Corps members deployed to Kwara State for the successful completion of their orientation. ...
Kwara State Governor Dr. Abdulfatah Ahmed, has congratulated the one thousand nine hundred and ninty nine 2018, batch 'B' Corps members deployed to Kwara State for the successful completion of their orientation. ...
No date for National Assembly Reconvening on INEC Budget
The Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki and Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, have directed that we inform all Senators, Honorable members and the public that a date has not been set fo...
The Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki and Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, have directed that we inform all Senators, Honorable members and the public that a date has not been set fo...
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