2018-08-13

Kwara releases N125m subvention to tertiary institutions
The Kwara State Government says it has released the sum of N125million as June 2018 subvention to all the state-owned tertiary institutions. The State Commissioner for Tertiary Education, Mr Abdullahi Alkinla w...

Police disperse protesting students with tear gas
Policemen on Monday dispersed protesting students of the College of Education Ilorin, Kwara state with tear gas. The students, who alleged that their lecturers were being owed six months pay by the Kwara State Go...

PRESS RELEASE
The Attention of the Management of Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin has been drawn to some trending fake news items on the social media. The fake news has it that the Provost of the College Dr. AbdulRaheem Yus...

Gov Ahmed reappoints Fakayode as SA Labour
The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has approved the re-appointment of Comrade Bisi Fakayode as his Special Adviser on Labour Matters. The Secretary to State Government Alhaji Isiaka Gold, made this...

Go beyond online activism, Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed charges Nigerian Youth
As the 2019 elections draw near, Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has called on Nigerian youth to make proper use of their time online, shun fake news and other vices associated with the internet and equip th...

Youth Farmers Oversubscribe To Kwara Government 's Estate Farms
The 2550 hectares of land secured for farming activities by the Kwara State government under its Off-takers Demand Driven Agriculture (ODDA) scheme have been oversubscribed by youth farmers in the State. ...

2018-08-12

NSCIA: DHUL-HIJJAH 1439AH PRESS RELEASE
After due consultation with scholars, the National Moon Sighting Committee (NMSC) and the Fatwa Committee of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), it was decided that the dates of Dhul-Qa'adah be adj...

LG Commission Trains Staffers on Research, Statistics and Data Collection
The recently inaugurated Department of Planning, Research and Statistics at the Local Government Service Commission under the Chairmanship of Hajia Sarat Ibrahim Adebayo on 10th August, 2018 held a training workshop...

Resign as Senate President, Kwara APC tells Saraki
The Kwara chapter of the All Progressives Congress has called on Dr Bukola Saraki to resign as the Senate President. The call was made in a statement by the Chairman, Caretaker Committee of the party, Mr Bash...

2018-08-11

2019: We can adopt Buhari as our consensus candidate- Labour Party National Chairman
In this interview, the National Chairman of the Labour Party, Dr Mike Omotosho, spoke to AHMED 'LATEEF in Ilorin during the week on his aspirations, alignment and realignment of forces, coalition of political parties an...

Ex- PDP Chief, Kamil, 1,200 Stalwarts In Kwara South Express Support For Saraki
A former member of Kwara Peoples Democratic Party's caretaker committee, Hon. Idris Kamil(aka Akaso) and about 1,200 members of the party from Kwara south, have expressed their support for the Senate Leader, Dr Abubakar...

Saraki will not return to the Senate, Oshiomhole thunders
The ruling All Progressives Congress APC has expressed confidence in the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara in spite of recent defections in the National Assembly including that of the Senate Presiden...

Saraki fires back, says Oshiomhole behaving like rain-beaten chicken
The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has replied the All Progressives Congress, APC, party Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, who had said that he (Saraki) would not only be impeached but would also be stopped from return...

45% of Kwara 2018 budget implemented by Q2 - Commissioner
The Kwara State Commissioner for Planning and Economic Development, Alhaji Wasiu Odewale, said on Friday that the state government had implemented 45 percent of its fiscal budget for 2018 by the end of the second quart...

Kwara PDP sets up harmonisation committee
The PDP in Kwara has set up a harmonisation committee following the defection of Saraki and Gov Ahmed. Senate President Bukola Saraki recently met wit leaders of 45 political parties (Twitter) The Peoples Democ...

2018-08-10

Minister rehabilitates roads in Kwara
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, yesterday flagged off the rehabilitation of township roads in Oro, Kwara State, a statement by his assistant Segun Adeyemi said. The project according to th...

Kwara people ready to oust Saraki in 2019 elections - Lai Mohammed
Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed, yesterday, said the people of Kwara State had resolved to wrestle political powers from the hands of Dr Bukola Saraki and his loyalists in 2019 general elections. He...

Kwara speaker canvasses upholding of rule of law
Kwara Assembly The Speaker of Kwara House of Assembly, Dr Ali Ahmad, on Thursday urged governments and political officer holders to uphold the rule of law always for meaningful democracy and egalitarian society. Ahmad...

2019: I Am Not Running For Any Office - Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says his mission as new All Progressives Congress leader in Kwara is not to contest any elective position in 2019 but to rescue the state from hawks. Th...

Kwara APC threatens to jail Bolarinwa, Others
The All Progressives Congress in Kwara State has read riot act to Mr Bashiru Bolarinwa, who is parading himself as caretaker chairman of the party, and its agents, saying by their unlawful actions, they are walking the ...

Executive/Legislative face off: Time for Statesmanship, Not Brinksmanship - Comrade Issa Aremu
Both members of Federal Executive and the Federal legislature must "embrace statesmanship in place of brinkmanship" as a precondition for sustainable democratic process in Nigeria. Comrade Issa Aremu General Secret...