2018-07-19

LUK: Kwara Govt raises alarm over vandalisation
The Kwara State Government has raised the alarm over vandalisation and theft of streetlight cables and bulbs and other components of solar farm tunnels currently being built in Ilorin under the Light-Up Kwara (LUK) proj...

NLC begs Kwara govt over six months pensioners' benefits
Organised Labour in Kwara State, has pleaded with the state government to immediately pay the pensioners in the state N900 million owed them in order to stop further deaths among the senior citizens. Labour Speaking thr...

Gov. Ahmed inaugurates NMA House
Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara on Tuesday commended the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) on their ethical standard and efficiency in healthcare delivery, as he inaugurates NMA House in Ilorin, the state capital....

Kwara Governor yet to decide on future in APC
Kwara State Governor Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed is yet to take a decision on his political future with the APC. The presence today in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, of the Senate President, His Excellency, Dr. Abuba...

Kwara LG inaugurates 5-man committee to boost IGR
Hon. Muyiwa Oladipo, the Chairman of Irepodun Local Government Area (LGA) of Kwara on Tuesday says that the newly inaugurated task force committee on Internally Generated Revue (IGR) was to achieve an all inclusive g...

Kwara PDP not aware of court injunction restraining executive – Chairman
Iyiola Oyedepo, the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara, says no injunction has been served on the party restraining its executives. Oyedepo said this in Ilorin on Wednesday in a statement...

Court restrains Kwara PDP chairman, exco from parading
A federal high court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, has restrained the state chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Akogun Iyiola Oyedepo, from parading himself until the determination of suit before it....

Aremu joins Kwara governorship race
ONE of the leading figures in Nigerian labour movement and Vice President IndustriALL Global Union, Mr. Issa Aremu, Wednesday, declared his intention to run for the governorship of Kwara State in the 2019 general elec...

2019: Saraki, Tambuwal, Lamido, Secondus, other PDP leaders meet in Ilorin
Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, met Wednesday in Ilorin, Kwara state, with National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus and other high ranking members of the opposition party in what ...

2018-07-18

Supreme Court acquittal: 'Heroic' welcome for Saraki in Ilorin
The Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki was on Tuesday, accorded a heroic reception by a crowd of supporters and admirers that gathered at Ilorin International Airport to welcome him to Ilorin. Supreme C...

2018-07-17

Kwara restates commitment to raise education standard, funding
Kwara State government has said it is committed to improving standard of education through adequate funding. The state Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, Hajia Bilikisu Oniyangi, spoke ye...

Kwara-Japan Students Exchange Programme underway, says Speaker, Ali Ahmad
Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Dr. Ali Ahmad has disclosed that efforts are in top gear to facilitate Students Exchange Programme between the State and Japan. This, he noted, would expo...

2018-07-16

Saraki's Acquittal, Best Judicial Legacy Of Our Time - Makanjuola
The deputy chief of staff to the President of the Senate, Hon. Gbenga Makanjuola, yesterday said the nation's judicial system had set one of the best legacies with the discharge and acquittal of Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki,...

Saraki should tell where he belongs - APC
Senate President Bukola Saraki must tell the world whether he is still in APC or not, the Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Yekini Nabena, said this in a statement yesterday. Nabena said the declaratio...

Saraki tasks Fayemi to work
Senate President Bukola Saraki has congratulated Dr. Kayode Fayemi on his victory. Saraki, in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, said Fayemi should use his secon...

You lack decorum, Kwara APC chides National Officer
Kwara State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has cautioned Yekini Nabena, the Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the party, to stay within the mandate of his new position, and stop his campaign of unin...

Kwara Spends N6.5bn on Water Scheme in Eight Years
The Kwara State Government said it had expended a total sum of over N6.5billion between 2009 and 2018 on water reticulation scheme for the residents of Ilorin metropolis and the other parts of the state. The gov...