2018-05-31

nPDP Didn't Request For Stoppage Of Saraki's Trial - Baraje
The chairman of the defunct New Peoples Democratic Party , (nPDP), Alh Abubakar Kawu Baraje,has clarified that the group never requested for the stoppage of Senate President Bukola Saraki's trial at the Code of Conduct ...

nPDP: Some elements opt for blasphemy against us- Baraje
(1)Baraje describes newspaper report on the nPDP meeting with Osibanjo on Sarakis trial as blasphemy and flagrant lie (2)Some elements opt for blasphemy against nPDP ---- Baraje The defunct New Peoples D...

UNILORIN ASUU gets N754m earn allowance
The leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU), University of Ilorin chapter, has expressed gratitude to the federal government over the payment of UNILORIN lecturers N754 million,"Earned A...

Bolaji Abdullahi mourns late Balogun Ajikobi
I am absolutely shocked by the news of the demise of Balogun Ajikobi of Ilorin who passed on in the early hours of this morning. His death came to me as a total surprise as I still spoke with Balogun Aji...

2018 budget: Kwara to commit 70% on capital expenditure
GOVERNOR Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara state has said that the state government will commit 70 per cent of its 2018 budget to capital expenditure. The governor made the disclosure in Ilorin on Wednesday during...

Police arrest Kwara Gov's aide, Alabi Olalekan
The Nigeria Police Force has arrested the Personal Assistant to the Governor of Kwara State on Political Matters (Kwara South) Mr. Alabi Olalekan. DAILY POST was informed that Olalekan was arrested Tuesday ni...

2018-05-30

Gov. Ahmed donates N2million to Channels Kids Cup winners
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has commended the State's representatives at the 10th Channels International Kids Cup, LGEA Central Primary School, Kaiama for winning the tournament. The Kwara pupi...

Balogun Ajikobi of Ilorin is dead
The Balogun of Ajikobi of Ilorin, Alhaji Isah Jimoh, is dead, ROYAL NEWS reports. Alhaji Jimoh who is one of the high Chief in the Ilorin Emirate council died at the early hours of Wednesday after a brief illne...

Kwara APC Faction Accuses nPDP of Trying to Destroy the Party
A faction of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State has alerted that members of nPDP in the party want to destroy APC in the country. The Chairman of the faction, Hon Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa, declar...

Flood Takes Over Kwara Community
A group in Kwara State, Kwara Must Change, has called the attention of the state government to the flood it said has taken over Oloje community in Ilorin West Local Government Area. Kwara Must Change said the ...

KWASU CHANCELLOR GETS UN APPOINTMENT
The Chancellor, Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, Professor Ibrahim Agboola Gambari, has been appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, as a member of independent eminent experts on the ...

2018-05-29

PRESS RELEASE BY COMRADE ISSA AREMU: Organized Labour Tasks Nigerians on Deepening Democracy
SALUTATION Organized labour has hailed Nigerians for nurturing uninterrupted democratic process for 19 years adding that regardless of the numerous current challenges of governance, the task is to deepen dem...

Let's nurture our democracy - Gov Ahmed tells Nigerians
Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has elicited the support of all Nigerians in nurturing the nation's fragile democracy to a vibrant, strong and prosperous one. In his Democracy day message signed by ...

Baraje challenges Nigerian leaders to sacrifice for the unity of the country
As Nigerians mark nineteenth years of uninterrupted democratic rule, the leader of the new Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje has called on leaders to sacrifice more for the unity, progress and develo...

Prominent Kwara Indigenes Back IGP Over Transfer Of Cult Suspects To Abuja
Some prominent indigenes of Kwara have expressed their support for the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, over the transfer of suspected cultists arrested in Ilorin to Abuja for further interrogation. The ...

Osinbajo-led FG Delegation Meets Saraki-led nPDP
A few weeks after receiving its protest letter, a delegation of the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led federal government is currently meeting with the New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) faction. The APC de...

2019 election must be as credible as 2015 - Saraki
The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, on Monday, warned that the conduct of the forthcoming 2019 general elections must not be less credible than the one conducted in 2015. Saraki said this in a goodwill ...

President Muhammadu Buhari's 2018 Democracy Day speech
Address by Muhammadu Buhari, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria In commemoration of the 2018 Democracy Day Celebration, Tuesday, 29Th May, 2018 My Dear Nigerians! Today marks the 19thyear of our nascent democra...

Nigeria's Democracy is evolving inspite challenges, says Kwara Speaker
As Nigerians mark 19th anniversary of uninterrupted democracy in the country, the Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Dr. Ali Ahmad has said that irrespective of the challenges encountered over the years...

Cattle incursion: FAAN begins fencing of Ilorin airport
In its bid to curb cattle incursion at the llorin lnternational Airport runway, the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) on Monday said it has commence fencing of the Airport. Alhaji Ibrahim AbdulAze...

2018-05-28

Governor Ahmed Assigns Portfolios to New Special Advisers and Assistants
The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has assigned portfolios to the newly appointed special advisers, senior special assistants and special assistants. According to a statement signed by the Secretary to ...

Channels Kids Cup: Gov hails Kwara kids
Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed has congratulated LGEA Central Primary School, Kaiama, for winning the 10th Channels International Kids Cup in Lagos on Sunday. The governor in a statement by his Chief P...

Kwara Aiteo Cup Final : Alfred sees brace in Kwara Utd's win over ABS
Kwara United FC of Ilorin on Sunday defeated city arch rival, Abubakar Bukola Saraki (ABS) Ilorin FC 3-1 in the final of the Kwara FA Aiteo Cup. Kwara United The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the match final ...

RTEAN to reduce illegal motor parks in Kwara
Worried by anomalies in the system, the newly elected chairman of Kwara state chapter of Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN), Alh Abdulrahman Olayinka Onikijipa has promised to ensure tha...

SPECIAL REPORT: Kwara communities where pregnant women abandon health centres for herbalist, birth attendant
Kehinde Adebayo speaks boastfully of his traditional medical practice. His pride is rooted in the curious fact that Egosi and Odo-owa families seeking care for their pregnant women prefer him to the community health c...

Saraki Marks Children's Day with IDPs in Benue
...Reiterates Need for Increased Funding for Security Agencies President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Sunday celebrated the 2018 Children's Day with children at the Abegena internally Displaced ...