2018-02-27

Over 7 million PVCs not yet collected nationwide - INEC Commissioner
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday said that over seven million Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) had yet to be collected nationwide by their owners. Alhaji Mohammed Haruna, INEC National C...

Islamic cleric docked for alleged defamation, inciting disturbance
An Ilorin-based Islamic cleric, Wasiu Jaguma, was on Monday arraigned in an Ilorin Magistrates' Court on a two-count charge of defamation of character and inciting disturbance. The 40-year-old accused, a resident ...

70 political groups form alliance to 'rescue Kwara'
Ahead of the 2019 general elections, a total of 70 youth groups have formed an alliance to wrest power from the ruling political establishment in the state. The Kwara Rescue Alliance (KRA) alleged that the political ...

Kwara communities set up 41-man committee to resolve communal crisis
Leaders of Offa and Ijagbo communities in Kwara state have set up a 14-man committee to finally resolve the crisis between the two neighbouring communities. The two communities had last Wednesday engaged in a communa...

H.E Mrs Toyin Ojora Saraki and Wellbeing Foundation Africa (WBFA) host high-level courtesy calls by Johnson & Johnson and the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in Abuja and Kwara State
26th February 2018 Today the Wellbeing Foundation Africa (WBFA) and its Founder-President, H.E Mrs Toyin Ojora Saraki, hosted high-level courtesy calls by representatives of Johnson & Johnson and the Liverpool School o...

2019: Youths back Ahman-Pategi for Kwara Gov
Ahead of the 2019 general elections, ?a socio-political group from Edu and Patigi Local Government Areas under the auspices of Kwara Youth Vanguard has thrown its weight behind Hon. Aliyu Bahago Ahman-Pategi to run for go...

Police stops further investigations into Offa/ Ijagbo crisis due to amicable resolution by the affected communities
The Kwara State Police Command says it will stop further actions or investigations into the crisis that broke out recently between Offa and Ijagbo communities in Offa and Oyun local government areas of the state. Th...

Saraki, Obaseki, Stakeholders Vow Action To End Human Trafficking
President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki and other stakeholders during the Senate Roundtable on Migration and Human Trafficking in Benin City, on Monday resolved to do m...

2018-02-26

Kwara United hands Obuh three match ultimatum
The technical crew of Kwara United fc led by former Nigeria U-20 national team coach John Sam Obuh has been given a three match ultimatum. According to a release signed by the club's Media Officer Abdul Waheed Bibire...

Labour leader solicits for increase in salaries of workers
A Frontline Labour leader in Nigeria , Comrade Issa Obalowu Aremu has called for an increase in the salary of all categories of workers in the country as a way out of the nation's present economic recovery. Comrade Ar...

Nigeria's league getting better - Onigbinde
Akinade Onigbinde, the Coach of FRSC FC, says Nigeria's Professional Football League(NPFL) has satisfactorily improved with recent away defeats of home clubs by visiting sides. Onigbinde told newsmen that Rivers U...

Offa /Ijagbo communities finally sheathe swords
The people of Offa and Ijagbo warring communities have finally resolved their differences, ROYAL NEWS reports. The National President of Offa Descendant Union, ODU, Alhaji Najeem Yasin stated this on Sunday s...

KWASU unveils doctorate degree in advanced military studies
Kwara state university (KWASU), Malete, has unveiled doctoral degree programme in advanced military studies (IAMS) to prepare students for intellectual solution to war, crime and conflicts in African nations. ...

Rivers United stuns Kwara 1-0 in Ilorin as Enyimba beats Sunshine 2-1
Kwara United Coach, John Obuh was handed a three-man ultimatum by the owners of the club following the Ilorin side's 0-1 home loss to Rivers United yesterday. Kwara United Chairman, Prince Oladimeji Thompson said the ulti...

2018-02-25

Wamakko sponsors 52 students to Ilorin Varsities
The newly elected Chairman of the Northern Senators Forum, Sen. Aliyu Wamakko, has sponsored 52 indigent students to two Universities in Kwara state. According to a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday by Special As...

Kwara to release N4bn to offset salaries
The Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed says the proposed N4 billion loans to offset part of outstanding Local Government salaries in would be released within the next one week. Governor Ahmed disclosed this on ...

Firm gives girls in ICT training in Kwara
In a bid to foster empowerment, self-confidence, expansion of choices, and improved access for the girl child, iSON BPO in conjunction with the Kwara State Ministry of Education embarked on a six (6) day intensive trainin...

Yolvicmike Football Academy places premium on youth development
Founder of Yolvicmike Football Academy in Ilorin, Kwara State, Gbenga Ajiboye, has called on corporate Nigeria and state institutions to identify with the talent breeding outfit in order to bring meaning to the lives of t...

MICRO-CREDIT, TAX HOLIDAY: How 'Maigida' Ahmed is putting money in the pockets of Kwara people
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State, fondly called,"Maigida", rode on the crest of "Legacy Continues" to take over the reins of power from Dr Bukola Saraki in 2011. Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State At the ini...

FG, States devoting paltry sum to education- Rep
A member of the House of Representatives representing Edu/Moro/Patigi Federal Constituency, Hon. Aliyu Ahman-Pategi, has expressed reservation over the paltry amount devoted to education sector at all levels of government...

Kwara Speaker pledges support for State NYSC Orientation Camp renovation
Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Dr. Ali Ahmad says that the House will liaise with the Executive to ensure that the old glory of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Orientation Camp in Yikpata, Edu Lo...

2018-02-24

Adequate Funding Critical To Educational Growth - Gov. Ahmed
Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara has identified adequate funding as a critical ingredient to stimulate educational growth in the country. Ahmed stated this on Friday in Ilorin at the combined matriculation ceremony of the N...

Kwara: NLC urges Ahmed to pay LG workers
Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress in Kwara State, Alhaji Yakeen Agunbiade, on Friday pleaded with the state governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, to address all issues relating to the salaries of local government worke...

Blackout in Kulende: Kwara Speaker says It will soon be over
The Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Dr Ali Ahmad says the age- long epileptic power supply in Kulende in Ilorin Metropolis, will soon be a thing of the past. The Speaker gave the assurance in Ilorin...