2017-10-30

Kwara 2018 Budget: Ministry, Parastatals, others in last minute rush for November presentation
Ahead of the planned submission of the 2018 budget by the Kwara State Government in November, ministries, agencies and parastatals have started defence of their financial proposal, National Pilot can authoritatively repor...

Photo News: The Sarakis' Wedding in Lagos
Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki's Daughter, Tosin Saraki, got married to Olatunde Olukoya on Saturday, in Lagos. ...

250 students get scholarship in Omu-Aran
About 250 indigent students in public secondary and tertiary institutions in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State have benefited from N7.5 million scholarship award by a philanthropic organisation in the area....

Sobi FM, Sportspro in 5-Aside female soccer final
Sobi FM Queens and Nana Sportspro will slug it the final of 5-A-Side female soccer competition. The final match slated for Wednesday will hold at the Kwara State Stadium, Ilorin by 4pm. To reach the final, Sobi ...

OGS Offa wins 2017 Dkits volleyball championship
Offa Grammar School, Offa has won the 5th edition of Dkits Secondary School Volleyball Championship held in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital. The secondary school, which located in Offa Local Government Area, Ilorin w...

MAN: Kwara, Kogi kick against ECOWAS currency for Nigeria
The Executive Secretary of Kogi and Kwara branch of Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Mr. Gbenga Adeola has advised that the country should not adopt the ECOWAS currency for any reason., President Muhammadu...

Sanitation: KWSG prosecutes 75 offenders in Ilorin
No fewer than 75 offenders were prosecuted by the Kwara State Government in mobile courts mounted at various locations during the monthly sanitation exercise in Ilorin on Saturday. Most of the offenders were accused ...

Call for the upgrading of Kwara College of Education , Ilorin to a federal institution advocated
A Public Affairs Analyst , Comrade John Fasikun has called for the up-grading of the Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin to a Federal higher institution of learning . ...

Public Affairs Analyst attributes bad leadership to Nigerian crisis
A Public Affairs Analyst, Comrade John Fasikun has attributed the major crisis affecting the Nigerian economy to lack of good leadership. He made this known while on a Radio Kwara Interactive Programme "Th...

Kwara Govt appeals to striking workers to call off industrial action
Kwara State Government has appealed to striking workers of the State College of Education, Ilorin to call-off their on-going industrial action and resume to work in the interest of the students of the Institution. ...

300 golfers set for Kwara Open
The 2017 Kwara Open Golf Championship has been scheduled to tee off at the Ilorin Golf Club in Ilorin on November 7 . The tournament, which is expected to attract over 300 players, holes out on November 12. T...

2017-10-29

Be Vanguard Of Peace, Emir Of Ilorin Tasks Peace Corps
The Emir of llorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari on Saturday called on the Nigeria Peace Corps to be vanguard of peaceful co-existence for more development to be attained in the country. The monarch made the call in...

Monthly sanitation flops in Kwara
The monthly sanitation in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, was on Saturday marred due to lack of refuse disposal vehicles and security agents to enforce sanitation laws. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that du...

2017-10-28

Grope female suspects, go to jail, Kwara CP tells patrol policemen
The Commissioner of Police, Kwara State Command, Mr. Lawan Ado, says he would henceforth dismiss any male policeman caught searching a female suspect. Recently, a young woman, Kachi Zion, accused four operatives of...

2017-10-27

Governor Ahmed: Creating a Financially Sustainable Kwara
Few days ago, Nigeria's budget-monitoring tech organization and civic advocacy platform, Budgit published a new yearly fiscal sustainability report on states in the country, titled 'State of states.' The fiscal susta...

Kwara Police boss warns Mopol against misconduct
The Commissioner of Police Kwara State Command, Cp Lawan Ado, while meeting with Kwara State Command's officers and operatives of the F-SARS (SPECIAL ANTI-ROBBERY SQUAD) at the Police Headquarters Ilorin, declared to the ...

Kwara Assembly passes 2 bills into law
The Kwara State House of Assembly, on Thursday passed two major bills that are expected to have significant impact on the wellbeing on the down trodden and people with Disabilities in the state. The bills inc...

Kwara Utd players refuse to resume training
None of the players of newly promoted Kwara United have resumed for training ahead of the 2018/ 2019 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) season, SportingLife reports. Sources close to the Ilorin-based outfi...

Stop excessive requests from politicians to reduce corruption -Kwara gov
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has asked the electorate to stop chasing politicians with inordinate requests if corruption in the country will be reduced. Ahmed, who spoke through his Senior Special ...