2017-09-02

Minister urges media to deny boko haram publicity
Nigeria's Information and Culture Minister Alhaji lai Mohammed has urged the media to deny the Boko Haram insurgents publicity of any form on their platforms. Alhaji Mohammed made this remark on Friday during the E...

'1,000 Kwara women raped in one year'
The Founder, Saab Foundation, Sa'adat Bibire, has said that no fewer than 1,000 women were raped in Kwara State in 2016. She quoted the state Ministry of Women Affairs as having uncovered and confirmed the 1,000 ra...

Gbenga Adeyinka takes friends to Ilorin
Comedian, Gbenga Adeyinka is not doing badly with his popular show, Lafmattazz as he is pulling some of his friends to Ilorin for a show he tagged Lafmattazz with Gbenga Adeyinka and Friends. Saturday Beats gather...

Economic Hardship: Emir of Ilorin begs Govt to reduce cost of food Items
The Emir of Ilorin and chairman, Kwara State Traditional Council, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, yesterday urged the nation's leaders to device means of reducing the escalating cost of food items in order to reduce the suff...

2017-09-01

Kwarans Hail Abdulkareem's Appointment As UNILORIN VC
Oba Abdulrafiu Ajiboye, the Oloro of Oro in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara has described the appointment of Prof. Sulyman Abdulkareeem as the new Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin as highly commendable....

300 Pupils For Kwara Primary Schools Athletics Championship
No fewer than 300 pupils from the 16 local government areas of Kwara will participate in the All Kwara Primary Schools Athletics Championship billed for between Sunday and Tuesday. Tunde Abdulkareem, a former Vice ...

Kwara community protests five-month outage
Scores of members of Checking Point community, near International Aviation College, Ilorin, Kwara State, on Thursday protested against a five-month power outage in the area. The protesters marched to the Ibadan Ele...

Baraje calls for piety, sacrifice and unity as Muslims celebrate Eid-Kabir
As Muslims faithful are celebrating Eid-Kabir festival, A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje CON says the lessons of piety, sacrifice, forgiveness and unity must be imbibed to en...

Gobir callsfor attitudinal change in order to tackle corruption and societal ills
A Lagos based Social Entrepreneur and Pharmacist ,Alhaji Yakubu Layi Gobir, has called for attitudinal change in order to tackle corruption and societal ills in the country. Alhaji Gobir, the Serikin Hausa made the...

Mashood Mustapha calls for peaceful coexistence
The Special Adviser to the Senate President on Inter Parliament Affairs and Special Duties , Alhaji Mashood Mustapha has called on Nigerians irrespective of their ethnic belief and religious affiliation to toe the path of...

2017-08-31

Eid-el-Kabir: Gov Ahmed charges Muslims on peace and unity.
Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has congratulated Muslims on the celebration of Eld-el-Kabir festival urging them to be peaceful, generous, law-abiding and prayerful. In a statement signed by his Chief Press...

Sallah: Kwara Speaker cautions against unguarded utterances
As Muslims celebrate Eid-el-Kabir tomorrow, the Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Dr. Ali Ahmad has enjoined Nigerians to shy away from making utterances and hate speeches that could further plunge th...

Gov Ahmed Calls On FG To Take Over Funding Of Primary Education
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara state has called on the federal government to take over the funding of primary education from local government councils. Ahmed made the call on Wednesday while briefing newsmen on...

Don't contest any office, Makarfi cautions c'ttee members
The Chairman of National Caretaker Committee of the PDP, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, has cautioned state caretaker committee members against contesting any elective position. ?The PDP chief also urged party members and...

Emir of Ilorin urge Pilgrims to pray for Nigerians
The Emir of Ilorin and Chairman, Kwara State Traditional Council, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, has admonished Nigerians to always imbibe the spirit of togetherness in other to tackle the current economic woes. The ...

Group commends KWHA over probe of Harmony Holdings
The Secretary of the Amalgamated Union of Public Corporation, Civil Service Technical and Recreational Employees (AUPCTRE) in Kwara State, Comrade Saliu Suleiman, has commended the leadership of the Kwara State House of A...

UITH plans to boost open-heart surgeries with catlab before end of 2017
The Chief Medical Director (CMD) of University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), Professor Abdulwaheed Olatinwo said the UITH would before the end of this year make available a catlab towards boosting the open-heart sur...

KWASU fetes don now envoy to Japan
Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, celebrated one of its own, Prof Mohammed Gana Yisa, who was recently appointed the Nigerian Ambassador to Japan last Tuesday. The event, held at the university's mini-convoca...

NGO, FG set to distribute 1.9m mosquito nets in Kwara
A non-governmental organization (NGO), under the aegis of Global Fund in collaboration with the federal ministry of Health, is set to distribute over 1.9 million insecticidal nets to residents of Kwara State. Sp...

Sallah: Kwara police command deploys 2000 officers
Kwara state police command has deployed 2,000 policemen to strategic areas of the state to ensure peaceful celebration of the Eid el Kabir festivities. The Nigerian Tribune gathered that men of the police command h...

Power Comes From God, Makarfi Tells PDP Members
Chairman, National Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, has enjoined party members to be guided by the principles of mutual accommodation and the knowledge that power comes from...

When internal crisis threatens PDP's prospects in Kwara
With the dismantling of the leadership structure in the Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the continued muscle-flexing by opposing factions, the party may be robbing itself of an opportunity to...

2017-08-30

Snippets from today's The Governor Explains with Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed
Compiled by Dr Femi Akorede (SA Media to Governor Ahmed) 1. Firstly, I thank God for his mercies for helping us to manage the affairs of Kwara State . 2. The economy of Kwara is not insulated from the nation...

Audio of Gov Ahmed's Interview (The Governor Explains)
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Hajj - Med-View Partners Tour Operators, Completes Airlift
Med-View Airline Plc has partnered Hajj and Umrah tour operators across the country to airlift pilgrims to Jeddah and Madinah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the 2017 Hajj exercise. The airline commenced the air...

NOA Cautions Nigerians Against Divisive, Hate Statements
Kwara State Director of National Orientation Agency (NOA), Mr Olusegun Adeyemi, has advised Nigerians to shun divisive and inciting comments that could cause disaffection among ethnic groups in the country. Adeyemi...

Saraki to Saudi Arabia for Hajj
Senate President Bukola Saraki has left the country for Saudi Arabia to join Muslim faithful from across the world to perform this year's hajj. Saraki, according to a statement by his Special Adviser (Media and Publicity)...

'Nigeria Lagging Behind Other Nations in Breastfeeding'
The Acting Director, Public Health, Ministry of Health, Kwara State, Dr. Fakayode Enoch, and the Head Midwifery Programmes, Wellbeing Foundation Africa, Mrs. Felicity Ukoko, have said that Nigeria is unable to keep up wit...

Goodwill Message from Wife of Senate President, Chair, Forum of Senators' Wives, on Visit of United States Congressional Delegation? to Nigeria
The wife of the Senate President, Mrs Toyin Saraki, Chair, Forum of Senators Wives, 8th National Assembly, Nigeria, has extended her goodwill and warm wishes to the United States Congressional Delegation visiting Nigeria,...

Flight delays: Med-View blames bad weather, apologizes
The management of the Med-View Airline has attributed flight delays for passengers on the Lagos-Ilorin-Abuja route to bad weather. A statement issued last night by the airline's Media Adviser, Mr Obuke Oyibotha, sa...

Nigeria has 10m out-of-school kids - Unilorin don
A Professor of Science Education at the University of Ilorin, Adekunle Solomon Olorundare, has called on the Federal Government to urgently check the growing number of out-of-school children in the country, lamenting that...

KWARA: Ram sellers appeal to govt of workers' salaries payment
Low patronage of sacrificial animals for the forthcoming Sallah celebrations has continued to hit Ilorin, the Kwara State capital ROYAL NEWS has gathered. Our correspondent who went round the Ilorin Metropolis on T...

Kwara governor endorses Gbenga Adeyinka's Laffmattazz as Small Doctor joins train
The Governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed has endorsed the 8th edition of Laffmattazz with Gbenga Adeyinka 1st and Friends in Ilorin, Kwara State. The event billed to hold on September 3, 2017 at the Banquet Ha...

Abuja, Kwara, others to experience flood Wednesday – NiMet
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency, has predicted localised thunderstorms over the Central States of Kwara, Niger, Abuja, Nassarawa, Jos and Kaduna on Wednesday morning. NiMet's Weather Outlook by its Central Forec...