2017-08-09

BIODUN Baraje reacts to forthcoming KWARA LG elections , denies media report
A former aide to the Kwara a State Governor, Alhaji Biodun Baraje has denied a media report that some names have emerged from a meeting in Magajin Geri Constituency in which his name was included among those willing to...

Diversification: Kwara Lawmakers' proactive step towards achieving food security
The Kwara State House of Assembly, particularly the 8th Legislature, for the umpteenth time has not only proven its acumen in lawmaking business, but the members have on several occasions demonstrated to other lawmakers i...

IBEDC to distribute pre-paid meters in Kwara soon
The Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) says it will soon commence the free distribution of pre-paid meters to electricity consumers in Kwara, reports Daily Trust. Mr Asaju Kolawole, the company's...

2017-08-08

Ahmed Lays Foundation for N1.1 Billion State Secretariat
Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed yesterday flagged off of the construction of a N1.1 billion new secretariat for civil servants. Speaking on the occasion, the governor said the new secretariat became necessary...

Pension - Falana Urges Ex-Governors to Emulate Saraki
Constitutional lawyer and human rights activist, Femi Falana (SAN), has called on ex-governors to emulate the action taken by the Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, who stopped his state, Kwara from paying him pensi...

2017-08-07

Bird Strike Aborts Med-View's Airlifting of 222 Pilgrims in Kwara
What could have been a major air mishap was at the weekend averted at the Ilorin International Airport Kwara State, as the bird strikes on the Med-View plane carrying 222 intending pilgrims to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ...

Falana Asks Saraki to Return Pension, House Given to Him By Kwara Govt
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has called on Senate President, Bukola Saraki, to return the entire pension he received since 2007 from Kwara State government to the state. Falana also asked the Senate president...

Osinbajo Drops ICPC Board Nominees Under Probe
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has dropped two persons nominated to be commissioners of the reconstituted board of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, who are said be under investiga...

2017-08-06

Over N840m invested into KWARA economy in six months through N-Power scheme - SSA
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Job Creation and Youth Employment , Mr Afobabi Imoukhuede says over eight hundred and forty million Naira has been invested into the economy of KWARA state in the last six...

Free VVF surgery begins in Ilorin
Some Fistula Surgeons will be carrying out free repairs on patients suffering from Vesico Vaginal fistula (VVF) in Ilorin the KWARA State capital from tomorrow (Monday) to the thirteenth of this month. The pragram...

THE MILESTONE OF THE CONSTITUTION REVIEW. By Bamikole Omishore
Nigeria became an internationally recognised independent nation in 1960 and has since then had series of constitutions in the past which include the Colonial era constitutions (1914-1960), Independence Constitution (1960...