2017-07-20

Disease outbreak kills 17 in Kwara state
According to a report by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), a cholera outbreak in Kwara state has led to the death of 17 people. This was disclosed in the agency's weekly epidemiological ...

Emir's Cup to Hold in Oct
Arrangements have been concluded for a football tournament among communities in Kwara State tagged: "Emir's Cup" our correspondent has gathered. This was contained in a statement signed on Thursday by the Organ...

Kwara seeks partnership with Bank of Industry, SMEs
Kwara State Government has expressed its determination to establish an export processing zone in the state to encourage exportation of goods from the state and the neighboring states to enhance its internal generated r...

Saraki has no role in Kwara's disbursement of Paris Club refund - Kwara APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara state has said that the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki,did not play any role in how Kwara state government utilized the money from the Paris Club refund. The pa...

N5.1bn Paris Club Refund Controversy: Kwara Assembly Wades in
The Kwara State House of Assembly has called on the State Government to convene an emergency meeting with Stakeholders in the state, with a view to resolving issues, relating to outstanding payment from the Paris Club ref...

Kwara Speaker condoles Lagos State Assembly over member's loss
Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Dr. Ali Ahmad has commiserated with the Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa and members over the demise of Hon. Kazeem Ademola Alimi. A...

Demographic Dividend: EmONC Healthworker Education In Kwara State Saves Lives At Birth
The Wellbeing Foundation Africa Founder and Wife of Nigeria's Senate President, Mrs Toyin Ojora-Saraki congratulated the latest cohort of health workers who have successfully completed the Emergency Obstetric and Newbor...

Paris Club: Governor Ahmed to Meet Labour, Stakeholders on Sharing Formula
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed is to meet with stakeholders and officials of Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) and Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) in th...

2017-07-19

Paris Club Refunds: KWSG Releases N312m to Tertiary Institutions
Following the release of N1b to Local Government Councils in the state, the Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has also approved the release of N312, 191, 101.71 to tertiary institutions in the state to clear s...

Kwara Speaker describes the death of APC chieftain as a colossal loss
 The demise of the chieftain of All Progressives Congress ( APC) in Kwara State Alhaji Yusuf Aiyedun has been described as a colossal loss to not only the people of Isin Local Government but the entire ...

Don Challenges Students to Cultivate Reading Culture
A Don, Doctor Mukaila Bola Taiwo, has challenged Nigerian students to cultivate the habit of reading culture to broaden their knowledge.Doctor Taiwo who is the Deputy Provost Administration, Kwara State College ...

Kwara Speaker makes case for youths impactful empowerment
The Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Dr. Ali Ahmad has charged Political Office holders to shun penchant for the empowerment of their constituents with motorcycles and other similar tools. ...

Ijara-Isin stands still for Ayedun.
By AHMED 'LATEEF The remains of a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State, Alhaji Yusuf Aiyedun, were interred on Monday in his homet...

Paris Club Refunds: KWSG Releases N1b to Local Governments for Salary Arrears
The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has approved the release of N1b to local government councils in the state to offset part of their salary arrears. The State Commissioner for Finance, Alhaji Dem...

'I Went into Robbery to Prepare For My Baby's Arrival' - Kwara Poly Graduate
A 22-year-old graduate of Agriculture from Kwara Polytechnic who was arrested during a foiled robbery operation at a Lotto company in Ajagbadi area of Lagos, yesterday burst into tears when he was informed that his&n...

Kwara to establish export processing zone, says Gov Ahmed
Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara on Tuesday said his government would soon establish an export processing zone in the state. Ahmed made this known on Tuesday in Ilorin while receiving management of the Bank o...

Kwara traffic authority sacks 9 over extortion
The Kwara State Traffic Management Authority (KWARTMA) said it has dismissed nine of its personnel and placed five on indefinite suspension over extortion from commercial motorcyclists and motorists in the state.&nbs...

Emir, council boss lament deplorable state of roads in Kwara LG
Alhaji Muazu Omar, the Emir of Kaiama, in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara, on Tuesday said the deplorable state of roads in the council area required urgent attention. Omar told the News Agency of Niger...

2017-07-18

Kwara Boosts Farmers With N360m Farm Inputs
The Kwara State government has subsidized farm input to farmers across the state to the tune of N360 million to enable massive food production this season as part of the N1b Agriculture intervention scheme. T...

Nigeria: Red Alert for Cholera, Hepatitis E Outbreaks
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has raised red alert for acute outbreaks of cholera and hepatitis E in Nigeria. The WHO blamed the cholera outbreaks on lack of access to clean drinking wat...

Why CS is becoming popular among Nigerian women - Experts
The Caesarean Section (CS)  option  in birth delivery is becoming popular among some Nigerian women,  a News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) survey has revealed. Respondents told NAN i...

Appeal Court dispenses 232 special cases, commences annual vacation
The judges of the Court of Appeal Court on Monday began a two-month annual vacation, which will end on September 11, PREMIUM TIMES has learnt. A statement signed by Sa’adatu Kachalla, media officer to the...

150 pupils for basketball clinic in Ilorin
No fewer than 150 pupils from age six to nine are to participate in the seventh Droplets Basketball Clinic in Ilorin. The Kwara Director of Sports, Mallam Tunde Kazeem who made this known to newsmen in Ilorin o...

Ahmed urges MFBs to be customer-friendly
Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed has urged microfinance banks in the state to render suitable and customer friendly services. He said this becomes expedient as current banking activities now demand more flexible s...

Pregnant, Nursing Mothers Warned Against Consuming Food Supplements
A Kwara-based paediatrician, Dr Opeyemi Akinwande, has warned pregnant and nursing mothers against the consumption of food supplements not prescribed by a physician. Akinwande gave the warning in an interview...

FG Renovates Ilorin Airport
Renovations and upgrading of facilities have commenced at the llorin International Airport which was commissioned on Feb. 16, 1978. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Correspondent, AbdulFatai Beki, who was at ...

UNILORIN Mass Comm Dept immortalises Mahmud
The Head, Department of Mass Communication, University of Ilorin, Dr. Saudat Abdulbaqi, has unfolded plans by the department to establish a printing press that will be named after her predecessor, late Doyin Mahmud, in...

Budget row: Fashola can't dictate to National Assembly - Rafiu Ibrahim
By Ahmed 'Lateef The last may not have been heard on the blame game trailing the passage of the 2017 budget by the National Assembly as the Chairman, Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial I...

Aiyedun's death saddens me, says Bolaji Abdullahi
By Ahmed 'Lateef The National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, has described the death of a former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara Sta...

KWASU VC Calls on FG to Support Research
The Vice Chancellor of the Kwara State University, Malete, Professor AbdulRosheed Na'Allah, has called on the federal government to support researches in the Nigerian Universities to tackle myriad of challenges in the cou...

2017-07-17

Abolarin Condoles Aiyedun's family
Today, former Speaker Ekiti Local Government and present Board Member Kwara State Teaching Service Commission, Alhaji Ishiaq Hamed Abolarin with his followers paid a condolence visit to former Hon. representing Ekiti, Oke...

Alhaji Aiyedun is Dead
Alhaji Yusuf Aiyedun, a former Kwara PDP chairman, is dead. More shortly....

Gov Ahmed Advocates Regulatory Body For Religious Preaching
Kwara State governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has advocated proper regulatory system on religious preachings to avoid extremism, intolerance and misguidance of the nation’s youths. The governor made the c...

Police arrest 11 suspected cultists in Ilorin
The police in Kwara State have arrested 11 suspected cult members who have been terrorising residents in Ilorin, the state capital. Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Lawan Ado, while briefing journalists on t...

Kwara To Build Golf, Table Tennis Academies
The Kwara State Government is to establish Golf and Table Tennis Academies to train youth to become top players and champions in national and international competitions. The State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed dis...

Group seeking Saraki's recall not from Kwara - APC
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in llorin West Local Government Area of Kwara on Sunday dissociated itself from those calling for the recall of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, from the senate. Suleiman...

Police question two monarchs as new yam war kills four in Kwara
The two feuding monarchs of Iloffa and Odo-Owa in Oke-Ero local government areas of Kwara State, now under surveillance of security agencies, would not have engaged in avoidable acrimony over who has the right to firs...

Kwara : Education key to curbing crime - Deputy gov
Kwara State Deputy Governor, Elder Peter Kisira  has said eduction is a veritable tool to curb the increasing crime rate in the state as well as the country Nigeria. “...