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2017-07-14
College of Education Ilorin Advertises 2017/2018 Application Form
The Kwara State College Education, Ilorin has announced her 2017/2018 application form. This is contained in a statement from the College signed by her Registrar. Interested applicant may visit the ...
Odegha wins "Kwara@50" Open Golf Championship as gov. Ahmed, Lalong battle Oyinlola, others.
Sunday Odegha on Friday won the professional players’ competition at the “Kwara at 50’’ Open Golf Championship holding at the Ilorin Golf Club. Odegha, an assistant professional at th...
CAILS Ilorin Advertises Application Form
The Kwara State College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies has announced her 2017/2018 application form. This is contained in a statement from the College signed by her Registrar. Interested applicant may visit the ...
Family Planning; "Products Realise Progress" - WBFA Advocates For Improved Supply Chains And Access To Family Planning in Africa
The Wellbeing Foundation Africa and its Founder and President Toyin Ojora-Saraki participated in the Family Planning Summit 2017 in London, United Kingdom from Monday 10 July to Tuesday 11 July. The summit was organised b...
Lalong, Oyinlola sign in for Kwara anniversary golf tourney
Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong has confirmed that he would be among participating amateur golfers at the closing rounds of the Kwara at fifty Golf Championship this weekend. Lalong, a passionate golfer, would ...

2017-07-12
Head of Service agitates Environmental Cleanliness within Office premises
The Kwara state Head of Service Mrs Zahra Muazu Omar has called on civil servants across the state to maintain cleanliness within their office premises. Mrs Omar made this charge while supervising the weekly sanitatio...
OPINION: Towards A Politics of Inclusion Of Ora Town in Kwara Politics. By Ademola Adebayo
The countrified town of Ora in Ifelodun Local Government in Kwara State no doubt is politically significant in any electoral contestation in the politics of Kwara State.  Ora represents a microcosm of the Sta...
LG Autonomy: Kwara Speaker backs primary school teachers' salaries removal from councils list
Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Dr. Ali Ahmad says inspite of consensus building around the local government having its autonomy, measures must be put in place to remove primary school teac...

2017-07-11
Fake lawyer jailed 10 months in Kwara
A Chief Magistrate's Court in Ilorin, Kwara State, has sentenced one Itopa Peter Adogun to 10 months' imprisonment with an option of N10,000 fine for fraudulently practicing as lawyer. The court, presided over by C...
Poor performance: ABS gives Coach Makinwa 3-match ultimatum
The management of Abubakar Bukola Saraki (ABS) FC of Ilorin, has given the coach of the team, Henry Makinwa, a 3-match ultimatum to win or face the "exist door." This was contained in a statement issued to sports j...
FG'll Make Ilorin-Mokwa-Jebba Road Passable In Two Weeks - Osinbajo
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has promised that the Federal Government will fix the Ilorin-Mokwa-Jebba Road within two weeks, to ease the flow of traffic. The Acting President said the government had commenced wor...
ASUU raises alarm on 'plan' to sack members in UNILORIN
The Ibadan Zone of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has raised alarm on an alleged move by the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) Governing Council to terminate the appointments of its top members. The union s...
Governor Ahmed Commissions First Cooperative MFB in Ilorin
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has commissioned the first cooperative financial institution, KWACOFOCUS Micro Finance Bank (MFB) in Ilorin to provide more access to credit for farmers and small business owners i...
Ilorin Emirate Youths salute philanthropist over Radio House project
The Ilorin Emirate Youths Development Association, IEYDA, has commended the Chief Executive Officer of 101.9 Sobi FM radio station, Alhaji Luqman Mustapha, for his foresight towards national development. This is was ...
Osinbajo inspects collapsed Ilorin- Mokwa bridge
The Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday inspected the collapsed bridge on the Ilorin-Mokwa-Jebba road with the promise to ensure free flow of vehicular traffic within two weeks. The acting President, who visit...
Ilorin businesswoman assassinated
Residents of Kulende area of Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, have been thrown into mourning following the killing of a young businesswoman simply known as Alhaja Rashidat. Rashidat, who was operating a shop close to her ...
Governor Ahmed Commissions First Cooperative MFB in Ilorin
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has commissioned the first cooperative financial institution, KWACOFOCUS Micro Finance Bank (MFB) in Ilorin to provide more access to credit for farmers and small business owners i...

2017-07-10
TOWARDS A POLITICS OF INCLUSION OF ORA TOWN IN KWARA POLITICS.By Ademola Adebayo
The countrified town of Ora in Ifelodun Local Government in Kwara State no doubt is politically significant in any electoral contestation in the politics of Kwara State. Ora represents a microcosm of the State of Harmony...
Kwara youths threaten to recall Saraki
The Kwara Youth Stakeholders Forum (KYSF) has threatened to recall Senate President Bukola Saraki over the continuous face-off between the National Assembly and the Federal Government. In a statement by its preside...
APC Youth Forum Disowns Anti-Saraki Story
The attention of the Kwara State Chapter of the All Progressives Youth Forum (APYF) has been drawn to an asinine and absurd Press Statement released by a fictional group under the name of Kwara Youth Stakeholders Foru...
Firm advises NBC to review business model
The General Manager of Integrated Television Services (ITS), one of the signal distribution companies for the Digital Switch Over (DSO) and handlers of the Ilorin switch over project, Mr. Musbau Rotimi Salami, has called ...
Ooni elated as Kwara monarch traces root to Ile-Ife
Ekan Meje, located at the border of Kwara, Ekiti and Osun States, was founded some centuries ago when their ancestors left Ile-Ife, regarded as the cradle of the Yoruba race and civilization. The people of Ekan Meje ...
Constitution preventing states from exploring minerals - Ahmed
The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has said Nigeria's constitution is an impediment to state governments in Nigeria to mine and explore mineral deposits in their respective states. He stated that th...
Police lack adequate logistics to track down kidnappers - Former CP Olushola Amore
The immediate past Commissioner of Police, KWARA State Command, Mr Olushola Emmanuel Amore says kidnappers are having field day to operate in Nigeria because the police lack adequate logistics to track down the criminalit...
Kwara APC raises the alarm over fresh plot by Presidency Officials Against Saraki
The All Progressives Congress in Kwara State has accused the Presidency of orchestrating renewed plot to forcefully remove President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki from office. In a preliminary reaction to the fr...

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