2017-06-23

Press Release: Saraki Unperturbed By FG's Appeal Against CCT Ruling
Following the decision of the Federal Government to file an appeal against the ruling of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) which upheld the plea of no case submission he made on the 18-count charge of false asset declara...

Kwara receives N1bn agric loan, screens farmers
The Kwara State Government has confirmed the receipt of an agriculture loan of N1billion from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Mr Anu Ibiwoye, Special Adviser to the governor on Agriculture and Rural Water Suppor...

Three Escape Death In Ilorin Building Collapse
Three persons escaped death when a section of a storey building collapsed in Tanke area of Ilorin South Local Government, Kwara State. According to an eyewitness, Joy Williams, the building which was among fiv...

Hydro geologists to hold conference on water resources in Ilorin
The 29th Annual Conference of the Nigerian Association of Hydro-geologists (NAH), is to hold in Ilorin from November 5 to November 10 to discuss water resources development. The State Chairman of the association, M...

Kwara Govt Organizes Free N-Power Registration, Sensitization for Prospective Beneficiaries
Kwara State government today Thursday 22nd June, 2017 organized a sensitization programme for the prospective NPower beneficiaries in Kwara at the State Banquet Hall, opposite Government House, Ilorin. The programme, whic...

Eid El-Fitr: FG declares Monday, Tuesday public holidays
The Federal Government has declared Monday, June 26 and Tuesday, June 27 as Public Holiday to mark Eid-el-Fitr. Minister of Interior, retired Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau made the announcement on behalf of the Feder...

FG appeals, says Saraki's acquittal unreasonable
The Federal Government, on Tuesday, filed 11 grounds notice of appeal against the June 14, 2017 judgment of the Code of Conduct Tribunal which acquitted Senate President Bukola Saraki of 18 counts of false asset declarati...

2017-06-22

Offa poly promotes 317 workers
The newly constituted Governing Council of the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara, has approved the promotion of 317 academic and non academic staff. The spokesman of the polytechnic, Yinka Iroye, said on Thursday t...

Kwara NUJ holds 2nd Ramadan lecture Friday
The second edition of the annual Ramadan lecture of Kwara State council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) will hold on Friday 23rd June, 2017. The lecture tagged "Amudalat Aremu/NUJ Ramadan Memorial Lecture", ...

Keep cholera away with guava, bitter leaves
Worried about the cholera outbreak that had left at least 12 dead within Ilorin metropolis and some hospitals within the Kwara state capital filled up with patients suffering from the disease? Well, Ogi-tutu (maize slurry...

Unity Schools Strike: Ex-CAN Boss, PTA Appeal for Payment of Teachers' Salary
A former Chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, Pastor David Omorinoye and Chairman, Parents Teachers Association, Federal Government Girls College(FGGC) Omu-...

Ramadan: Cleric Emphasises Women Importance
...as Kwara NAWOJ holds maiden Iftar A cleric Ustaz Abubakar Owolabi has said role of Women can not be over ruled in home front and nation's building. He ?said God sent women to put things in order both now an...

Sallah: FRSC Deploys 2,500 Personnel in Kwara
Ahead of the Eid el Fitr celebrations, the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in Kwara State has deployed 2,500 personnel across the state. It said that it has also created five mobile clinics for the treatment ...

2017-06-21

HARMONY HOLDINGS THAT HOLDS EVERYTHING. BY ALIYU AJANAKU
If you ask me which office in Kwara is next in terms of power after the Government House, I will tell you it's not the Deputy Governor's office but Harmony Holdings. Kwara is one state where we sometimes forget that there...

N Power: Kwara targets 25,000 beneficiaries
The Kwara State Government is targeting twenty five thousand unemployed youths to benefit from the N Power Special Intervention programme of the Federal Government. The Senior Special Assistant to the State Go...

Mosquitoes develop resistance to insecticide nets in Lagos, Kwara, others
A new study conducted by scientists at the Nigeria Institute of Medical Research, Yaba, Lagos, has revealed that mosquitoes in 18 states have developed resistance to insecticide nets. The outcome of the study, w...

Our approach to elective positions is different in Kwara - Aminat Folake
Mrs. Aminat Folake Yusuf was the only female among the immediate past local government chairmen in Kwara State. In this interview, she speaks on political structure in her home state, which according to her reduces tensio...

Corruption - EFCC Sets Surety Free As Ex-Minister Turns Self in
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday withdrew the detention order against a member of the House of Representatives, Aliyu Pategi, who stood surety for a former Minister of State, Ministry of Federal Cap...

2017-06-20

Federal Government to appeal Saraki's acquittal
Special Assistant to the President on Prosecutions, Mr. Okoi Obono-Obla, said on Saturday that the Federal Government had finalised its decision to appeal last Wednesday's ruling of the ...

Kwara State commissioner of Police retires from service
The Commissioner of Police in Kwara, Olusola Amore, on Monday, urged the Federal Government to improve funding of the police for the effective discharge of their constitutional roles. He made the call in Ilorin in ...

Ilorin As Next Destination for Digital Switchover
The people of Ilorin, Kwara State and its environment, are in for better television viewing experience as the Federal Government is set to launch its digital switchover that will culminate in the effective take-off of the...