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2017-04-07
Guinea worm: Kwara Govt places N25,000 reward on any reported case
The Kwara Government says it will reward any resident who reports any suspected case of guinea worm infection with N25,000. Mr Peter Oyinloye, the Kwara State Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) Programme Coordinator, made...
One killed as cultists strike in Ilorin
There was an uneasy calm in some parts of Ilorin, the Kwara State capital Thursday as gunmen, suspected to be cultists, struck and killed one person. The victim, simply identified as 'Abbey' was shot dead around ...
New Minimum Wage: RATTAWU Pledges Support to NLC
The National leadership of the Radio, Television, Theartre and Arts Workers Union of Nigeria (RATTAWU) has expressed its support and solidarity for the Nigeria Labour Congress in the bid to win the battle for the New Mini...
75% of Ilorin Aviation College Products Employed
The International Aviation College, Ilorin has trained one hundred and fifty two professional pilots in different categories of Aviation courses since the establishment of the Institution. The Rector of IAC, Captain...
CSOs Commend Senate Over Meningitis Response
A coalition of over 40 Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), that work to ensure equitable access to vaccines in Nigeria, has commended the 8th Senate for its resolution, which called for meningitis vaccination to be made f...
Preventing And Controlling Meningitis: Health Advisory For Nigerians
As the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) commences its reactive vaccination campaign to halt the spread of Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM), the Wellbein...
APC Urge Government Appointees To Stop Inflammatory Statements
In furtherance of the All Progressives Congress (APC) efforts to resolve the rift between the Executive and the National Assembly, the APC urges all government appointees to stop making statements that may further worsen ...

2017-04-06
Kwara Assembly make case for rainstorm's victims ....screens LG Auditor General tomorrow
The Kwara State Governor Alhaji Abdul Fatah Ahmed has been urged to immediately direct his Special Adviser on Emergency and Relief Services to visit areas affected by rain storm in Ijagbo, Ojoku, Ipee, Offa, Erin- Ile an...
Gov Ahmed flags off N907m university campus
Kwara State Governor, Dr AbdulfatahAhmed has flagged off Kwara State University's College of Agriculture at Ilesha-Baruba, Baruten local government area at a contractual cost of N907 million. Speaking at the f...
Omu-Aran hails Landmark varsity's community service
The Omu-Aran Development Association (ODA) has commended Landmark University, Omu-Aran for its renewed efforts at improving the well-being of the people through its community services. Chief Bisi Adeyemi, President...
Herdsmen/ Farmers' clash: Police spokesman advocates security summit
SPOKESPERSON, Kwara State Police Command, DSP Ajayi Okasanmi has called for dialogue and mutual considerations to end farmers/herdsmen clashes in the country. Okasanmi in a paper titled "Effects of Terrorism/Kidna...
Sterling Bank Trains 17,000 on Financial Management
In line with its enriching lives proposition and renewed commitment to promoting financial literacy among students, Sterling Bank Plc recently trained over 17,000 secondary school students across the country on the key fu...
State Conducts Competency-Based Test For Civil Service Heads
The Kwara State Government on Thursday said it had conducted competency-based test for directors and their deputy in the state civil service to determine their suitability for future appointments. Hajia Zahra Omar,...
NSCDC arrest miners with 70 bags of gold ore in Kwara
iTHE Kwara state command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested five suspected illegal miners with over 70 bags of Gold ore at a mining site in Odonigi village in Moro Local Government area o...
RATTAWU Commends Kwara Govt's Commitment To DSO
The leadership of the Radio, Television and Theater Arts Workers Union of Nigeria (RATTAWU) has lauded the Kwara State government for its commitment to achieve the Digital Switch Over (DSO) project. The Union also ...
Kwara govt moves to relocate Oke-kura Prison
The Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, says he is making moves to ensure the actualisation of the proposed plans to relocate the prison located at the Oke-kura area of Ilorin, the state capital. The Senior Speci...

2017-04-05
Kwara Assembly makes case for rainstorm's victims
The Kwara State Governor Alhaji Abdul Fatah Ahmed has been urged to immediately direct his Special Adviser on Emergency and Relief Services to visit areas affected by rain storm in Ijagbo, Ojoku, Ipee, Offa, Erin- Ile and...
Gov. Ahmed Restates Commitment to Even Development in Kwara
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has restated his administration's commitment to ensuring even development of every part of the state. The governor gave this assurance on Tuesday while laying the foundation o...
Kwara to punish perpetrators of farmers, herdsmen's clashes
Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed has said that perpetrators of clashes between farmers and herdsmen in the state would henceforth be treated as criminal suspects and be made to face the full wrath of the law. ...
Ilorin General Hospital commences renal dialysis for kidney failure patients
Ilorin General Hospital commences renal dialysis for kidney failure patients The General Hospital, Ilorin, has commenced the first renal dialysis for patient suffering from kidney failures. Dr Atolagbe Alege, Kwar...
Meningitis: Kwara Govt. Yet To Record Any Case - Commissioner
Dr Atolagbe Alege, the Commissioner for Health in Kwara, said on Tuesday that the state has not recorded any case of Type 'C' Cerebrospinal meningitis, currently affecting some parts of the country. Alege told the ...
Businessman charged for allegedly defrauding Kwara
A businessman, Mohammed Gobir, and a company, Mondial Defence Systems Limited, have been charged for allegedly defrauding the Kwara State Government of N276 million. Gobir, an indigene of Kwara State, and the compa...
Kwara PDP denies plot to unseat Saraki
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kwara State, yesterday, dissociated itself and members from any plot to remove the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, from office. The party also denied that its state...

2017-04-04
Kwara: NAWOJ donated foods to motherless homes
The National Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) on Tuesday distributed foods and other basic items to motherless children at the Children Reception Centre in Ilorin. Hajia Binta Mora, NAWOJ chairperson, Kwara...
Unilorin hosts 3rd National Youth Games
The University of Ilorin has again got the nod of the Federal Government to host the 3rd edition of the National Youth Games between September 7 and 17 this year. This is coming one year after the successful hostin...
Union calls for Unilorin VC's resignation over fraud allegations
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Ibadan Zone, has called on the Vice Chancellor of University of Ilorin, Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali. ASUU wants the VC to step down to allow for an independent investigat...
120 Kwara commercial farmers benefit Agric mechanisation initiative
No fewer than 120 commercial farmers across Kwara State have benefited an agricultural mechanisation initiative. The initiative, which was organised by Kwara Agro Mall recently, was a roundabout discussion on alter...
Rainstorm wrecks havoc in Ilorin
Friday will remain unforgettable in the minds of many who were affected in the rainstorm that ravaged the city of Ilorin, Kwara State damaging property worth millions of naira. There were shattered roofs, electrici...
Kwara 2019 Guber Race: Saraki keeps finger crossed
Ahead of the 2019 gubernatorial race in Kwara State, strong indications emerged last night, that the leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state and Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki may have decided to wa...
N-Power Controversy: President's aide to visit Kwara
Following the controversy that had trailed discrepancies in the payment of beneficiaries of the N-Power scheme, the Special Adviser to the Federal Government on Social Investment (SIP), Hajia Maryam Uwais will storm Ilori...
4 years after, killer of Kwara Police Commissioner exposed by victim's ID card
Four years after a serving Commissioner of Police, Chinweike Asadu, was killed by robbers in Enugu, detectives, weekend, arrested a middle-aged man suspected to be the mastermind of the killing. Late Chinweike Asadu Mr. A...
Governor sympathizes with victims of Ilorin market fire
The Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed, has sympathised with the victims of a fire incident. The fire ravaged the popular Baboko market in Ilorin West Local Government area of the state. In a statement ma...

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