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2017-03-02
Stand against corruption, Ahmed tells Judges
The Kwara State Governor, Dr. Abdulfatah Ahmed, has called on members of the judiciary to stand against corruption and uphold the rule of law. The Governor made the call at the swearing-in of the Grand Khadi of the...
Kwarans new strategies to beat economic recession
Economic recession may be taking its tolls on some residents of Ilorin, the Kwara state capital as they have begun to devise means of alleviating the hardship. Some of the residents especially in some settlements a...
IPMAN gives FG seven-day ultimatum over fuel crisis
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Kwara State chapter on Wednesday gave the government a seven-day ultimatum to address challenges confronting operators in the oil sector in the state or face ind...
Kwara Governor Calls For Prosecution Of Cybercrimes Offenders
Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara on Wednesday called for the prosecution of cyber crimes offenders in Nigeria in line with the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc) Act, 2015 Ahmed, represented by his Special As...
Unlucky Saraki Boys lose to brilliant Flying Antelopes in Enugu
A Brilliant individual goal scored by Daniel Etor was all Rangers International of Enugu needed to secure a 1-0 victory over Abubakar Bukola Saraki (ABS) Ilorin FC on Wednesday at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium. The ho...
Saraki is Daily Times Politician of the Year
Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki was yesterday named as the Politician of the Year by the Board of Directors of Daily Times of Nigeria (DTN). Saraki while receiving the publication's Chairman who was at...
Why Sheikh Alaiye converted carpark to worship place, mosque
More facts emerged last night on the life and times of late Sheikh Abdulkadri Ahmad Alaiye, who died on Sunday in Ilorin. He was 95 years old and his Fidau will be held today (Thursday). According to a member of the...
APC members reject defection of PDP chieftain in Kwara
Members of the APC in Shonga, Edu Local Government Area of Kwara, on Wednesday rejected the defection of a chieftain of the PDP in the state, Alhaji Abubakar Ndakene, saying he failed to comply with the party's c...

2017-03-01
Kwara Assembly to ensure adequate implementation of 2017 Budget... Moves to reactivate Oyun Water Works
The KWARA State House of Assembly says it is committed towards ensuring adequate implementation of this year's budget, to further enhance the wellbeing of the people of the State. The Speaker, Dr. Ali Ahmad gave the ...
Kwara NSCDC recovers stolen transformer, generating set
The Kwara state command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in conjunction with local security operatives in Ilorin have intercepted a 100 KVA electricity transformer allegedly stolen by some hoodlums...
Sheriff behaved like a gangster - Kwara PDP
A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party led by Mr. Sunday Fagbemi on Tuesday said the factional National Chairman of PDP, Senator Ali Modu Sherriff behaved like a gangster by breaking into the PDP National Secretariat i...
Saudi Group to Establish Multimillion Dollar Agric City in Kwara
A Saudi investment company, Zain Al-abdin Group, has concluded plans to set up an agric city in Kwara State. The proposed agric city, which is to be located along the River Niger in Kwara North will comprise a clus...

2017-02-28
JAAC: Kwara LGs share N382m, Teachers Get N900m for February
The sum of N382, 147, 620.24 is to be shared among the sixteen local government councils of Kwara State for the month of February, 2017. This figure includes the 10 per cent of the State government's Internally Gener...
Kwara, SON make case for made-in-Nigeria products
The Kwara State government, Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) and an industrialist have pushed for made-in-Nigeria goods as a recipe for the country's economy development. They said this in Ilorin, the state ...
Kwara assembly summons MTN over mast installation
The Kwara House of Assembly on Monday summoned the management of MTN Nigeria over alleged "wrong installation" of mast at Budo Egba area of Ilorin. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the summon was sequ...
KWASU becomes 1st Nig University to offer Aeronautical Engineering
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved the take-off of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering Degree programme at the Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete. With this approval, KWASU has becom...

2017-02-27
Emir Sanusi urges Muslim faithful to shun hatred, maintain peace
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the top traditional and religious leader, who is also the national president-general, Jama'at Faedat Tijjaninniya of Nigeria, gave the warning on Sunday, February 26 at the in...
Africa Junior T/Tennis Tourney: Kwara Team Departs Ilorin For Lagos Camp
Three Kwara Table Tennis players and their coach at the weekend departed Ilorin for Lagos to participate in a 10-day camping ahead of the Africa Junior Championships scheduled for Tunisia in April. The players are Ro...
Children reveal last moments, unfulfilled dreams of Sheikh Alaiye
KWSG, Bolaji Abdullahi, Speaker, others mourn ...as Fidau holds, Thursday How did Sheikh Abdulkadri Ahmad Alaiye died and how was his last moment on earth? Was there a premonition of his death and what were hi...
BoI gives N11.6bn loans to Kwarans, unveils Ilorin office
The Bank of Industry (BoI) at the weekend doled out a whopping N11.6 billion to businesses in the state. This is coming just as it unveiled its head office in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. The Acting Managing D...
FG to employ 350,000 graduates
The Federal Government has revealed its plan to hire 350,000 more unemployed graduates under the N-Power volunteer corps. Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the Vice-President, Laolu Akande, disclos...
Kwara Assembly to approve N135bn budget size
Kwara State House of Assembly will go ahead to approve the N135 billion budget size sent to the lawmakers by Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed last year, National Pilot authoritatively gathered, last night. A top member of o...
Kwara BRT Scheme to gulp N230m
The Special Adviser to Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME), Segun Soewu has divulged that the proposed Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) scheme in Kwara State would gulp N230million. The ma...
1,000 PDP Members Defect to APC in Kwara
About 1,000 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State including a former Federal Commissioner of the National Population Commission (NPC), Alhaji Abubakar Ndakene, at the weekend defected from the PDP t...
Saraki denies snubbing Tinubu
The Office of the Senate President has denied reports that Bukola Saraki snubbed APC national leader, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. In a recent statement by the Special Assistant to the S...
Saraki's Made-In-Nigeria Advocacy Gets A Boost In Abuja
The Made-In-Nigeria Campaign of the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, gathers traction, as retail industry group dedicates acreage to Made-In-Nigeria talents and products. The Abuja luxury retail landsca...
Ndakene Defects to APC
As the gale of defections of prominent politicians from opposition parties to the ruling All Progressives Congress continues, another firebrand and strong member of the Peoples Democratic Party in Kwara State, Alhaji Abub...

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