2017-01-13

Kwara to partner independent broadcasters
The Kwara government says it will partner with the Freelance and Independent Broadcasters' Association of Nigeria (FIBAN) in achieving common goals. Alhaji Mahmud Ajeigbe, the state's Commissioner for Information ...

Buhari nominates 46 non-career ambassadors
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday submitted a new list of 46 persons to the Senate for consideration as non-career ambassadors. Buhari's letter dated January 11 was read during plenary by Senate President Bukola...

Ilorin CAN applauds FRC's scribe sack
The Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Ilorin Chapter, Prof. Timothy Popoola has applauded the sack of the Executive Secretary of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), Jim Obazee by the Federal Government....

Kwara indigenes protest marginalisation
Concerned indigenes and elders of Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State have called on the state government to overhaul the grading of traditional institutions which has led to the marginalisation of some traditional ...

Offa Polytechnic gets new Rector
The Federal Government has approved the appointment of a new Rector for the Federal Polytechnic Offa, Kwara State. He is Lateef Olatunji. The appointment of Mr. Olatunji was contained in a statement by the Registrar...

2017-01-12

Why Poultry farms are folding up - Offa monarch
The Olofa of Offa, in Kwara State, Oba Mufutau Gbadamosi Okikiola, Esuwoye II, is a poultry farmer, in this interview, he speaks on the challenges presently facing the sector. You are a king, and also a poultry farme...

Gov. Ahmed Lauds IEDPU Youth Entrepreneurship Scheme
Kwara State governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has commended leadership of the Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU) for organizing an entrepreneurship training programme for youths across the Emirate. ...

Mysterious fire guts Radio Kwara garden
There was uneasy calm at the AM Station of Kwara State Broadcasting Corporation, Radio Kwara on Police Road, GRA in Ilorin last night when a mysterious inferno gutted a garden belonging to the station. The cause of...

NAMA workers protest alleged police brutalization of colleague in Ilorin
Some workers of Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) yesterday staged a peaceful demonstration at the Ilorin International Airport over an alleged brutalization of their colleague by some mobile policemen. The...

NDLEA uncovers warehouse loaded with cannabis in Kwara
The Kwara State Commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Mr. Rubben Apeh, on Wednesday said the agency had uncovered a warehouse filled with 4.336 tons of cannabis sativa. He explained that the...

Kwara South students hail senator
Students, under the aegis of Federation of Kwara South Students Union (FEKSSU), have hailed the Senator representing Kwara South senatorial district at the National Assembly, Rafiu Ibrahim, for active representation. ...

Harmattan: Kwara Fire Service begins campaign on fire prevention
The Kwara Fire Service has intensified its campaigns and sensitisations on fire prevention in the state in view of the current harmattan season in the country. The state Director of the Service, Mr Tiaamiyu Raji, ...

2017-01-11

ABS FC recruits 15 new players
The Bukola Babes have added fresh legs to their squad ahead of their NPFL opening game against the Akwa United on January 15 in Ilorin Abubakar Bukola Saraki (ABS) Football Club signed 15 new players to boost the...

Press Release: Senate's Economic Bills Target 7.5m Jobs, Says Saraki
...To Reduce Poverty by 16.4% The 11 economic bills now receiving accelerated consideration by the 8th Senate will help to create 7.5million jobs and reduce poverty by 16.4 per cent when passed into law, Senate Pr...

Pre-season tourney: Kwara Utd boss showers praises on players
The Chairman, Kwara United Football Club, Prince Oladimeji Ladi Thompson says emergence of the Club and champion of a pre-season tournament among six Clubs is a good way to start the new year. Prince Thompson while...

Unilorin has not experienced strikes in 17 years – VC
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali, on Tuesday said the university had not experienced workers' strikes or students' unrest in the last 17 years. The V-C stated this at an inter...

Omu-Aran: First Bank re-opens after 3 years of closure
The Omu-Aran branch of First Bank Plc, closed in May 2013 due to armed robbery attack, has been re-opened, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. NAN recalled that in Nov. 12, 2016 during the 2016 Annual Omu-Ara...

2017-01-10

KWSG leads appeal fund campaign for fallen soldiers
History is replete with instances of acts of bravery by members of the Nigerian Armed Forces; they are globally recognized for their gallantry in war fronts and peacekeeping operations. Like all mortals, several of them g...

Governor Ahmed Directs Release of First and Second Quarter Allocation to Kwara Institutions, To Change Non-Performing Heads
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed today directed the immediate release of first and second quarter allocation to tertiary institutions in the State, with a charge that any institution head that fails to meet r...

Gov. Ahmed Directs Release of N2b To LGs as KWSG Receives N3.7b Paris Club Refund
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has directed the immediate release of N2billion to the sixteen local government councils in the State. This follows the receipt of N3.773billion on Monday evening from th...

Kwara LG boss seeks maintenance of council's facilities, infrastructure
Kazeem Adekanye, Chairman, Irepodun Local Government Council of Kwara, has urged the people to imbibe the culture of maintaining and protecting public infrastructure in their domains. Adekanye made the call during ...

University of Ilorin calls for abolition of fuel lanterns
The University of Ilorin has called for a stop to the use of local lanterns, especially by market women in Nigeria. The university has also undertaken to develop a safer alternative to the lamps. Gabriel Olatunji,...

Unpaid salary arrears: Kwara teachers embark on fasting, prayers
Thousands of teachers in public primary and Junior Secondary Schools in Kwara say they have embarked on fasting and prayers to ensure payment of their six months' salary arrears by state government. The Deputy Cha...

Kwara police caution against fleeing Boko Haram suspects
Kwara State Police Command, yesterday, urged residents of the state to be at alert for fleeing Boko Haram terrorists recently flushed out of Sambisa Forest, saying there are possibilities of the insurgents infiltrating th...

Court issues bench warrant for arrest of Kwara chief
A complainant, 80-year old Iyalaje of Offa, Chief Adijat Adebiyi, had accused Olabooye of assaulting her at the palace of the Olofa of Offa, Oba Mufutau Gbadamosi. Adebiyi, through her counsel, Chief Rapheal Ashaol...