2016-11-06

Kwara Government To Sustain Tempo of Road Projects
In continuation of his inspection tour of road projects across the State, the Kwara State Commissioner for Works and Transport, Alhaji Aro Yahaya on Friday inspected the ongoing construction of Maigida-Arobadi road in Mor...

ABS refuse to appeal NFF's decision on replay with Gateway
Nigeria National League (NNL) promotion contenders, ABS Ilorin FC, have decided not to appeal the verdict of the Organizing and Disciplinary Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), which called for a replay of...

Buhari, Saraki strike deal over $29.9b loan request
President Muhammadu Buhari and Senate  President Bukola Saraki may have made up on the $29.9billion loan approval which the executive is seeking from the Senate, The Nation learnt last night. Buhari and ...

Buhari And Saraki In Closed-door Meeting
President Muhammadu Buhari, Senate President Bukola Saraki and the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno after the Jumat prayers in Aso Rock mosque on Friday President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday held a closed-...

Patience Jonathan probe: EFCC freezes Bola Shagaya's N500m account
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has frozen a bank account belonging to Mrs. Bola Shagaya, a businesswoman which Forbes Magazine described as one of the wealthiest in Africa. It was learnt that Sh...

2016-11-05

Kwara Poly Rector denies school fees increase, school website says otherwise
The Rector, Kwara State Polytechnic, Alhaji Mas'ud Elelu, on Friday said that the institution had not increased its school fees. Addressing newsmen in Ilorin, the rector debunked rumours circulating in the social media th...

VC lauds Saraki for Kwara varsity ranking
Following the ranking of the Kwara State University (KWASU) as 15th among over 140 Universities in the Country, the Vice Chancellor of the Institution, Prof. Abdul-Rasheed Na'Allah has attributed the achievement to the ex...

2016-11-04

Kwara governor dissolves local govt. councils
The governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed, has dissolved all the 16 local government councils in the state. A statement by the secretary to the state government, Sola Gold, said the dissolution of the councils wa...

IEDPU, Kwara Poly launch skill acquisition programme for 250 youths
The Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU), in collaboration with the Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, on Thursday launched skill acquisition programme for 250 youths from Ilorin. The youths are to be tr...

Withdraw Letter of Re-certification of State of Origin Written to Tertiary Institutions - Lawmakers Tell Revenue Agency
The Kwara State House of Assembly on Thursday directed the state Internal Revenue Service to immediately withdraw the letter of re-certification of State of Origin it wrote to various higher institutions in the State....

Steady power, key to growth – Gov Ahmed
Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has said that steady power supply is a critical factor for infrastructural and industrial development in the country. Gov. Ahmed said this when a delegation of Kwara Coalit...

Gateway FC Slammed N1m Fine, To Play ABS FC Again
The Organizing and Disciplinary Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation on Thursday handed out a fine of N1m on Gateway United Football Club of Abeokuta for their refusal to play their Nigeria National League match d...

Assembly summons Kwara revenue chairman over issuance of certificate of origin
The Kwara House of Assembly on Thursday summoned the Chairman of Kwara Internal Revenue Service (KWIRS), Dr Muritala Awodun, for clarification on the status of old version of local government certificate of origin. ...

Gov Ahmed Dissolves LG Councils
The Executive Governor of Kwara State, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has approved the dissolution of the local government councils of Asa, Baruten, Edu, Ekiti, Ifelodun, Ilorin East, Ilorin West, Ilorin South, Irepodun, Isin, K...

KWASU PRESS RELEASE: RE: Panic as Mysterious Deaths Hit KWASU
Our attention has been drawn to a newspaper report, with a major headline “Panic as mysterious deaths hit KWASU.” The report, published by an Ilorin-based medium, National Pilot Newspaper, is not only ...

Ahmed Commits to Rule of Law as Kwara Wins Human Rights Award
Kwara State governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed on Wednesday reiterated the commitment of his administration to safeguarding the rule of law and the protection of fundamental human rights as guaranteed by the constitution. ...

KWSG U-turn on tax collection is hypocritical and deceitful - JAACK
The Joint Action Against Corruption in Kwara (JAACK) has described as hypocritical the sudden 'Conversion' of the Kwara State government into a tax collection - government when she had leveraged on tax free society to win...

Midwives Are Well Placed To Make A Significant Contribution To Saving Lives - Toyin Saraki
Yesterday, Founder-President of the Wellbeing Foundation Africa, Mrs. Toyin Saraki delivered the keynote speech during the Women Pre-Conference of the 4th Nigeria Family Planning Conference at the Centre for Women Develop...

2016-11-03

Babanloma Community Lauds Gov Abdulfatah Ahmed on Roads
Members of the Babanloma Community in Ifelodun local government area of Kwara State under the auspices of Babanloma Descendants Union have commended the Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed for fulfilling his cam...

FG approves take-off of 8 new private universities
THE Federal Government yesterday gave its nod to the take-off of eight new private universities in Nigeria. This was sequel to a memo approved by the National Universities Commission, NUC, and presented to the Federal Exe...

Kwara moves to work with FG on Kwara- Benin Republic road construction
Kwara State House of Assembly on Wednesday directed its Committee on Energy, Works and Transport to work with the Federal Controller of Works on immediate reconstruction of collapsed Moro Bridge and Kwara-Republic of Beni...

Rape, abuse in IDPs camps inexcusable, says Saraki
Senate President Bukola Saraki has said the increasing cases of rape, abuse, diversion of supplies and corruption in Internally Displaced Persons' (IDPs') camps are inexcusable. In a statement yesterday by his medi...

Kwara councillors protest unpaid allowances
Outgoing councillors in Kwara State yesterday marched on major streets of Ilorin, the state capital, to protest their unpaid severance and furniture allowances. They took their grievance to the House of Assembly....

Wife seeks payment of N600,000 debt from ex-husband
A businesswoman, Afusat Taiye, on Wednesday prayed an Ilorin Area Court to order her estranged husband, Alhaji Baba Olarewaju to pay her N600,000 debt he owed her. The court had on Sept. 27 dissolved the marriage...

FRSC deploys 2,500 officers for 'ember months' activities in Kwara
FRSC deploys 2,500 officers for 'ember months' activities in Kwara The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), in Kwara, has deployed 2,500 officers to ensure hitch free 'ember months' activities in the state. ...

How digital technology enhances tax collection in Kwara
One area the Kwara State government has designed to cushion the effect of a drastic fall in its monthly allocations from the Federation Account is the establishment of a virile revenue collection body, Kwara State Interna...

18-yr-old, 3 others killed as cultists run amok in Kwara
NO fewer than four persons were feared killed after a clash between rival cult members in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. Vanguard gathered that the clash between the rival cultists started Monday night in Gaa-Akanbi are...

Bridge linking Kwara, Oyo states collapses
Economic and social activities of residents of Kwara and Oyo states were on Wednesday grounded following the collapse of Moro bridge on llorin-lgbeti highway linking the two states. The member representing Owode-Onir...