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2016-11-02
70% Nigerian homes not peaceful - Counsellor
A marriage counsellor, Mr Nasir Abdulquadri, says about 70 per cent homes in Nigeria are not peaceful due to couple's lack of proper understanding of each other. Abdulquadri made the assertion on Tuesday at a lecture...
Kwara Commissioner urges police not to harass health workers
The Kwara Commissioner for Health, Dr Atolagbe Alege, has appealed to the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Olusola Amore, to advise his men to stop harassing health personnel in the state. Alege made the plea on Tu...
Labour to FG: Speed up diversification of economy
As the effect of the economic recession bites harder, organised labour has called on the Federal Government to speed up its efforts at diversifying the economy. Speaking through Chemical and Non-Metallic Senior Staff Asso...
JAMB: 3-year validity of examination results is right decision - NANS
Mr Tajudeen Habeeb, the Chairman of Kwara Chapter of National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), has lauded JAMB for its decision on the three-year validity of its examination results. Habeeb told the News Agen...
Kwara FA boss donates trophy for grassroots football tourney
The Chairman of Kwara Football Association (FA), Malam Busari Ishola, has donated a trophy for All Primary Schools soccer championship in Ilorin West Local Government Area. Ishola made the donation to the Chairman and mem...
Assembly wants more transformers
The Kwara State Government has been urged to make provision in the 2017 budget for installation of about 105 electricity transformers distributed to communities. This is part of resolutions by the House of Assembly...
Kwara Govt Nominated For Human Rights Award
A Non-governmental Organization, the Constitutional Rights Awareness and Liberty Initiative has nominated the Kwara State government for its 2016 Human Rights-Friendly State of the Year award (North Central Zone). Th...
Residents Urge Kwara Govt. Not To Abandon Road Projects
Kwara residents have called on the government not to abandon ongoing projects in the state, but ensure they are completed for the benefit of the communities. This is in line with the launch of the state owned ...
Gov Ahmed receives reports of visitation panels
Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed, has received reports of visitation panels to College of Education, Oro and College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies, Ilorin. Receiving the reports separately from the p...
KWASU debunks claims of mysterious deaths
The management of Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, has debunked claims of mysterious deaths of students of the institution.The university, according to Hajia Amidat Yusuf-Suleiman of its public relations unit, does...

2016-11-01
NCC Tennis League: Offikwu Whip Goshen In Ilorin
Team Offikwu of Kaduna parading top national players – Sylvester Emmanuel, Emmanuel Idoko, Albert Bicom and Aanu Aiyegbusi defeated Ilorin-based Team Goshen 7-0 at the weekend. Team Offikwu overwhelmed Team Goshen in a we...
Kwara govt to reorganize markets
The Kwara Government said it would open new markets and re-organise existing ones in the state to create specific commodity-based markets. Alhaji Mohammed Rifun, the state's Commissioner for Commerce and Cooperativ...
Gov Ahmed vows to sanitize Kwara LG system
Ahead of the expiration of the tenure of Local Government Chairmen, Kwara State Government has vowed to sanitize the local government system in the state in order to make the third tier of government viable and self-susta...
Gateway petitions NNL over ABS match walk-over
Gateway United Football Club of Abeokuta have protested against what they described as their supervised walk-over by ABS of Ilorin in the last game of the 2015/2016 Nigeria National League (NNL). A statement by Gat...
SWAN Condemns Gateway's Refusal To Play Against ABS
The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) has condemned Gateway United FC's refusal to play against the Abubakar Bukola Saraki (ABS) FC, citing the inadequacy of security personnel. SWAN President, Hono...
PDP Factions Claim Ownership Of Secretariat In Kwara
PDP Factions Claim Ownership Of Secretariat In KwaraThere seems to be no end in sight to the leadership crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara state as the Sunday Fagbemi-led executive has forcefully t...
APC members in Kwara divided over caretaker committees
*PDP threatens legal action, insists on elections Lobbying and the attendant grumblings arising from frustrations over the countdown to the end of the tenure of local government councils in Kwara State have thrown ...

2016-10-31
Need to Promote Census activities to enhance Population figures in Kwara . By Abdulrafiu Abdulrahman
Content of Motion: The importance of population census in promoting development activities in a Nation cannot be over emphasized. A reliable census is important for a State to adequately plan growth, deliver servic...
ABS Walk Over Gateway, Gain Promotion To NPFL
ABS Ilorin FC have gained promotion back to the Nigeria Professional Football League after three seasons in the second-tier Nigerian National League after walking over Gateway United of Abeokuta in a match day 14 fixture ...
KWASU's Professor Gambari Appointed NSSM President
Head of the Kinesiology, Health Education and Sports Administration Department at the Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete-Ilorin, Professor Mohammed Baba Gambari, has been appointed President of the rejuvenated Nigeria...
Saraki lauds Army for buying Aba made shoes
The President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has commended the Nigerian Army for its decision to purchase 50,000 pairs of shoes from local manufacturers in Aba, Abia State for the use of officers and soldiers....
Agriculturist seeks incentives for investors in agric sector
The General Manager, Shonga Farms Holdings Limited, Mr Adebayo Sangobiyi, has appealed to the federal government to create more incentives for investors in the agricultural sector. Sangobiyi, who made the appeal wh...
FG trains 120 on fabrication of agric processing machines
The Federal Government has commenced training 120 Nigerians across the 36 states on the fabrication of agro-processing machines, to serve as a catalyst for agricultural revolution in the country. The scheme, rolled...

2016-10-30
Courts convict 116 offenders in Kwara
One hundred and sixteen people were convicted for various sanitation offences by Mobile Courts, during the October month end sanitation in Ilorin, Kwara. The News Agency of Nigeria correspondent reports that the c...

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