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2015-12-07
Immorality: Producer Seeks Enforcement Of Laws On Obscenity
Laxity in the enforcement of laws against obscenity is encouraging immoral songs and films in the country, an Ilorin-based music promoter, Adedotun Ajala has said. Ajala who is the chief executive officer (CE...
No Alternative To One United Nigeria - Lai Mohammed
Nigeria's minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed over the weekend in Abuja, said that government of the federation has done so much in its war to eradicate corruption and end insurgency. He further ad...
Saraki lobbies French parliament on B'Haram, economy, Lake Chad
President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, at the weekend, called on the French government to be more decisive in supporting war against terrorism, particularly the Boko Haram insurgency in the north-eastern ...
Reps probe Tukur, Baraje over N1tr rail projects
Former national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Bamanga Tukur, and three other successive chairmen of the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) have been summoned by the House of Representatives over alleged...
Senate warns governors against unnecessary loans
Chairman of the senate committee on local and foreign debts, Shehu Sani has cautioned states government against collecting "unnecessary loans." Hosting the country director of the World Bank, Dr. Rachid Benm...
Kwara pilgrims get N6.3m refund
The Kwara State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare board is set to refund over N6m to the 2012 and 2013 hajj pilgrims from the state. This was disclosed by the Executive Secretary of the board, Hajia Fatima Abolore Jimo...
Nigeria's unity not negotiable - Emir tells Biafra agitators
The Emir of Lafiagi, Alhaji Sa'adu Kawu Haliru, at the weekend appealed to those agitating for Biafra state to desist, adding that Nigeria's unity is not negotiable. He solicited the support of all Nigerians for Presid...

2015-12-06
Anti-graft War: Emir Of Lafiagi Seeks Nigerians' Support For Buhari
The Emir of Lafiagi, Alh Sa'adu Kawu Haliru yesterday solicited the support of Nigerians for President Muhammadu Buhari's administration's fight against corruption. The Emir noted that corruption has retarded the growt...
The 'hell way' to the North!
Ilorin - Jebba - Mokwa - Minna Road links the South of Nigeria with the North."The alternative route is the Okene - Lokoja Road bursting out at the federal capital and then to other parts of the North. The tw...
Kwara: No Longer Business As Usual
Kwara State is wholly an All Progressives Congress (APC)-controlled state. The executive, the legislature and the local government administrations are totally under the control of the APC. Infact th...

2015-12-05
When Kwara varsity extolled virtues of Saraki
Almost every experience shared by those who have come in contact with late political icon in Kwara state and a philanthropist per excellence, Dr. Abubakar Olusola Saraki, praised his humane, kindness and love for his p...
Engage the youth, UNILORIN Student Union president urges Buhari
Idris Alao Ibrahim, President, Students' Union, University of Ilorin, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to incorporate the Nigerian youth in his administration's programmes in view of his campaign promise during...
'How Unilorin withheld our certificates for over a decade'
They had made the headlines in 1998 under the dictatorial regime of the then Head of State General Sanni Abacha. Students at the University of Ilorin were tired of the deplorable living and learning conditions they wer...

2015-12-04
Oladimeji Appointed Kwara United Chairman
THe Kwara State governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has approved the appointment of Mr. Thompson Oladimeji of Henry George Company as the Chairman of the board of Kwara United football club. The appointment is with im...
Gov Ahmed Approves N3.2b for On-Going Projects
The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has approved the release of N3.2b for the completion of outstanding capital projects in the Education, Energy, Health, Roads, Works and Justice sectors in the state. ...
Saraki promotes Moshood Mustapha to Special Adviser on Intra-Parliamentary Affairs and Special Duties
Senate President Dr. Bukola Saraki has promoted his Special Adviser on intra-parliamentary affairs, Hon. Moshood Mustapha. In a letter addressed to the honorable member who represented Ilorin West/Asa Federal Consti...
Kwara Wants Education Programme to Extend Beyond 2016
The Kwara State government has appealed to the ?Education Support Services Programme in Nigeria (ESSPIN) to extend its work beyond 2016. This is as the state government reiterated its resolve to improve on qu...
2016, year of consolidation - Gov Ahmed
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State yesterday in Ilorin, vowed that the coming year would be year of consolidation on past gains. The governor who dropped the hint while receiving the Deputy Programme Ma...
KWHA makes case for Radio Kwara, KWTV resuscitation
The Kwara State House of Assembly has urged the state government to resuscitate the moribund booster stations of Radio Kwara and the state Television Service (KWTV) for effective dissemination of information to the peo...
Kogi guber: Kwara Ebira community drums support for Yahaya Bello
Following the intrigues that trailed replacement for governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress in Kogi State, Late Abubakar Audu, Ebira indigenes resident in Kwara State yesterday threw their weights behind ...
Unilorin rates Gov Ahmed high...as Kwara partners institution on improved information
The University of Ilorin yesterday examined the performance of Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State and returned with a verdict that "his administration has performed creditably well". Vice-Chancellor of ...
Expert douses tension over Kwara's proposed N20b bond
The intense fear over the future of Kwara State on the proposed N20billion was allayed yesterday as Managing Director of Harmony Securities Limited, Alhaji Muftau Adeola Balogun, said the government was navigating the ...
Coaches lobby for Kwara United job
There is a hot race going on behind-the-scenes for the vacant Kwara United by some popular coaches in the country. Not less than eleven coaches have lobbied for the hot seat of the relegated club after Tunde ...
Muslim leaders urge caution over pro-Biafra violence
* MASSOB insists on peaceful struggle * Anyim distances self from agitators NIGERIAN Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) under the leadership of the President-General, the Sultan of Sokoto, Al...
Kwara Assembly urges revitilisation of govt media outfits
Kwara State Government has been urged to resuscitate the moribund booster stations of the State Owned Broadcasting Corporation, Radio Kwara or establish new ones in different parts of the State to ensure effective diss...
Saraki leads NASS delegation to Paris conference on environment
Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki on Thursday led a delegation of the National Assembly to Paris, France, to attend two conferences of Parliamentarians from across the world on how to save the environment. ...

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