2015-03-08

Fuel Scarcity Persists In Ilorin
The fuel scarcity which reared its ugly head in Ilorin, Kwara State last week persisted, even as many independent marketers capitalise on the situation to indiscriminately increase pump price of the commodity. Except ...

NGO plans to create sixteen thousand jobs
A Non-governmental organization, Nigerian Quintessential Business Women Association says it plans to create Job opportunities for sixteen thousand women and youths in Kwara state. The North Central zonal coor...

Rotary Club distributes food items to the needy in Ilorin
Members of Rotary Club, GRA Ilorin chapter, on Sunday, took to the streets to distribute food items to the needy and the less privileged during a road show in the metropolis. The club's Chattered President, Col...

Kwara didn't instruct management to increase school fees, says NANS
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS),Joint Campus Committee, Kwara State chapter and Students’ Union Government(SUG),College of Education, Ilorin have denied insinuations in some quarters that the...

Kwara: APC Tackles PDP Over Constitution Of "War Council"
As the March 28 and April 11 general elections draw nearer, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State has cried out over an alleged plot by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state to unleash te...

Ahmed seeks support for re-election
The governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed has held an interactive session with various groups canvassing for their support for his re-election bid. Gov. Ahmed met with pensioners and assured them, the readiness of...

2015-03-07

Photo News: Gbemi Saraki Inspects Skills Acquisition Centre
A former Senator and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Gbemisola Rukayah Saraki has inspected her newly established Skills Acquisition Centre in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. The centre, which is ...

One million people to benefit from Kwara Health Insurance Scheme
No fewer than one million people are set to benefit from the ongoing community health insurance scheme in Kwara State.The Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Media and Publicity, Dr. Muyideen Akored...

10-man Kwara United Draw at Dolphins as 2015 Nigeria Premier League season Begins
The 2015 Nigeria Premier League season kicked off on Saturday afternoon with 10-man Kwara United coming away from Port Harcourt’s Liberation Stadium with a share of the spoils following a goalless draw with Dolph...

2015-03-06

Stop deceiving Kwarans, Awoyale warns APC
Ahead of the forthcoming general elections, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party andPresident General of Orisun Igbomina, Chief ?Gbenga Awoyale, has urged the people of the state to remain resolute, committed and...

UNILORIN Keep Fit Exercise Holds Saturday
The March edition of the monthly Keep Fit Exercise for all Unilorin Staff and Students will hold this Saturday, 7th March, 2015, beginning from 7am. According to a press release from the office of the Director of S...

Governor Ahmed Disowns Fake Facebook Account
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has disowned a fake Facebook account which is being used by unauthorized persons to solicit for campaigns contributions in his name. In a statement issued by his Senior Spe...

IEDPU frowns at rising violence rate
The Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU) has frown at the increasing activities of cultists within the metropolis. In a press release signed by the National President of the union, Alhaji AbdulHamid Ad...

Gata brothers to lead attack for Kwara Utd
Kwara United Football Club may have set another league record if the news coming from Harmony Warriors’ club is anything to go by. The news gathered by SL10 have it that Gata brothers, Ismaila...

Kwara MPPP adopts Jonathan
Kwara State Mega Progressive Peoples Party, MPPP, yesterday in Ilorin announced President Goodluck Jonathan as its adopted candidate for the March 28 presidential election. The party, which held what they called a con...

Ahmed Signs Kwara 2015 Budget Into Law
Kwara State Governor AbdulFatah Ahmed has signed the 2015 Appropriation Bill into law. Ahmed while signing the bill into law promised to create 5000 new youth jobs in 2015 in line with his administration’s com...

Kwara Utd eye debut win at Dolphins
Kwara United head coach, Tunde Abdulrahman has said his side are confident of three maximum points at Dolphins. The Afonja Warriors will be the guests of Dolphins in Saturday’s 2014/15 Glo Premier League ...

Card readers will guarantee credible poll - Atunwa
THE Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Honourable Razak Atunwa, has said that the use of card readers will guarantee credible poll in the country. Atunwa, who is also the Director-General of APC Mandate...

Father, Son Die In Ilorin Auto Crash
Tragedy struck in Ilorin, Kwara state when a middle-aged man and his son died in a motor accident, along Ogidi, road in the metropolis. The man, who was identified as Mamanu Ayinla and his son, Muritala, were riding...

Playwrights' conference holds in Ilorin
Renowned playwright, Prof Femi Osofisan will be leading playwrights from across the country to the capital city of Kwara State, Ilorin. They will be attending a conference on playwriting, tagged: 2nd Playwrights’ Co...

2015-03-05

Kwara Traditional Council calls for comprehensive approach to security
The Kwara State Traditional Council has called for a more comprehensive approach to the provision of security in the state and across the country. This was contained in a communiqué issued after a one-day con...

Students' protest paralyses academic activities
Scores of students of the Kwara state College of Education Ilorin Wednesday protested against imposition of ‘illegal levies.” The protesting students thus disrupted ongoing semester examinations and paraly...

Kwara 2015: Father, son-in-law gun for same seat in Kwara legislature
Alhaji Musa Nuha-Seriki and his son-in-law, Ahmed Muhammed are to slug it out in the election into the Kaiama/Kemanji/Wajibe seat in the Kwara State House of Assembly. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nuh...

Moronfoye cautions FG against removing Jega
Cheif Tunji Moronfoye, the Kwara State Commissioner for Information and Communications has cautioned the Federal Government against yielding to advice of removing the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commiss...