2015-01-02

Oba Abdulraheem, Col. Bamigboye, Gbemi Saraki, Muinat Shagaya others in GEJ Campaign Committees
Full List of Jonathan's Campaign Officials - Directorate and Committee Levels ...

Ekiti traditional council endorses Ahmed
PDP picks Aluko as Ajibola's running mate EKITI Traditional Council has endorsed Dr. Abdulfatah Ahmed for a second term as the governor of the state in the forthcoming elections. The Chairman of th...

Islamic council, group fault Nigeria's role in UN resolution on Palestine
THE Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) and the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), Thursday slammed the Federal Government for abstaining from voting at the recent Security Council primarily convened over ...

Press Release: My campaign is very much active and intact - Shagaya
The attention of Sherif Shagaya Campaign Organization (SSHCO) has been drawn to a ludicrous news item reported by an online platform - E-Kwara. The story, captioned: Kwara 2015: Stage set for Razaq Atunwa as Sheriff S...

Moshood Mustapha rallies support for Buhari, Ahmed
A member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Mashood Mustapha, has urged the people of Kwara State to vote en masse for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, in the Feb...

Ajibola: Only PDP can transform Kwara
Simeon Ajibola, a senator and the gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara state, has promised to transform the state if elected.In a New Year message to the people...

200 playwrights meet in Kwara, tackle 'old' challenges
About 200 delegates are expected to participate in the second Playwrights’ Confab holding at the Kwara State University from March 6 to 8. The plan follows the success of the maiden edition hosted by the Obafemi ...

2015-01-01

New Year message From Abdulakeem Amao, Labour Party Guber Candidate
We in Labour Party do welcome you to a New Year 2015 and a New Dawn in Kwara State of Nigeria, the past years had gone bye with their worries, intrigues and burden, the sorrows of those years are man made and not of Go...

Arikewuyo, golden voice of UNILORIN FM and a huge blessing to UNILORIN Community - VC
The Vice-Chancellor, University of Ilorin, Professor Abdulganiyu Ambali has described popular broadcaster, Mr Abdulgaffar Arikewuyo as a huge blessing to the University of Ilorin Community. The Vice-Chancellor sai...

Mrs Omolewa Ahmed adds another year
A day after her husband, the Executive Governor of Kwara state, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed marked his 51st birthday, wife of the governor, Mrs. Omolewa Ahmed added another year to her age. Mrs. Omolewa is an epitome...

Kwara PDP senatorial candidate appeals for peace
Ahead 2015 general election, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for Kwara Central senatorial district, Alhaji Abdulrahaman Abdulrasaq, has appealed to Nigerians to embrace virtues of peaceful co-existence....

Undergraduate organises voluntary teaching for special needs pupils
A 400-level student of Anatomy, University of Ilorin, Segun Ayodele, has organised a Voluntary Teaching Scheme (VTS) for pupils of Kwara State School for Special Needs. The scheme is a community service proj...

Youth urged to embrace agriculture
The Executive Director of Marketing in the News Agency of Nigeria, Chief Jide Adebayo, has advised the youth to develop interest in agriculture, saying it is the only means of ending unemployment in the country. ...

2015 a defining year - Ahmed
Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed yesterday advised Nigerians to ensure peace in the country as it enters a defining year in its democracy. In his televised New Year message, Ahmed assured the people of t...

Unilorin admits 12,650 students
The University of Ilorin in Kwara State has matriculated 12,650 new intakes including seven deaf for the 2014/2015 academic session. The students represent 11 per cent of over 114, 000 that applied to the uni...

Ajibola promises to pursue LG autonomy
The Kwara State gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senator Simeon Ajibola has promised to make local governments autonomous if elected into office next year. Speaking in Ilorin, Aji...

Kwara 2015: Uncertainty over Ahmed's running mate
There appears to be uncertainty in Kwara State over the running mate to Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed who is the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in the state. Ahmed is yet to make any publi...

Kwara to construct agric laboratory
The Kwara State Government is to construct modern agricultural analytical laboratory as part of efforts to boost agriculture in the state, Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed disclosed this in the 2015 budget proposal he present...

Greater Prosperity is coming, Governor Ahmed assures in televised New Year Message
Greater Prosperity is coming, Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State assures in his televised New Year message as he urges youths to be agents of choice and not instruments of violence. Full Text of the New Year...

Welcome to 2015: A Year of Auspicious Transformation for Nigeria - Atunwa
I welcome you all to 2015; a year all Nigerians have been anticipating because the year affords us all the opportunity to reset this nation, put it on the right course and secure its future through our votes in the gene...

Press Release: 2015, A year of Endless Possibilities - Saraki
As we enter 2015, I wish Nigerians all around the world a Happy New Year. I thank the Almighty for guiding and sustaining our collective journey thus far, and for keeping us ever-strong and focused as a nation of divers...

2014-12-31

Video: Gov. Ahmed's New year Message to Kwarans
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Corruption: Justice Akanbi, Yusuf Ali, others tackle Jonathan
Former President of the Court of Appeal and pioneer Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related offences Commission, ICPC, Justice Mustapha Akanbi (retd) yesterday in Ilorin gave the President Goodl...

Ajibola assures non-indigenes in Kwara
The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, governorship flag- bearer in Kwara state, Senator Simeon Ajibola, has assured the people of the state that his government would not discriminate against non-indigenes in the st...

Kwara United players demand 'outstanding wages'
Captain of newly promoted NPFL side Kwara United FC of Ilorin, Sherif Jimoh, has revealed the players’ resolve to fight for their entitlement after helpind the club back to the top flight. Jimoh told Na...

1,000 PDP Youths Decamp to APC in Kwara
Ahead of the 2015 general election, no fewer than 1,000  members of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)  in Owode/Onire constituency of Asa Local Government Area of Kwara State have dumped the party for the All ...

FG Declares 1st and 2nd January as public holidays
The Federal Government has declared Friday, January 2, 2015 as public holiday to mark Eid el Maloud. The Federal Government had earlier declared January 1, 2015 as public holiday to mark the New Year. Ministe...

2014-12-30

INEC redeploys electoral commissioners
Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) of the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have been redeployed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as part of preparations for the conduct of 2...

8,886 undergo cancer screening in Ilorin
No fewer than 8, 886 women have been screened for breast and cervical cancer by LEAH Charity Foundation, a pet project of wife of Kwara State Governor, Mrs. Omolewa Ahmed. The screening was conducted at 29 sc...

Kwara Committee on Creation of LCDAs Receives 96 Memoranda
The committee set up by the Kwara State Government on the creation of additional Local Government Council Development Authorities has so far received 96 memoranda from various communities and groups in the state. ...