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2014-12-29
Kwara 2015: Emir of Ilorin Denies Endorsing PDP's Senator Ajibola
The Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu Gambari, MFR, has condemned in its entirety, a story credited to him by an online medium, that he(Emir) endorsed the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) gubernatorial flag bearer, Sen ...
Saraki Accuses FG of Mismanaging the Nation's Resources
Former Governor of Kwara State, Dr. Bukola Saraki, at the weekend blamed the current economic challenges bedevelling the nation on the mismanagement of the nation's resources by the federal government. He, ho...
Parents Threaten Showdown With Unity Schools Over Plan to Introduce Insurance Scheme
Parents of students in Federal Government Colleges otherwise known as unity schools at the weekend threatened a showdown with the principals of the schools over alleged compulsory introduction of an insurance scheme fo...
Emir of Ilorin backs Ajibola's PDP candidature
The Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Gambari has described the emergence of Senator Simeon Ajibola as PDP Governorship Flag Bearer in Kwara as sign of good things to come to the State. The Emir stated this over...
Community seeks strengthening of Ilorin prisons
The Ilorin Emirate community has called on the federal government to expand and reinforce the Mandala Prison located in the outskirts of Ilorin to accommodate the main prison yard in Ilorin metropolis. The ca...
Former Provost, Kwara College of Education Oro is Dead
A former deputy provost, Kwara State College of Education, Oro and former Provost, Kogi State College of Education, Ankpa, Dr John Fatele is dead. The Ilafin Isanlu-born erudite scholar died this morning after a b...

2014-12-28
Baraje, others urge Christians to emulate Christ's virtues
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje, has called on Christians to emulate the virtues of Jesus Christ by living peacefully and harmoniously with adherents of other religions....
Emir sues for unity, peace
The Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji (Dr) Ibrahim Sulu Gambari has called on people of Ilorin Emirate, both at home and abroad to sustain existing unity and understanding among them in order to bring about more development to the E...
Presidency Intervenes in PDP Primaries in Kwara
The Presidency may have intervened in the pre and post crises of the Governorship primary elections of the Kwara state branch of the People's Democratic Party (PDP). 12 Governorship aspirants had vied for the sole tick...
Kwara Utd, the journey so far ...Dedicate promotion to Gov Ahmed as birthday gift
Kwara United FC of Ilorin went through a turbulent 2013/2014 season of the Nigeria National Group A where 16 teams slugged it out for honours and at the end of the day, they were able to stand out as one of the best....
Ondo NSCDC commandant buried in Ilorin
the late Commandant of the Ondo State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Alhaji Issa Shuaib, has been buried amid tears on Saturday morning in his country home, Ilorin. The late commnadant...
I'll give financial autonomy to Kwara councils - Ajibola, PDP guber candidate
The Kwara State governorship standard-bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Simeon Ajibola, has promised to put an end to the joint account system forced on local governments in the state by the incumben...
Kwara PDP Unveils Guber Candidate, Running Mate
At last, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State, yesterday unveiled its gubernatorial candidate Senator Simeon Ajibola. Ajibola's election as PDP flag bearer in the 2015 governorship in the state h...
Kwara NDLEA Arrests 81 For Drug Trafficking, Addiction In 2014
Over 81 alleged illicit drug dealers and addicts have been arrested at different locations across Kwara State between January and December, 2014 by the state command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)....

2014-12-27
Oloyede Canvasses More Islamic Varsities
Oloyede Canvasses More Islamic Varsities By Abdullahi Olesin, Ilorin The former Vice Chancellor of Fountain University, Osogbo, Professor Hussein Oloyede yesterday called for the establishment of more Islamic Univers...
Kwara Commissions Vocational Centre
The Kwara State government has commissioned a vocational centre in Agbonda, Irepodun local government area of the state. The project, according to the executive director of the state Agency for Mass Literacy,...
Tambuwal, Saraki, Others Storm Ilorin
Notable Nigerians, including the Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal stormed Ilorin, Kwara State on Friday to grace the Walimat and wedding of the children of a chieftain of the All Progressives Cong...
KWARA 2015: IEDPU Warns Against Violence
The people of Ilorin yesterday rose in unison against perpetration of political violence in Ilorin Emirate. The umbrella body of all socio- political group in the community- Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progres...

2014-12-26
Pro-Buhari group slams PDP scribe on semi-illiterate comment
A group, Muhammadu Buhari Legacy Foundation (MBLF) has slammed Prof. Wale Oladipo, PDP National Secretary, for describing General Buhari as "semi-illiterate jackboot." Bode Towoju, Coordinator of the Kwara S...
Youth maize farmers rue absence of modern harvesting machines
Youth farmers at the Youth Farm settlement, Oke-Oyi, Kwara State, have decried seasonal food wastages, saying it is caused by the inability to access modern post-harvest equipment to timely process crops. Spe...
Ahmed rules out sack of Kwara workers
Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed has assured that despite dwindling revenue from the federation account, the state would not reduce its workforce. He said the state government would rather be prudent and...
10 held over Ilorin fracas
Ten persons have been remanded at an Ilorin magistrate's court over their alleged involvement in a recent fracas in Okelele area of Ilorin. The suspects, arraigned by the state police command, were ordered to...
I'm not Saraki's mole in PDP - Yinka Aluko
Former Security Adviser to ex-Governor of Kwara State Bukola Saraki, Yinka Aluko who is the Kwara Central Senatorial candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed rumour that Saraki is sponsoring in the PDP...
Yusuf Ali tasks CDA's on youth's restiveness
A legal luminary, Alhaji Yusuf Olaolu Ali (SAN), on Thursday called on Community Development Associations (CDAs) to embark on aggressive establishment of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises in order to arrest youth rest...
"Over 70 per cent of Ilorin indigenes trapped in poverty" - Adi
The Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU), the apex socio-cultural organisation of Ilorin Emirate indigenes at home and in the Diaspora, has raised alarm over rising poverty level in the community, sayin...
Peaceful celebration in Kwara
There was tight security in Kwara State on Thursday as Christians celebrated the Christmas on a peaceful manner. Punch correspondent who monitored the situation in the state observed that both undercover and un...

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