Count me out of 2019 campaigns - Ajape - 2017-04-10
Special Adviser on Political Matters to Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed, Alhaji Usman Bibire Ajape has dissociated himself from the political campaigns about 2019 elections in the state. Speaking with Pilot Politics over...

APC cancels Buhari's presidential campaign rally in Kwara - 2019-01-17
The president, however, took his campaign to Kogi State as scheduled. President Muhammadu Buhari [Tolani Alli] President Muhammadu Buhari [Tolani Alli] President Muhammadu Buhari's presidential campaign rally s...

Former Kwara deputy speaker, others defect to APC - 2019-01-16
Thousands of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members in Kaiama, Kaiama local government area of Kwara state have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. The defectors led by the former depu...

APC, group fault ban on street rallies in Kwara - 2019-01-17
A non-governmental organisation, Save Kwara Group, has called on the state Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, to rescind his decision to ban street rallies and processions in the state. Also, the state chapter o...

‘Federal might or not, Kwara is PDP’ - 2019-01-17
Professor Suleiman Olanrewaju Abubakar, Director-General of Campaign Organisation of Abubakar Bukola Saraki, believes that nothing will upend the the political control of Kwara State by the senate president. The forme...

INTERVIEW: Why APC is ahead of PDP in Kwara today – Senatorial Candidate - 2019-01-10
Sadiq Umar is the Kwara North senatorial candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) for the 2019 general elections. A pharmacist, he has worked for many years in the health development sector under DFID and USAID. In...

Picture News: Fire Incident at Kwara Poly - 2013-01-16
The Directorate of Student Services (DSS) of Kwara State Polytechnic burnt by an over-night fire. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained. ...

APC crisis: Hand party flags to our candidates for Kwara elections – Balogun-Fulani faction tells Buhari, Oshiomhole - 2019-01-16
The Ishola Balogun-Fulani led faction of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kwara State has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and national leaders of the party to recognise its governorship candidate, Hon. Ka...

Ilorin locked down for Abdulrazak, Buhari - 2019-01-11
Ilorin, the capital of Kwara state was in a virtual lockdown Thursday as thousands of All Progressives Congress (APC) members and supporters joined the governorship candidate, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, to mobilise vo...

Kwara APC gov candidate, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq escapes assassination - 2019-01-14
Kwara APC governorship candidate AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Sunday escaped death by the whiskers as suspected thugs of the opposition party fired at a rally he was attending at Ode Alfa Nda area of the state capital....

SPECIAL BROADCAST BY HIS EXCELLENCY, ALHAJI ABDULFATAH AHMED, THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR OF KWARA STATE ON TUESDAY, JANUARY, 15, 2019 - 2019-01-15
SPECIAL BROADCAST BY HIS EXCELLENCY, ALHAJI ABDULFATAH AHMED, THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR OF KWARA STATE ON TUESDAY, JANUARY, 15, 2019 Dear Compatriots, I address you today on account of recent developments tha...

Kwara SUBEB appointment under my watch based on merit - Lambe - 2019-01-13
Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), has reacted to the purported allegation of nepotism and favoritism on the newly released appointment of teachers in the state public primary and junior secondary sc...

Proposed Moses Orimolade University in Omu-Aran - 2012-11-21
Moses Orimolade Tunolase was born in 1879 at Ikare, now in Ondo State. He was the founder of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church and originator of Pentecostal Church in Nigeria. He began his evangelism in 1916 from his h...

Kwara confirms cases of Lassa Fever, Yellow fever, Polio - 2019-01-16
The Kwara State Government has confirmed two cases of Lassa Fever infecting a husband and wife in the state. The government also confirmed an outbreak of circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Virus which claimed the ...

Saraki begs electorates to forgive PDP candidates, says no way for Tinubu in kwara - 2019-01-09
The Senate president, Dr Bukola Saraki yesterday said that there is no way for the national leader of All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu to annex Kwara state, even as he begged the people of t...

IEDPU urges immediate restoration of power supply to the affected parts of Ilorin - 2019-01-12
The Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union(IEDPU) has appealed to the management of the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company(IBEDC) to ensure the immediate restoration of qualitative power supply to her custome...

Dignitaries grace Dan-Iya's fidau in Ilorin - 2019-01-15
There was a large turnout of dignitaries at the Emir’s Palace, Ilorin yesterday as prayers were offered for the repose of the soul of the departed Dan Iya of Ilorin who was also the Daudu Agaka, Alhaji Ibrahim Kawu. ...

Kwara APC gov candidate accuses Senator's loyalists of mayhem - 2019-01-15
THE political tension in Kwara State ahead of the elections, yesterday, thickened as the governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, claimed that political thugs working ...

Saraki Raises the Alarm over Attack on Family Quarters in Ilorin - 2019-01-12
*IGP after my life, my family *Security agencies giving cover to thugs unleashing violence in Kwara State *Police: Saraki's allegations unfounded The President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, yesterday ...

APC inaugurates 293 governorship campaign advisory council in Kwara - 2019-01-07
A statement by the APC Governorship candidate’s media aide, Rafiu Ajakaiye, on Sunday in Ilorin, said members were drawn from across the three senatorial districts of the state. The All Progressives C...

Kwara police arrests Kale Bayero - 2016-03-04
The Kwara state police command yesterday made another break through with the arrest of one of the notorious cultists terrorising the state, Kale Bayero Sources close to the state police authorities confirmed the arre...

Tension in Ilorin as PDP, APC Supporters Clash - 2019-01-14
Members of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the opposition all progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara state clashed on Sunday in Ilorin metropolis. It was gathered that, some suspected political thugs ...

Nobody wants to annex Kwara, Lai Mohammed replies Saraki - 2019-01-11
Minister of Information and Culture and leader of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kwara State, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, yesterday, berated the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, over cl...

Attacks On PDP Members: Kwara PDP Leaders Ask Buhari To Call Factional APC Members To Order - 2019-01-13
Leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have asked President Muhammadu Buhari and national leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to halt the violence being perpetrated by their supporters in the state....

120 entrepreneurs get N10m grant in Kwara - 2019-01-11
About 120 entrepreneurs, yesterday, got grants to start up their businesses after an intensive training last year. The grant was disbursed by the senator representing Kwara South Senatorial District at the Nation...

Opinion: Ilorin, the city wrapped in a crisis of identity - 2013-06-30
By Femi Owolabi and Akeem Adio The clan of Ayeigun's compound of Itakure in Ilorin - where my Ilorinship is rooted - believes its members are descendants of the warrior, Afonja. Folks from the opposite compound belie...

Minimum Wage: Labour leaders protest in kwara - 2019-01-09
Members of Kwara state chapter of the Nigeria Labour congress , NLC Tuesday Joined their counterparts across the federation to protest the Non -Implementation of the 30, 000 naira national minimum wage for the Nigerian w...

Kwara Stands Still for Saraki, Atunwa, as PDP Flags-off Campaign - 2019-01-12
Leaders and members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara state, on Tuesday set out on another political journey on the premises of Pilot Primary School, Bode -Saadu, the headquarters of Moro Local Governme...

2019: Kwara braces for landmark general elections as Saraki fights for political life - 2019-01-06
Kola Shittu did not match the picture the reporter expected to see. It was the second day of the new year and the Kwara State chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was calm and all smiles as he ushered party ...

ACHIEVING NATIONAL UNITY AND DEVELOPMENT THROUGH SPORTS By Adekunle Oyedepo - 2017-10-12
I can't agree less with Franz Beckenbauer, a former German football manager who opined that "football is one of the world's best means of communication. It is impartial, apolitical and universal. Football unites people ar...

I WILL PAY THE N30,000 MINIMUM WAGE IF ELECTED - 2019-01-10
STATEMENT BY RT. HON. RAZAK ATUNWA, KWARA STATE PDP GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE I WILL PAY THE N30,000 MINIMUM WAGE IF ELECTED The current agitation by the Nigeria Labour Congress and its affiliated unio...

I'll conduct best, most credible election in Kwara - REC - 2019-01-07
With barely five weeks to the 2019 general elections, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kwara State, Malam Garba Attahiru-Madami has assured the people ...

Kwara 2015: Saraki, Sha'aba, Rafiu Ibrahim, Atunwa, Kannike, others emerge winners - 2015-03-30
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Environment and Ecology, Dr. Bukola Saraki and a Senator representing Kwara North Senatorial District, Alhaji Sha’aba Lafiaji have re-elected. The duo, who is members of t...

Kwara guber: We're in people's heart, not on billboards - Aremu - 2019-01-06
Comrade Isa Aremu, a former Vice President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and current Secretary – General of National Union of Textiles and Garments Workers Union of Nigeria, is one of the top contenders for the 2...

N70m cottage hospital commissioned in Igbaja - 2017-01-05
After many years of waiting with attendant dashed hopes and expectations, the Cottage Hospital, a major health facility in Igbaja, Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State was refurbished by the state government and ...

Portfolio of 2nd Batch Commissioners - 2015-11-17
Below is the list and portfolio of the 2nd batch of Kwara State Commissioners just sworn-in by Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed Alh Haruna Tambiri Mohammed - Local Government Alh Wasiu Odewale - Planning & Econ...

Ilesha Baruba Stool: Prof. Halidu Abubakar emerges new Emir - 2015-05-09
Emeritus Professor of Public Finance at Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, Halidu Ibrahim Abubakar, has emerged the new Emir of Ilesha- Baruba in Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara State, National Pilot...

CAILS Ilorin Advertises Application Form - 2017-07-14
The Kwara State College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies has announced her 2017/2018 application form. This is contained in a statement from the College signed by her Registrar. Interested applicant may visit the ...

I have no anointed candidate for Kwara governorship - Saraki - 2018-08-24
The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has told his supporters in Kwara State that he does not have anointed candidates among those vying for various elective posts, including governorship in 2019 elections. He...

Emir Appoints Aliyu As New Senior Balogun Of Ilorin Emirate - 2016-08-30
Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, has appointed Alhaji Adebayo Aliyu as the new most senior Balogun of Ilorin Emirate Council. The appointee is the Balogun Gambari of Ilorin and his appointment followed th...

KWHA to Investigate Kwara Hotels alleged mismanagement - 2016-10-16
The Kwara State House of Assembly has directed its joint Committees on Public Accounts/Finance and Appropriation/Commerce, Industry and Cooperative to investigate the alleged mismanagement leading to non payment of salari...

Photo News: The Emir of Ilorin in Morocco (more photos) - 2014-07-20
The Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari (middle) and his entourage on his arrival at a World Islamic Conference in Morocco on Friday. ...

Kwara APC alleges imposition of candidate in governorship primaries - 2018-10-08
SOME political groups in the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara state, Kwara Elders Unity Forum (KEUF) and Kwara Rescue Movement, have accused national secretariat of the party of allegedly anointing one of the clea...

Mrs. Toyin Saraki Receives Rotary Club Award of Excellence - 2016-04-12
In recognition of over a decade of dedicated humanitarian service in Kwara state, Nigeria and beyond, the Founder-President of the Wellbeing Foundation Africa, H.E. Mrs. Toyin Saraki, received the Rotary Club of Ilorin...

Buhari, Saraki, others for centenary honouring Markaz founder, El-Ilory - 2018-03-21
President Muhammadu Buhari, Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, Hon. Justice M. A. Belgore, among others, are expected at the week-long centenary celebrations of the life, times and works of Sheik Adam Abdullahi El-Ilory...

Ahmed approves upgrade of 70 traditional rulers - 2014-09-28
The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has approved the grading and upgrading of 70 traditional rulers in the state. According to a statement by the Commissioner for Local Government Affair...

Plat Technologies and Iqra Books Host Lecture on Tunde Idiagbon - 2012-04-28
Plat Technologies Limted and Iqra Books Nigeria Limited will tomorrow (Sunday) host their Iqra Leadership Discussion Series on The Labour of Our Heroes Past focusing on Late General Tunde Idiagbon's Life and Leadership ...

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