Doosuur Iwambe An Ilorin Magistrate court in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital on Tuesday ordered the arrest of Commissioner of Commence and Cooperatives, Deacon Tunde Agboola. The court’s order was borne out of the failure of Agboola to appear before the court on allegations of causing bodily harm, and attempted culpable homicide on a broadcast […]
A member representing Isin/Ekiti/Irepodun and Oke-Ero federal constituency, Alhaji Tunji Olawuyi, has pledged support for the National Youth Service Corps camp in Yikpata in Edu local area of Kwara. Olawuyi made the pledge when he visited the camp to commend the Corps members for the role they played in the bye-election that brought him into […]
The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki has expressed his gratitude to all his followers and supporters in Kwara for standing by him throughout his ordeals at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). Saraki said this in Ilorin on Tuesday when a large crowd of supporters received him at the Airport after the Supreme […]
The Chairman of Irepodun Local Government Area (LGA) of Kwara, Hon. Muyiwa Oladipo, on Tuesday said that the newly inaugurated task force committee on Internally Generated Revue (IGR) was to achieve an all inclusive growth in the council mladipo made the assertion while inaugurating the 5-man task force committee members at the council Secretariat in […]
A second republic lawmaker with the Kwara House of Assembly, Chief Wole Oke on Monday charged Nigerian Youth to shun negative tendencies capable of retarding the progress and development of the country Oke, who is a traditional title holder of Jagunmolu of Shao in Moro local government area of Kwara, gave the charge at a […]
Deputy Chairman of Chief Bashir Bolarinwa-led faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Kwara, Alhaji Abdullahi Samari, has declared the faction as the authentic APC in the state. Samari who made the claim while speaking to newsmen on Wednesday in Ilorin said the faction was made up of members advocating the return of President […]
Osun has been rated the most peaceful state in Nigeria, followed by Kogi, Ekiti Kwara and Imo states. The ranking was based on the research findings of the Foundation for Peace Professionals (FPP). Yobe, Kebbi, Bauchi, Zamfara and Sokoto were found to be the least peaceful states in the country. On a geo-political basis, Akwa […]
The kwara State Independent Electoral Commission( KWSIEC) yesterday declared chairmanship candidates of the All Progressives Congress ( APC) winners of the last Saturday council elections in all the 16 local government areas of the the state. The commission’s chairman, Dr Usman Ajidagba who announced the results last night said APC won 181 councilloship seats while […]
Political stakeholders in Omu-Aran, Kwara State, have commended the peaceful conduct of the local government elections on Saturday in the state. Some of the stakeholders, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), noted that the elections were peaceful in Omu-Aran and other neighboring communities of Oko, Oro, Arandun, Ipetu and Rore. Mr Muyiwa […]
…As cleric warns youths against violence, hooliganism The Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission (KWASIEC) has commenced a training programme for 141 facilitators that will participate in the conduct of the November 18 local government election in the state. The electoral body is organising the three-day training programme in collaboration with the International Foundation for Electoral […]
Leading telecoms operator, Airtel Nigeria, has been commended by teachers in its adopted public primary schools located in Lagos, Ogun, Kaduna, Kwara, Cross River and Imo States. The teachers who were overwhelmed with joy hailed the telco for its focus on education and for organizing a specialized training as well as award platform to honour […]
The Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission (KWSIEC) has described as false, insinuations that it has denied the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Offa Local Government Area of the state the opportunity to participate in the November 18, council poll in the state. It described as misleading a report to that effect in a national daily, […]
Kwara State House of Assembly and Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressives Union (IEDPU) on Monday raised an alarm over the proliferation of hotels and guest houses in the state. The legislature and the socio-cultural group were unanimous in their views that proliferation of hotels, especially in Ilorin, the state capital was aiding criminality in the state. […]
The Kwara state government has detected cases of certificate forgery among the state and local government workers. To this end was disclosed by the senior Special assistant to the governor on media and Communications, Dr. Muideen Akorede, at a press briefing in government house after the Executive council Meeting held yesterday in Ilorin. He noted […]
Several casualties have been recorded after a building collapsed along Zulu-Gambari road, Ilorin in Kwara State. More to follow
The Kwara Independent Electoral Commission (KWASEIC) has said that it will not use the card reader machines for the conduct of the forthcoming election into the 16 local government councils slated for 4, November. The chairman of the commission, Dr. AbdukRahman Ajidagba, disclosed this in a maiden meeting with representatives of registered political parties at […]
The Kwara State government has said it will leverage the technical and financial capacity of the Bank of Industry (BOI) to build a partnership for sustainable entrepreneurship development in the State. The Governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed, noted that partnering with BOI would help upscale already existing entrepreneurship schemes in the state, to drive […]
The National Agency for Food Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) said that it sealed over 200 bakeries between January and December, 2016 in Kwara state over unhealthy production. The coordinator of NAFDAC in the state, Mrs. Roseline Ajayi, revealed this during an interview with the Daily Times in llorin, the state capital on Thursday. Ajayi […]
The Kwara State Government is to begin renovation of 420 primary school classrooms across the sixteen local government areas of the state. The State Governor, Dr. Abdulfatah Ahmed, who disclosed this while addressing members of the All Progressives Congress at the monthly stakeholders meeting held at the Banquet Hall in Ilorin, said the primary schools […]
The Kwara State national Coordinator, Odua People’s Congress (OPC) Comrade salam olarewaju, on Tuesday, warned members of the congress in the state against fomenting trouble that could dent the image of the group. Olarewaju, who gave the warning at the state congress of the group in Ilorin, explained that the incumbent leadership of the group in […]