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Twitter Seeks High Level Talks With Nigeria Govt Over Suspension
Following the suspension of its activities in Nigeria, Twitter has reached out to the federal government seeking high-level discussion to resolve the issue. ...
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Suspected Gunmen Kill Four Hunters In Kwara
Four local hunters were reportedly ambushed and killed by suspected gunmen in Faje community in Asa local government area of Kwara state at ...
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‘We’ll Locate You’ Police Warns Vandals, Handover Recovered Items to IBEDC
Nigerian Police Force, kwara state command has warned vandals specializing in vandalizing public property in the state said command is all out to ...
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Man Shot By Unknown Gunrunner in Kwara Says NSCDC
Unknown gunrunner has confirmed to shot a young man identified as Salisu Haruna around Offa/Ikotun area in Kwara state on Tuesday 8th of ...
NewsReps Pass Bill Seeking to Deregister Political Parties Without Seat in State Assembly
Reps Pass Bill Seeking to Deregister Political Parties Without Seat in State Assembly
House of Representatives on Tuesday passed for second reading a Bill seeking to deregister political parties without at least a seat in a ...
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I Have No Hand in Fresh Attacks, Killings in Igangan ― Evicted Seriki Fulani, Blame Security Agencies
EVICTED Seriki Fulani of Igangan in Oyo State, Alhaji Saliu Abdulkadir, has denied allegations that he was behind the fresh attacks that rocked ...
Economy
50 Unemployed Graduates Benefit Private Business Training In Kwara
Not less that 50 unemployed graduate youth in Kwara state have been trained by the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) on how to ...
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KWSG Disburses Relief Funds To Victims of Oro Market Fire
Kwara State Government has disbursed over three million naira to victims of the recent fire disaster at Oro central market in Irepodun local ...
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NSCDC Nab 2 For Spending Fake Money In Kwara, As Suspects Reportedly Got Currency At Gurumaraji Temple
Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence corps (NSCDC), patigi division kwara state command has arrested two people Nicholas Kelechi ‘m’ 25 ...
Health
How Mobile Clinic Project is Proffering Solution to Rural Health Problem
By Usman Aliyu One of the major challenges of life in rural communities in developing countries such as Nigeria is lack of access ...
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Insecurity/Secession: FG Suspend Twitter’s Operation in Nigeria
The Federal Government has suspended, indefinitely, the operations of the microblogging and social networking service, Twitter in Nigeria The Minister of Information and ...
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Gov AbdulRazaq Hails Military’s Roles in National Unity, Urges Citizens To Support Fight Against Terrorism
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has called on Nigerians to rally together in the fight against terrorism, banditry, and mass poverty, describing them ...
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Bad Leadership Has Destroyed Nigeria, ‘Land Flowing With Milk, Honey’ – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday, once again blamed series of challenges currently confronting Nigeria on bad leadership, and thereby called on all ...
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Ethnic, Religious Suspicion Fueling Crisis in Nigeria- Alaafin, Says True Federalism Is Way Out
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, on Wednesday, said that ethnic and religious suspicion are fueling crisis in Nigeria, saying the return ...
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Kwara Pensioners Appeals To Gov AbdulRazaq To Terminate Pension Consultant
Pensioners in Kwara state have appealed to Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq to take away payment of pension and gratuities from consultants without further delay. ...
Economy
West African Islamic Institute of Accounting, Finance Appoints Dr AbdulQadir As Director General
West African Islamic Institute of Accounting and Finance (IIAFNIGERIA) established in Nigeria in the year 2010 has appointed Dr AbdulQadir AbdulLateef Ola as ...
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507 Kwara Communities To Benefit From FG’s COVID-19 Rapid Response Scheme
A total of 507 communities in Kwara State will benefit from the federal government’s COVID-19 rapid response scheme. The Head of Operations Coordinating ...
Economy
France, Kwara Eye Stronger Ties in Agric, Tourism
French Ambassador to Nigeria Jarome Pasquire has expressed readiness of the francophone nation to strengthen its ties with Kwara State especially in the ...
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Joint Border Patrol Team Warns Dare Devil Smugglers, Discloses Items Seized
Special unit of the Nigeria Customs Service, codenamed Joint Border Patrol Team (JBPT) sector 3 Headquarters, Ilorin, Kwara State has warned smugglers within ...
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Governor’s Aide, PDP Trade Words Over AbdulRazaq’s Achievements
Special Adviser on Political Communications to the Kwara State Governor, Bashir Adigun has described the assessment performance of two year administration of Governor ...
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Foundation Empowers Orphans With Working Tools, Seeks For Public Support To Do More
Non-governmental organization operating on the aegis of Islamic Orphanage Foundation has empowered twelve orphans with working tools to assist them in their different ...
Education
Democracy Day: Provost Applauds Gov Abdulrazaq Efforts On Education.
The provost of the Kwara State College of Nursing and Midwifery, Ilorin, Alhaji Imam Abubakar Ayinla, has charged both the executive and legislative ...
Education
KWSG To Boost State’s Economy With N14bn
Kwara State government has disclosed that it has concluded arrangements to inject N14 billion into the state’s economy through execution of infrastructural projects ...
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Olowu Congratulates Farouk Yahaya On His Appointment As Army Chief, Seeks For Support For Him
Olowu of Kuta, Ayedire Local Government, His Royal Majesty Oba Oyelude Makama, Tegbosun 111, has congratulated Major General Farouk Yahaya on his appointment ...
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$65m fraud: Fugitive no longer in-law to President Buhari – Presidency
The Presidency has came out to clarified that Gimba Yau Kumo accused of $65 million fraud in the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria ...
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NSCDC Nab Six Suspected Cultists In Kwara
Officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Kwara State Command on Saturday nabbed six suspected members of two rival cult ...
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Oyo Community Asks President Buhari to Probe Killings by Customs Officers
THE Iseyin Elders Council (IEC) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to order the arrest and prosecution of officers and men of the ...
Education
JAMB Discloses Plan To Shift 2021 UTME Date
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB on Friday 14th of May 2021 disclosed that the board is considering shifting the initial date of ...
Metro
Cleric Urges Children To Sustain Legacies Left By Late Princess Awawu Adedoyin
An Islamic cleric, Alhaji Bashir Ibrahim Adewara has urged the children of late Princess Awawu Ajibike Adedoyin to sustain and build on the ...
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Emir of Ilorin Commends Gov AbdulRazaq Humility, Infrastructure Development
Emir of Ilorin and Chairman Kwara State Council of Chiefs, Mai-Martaba, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari CFR, has commended Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq for his humility ...
Education
Eid-el-fitri: Provost Preaches Peace, Development
The provost, Kwara State College of Nursing and Midwifery, Imam Abubakar Ayinla has congratulated the faithful Muslims on the occasion of Eid-el-Fitri celebration ...
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Igangan: Fulani Group Asks Alafin, Oyo Govt To Ignore Calls For Removal Of Sarkin Fulani
The Miyetti Allah Kauthal Hore- the Fulani socio- cultural association on Thursday urged the Alafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi and Oyo State ...
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Kwara TV Get New GM
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has appointed a multimedia guru Olatunde Michaels Oyeyiola as the new General Manager of the Kwara Television, a ...
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Gov AbdulRazaq Assign Portfolio To New Cabinet Members, Charges Them To Be Exemplary
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has sworn in 10 commissioners and one special adviser, charging them to be “exemplary, prudent, creative, and team ...
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Kwara Police Command Raise Alarm Over Plans Of Some Miscreants To Disrupt Eid-Prayer
Kwara State Police Command has raised the alarm that some disgruntled elements have perfected plans to foment trouble at this year’s end of ...
Health
COVID-19: FG Reintroduces Restrictions In All 36 States
The Federal Government has announced COVID-19 restrictions across all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) are to resume. The latest directive ...
Economy
Empowerment: KWSG Call On Enterprising Youths To Access Up To N3m Free-Interest Loans
As part of efforts to empower youths in the state, the kwara state government led by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Monday 10th of ...
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INEC Converts 1,015 Voting Points To Polling Units In Kwara, See Breakdown of Polling Units Per LG
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has converted 1,015 voting points to polling units in Kwara. Malam Garba Attahiru-Madami, the state’s ...
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Catholic Archbishop task government to embrace dialogue to tackle security challenges
Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama has called on the government to embrace dialogue across religious and ethnic lines to find a ...
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Sen. Bukola Saraki Donates N10m For Completion of Mosque In Ilorin
Immediate past president of the senate, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki, Waziri ngeri of Ilorin on Friday, 7th of May, 2021 donated sum of ...
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APC Membership Registration: Appeal Panel visits Kwara, As Gov AbdulRazaq Promises Nobody Will Be Excluded From APC
Appeal panel set up by the National Working Committee of All Progressive Congress (APC) to look into all complaints that trailed the recent ...
Economy
Cottage Industry: With Govt Support, We can produce two tonnes of shea butter in a week — Ilota Women
Women in Ilota, Ilorin South local government area of kwara State said they possess capacity to produce atleast two tonnes of shea butter ...
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Offa People Applauds Gov AbdulRazaq Developmental Projects, Says They Are Fully Behind Him For Second Term
The people of Offa, in Offa local government area of Kwara state on Thursday 6th of May, 2021 expressed happiness over the level ...
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Boko Haram Plan To Attack National Assembly, VIP Locations Causes Scare
Lawmakers have been notified of a possible attack by Boko Haram insurgents on the National Assembly complex and other public buildings in Abuja, ...
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Kano Hisbah Sacks Official Found In Hotel Room With Married Woman
The Kano State Hisbah Board, in its effort to ensure transparency as well as guide against immortality, has sacked a top official allegedly ...
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Gumi Urge Govt To Pay N100m,10 Motorcycles Demanded By Abductors of Kaduna University Students Before They Are Killed
Renowned Islamic cleric, Sheik Ahmad Gumi, has advised the Federal Government not to take the threat of kidnappers of students of Greenfield University, ...
Agriculture
Gov AbdulRazaq Launches Input Subsidy For Kwara Farmers, Disclose Plan To Ink Agreement With Lagos On Rice Production
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Wednesday 5th of May, 2021 launched an agricultural input subsidy scheme that would give at least 10,000 ...
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Kaduna forestry college students released 56 days after abduction
After 56 gruelling days, the abducted students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna ...
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Alleged Relocation of Herders: NSCDC Call On Kwara Communities To Be Security Conscious
Nigeria Security Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) kwara state command have called on the residence of some communities in Kwara south senatorial district to ...
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Insecurity: Police IG Applauds Gov AbdulRazaq Proactiveness, Says KWSG Sponsored Highest People For Community Police In Nigeria
Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, has applauded Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq over his proactiveness on security of lives and ...
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Infrastructure: KWSG Reiterates Commitment, As Community Appreciates Govt Presence
The Kwara State Government has reinstated its commitment to the welfare of the people of Kwara State. The State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq made ...
Economy
Ilorin West Takes Step To Boost IGR, Set Up Special Committees
As part of determination to raise its internal generated revenue to a level that can sustain development, the chairman of Ilorin West Local ...
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Group Commends Gov AbdulRazaq’s proactive step on security, Urge Residents On Useful Infor to Security
A group, operating under the aegis of Community Development Council (CDC) has commended Kwara state government led by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for its ...
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Youths Arrest Six Kidnappers In Kwara
Some courageous youths in Odo-Owa in Oke- Ero local government area of Kwara State on Friday laid ambush for six suspected kidnappers who ...
Education
KWSG partners TIIDELab to train youth on software devt
In a bid to hone their creative and problem-solving skills as well as make them more competitive, the Kwara State Government has set ...
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Our plan to upgrade Dada Pottery is underway- SSA Community Intervention
Senior Special Assistant to Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on community intervention, Kayode Oyin-Zubair on Monday reiterated the commitment of the current administration to the ...
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Razing Uzodinma’s home, criminality taken too far — NGF
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), has condemned Saturday’s fire that gutted the house of the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma. The NGF Chairman ...
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Developmental Initiatives/Projects: Kwara Tops Other Progressive States
Kwara has topped the table of developmental strides recorded across states governed by All Progressives Congress (APC) for the month of March, 2021, ...
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Safer Kwara: Gov AbdulRazaq flags off training for 1,056 community police constables
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Friday flagged off a training course for the newly recruited 1,056 Community Police Constables for the state, ...
Education
European Union/Lithuanian Govt Grant Kwara Varsity N600m To Install Solar Power
European Union and the Lithuanian government have awarded sum of N600 million grant to the Kwara state owned University (KWASU) Malete to install ...