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Kwara TUC Reconciles Aggrieved Members,Swear in Akinwumi As State Chairman
National leadership of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Wednesday 22nd of April, 2021 swear in comrade Akinsola Akinwumi as the Kwara state ...
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SWAN Applauds Gov AbdulRazaq, Athletes Over Impressive Outing At Edo 2020 Nat’l Sports Festival
The Kwara chapter of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) has applauded the state Governor, Malam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq and athletes over what ...
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Judiciary Financial Autonomy: NBA Members Protest To Kwara Govt House
Members of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Ilorin branch, on 21st of April, 2021 staged a peaceful protest in Ilorin, kwara state capital ...
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Civil Right Group Call For Establishment of Anti-corruption Commission in kwara
Civil Rights and Development Resource Centre-CIRDEV (CIRDEV Resource Centre), a Civil society organization based in Kwara state has challenged the state government to ...
Agriculture
KWSG launches 500 hectares Youth Farm Scheme per LG
Kwara State Government on Wednesday 21st of April, 2021 launched a pilot scheme of 500-hectare Farm Kwara in Ifelodun local government to create ...
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CSO’s Asks KWSG To Establish Public Complaint, Anti-Corruption Commission
Civil Society Organisation, operating under the aegis of ‘Elites Network for Sustainable Development’ (ENetSuD) has asked the Kwara State Government to establish Public ...
Economy
Customs ‘Strike Force’ Kwara Area Command Impound 513 Bags of Foreign Rice, Says It wouldn’t Deter By Smugglers Threats
The Nigeria Customs Service under its special team, codenamed “Strike Force” kwara area command zone B, Kaduna, Kwara States axis has confirmed the ...
Economy
DG Asks FG To Grant SON’s Permission To Presence At Ports To Check Influx of Substandard, As CEO KAM Holdings Urge CBN On Forex For Manufacturers
The Director-General of Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Farooq Salim, has asked the federal government to permit the agency to establish its presence ...
Economy
KWIRS breaks record, declares highest Tax generation of N9.5b in first quarter of 2021
Kwara State Internal Revenue Service (KW-IRS) on Tuesday announced that it generated N9,598,504,939.90 in the first quarter of 2021, a feat it credited ...
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774,000 jobs: FG Commences Payment To Some Set of Beneficiaries
The Federal Government, on Sunday, said it has commenced payment of the N20,000 monthly stipend to some beneficiaries of the 774,000 Special Public ...
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PDP Asks DSS to Invite Pantami over Alleged Affiliation with Al-Qaeda, Taliban, Demand For His Sack as Minister
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the Department of State Services (DSS) to immediately invite the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, ...
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Gov AbdulRazaq’s Restates Commitment To Transparency, Accountability of LGs Administration
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has reiterated his commitment to transparency and accountability in administering the affairs of local government administration in the ...
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Security Chiefs Charges Citizens To Take Advantage of Holy Month of Ramadan To Revive Moral Values
Comptroller of the Nigeria Customs Service and Commissioner of Police in Kwara state, Ahmed Bello and Mohammed Bagega have charged citizens to take ...
Health
Islamic Devt Bank Financed 4,500 kwara Indigents into State Health Insurance Scheme
Islamic Development Bank, based in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, have disclosed that it will support the enrollment of 4,500 Kwara indigents into the State ...
Interview
My money could not save me from being depressed Says Femi Otedola
In a recent interview, business magnate, Femi Otedola revealed that he was depressed despite all the money he had. The philanthropist revealed that ...
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Zamfara police command arrests seven security personnel for banditry, see what they found in their possession
Zamfara State police command has arrested seven security personnel involved in aiding and abetting banditry activities in the state. This was made known ...
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APC Membership Registration: Appeal Committee Asks Aggrieved Members To Submit Complaints
The Newly inaugurated Membership Registration Appeal Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has notified all party members that it is ready to ...
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2023 General Election: Kwara PDP Woos, MM, Olododo, Other Old Members
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara state on Thursday announced its resolve to bring back old members of the party who dumped ...
Crime
18 years after popular soundtrack, Bembe Aladisa finally wins free trip to Jordan
Barely 18 years after he released a popular soundtrack in which he prayed to White people to considered him “Eyin oyinbo, e wa ...
Education
KWSG Lauds Over Evacuation of Refuse In School Premises
The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has been lauded for his proactiveness in ensuring that school environment are in tidy condition. The recommendation ...
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Ramadan: Mashood Mustapha (MM) Greets Muslims, Sues For Peaceful Coexistence Among Nigerians
All Progressive Congress (APC) Chieftain in Kwara State, Hon. Mashood Mustapha, (MM) has felicitated with the Muslims in the state and Nigeria on ...
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Southeast Governors Launch Regional Security Apparatus Codenamed ‘Ebube Agu’
Southeast governors on Sunday 13th of April, 2021 launched a regional security outfit codenamed, Ebube Agu (the glory of a tiger) to battle ...
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774,000 public jobs workers protest over unpaid N20,000 wage
Participants in the Federal Government’s Special Public Works (SPW) programme are protesting the delay in paying their stipend more than three months after ...
Education
Hijaab Controversy: 10 Kwara schools to resume academic classes Monday April 12
This is to inform parents/guardians and teachers that the 2020/2021 Third Term Accademic Session for the 10 schools affected in the recent hijaab ...
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RCCG General Overseer Calls For Drastic Action Against Corruption, Says ‘Aviation Officials Asked Me For Bribe’
General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has called for drastic action against corrupt practices in all ...
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GADFAN Asks FG, Oyo To Compensate, Ensure Return Of Sarkin Fulani To Igangan
Gan Allah Fulani Development Association of Nigeria (GADFAN) has called on both the federal and Oyo State governments to ensure the return of ...
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#ENDSARS: FG inaugurates Police Public Complaints C’ttee
In a bid to forestall a repeat of the #ENDSARS protest which led to the loss of lives and property in October 2020, ...
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APC North-Central Stakeholders charges Yahaya Bello to Drop his presidential ambition
Some stakeholders in All Progressives Congress, APC, from the North-Central region have asked Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, to drop his 2023 presidential ...
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PDP drags Makinde, Fayose before Saraki panel
The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dragged the Oyo State, Governor Seyi Makinde and former Ekiti state Governor, Ayo Fayose ...
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Osinbajo to Ag-IGP: Restore public trust, confidence in police force
The police force must work hard to regain the trust and confidence of the public by stamping out the excesses, abuses, and culture ...
Economy
Gov AbdulRazaq Launches Kwara State Social Investment Programme Command Centre
As part of efforts to alleviate poverty in the state, the Kwara state Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq was on Tuesday 6th of April, 2021, ...
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Rotary Club Donates Waste Bins, Borehole To Ilorin Communities, As KWSG Hint on Readiness To Prosecute Household Without Toilet
District 9125 of Rotary Club of Ilorin Metro on Tuesday 6th of April, donated waste bins and borehole to some selected areas in ...
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We are fixing infrastructure to attract investments Says Gov AbdulRazaq
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has said his administration is committing huge resources into fixing basic education, healthcare, roads and water infrastructure to ...
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How gunmen over-powered our officers, released 1,844 inmates in Owerri Custodial Centre — NCoS Controller-General
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) on Monday afternoon gave the official account of how the Owerri Custodial Centre in Imo State was attacked ...
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KWEPA in disarray as Secretary, Board chair Threatening each other over Alleged Financial Embezzlement
There was pandemonium at the headquarters of the Kwara State Environmental Protection Agency (KWEPA) located at Offa road, Ilorin on Thursday 1st of ...
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Kwara NSCDC Arrests Four Suspects Over Alleged Rape, Homicide
The kwara state command of the Nigeria Security Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested four people in Esie and Ijan towns of Irepodun ...
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Wife of Emir of Ilorin Canvasses for Needy, Says Panacea For Peaceful Coexistence
The wife of the Emir of Ilorin, Hajiya Rafat Sulu-Gambari, on Sunday called on the wealthy individuals in the society to always take ...
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Police Deploy Officers to Shoprite, As Workers Protests Against Been Sold With Company to Another Investor
The Kwara State Police Command has deployed some of its officers to the Ilorin branch of the Shoprite, a South African store operating ...
Education
KWSG Present Cash Gift to Kwara Recipients of 2018/2019 President’s NYSC Honour Award
The Kwara State Government has honoured the 2018/2019 Kwara Corps Members who have received President’s NYSC Honour Award with cash award in recognition ...
Economy
Nigerian youths economically backward – YALI
The African Regional Youth Ambassador/Mentor, of Young Africa Leadership Initiative, YALI, network of the United State, Abah Ikwue, has described the situation of ...
Economy
Angry Traders Protest Against Raid on Their Shops at Night by Customs Officers
Some angry Rice traders at the Bodija market in Ibadan on Thursday, 1st of April, 2021 protested against the alleged night raid on ...
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Kwara Govt Reiterates Commitment to Motorable Roads, As RTEAN Commission Secretariat
The Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Right Honourable Yakubu Danladi-Salihu has reiterated the commitment of the Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq led administration to ...
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Kwara Police Command parades 16 suspected cultists
The Nigerian Police Force, kwara state command on Thursday paraded 16 suspected cultists alleged to be on revenge mission between Aiye and Eiye ...
Economy
Border Closure is Yielding Results, No Retreat on Fight Against Smuggling Says Custom Boss
Nigeria Custom Service has identified some of the outstanding achievements it has recorded under its special operation service, codenamed Joint Border Patrol Team ...
Education
FG begins collation of data of out-of-school children in Nigeria
The Federal Government on Tuesday announced that it had begun the collation of data of all out-of-school children across the country. Minister of ...
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Army: Recruitment of 50 million youths comment, an error, says Tinubu’s aide
Tunde Rahman, spokesman for All Progressives Congress chieftain, Bola Tinubu, has said the comment made by his principal that the Federal Government should ...
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Ile Arugbo: High Court orders KWSG from building structure on controversial land
An Ilorin high court on Tuesday ordered kwara state government from building structure on the controversial “ile-Arugbo”, three plots of land. Justice A.O ...
Economy
Gov AbdulRazaq, Dangote to flags off disbursement of micro grant for 16,000 rural women in Kwara
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq alongside with the business tycoon cum philanthropist Alhaji Aliko Dangote will on Wednesday flags off disbursement of N10,000 ...
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Tinubu Advise Govt to Recruit 50 Million Youths Into Army to tackle Insecurity, unemployment
National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has advised the Federal Government to recruit at least 50 million youths into ...
Education
UNILORIN to host national alumni conference
All is now set for the first National Conference and Workshop of the Association of Nigerian Universities Alumni (ANUA) to be hosted by ...
Education
KWSG Reveals Number of Projects Under SUBEB/UBEC, As 937 Contractors Bid For Construction/Renovation Work
Kwara state government has revealed the number of projects it want to embark on under the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) across ...
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2023:Former PDP Nat’l Chairman, Heads Kwara Party’s Reconciliation, Engagement Committee
In preparation for the 2023 general election, the Kwara state chapter of the People Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday 29th of March, 2021 ...
Interview
How to save Nigeria from unemployment – former VP, Atiku
Says, World’s Highest Unemployment Rate: Time to help this government, help Nigeria We warned about this, but repeated warnings by myself and other ...
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2023 general election: PDP to waive nomination fees for young aspirants
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the National Reconciliation and Strategy Committee, NRSC, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has recommended that any ...
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Group Lauds Road Maintenance Agency For Responsiveness
The group of people from Asa local government area of Kwara state has applauded the The State Roads Maintenance Agency for its restlessness ...
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CSOs call on PMB to correct constitutional infraction in federal character commission, appeal to conscience Nigerians to join campaign against injustice
A coalition of Civil Societies Organisation in Osun State has berated President Muhammadu Buhari for what its described as the ‘non-federal nature’ of ...
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I never demanded 10% of N159bn Paris Club refund from contractors as kickback — Chair Governors Forum,Fayemi
The Chairman, Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF and Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has described as untrue, malicious and libellous that I demanded ...
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Three Abducted Farm Managers Rescued
The three abducted farm managers in Kwara State have been rescued by the state’s Police Command. We could recall that six suspected kidnappers, ...
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Int’l Non interest Finance Confederation Appoints Nigerians as President, Director General
Non Interest International financial Professionals confederation, operating from Dakar, Senegal with operational offices in about 8 West Africa Countries has appointed two Nigerians ...
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Kwara NUJ commends KWHA Speaker for appointing member as CPS
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Kwara State Council has commended the Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Yakubu ...