Politics

Education Minister Tahir Mamman says underage candidates will no longer be allowed to sit for secondary school leaving examinations. The minister stated this ...

…Canvasses Support For APC Chairmanship Flagbearer Ahead of LG Poll By Abdul Kayode The stakeholders from the Irepodun Local Government area of Kwara ...

President Bola Tinubu has sworn in Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun as the Acting Chief justice of Nigeria pending senate approval. Her swearing-in followed President ...

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has seized three petrol tankers used to convey edible vegetable oil in ...

Kwara United FC of Ilorin on Thursday unveiled 17 new players for the 2024/2025 Nigerian Premier Football League (NPFL) season. The unveiling ceremony ...

Politician and former presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi has called on the Federal Government to ...

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has declared the on-street parking scheme in the FCT, popularly called park-and-pay, illegal. ...

The Kwara State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of suspects linked to the murder of Miss Awesu Mojisola, a 21-year-old student at ...

The Nigerian Police Force has summoned the president of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, for investigation over allegations of terrorism financing, treasonable ...

A Professor in the Department of History and International Studies, University of Ilorin, Samuel Ovuete Aghalino, has canvassed the redefinition of property rights ...

With the controversial seizure of three presidential jets on routine maintenance in Paris still raising dust, former Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun has ...

Three people have been confirmed to have sustained gunshot injuries during an attack on commercial buses with no less than 20 passengers onboard ...

In its continuous effort to prevent unqualified graduates from obtaining the national service certificate, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) said a total ...

A Magistrate Court sitting in Ilorin on Friday sentenced 40 persons to a 3-month jail term each for violation of the Kwara State ...

A surging mpox outbreak in Africa, which was declared an emergency by the continent’s health agency on Tuesday, is being driven by a ...

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has revealed a staggering 22,074 suspicious personnel on the Federal Government’s payroll, raising ...

Amid the controversy over the monthly earnings of federal lawmakers, Senator Shehu Sani has maintained that he received N13 million as a member ...

Edo Government is set to launch a comprehensive development master plan to celebrate 33 years of the state’s creation. Ms Isoken Omo, Commissioner ...

The Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof Is’haq Oloyede has faulted the unbundling of Mass Commincation in Nigeria tertiary ...

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President Bola Tinubu has celebrated Rena Wakama for her exploits at the Paris 2024 Olympics.  Wakama, who is the D’Tigress coach, led the ...

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has interrogated a top official of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON). ...

Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo has questioned the character of Nigeria’s leaders, saying those who occupy public offices should be behind bars. He stated this ...

The Ogun State governor Dapo Abiodun said 100 hectares of land have been allocated to the Nigerian Navy to build a Forward Operating ...

The Emir of Ilorin and Chairman Kwara State Traditional Council of Chiefs, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari has assured the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency ...

The Nasarawa Governor Abdullahi Sule wants the north to address its challenges, saying most of the protesters during the #EndBadGovernance demonstrations in the ...

President Bola Tinubu has appointed chairmen and members of the governing councils of some federal universities and tertiary institutions across the country. The ...

Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed concern over youths’ restiveness caused by unemployment, fearing that Nigeria might be sitting on a keg of ...

The 33 council chairmen in Oyo State have dumped the Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON) over the Supreme Court’s judgment granting ...

DATE: SUNDAY 4TH AUGUST 2024 My fellow Nigerians, 

President Bola Tinubu will address the nation in a broadcast on Sunday, August 4, 2024, at 7:00 am. This was disclosed via a ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State has tasked the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) led by Gov Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq's administration on ...

Kwara Internal Revenue Services (KW-IRS) has dismissed the allegation of selective victimisation of business owners in the state over noncompliance with tax ...

Tension was palpable in parts of Nigeria on Thursday as the much-touted #EndBadGovernance protests finally took place in almost all the 36 states ...

By Abdul Kayode It was a peaceful atmosphere in Ilorin, Kwara State capital on Thursday, August 1st despite all the fear and anxiety ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State has expressed its readiness for the local government election any day but added that it ...

Ex-Presidential candidate of the Mass Action Joint Alliance (MAJA), Prof Mercy Olufunmilayo Adesanya, has urged Nigerians to create a conducive environment where everyone ...

President Bola Tinubu has signed the minimum wage bill into law, ending months of deliberations between government authorities, labour unions, and the private ...

A group operating under the aegis of ‘Kwara State Coalition of All Progressive Congress (APC) Supports Group’ on Monday said it had uncovered ...

The Amnesty International has warned against threatening protesters, saying doing so would undermine the legacy of President Bola Tinubu. Since the ‘End bad ...

Political Economist, Prof. Pat Utomi has described the panic by the state actors on the planned protest from August 1, as worrisome. Utomi ...

Senator Ali Ndume has alleged that a former critic of President Bola Tinubu Daniel Bwala is a failed lawyer and can only be ...

Ahead of the planned nationwide protest in August, the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has asked the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, to ...

The Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara Stat, has said the people of the state are very peaceful ...

Operatives of the Nigerian Police Force, Kwara State Police Command, in collaboration with the Vigilante Group of Nigeria, VGN, have successfully thwarted an ...

Ahead of the planned nationwide hunger protest in August, the Minister for Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has

The embattled Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye has said that she was allegedly being victimised by some cabals in government because she ...

Joe Biden on Sunday dropped out of the US presidential election and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party’s new nominee, ...

The Nigeria Government has fined the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, Meta Platforms Inc., the sum of $220m for an unauthorized ...

Senator Ali Ndume has broken the silence on his removal as the Chief Whip of the Senate, saying, having reviewed the conversation that ...

The Minister of Information Mohammed Idris says the Federal Government and the leadership of the Organised Labour have agreed on ₦70,000 as the ...

President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, approved the appointment of Didi Esther Walson-Jack as Head of the Civil Service of the Federation. Presidential spokesman ...

The Federal Government has reached an agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to allow Nigerian passport holders to obtain visas for travel ...

Substitute Mikel Oyarzabal scored a dramatic late winner as Spain triumphed in Sunday’s Euro 2024 final, beating England 2-1 to confirm their re-emergence ...

Kwara State governor and Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), AbdulRahaman AbdulRazaq has described the Supreme Court judgement on local government autonomy ...

The Supreme Court, on Thursday, declared that it is unconstitutional for state governors to hold onto funds meant for Local Government (LG) administrations. ...

The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday 11th July, 2024 that all federal funds for local government councils should be paid directly into their ...

The Director General of the National Institute of Legislative and Democratic Studies, NILDS, Professor Abubakar Olanrewaju Sulaiman has debunked stories and posters surfacing ...

The Aide-de-Camp (ADC) to President Bola Tinubu, Lt. Col. Nurudeen Alowonle Yusuf has been appointed as the new king by the people of ...

The Community Court of Justice, ECOWAS, has ruled that the Federal Republic of Nigeria violated the human rights of Obianuju Udeh and two ...