2014-12-05

Kwara irrigation farmers begin land preparation
Ahead of the 2014 dry season farming in Kwara State, irrigation farmers have already started clearing their fields, according to findings by Daily Trust. Investigations by our correspondent at the Osin community...

Why building collapse persists - NEMA
Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Alhaji Mohammed Sidi, yesterday identified abuse and distortion of building and town planning plans as some of the factors contributing to building c...

Presidential primary would deepen unity in APC- Saraki
Former Governor of Kwara State, Senator Bukola Saraki has assured that the presidential primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) scheduled for next week would further deepen the unity of the party. Sara...

Man held over attempt to poison neighbour
A 29-year-old man, Emmanuel Igbuku, has been remanded in prison by a magistrate's court in Ilorin, Kwara State, over attempt to kill one Yetunde Apalando. The case was transferred from 'C' Division, Ilorin to...

2015 polls: Kwara governor warns against violence
As the 2015 election inches nearer, Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has warned politicians against instigating violence during the polls. He said any politician who foments trouble before, durin...

Kwara Speaker congratulates Governor Ahmed on second term ticket
Following the victory of the governor of Kwara State, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed at the Kwara State APC governorship primary election, the Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Razak Atunwa has congratula...

Open Letter to Sherif Shagaya: Save Kwara PDP From Crises, Suspend Your Ambition Now!
I am writing this letter to you with a heavy heart and deep sense of sorrow. I am particularly saddened that I have to make this letter open due largely to the fact that I have not had the privilege of a direct audie...

2015: Kwara PDP crisis deepens
With barely 72 hours to the conduct of governorship primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State, the desperate struggle for the soul of the  party among gladiators in the party took another bloody di...

Kwara PDP Crisis: Why I shunned other guber aspirants - Belgore
A Governorship Aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, Kwara State, Alhaji Dele Belgore, SAN, has explained why he deliberately shunned other gubernatorial aspirants at the meeting convened by 13 of t...

Kwara PDP Primary Crisis: How names of Ilorin West delegates were allegedly doctored, replaced
Following the latest crisis that rocked the Kwara State chapter of the People Democratic Party (PDP) over the last primary election, National Pilot has obtained document on how the names of some of the...

Gov Ahmed emerges APC governorship candidate in Kwara
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara state on Thursday won the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship  primaries and pledged to work harder to transform more lives and elevate the state. Alhaji Ahmed...

2014-12-04

Saraki Faults FG Over Award of N9.3 Billion Clean Cookstoves Project
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Environment and Ecology, Senator Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday faulted the procedure adopted by the federal government in awarding the N9.3 billion clean cook stoves contract. ...

Kwara Utd, Bees for NNL replay
The inconclusive NNL Week 30 duel between Ranchers Bees and Kwara United will now be replayed next week Tuesday at the Fifa goal project Pitch in Abuja. The encounter, which was the last tie of the season bet...

16 APC Kwara lawmakers lose return tickets
No fewer than 16 out of 22 members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State House failed to get return ticket to the legislative house, Daily Trust has learnt. However, two of the members, Speake...

Joint Account System is a fraudulent practice - Abdulraheem Oba
Abdulraheem ObaA former Vice Chancellor, University of Ilorin, Professor Shuaib Oba Abdulraheem, has described Joint Account System (JAS), an economic parley between the state government and local councils within the s...

2014-12-03

Press Release: Minister sponsored attack on Channels TV journalists; Kwara APC slams Abubakar Suleiman
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State has berated the Minister of National Planning, Suleiman Abubakar, for his divisive role in the crises that marred PDP State Assembly primaries which led to brutal attac...

Lai Mohammed's son, Desmond Elliot, Dele Ajomale, others win Lagos APC Primaries
It was a bag of mixed fortunes for incumbent members of the Lagos State House of Assembly yesterday as the All Progressives Congress (APC) primaries produced a handful of surprises.    No fewer than eigh...

Monarchs deserve constitutional roles - Alapa Omido
The Alapa of Omido, Irepodun Local Government Area, Kwara State, Oba John Adegboyega Adeyemi Ilufemiloye, Amuyunbole ll, was recently upgraded third class traditional ruler. The monarch, who ascended the throne on August ...

Why Tony Tetuila stayed away from Kwara State APC primary elections
For those who have been wondering why You don hit my car singer, Tony Tetuila, was conspicuously absent at the Kwara State All Progressive Congress, APC, primary elections held yesterday to select aspirants...

Ali Ahmad, Fagbemi, Bakare, others emerge at APC State Assembly primaries
The primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) into the state House of Assembly was held across the 24 constituencies in Kwara State yesterday under a peaceful atmosphere. As early as 8am, member...

Mrs. Omolewa Ahmed commissions 28th LEAH Cancer Centre
Wife of the Kwara State Governor and founder of LEAH Foundation, Mrs. Omolewa Ahmed, has commissioned another LEAH breast and cervical screening centre at Okuta, Baruten Local Government Area, making it the 28th in the...

KWSG extends academic session ... Schools now to close on December 19th
The Kwara State Government has extended the 1st term academic session by one week. A press release signed on behalf of the Honourable Commissioner for Education, Alhaji Saka Onimago by the Director, Quality A...

Plane crash: Gov Ahmed calls for safer airspace
Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has sympathized with the passengers of the Overland airline that was involved in a minor accident on the runway of the Ilorin International Airport at the weekend. Go...

Kwara C/Senatorial district election: LAK Jimoh disowns lawyer
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chieftain in Kwara State, Alhaji LAK Jimoh, has dissociated himself from his lawyer, Barr Salman Jawondo, who allegedly withdrew his appeal at the Supreme Court without his consent. ...

OPINION: Sherif Shagaya, PDP Delegates and the Pending House of Rep Primaries. By Omolara Owolabi
After reading this piece, the first reaction to expect from all those who don't like Sherif too much, is to dismiss this as yet another paid write-up. In a country where Journalists are fast turning into professional b...

Falling Oil Price - States On the Brink of Insolvency
 It was in 2011 when a motion sponsored by Senator Olubunmi A. Adetunmbi, (Ekiti North) for debate in the Senate highlighted the serious and distressing financial crisis in Nigeria. The motion was entitled...

Oba Abdulraheem Faults States, Councils' Joint Account System
FORMER Vice Chancellor, University of Ilorin, Professor Shuaib Oba Abdulraheem, has described Joint Account System (JAS), an economic parley between the state government and respective local councils within the state a...

Kwara APC Holds Peaceful House of Assembly Primaries
The Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has held its state House of Assembly primaries with most of the candidates emerging through consensus. The chairman of the APC National Primary Election ...

Kwara 2015: My Experience in Politics Qualifies Me for Senate - Kola Shittu
ENGINEER Kola Shittu, a two-term former member of the House of Representatives and an ex Commissioner for Works and Transport in Kwara State, spoke to Abiodun Fagbemi in Ilorin on his senatorial aspiration under the Al...

Kaima Attack: 3 arrested over attack on Ahmed's convoy
The Police in Kwara on Tuesday said it had arrested three persons who were suspected to have attacked Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed’s convoy on November 25. The state Commissioner of Police, Salihu Garba said...

Minister Denies Attacking Channels TV Crew In Ilorin
he Minister of National Planning, Dr. Abubakar Sulaiman, has denied his involvement in the alleged attack on the crew of Channels Television. The minister on Tuesday condemned the attack on the journalists at Y...

2014-12-02

FRSC Promises to Restore Confidence On Drivers' Licence
The Corps Marshal and Chief Executive of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Boboye Oyeyemi, has restated his commitment to the restoration of the integrity and confidence in the use of driver's licence. Oy...

Kwara PDP guber aspirants sign undertaking
Less than a week to the gubernatorial primary election in Kwara State, aspirants on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, numbering 13 have agreed to accept the result Naof the election and work for whoeve...

Arik Explains Cancellation of Last Sunday's Flight to Ilorin
Nigerian's major carrier, Arik Air, has said it was not given start up to proceed with its flight to Ilorin, Kwara State, last Sunday because of the incident that occurred at the airport the previous day where a flight...

Outcry in Ilorin as investors opt for fuel stations
In Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, it looks like investors in real estate are no longer interested in building residential accommodation. They now build gas stations even in densely populated areas without regard for ...

Insurgency: We should revisit francophone policy, says minister
The Minister of National Planning, Dr. Abubakar Sulaiman, says the continued menace of Boko Haram has made it imperative for Nigeria to revisit its foreign policy with francophone nations. Also, a security an...

KWARA 2015: Kwara PDP, Belgore and the unseen hands, By Abdullahi Ishaq
Over the past few weeks, the online media platform and a section of the print media have been awash with so much noise about the probable implosion of the PDP in Kwara ahead of the 2015 elections. The argumen...

Campaigners ask Kwara for funding
The Kwara State Coordinator, Civil Society for HIV/AIDS in Nigeria, Mr. Fatoye Francis, and the state coordinator, Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria, Mr. Fadesere Ademola, on Monday called on Nigerians ...

PDP's many battles to govern Kwara
The determination by the presidency and the Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to stop the dominance of Senator Bukola Saraki in the politics of Kwara is threatened by internal dissension. ...