2014-11-13

OPINION: Bukola Saraki's One Good Term Deserves Another - By Wale Bakare
After a meritorious four years at the Senate, representing Kwara, as the Chairman Senate Committee on Environment and Ecology it is important to examine some of the reasons his constituency and indeed Kwarans are gla...

Kwara table water producers embark on strike
The Kwara State chapter of Association of Table Water Producers of Nigeria has embarked on strike over consumers rejection of increase in price of sachet water, popularly known as pure water, in the state. Da...

NYSC DG enraged over state of Kwara camp
The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Brigadier-General Johnson Olawumi yesterday expressed concern over the condition of the Kwara orientation camp at Yikpata in Edu LGA of the state. ...

Kwara APC, PDP disagree over Jonathan
Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have expressed divergent views over the chances of President Goodluck Jonathan in the state in the 2015 election. ...

Kwara gov hailed over peace in Ganmo community
Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed has been commended for the role he played to end hostilities in Ganmo community of Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state. The community was last year engulfed in a ...

First Lady distributes fertilisers to female farmers in Kwara
First Lady Dame Patience Jonathan has distributed fertilisers and other agricultural inputs to women farmers in Kwara State. The distribution of the items to thousands of women farmers in the state was done a...

14 Passengers Burnt To Death In Kwara Auto Crash
An auto accident along Ilorin- Jebba road on Wednesday claimed the lives of 14 passengers. The 14 persons were said to be burnt beyond recognition while 14 others sustained varying degrees of burnt injuries. ...

2014-11-12

Leaders Mourn Emir of Ilesha - Baruba
Political and religious leaders in Kwara on Saturday extolled the virtues of the late Emir of Ilesha-Baruba, Alhaji Bio-Usman Abubakar, who died on Thursday at the age of 70. The leaders described deceased, w...

Protest hits Kwara Poly over non-inclusion of applicants' names in admission list
Young men and women who were applicants seeking admission into the Kwara state polytechnic besieged the gate and attempted to mount road blocks in the early hours of Wednesday to protest the non-inclusion of their name...

Abandoned Match - NFA Awards Kwara Utd Three Points
The General Manager of Kwara United FC of Ilorin, Alhaji Haruna Maigidansanma, on Tuesday praised the decision of the Nigeria Football Association (NFA) to award three points and three goals to his club. Maig...

Abandoned match: NFF's decision delights Kwara Utd GM
The General Manager of Kwara United FC of Ilorin, Alhaji Haruna Maigidansanma, has praised the decision of Nigeria Football Federations (NFF) for awarding his club three points and three goals. The NFF's Organising and...

Unite against Boko Haram, Nigerians urged
Pioneer Grand Khadi of Kwara State Sharia Court, Justice Abdulkadir Orire, on Tuesday called on Nigerians, irrespective of religious or ethnic affiliations to pray for an end to insurgency in the country. Ori...

Ilorin Descendants Union to Build N50m Secretariat in Lagos
Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU) is planning to build a N50 million secretariat in Lagos to cater for the welfare of all indigenes of Ilorin Emirate residing in South Western parts of Nigeria. ...

2015: Emir of Ilorin warns politicians against violence
The monarch stated this yesterday in Ilorin while speaking with journalists at a special prayer marking his 19th year anniversary on the throne as the 11th Emir of Ilorin. Alhaji Sulu-Gambari, who described t...

2014-11-11

Ember months: Transport workers warn against night trips
The National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Kwara State has warned members against night trips, especially during these Ember months. Chairman of NURTW in the state, Alhaji Issa Ore, said that wil...

APC has failed Kwara people - Awoyale
President General of Orisun Igbomina, Chief Gbenga Awoyale, has challenged the Kwara State Government to explain the rationale behind not paying workers' salaries despite the extravaganza demonstrated during the declar...

'High prices of nomination forms will discourage credible candidates'
The Labour Party (LP) in Kwara State has called for the downward review of prices of nomination forms. Secretary of the party in the state, Comrade AbdulKareem Onagun, noted that the exorbitant fees will dis...

Delta Central: My Kwara experience 'll work in Delta - Edojah
MANY people were surprised to see a man from Delta State and from the south chairing the PDP caretaker committee in Kwara State. How? Delta state is entirely PDP and in fact, its presence is overwhelming and ...

Kwara APC presents nomination form to Ahmed
The leadership of the Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress led by its Chairman, Alhaji Ishola Balogun-Fulani, on Monday, presented a governorship nomination form to the Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdu...

Water scarcity: Lawal's son wants ANPP policy implemented
Son of former Governor of Kwara state and gubernatotial aspirant under Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) ,Mallam Akeem Lawal has recommended water policy prescribed by the defunct All Nigeria Peoples Party(ANPP) to solve a...

6 Kwara gov aspirants, others write PDP leadership on alleged imposition
Some aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State have raised the alarm over alleged imposition of delegates and manipulation of delegates' list by the leadership of the party in the state. ...

2014-11-10

Ahmed Picks the APC Governorship Nomination Form to Contest the 2015 General Elections
The Executive Governor of Kwara State, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, today picked the nomination form for the All Progressive Congress Party, APC, to contest in the forth-coming gubernatorial elections in the state, come 2015....

Court Arraigns Fake Cleric For Fraud
Jimoh Oniwuridi of Oniwuridi Compound, Pakata Area of Ilorin, Kwara State, a fake cleric, who allegedly defrauded a man under a pretext of solving his childlessness problem has been charged before an Ilorin Magistrate...

Saraki tasks Presidency to tackle Nigeria's woes not those criticizing Jonathan
The leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kwara State, Sen. Bukola Saraki, who also represents Kwara Central in the Senate has advised the presidency to focus more on confronting the challenges of insurgency...

Suspected Cultist in Court For possession of Firearm
A suspected cultist, Sadiq Muhammed Oladimeji has been arraigned before an Ilorin Magistrate Court for allegedly being in possession of firearm. The accused was arraigned on a three-count charge of criminal consp...

First Lady summons Kwara aspirants
Following irreconcilable differences, First Lady Dame Patience has summoned all governorship aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to a meeting in Abuja today on how to regain Kwara State. The alleg...

NUC Commends Unilorin Over Quality Equipments And Man Power
A two day assessment of the Department of Geology, University of Ilorin has just been completed by the National University Commission (NUC). The Commission expressed satisfaction over the facilities, equipme...

Omolewa Lauds First Lady For Women For Change Development Initiative in Kwara
Mrs. Omolewa Ahmed, wife of the Kwara state governor, has said that the inauguration of Nigeria's first lady, Mrs. Dame Patience Jonathan pet project, 'Women for Change Development Initiative' in Kwara state was long o...

Mission Schools: Ex-Deputy Governor Seeks Agreement With Govt.
Amidst controversy over the return of mission schools to their original owners in Kwara, a former Deputy Governor in the state, Chief Joel Ogundeji, says government must enter into an agreement with proprietors on role...

Kwara PDP to procure 200 motorbikes, megaphones
The PDP Chairman in Kwara, Chief Iyiola Oyedepo, on Sunday said the party would procure 200 motorbikes and megaphones for effective campaign ahead of the 2015 general elections. Oyedepo said in Ilorin at a fu...

Jonathan's wife donates 16-trailer loads of items to Kwara PDP
The Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party in Kwara State, Mr. Iyiola Oyedepo, on Sunday, said that the wife of President President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, has donated 16-trailer loads of empowerment items to the stat...

Upgrade of chiefs not political - Kwara Gov.
Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed said at the weekend that the recent grading and upgrade of some traditional rulers in the state has no political undertone. He said the exercise is a continuous process, ...

Kwara APC assures aspirants of fairness
THE All Progressives Congress (APC), Kwara State chapter, has assured its members that primary elections for all elective positions will hold as earlier scheduled in line with the commitment of the party to internal an...

No APC Presidential Aspirant will Dump Party after Primaries, Says Saraki
Ahead of the presidential primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC), one of the leaders of the party and senator representing Kwara central senatorial district in the National Assembly, Senator Bukola Saraki, at...

OPINION: On APC Sunglasses, and Darkness Under President Jonathan. By Olu Wole Onemola
“When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that four of his fingers are pointing at himself.” – Louis Nizer This week, social media was abuzz with trendy pictures of All...

OPINION: Kwaran's Mind And The Social System. By Idris Abubakar Abdulkadir
I was privileged the other day to have talks with three persons; one is my maternal cousin, a brilliant guy who after studying literature decided to venture into the field of law, the second is a chemist turned civil...

To end agony of childlessness
UITH begins Assisted Productive Technology for childless couples, kidney transplant others AT 29, Mrs. Silifat Usman of No. 43, Pakata area Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, had lost the hope of nursing her own baby in ...

APC Plots House Takeover Dec. 3, PDP Govs Unsettled
There is a grand plot by the All Progressives Congress to take over the majority in the House of Representatives when the House resumes on December 3, THISDAY has learnt. The takeover is predicated on an arrangement ...

Press Release: Kwara APC assures aspirants of fairness, says it will conduct primary election.
The All Progressives Congress (APC), Kwara State chapter has assured its members that primary elections for all elective positions will hold as earlier scheduled in line with the commitment of APC to internal and parti...

Photo News: Patience Jonathan, Kwankwaso, Yuguda visits Emir of Ilorin
Emir of Ilorin and Governor Kwankwaso Emir of Ilorin and Governor Yuguda ...

Kwarans are now wise - Awoyale
The President General of Orisun Igbomina, Chief Gbenga Awoyale, has challenged the Kwara State Government to explain the rationale behind not paying workers' salaries despite the extravaganza demonstrated during the dec...

Gov. Ahmed is BusinessDay Best Governor for Youth and Sports Development
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State says he remains committed to promoting the development of youth whom he described as the 'nation's most vital and vibrant resource'. Speaking following his emergence as Best ...

Kwara 2015: Gbemi Submits Nomination Form, Says PDP Will Win By A Landslide
Frontline governorship aspirant in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State, Senator Gbemisola Rukayyah Saraki, has said that the party will defeat the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) by a landslide....

Kwara 2015: PDP Guber Flag-bearer to Emerge Dec 6.
The ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP‎ has reviewed its timetable for the 2015 primary election for all offices. The party had earlier  fixed October 29 and December 6 for its gubernatorial a...