2014-10-20

2015: Jonathan deserves re-election - PDP chieftain
Nigerians have been urged to continue to applaud the efforts of President Goodluck Jonathan towards ensuring the achievement of transformation agenda for the betterment of the entire citizenry by ...

Press Release: Ex FCC boss, Prof Abdulraheem betrayed Kwarans - Kwara APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State has dismissed the resignation of Prof. Shuaibu Oba Abdulraheem from the chairmanship position of Federal Character Commission (FCC) as a thoughtless and greedy action o...

New Education Policy Will Benefit All
The Kwara State Government says the proposed amendment to the state Education Law 2006 is designed to rectify perceived ambiguities and take care of the interest of all stakeholders. The State Governor, Alhaji Abd...

Ex-Kwara deputy speaker dies at 62.
Former Kwara State House of Assembly Deputy Speaker Hajia H.B. Badmus is dead. She was 62. Hajia Badmus was the deputy speaker from 2003 to 2007. She died in her Offa country home and has been buried according ...

Maja is alive, stable, close aides dismiss death rumour
Contrary to wicked rumour peddling around, Chairman, Kwara State Local Government Service Commission, Alhaji Kayode Sulyman Yusuf (Maja), is not dead, his close aides have disclosed. Rumour of Maja’s death ...

OPINION: Professor Oba's Resignation: A sign of Courage and Optimism. By Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi
Penultimate Monday, 13th of October, 2014; Professor Shuaib Oba AbdulRaheem resigned his appointment as Executive Chairman, Federal Character Commission in obedience to the clamour from many patriotic Kwarans that he s...

Persecution of Muslims higher under Jonathan - Oloyede
Former Vice-Chancellor of University of Ilorin, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, is currently the Secretary-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs. In this interview with ADE ADESOMOJU, he sp...

Press Release: Kwara APC reiterates commitment to peace.
The All Progressives Congress (APC), Kwara State chapter has welcomed the resolution of Kwara State inter-agency consultative committee on election security to ensure peace and tranquillity in Kwara State ahead and beyo...

OPINION: Shuaib Oba Abdulraheem, a servant of the People. By Olatunji Mukhtar
Today's society is a dangerous society. People would lie, cheat and steal from you just to make money. The political system is broken, the economy is broken and so is society. That's why people are so depressed about the ...

Ilorin Aviation College targets global standard
The Rector of llorin lnternational Aviation College, Captain AbdulMumini AbdulKareem, on Saturday reaffirmed the resolve of the institution to meet up with global aviation standards. AbdulKareem gave this ass...

OPINION: What came over Prof Oba Abdulraheem? By Abdullahi Ishaq
It came as a rumour but I dismissed it with a wave of the hand. I told a friend who first told me that Prof Oba Abdulraheem cannot be so naive to resign his chairmanship of the Federal Character Commission (FCC) to con...

OPINION: Suspension of 'Hope': Saraki and the Sacrifice for a New Nigeria. By Olu Onemola
When the news broke late Sunday night/early Monday morning, that Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Ecology, and immediate-past Governor of Kwara State had suspended ...

OPINION - UNILORIN: Ambali's Giant Strides. By Abdulgafar Arikewuyo
The University of Ilorin has been described to be blessed not only in resources, landscape and excellence alone, but with the quality of leaders it has always had. From the time of Professor Tamuno Teckena, the first p...

2015: 'Kwara PDP leaders won't defect after primaries'
Against the fears that gladiators in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State will dump the party if they fail to pick their expected tickets, aspirants in the 2015 general election in the state have been assu...

2015: Kwara North traditional rulers endorse Gov Ahmed
Traditional rulers from Kwara North Senatorial zone have endorsed the State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed for second term. The traditional rulers said their action was due to his various people oriented dev...

Kwara PDP women wing seeks unity, more positions
Women wing of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Kwara State chapter at the weekend appealed to the aspirants in the party to work for the unity and allotted more political positions to the women. The party women, ...

Ahmed promises to start Kwara North roads
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji AbdulFattah Ahmed has assured traditional rulers from the state’s northern region that work would soon commence on the Kishi-Kaiama and Ilesha Baruba-Gwanara Roads to ease the transporta...

Ekiti crisis: Appeal Court relocates to Ilorin
The President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, has ordered the relocation of the Ado-Ekiti Division of the court to Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. Our correspondent gathered that the tempora...

Kwara 2015: 172 aspirants battle for Kwara APC tickets
No fewer than 172 aspirants on the platform of the Kwara State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have expressed interest to vie for various positions in the forthcoming 2015 elections in the state, ...

2014-10-19

'Why I dumped my presidential ambition' - Saraki
Last week, Senator Bukola Saraki, a former governor of Kwara State, told the country that he had dropped his intention to seek the All Progressives Congress (APC's) presidential ticket in the 2015 election. In this int...

'I became a journalist by accident' - Abubakar Jimoh
Dr Abubakar Jimoh is the pioneer Public Relations Officer of the National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC). From the post, he rose to become the Director of Special Duties in the agency. A fo...

Kwara: Quest for New Council Areas
Since his assumption of office as the ninth governor of Kwara State, Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed has emphasised his commitment to bringing government to the doorsteps of the rural populace and accelerating socio-economic...

PDP Stalwart, Buruji Warned to Keep off Kwara Politics
A stalwart of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in the South West Mr. Buruji Kashamu, has been warned to keep off the politics of Kwara State. The warning was issued by Kwara Democratic Assembly (KDA)....

Makanjuola eyes Senatorial seat
A former member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Gbenga Makanjuola, has indicated interest to represent the people of Kwara South Senatorial District at the National Assembly in the next general elections. ...

Nimota Ibrahim declares for House of Reps seat
Ahead of 2015 general elections, a member of Kwara State of Assembly, Hon Nimota Ibrahim yesterday declared her intention to represent Ilorin East, Ilorin South Federal Constituency on the platform of APC. She obtained...

Eulogies as former governor buries wife
Dignitaries from all walks of life yesterday paid a glowing tribute to the remains of the late wife of the former governor of Kwara State, Chief(Mrs) Elizabeth Funmillayo Adebayo who was committed to mother earth at Ok...

Kwara Utd strategizing to consolidate on second spot
Kwara United FC of Ilorin is strongly strategizing for away point in their next game against Adamawa FC to consolidate on their second spot on the National League Group B table. General Manager of Kwara Unite...

2015: Group warns against external interference in Kwara politics
A group, Kwara Democratic Assembly (KDA) has warned against intererence in the politics of the state by external forces ahead the 2015 general elections. In issuing the warning, the group noted that its atten...

Protective charms won't aid your escape, Kwara police boss tells criminals
The new Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Salihu Garba, has said that belief in the use of protective charms by criminals will in no way, make them escape arrest by his men. Speaking when he paraded thr...

Kwara Deputy Speaker confident of APC's victory
By 2015, Nigeria will have a new government that would provide right leadership under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Deputy Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Prof. Mohammed Yisa, h...

2014-10-18

Press Release: Patience Jonathan donates lorry loads of food to Kwara PDP Women
Nigerian First Lady, Her Excellency Patience Goodluck Jonathan today donated three lorry lords of food items to party women and youths across the sixteen local government areas of Kwara State. The food items which ...

'Lack of players, officials' cordiality Eagles' bane' - Paul Odey
As reactions continue to trail the sack of Super Eagles' Technical Manager, Stephen Keshi, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has been urged to investigate and end the seeming lack of cordiality among players and of...

OPINION: Additional Sins of Bukola Saraki/AbdulFatah Ahmed Administrations Against Kwara State Civil Servants III. By Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi
This is the concluding part of the essay that the Kwara Restoration Project in collaboration with the civil service arm of the Kwara Liberation Group embarked upon two weeks ago. This is part of our ongoing mission to ...

2014-10-17

Kwara Government gives condition for handover of schools
The executive governor of Kwara State, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed Thursday re-echoed the readiness of his administration to handover faith and community based schools to their original owners if they expressed the desire ...

'NURTW members not political thugs' - Issa Ore
Members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) are not political thugs contrary to insinuations in some quarters, Kwara State chairman of the union, Alhaji Aliyu Issa Ore, has said. He said h...

Police on trail of arms' manufacturer
The Kwara State Police Command said it might seek the cooperation of international police to assist in arresting a suspected arms' manufacturer based in Dahomey, Benin Republic. It was gathered that some arms...

Kwara govt distributes 100 transformers
The Kwara State Government yesterday commenced distribution of 100 transformers to benefitting communities across the state. The Commissioner for Energy, Alhaji Musa Abdullahi, while handing over a new 500/11 KV...

Veteran Journalist turbaned Sarkin Kofar Patigi
A veteran journalist, Alhaji Zubairu Shaba has been appointed Sarkin Kofar Patigi by His Royal Highness Emir of Patigi Alhaji Ibrahim Chatta Umar. The Emir, who is the Vice Chairman of Kwara State Traditional...

42 NSCDC junior staff get N300m houses
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Thursday, handed over 42 units of two bedroom flats to 42 beneficiaries at the cost of N10m each. The "Civil Defence Cooperative Staff Housing Estate" p...

Abdulraheem resigns to run for Kwara governor
There is mixed feeling in Ilorin, Kwara State, following the resignation of Professor Shuaib Abdulraheem as chairman of Federal Character Commission (FCC) to vie for the 2015 governorship election. Abdulrahee...