2014-09-06

How I escaped fatal accident - Oyegun
The National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress, Chief John Oyegun, Friday narrated how God used former Governor of Kwara State, Bukola Saraki, to save him from being involved in a fatal motor accident in Niger S...

Ebola: Kwara engages 100 village health workers
The Kwara State Government has engaged the services of 100 village health workers as part of strategies to enhance community healthcare in the villages. The health workers are to mobilise individuals, househo...

Kwara Govt Pledges Support For Youth's Development Programmes
The Senior Special Assistant to Kwara Governor on Youth Empowerment, Alhaji Saka Babatunde, on Friday reiterated the government commitment in supporting youths development programmes in the state. Babatunde r...

APC BoT chair: Ogbeh, Akande, Baraje in tripartite race
Former Lagos State governor and leader of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is a factor in who becomes what in the party, including the Board of Trustees (BoT) chairman. But ...

Controversy rocks Kwara PDP's boat
The desire of Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to recapture the state from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is being threatened by the disunity among stakeholders of the party as refl...

OPINION: Life and times of Third Mufti of Ilorin. By Zarumi Mashood
Shaykh Sofiyyullah was born on the 18th of June, 1928 to the noble family of the late sage, His eminence, Shaykh Muhammad Kamalud-deen Al-Adabiy, the first grand Mufti of the Ilorin Emirate at Ile Araagbaji, Masingba quar...

NAFDAC Arrests 8 Over Adulterated Foods, Drugs In Kwara.
In Kwara State,the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has arrested eight patent medicine sellers and bakers for selling adulterated foods and medicine. Mrs Julina Abayomi,the NAFDAC Coor...

Unilorin Announces Fresh Academic Vacancies
The University of Ilorin has announced fresh academic vacancies. Click the links for further information: ...

OPINION: Olasunkanmi AbdulKadir And the Dangers of Dogmatic Followership . By Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi
Harvard public leadership professor, Barbara Kellerman argues that the dark side of leadership--from rigidity and callousness to corruption and cruelty--is not an aberration, rather, she insists, bad leadership is as u...

Gbemi Saraki to empower 1000 youths with modern skills
A former senator and first daughter of the late strongman of Kwara state politics, Sen. Gbemisola Rukayat Saraki has expressed her readiness to empower over 1000 Kwara youths with basic technical skills that can make t...

Hajj: 2531 intending pilgrims’ll be airlifted from Ilorin zone - Coordinator
A total number of 2,531 Muslim faithful will be airlifted from the Ilorin International Airport for this year Hajj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia. The Zonal Coordinator, National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), I...

Saraki Helps To Resolve APC Feud In Kwara
THE leader of All Progressives Party (APC) in Kwara state, Bukola Saraki may have waded into the crisis that pitted some of the members of the youth wing of the party against some chieftains of the party in Kwara South...

2014-09-05

Press Release: Kwara APC berates PDP, urges security agencies to avert brewing crises.
The All Progressives Congress (APC), Kwara State chapter has appealed to all security agencies in Kwara State to take pro-active and decisive measures to nip in the bud the brewing crises in the Peoples Democratic Part...

OPINION: The past shouldn't be too distant. By Muhammed Abdullahi
"Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it." - Sir Winston Churchill Not too long ago, there was a man who was widely known to be the 'owner' of Kwara, where he went, Kwara followed. A reporter ...

Ahmed to unveil first Kwara sports summit logo Tuesday - Popoola
The Kwara State Commissioner for Sports and Youth Development, Prince Saheed Popoola, on Friday in Ilorin said Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed would on Tuesday unveiled the first Sports Summit logo in Ilorin. Popoola said...

FG Reverses self, Schools To Resume On September 22
The Federal Government has directed all schools to resume on September 22. The postponement of resumption date of schools to October 13, had been a precautionary measure against the spread of the Ebola Virus Disease....

Kwara from docility to active politicking
The docility that had dogged politics in Kwara State over the past two decades seems to be giving way, in the last six months, for active political awareness and participation. The two leading political part...

Glo to Expand Partnership With Ilorin Varsity
Globacom, the indigenous telecommunications company, has disclosed plans to provide an e-learning platform for students of the University of Ilorin in the Kwara State. The company said it is particularly work...

Kwara PDP members protest imposition of LG party boss
Members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State, have staged a protest against the leadership of the party in the state over alleged imposition and swearing-in of a factional local government party chairma...

Angry residents mob electricity officials
Residents of Sabo-Oke area of Ilorin, Kwara State yesterday attacked workers of the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) who went there to disconnect electricity supply over unpaid debts. Daily Tru...

Textile workers flay crude oil theft
General Secretary of the National Union of Textile Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria, Comrade Issa Aremu has berated the high rate of crude oil theft in the country, describing it as scandalous and unacceptable....

16 year-old remanded over murder
An Ilorin Magistrate's Court on Wednesday remanded a 16-year-old cattle rearer, Adamu Abdullahi of Sekun village, Share, Kwara State, for allegedly killing one Hassan Haruna. According to the Police First Inf...

Aremu tells Jonathan to speak up on security, ebola
Vice President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Mr Issa Aremu has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to address the nation on the "deteriorating security situation." He suggested that the address shoul...

KWARA 2015: Kwara APC rules out automatic ticket for Ahmed, others
Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday declared that there would be no automatic ticket for its members aspiring for all positions in the 2015 general election. It urged aspirant...

2014-09-04

Saudi begins issuance of visas to intending pilgrims
Contrary to apprehension being nursed by intending Muslim pilgrims that the Saudi Arabia authorities may refuse to grant visa to the pilgrims from Nigeria, for this year's pilgrimage to Mecca, owing to the panic caused...

Gov Ahmed seeks FG's collaboration on projects
Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has called for an interface between the state government and the Federal Road Maintenance Agency on road maintenance and allied matters to avoid duplication of efforts and ensu...

Opinion: Suleiman Abubakar and Kwara politics, By Olasunkanmi Abdulkadir
Anyone who has read the recent interviews by our newly appointed Minister of National Planning, Dr. Suleiman Abubakar, will come out asking several questions. True, as a Nigerian, he is entitled to his person...

Kwara PDP sues for peace among members
The Chairman of the Kwara state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mr Iyiola Oyedepo yesterday pleaded with members of the party in the state to give peace a chance. Oyedepo, who gave this advice a...

Women screened for cancer in Kwara
A total of 10,000 women in Kwara State have been screened for breast and cervical cancer by LEAH Foundation, a non-government organisation owned by the wife of the governor, Mrs. Omolewa Ahmed. This was made ...

When Mrs. Ahmed inaugurated Respectful Maternity Care working group
It is often said that heightening people's sensitivity as regards health issues through a timely and informed decision often makes the difference between life and death. Thus in a bid to keep the populace ade...

OPINION: By their words, we shall know them. By Abdulraheem Salman
By their words, we shall know them. You can never be a judge in your own case. You can only be assessed based on your antecedents (your societal impact in the past) and not what you intend to doing. I carefully fl...

OPINION: APC, PDP and Deliverance of Kwara State. By Olalekan Lawal
Kwara state is one of the pioneer states of the federation, created on 27th May, 1967, when the then Federal Military Government of then General Yakubu Gowon broke the four regions that constituted Nigeria into 12 state...

Kwara 2015: Why we can't zone poverty - Jani Ibrahim
Alhaji Jani Ibrahim is the immediate past president of the Alumni Association of the National Institute, AANI, the body of former fellows of the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies, NIPSS Kuru and also c...

BEING PRESS STATEMENT BY ALHAJI TOYIN OLOSASA, FOR HIMSELF AND ON BEHALF OF EXECUTIVE MEMBERS OF THE PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY (PDP) IN ILORIN WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KWARA STATE
Gentlemen of the Press, It has become imperative to bring to the urgent attention of the public, particularly President Goodluck Jonathan and the National leadership of our great party led by Alhaji (Dr) Adamu Muaz...

2014-09-03

Press Release - Kwara 2015: No Automatic Tickets - Kwara APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC), Kwara State chapter has urged aspirants seeking to contest elective positions in the 2015 general elections to declare their political ambitions while stating that there is no autom...

OPINION: Sherif Shagaya's good tidings. By Muhammed Abdullahi
Originally, it was said the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom. But in this season of politics, and especially in Nigeria, the fear of bad publicity is the beginning of wisdom. Most elections are first won or lost ...

Boko Haram a headache requiring national unity to combat - Belgore
A Peoples Democratic Party chieftain in Kwara Mohammed Dele Belgore, SAN, has said the Boko Haram insurgency is a national headache which requires "the support and collaboration of one and all" to defeat in good time. ...

OPINION: Saraki: A Lingering Dynasty. By Adewale Surajudeen
Two years after the death of Dr. Olusola Saraki, the patriarch of the Saraki political dynasty, his influence still hangs on the Kwara State political landscape like a necklace. Perhaps, only a few diehards would hav...

Press Release: Kwara PDP Asks APC to Apologise to Kwarans over Ajase-Ipo Violence
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State has asked the leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state to apologize to the people of Ajase-Ipo, in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara Sta...

Ahmed offers Employment to Volunteer
Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has offered automatic employment into the Kwara State Road Traffic Management Agency (KWARTMA) to a young man, Mr Akindele Opeyemi Taiwo from Ekiti Local Government, who has be...

Kwara 2015 and Southern agitation
Ahead of the 2015 elections, the agitation for zoning among the three Senatorial districts of Kwara State may pitch the zones against one another as the poll draws nearer. The emergence of Governor Abdulfatah...

Opinion: Much ado about Saraki and Kwara,By Sikiru Adebayo
As usual, the latest brew from Is'haq Modibbo Kawu's pot of half-truth delivered through his column in the Vanguard newspaper, leaves a trend and trail of garnished falsehood. Moddibo's case readily reminds one of the ...

Kwara Youths Urge Saraki to Allow Ahmed Continue in Office
The Kwara South Youths Stakeholders' Forum comprising of seven local government councils of Kwara South senatorial district of Kwara State, have appealed to the senator representing Kwara Central senatorial district at...

PSG female team leads chase for Oshoala
Falconets sensation Asisat Oshoala is attracting huge interests from European football clubs after her tremendous exploits at the recently concluded FIFA U-20 Women World Cup in Canada. The Rivers Angels of P...

Private schools owners lament holiday extension
National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS) in Kwara State yesterday observed that the extension of schools' resumption date by one month would alter school calendar and affect coverage of syllabus....

Ahmed Presents N115 Billion Revised Budget
Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed yesterday presented a revised 2014 budget of N115 billion to the state House of Assembly for consideration and passage into law. The governor's request was contained in a...

Another Booster for Ahmed
The latest, however, is that which came from the indigenes of Ijomu Oro in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State at the weekend, who threw their weight behind the governor's re-election of in 2015. In...

Pilgrims Warned Against Illicit Drugs
Intending pilgrims from Kwara State have been warned against taking illicit drugs to the holy land. Chairman of the state Muslim Pilgrims' Welfare Board, Imam Uthman Olosun, told the intending pilgrims that d...

Kwara 2015: APC, PDP divided over ban on rallies
A supremacy contest is raging between the Kwara State Police Command and the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress following the suspension or banning of rallies, processions and political meetings in Kwara St...

PDP Youths In Kwara Call For Generational Change In Governance
Youths from different segments of the society have called for a generational change in governance for effective delivery of dividends of democracy. The youths were mostly members of the People's Democratic ...

Emir Tasks Policemen On Interpersonal Relationship
The emir of Ilorin, Alh. Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari has stressed the need for men and officers of the Nigerian Police to cultivate good interpersonal relationship with members of the public. The emir gave the charg...

Stop Playing Big Brother to African Countries - Dele Belgore
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dele Belgore, has advised that Nigeria should stop being brothers' keeper to some of its African neighbours he described as not being friendly and cooperative with the...

Ahmed Presents 2014 Revised Budget To Kwara Assembly
The Kwara State governor, Alhaji AbdulFatah Ahmed, yesterday presented a revised 2014 budget of N115,601,272, 274 before the state House of Assembly for approval and passage into law. Ahmed's request was cont...

'Madmen' arrested at Ilorin airport
Two well dressed men said to be insane wandering at the departure building of Ilorin International Airport have been arrested. They were however later released to their different families after confirming tha...