2014-07-17

Opara Hails Kwara Developmental Programmes
The Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Welfare Commission, John-Kennedy Opara has hailed the Kwara State government developmental programmes. He noted the government’s giant stride in health, e...

Insecurity: Emir of Ilorin urges Muslims to pray for peace
Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari has urged Nigeria Muslims to use Ramadan to pray for the restoration of peaceful co-existence in the country.The Emir who is also the Chairman, Kwara State Traditional Counci...

OPINION: The ranting of ants in Kwara. By Femi Mustapha
In a recent publication, a faceless concerned group of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State made a frantic and futile attempt to package falsehood in an attempt to destabilise the existing peace within ...

OPINION: Nigeria In Dire Need Of A Selfless Leader, ABS Is The Answer. By Mas'ud Adebimpe Auko
Our country Nigeria is no doubt going through a critical period in her political history as an independent Nation which was borne out of ineptitude of our leadership. Nigeria's present leadership has demonstrat...

Kwara govt to sink 10 boreholes at Sobi barracks
In line with the state government's Quickwin Intervention Programme, the Kwara State government is to sink 10 boreholes at the 22 Armoured Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Sobi in Ilorin to ease the challenges of access t...

Ebola deadlier than HIV/AIDS, says don
A professor of Epedimiology and Community Health Science, University of Ilorin, Dr Tanimola Akande, said yesterday that Ebola virus, currently ravaging some West African countries, is the most health challenge currentl...

Group Asks Saraki to Contest 2015 Presidential Election
A Non-Governmental Organisation, the Nigeria Need Positive Change Group (NNPCG), has called on the Chairman, Senate Committee on Environment and Ecology, Senator Bukola Saraki, to contest the 2015 presidential electi...

Two Ruling Houses Okayed for Olofa of Offa Stool
AN Appeal Court sitting in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, yesterday affirmed the existence of two ruling houses to the Olofa of Offa stool. The two ruling houses are Anilelerin and Olugbense. The appe...

Develop The Nation Before Oil Dries Up - Moronfoye
The Kwara State Commissioner for Information and Communication, Tunji Moronfoye has warned Nigerians to use the proceeds from oil judiciously to develop the entire country as the oil will dry up soonest....

Bursary: 'Kwara Poly Students Get N50m'
The Kwara state government has released the sum of N50 million for the payment of bursary to 11, 000 indigenous students of Kwara state polytechnic, Ilorin. This was announced by the secretary of the state Scho...

Press Release: Christian Pilgrim Boss Lauds Gov. Ahmed
The Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Welfare Commission, John-Kennedy Opara has commended the Kwara State Government on its various developmental programmes, especially in health, education and el...

2014-07-16

Senate confirms Dr Abubakar Olanrewaju Suleiman as minister
The Senate Wednesday screened and confirmed the Corp Marshal, Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Osita Benjamin Chidoka and a Political Science lecturerat the University of  Abuja, Dr Sulaiman Olanrewaju Abu...

Ramadan: Gbemi Saraki Donates Food to the Handicapped
The first daughter of late Dr. Olusola Saraki, Senator Rukayyat Gbemisola Saraki has distributed food items to the downtrodden house in Gambari,Ilorin, Kwara State capital. The house,popularly known as 'koro ...

PDP youths applaud appointment of Olarewanju
A group, PDP Youth Frontier, has applauded the nomination of Dr Abubakar Olanrewaju Suleiman as minister representing Kwara State, describing the development as the best decision taken by President Goodluck Jonathan....

KWSG flags off entrepreneurship training
The Kwara State government has flagged off the Graduate Entrepreneurship training of the QuickWin programme in collaboration with the Kwara State University, Malete and the State Polytechnic. The training pro...

Pilgrimage not for jamboree - Gov Ahmed
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State yesterday in Ilorin faulted the misconception of the essence of pilgrimages to the holy lands by some individuals just as he declared that the pilgrimage is not for jamboree but...

Soyinka has no patience for indolence, parochialism - Na'Allah
Soyinka is a very respecting and even shy person, who has pain in intruding into other people's spaces without cause. He has no patience for indolence and parochialism, even though some times in the past I have myself ...

Nyako's impeachment, unfortunate development - Saraki
A leader of the All Progressives Congress, who is also the Senator representing Kwara Central Senatorial District, Senator Bukola Saraki, has described as unfortunate, the impeachment of Governor Murtala Nyako of Adama...

Nigerian Businessmen in Ghana Allege Sabotage
Nigerians doing business in Ghana have called on the Federal Government to intervene in the attempt by Ghanaian authorities to expel them from the country. More than 200 businesses operated by Nigerians in th...

Saraki Lauds ASUP for Courage to Return to Work
Former governor of Kwara State and leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in in the state, Dr Bukola Saraki, has commended the members of Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, for calling off its 10 months...

2014-07-15

After 15 years, Unilorin ordered to release activists' certificates
In what could be described as a victory for activism, the Supreme Court on Friday ordered the authorities of the University of Ilorin to release the certificates of some its students who were victimized on the accoun...

OPINION: Ilorin-Oyo Highway: A Safe Journey or an Adieu? By Abimbola Otegbola
Imagine boarding a commercial bus to a destination, quiet passengers, expert driver, cool music, comfortable seat, smooth driving, and you slip into that world of day-dreaming about whatsoever gives you joy…We...

Kwara govt to sink 10 boreholes at Sobi army barracks
The Kwara State Government has said that it would sink 10 boreholes at the 22 Armoured Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Sobi in Ilorin to ease problems of water scarcity in the barracks. Governor Abdulfatah Ahme...

Soyinka raises the alarm over sexual harassment in schools
A University lecturer and Professor of Theatre, Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA, Mrs. Omofolabo Ajayi-Soyinka has warned that the scourge of sexual harassment in Nigerian ...

I didn't have amorous relationship - KWASU best graduating student
For 21-year-old Comfort Folorunsho, her graduation from the Kwara State University, Malete, shall for some time to come remain memorable in her life. Of course, the Osi, Kwara State, native has every reason t...

Alumni's N1b for Kwara schools
The Old Boys of Government Secondary School, Ilorin (GSS) have a great plan for their alma mater, which is counting down to its centenary celebrations. They are giving the school N1 billion for its infrastructural deve...

When Kwara PDP brainstormed on polls.
The Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) appears not leaving any stone unturned to ensuring that it sack the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State in a build up to 2015, going by it...

Ajibola donates buses to Kwara PDP
The senator representing Kwara South at the National Assembly, Simeon Ajibola, has donated four Sienna buses to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state to aid its campaign for the 2015 elections. It w...

OPINION: My Take on Sen. Ajibola's Guber Ambition. By Yinka Dallas
For those that keep sending me facebook messages through my inbox, GSM sms and direct calls about Senator S.S Ajibola's Kwara State Governorship ambition. I have said it time without number that Sen. S.S Ajibola's...

Senator Saraki Congratulates Kwara students.
Congratulations to the newly appointed Special Assistant on Students' Matters to the Kwara state Governor, Comrade Patrick Adewumi Adekunle from Oke-Ero; a timely and well deserved gesture from the Kwara state governmen...

OPINION: Can the Real Progressives Be Upstanding? By Wale Bakare.
Much has been said and debated about the need to have a president that will be conscious enough to realise that he’s leading over 170million Nigerians who desire the basic needs of life to function in a country w...

2014-07-14

OPINION: Modibo Kawu vs Bukola Saraki: limits of hubris. By Abdulkadir Alabi
Among the literary creatures of Ilorin emirate, my brother, Ishaq Moddibo Kawu stands tall in the contemporary generation and he has never hidden that fact and the privileges it attracts. One of such privileges was the...

Unilorin Announces Details of her 2014/2015 Post UTME Screening Exercise
The University of Ilorin has released the guidelines and details for her 2014 Post UTME screening exercise. Registration, which commenced on 13th July will end on 23rd July, 2014. The test will start from Monday...

'Owner of building with decomposed bodies not from Oro community'
The people of Oro community in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State have said that the owner of a building where decomposed human bodies were found in Ilorin is not an indigene of the area. The state...

Nigeria needs vibrant NASS to deepen democracy - Ali Ahmad
The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Justice, Dr. Ali Ahmad, has said that the National Assembly should be vibrant to ensure good governance and the sustenance of the nation's democracy. He sta...

Ex-Grand Khadi Seeks Stronger Judiciary
Nigerian judiciary should be put in a better stead to entrench enduring democracy in the country, a former Grand Khadi of the Sharia Court of Appeal, Ilorin, Justice Idris Haroon has said. He also called for ...

You can't collect PVCs by proxy, INEC tells Kwara residents
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kwara State has told residents of the state not to expect collection of Permanent Voter's Cards (PVC) by proxy. Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in...

Ahmed advocates Zakat to fight poverty
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has advocated the entrenchment of Zakat, a system of wealth redistribution, to fight poverty in the land. "If all mankind imbibes the spirit of Zakat, there would...