2014-07-05

Letters - Kaiama: FG, Kwara Govt, Save Our Soul!
I wish to cry out to the Federal government and the Kwara State government to please as a matter of urgency come to our rescue as Kaiama is presently cut off from the rest of the world following the collapse of a bridg...

How police uncovered Ilorin 'human parts market'
While the dust raised by the kidnappers’ den discovered at Soka in Ibadan, Oyo State, is yet to settle, another criminal dungeon was uncovered in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, this week fuelling concerns in th...

Intrigues As Third Best Candidate Is Appointed Uniabuja VC
There is disquiet in the University of Abuja community especially among who feel it is wrong for the third best candidate to be appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of the university. Sources say already there is a...

With my sack, how do I explain to the youth that hard work pays? - Bolaji Abdullahi
For the first time since his sack as Sports Minister, Bolaji Abdullahi in this interview with the Editor, Christie Doyin, head, Sub Desk Adebayo Olodan and Head of Sports Desk, Toyin Saheed, opens up on the intrigues t...

Doctors' strike claims Kwara journalist's wife
The ongoing strike by doctors in the Federal Government hospitals has claimed the life of the wife of the Kwara State Correspondent of National Trumpet, Mrs. Christiana Akinpelu. According to the deceased&rsq...

Video: Governor Ahmed's Ramadan Message.
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Gov Ahmed approves N120m as scholarship.
The Kwara State Executive Governor, Alhaji AbdulFatah Ahmed has released N120 million to the state scholarship board as bursary allowances to students of the state origin in higher institutions. A press stateme...

My Girls Will Retain Title, Kwara Female Coach boasts.
THE coach of the Kwara U-17 female football side, Samuel Abegide has vowed to retain the Airtel Rising Stars zonal title won by his team last year in Ibadan when his wards square up against Ekiti in the final match of the...

Embezzlement: CITN advocates 15 yrs jail term for tax administrators.
Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN) has advocated a minimum of 15 years jail term for those who embezzle government revenue or fail to apply tax payers’ money to provide goods and services to people...

SSS disrupts importers' security outfit in Ilorin
Men of the Kwara State command of the State Security Services (SSS) have vowed to continue preventing   security task force of the Importers Association of Nigeria (IMAN) from carrying out any operation in the sta...

Jamb, losing its credibility - Opobiyi
The Provost of the Kwara State College of Education Ilorin, Kwara State, Dr. Isiaka Opobiyi has posited that the aims and objectives of the Post UTME examination is fast eroding. Speaking with Pil...

IlorinInfo Fans Hit 13K on Facebook
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2014-07-04

Press Release - Ramadan Gifts: Avoid the Annual Ritual of Deaths during Distribution, Kwara PDP Urges Saraki
Since the announcement of the commencement of distribution of this year's Ramadan handouts to poor APC members by Sen. Bukola Saraki, the Kwara state chapter of the PDP, just like all concerned Kwarans, has held its bre...

Press Release: My Meeting with HYPREP - Saraki
Today (Thursday), I had the opportunity to meet with a staff delegation from the Hydro-Carbon Pollution Restoration Project (HYPREP), led by Dr Sam Okedi, the Head of the Water Unit. Many of the individuals in the dele...

Senator Bukola Saraki Meets Officials From the NBTs
Today, I had the opportunity to meet with officials from the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS). These are passionate Nigerians whose work often goes unnoticed - but whose impact is felt everyday by patients all...

Group warns APC leaders against divisive agents
The Kwara APC Youth Unity Group (AYUG) have called on stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress to ensure the moves to cause disaffection among party leaders in the state is not allowed to materialise. Th...

ASUP strike destructive - NANS
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Kwara chapter, yesterday said the ongoing polytechnic lecturers' strike is destructive and pleaded with the federal government "to have effective and meaningful dia...

Ramadan: Saraki Distributes N80m Gifts To Constituents
The senator representing Kwara central senatorial district,Dr. Bukola Saraki yesterday flag-off the distribution of raw foods items worth about N80million to his constituents. The distribution of the gifts t...

'Kwara PDP ticket open to all' - Prof. Oba
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State and Executive Chairman, Federal Character Commission (FCC), Professor Oba Abdulraheem yesterday said the governorship ticket of the party is open to all ...

Kwara magistrates suspend proposed warning strike
The Kwara government also denied reports of the strike. The Magistrates Association of Nigeria, Kwara State chapter, has suspended the proposed 3-day warning strike earlier scheduled to commence on July 2. ...

2014-07-03

States and Burden of Bonds
We are prompted to ask to what use the whooping sums of money raised by the states from bonds issuance have been put, whereas the people on whose behalf government borrowed the funds continue to wallow in poverty and d...

Saraki, Atunwa mourn Umaru Dikko's Death
The chairman, Senate Committee on Environment and Ecology, Senator Bukola Saraki, expressed sadness over the passing of Dikko. Saraki, in a condolence message issued in Ilorin yesterday, said: "I am deeply sa...

Lawmaker makes case for SMEs
A member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Rafiu Ibrahim (APC, Kwara) has stressed the need for government to tackle the challenges confronting the real sector of the economy. He said the Small and Medium...

KWASU is recording landmark achievements - Chancellor
The Chancellor, Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, Professor Ibrahim Agboola Gambari has said the university has been making steady growth with landmark achievements since its maiden convocation last year. ...

'Science, only solution to Nigeria's problem'
Vice-Chancellor of University of Ilorin, Professor Abdulganiyu Ambali and a renowned Professor of Chemistry, Joshua Obaleye have called on the Federal Government to deploy science in tackling the myriads of problems co...

Police arrest 5 over Ilorin kidnappers' den
The Kwara State Police Command yesterday said it has arrested five suspects in connection with the kidnappers' den discovered in Ilorin, the state capital. The state's Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ambrose Aisabo, who d...

2015: IEDPU Decries Breakdown Of Law, Order
Ahead of the 2015 elections, the Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU) has expressed concern over the incessant break down of law and order in some parts of Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. The...

Kwara Appoints Monarch As Amirul-Hajj
Kwara State Governor AbdulFatah Ahmed has approved the appointment of Olupo of Ajase-Ipo, Oba Sikiru Atanda Oladolu Sanni as the state Amirul-Hajj for 2014. The monarch's appointment as Amirul-Hajj was contained ...

2014-07-02

Patients Groan As UITH Doctors Join NMA Strike
The industrial action embarked upon by medical doctors' nation wide, on day paralysed medical activities at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital. The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), an umbrella body ...

Arisekola-Alao's wife dies in motor accident in Ilorin
The first wife of the late Are Musulumi of Yorubaland, Alhaji Arisekola-Alao, 63 is dead. She died on Tuesday in a motor accident in Ilorin, Kwara State. She will be buried today (Wednesday) according to I...

JAMB releases 2014 admission cut-off marks
The Joint Admission and Matriculations Board, JAMB, has released the cut-off marks for the 2014 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. The board retained the existing 180 cut-off mark for admission...

Mixed feelings over ban on charcoal in Kwara
Following the ban on production and sales of charcoal in Kwara State by the state government, the people of Ilorin have expressed mixed feelings over the development. The aggregate view of residents who spoke...

Ex-minister empowers youth in telecom business
Former Minister of Sports and Chairman National Sports Commission, Malam Bolaji Abdullahi, has empowered 100 youths in Kwara State in the communication businesses. The empowerment programme which was done in ...

Press Release - Ritualists' Den: Kwara PDP accuses Kwara Government of Negligence
The Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has associated the discovery of a kidnappers den in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital as a failure of the government of Kwara State to protect the people of t...

Press Release: Kwara APC Uncovers PDP's Plot to Destabilise Continuous Voter Registration in Kwara
Kwara APC Uncovers PDP's Plot to Destabilise Continuous Voter Registration in Kwara, Urges Police to thoroughly Probe Exposed Kidnappers' Den in Ilorin The Kwara State Chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) ha...

How police smashed human parts dealers' den in Kwara.
Facts have emerged over how men of the Kwara State police command uncovered a suspected killers’ hideout where human parts were being sold to alleged ritualists in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. The den locate...