2014-07-01

2014 Federation Cup Kicks Off Wednesday
The Round of 64 matches of this year's Federation Cup competition will start across the federation on Wednesday. Notable fixtures on Wednesday includes the clash between ABS of Ilorin and elite division new b...

Ramadan - Kwara Speaker Urges Muslims to Pray for Nigeria
The Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Hon. Razak Atunwa has urged Nigerians to use the Ramadan period to pray for peace and stability of the country. Atunwa, in a Ramadan message, also urged Musli...

Cricket: 750 students for Kwara "Let's Play" Clinic
No fewer than 750 students from 30 schools in Kwara would participate in a two-day cricket clinic tagged "Let's Play" from July 3 to July 4. The Coordinator of the event, Wale Babalola, made the disclosure in an ...

Police Uncover Criminal Hideout in Ilorin
The Kwara State Police Command yesterday uncovered another criminal hideout in Ilorin similar to Sokas in Ibadan, Oyo State, where many people were strangulated to death by criminals for ritual purposes in the state....

2014-06-30

Press Release: Kwara APC Concludes Inauguration of LG Excos, Says Nigeria Is Worse Than Jonathan Met It.
The All Progressives Congress (APC), Kwara State Chapter, Today, concluded the inauguration of elected executives to run the affairs of the party in the 16 local government areas of the state, saying Nigeria is now wors...

Saraki calls for mass empowerment and mobilisation drives
The Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Kwara state, Senator Bukola Saraki has called on political office holders in the state, to redouble their empowerment and mass mobilisation drives to ensure the victo...

'300 Babies Born HIV-Free By Infected Mothers'
Over 300 HIV infected expectant mothers have so far delivered their babies free of the virus with the assistance of the HIV/AIDS management centre of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH). This wa...

Muslims not terrorists - Oloyede
Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the Secretary-General, Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, NSCIA, has called on security agencies in the country to be fair and professional in the discharge of their duties. Ol...

NiMet predicts localised rains on Monday
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NiMet, has predicted cloudy weather conditions, localised thunderstorms and localised rains in different parts of the country on Monday. The predictions are contained in a ...

Dwindling Federal revenue: We've challenges ahead, says Saraki
Several states and local government areas may be in for hard times, no thanks to the dwindling revenue accruing to them from the Federation Account. Until there is a better revenue from the Federal Government...

Northern Govs Sue for Peace, Unified Aspiration
The Chairman, Northern States Governors' Forum (NSGF) and Governor of Niger State, Dr. Mu'azu Babangida Aliyu, has called on Muslim ummah to use the period of Ramadan fasting to pray for Allah's guidance, protection an...

THISDAY Correspondent Emerges Best Journalist of the Year in Kwara
The Kwara State Correspondent of THISDAY Newspapers, Alhaji Hammed Shittu, at the weekend emerged the Best Journalist of the Year, 2014 in the state Also, Mr. Shuaib Abdulkadir of the National Pilot emerged...

OPINION - Kwara: Is it really good here? By Titilope Tawakkalt Anifowoshe
“It is in line with this quest to grow our state for greater prosperity that we are re-branding Kwara State. This campaign and the new logo that comes with it are designed to promote our state as a top investment...

2014-06-29

PDP to Serve Five Govs Court Notice Through Newspaper
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday ordered the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to serve five governors who defected from the party to the All Progressives Congress (APC) through substituted service by publishing th...

Fayose acquired grassroot orientation from Kwara - Saraki
A former Governor of Kwara State, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has attributed the victory of the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, in the Ekiti State governorship election, to the grassroots politics...

I will be professional in the discharge of my duties, Kwara CP tells political parties
The Commissioner of Police (CP), Kwara State Command, Mr Ambrose Aisabo, has assured political parties in the state that he would be fair and professional in the discharge of his duties. A statement by the Kw...

Ramadan: Why moon-sighting announcement was delayed - Sultan
Yesterday marked the commencement of 1435AH Ramadan fast across Nigeria. The announcement, which heralded the commencement, was not without hitches as it came at  midnight. But the Sultan of Sokoto and ...

Controversy trails commencement of Ramadan in Ilorin
There was controversy in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital yesterday over the commencement of the Muslim Ramadan fasting. While some Muslims commenced the fasting on Saturday as directed by Sultan of Sokoto, Al...

Religious Leaders Seek Prayers On Nation's Challenges
Some religious leaders in Omu-Aran, Kwara, on Saturday, urged Nigerians to utilise the Ramadan season to offer prayers for the country's unity. The leaders made the call in Omu-Aran, Kwara, in separate interv...

CAS Challenge States To Be More Involved In Fight Against Insurgency
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu, has challenged state and local governments, particularly, those affected by the current insecurity situation in the country, to be more involved in the fight against i...

Ilorin: How N20,000 Political Largesse Claimed 5 Lives
For three days last week, Ilorin, the Kwara State capital was in flames, courtesy of a violent clash that broke out among hoodlums suspected to be political thugs allegedly in the fold of a leading opposition party in ...

Quality education: Kwara threatens to sanction private schools
The Kwara State government has threatened to sanction owners of private schools in the state with substandard quality of education. Speaking at the presentation of award and launch of the magazine of the Nati...

2014-06-28

Nigerian clerics' 'romance' with crime
Signs of the end-time which scriptures prophesied may have started manifesting going by the nefarious activities of supposed men of God, who are now turning people away from the house of God. TUNDE BUSARI reports...

OPINION: Brave Leadership and Our Endorsements for 2015.
By Dynamic Nigerian Professionals in the Diaspora (DNPD) In recent times, the world has seen the impact of young and first time voters in crucial election seasons. In 2008, Barack Obama swept both the popular and elec...

'He's always threatening me with a divorce'
A housewife, Alimat Toheeb, has   prayed an Ilorin Area court  in Kwara State to dissolve her five-year-old marriage to her husband, Mubarak, over her husband’s threat to divorce her. Thirty-fiv...

Press Release: Senator Saraki's Ramadan Message
Alhamdulillah! Alhamdulillah! Alhamdulillah! "O Ye Who Believe fasting is prescribed to you as it was to those before you that we may learn self restraint" I give thanks to Almighty Allah, the most beneficen...

Kwara to establish waste recycling plant
The Kwara State Government has put necessary machinery in motion to establish a Waste Recycling Plant in Ilorin, the state capital, that would provide jobs for 3,000 people. According to the Chairman of the K...

Assets: Supreme Court dismisses 16 states' suit against FG
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a suit by 16 northern states, through which they had sought an order compelling the Federal Government to pay them about N7.039bn as compensation for some assets of the northern re...

UPDATE: RAMADAN STARTS TODAY SATURDAY 28TH JUNE
The Sultan of Sokoto and President General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III yesterday urged the Muslim Ummah in Nigeria to commence their fast today, Saturday, June...