2014-06-19

Kwara Gov Mourns Arisekola Alao
Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has described the death of Aare Musulumi of Yoruba land, Alhaji Abdulazeez Arisekola Alao as a tragedy as he was a bridge builder. Governor Ahmed, in a condolence mes...

Aare Arisekola's humility infectious - Belgore
I receive with shock the death on Wednesday of Aare Musulumi of Yorubaland, Alhaji Abdul Azeez Arisekola-Alao. The death is one too many not just for the Oyo State or the Nigerian Muslim community but to all lovers of p...

Press Release: Kwara APC Leaders are the purveyors of death - PDP
Ordinarily, the Kwara PDP has resolved, out of respect for the humanity of the victims of the latest politics of hatred and intolerance, to close the chapter on the gruesome murder of one of our members in cold blood by...

Opinion - Ilorin fracas: How not to play politics?
We have been following issues emanating from the fracas that broke out in some parts of Ilorin West local government area of the state, over alleged distribution of largesse by a former legislator from the area with ke...

Press Release: Arrest PDP Chairman in order to end Violence in Kwara - APC
The Kwara State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has berated the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state for dancing on the grave of one Mr. Tajudeen Eba, who was consumed by PDP's boundless aff...

INEC Promises Credible Polls In Kwara
The Kwara State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Chief Timothy Ibitoye, on Wednesday gave an assurance that INEC would conduct free, fair and credible elections in the state. He gave the assurance wh...

Farmers told to seek expert advice
A call has gone to farmers in the country to always seek expert advice before procuring seeds in order to avoid adulteration and crop failure which reduce profit, Zonal Manager of Kwara State Agriculture Development Pr...

Fish farmers get 30,000 fingerlings in Kwara
The Kwara Agricultural Development Project (KWADP) has distributed over 30, 000 fingerlings to fish farmers in the state under the West African Agricultural Productivity Project (WAAPP). It would be recalled ...

Police kill 3 suspected robbers, parade fake doctor
The Kwara State Police Command yesterday said it killed three suspected armed robbers during a gun battle. The state's Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ambrose Aisabo, while parading some suspects yesterday, said ...

Kwara Police arrest fake medical doctor
The Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Mr Ambrose Aisabor, yesterday, paraded a fake medical doctor, Mr Adams John Ayeh, who has been on the wanted list of the Police. Speaking during a press briefing at the Po...

Police probe politician over Ilorin unrest
The Kwara State Police Command yesterday paraded 14 suspects in connection with the fracas that has claimed five lives in parts of Ilorin, the state capital, with a warning to politicians to stop doling out money to th...

Reposition Kwara PDP, group tells Mu'azu
A group; Kwara Unity for Freedom has called on the national leadership of the Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) to reposition the party in Kwara State to enhance its success in the 2015 general elections. The ...

14 arraigned for Kwara street brawl
Fourteen people have been arrested in connection with Monday's street brawl in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, in which three people were reportedly killed. Commissioner of Police Ambrose Aisabor gave their ...

2014-06-18

Ilorin fracas: Heavy gunshots continue as death toll rises
Heavy gunshots were heard yesterday in troubled parts of Ilorin, Kwara State, where three people were killed between Friday and Monday in a fracas by hoodlums loyal to rival political parties in the state. D...

Kwara college probes students' unrest
The Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin, has constituted a committee to probe students' unrest in the institution in the past one year. The ad-hoc committee has therefore called for memoranda from member...

NAFDAC deploys mobile technology to check fake drugs
The National Agency for Food, Drugs, Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has devised a Mobile Authentication Service to detect fake drugs. Kwara State Director of the agency, Mrs. Abayomi Bolaji-Juliana, said...

'Nigeria's security challenge, a passing phase'
The National Orientation Agency (NOA) in Kwara State said the current security situation in the country has further underscored the need for security consciousness by all Nigerians. State Director of the agen...

Kwara NBA Alleges Brutalisation of Member By Police
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA),Ilorin branch on Tuesday alleged that one of its members was brutalised by the Police. The association Chairman,Barrister Mobolaji Ojibara said a member of the Bar, Barriste...

Ilorin fracas: Death toll rises -OPC dissociates self from crisis
The death toll in the Monday's violent clash that broke out among some hoodlums in Ode-Alawusa and Alore areas of Ilorin has increased to five. This was just as Kwara State police command said it had arrested...

Court Orders Remand of Suspected Cultist
An Ilorin Magistrates' Court on Monday remanded a suspected cultist, Ibrahim Ganiyu, 25 of Oke-Ipo area of Ilorin for allegedly writing a threat letter to a school principal. The prosecutor, Sgt. Bilikisu Adu...

NURTW flies member to Indian hospital, after robbery attack
A member of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Kwara State, Mr Mukaila Babalola, who was reportedly shot by suspected armed bandits along Oyo-Ogbomoso Road, last year, is currently undergoing medic...

2014-06-17

Kwara Govt assures investors of conducive environment
As part of efforts to boost Kwara State economy, the government has called local and international investors to invest in the state, saying the state is blessed with natural resources. The state Commissioner ...

Ilorin Clash: Death Toll Rises To 5
The death toll in Monday's violent clash that broke out between some hoodlums in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital has rose to five. The Kwara State Police command has also arrested 12 persons in connection wit...

Kwara CJ wants medical fund for judges
The Chief Judge of Kwara State, Justice Ayinla Bamigbola has called for the provision of easily accessible medical funds for judges during and after their meritorious and selfless service to the nation. He sp...

'Banks should aid business growth in rural communities'
Commercial banks have been advised to be flexible in their operations and policies when dealing with poor bank customers in rural areas and communities. Speaking with Community News during the mid-year than...

NURHI rehabilitates family planning clinic in Offa
The family planning initiative, funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Nigerian Urban Health Initiative (NURHI), has rehabilitated and equipped the family planning unit of Child Welfare Clinic, Olomowewe ...

2014-06-16

Press Release: Kwara indigenes laud the return of Lai Mohammed as APC spokesman
The election of Alhaji Lai Mohammed as the national publicity secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the just concluded national convention has been described as a collective victory to all members of the ...

Press Release - Ilorin Fracas: PDP fingers APC
The Kwara state chapter of the PDP is saddened by the raw display of violence and unprovoked attacks on its new members, who decamped from the APC to the PDP on Friday, 13th June, 2014, at Alore area of Ilorin West Loca...

Press Release: APC Condemns gruesome murder of youth by PDP Thugs in Kwara
The Kwara State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the gruesome murder of a PDP member and the fiery destruction of properties at Alore-Omode Area in Ilorin, during a clash between PDP thugs earlie...

Kwara Poly registers students for NHIS - Elelu
All full-time students of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, now have access to quality healthcare services through registration in the National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS, the Rector, Mas’hud Elelu, has...

Three Killed in Ilorin Political Clash
The police in Kwara said three persons died on Monday in a clash among suspected political party rivals in Ilorin. Mr Okasanmi Ajayi, Police Public Relations Officer in the state, said 12 suspects had also been arrest...

APC's New National Working Committee Members
Below is the list of members of All Progressives Congress (APC) Working Committee members elected during the party’s national convention that held in Abuja this weekend.  National Chairman, Ch...

135 golfers storm Ilorin for tourney
135 golfers including 35 professionals will storm Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, for the seventh Yolas Invitational Pro and Amateur Open Golf tournament billed Friday and Saturday. Addressing sportswriters ...

Press Release: Jonathan has performed more than his predecessors - Awoyale
The President-General of the Orisun Igomina, a socio cultural association of the people of Kwara State, Chief Gbenga Awoyale, has commended President Goodluck Jonathan for his numerous achievements in all facets of hum...

Press Release: None of Our Members Defected to PDP - Kwara APC
The Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has said reports in a section of the media suggesting that members of its party defected to the opposition PDP is untrue and fictitious, stressing that the ...

Press Release: Kwara PDP under siege by APC Thugs, We Cry out IGP to come to our aid - PDP
Factual timelines of events that led to the fracas in Alore area 1. Friday 13th June, 2014 Over 2000 former APC members, led by Mallam Ajadi Abdulfatah, defected formally to the PDP in Kwara state. The event occur...