2014-01-30

Kwara ready to unleash future stars
The Kwara Athletics Association believes they have at least six talented athletes who should be picked for the Commonwealth Games. Johnson Abiodu, head coach of Kwara, says they discovered the youngsters at t...

KWSG releases additional N27m for bursary
The Kwara State Governor, Dr. AbdulFatah Ahmed has released additional 27million Naira to the Kwara Scholarship Board for the continuation of the payment of Bursary to students of Kwara origin across tertiary instituti...

Youths on rampage over killing of hunter's dog in Ilorin
The killing of a dog belonging to a hunter has caused a violent clash between two communities in Ilorin, the Kwara Stae capital, yesterday. The development which prompted police's intervention also led to a gun atta...

Akanbi warns Jonathan, Amaechi about Rivers crisis
A former President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Mustapha Akanbi, has urged President Goodluck Jonathan and others involved in the crisis rocking Rivers State to ensure that peace and stability are restored in the ...

Saraki, 10 other PDP senators write Mark
There was confusion on the floor of the Senate on Wednesday, following unconfirmed reports that 11 Senators defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to join the opposition All Progressives Congress. A state...

APC Leaders Disown Kwara Lawmaker
Constituent members  of Ilorin North-West state constituency in Kwara State  have disowned their lawmaker representing the constituency in the state House of Assembly,  Hon Fatai Salman. Salman...

'All Kwara schools need overhaul'
The Kwara State House of Assembly has urged the state government to as a matter of urgency embark on complete overhaul of dilapidated class rooms, provide additional classrooms, examination halls and science ...

2014-01-29

Move to Remove Ahmed, Others - Court Orders PDP to Serve Governors Afresh
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered a fresh service of court processes on five former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors, who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The processes are in ...

The Rise of Suicide Cases
Last week Monday, Anthony Oyeniyi, a 17-year-old, final year student of Oro Grammar School, in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, reportedly killed himself within the school premises. The classmates of th...

Kwara APC can't recall me - Senator Ajibola
A senator representing Kwara South Senatorial District, Simeon Ajibola, has laughed at plans of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in his state to recall him from the Senate. Mr. Ajibola, who is a member of the Peop...

Press Release: Kwara sets up Infrastructure Development Fund
Kwara State Government has concluded arrangements to set up an Infrastructure Development Fund to provide a pool of Funds to finance a holistic infrastructure development of the state. According to Governor A...

Kwara PDP To File Lawsuit Against Atunwa, Other Defectors
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State is set to take legal action against 20 members of the State House of Assembly who recently defected to All Progressives Congress (APC). The chairman, caretake...

Kwara needs N300bn for infrastructure - Ahmed
The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, on Wednesday said the state needed about N300bn forinfrastructural upgrade. He stated that the state government had concluded arrangements to set up an Inf...

Kwara APC not safe in Saraki's hands - Bolarinwa
In this interview with SUCCESS NWOGU, a former member of the House of Representatives, representing Lagos Mainland Federal Constituency, Mr. Bashiru Bolarinwa, speaks on the crisis in Rivers State a...

2014-01-28

Fire guts Kwara warehouse, destroys N50m goods
Properties worth more than N50 million were on Monday destroyed in a fire incident that gutted a warehouse in Omu-Aran, Kwara, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. An eyewitness told NAN that the warehouse, lo...

Saheed Popoola, Former Offa LG Chairman makes Kwara Commisioners' list.
Gov. AbdulFatah Ahmed of Kwara on Tuesday presented a list of 16 nominees to the state House of Assembly for confirmation as commissioners in the state executive council. The governor's request was contained ...

Ahmed seeks Kwara Assembly's confirmation of 16 commissioners-nominees
Governor AbdulFatah Ahmed of Kwara State on Tuesday presented a list of 16 nominees to the state House of Assembly for confirmation as commissioners in the state executive council. The governor's request was ...

Kwara college seeks govt's intervention over unpaid salary
The management of Kwara State College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies (CAILS) has appealed to the state government for a special financial intervention to enable it pay the backlog of salary arrears owed its staf...

Suit challenging Ahmed's defection, others for hearing Feb 6
A Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday fixed February 6 for hearing on the suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against five governors who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The PDP...

NJC, Governors and the Power to Appoint Chief Judges
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has been at war with several state governors over who to appoint as acting Chief Judges or substantive Chief Judges of their states following the retirement of the Chief Judges after...

Gov Ahmed Approves Appointment of 500 Workers
The Kwara State governor, Alhaji AbdulFatah Ahmed has approved the appointment of 500 civil servants in the state. The recruitment will be carried out in the first phase of the state government's quarterly em...

Monarch's Son Killed in Kwara Communal Clash
There is fresh tension in Ganmo community of Kwara State, following a communal clash which claimed the life of Ismail Kolawole, the eldest son of Oluganna of Ganna, Alhaji Abdullahi Kolawole. Daily Trust gath...

2014-01-27

New Constitution to Be Ready By July, Says House of Reps' Spokesman
Zakari Mohammed, the Chairman, House of Representatives' Committee on Media and Public Affairs, on Sunday said the country's new Constitution would be ready by July. Mohammed in Okuta, Baruten Local Governmen...

Nationwide Power Supply Drops by 300MW
Nigeria's paltry on-grid  electricity supply capacity is to drop by about 300 megawatts (MW), the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has said. TCN stated in a statement yesterday in Abuja that the una...

Kwara South APC Vows to Recall Senator Ajibola
Kwara South Stakeholders Forum of All Progressive Congress(APC) in Kwara state  at the weekend said that   it has begun necessary processes to recall the Senator representing the district in the senate...

Dangote to invest N736bn in local rice, sugar, others
Dangote Industries Ltd is to invest about $4.6 billion (N736 billion) in rice, sugar and other agricultural produce to make the country self sufficient. President of the Group, Aliko Dangote, last week at the...

IGP knows how to end Rivers crisis - Saraki
The Inspector General of Police Mohammed Dikko Abubakar knows what to do to end the crisis in Rivers State, Senator Bukola Saraki has said. Saraki, who is a former governor of Kwara State, said what is happen...

Saraki denies plotting to supplant Mark
Senator Bukola Saraki of Kwara State has said he had no interest in the Senate Presidency, contrary to rumours in some quarters. He told journalists in Ilorin at the weekend that it would be "illogical&q...

Same-sex marriage law : Xtian leaders commend Jonathan
Some Religious Leaders in OmuAran, Kwara, have commended President Goodluck Jonathan, for signing into law the same-sex marriage prohibition bill recently passed by the National Assembly. The religious leader...

APC will win Presidential and National Assembly elections in Kwara - Saraki
Senator Bukola Saraki, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Ecology and the Environment has disclosed that the All Progressives Congress would win the 2015 Presidential and National Assembly elections in the State...