2014-01-14

Press Release: Again, APC supporters foil PDP attempt to claim secretariat.
Yesterday the PDP in Kwara state, in another demonstration of the impunity and disregard for the rule of law for which the party has become known for made another futile attempt to take over our property at the GRA in Ilo...

KWARA RESIDENTS LAMENT FISH SCARCITY
Residents of Kwara State have continued to complain over non-availability of fish in the market, occasioned by the strike embarked upon by frozen food sellers under the aegis of Cold Room Association. Daily T...

Kwara police parade suspects of Ilorin cult war
The Kwara State Police Commissioner, yesterday, paraded 11 suspects arrested in connection with last week’s break down of law and order at Baboko area of Ilorin metropolis where one Babatunde Sulaiman was kille...

Kwara crop farmers appeal to govt for financial support
Crop farmers in Kwara on Monday appealed to Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed for financial support to enhance their production. Mr Dauda Raheem, a farmer at Oke-Oyi in Ilorin East Local Government Area, told the News Ag...

'No progressive political party in Nigeria' - Yusuf Ali
THOUGH reticent and taciturn, Mallam Yusuf Olaolu Ali is by no means a run-of-the-mill lawyer, let alone a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN).   An accomplished legal practitioner with over 30 years in act...

Press Release: Emulate the Prophet - Gov Ahmed charges Muslims
Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has called on Muslims to imbibe the virtues of humanity, love and kindness as exemplified by Prophet Mohammed whose birthday is being celebrated on the occasion of eid-el-mao...

Spare part dealers held over stolen vehicle
Two vehicle spare part dealers at popular Ipata-Oloje Spare Part Market, Ilorin, Ganiyu Omoowo, 35 of Oloje Garage and Abiodun Alege, 20 of No. 10, Agbooba Street both in Ilorin, Kwara State, have been dragged befo...

Six disengaged PHCN staff die, as NUEE threatens showdown
About six former staff of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) in Kwara State, disengaged from service last October, have died while waiting their retirement savings allowance (RS...

Police bans political rallies in Kwara.
The Kwara State Police Command has announce the ban of all forms of political rallies in public places in the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Agboola Oshodi-Glover told journalists on Monday in Ilori...

Monarchs commend Kwara over upgrading committee
Some traditional rulers in Kwara on Monday commended the recent composition of a committee by the state government  on the upgrading of traditional rulers. The rulers, the Asolo of Isolo-Opin, Oba Raphae...

Kwara Speaker charges fellow politicians on tolerance
Kwara State House of Assembly Speaker Rasak Atunwa has urged the nation’s leaders to demonstrate love, tolerance, piety, nationalism and patriotism in their undertakings at each level of their responsibilities. ...

Police nab 4 robbery suspects, 7 cultists
The Nigerian police in the central Nigerian state of Kwara has arrested four armed robbery suspects and seven other persons alleged to be members of two rival cult groups that recently engaged themselves in gun battl...

Kwara CP warns against illegal campaigns, unguarded comments
The Commissioner of Police, Kwara State Command, Mr. Agboola Oshodi-Glover, has warned politicians in the state not to commence political campaigns until 90 days to election day as contained in the Electoral Act....

Misconduct: Unilorin expels 24 students
The authorities of the University of Ilorin have expelled 24 students from the institution for various acts of misconduct. The affected students include Adebayo Akinlabi Ijidakinbo with matriculation number (10/52HA...

Kwara to distribute N350m to less privileged
Kwara State Government yesterday said it would dole out N350 million to less privileged persons in five Local Government Areas in the state, to enable them access healthcare services. The Special Assistant to Gov. A...

Gov Ahmed counsels Share Muslim community
The Kwara State Governor, Dr. Abdulfatah Ahmed, has urged the Muslim council members of Share to emulate the good virtues and ideals of Prophet Mohammed. Speaking through the Special Assistant on projects to ...

2014-01-13

Press Release: Saraki Inaugurates 2014 Free Jamb Forms & Extra Mural Classes
In his culture of distributing UTME forms to less privileged candidates and ensuring their success through free extra mural classes before the examination, Senator Bukola Saraki has inaugurated the distribution of UTME ...

Saraki's myth broken In Kwara - Kunle Sulaiman
The pioneer chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara state, Alhaji Kunle Sulaiman has said the belief in political circles that former governor Bukola Saraki determines who becomes what in the state is...

APC's Reconciliatory Efforts Falter in Three States
Moves by the interim leadership of the All Progressives Congress to settle the rift in three states caused by the defection of the governors of the Peoples Democratic Party to the APC is witnessing many draw-backs....

Burning issues PDP leaders will discuss at reconciliation talks
Though the party had to postpone the meetings for some reasons, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will eventually hold its all-important meetings to address the perceived drift in it, beginning from tomorrow, barrin...

2015 Presidency: North may dump APC
Indications have emerged that the North may dump the All Progressives Congress in a bid to produce the President of the country in the 2015 general elections. Though the region has always expressed its desire...

Opinion: When the Tiger is Fed Grass. By Abubakar Baba Sulaiman
By Abubakar Baba Sulaiman Leadership and followership go pari-pasu. An ideal relationship is supposed to be symbiotic, interrelated and interdependence where reasonable elements give mutual respect to each other. No ...

Press Release By Kwara APC Chieftains Held on Thursday 9th Jan, 2014
Our dear Gentlemen of the Press, We greet and felicitate with you all as we enter the year 2014 which promises to be a momentous one for our dear state Kwara. We join you all in giving thanks to God ...

Press Release - KWARA APC: RANTINGS OF THE DROWNING MOLES
Our attention have been drawn to the serial attacks and campaign of calumny against the leadership of our party – All Progressive Congress (APC) both at the state and national levels by a collection of moles and ...

2014-01-12

Court dissolves marriage over wife's temper
An Ilorin Area Court on Wednesday dissolved a four-year-old marriage between Lawal Aliyu and Bashirat Lawal over the latter’s temper. Aliyu, 44, a resident of Ganmo area, Ilorin, told the court that his...

UNILORIN admits 8,587 out of 103,211 applicants
The Vice Chancellor, University of Ilorin, Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali, has said the institution admitted only 8,587 out of 103,211 candidates that applied to the university for admission for the current session. ...

Cleric flays Jonathan's anti-graft crusade, others
BISHOP of the Methodist Diocese of Kwara, Rt. Rev. Obafemi Adeleye, has said that no seriousness has been shown by the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan in fighting corruption and tackling insecurity in t...

DEAD IN ACTION! How an encounter with Okada killed Kwara Dep. Gov's ADC
At about 2.30pm last Wednesday along the busy Iloffa Road,  GRA, Ilorin, Kwara State capital, the scene looked like the daily routine of the police harassment of  commuters and Okada riders  on Nigeria...

Saraki: Kwara APC chiefs seek level-playing ground
Some All Progressives Congress party (APC) leaders in Kwara State have called for a level ground for the registration of members of the party and election of the officials that will pilot the af...

KWSG pledges support for security outfits
The Kwara Government on Sunday said it was committed to the welfare and provision of adequate facilities for security outfits in the state. The state Deputy Governor, Mr Peter Kisira, disclosed this at a chur...

2014-01-11

APC: Season of harvests, dreams about 2015
The past few months have been good for the All Progressives Congress (APC) with harvest of members from the opposition camp. The ambition of APC is to dislodge the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from power in 2015. W...

Overland Airways resumes Ilorin-Minna flights
Overland Airways has  announced  the resumption of scheduled flight services from  Minna  Airport  to  Nnamdi  Azikiwe  International Airport, Abuja and Murtala  Muhamme...

Vote of confidence for Saraki, Lai Mohammed
Two All Progressives Congress (APC) members of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Tope Olayonu and Hassan Oyeleke, have pledged their support for the leadership of Senator Bukola Saraki and Alhaji Lai Mohammed. ...

PDP crisis: "When 27 people leave 270,000 more will come" - Tukur boasts
The National Chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bamanga Tukur, yesterday said the party already knew that the Sokoto Sate House of Assembly members would eventually defect to the opposit...

NWC Members Accuse Tukur of Running 'One-Man Show'
The intervention of President Goodluck Jonathan in the crisis rocking the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may have failed as NWC members at a meeting on Thursday night at the Pr...

'Nigeria, A Declining Nation' Justice Akanbi
RETIRED President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Mustapha Akanbi has described Nigeria as a declining nation, warning of the dire consequences of over-heating the polity ahead of 2015 general elections. ...

Ayishat Akanbi: My Passion for Styling Celebrities
25-year-old Ayishat Akanbi, native of Ilorin, Kwara State, is a British-born Nigerian celebrity stylist based in the United Kingdom. Though, she studied media and cultural studies, her new vocation has at...