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2013-12-29
Kwara Utd: We Will Not Entertain Distraction - Manager
The General Manager of Kwara Utd Fc of Ilorin, Alhaji Haruna Maigidasanma, has said that the club would not entertain any distraction from any corner in its bid to return the team to the Premier League next season....
Politicians' defection will sustain democracy - Ali
Dr Ahmad Ali, a member of the House of Representatives, on Friday in Ilorin described the country’s present political situation as being good for the sustainability of democracy. Ali, who is also the Ch...
SALAMI FLAYS CORRUPTION IN JUDICIARY
Former Court of Appeal president, Justice Isa Ayo Salami, yesterday said the Nigerian judiciary is “bedevilled” with a level of which he wouldn’t have tolerated during his tenure. He spoke e...
PHOTO NEWS: ARO FOUNDATION FREE HEALTHCARE SERVICES IN OMU-ARAN, KWARA STATE
DR MUSA BELLO (L), COORDINATOR, ARO FOUNDATION FREE HEALTHCARE SERVICES, ATTENDING TO A PATIENT AT THE BI-ANNUAL ARO BAMGBOSE FREE HEALTHCARE SERVICES IN OMU-ARAN, KWARA STATE ON SUNDAY (29/12/13)....
Irepodun LG discovers 339 ghost workers
The Chairman of Irepodun Local Government Council in Kwara, Alhaji Luqman Owolewa, on Sunday, said the council discovered 339 ``ghost workers’’ on its monthly pay roll. Owolewa said in Omu-Aran, h...
Igbomina group rallies support for Jonathan
A socio-cultural   group, the Igbomina Development Forum, on Saturday  rallied support for President Goodluck Jonathan in his bid to tackle the nation’s challenges. The group, at a forum organ...
Ahmed To Troublemakers: Steer Clear Of Kwara Or Face The Full Wrath Of The Law
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has warned troublemakers that are allegedly planning to cause disharmony among the people in the buildup to commencement of politicking next year, to stay away from the state ...
Why Ahmed, Saraki defected to APC - Adedoyin
Alhaji Raheem Adedoyin was a former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), he served as Commissioner for Information during the tenure of former Governor Bukola Saraki. In a chat w...

2013-12-28
Nigeria Political Situation Worrisome - Emir of Ilorin
The Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, yesterday described the nation’s political situation as troubling. The chairman of Kwara State’s Council of traditional rulers, who made this comme...
Opinion - From PDP to APC: A defection too devastating. By Temitope Ogunbanke
The battle for 2015 general elections is gaining momentum on daily basis and all hands are on deck by political gladiators and their political parties to ensure that they outsmart one another in the contest. If th...
Opinion: Is APC the New PDP? By Chido Onumah
I have refrained from commenting on the pact between the All Progressives Alliance (APC) and the “new PDP” because, to some extent, I am involved. While the merger process of Nigeria’s main ...
Nigeria: Don Urges Decentralisation of ASUU
A don, Dr. Alex Akanmu, has called for the decentralisation of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to stop the incessant strikes in the country. Akanmu of the Department of Science Education, Univ...
Eminent Nigerians Pay Last Respects to Justice Kawu
Eminent Nigerians yesterday converged on the Ilorin residence of a retired Supreme Court  Justice, the late Justice Saidu Kawu, to pay their last respects to him. Among the personalities were K...
Emir moves to mend cracks in Ilorin political dynasty
The Ilorin Emirate Council is moving to end the lingering feud between Bukola and Gbemi, all children of late Dr. Olusola Saraki, Kwara’s political sage, which is threatening the age-long political dynasty. How...
KWSG Sets Up Fact-Finding Committee on Alleged Favouritism in Staff Deployment
A Fact-finding Committee to investigate alleged acts of favouritism in staff deployment in State Services has been established by Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed. According to the Secretary to the St...
Ahmed urges Kwara judges to handle cases with dispatch
Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara on Friday urged judicial officers in the state to handle cases before them with dispatch and sincerity of purpose. Ahmed, who made the call at the swearing in of two...

2013-12-27
Kwara PDP Members Join APC
The national leadership of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has been accused of fanning the embers of disunity and rancour within the state chapters of the party. Former members of the party stated t...
Kwara artisans to receive N200m in loan
Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara said on Friday in Ilorin that the state government would give out N200 million in soft loan to artisans in the state in 2014. The governor stated this at the first anniversary of ...
Kwara votes N3.2bn for infrastructure in 2014
Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara has voted N3.219 billion for infrastructure development in the state’s 2014 appropriation bill. This is contained in the N124.5 billion budget proposal presented by Ahmed be...
Kwara to Install 30 CCTVs for Security Surveillance
The Kwara State government is to procure 30 Close Circuit Television (CCTVs) for installation at strategic locations in Ilorin metropolis and its environs to strengthen security. This according to the governm...
Saraki's Defection Kills PDP in Kwara - Former CPC Boss
Alhaji Sulaiman Buhari is the former chairman of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) and a chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State. In this interview with our c...
Late Justice Saidu Kawu buried.
The body of late retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Sa’idu Kawu, was buried on Thursday in Ilorin according to Islamic injunctions. Mr. Kawu died at 85 on Wednesday evening in Ilorin. He was ...
How I Averted Yoruba/Fulani Clash - Emir Of Ilorin
The emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari has narrated how he prevented a Yoruba/Fulani ethnic conflict that he said could have thrown the country into a major crisis about two months ago. The monarch m...

2013-12-26
'Why there's shortage of indigenous pilots' - Abdulkarim
The inability of the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), in Zaria, Kaduna State to graduate students for a while, is the reason there is a shortage of indigenous pilots in the country, the acting Rector o...
CIIN donates books to FEDPOFFA
The Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria (CIIN) has donated insurance textbooks worth N600,000 to the Federal Polytechnic, Offa (FEDPOFFA). The ceremony held during a seminar by the institute at the...
'Nigeria should remain indivisible' - Saraki
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Ecology, Abubakar Bukola Saraki, yesterday said it is imperative for Nigeria to remain indivisible. In a statement in Abuja on yesterday's Christmas cel...
Kwara acquires distribution transformers to boost power supply
The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, said the state government has procured and distributed 39 distribution transformers of various ratings across the 16 local government areas of the state in an effort...
Tight security, peaceful celebration in Kwara, Kogi
The Christmas celebration in Kwara and Kogi states on Wednesday was observed amid tight security and the day went without any negative incident. Most of the churches in Ilorin, Kwara State, with large congreg...
Kwara: 'Decamped PDP members may return if...' - Alabi Olorin
Members of the new Peoples Democratic Party, nPDP, in Kwara State who defected to the All progressives Congress, APC, may return to the party, but that will be only if President Goodluck Jonathan would agree to their dema...

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