2013-12-02

ASUU shuns sack threat
Varsity teachers remain adamant, despite a December 4 deadline for them to be back at work. Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) President Dr. Nasir Issa Fagge said the union would fight to a logical c...

APC slams govt over sack threat
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has slammed the Federal Government for issuing a sack threat against striking university teachers, saying the resort to such military-era tactics reflects the government's poverty ...

Jonathan to ASUU: Go back to work or get sacked
President Goodluck Jonathan has told university teachers to choose between returning to work on Wednesday, or get sacked. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs Dr. Doyin Okupe, sent the ...

Abdullahi reveals best-kept secret: 'I want to be an Islamic cleric after public service'
Alhaji Bolaji Abdullahi, Minister for Sport and Chairman National Sports Commission (NSC), doesn't do things by half measures. This is evident from the reforms carried out under his tenure as Education Commissioner i...

Interview: ASUU should make sacrifices - Unilorin VC
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Abdulganiyu Ambali, in this interview with SUCCESS NWOGU, bares his mind on the ongoing ASUU strike, saying it is time to take decisions and no...

Kwara 2013: Cross River wins National Schools Sports' main title for keeps, grabs 155 gold medals
Team Cross River have emerged champions of the sixth edition of the National Schools Sports Festival with 115 gold medals, 78 silver and 61 bronze medals. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that th...

Youngest medalist at 6th NSSF may get govt. scholarship, says Ondo State official
The Ondo State Government may award a scholarship to the youngest medalist at the just-ended sixth edition of the National Schools Sports Festival in Ilorin, an official said on Sunday. The representative of ...

ASUU to parents: Keep your children at home
The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Sunday  advised   parents  not to endanger the lives of their children and wards by sending  them to their  university campuses. ASUU ...

APC Members Disenchanted in Kwara - Belgore
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Mohammed Dele Belgore, yesterday asked his supporters to remain calm over the defection of former Governor Bukola Saraki and his supporters into the party. ...

Lack of Inclusiveness Ruining PDP - Saraki
Senator Bukola Saraki, a former governor of Kwara State, is chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment. In this interview with Chuks Okocha, Saraki says the PDP lacks inclusive strategies and a broad vision that c...

Opinion: Kwara and the Abiding Faith in Party Leadership. By Hauwa Sambo
It was a classic made in Kwara State. About three weeks ago, 15 incumbent local government chairmen and 181 Councillors in a move that should provoke a fresh study in consensus politics voluntarily tendered their resig...

Opinion: Why Gbemi Must Come Out of Hiding Now. By Aishat Sambo
These are interesting times, aren't they? In Kwara, if you think it rains, sorry, it pours! Kwara state is witnessing her most turbulent years in decades that it had existed. Never in its history had its politics been a...

I have not left APC - Belgore
The governorship candidate of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria,ACN,in Kwara State, Mohammed Dele Belgore, SAN, has debunked the rumour making the round that he has defected from the All Progressives Congress,APC,...

Opinion - Gbemi Saraki: A Rebel With a Cause? By Badmus Okolo
By Badmus Okolo When the airwaves and the dailies were all awashed with the insider reports of how Sen. Gbemisola Saraki and her two other siblings, Laolu and Tope Saraki, 'shunned' the first anniversary memorial ...

Rehabilitation of Rural Road & Erosion Control; Saraki Expresses Satisfaction
Former governor of Kwara State and now Chairman Senate Committee on Environment and Ecology, Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki has commended the federal Ministry of Environment for the timely execution of the erosion contr...

2013-12-01

Kwara Utd appoints new General Manager
The management of Kwara United Football Club of Ilorin has appointed the secretary of kwara State Youth Sports Federation of Nigeria (YSFON), Mohammed Haruna Maigidansanma as the new General Manager of the Club and I.O Ba...

We discovered future Olympians at Kwara 2013, says NSSF boss
Mallam Ibrahim Mohammad, remember him? He is the President of Nigeria School Sports Federation (NSSF) that organized the 6th edition of the National School Sports Festival in Ilorin, Kwara State. In this interview ...

Kwara APC, PDP Clash Over Ownership Of Secretariat
A mild drama occurred today (Saturday) at the former secretariat of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) along Nupe Road in Ilorin when members of All Progressives Congress (APC) and those of the PDP laid clai...

Kwara goalkeeper Yekeen joins Bayelsa
Ex-Nigeria youth international Kazeem Yekeen has joined Bayelsa United ahead of the 2013/2014 Nigeria league season.      Goalkeeper Yekeen played for relegated Kwara United last season and told M...

Discordant tunes in Kwara APC
The national Leadership of the All Progressives Congress,APC, has been warned against handing over the leadership of the APC in Kwara State to Senator Bukola Saraki or Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed as being contemplated....

Gbemi Saraki rocks anew
Since she lost the bid to become the number one citizen in Kwara State, Senator Gbemi Saraki has dropped out of circulation. The very prominent daughter of the now deceased strongman of Kwara state politics, Dr. Olusola S...

Letters - Trade Bank: CBN, please explain
Sometime ago, the United Bank for Africa acquired the Kwara State owned Trade Bank. Till now, the shareholders of the defunct bank have not been told the position of their shares. An enquiry at the Abeokuta branch of UBA ...

2013-11-30

Kwara 2013: One festival too many!
All is set as the 6th edition of the National School Sports Festival, organized by the Nigeria School Sports Federation (NSSF) comes to an end today in the ancient city of Ilorin, Kwara State. Tagged ‘Kwa...

Kwara: Dilemma as Saraki, APC slug it out
The coming of Alhaji Abubakar  Kawu Bareje led aggrieved members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) popularly known as the New PDP to All Progressive Congress (APC) has ushered in a new vista in Kwara state. Wi...

'PDP remains strong in Kwara' - Zulu Edun
The defection of Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara state and Senator Bukola Saraki to the APC has no impact on the PDP in the state, former Member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Zulukarnaini Edun has said. ...

KWHA wants pedestrians flyovers in Ilorin
The Kwara House of Assembly yesterday urged Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed to erect pedestrian flyovers in some parts of Ilorin to curb occurrence of accident. The House made the call in its resolution after adopting a mat...

Ambali: 56 Cheers to a Silent Achiever by Kunle Akogun
For the Vice-Chancellor, University of Ilorin, Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali, November 29 is just like any other day. He would, therefore, naturally wish that the day comes and goes without any fanfare. Prof. Ambali was bor...

Kwara hails merger with APC
Members of the erstwhile new Peoples Democratic Party in Kwara State have hailed the merger of the party with the All Progressives Congress (APC). They described it as a welcome development that will deepen the...

Press Release by APC Youths Stakeholders Forum
Its it with dismay that we view the recent utterances by Alhaji Ajape Bibire a former aide to Governor AbdulFattah Ahmed and Alhaji Ishola Balogun Fulani the former State Chairman of the new PDP just barely 24 hours aft...

2013-11-29

Press Release: Bukola Saraki and Fellow Decampees Should Behave
We are shocked to read in the papers the comments attributed to the chairman of Kwara PDP - we think it is only fair to address him now as former chairman since they have formally ditched the PDP - Alhaji Isho...

FG declares war on ASUU, gives union one week to call off strike
The Federal Government has issued a one week ultimatum to the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to call off the ongoing strike. The union embarked on the action on July 1, 2013 over government's ref...

Kwara SUBEB Plans To Use ICT To Monitor Teachers, Schools
The Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) is to install an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) machine in all the 16 local government education authorities' offices in the state to monitor th...

Kwara gov seeks laws against unfair employment policies
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State, on Wednesday , in Ilorin, decried perceived unfair employment policy in the country, and called for the review of employment laws to protect the interest of workers wherever t...