2013-10-16

'Create a conducive environment for entrepreneurs'
The Federal Government has been urged to provide conducive environment for new entrepreneurs. A financial expert, Mr Shola Sulyman, gave theh advice in Omu-Aran, Kwara State. He said the private secto...

EID PRAYERS SAID AMIDST TIGHT SECURITY IN ILORIN
There was tight security yesterday at the Ilorin Central Eid prayer ground during the Eid-el-Kabir celebration in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. Daily trust correspondent reports that as early as 7:00 a.m, ...

For Kwara civil servants, a time to celebrate N3b car loan
Call it better life for Kwara State civil servants you will not be wrong. The fact is that most of them presently enjoy the bragging rights of being car owners. This new status was conferred on them courtesy of the c...

Gov. Ahmed guarantees free and fair local government election
The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji AbdulFatah Ahmed, has assured Kwara State indigenes of a free and fair election, devoid of intimation, harassment, and other electoral malpractices. Governor Ahmed, represente...

Kwara PDP Remains Indivisible- Fulani
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State yesterday insisted that the party remained one indivisible entity in the state. The state Chairman of the party, Alhaji Isola Balogun Fulani, made the clarifi...

FG begins clampdown on New PDP members
The Federal Government may have tactically commenced a total clampdown on members of the New Peoples Democratic Party. Already, an event centre, A-Park, own by Senator Aisha Al-Hassan, a st...

Eld-el-Kabir: NOA urges Muslims to pray for peace in the country
As faithful Muslims celebrate Eld-El-Kabir, the Kwara State Director, National Orientation Agency (NOA), Mr Siji Olowokere, has felicitated with Muslims in the state and across the country, w...

NOA urges Nigerians to take balance diet very serious
The Director, National Orientation Agency (NOA), Kwara State Directorate, Mr Felix Olowokere, has advised Nigerians particularly Kwara residents to take food nutrition very serious. The director, who made the...

FRSC harps on urgent rehabilitation of Ilorin-Jebba-Mokwa road
Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has called for urgent rehabilitation of Ilorin-Jebba-Mokwa road to save continuous loss of lives and property on the notorious road usually plied by heavy and long vehicles. ...

2015: Jonathan posters flood Kwara, say he is the best
Few months after controversies trailed the display of President Goodluck Jonathan 2015 campaign posters in some parts of the country, especially on the streets of Abuja, a group, “Foundation for Empowerment and...

2013-10-15

UNILORIN can salvage Nigeria's educational downturn - VC
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Abdulganiyu Ambali, on Monday, said the Federal Government had mandated the university to help salvage the country’s educational downturn. Amb...

ASUU warns Unilorin against sharing of earned allowances
Ayan Adeleke, zonal coordinator of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Ilorin Zone, have asked the authorities of the University of Ilorin not to share the N986.7 million earned allowance disbursed to it by the...

PDP asks court to stop Kwara council poll
Some members of the Bamanga Tukur-led Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State have described the selection of the chairmanship candidates for the October 26th council poll in the state as unconstitutional. ...

Court adjourns Olofa's suit over petition
The Appeal Court, Ilorin, hearing the Olofa stool’s case has adjourned sine die due to a petition purportedly written by a member of the Ruling House to the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Mariam Aloma-Mu...

Kwara gov, others call for peaceful co-existence
Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed; his deputy, Yomi Awoniyi; and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in the State, Bashiru Bolarinwa on Monday called on Muslims in the country to use the Ed-el Kabir celebr...

Sallah: NSCDC Deploys 1,500 Personnel in Kwara
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Kwara says it has deployed 1, 500 personnel to ensure security during the Sallah festival. The state Commandant of the Corps, Mr Gana Yerima, disclose...

2013-10-14

Don't implement Oronsaye's report, NASU, others warn Fed Govt
The Federal Government has been warned against implementing the Oronsaye Committee's report, which recommended reduction in the size of workforce to cut the cost of governance. The Non-Academic Staff Union of...

Tukur's PDP sues KWSIEC over local govt poll
Some members of the Bamanga Tukur-led Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State have said the selection of the chairmanship candidates of the party in the October 26 local government election in the state is unco...

Federal Allocation...The nightmare is not over
At the weekend, the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) disbursed N1.196 trillion to the three tiers of government for August and September. Will this end the financial crisis paralysing state and local go...

Interview:PDP crisis'll end soon - Jalo
In this interview with JOHN ALECHENU of The PUNCH, the Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Abubakar Jalo, speaks on the efforts being made to resolve the crisis ro...

Mrs Ahmed distributes Sallah gifts to women
As part of  activities marking this year's Eid-el-Kabir celebration, wife of the Kwara State Governor, Mrs Omolewa Ahmed, yesterday, distributed cash and materials to no fewer than 2,000 aged women. So...

Legislators differ on Kwara's rent control, premises bill
Members of the Kwara State legislature have expressed support for the government's intention to regulate rents in the state. The state government had forwarded a bill, 'Rent control and recovery of premises,'...

Today is Arafat
Over 1.3million muslim pilgrims from across the globe who are currently performing this year's hajj in Mecca, will this morning converge on the plain of Arafat to complete one of the essential rituals of hajj. ...

2013-10-13

Use Lar's death to restore justice in PDP - Atunwa
Stakeholders in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Nigeria have been urged to use the demise of its pioneer national Chairman, Chief Solomon Lar as a platform for restoring equity, justice and egalitarianism i...

LG Polls: Kwara PDP flags-off campaign
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State yesterday flagged-off campaign for the local government elections stated  October 26, 2013. Speaking during the flag-off ceremony of the party held at the premises ...

PDP set to expel nPDP govs
The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), buoyed by the double setback suffered on Thursday by the Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje-led group, has concluded plans to summon six of the G 7 governors to appear b...

Letters: KWASIEC and Local Govt. Polls of 26th Oct
Dear Sir, I wish to write for clarification, It is no more news that, the Local Government elections organised by KWASIEC, comes up on the 26th of October as stipulated by the Government of Kwara State. ...

Ilorin Yoruba still fighting for freedom - Kasum, ADU president
A social critic and President of the Afonja Descendants’ Union (ADU), Alhaji Abdulkarim Olola Kasum, is a product of the Kwame Nkrumah political ideology. The former chairman of the defunct Mooro Local Govern...

OMU begs FG, ASUU to resolve dispute
The Organization of Muslim Unity (OMU), Ilorin branch, has called on Federal Government and the Association of Staff Union of University (ASUU) to sheath their sword and toe the line of dialogue so as to put an end to ...

Kwara varsity engineering complex ready December
Commissioner for Tertiary Education Science and Technology, Alhaji Aliyu Mohammed Lade has lauded the contractor handling the ongoing construction of the College of Engineering Complex at Kwara State University, Malete...

Ilorin Emir sues for peace as Mulims celebrate Eid-el-Kabir
The Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Zulu Gambari has admonished Muslim faithful to desist from acts capable of disrupting the prevailing peace and harmony in the state. The Emir made the appeal while addressin...

Again, Police Invite Senator Bukola Saraki
The Special Fraud Unit (SFU) of the Nigeria Police has invited for questioning a former Governor of Kwara State and serving Senator, Bukola Saraki. The Senator is to face detectives at the SFU Office at Milverto...

Kwara CAILS gets new provost
A new Provost has been appointed for Kwara State College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies (CAILS), Ilorin. He is Dr. Musa Alabi Abdullahi. Dr. Abdullahi succeeded Dr. Abdus-Samii Imam Arikewuyo whose tenure...