2013-09-26

Baseball Coach Seeks Support From Govt, Private Sector
Influence Gwede, the Head Coach of Kwara Baseball and Softball Association, on Thursday appealed to the government and corporate organizations to support the association to reposition the sport. Gwede said ...

PDP crisis: Baraje, Tukur camps clash in Senate
Barely a week after a similar clash at the House of Representatives, supporters of the main Peoples Democratic Party and those of the Kawu Baraje-led faction of the party clashed again at the Senate on Wednesday....

Court to rule on Baraje's PDP suit Oct 10
A judge of the Lagos High Court, sitting in Ikeja, Justice Oludotun Adefope-Okojie, has fixed October 10 for ruling on the preliminary objection filed by the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Bamanga...

Contempt: Ogun PDP asks court to jail Baraje, Oyinlola
he Ogun State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has initiated contempt proceedings against the leaders of the ‘NewPDP' over a former Osun State governor, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola's continued cl...

Saraki to deliver progress report speech at UN, Global Alliance for Clean Cook stoves in New York
Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki, Chairman Senate Committee on Environment and Ecology alongside members of the Leadership Council of the United Nations, Global Alliance for Clean Cook Stoves is expected to deliver ...

Rape: Kwara CAN Calls For Stiffer Laws, Parental Control
The Women wing of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Kwara, on Tuesday called for stiffer legislations to curb the increasing waves of rape cases across the country. The Chairperson of the wing, Mrs ...

2 Brothers Arraigned For Alleged Robbery
An Ilorin Magistrates' Court on Tuesday remanded two brothers, Mohammed Abubarkar, 25, and Jaye Abubarkar, 22, for allegedly robbing Audi Jare and three others on 13 September. The Prosecutor, Inspector Mojisol...

Salami And Politics Of Recall
Though the suspended President of the Court of Appeal (PCA), Justice Isa Salami, will bow out on Octoebr 51, 2013, legal pundits argue that there is the need for stakeholders to make a definite pronouncement on his...

Woman electrocuted as high tension wire falls in Ilorin
A woman in her mid-thirties lost her life when a high tension wire fell on a row of shops opposite Garin-Alimi Hospital, Ilorin at about noon on Tuesday. Tragedy struck when as commercial activities were going ...

IPP will improve power supply in Kwara - Ahmed
The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has said that the Independent Power Project embarked upon by the state government would greatly improve power supply in the state, especially in Ilorin. He sta...

2013-09-25

Saraki lauds ministry's effort on mining best practices
The Chairman Senate committee on Environment and Ecology, Senator Bukola Saraki has commended the Ministry of Mines and Steel on the adoption of the safer mining practices in Zamfara state. The ministry, among the c...

PHCN records over sixty cables theft in Kwara
The Business Manager of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), IIorin, Alhaji AbdulFatai Olatunji, has disclosed that the Company has recorded over 60 cases of cable theft within the last six months. Ol...

Gov Ahmed presents commissioner nominee, appoints new aides
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has forwarded the name of Musa Abdullahi to the state House of Assembly as a commissioner nominee for screening and confirmation. This was contained in the governor'...

Effective policy formulation, catalyst to effective growth - Gov Ahmed
The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has said that effective policy formulation and implementation are critical factors for sustainable growth and development even as he observed that Nigeria's destiny i...

Late Waziri is a blessing to the nation - Ahmed...as NUJ sets to honour him
The Kwara State  Governor,Alhaji AbdulFatah Ahmed has described the Waziri of Ilorin, late Dr Abubakar Olusola Saraki as a blessing to the state and the entire nation. The governor gave the description...

Forestry Association of Nigeria urges Kwarans to plant trees
The National President of Forestry Association of Nigeria (FAN), Mallam Saminu Ado, has called on Kwara residents to preserve forest by planting trees, noting that trees have a lot of health benefits. Mallam ...

DSS rescue NNPC staff, arrest 3 kidnappers
Operatives of Department of State Services, DSS, have rescued a 51-year-old staff of Warri Refinery and Petrochemical Company, WRPC, a subsidiary of Nigerian National Petroleum Company, NNPC, Mr. Atoyebi Toyin, abduc...

Kwara gives local contractors ultimatum
The Kwara State Government has directed all the local contractors handling various contracts in the sixteen local government areas to complete their job within 2 weeks. Similarly, it ...

Don't seek re-election G7 Govs, Baraje tell GEJ
The Abubakar Kawu Baraje-led New Peoples Democratic Party, nPDP, which has in its fold, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and seven aggrieved governors, yesterday, asked President Goodluck Jonathan to be a statesm...

Physician decries blood shortage in hospitals
President, Olanrewaju Hospital, Ilorin, Kwara State, Dr. Abdulwaheed Olanrewaju, has condemned blood shortage which many hospitals grapple with whenever they need blood for emergency use. Olanrewaju said Nige...

Calls for national sovereign conference unconstitutional - NLC
The Vice-President, Nigerian Labour Congress, Mr. Issa Aremu, has said that the NLC is opposed to the agitation for the convocation of a Sovereign National Conference because the call is diversionary and uncons...

Renewed Hostilities In PDP: You can't intimidate us, G-7 Govs tell Jonathan
The October 7 peace meeting between President Goodluck Jonathan and seven aggrieved governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) appears threatened following the eruption of renewed hostilities. In a veile...

NASU threatens to go on strike next week
Three months into the shutting of academic work in the nation's universities, the non-academic staff of the universities on Tuesday said they would embark on their strike action next week except the government pay th...

60,000 pregnant women die annually -Commissioner
The Kwara State Commissioner for Health, Mr. Kayode Issa, says that about 60,000 pregnant women die annually from pregnancy and childbirth related cases. He spoke during a training  for health workers on...

Unilorin: Ambali's Giant Strides In 365 Days
By Abdulgaffar Arikewuyo Though it is difficult to fully assess or judge the current administration of the University of Ilorin now, there is a popular saying that a good Friday can be forecast from the ...

2013-09-24

Before you settle down in that hotel room...
CHUKWUMA (not real name) was considered by his friends as a ‘big boy'.  After having recently got a new job with a telecommunications company in Lagos, which saw him change his old rickety Datsun car to a ...

Kwara United applauds referee Shuaib
Kwara United Coach Samson Unuanel on Sunday in Port Harcourt gave kudos to the match officials in their Glo Nigerian Premier League week 33 encounter against Dolphin football club in Port Harcourt. Though his...

Kwara Varsity Declares Three-Day Mourning for Kofi Awoonor
The Kwara State University, Malete yesterday declared a three-day mourning for the late Ghanaian poet Professor Kofi Awoonor who was killed on Saturday in the Westgate Shopping Mall terror attack in Nairobi, Kenya....

Medical expert commends Kwara govt on community health
Efforts of the Kwara State Government at reducing child and maternal mortality, particularly in its rural communities, have been commended. Speaking at a one-day training programme for health workers on mater...

Just following up by Olatunji Dare
We journalists are notoriously remiss in following up on the news that we usually report with such breathless excitement. All too often, we get caught up in the foam of events. Like bees in search of pollen, we h...

Kwara Utd pushed us to our limits - Dolphins
DOLPHINS FC Chief Coach, Hassan Abubakar has admitted that visiting Kwara United of Ilorin did push them to their limits in last Sunday's match day 33 game at the Liberation Stadium. Emen Eduok's 89...

Offa: APC accuses Kwara PDP of fake results
PDP, KWSIEC: It's false  The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the Offa chairmanship election rerun, Prince Saheed Popoola, has alleged ongoing falsification of the results by...

Kwara Distributes N3b Car Loans, Commissions NUJ Centre
Kwara State Governor, Dr. Abdulfatah Ahmed on Monday distributed car loan worth N3billion to teachers and other civil servants in the state and also commissioned an NUJ ultra-modern press centre in Ilorin, the state cap...

Rebel govs, Atiku may face PDP disciplinary panel
The seven aggrieved governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party may be summoned to appear before the disciplinary committee of the party if they fail to attend the October 7 meeting with some se...

FG can borrow to resolve ASUU strike -VC
The Vice-Chancellor, Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Kwara State, Prof. Sulyman Abdulkareem, in this interview with SUCCESS NWOGU of The Punch , speaks on the nation's university system, especially wi...

2013-09-23

Kwara PDP, KWASIEC falsifying Offa election results, APC candidate cries out
APC candidate in the Offa chairmanship election rerun Prince Saheed Popoola has alleged ongoing falsification of the results by the ruling PDP and officials of the Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission (KWASIEC)....

No religious marginalization in Kwara - Gov. Ahmed
Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has denied allegations by the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Kwara State, that Christians in the state are being marginalized by the state Government. Speaking dur...

We'll honour Oct 7 meeting with Jonathan - Baraj's PDP
The aggrieved members of the Peoples Democratic Party, led by Mr.  Kawu Baraje, have  said they will still attend the scheduled October 7 meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan . They said the ong...

I've sold only 30 stolen vehicles - Engineer
A self-acclaimed Building Engineer has told operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Lagos State Police Command, that he is not an armed robber but a receiver of stolen vehicles. The suspect, Kayode Haru...

Ahmed Raises the Alarm over Shortfall of Funds from Federation Account
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji  Abdulfatah Ahmed, at the weekend, raised an alarm over the current problem of funds shortfalls being experienced by the 36 states of the federation on their monthly federal allocati...