2013-09-14

Agagu: Ahmed Commiserates with the people of Ondo
Kwara State Governor, Dr. Abdulfatah  Ahmed, has commiserated with government and people of Ondo State over the death of the former governor of the state describing the death as "shocking". Ahmed...

Kwara Pilgrims Set for Hajj
The Kwara State Muslim Pilgrims' Welfare Board has said it would put in place informal court in the holy land to "try" recalcitrant pilgrims who circumvent the rules during the 2013 pilgrimage exercise. Speaking wit...

Opinion: Parable Of The Shower Head. By Pius Adesanmi
I never come again. I still dey faraway. Make you wait till I reach where I dey goooo… I wasn’t going to Fela’s Kalakuta Republic. My destination, two years ago, was Abuja in faraway Nigeria. Professo...

New PDP has nothing personal against Jonathan; I'm being witch-hunted - Saraki
Former governor of Kwara State, Senator Bukola Saraki, has said that his current political travails was connected to the political crisis in the ruling People’s Democratic Party, PDP. The Senator repres...

Kwara House Of Assembly Seeks End To ASUU Strike
KWARA State House of Assembly has urged the Federal Government to urgently resolve the face-off between it and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in the interest of the Nigerian students.  &...

I'm a bonafide PDP member - Zulukarnaini Edun
A former House of Representatives member in Kwara State, Hon. Zulukarnaini Edun has described his expulsion from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in his Oke Ogun ward of Ilorin South Local Government as an act of &...

Agagu's death Shocking - Saraki
Condolence message on the death of Agagu by Dr. Bukola Saraki I receive the news of the death of Dr Olusegun Agagu, the former governor of  Ondo State, with great shock and deep sadness. His sudden demise at age ...

Gen. Buhari honors Afolabi, Offa election hero.
The Buhari Vanguard and Gen Muhammed Buhari today presented awards to Mr Afolabi Jinoh Olawole, the PDP Councillorship candidate in Shawo South West Ward in Offa LGA of Kwara state who rejected the false victor...

PDP crisis: Jonathan's impeachment will be considered on merit - Zakari Mohammed
House of Representatives spokesman, Hon Zakari Mohammed, said yesterday that the House would not rush into taking a decision on any motion on the impeachment of President Goodluck Jonathan over the ongoing PDP crisis...

Unilorin 2013/2014 Admission Out
University of Ilorin has released her 2013/2014 admission list. Applicants are expected to visit the University of Ilorin website and click on provisional admission link in order to confirm their admission status....

2013-09-13

APC to begin nationwide membership registration in October
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says it will begin the registration of its members nationwide in October. The interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Moham...

Vote more funds for agric, ARMTI tells govt
The acting Executive Director, Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute, Mr. Samuel Afolayan, has urged all levels of government and the Central Bank of Nigeria to increase their investment and support fo...

ICT compliance: Brace up or lose out, Journalists charged
The Nigeria Association of Woman Journalist (NAWOJ) Kwara State Council yesterday in Ilorin organized a one-day seminar for its members with a call on journalists to be ICT compliant or be left behind. Spea...

Opinion:Review lawmakers' pay by Adisa Adebayo
Adisa Adebayo, 42, Anifowose Street, Ilorin, Kwara State, +23470515193: The Federal Government has declared its inability to pay the N92bn additional wage bill being demanded by the striking members of the A...

Governors, others in New PDP are rascals - Tukur
The  National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr. Bamanga Tukur, has described promoters of the faction of  the party known as the New PDP as "rascals." Presen...

Bond: Saraki confirms making clarifications at EFCC
Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State and Senator representing Kwara Central Senatorial District at the National  Assembly, Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki has confirmed his visits to  ...

2013-09-12

Opinion: Kwara's Political Landscape and The Build up to 2015 Elections. By Wale Bakare
By Wale Bakare Politically, events in the Kwara State’s capital of Ilorin have remained calm until the frenzy similar to that which we usually experience during the preparation for the governorship or a...

THREE UNILORIN STUDENTS ARRIVE KENYATA UNIVERSITY FOR FIRST SEMESTER STUDIES
BY ABDULGAFFAR ARIKEWUYO Three students of the University of Ilorin have safely arrived at the Kenyata University, Niroby Kenya. The students’ Henry Chukuma, Eunis Adeniyi and Christabel Egumedia are 300 lev...

Land charge bill sails through second reading at Kwara House
The Kwara State Land Charge Amendment Bill 2013 has sailed through second reading on the floor of the Kwara State House of Assembly. The motion for the second reading of the bill was moved by the Majority Lea...

N551,000 debt: PHCN throws Kwara Prisons into darkness
The Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) has interrupted power supply to  the Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Prisons Service, Ilorin, since four weeks ago over N551,000 unpaid bill. Speaking with ...

N200m tradesmen loans: PDP UK chieftain commends Kwara govt
The Liaison Officer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), United Kingdom (North-Central), Mr Yemi Kolawole, has commended the Kwara State governor, AbdulFatah Ahmed, for his efforts to create more youth entrepreneur...

APC Asks Court To Order Postponement Of Kwara LG Poll
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State has asked an Ilorin High Court to stop the State Independent Electoral Commission (KWSIEC) from conducting  the local government elections slated for ...

Court dissolves 5-year-old marriage over childlessness
An Ilorin Area Court on Thursday dissolved a five-year-old marriage between one Zainab Malik and Malik Ibrahim over childlessness. Zainab, 30, a resident of Alore Area, Ilorin, had prayed the court to dissolv...

Offa: My life in danger, says PDP candidate
The Councillorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Shawo South West ward in Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State, Mr. Afolabi Olawole, has said that some persons  are seeking to kill him for re...

2015: Stop deceiving yourself, you can't win without us - New PDP tells Jonathan
As the crisis currently rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, continues to deepen, the 'New PDP' has told President Goodluck Jonathan that his 2015 second term ambition remains unrealistic without them. ...

New PDP moves into Adamawa lodge, accuses Tukur of frustrating peace efforts
The Abubakar Baraje-led Peoples Democratic Party yesterday said it will now operate from the Adamawa State governor's lodge in Maitama, Abuja, following the closure of its secretariat also in the same district. ...

2013-09-11

EFCC Asks Saraki to Produce Documents on Kwara Bond
A former Governor of Kwara State, Dr. Bukola Saraki, who is under investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been given time by the anti-graft agency to produce certain documents pertaining t...

House okays change of KWASU to ASSU
The Kwara State House of Assembly yesterday passed a bill seeking to change the name of Kwara State University (KWASU) to Abubakar Sola Saraki University (ASSU). The bill scaled through the third reading and fin...

Monarch hails Governor Ahmed on road
The Onisapa of Isapa ,Oba Rapheal Alayande Oguntola, lIufemiloye I, in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State has commended the Kwara State Governor,Alhaji (Dr) Abdulfatah Ahmed over the tarring of Isapa township and ...

Mrs Ahmed organizes prayer for former Kwara's first lady
A special prayer was held at the Government House, Ilorin, the state capital, to mark the forty-ninth birthday ceremony of the former First Lady of Kwara State, Barrister Toyin Saraki. The prayer which was ...

2013/2014: Kwara schools re-open with low attendance
Two days after the resumption of schools below tertiary level in Kwara State for the 2013/2014 academic session, academic activities have not fully taken off in Ilorin, the state capital as observed by The Herald....

Saraki is a purposeful leader -NANS
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has commended the former Governor of Kwara State, Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki for his contribution to the association. The National Students body thro...

Why we shunned PDP's post-convention dinner - nPDP
The Abubakar Baraje-led Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, said, yesterday, that they stayed away from the post-convention dinner organised by National Chairman of PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, because they could not be par...

Four 'rebel' governors meet Jonathan
Four of the seven aggrieved Peoples Democratic Party governors on Tuesday met with President Goodluck Jonathan, in Abuja to protest 'the belligerence' of the party's National Chairman, Dr.  Bamanga Tukur. ...

CAN gives Kwara govt 7 day ultimatum over alleged marginalization
The Christian Association of  Nigeria, Kwara State branch has suspended Christian participation in the Kwara State Committee on Religious Matters and threaten to embark on other actions if  its ...