2013-04-04

Opinion: Is Kwara Doing Enough in Response to the Flood Alert?
Lately, the United Nations reported that extreme weather is a sign of global warming, and it blamed the year’s record hot ave...

We'll Ensure United Remain on Top - Kwara
The Kwara State Government has restated its resolve and determination to keep its darling team, Kwara United on top of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) in the ongoing 2012/2013 season. United has...

Kwara House Seek Standing Solution To Ohan Bridge
The Kwara State House of Assembly has urged the Federal Government to find a permanent solution to the perennial damages to Ohan and Moro bridges in Asa Local Government Area of the state. The plea was part of ...

FG Constitutes Governing Councils for Unilorin, 20 Other Universities
President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the composition and appointments of the chairmen and members of the governing councils for some federal universities, a statement said. The statement was issued by the S...

2015: Kwara as Litmus Test for Opposition's Merger
Barely one month after the merger APC emerged, the political group is facing a major test in Kwara state where individual ambition seems to be creating some rumbles ahead of 2015. UMAR BAYO ABDULWAHAB repo...

Kwara ACN Crisis Gets Messier as Faction Elects New Chair
The crisis rocking the Kwara State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) took another dimension yesterday as a faction of the party refused to recognize the caretaker committee set up to manage the affairs of...

Kwara Says to Improve Welfare of Disabled Persons
The Kwara Government on Wednesday pledged that it would improve the welfare package given to  the persons living with disabilities in the state. The state's Commissioner ...

Kwara ACN Crisis: Committee Insists Sacked Chairman Still Leader
Rather than thaw, the crisis within the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Kwara state chapter worsened on Wednesday as some members of the party’s Caretaker Committee as well as the committee of Local Government ...

Demolition in Kwara: Residents Blame Town Planning on Injustice
Following the demolition of illegal extension of over about 500 shops and houses in Tanke area of in Ilorin, the Kwara State Capital for road encroachment, Kwara residents today blamed town planning for partial treatme...

In-Fighting in ACN Threatens Kwara APC
In fighting in the Kwara State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, is now threatening the All Progressive Congress, APC, expected to fully kick off later this month in the state. The party had durin...

Kwara ACN Faction Passes Vote of Confidence in Olawepo
The Kwara State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) yesterday said the “removal” of its Chairman, Kayode Olawepo, was based on “framed-up allegations by a few members of the Caretaker Comm...

Belgore, Kwara Differ on Ahmed's Performance
Action Congress of Nigeria Kwara State governorship candidate in the 2011 election, Dele Belgore (SAN), has scored the administration of Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed low. The Ahmed-led administration, he said, had...

Cashew Production Hits 20,000 Tonnes
The National Cashew Association of Nigeria (NCAN) has said the yearly production of cashew in the country has hit 120,000 tonnes. The group also reiterated the need to properly fund the cashew industry to ensur...

Akor Proud of Rangers' Win over Kwara Utd.
Enugu Rangers goalkeeper, Itodo Akor, believes his performance in Sunday’s Matchday 5 victory in the NPFL over Kwara United will prepare him for the challenges ahead at the famous Enugu side. Akor, who ha...

Kwara Govt. to Rehabilitate Arandun-Ipetu-Aran-Orin Road for N1.5bn
The Kwara Government has awarded a N1.5 billion contract for the rehabilitation of the 30 kilometre Arandun-Ipetu-Aran-Orin road in Kwara South Senatorial District. Kwara Commissioner for Finance Demola Banu, s...

2013-04-03

ABS Warns Underperforming Players
The management of Abubakar Bukola Saraki FC have sent a warning shot to their players and officials following their poor performance this season. ABS lost at home to defending NPFL champions Kano Pillars at the...

Work begins on N8b Kisi, Kaiama Road project
By Isiaka Babatunde The Kwara State government will this month commence the construction of Kaiama/Kishi road project projected to gulp N8bn. The state governor, Alhaji AbdulFatah Ahmed, disclosed this ye...

House urges FG to Rehabilitate Ohan Bridge
By Zarumi Mashood The Kwara State House of Assembly has urged the Federal Government to find a permanent solution to the perennial damages to Ohan and Moro bridges in Asa Local Government Area of the state....

NBSF Set Date for National Softball Championship in Ilorin
The Nigeria Baseball and Softball Federation have finally fixed 13th – 18th May, 2013 date for 2013 National Senior Softball Championship scheduled to hold in Ilorin, Kwara State. A statement from the office of...

Kwara United Players Beg for New Bus
The loss recorded by Kwara United Football Club of Ilorin to the Rangers International of Enugu in the week five premier league cracker has been attributed to fatigue and biased officiating. It was like a night...

ABS FC warn Players, Coaches
The management of Abubakar Bukola Saraki FC has warned the coaches and players of the team to sit up. The warning was given after the team lost 2-3 to Kano Pillars in Ilorin last Sunday, in a week five NPFL enc...

ACN Chiefs Claim Party Chairmanship in Kwara
Kwara State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria has been enmeshed in crisis over  who heads the party in the state. While the former Secretary of the party, Mr. Toyin Ayinla, on Tuesday claimed to have be...

Kwara ACN sacks chair Olawepo
‘Only party’s NEC can remove me’ The Kwara State Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) Caretaker Committee yesterday said it had removed its Chairman Kayode Olawepo and appointed the party’s ...

It makes no sense to leave PDP - Ahmed
Kwara State governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed says there’s no iota of truth in the reports that he was dumping the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying it would be a senseless decision to defect from the party ...

Kwara ACN Crisis gets Messier as Faction Elects New Chair
The crisis rocking the Kwara State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) took another dimension yesterday as a faction of the party refused to recognize the caretaker committee set up to manage the affairs of...

Ahmed Gives Conditions for Boko Haram Amnesty
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, on Monday gave conditions on how the Boko Haram sect could be granted amnesty to curtail its current attacks on innocent Nigerians. Ahmed said the members of Boko ...

Robbery: General Overseer, Six Others Arrested
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested the gang of robbers, who attacked the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja  on March 13, killing two policemen and injuring several others. They attacked the...

Boko Haram: Amnesty should be Granted - Raufu Balogun
THE Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has joined the call for consideration of amnesty programme for members of Islamic sect, Boko Haram, by the Federal Government as a way to bring about peace, which has eluded the North an...

"We have not Arrested Killers of Kwara CP" - Enugu Police
The Enugu State Police command has debunked reports making the rounds that the killers of the former Kwara state Commissioner of police, Mr. Chinwike Asadu have been arrested in Enugu. The Commissioner of Polic...

Kwara's APC: Opposition Parties and the Battle of Supremacy
Although it seems dramatic, it is real indeed. The parties involved in the All Progressive Congress, APC merger have begun a move to decide who gets certain positions in Kwara State if eventually the party scales throu...

2013-04-02

FG Urged to Invest More in Libraries
The Federal Government has been urged to invest more in the development of libraries for the country to excel in the education sector. A lecturer with the Department of Library and Information Science, Kwar...

Kwara Health Delivery Receives Boost
The qualitative health care delivery policy of the Kwara State government received a boost with the distribution of 13 new ambulances to 13 specialist and general hospitals across the state as well as the distribution ...

Kwara to Plant 2m New Seedlings, Spend N15m on Relief Efforts
A total of two million new seedlings will be planted this year by the Kwara state government as part of efforts at regenerating the forest, the state Commissioner for Environment and Forestry, Mr. Anthony Towoju has discl...

Update on Abubakar Bukola Saraki Rural Roads Rehabilitation and Maintenance Project
Following the flagoff program of the Abubakar Bukola Saraki Rural Road Maintanance Project by his Constituency office on Saturday, 16th February, 2013, some signicant numbers of rural roads have been successfully graded...

Kwara ACN gets new chairman, vows to fight poor governance
Kwara State ACN Caretaker Committee on Tuesday appointed Mr Toyin Ayinla the new state chairman of the party, in what the committee calls an urgent attempt to reposition the opposition party ahead of future tasks....

Mrs. Ahmed Hails Women on Nation Building
By Isiaka Babatunde The wife of the Kwara state governor, Mrs. Omolewa Ahmed, has described women as invaluable contributors to societal development, pledging that her office would leave no stone unturned to pr...

Educational Development and Students Welfarism as Development Modus
Public education systems in many developing countries including Nigeria face a number of challenges. Curricula are often outdated; textbooks and other instructional materials are sometimes in short supply; and student/tea...

NAEC 1st Quarter Conference: Commander Stresses The Need For Hardwork
The acting Commander Nigerian Army Education Corps (NAEC) Brigadier Sunday Adedapo Adebayo stresses the need for hard work among Army education officers adding that only through improved effort the best can be tap out ...

Stress Flood Warning, Experts Tell FG
THE Deputy Director, Irrigation of the Lower Niger River Basin Development Authority, Mrs Muslimat Yusuf  has called on the Federal Government to improve on its flood warning systems to avert a repeat of 2012 flood dis...

'Empower Religious Bodies, Associations to Screen People over Blood Pressure'
A professor of Medicine in the College of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin, Professor Ibraheem Katibi, has advised the three tiers of government in the country to empower religious bodies/congregations, cooperativ...

Group Opposes Voting On Hijab
Ilorin - Al- Mu'minaat, a women religious organisation, has opposed the subjection of hijab usage among secondary schools to voting or any form of deliberation. Leader of the group Hajia Risquat Usama said the ...

Catholic Bishop Tasks Govts On Citizens' Welfare
The Catholic Bishop of Ilorin Diocese, the Most Rev. Ayo-Maria Atoyebi, has urged the three tiers of government to do more for the citizenry to ensure their well-being. Atoyebi made the appeal in an interview w...

NGO Raises N6 Million for Ilorin Primary Schools Repairs
Third Estate Group, a non-governmental organization, has generated N6 million to rehabilitate primary schools in Ilorin emirate, Kwara State. The contribution was made at the group's annual general meeting wher...

2013-04-01

Kano Pillars Stun ABS in Ilorin
Kano Pillars yesterday defeated ABS 3-2 in Ilorin to return to record their second away victory and also return to the summit of the ongoing Nigeria Professional Football League, NPFL. Two second half goals hal...

Kwara Guber: ACN has no Preferred Candidate - Chair
Kwara State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, said it had not picked anyone as its anointed candidate for the 2015 governorship election. The state Chairman of the party, Kayode Olawepo, said this...

Extend River Niger Dredging to Jebba -Kwara
Kwara State House of Assembly has appealed to the Federal Government to extend the dredging of River Niger to Jebba to reduce the recurrence of flooding in the state. Members of the Assembly reached the resolut...

Kwara 2015: No Automatic Ticket for Belgore in APC
Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) and the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) in Kwara State at the weekend said there would be  no automatic ticket for anybody in the 2015 governorship election in the newly formed Al...

Kano Pillars win at ABS to stay top
Nigerian champions, Kano Pillars continued their impressive start of defending their Professional Football League title by winning at ABS on Sunday to remain top of the log. The Kano club defeated ABS 3-2 at th...

Nigeria Needs N500bn to Tackle Hypertension- Prof. Katibi
Nigeria will require N500 billion to treat the growing cases of hypertension alone because of its notoriety. The country trails behind the United States which spends 20 trillion naira alongside other developed ...

Offa Chief Extols Virtue of Quality Education
A community leader in the ancient town of Offa, Kwara state and the traditional title holder of Otun Ajiroba of Offa, Chief Jide Falokun, has described education as an instrument for social, political and economic deve...

When Robbers Forced Banks to Close in Kwara
Biola Azeez reports that incessant armed robbery attacks targeted at banks in some sub-urban communities in Kwara State had forced banks to suspend operations in its various towns. The promise of booming econom...

Rangers 3 Kwara Utd 1
Hard fighting Kwara United football club lost their first game of the NPFL away to CAF cup campaigners Rangers International at Nnamdi Azikwe stadium by 1 goal to 3. In a match which was played behind closed door afte...