2013-03-19

Again, Two People Killed in Kwara Communal Crisis
•Two policemen, others injured Fighting continued yesterday at Ganmo in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State. Two more people were confirmed dead in the violence by the police. At...

Two Die, Six Injured in Kwara Communal Clash
As the clash between factions in Ganmo, a community along Offa-Ajase Road, Kwara State, enter its second day (Monday), two persons have been killed while six others have sustained serious injuries. The names of...

Kwara, 5 Other States get DMO Warning on Dangerous Domestic Debt Profile
The debt management agency categorised the states of the federation into three basic groups, depending on their solvency profile. Akwa Ibom, Edo, Kwara, Ondo, Plateau and Taraba states have received the Debt Ma...

Ganmo: Kwara Suspends Action on Oluganmo Stool
The Kwara State Government has suspended action on the Oluganmo of Ganmo Stool pending the resolution of all litigation on the matter even as government again appealed for calm in the community. The suspension ...

Motorists, FERMA Trade Words over Omu-Aran-Kabba Road
Motorists, residents and the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) are trading words over the deplorable Omu-Aran-Kabba road in Kwara State. The road links Kwara and Kogi states. They claim that it h...

Group Dismisses ACN Members' 'Defection' to Kwara PDP
A group, the Irepodun New Initiative, has dismissed a report of the defection of about 600 members of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oro, Irepodun Local Government Area of...

Unilorin VC Expresses Worry over Maternal Mortality Rate
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali, has expressed concern over the alleged alarming rate of maternal mortality in the country and called on the Association of Public Health...

Court Dismisses Suit over Salami's Reinstatement
Suspended President of the Court of Appeal (PCA), Justice Ayo Salami’s hope of being reinstated was, yesterday, dashed when Federal High Court in Abuja struck out a suit by some lawyers claiming to be Registered ...

Provost Laments Exclusion of Monotechnics from Tetfund
Provost of the Kwara State College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies, Ilorin, Dr. Abdus-Semi'i Arikewuyo, has lamented the delisting of monotechnic institutions from list of beneficiaries of Tertiary Education Fund (...

75 Arik Passengers Sleep at Ilorin Airport
No fewer than 75 passengers of Arik Airline were on Sunday stranded at the IIorin International Airport following the non-availability of an aircraft to convey them to Abuja. Some of the passengers had to spend...

Ajikobi Community Hails FG, over Asa River's Channelisation
People of Ajikobi Central Ward and other neighbouring communities in Ilorin, Kwara State have heaved a sigh of relief as the Federal Government  commenced channelisation work on the  Asa river. The Ch...

Ganmo: Kwara Police Command Arrests 15 Troublemakers
The Kwara State Police Command has arrested about 15 suspected troublemakers in connection with the breakdown of law and order in Ganmo community in the Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state, which erupted at the we...

Over 30 Houses Razed in Kwara's Continued Fighting
Heavy fighting continued Monday at Ganmo Ifelodun local council of Kwara State, where over 30 houses had already been completely razed. Though no loss of life has been officially reported, sources said that if ...

2013-03-18

Ahmed Pledges Speedy Completion of Projects
The Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has given an assurance that the rehabilitation and remodeling work at the General Hospital Ilorin will be completed soon to ensure enhanced access to quality healthcare. ...

Ganmo: 10 Houses Burnt, People Injured in Kingship Tussle
A violent demonstration erupted in Ganmo, Ifelodun local government area of Kwara state over an alleged plan of the state government to recognise and install a factional traditional ruler in the community. Ther...

Ganmo: 2 policemen feared dead
In Kwara State, two policemen were feared dead yesterday in Ganmo, Ifelodun Local Government Area following a communal clash over chieftaincy issue. The development threw the town into confusion and caused traffi...

4 Killed In Kwara, Plateau
Two people were killed in Wase Local Government Area of Plateau State by people suspected to be Fulani herdsmen. This was just as two persons were in a communal clash in Ganmo, Ifelodun Local Government Area of...

Saraki Endorses Waziri Memorial Cup
Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki has endorsed the staging of Dr. Abubakar Sola Saraki U-18 memorial soccer competition by the Emirate Youth Sports. Emirate Youth Sports are the organizers of the annual Waziri s...

Saraki Pledges more Projects for Kwara
Senator for Kwara Central District, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has promised to continue to facilitate projects that will have positive impact on the lives of the people of Kwara State. Dr. Saraki who spoke at...

PDP, Baraje Deny Roles in Rival APC
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said it is not involved in the formation of any other political organisation with the acronym APC as being speculated by some politicians. The party made the clarificati...

Kwara Restates Commitment to Poverty Eradication
The Kwara State Government has restated its commitment towards using Cooperative Societies to eradicating poverty in the society. The state Commissioner for commerce and cooperatives, Alhaji Raji Mohammed gav...

Ex-ICPC Boss Urges Anti-Graft Agencies to Redouble Efforts
Former Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Justice Mustapha Akanbi (rtd.), has tasked other anti-corruption agencies in the country not to allow the recent events...

Saraki - Asa Dam Channelisation Will Boost Economic Devt
The Senator representing Kwara Central Senatorial district in the National Assembly, Senator Bukola Saraki, has said the channelisation of Asa Dam River in Ilorin, by the federal government would boost economic activit...

Slain Kwara CP: We're Making Progress - Police
As the brutal murder of Kwara State commissioner of police, Chinwike Asadu continues to generate concerns, the Enugu State police command yesterday said it was making progress in its investigation. In an exclus...

2013-03-17

Murder of Kwara CP, Reflection of Laxity in Security - Ahmed
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State recently fielded questions on a variety of issues during ‘The Governor Explains,’ a live monthly interactive session. BIOLA AZEEZ presents excerpts from the session....

Group Decries High Maternal Mortality
National Chairman, Association of Public Health Physicians of Nigeria, Prof. Obehi Okojie, has  decried the high maternal mortality in Nigeria. Okojie spoke in an interview with our correspondent on Saturd...

NPFL: We Were Match Rusty - ABS Manager
Manager of ABS FC Sulaimon Dogo has attributed his side's goalless draw with city rivals Kwara United on match day one of the Nigeria Professional Football League to the delayed kickoff of the league....

'720 Decamp to PDP in Kwara'
Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has received about 720 defectors from the opposition parties in Oro, Irepodun local government area. At the reception ceremony held in Oro town, PDP&rs...

ANA Secures Funds for Second Yusuf Ali Reading Campaign
The Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) has secured funding for the second year of its ANA/Yusuf Ali Reading Campaign. The Association's present executive committee led by Remi Raji and Mallam B. M. Dzukogi, ...

Asking Me to Refund N5.9m Unfair - Yeketi
A member of the Peoples Democratic Party in Kwara State, Engineer Musa Yeketi, has exonerated himself from the allegation leading to order by the State House of Assembly to call for his removal and the refund of N5.9m ...

Why We Created Public Private Partnership Office, Harmony Holdings in Kwara, By Ahmed
Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed recently fielded questions on a number of issues during the “Governor Explains,” a live monthly interactive session with the people of the state. Here are e...

2013-03-16

NLC Predicts Imminent Spread of Labour Party
The Chairman of Kwara State chapter of Nigeria Labour Congress, (NLC), Farouk Akanbi Friday predicted an imminent spread of Labour Party (LP) across the 36 states of the federation. According to Akanbi in a cha...

'Men Always Find Me Challenging'
Dr (Mrs) Comfort Olawumi Adeniyi is the Head of Mathematics Department of the Kwara State College of Education, Oro. She spoke with YEMISI ADENIRAN on why most female lecturers can’t keep their homes, how...

State Pardon: Ahmed commends Jonathan
The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has commended President Goodluck Jonathan and the Council of State for granting posthumous pardon to late General Abdulkarim Adisa. The Governor in a statement issued...

Jonathan lacks ability to solve Nigeria's problems - Belgore
Senior Advocate of Nigeria and Kwara State governorship candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria in the 2011 elections, Mr. Dele Belgore, talks about sundry political issues in this interview with  SUCCESS...

Omu-Aran banks reopen after 38 days of closure
Commercial banks in Omu-Aran, Kwara, reopened for business on Friday, March 15 after 38 days of closure to customers, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The banks shut their doors to customers 38 d...

Kwara Dethrones Kogi, Wins U-12 Girls Trophy
KWARA State has won the under-12 girls trophy of the on-going National Junior Handball Championship by beating champions, Kogi 23-12 at competition that ends today in Isanlu, Yagba East, Kogi State. The Kwara...

College Governing Council chair faults Kwara Assembly over sack call
A member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Kwara State, Engineer Musa Yeketi, has challenged the recent action of the Kwara State House of Assembly calling for his sack as Chairman of Governing Council of sta...

Adisa's family, Kwara gov hail state pardon
Family members of a former Minister of Works, the late Maj.-Gen. Abdulkareem Adisa, have expressed gratitude to the Federal Government and Nigerians over the pardon granted to Adisa by the National Council of State....

Kwaran Emerges Guinness World Records' Holder
MR. Oluwagbemiga Adesoye, a civil engineer from Offa, Offa Local Government Area (LGA) of Kwara State has joined the family of Guinness World Records' holders. It is not certain, however, if Adesoye, who is also the son o...

I didn't expect my KWASU appointment - Joke Silva
Veteran actress, Joke Silva has described her recent appointment as the Managing Director of Malete Film Village, in Kwara State as "shocking", saying that she never expected it. Malete Film Village is an independen...