2013-02-07

Gov's Wife Empowers Blind Mother of 2 with Freezer, Generator
The wife of Kwara Governor, Mrs Omolewa Ahmed, on Monday, donated a deep freezer and a power generating set to a blind mother of two children, Mrs Emily Ojo. The donation was part of the governor's wife's contr...

Flood Control: FG Sets to Dredge Asa River in Kwara - Tunji Morounfoye
In a bid to control flood in Kwara State, the Federal Government is set to commence the channelization of Asa River and its tributaries in IIorin, the Kwara State capital. The state Commissioner for Information...

NHIS Assures Nigerians of Extending Scheme to Communities
The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has assured Nigerians of extending the scheme to communities called informal sector in order to save lives by providing affordable health care services for people of the rura...

Violence, Alien to Kwara - Ahmed
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara state has decried the increasing use of violence as a means of settling disputes between hitherto friendly neighbours, emphasising that violence has never been part of "our cultu...

3-Yr-Old Marriage Dissolved over Husband's Criticism of Wife
An Ilorin Area Court on Wednesday dissolved a three- year-old marriage because of the husband's habit of always criticising the wife. Kudirat Adebayo, a housewife, approached the court for the dissolution of he...

Kwara Spends N232 Million under FADAMA III Project
Kwara State government, in collaboration with an agricultural intervention programme under World Bank assistance, FADAMA III project, has spent about N232 million as part of efforts to encourage small holder farmers on...

Offa-Erin-Ile Crisis- Ahmed Warns Troublemakers to Stay Away from Kwara
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, Wednesday warned troublemakers perpetrating violence to stay away from the state or face the full wrath of law regardless of their status. Ahmed disclosed this in...

Ancestral Land: Only court can exonerate your wife, Ilorin elders reply Saraki
The Ilorin elders challenging the purported sale of the Old Ilorin (Yidi) Praying Ground have told Senator Bukola Saraki that the only place to clear the name of his wife, Mrs. Toyin Saraki, over the matter is in the l...

2013-02-06

'Corpers' Build Toilet, Borehole for Rural School
She is not a film star but she stole the show as she walked briskly to where the Master of Ceremony was waiting to be introduced. Strong willed beyond her tiny frame, this reporter wondered why she chose to stay in tha...

'Fadeyi Oloro' Held over Killing of Offa Hotelier, Police Probe Source of Weapons
The Kwara State Police Command has arrested an Osogbo-based transporter, Ganiyu Oyeyemi Ogunjobi, aka Fadeyi Oloro, over the gruesome murder of an Offa hotelier, Alhaji Bukola Lawal Tuesday last week, during the recent...

Press Briefing by Kwara SSG on the Erin-Ile/Offa Communal Crisis on 04/02/13
Gentlemen of the Press, you will recall that hostilities recently broke out between Offa and Erin-Ile towns, in Offa and Oyun Local Government Councils respectively, following a disagreement between r...

Press Release: "Offa-Erinle Crisis: The Governor, Like The LG Chairmen, Must Also Go!" - Kwara CPC
Below is the text of a press release by the Kwara State Chapter of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) True to prediction, the PDP-led state government today announced the suspension of the duo of the Local Go...

300 Teachers Get Appointment Letters in Kwara - Daibu
The Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) on Monday issued teaching appointment letters to 300 youths. They are participating in the Kwara Bridge Empowerment Scheme (KWABES), the Chairman of Kwara...

Kwara: Girls' Enrollment Higher Than Boys' - SUBEB Chair
Barrister Lanre Nuhu Daibu is the Chairman, Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board (KWSUBEB). He was recently nominated as the best SUBEB Chairman in the North-central states. In this interview with UM...

Kwara Govt Tasks New Sole Administrators
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has called on the newly appointed Sole Administrators in Offa and Oyun Local Government Areas of the state, Alhaji Ishaq Abubakar and Alhaji Gidado B Bello respectively, to take...

Governor's Aide, Lawyer Empower 200 Kwara Farmers
Deputy Chief of Staff to the Kwara State Governor, Mr. Adeleke Ogungbe, Lagos-based lawyer, Mr. Oladepo Aborisade and other Peoples Democratic Party chiefs have empowered no fewer than 200 farmers in Ekiti Local Govern...

Kwara Swears in New Administrators for Offa and Oyun LGs
The Kwara State Deputy Governor, Elder Peter Kishira has sworn in two sole administrators for Offa and Oyun local government areas. The new executives were charged to take quick action...

Erin-Ile/Offa clash: Kwara Govt Justifies Sack of LG
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has attributed the suspension of the councils of Offa and Oyun local government areas of the state to the inability of the chairmen to manage the motor parks in the two communities...

2013-02-05

Festivals Are Media For Positive National And International Linkages - Governor Ahmed
The Executive Governor of Kwara State, Alhaji Abdul-Fatah Ahmed, has said that cultural festivals are occasions for positive national and international linkages, as many of them have become international tourist attractio...

Quota system has been abused - FCC Chairman
The Chairman of the Federal Character Commission (FCC), Professor Shuaibu Oba AbdulRaheem, and some commissioners from the commission were guests of the Editorial Board of Blueprint roundtabl...

Group Seeks Reinstatement of Suspended Acting Provost
The Balogun Gambari Development Association has appealed to the Kwara State government to reinstate the suspended acting Provost of College of Education, Ilorin, Dr. Ibrahim Abdulrahman. The association in a ...

Woman Charged with Defamation
A 33-year-old woman, Omolara Solomon, who allegedly made a false allegation against a police officer, has been charge before a magistrate court sitting in Ilorin. The accused of Sango Area, Ilorin, was arraigne...

Couple Docked for Trespass
One Alhaji Banko Salihu and his wife, Jumoke of No. 46, Pakata Road, Ilorin, have been arraigned before an Ilorin Magistrate Court for allegedly trespassing into another person's compound. Alhaji Salihu was sai...

Herdsman Remanded for Destroying Farm
A cattle rearer, Audu Wakili, 27 of Lanwa village, via Bode Sa'adu, Kwara State, has been remanded at the Federal Prison, Oke-Kura, Ilorin, for allegedly grazing a farm with his cattle. The order to remand the ...

Saraki Denies Wife's Involvement in Sale of Ilorin Amusement Park
Former Kwara State governor, Senator Bukola Saraki, rose Monday to defend his wife, Toyin, against allegations that she was involved with the purported sale of the Ilorin Amusement Park. A national daily not (T...

Kwara Compensates Land Owners
The Kwara Government has paid N3.8 million compensation to the Ogbondoroko community in Asa Local Government Area of the state for the acquisition of their land for development project. A statement quoted the D...

2013-02-04

ACN faults KWSG's dissolution of councils over communal crisis, demands their reinstatement & seeks lasting solution
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has faulted the Kwara State government for dissolving the Oyun and Offa local governments in the state in the wake of the communal crisis between Erinle and Offa communities, describi...

Press Release: CPC vows to resist plot to remove Offa LG boss
Below is the text of a press release by the Kwara state chapter of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) PThe CPC in Kwara has been reliably informed that there is an ongoing evil plot to illegally remove the Chair...

Group Intervenes in Kwara Communal Crisis
A pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Coalition of Oodua Self Determination Group, has intervened in the communal clashes between Offa and Erin-Ile communities in Kwara State. In a statement on Thursday, COS...

Football Fans Happy with Quality of Players in Kwara United
Football fans in Ilorin are happy with the quality of players recruited by the coaches of Kwara United and have commended the board for laying a solid foundation for the team this season. They noted that the te...

Kwara Speaker Seeks Financial Autonomy for State Assemblies
Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Abdulrazaq Atunwa, has said that democracy cannot thrive in Nigeria unless state assemblies are granted financial autonomy which would insulate them from the control of gov...

Ilorin Elders Sue Govt over Land
Some elders in Ilorin have filed a suit in Ilorin High Court praying it to restrain the Kwara State Government from transferring ownership of  a piece of land from public to private hands. According a writ...

Offa/Erin-Ile Crisis KWSG Suspends Offa and Oyun Councils
The Kwara State Government has announced the immediate suspension of Offa and Oyun Local Government councils for three months following communal clashes which claimed lives and properties worth millions of naira betwee...

Governor Ahmed Set to Reshuffle Cabinet
Many Commissioners, Special Advisers to go Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, is set to reshuffle his cabinet any moment from now, a highly placed government source has revealed to National Pilot. A...

Kwara Utd to Build on Victory
Kwara United striker, Kabiru Sanusi has said his side's 1-0 win against Enugu Rangers in Sunday's friendly at the Kwara State Stadium, llorin showed their readiness for the new league season. Sanusi grabbed the...

Kwara Kicks-Off Maternal Health Week
The Kwara State government has kicked-off the state Maternal, New Born and Child Health week to address health needs of pregnant women and nursing mothers in the state. Addressing pregnant women and nursing mot...

Kwara Poly Students Start Examinations
Students of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin will today (Monday) start their first semester examinations. Some of the students, who were seen preparing for their examinations, appealed to the Kwara State government to...

Offa-Erinle communal clash: 7-man committee set up
Just as normal activities return to the hitherto troubled Offa and Erin-Ile communities in Kwara State, a socio-cultural association in the area, Kwara South Youth Development Initiative (KSYDI) has set up a seven-man com...

Alleged Sale of Ancestral Lands: Ilorin Senior Citizens Drag KWSG to Court
The controversy over the alleged sale of some ancestral lands in Ilorin has taken another twist as some senior citizens have filed a suit in Ilorin High Court praying it to restrain the Kwara State Government from tr...

Kwara PDP, ACN trade words over alleged plot to sack Offa LG chairman
KWARA State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) Sunday accused the Ahmed-led People's Democratic Party (PDP) government of plotting to sack the only opposition local council chairman , Prince Saheed Popoola,...

Offa-Erinle crisis: ACN Alleges Fresh Plot to Sack Offa LG Chairman
Kwara ACN on Sunday alleged fresh plot by the PDP-led state government to sack the only ACN chairman, Prince Saheed Popoola, using the recent Offa-Erin Ile crisis as a smokescreen. In a statement issued in Ilorin on S...

Kwara SSG on the spot assessment of Offa/Erin-Ile crisis
The Kwara State Government has vowed to bring all perpetrators of Offa/Erin-Ile communal clash to book. The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Isiaka Gold disclosed this on Friday during on-the-spot assessmen...