2013-01-14

KWSG to Partner Saudi Foundation on Education
The Kwara Government is to partner with the International Islamic Foundation of the World Muslim League in Saudi Arabia to boost  education  in the state. Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed said this  on Monday when the Genera...

ACN Kicks as Saraki's men, KWSG Differ on Completion of Cargo Terminal
* Govt confirms plan to sell Aviation College Kwara ACN on Monday described as 'worrisome but typical of the PDP-led state government ' the revelations on twitter about the non-completion of and the lies ...

Opinion - Tunji Morounfoye: Another Activist Gone to the Dogs!
By Abdullahi M. Gambari As a writer once rightly put it, one of the enduring controversies of ages is the conflict between good and evil, between truth and lie. To many minds, the origin of lies and the reason f...

Flood: Kwara Denies Dumping Relief Materials
The Kwara state government has refuted a media report that relief materials meant for victims of last year's flood disaster in the state are wasting away in a "warehouse". The special adviser to the g...

Kwara Ex-Media Workers Yet to Receive Salaries
Three months after the redeployment of 106 staffers of Kwara state government-owned media houses to ministries, the affected civil servants are yet to receive their November and December salaries, investigations by Dai...

Jani Ibrahim Donates Baseball and Softball Equipment to Schools
The Chairman of Lubcon Limited, Alhaji. Jani Ibrahim recently steered an equipment support programme named Jani Ibrahim Baseball & Softball Equipment Support Programme “JIBSESP” in Ilorin, the Kwara sta...

Budget Stirs Row in Kwara
The rivalry between the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the opposition Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Kwara State since the preparations for the 2011 governorship elections has not waned in any way. Rath...

Press Release: Law School Scholarship Exposes KWSG's Insensitivity - CPC
Below is the text of a press release from the Kwara State chapter of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) The CPC has received with mixed feelings the long overdue release of bursary funds to the 2011 set of the...

Navy Discovers Mini-Gun Factory in Offa, Kwara
The Navy at the weekend said it discovered a mini-gun factory in Offa, Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State. It arrested two suspects, Taofik Salau Toyinbo and Sunday Ogundele, said to be the manufacturer ...

National Good Governance Tour: Tremendous Boost to Democracy
That the National Good Governance Tour has been successfully conducted in the North Central Zone of Nigeria, starting from the Federal Capital Territory, through Kwara, Niger, Plateau, Benue and Nasarawa States in that...

Many Airports Lie Dormant Amidst Huge Government Investment
If you travel regularly by air across Nigeria's major cities, especially through the local and international wings of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMA), Lagos, and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airpor...

Prof. Mohammed Akanbi Scores NBA Low in Fight Against Corruption
Prof. Mohammed Akanbi, Head of Department, Business Law, Univeristy of Ilorin, said in Ilorin that the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) was not doing enough to fight corruption in Nigeria. Akanbi told the News Ag...

We've Distributed All Relief Materials to Flood Victims - Kwara Govt
The Kwara State government yesterday insisted that it has distributed all the relief materials in its custody to flood victims in the state. It therefore dispelled the rumour making the rounds that it was still...

2013-01-13

AFCON 2013: Kwara Pillar of Sports Tasks Eagles
Kwara State Pillar of Sports, Chief Donatus Agu Ejidike, has charged the Super Eagles of Nigeria to do the country proud by winning the Nations Cup in South Africa. Chief Ejidike, in a press statement made available to Su...

Ilorin - Looking Inward for Economic Prosperity
Worried by the growing number of the unemployed graduates and school leavers in Ilorin Emirate, the umbrella body of all socio-cultural groups in Ilorin emirate - the Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU...

2013-01-12

Ahmed Promises Infrastructure in Schools
The Kwara State Government has reaffirmed its commitment to providing adequate infrastructure in educational institutions in the state to create the necessary conducive atmosphere for learning. ...

N32m Scholarship for Kwara Law Students
The Kwara State Scholarship Board has released the sum of N32million for disbursement to the 160 Kwara State Students of 2011/2012 October batch across the five campuses of the Nigeria Law Schools. According ...

Ajase-Ipo Vocation Centre to be Ready September
The Kwara State Government has reassured Kwarans that the International Vocation Centre located in Ajase-Ipo, Irepodun local government area of the state, will be ready by September. The Commissioner for Educ...

Opinion: Nigerians still waiting for their 'African Spring'- CNN
Twelve months ago, Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan gave his people a bizarre New Year present: he announced the immediate removal of fuel subsidies. The controversial measure meant that, quite suddenly, citizens ...

Quality Service: Can Etisalat, Alcatel-Lucent Partnership Deliver?
When Etisalat Nigeria unveiled “Not just a network, it’s an attitude” campaign, the leading telecoms giant was simply reinforcing its claim of being the most innovative telecoms service provider espec...

Terry G Almost Got Away With Stealing My Swag- T-Code
The idea behind T-code as stage name. My name is Taiwo Korodo. The first alphabets of the two combine to make T-Code. Besides I’m a coded guy who doesn’t pretend to be simple. ...

Drama as couple disagree in court over child's name
Kwara - A drama took place on Friday at an Omu-Aran Area Court in Kwara as a couple engaged in an argument over the name of their first child. The argument occurred during conclusion of hearing in a divorce...

SURE-P registers unemployed youths for empowerment in Kwara
The Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P) on Friday started registering unemployed youths in Offa Local Government Area of Kwara. Ajadi Olaniyi, the officer in charge of the exercise, said that the pr...

2013-01-11

Charity foundation boosts reading culture in Kwara
The Wife of the Kwara State Governor, who is also the President, Leah Charity Foundation, Mrs. Omolewa Ahmed, has promised to work towards the inculcation of reading culture in every child in the state. This, s...

OBSTACLES TO THE PEACEFUL ATMOSPHERE IN KWARA STATE
Kwara State is generally regarded as a peaceful state, which justifies its name, the State of harmony. But little did those outside the state of harmony as kwara is fondly called know that the state is not entirely peacef...

Man docked for biting off journalist's ear
ABEOKUTA-THE Ogun Police, yesterday,arraigned a 50-year-old man, Alao Akala before an Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court for allegedly biting off the left ear of a journalist, Saheed Ganiyu. Ganiyu’s ear w...

Kwara closes 5 private schools
Kwara- Kwara Government on Thursday closed five private primary schools in Alapa, Asa Local Government Area for non-compliance with policies of the government. Abubakar Mohammed, the Director Quality Assuranc...

Kwara denies retrenching LG workers
Kwara - The Kwara Government on Friday denied that it ordered local governments in the state to retrench some workers. Mr Tunji Moronfoye, Commissioner for Information and Communications, told the News Agen...

Pay Teachers' Salaries from Consolidated Fund - NUT
The Nigerian Union of Teachers in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Wednesday advocated the payment of primary school teachers' salaries from the consolidated fund. The state NUT Chairman, Mr Farouk Akanbi, made the call...

Ilorin Aviation College to Get 15 New Aircrafts for Pilot Training
Nigeria's aviation ministry is planning to equip the International Aviation College in Ilorin with 15 new aircraft before April as part of ongoing plans to improve training and safety in the sector. Following ...

Minimum Wage: Kwara NLC Seeks Fresh Negotiation with Govt.
The Kwara chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Thursday solicited for fresh negotiation with the state government on the implementation of N18,000 National Minimum Wage. The NLC Chairman, Alhaji Faru...

16 Schools for Lagos U-13 Open Baseball, Softball Championship •Two to be Presented from Kwara
Sixteen schools drawn from Lagos, Oyo, Kwara, Ondo and Ekiti will take part in the maiden U-13 tournament organised by the Lagos State Baseball and Softball Association. According to the chairperson of the asso...

2013 Budget: Why We Voted More Money for Recurrent Expenditure - Ahmed
The Kwara State governor, Alhaji AbdulFatah Ahmed, yesterday explained that the need to ensure the welfare of the civil servants caused the state's recurrent expenditure to outweigh the capital expenditure in his gover...

Kwara Govt. Spends N2.7 Billion on Rural Roads - Ahmed
Kwara Government on Thursday said it spent N2.7 billion to rehabilitate rural roads across the 16 local government areas of the state. Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed, who disclosed this at a monthly forum in Ilorin, sai...

CPC Alleges Dumping of Lunatics, Beggars in Kwara
Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) on Thursday accused the Kwara Government of nonchalant attitude to the continued brazen dumping of destitute and lunatics from neighbouring states. The State Chairman of CP...

LEAH Boosts Reading Culture in Kwara
The Wife of the Kwara State Governor, who is also the President, Leah Charity Foundation, Mrs. Omolewa Ahmed, has promised to work towards the inculcation of reading culture in every child in the state. This, s...