2013-01-02

Courts Dissolve 52 Marriages in Kwara Community
No fewer than 52 marriages were dissolved by courts in Omu-Aran in 2012, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Some of the reasons adduced for the dissolution included lack of love between the parties, de...

Kwara has no plan to retrench - Ahmed
The Kwara State Government has no short or long term plan to retrench its workforce, but will continue to improve the conditions of service of the workers, despite the lean resources of the state. Speaking ag...

Opinion: Kill the Continuity Syndrome
SIR: A situation in which a successor must follow the footsteps of his predecessor has its strong and weak points. The strong point is that the successor would not abandon all completed and yet-to-be completed projects...

Governor's Wife Urges Nigerians to be Steadfast in God
The wife of Kwara Governor, Mrs. Omolewa Ahmed, on Sunday urged Nigerians to remain steadfast in God and pray for peace and harmony. She made the appeal while addressing newsmen at a special inter-denominationa...

Kwara to Adopt FG Performance Contract Policy
Kwara State Government yesterday said it would adopt Federal Government's performance contract policy into the state civil service so as to make civil servants to be more effective and efficient. The state He...

Ilorin Residents Celebrate New Year under Tight Security
The people of Kwara state yesterday joined their counterpart all over the world to celebrate the commencement of year 2013 under surveillance by security agents who manned various positions in the state. Beauti...

Kwara Plans Sports Summit
Kwara State Government has finalised arrangements to hold a sports summit in the state to brainstorm on how to discover more talents from the grassroots. The summit will also enable the state government to come...

2013-01-01

Gov. Ahmed reassures to partner stakeholders in a collective drive to move education forward
Governor AbdulFatah Ahmed of Kwara State has re-assured that his administration would partner with stakeholders and religious bodies in a collective drive to move the Education Sector forward. This is to achieve th...

New Year: Baraje expresses optimism
The immediate past Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje has expressed optimism that more dividends of democracy and employment opportunities would be provided for Ni...

Messi Wins 2012 Unilorin Sports 360 Athlete of the Year
By Temitope Omoniyi Argentina and Barcelona Forward, Lionel Messi has today won the 2012 UNILORIN SPORTS 360 ATHLETE OF THE YEAR after receiving 23 votes from the total 53 votes cast on 89.3 UNILORIN FM special pro...

PDP Kwara Slams Belgore on Comment
The Peoples Democratic Party in Kwara state has accused the gubernatorial candidate of the ACN in the last election, Dele Belgore, SAN, of insensitivity and naivety in his criticism of the PDP government in the state....

Fire Disaster Victims Want Kwara Govt's Help
Properties worth millions of naira were destroyed in a mysterious inferno that gutted a block of four shops at 22, Sofoluwe Street, off Murtala road, Ilorin. Community News gathered that the incident, which oc...

2012-12-31

KWASU Plans Document on Late Saraki for Posterity
Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, has concluded arrangements to document life and times of the state's foremost political icon, Dr. Olusola Saraki for posterity. The document that would be in written form,...

New Year Message from Senator Bukola Saraki
As Nigerians, we have a lot to be thankful for in 2012, and much more to look forward to in 2013. I personally thank all Kwarans and Nigerians for the honor and privilege to serve you as a Senator. You have shown me lo...

Get serious in 2013, Belgore tasks Kwara govt. Says Kwara's budget ridiculous
Kwara opposition figure, Mohammed Dele Belgore SAN, has urged the Federal Government to tackle corruption genuinely and give Nigerians a sense of belonging and pride in the New Year. Belgore, who was ACN gove...

Kwara Badminton Association Targets 2014 NSF Success
Kwars State badminton coach, Jimoh Kehinde has said that the state's badminton team to the Eko 2012 National Sports Festival has gained valuable experience that would assist them win laurels for the state in the 19th e...

Kwara Sports in 2012 and Plans for 2013
Kwara sports in 2012, under the leadership of Governor AbdulFatah Ahmad recorded more positives that negatives and that would be complemented for in 2013, following a huge budget of N1.4b for the sector. Last T...

Ilorin General Hospital Ready Feb... Gulps N1b
The ongoing rebuilding of the Ilorin General Hospital would be completed in February, 2013 just as the Kwara State Government disclosed that it has committed over N1billion on the project. When completed, the...

Flood: The Avoidable Disaster in Retrospect
The horrible experience garnered from the unprecedented floods across the country is one that the country will obviously take time to recover from as lives and property worth millions of Naira were lost. GLORIA USMAN i...

Kwara Spends N100m on Disaster Victims
The Kwara state government spent over N100 million on the provision of relief materials to victims of natural disasters in the outgoing year. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Emergency and Relief services...

2012-12-30

Kwara LG Workers' Sack: Commission Calls for Dialogue
Following the ripples generated by the sack of 123 employees of Ilorin East Local Government Council of Kwara State on Christmas eve, Chairman of Local Government Service Commission, Alhaji Sulaiman Kayode Yusuf, has a...

Kwara: Weak Opposition Yields Good Harvest for PDP
The lackluster performance of the opposition group in Kwara State did not make the terrain an eventful one in the year 2012. So weak was the opposition group that it has become extremely difficult to identify the arrow...