2012-12-29

Ahmed Adds a Year
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji AbdulFatah Ahmed, called Sai Maigida by his admirers, marks his 49th birthday today. According to aides of the governor, the occasion will be low-keyed, as a mark of respect for l...

Ijakadi Offa Festival to Re-Unite Indigenes
As part of efforts to reunite sons and daughters of Offa, Kwara State, the age long Ijakadi Offa festival of over six hundred year old, has commenced. The Ojomu of Offa, High Chief Joseph Bayo Kayode Akinola st...

Civil-Servants Yet to Resume Work after Two Days Holiday
Following the two days Christmas holiday, some civil servants are yet to resume work in Ilorin, the Kwara State Capital. Some available workers who spoke with Royal FM correspondent, Olarotimi Oshin in the city...

Unilorin to Introduce Sign Language
To cater for students with special needs, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali, has said that the university will integrate sign language into its academic system. Ambali ma...

Kwara United Sign N60m Sponsorship Deal
Kwara United got a major boost ahead of next season following the signing of an MOU with Yammzy Farm worth N60m. The Nigeria Premier League club sealed the deal on Thusrday after a friendly match with a local...

2012 Review: The deaths
Death visited all segments of the Nigerian society this year. From leading politicians to religious leaders, icons in the entertainment industry to captains of industry and, of course, those referred to as ordinary Nig...

2012-12-28

Kwara Commercial Motorcyclists Get Uniform
The Kwara State Government has said the present regulation of activities of commercial motorcycle riders popularly called Okada is to remove, identify and prosecute those using the business to commit crimes in the stat...

'Saraki Died Without a National Honour'
If tributes could wake the dead, the late Second Republic Senate Leader, Dr. Abubakar Olusola Saraki, would have resurrected from his grave going by the outpouring of emotions and eulogies which testified the kind of p...

Pensioners Picket Ilorin Post Office
Retired civil servants under the auspices of the Nigerian Postal Service Pensioners yesterday picketed the Ilorin office of Nigerian Postal Service to protest what they called insensitivity to their plights. ...

Fire Razes 4 Shops in Ilorin
A late night Christmas eve inferno has destroyed properties worth millions of naira in a block of four shops at 22 Sofoluwe street opposite St-Barnabas Church, off Murtala road in Ilorin Metropolis. The inciden...

Kwara Govt Releases N30m for Upgrading Youth Farm - Ajeigbe
Kwara State government announced that it has released N30 million for the upgrading of its Youth Integrated Farm at Malete in Moro Local Government Area of the state. The Senior Special Assistant to Governor Ab...

14 Prisoners Awaiting Execution in Kwara
No fewer than 14 prisoners are on death row in Kwara State, The PUNCH has learnt. Also, 65 convicted persons and 326 awaiting trial inmates are languishing in prisons in the state. Of the 326 i...

Kwara to Rehabilitate Ajasse-Ipo-Offa-Erin-Ile Road - Ahmed
The Kwara State government will commence the rehabilitation of Ajasse-Ipo-Offa-Erin-Ile federal road, which links Kwara State to Osun state, in the first quarter of 2013. The state governor, Alh. AbdulFatah Ahm...

Kwara Re-Defines Operations of Commercial Motorcyclists
The Kwara State government has re-defined the operations of commercial motorcycle operators in the state, promising them humane treatment but with a caveat that they should not breech the state's new rules and regulati...

2012-12-27

Kwara DPR Worried over Petrol Diversion
The Department of Petroleum Resources, llorin, Kwara State has said that it is worried over the alleged diversion of petrol meant for Kwara State. It added that it had queried 25 marketers suspected to have div...

Tussle over Olofa's Stool Goes to Appeal Court
The tussle over the stool of Olofa of Offa has now shifted to the Appeal Court sitting in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. Earlier in July, a High Court sitting in Offa had dismissed the suit filed by Alhaji Sh...

Christmas Messages: Atunwa Charges Christians, Muslims on Security
Christians and Muslims in the country have been urged to use the lessons of the birth of Jesus Christ and this yuletide to reflect on the security challenges and other anti-stability factors bedevilling the nation with...

Balogun Fulani Seeks Role for Traditional Rulers
As the National Assembly continues the review of the 1999 Constitution, a member of the Ilorin Emirate Council, Alhaji Durosinloun Atiku, has advocated for a clearly defined role for traditional rulers in the new constitu...

2012: Kwara Takes Stock of Shared Prosperity
Since 2011, the Kwara State government has implemented a service charter with a strong emphasis on monitoring and evaluation through performance contracts. Under Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed administration's Shared Prosperi...

38 Kwara Firefighters Serve Three Million Residents - Investigation
Kwara State, with a population of about three million people and large land mass, has only 38 fire fighters, investigations have revealed. Also, the 16 local government areas have only three fire stations. It ha...

FRSC: Commercial Drivers Must be 26 to Get Licence
Worried by the incessant road mishaps in the country, Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has said as from next year, any commercial driver that has not attained the minimum age of 26 years would not be issued with d...

2012-12-26

Kwara to Check Rural-Urban Drift
The Kwara State Government has reaffirmed its determination to further develop rural communities to curb rural urban drift in the state. The Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Sola Isiaka Gold, stated ...

FG to take over Kwara cargo terminal
Indications have emerged that the International airport cargo terminal in Ilorin being built by the Kwara State Government may be taken over by Federal Government as its project. The Chairman, Senate Comm...

Saraki Moves Senate Forward Through Transparency, Says Consultant
The former Governor of Kwara State, and Senator representing Kwara Central Senatorial district Dr Bukola Saraki has been described as a leader who had re-positioned the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly for ...

Ilorin: ARMTI DG identifies measures to reduce unemployment
The Director-General, Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute, Mr. Samuel Afolayan, has identified agriculture, training and skill development as measures to reduce the high rate of unemployment in Niger...

Emir faults blocking roads for parties
Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, has called on Kwara State Government  to stop roadside trading and blocking streets off for social activities in Ilorin metropolis. He spoke  at the  47th annual c...