2012-12-01

Ahmed presents Children Sight Protection Bill ...Seeks Confirmation of Bamigbola as CJ
Determined to provide free and compulsory childhood sight screening for children of under-five, Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has presented Childhood Sight Protection Bill before the State House of Assembly....

Confusion as Contractor Seizes Offa LG Properties
Pandemonium broke out at Offa Local Government Secretariat on Wednesday when the High Court in Offa issued a warrant for the sale of goods and chattels of Offa Local Government Council, over the failure of the council ...

KWSG Tasks Waste Collectors
Kwara State Government on Thursday, warned commercial waste contractors to sit up and dress their operational strategies towards ensuring effective waste management and a clean environment in the Ilorin metropolis....

2012-11-30

Nigeria: Abubakar Lah Clocks 100 Years
The man Alhaji Abubakar Lah, also known as Abubakar Ilorin, is 100 years today. Lah was born on November 30, 1912. This is not a biographical account of Lah, the Shettima of Ilorin. I have no time and space t...

Sumit At MINILS: No Worker Will Be Sacked, Says FG
The Federal Government on Thursday allayed the fears of Nigerian workers over the recommendation by the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam Lamido Sanusi, that the government should trim its workforce...

We'll Make Peace Between Bukola and Gbemi - Tunji Saraki
The stream of people flowing into Illorin following the death of Kwara's one time political leader, Dr. Olusola Saraki is now ebbing giving family members the opportunity to grieve and come to grips over t...

Unuanel Promises Mean Kwara United
Kwara United technical adviser, Samson Unuanel has revealed to supersport.com that his men would challenge for the Premier League title this coming NPL season. Unuanel was appointed the technical adviser of the...

'Politricians' at work in Kwara, Adamawa, Kogi
In a clear indication of the inability of judicial officers to deeply appreciate the importance of jealously guarding the independence of the judiciary, Kwara State simply went overboard spreading panoply of intrigues ...

Kwara Seeks Law for Free Childhood Sight Screening
As part of its effort to curb childhood blindness, Kwara state governor, Alhaji Abdulfatai Ahmed, has presented State Childhood Sight Protection Bill to the State Assembly for consideration and passage into law. ...

Ilorin Monarch Assures Sarakis of Continued Support
The Emir of Ilorin and Chairman, Kwara State Council of Traditional Rulers, Alhaji Ibrahim Gambari, has assured that he would continue to extend the support given to the late elder statesman, Dr. Olusola Saraki and the Wa...

Opinion: Challenges Before New Unilorin VC
History was again made on Monday the 15th of October, 2012 at the University of Ilorin as a new vice-chancellor took over the mantle of leadership of that great institution. At that epoch-making event, Professor Ishaq ...

Opinion: Really, what is Saraki's legacy?
By Abdullah Ishaq An established norm in Africa is that you do not speak ill of the dead. That probably flows from the fact that death is one inevitable debt every mortal owes the creator. But I remember that the late ...

Opinion: Saraki - Offa political rivalry; A chronology
Growing up in Kwara State and spending the first 18 years of my life without passing five consecutive nights outside of the state, it is only natural that I heard about the name, Olusola Saraki at a very early age, per...

Tackle Challenges Impeding Economic Growth, LUBCON Urges FG
Manufacturers in the country have cried out to the Federal Government to rise up to the various challenges impeding the socio-economic growth of the nation, which have continued to affect profit maximisation in the vit...

Kwara PDP Tasks LG Chairmen Over Workers Salaries
The ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State, has warned local government chairmen in the state against owing workers salaries. The party which controls 15 of the 16 local government areas in the st...

2012-11-29

Kwara Recorded Zero Budget Performance, Says House
Members of the Kwara State House of Assembly have expressed displeasure over zero performances of Ministries and parastals on the implementation of budget. Mallam Idris Sunaboro representing Ilesha/Gwanara con...

Saraki's Family Appreciation
Asaalam Alaikum Wa Ramatullah THE ENTIRE FAMILY OF HIS EMINENCE, LATE DR. ABUBAKAR OLUSOLA SARAKI (WAZIRI OF ILORIN) expresses our profound appreciation and gratitude to Almighty Allah, eminent Nigerians, corpo...

Forgo Battery to Establish Plant in Kwara
FORGO Battery Company Limited has said that it will soon establish a battery manufacturing plant in Nigeria, its Managing Director, Mr Joseph Offorjama, has disclosed. Speaking in Ilorin at the signing of memor...

Eko 2012: Kwara, Rivers Win in Men's Basketball Events
Team Kwara and Rivers Wednesday began their campaigns in the men’s basketball event of the ongoing Eko 2012 on a good note with victories over Imo and Bayelsa respectively. Team Kwara, which is returning ...

Unilorin, Sokoto University Develop Hybrid Sugar Cane
Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto and the University of Ilorin have developed hybrid sugarcane now being evaluated for high sugar and ethanol content, Dr. Lawali Abubakar of the Department of Crops Science Faculty of...

'Tuberculosis May Claim More Lives in Nigeria'
The Federal Ministry of Health has said that the recent World Health Organisation (WHO) global report for 2012, estimated that 118 people out of every 100,000 Nigerians have tuberculosis with 17 people out of the 100,0...

Labour Leader Calls for Establishment of New Refineries
National Vice President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Emmanuel Ajoku, has called on the federal government to concentrate on building new refineries, maintain the existing ones and show ser...

NURTW Boss Wants Unauthorised Motor Parks Closed
The President of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, (NURTW), Alhaji Najeem Usman Yasin, has called on the Kwara State government to ban the operations of all unauthorised motor parks in Ilorin, the state cap...

2012-11-28

Kwara Assembly Scores MDAs Low on Budget Performance
Members of the Kwara State House of Assembly yesterday expressed dismay at the alleged zero performance of the state's Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) Mallam Idris Sunaboro representing Ilesha/Gwana...

Christian Pilgrims Airlift Dec 3
The first batch of Christian intending pilgrims to the State of Israel would be airlifted on Monday December 3, even as they have been charged to be upright in their religious observance. The second batch would be airl...

Ahmed Asks Youth Corps to Look Inward for Jobs
The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji AbdulFatah Ahmed, has charged the Batch 'B' National Youth Corps members to reflect on the training given to them at the orientation camp to create employment opportunities for themselv...

Corp Members' Security: Ahmed Charges Traditional Rulers
Concerned about the security situation for the corps members, the Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, Tuesday charged traditional rulers and security agencies in the state to protect the lives and property ...

Security Guard Bags 14-Weeks Imprisonment for Burglary
An Ilorin Magistrates' Court on Tuesday sentenced a security guard, Adeniran Rasheed, to 14 weeks' imprisonment for house breaking. The Magistrate, Sakirat Olanipekun, gave the convict an option of N1, 300 fine...

Danish Investors to Establish Amusement Park in Unilorin - VC
A team of Danish investors have expressed interest to establish an amusement park at the University of Ilorin, the Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Abdulganiyu Ambali, said on Tuesday. Mr. Ambali, while host...

'Name Kwara Govt House after Saraki'
A former Commissioner for Special Duties in Kwara state, Alhaji Razaq Lawal and a member of the state House of Assembly, Hon Kamaldeen Ajibade, have suggested the naming of Kwara State Government House after the late...