2012-10-04

Kwara Poly Begins Sachet Water, Block Production, Bakery
About N20 million has been voted by the Kwara state Polytechnic, Ilorin, for the establishment of a business venture comprising sachet water, block making factories and a bakery, the Rector of the polyt...

NYSC Posting: Anxiety Trails Release of Mobilisation List in Unilorin
Reactions have continued to trail the release of the mobilisation list for students of the University of Ilorin who will be going for the national youth service this year. According to information made availabl...

Kwara Govt to Spend N3.1bn on Aviation Infrastructure
Kwara State Government plans to spend N3.1 billion on state-of-the-art aviation infrastructure to make the state the hub of aviation services in West Africa. Dr Abubakar Kanike, the Commissioner for Works and...

Amajita Expected in Ilorin on Friday for F/Eagles Tie
The South African U20 National Team, Amajita, will arrive Lagos today ahead of their second leg tie against the Flying Eagles in the African Youth Championship (AYC)qualifiers. The Chairman, Kwara Football Asso...

Kwara Plans 6,000 Housing Units - Hon. Muhammed Babakpan Isah
The kwara state commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, Hon. Muhammed Babakpan Isah, has said that the present administration in the state is to construct 6,000 housing units within its tenure. Isah d...

Labourer Docked over Girl's Disappearance
A labourer, segun Atolagbe, 24 of Agata Area, Ganmo has been dragged before an Ilorin magistrate court over an alleged abduction of a teenage girl. A complainant, DSP Ayo Salami of Ganmo village was said to hav...

Gov Ahmed Presents 2012-2015 Fiscal Framework
The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji AbdulFatah Ahmed, has presented a 2012-2015 medium-term fiscal framework to the state House of Assembly, ahead of the presentation of the 2013 budget. The governor in a letter...

NGGT Kwara Day2: FG Completes Lots1 and 2 Lagos-Jebba-Kano Rail Line
To fast track the Federal Government's efforts to ensure safer and faster movement of people, goods and services across Nigeria as well as reduce pressure on the nation's roads, Lots 1 and 2 of the Rehabilitation of We...

Adesiyun-Olafimihan Foundation Spends N5m to Lift Education in Kwara
An educational foundation in Offa, Kwara State, Adesiyun-Olafimihan Foundation, has presented bursary awards to the tune of N5 million to 203 beneficiaries in the last 10 years. Speaking at the 2012 annual bur...

Residents of Offa Laud FG over Resumption of Railway Services in Kwara
Residents of Offa town, Kwara State Wednesday praised the resumption of full railway services to the town and the state at large, expressing their views during a train ride from Ilorin to Offa. This came as the...

2012-10-03

Kwara Begins New Bio-Metric Tests in LGs
The Kwara State Government on Tuesday, commenced the use of automated staff attendance modules for the workers of local governments across the state. The project which was flagged off at Ilorin West Local Gov...

Unilorin Resumes for 2012/2013 Session
The University of Ilorin announces the Resumption Date for 2012/2013 Session as Monday, 8th October, 2012 for both Freshers and Returning Students. Students and prospective students are advised to check their g...

FG to Engage 1,500 Workers in Eyenkorin Irrigation Project
The Federal Government will engage 1,500 workers through the Integrated Irrigation Dam Project in Eyekonrin-Araromi, Kwara, an official has said. Managing Director of the Lower Niger River Basin Authority, Ilor...

Unreported Abduction Cases Rise in Ilorin
CASES of unreported abductions are on the rise in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. But sadly, rather than reporting such cases to the police, victims prefer to go to their religious organisations and narrate their orde...

Unilorin Releases Second Batch Admission List
By Our Reporters The University of Ilorin has released the second batch of its 2012/2013 provisional admission list. Prospective students may check ...

Kwara Reviews MTSS Compliance
Ahead of the 2013 budget estimates, the Kwara State government is reviewing compliance with performance contracts agreed with its ministries, departments and agencies in line with the Medium Term Sector Strategy ...

IPMAN Adjust Petrol Prices in Kwara
Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) in Kwara State has begun to adjust their dispensing meters to reflect the self-determined prices ranging between N110 and N125 per litre in the state. ...

Ahmed Calls for Review of Revenue Allocation
As the Federal Government and Governors of the 36 States await the judgment of the Supreme Court on revenue distribution, Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, Tuesday urged the Federal Government to consider a holis...

Kwara PDP Warns ACN against Public Incitement
The Kwara State Chapter of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) has raised alarm over plans by the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) to cause public disaffection against the PDP Administration of Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed ...

Science and Technology Education, Key to National Development - Alhaji Mas'ud Elelu
The Rector of Kwara state Polytechnic, Ilorin, Alhaji Mas'ud Elelu, in this interview with ABDULLAHI OLESIN, says the much desired growth and development will continue to elude the...

2012-10-02

Kwara Utd Interview Panel Picks Unuanel, Sanni •Awaits Mgmt Decision
The coast is almost clear for Super Falcons assistant coach, Samson Unuanel, to land Kwara United job after the interview panel headed by the Kwara State FA boss, Chief Kunle Adesiyun, scored him higher than other contest...

Dogo Denies Eyeing Kwara Utd Job
ABS manager, Kabir Dogo said he is committed to the side campaign for the 2012/2013 NPL season. Dogo secured his side's spot in the elite league on 48 points from 36 matches without kicking a ball on the last d...

Ahmed Warns DPMs, Treasurers
Directors of Personnel Management and treasurers of local governments in Kwara State have been warned to guide against financial recklessness in their councils or face the sack. Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed, who s...

Kwara to Commence Distribution of Farm Inputs
Kwara State government has resolved to start distributing farm inputs oat subsidised rates to farmers in the state through their cooperative societies to ensure the inputs get to those who are real farmers and that wil...

NDE Wants States to Employ Solar Energy Experts
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE), has called on state governments to patronise youths that have been trained as solar energy experts. Speaking in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital at the settlement of...

Saraki Backs Abdullahi's Restructuring of NPL
Former Governor of Kwara State and proprietor of ABS Football Club of Ilorin, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, is in total support of the move by the Minister of Sports/Chairman, National Sports Commission (NSC), Bolaji Abd...

Oloyede and other Clerics Jostle to Succeed Adegbite as NSCIA Scribe
Intense but discreet moves are ongoing among prominent Muslims clerics to replace the late secretary-general of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Dr. Lateef Adegbite. Sources within the c...

Kwara Moves to Check Building Collapse
The Kwara Town Planning Development Authority (TPDA) says it is now compulsory for builders to get approval from it at different stages of construction. The Executive Secretary of TPDA, Mr Raimi Adeoti, disclos...

FG Moves to Dualise Ilorin-Mokwa Road
The Federal Government has indicated its intention to dualise the Ilorin, Mokwa, Kontangora, Kaduna and other roads in the country in the shortest time possible and assured that it would deliver a good road service....

2012-10-01

Land Policy: Kwara PDP Warns Against Incitement
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State, yesterday described as mischievous insinuations by a group that the state government's land policy was an instrument of Islamic subjugation against the indigenous Muslim ...

Monarch Appeals to Govt. for Amenities
The Kikon of Gwaria in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State, Alhaji Bawa Kikon, has appealed to the state government to upgrade social amenities in his community. Bawa told Ci...

Farmer Remanded for Murder
A 30-year old man, Tabiam Hinjibola of Kamogu Village via Kaiama, Kwara State, has been remanded at the Federal Prisons, Oke-Kura Ilorin over an alleged murder. Hinjibola was dragged to court on a one count cha...

NEMA Seeks Relocation of Kwara Flood Victims
The National Emergency Management Agency has called on the Federal Government to relocate the people of the communities affected by floods in Kwara State and then find a lasting solution to the perennial problems. ...

Opinion: Before Oloyede's 'Graduation'!
By BELLO, Lateef Adekunle The expiration of the terms of the venerable academic, Prof. Is-haq Olanrewaju Oloyede would only be accepted with austere meditation. This follows the maxim 'everything that has a beginn...

Ahmed Urges Nigerians to Support Govt to Build a Prosperous Nation.
The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji AbdulFatah Ahmed has called on Nigerians to shun divisive rumors and support government to build a more prosperous Nation. Ahmed, made the call today at the fifty second Independence...

Opinion: So, Nigeria is 52 Years Old? But Kwara is Just 7 Years Younger
BY Ayo Olokoyo, Every Kwaran, and his dog, knows that our dear state is almost as old as Nigeria, our dear country. Therefore, the need for a soul-searching process will not be out of place at this moment; ...

Nigerian Workers Can Create Wealth Given the Right Incentives - Ayeoribe
Emmanuel Ayeoribe is the immediate past chairman of the Kwara State chapter of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC). He led the local union for a period of eight years without leading out workers in any strike. The harmo...

Al-Hikmah Convocation: Minister Urges Varsities To Include Entrepreneurial Skills In Curriculum
Nigerian Universities have been directed to include entrepreneurial skill in their curriculum in order to make their graduates employers of labour, instead of job seekers. The Minister of Education, Prof. Rukay...

Nigeria at 52 - Saraki Urges Nigerians to Continue to Rekindle Hope
The senator representing Kwara Central, Senator Bukola Saraki, has urged Nigerians to "continue to rekindle hope and in the spirit of togetherness we can achieve more for our common prosperity". This is contained in his g...

Nigeria at 52 - "Nigeria is a land of hope" - Governor Ahmed
As Nigeria marks its 52 independent anniversary, governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has once again described the country as a land of hope and unlimited potentials. In a statement signed by his chief press s...

Ahmed bags Awards
The Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin has conferred a Degree of Doctors of Science, Honoris Causa on the Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed in recognition of his administration's policy on education. This br...

Emir of Okuta Canvasses Employment For Diligent NYSC Members
Governments at all levels and other employers of labour have been urged to offer automatic employment to NYSC members who distinguished themselves in their places of primary assignment. Alhaji Idris Abdulbakar, th...

Nigeria at 52 - "Promote Good Governance, Peace and Poverty Eradication Efforts" - Belgore
Alhaji Mohammed Dele Belgore SAN has urged Nigerian leaders and citizens to rededicate themselves to "promoting good governance, peace, tolerance and poverty eradication efforts" A statement by his media aide, Raf...

School of Nursing, UITH Application Forms Out
The School of Nursing, The University of Ilorin have invited applicants to apply for admission. See the advert below. Applications are hereby invited from suitably qualified candidates for admissi...

Opinion - UNILORIN, Why?
I applied to the University of Ilorin through direct entry and got 82 in the post-UTME in June. Since then we have heard nothing from then and resumption is in less than 15 days. I appeal to the university's authorities t...