2012-08-01

Commissioner Tasks Farmers on Agriculture Output
The Kwara State Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mr. Olabode Olayemi, has called on state potential farmers to be up and doing in their efforts to make agriculture the fulcrum of the state economy...

Ojomu Tasks New Development Association
Members of the newly reconstituted Executive Committee of Ojomu District Development Association in Offa have been charged to justify the confidence reposed in them by taking the association to greater heights. ...

Prof. Jimoh Wants More Budgetary Allocation for Health
A don, Prof. AbdulGafar Akanbi Jimoh has called an government at all levels to increase budgetary provision For health sector with a view to meeting the World Health Organization (WHO) on health provision. He...

Unilorin Holds End of Senate Soiree
Members of Senate and staff of the University have been charged to extend cooperation to the incoming top officers of the university as they should always look forward to making the University better by far. ...

2012 bursary for students, September
The Kwara State Government said it would start disbursing this year's bursary award to indigenes of the state in tertiary institutions across the country by September 2012. The Special Adviser to Governor Abd...

Kwara State Govt. Sets Up Committee to Assess Ministries, Others
The Kwara State Government has inaugurated a committee to scrutinize the performances of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in line with the state's Medium Term Sectoral Strategy (MTSS). Secretary to...

Kwara pilgrims advised to obtain yellow card
Intending pilgrims for the lesser Hajj from Kwara State have been advised to obtain the yellow card from the state\'s Ministry of Health, Ilorin.  A statement from the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaj...

Kwara Town Planning Demolishes 'Illegal' Shops
Hundreds of illegal shops along Taiwo Road, Ilorin, the Kwara State capital have been demolished by the state Town Planning and Development Authority for encroachment on the high way. The Executive Secretar...

GO TO BOND MARKET TO FUND POLICE Ahmed urges FG
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has advised the Federal Government to adopt a fresh approach to funding the police and other security agencies through the capital and bond markets. Acco...

Woman seeks divorce over husband's drinking habit
A FATHER OF THREE, Abdulrazaq Haruna, whose wife wants a divorce over his drinking habit, yesterday told an Ilorin Area Court that he was not a drunk. Haruna admitted that he drank beer but pleaded with t...

Kwara Govt Acquires 4,000 Hectares Of Land For Farm Settlement
The Kwara Government has set aside 4,000 hectares of land for setting up of farm settlements across seven local government in the state.  The state Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mr Bo...

Kwara Assembly rerun winner promises to be responsive
Winner of the House of Assembly rerun election for the Ilorin North-West constituency, Abdulfatah Salman, has promised to be more responsive to the yearnings and aspirations of the people of his constituency. Speak...

Kwara gov advocates long term funding for Police
Against the backdrop of unabated security challenge in the country, the Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has advocated for a long term strategic funding regime for the Nigerian Police and other security ag...

2012-07-31

Okada Riders Back Govt. on New Uniform
The Kwara State Association of Commercial Motorcyclists,  popularly known as Okada Riders, has pledged to support the slate government on the new uniform introduced for its members. The state Secretary of the...

Kwara Inaugurates Committee To Review performances of MDAS
A committee to review the performance of Ministries, Departments and Agencies in line with the state Medium Term Sectoral Strategy (MTSS) has been inaugurated by the Kwara State Government. Inaugurating ...

Kwara, NRC differ on stoppage of Ilorin-Offa shuttle train
There is controversy between the Kwara State Government and the Nigerian Railway Corporation over the stoppage of the Ilorin-Offa shuttle train service. The service which was introduced to popular acclaim l...

Fire razes building in Ilorin
Properties worth millions of naira were perished in an early morning inferno that consumed a building at Ita-Amodu Street in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital on Sunday. The fire, which reportedly occurred a...

FG Ranks Kwara Top in Agriculture
Federal Government has named Kwara State as the most agriculturally developed state in the federation, even as it has distributed free high yielding  cassava  stems  to farmers in the state. The M...

Environmental Defaulter Beats Up Policeman
An unidentified driver, who allegedly defaulted during the monthly environmental sanitation exercise in Kwara State, beat up a policeman and tore his uniform on Saturday. The...

'Why flooding persists' - Charlotte
The menace of flooding in some major cities in the country has been blamed on Nigerians' non-challant attitude to waste disposal. According to a Professor of Environmental Engineering and Science at the Univers...

Kwara defends ban of okada in Ilorin
The Special Adviser to Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State on Utility and Transport, Alhaji Usman Bibire Ajape, has said that the tricycle scheme of the state government was introduced to ply the roads that motorc...

F/Eagles return leg moved to Sunday - Still to hold in Ilorin
The return leg match of the second round AYC qualifier between Nigeria and Tanzania has been moved by a day to Sunday, August 12.  Officials announced that the match will still be played at the Ilorin Tow...

Two ‘Muslim clerics’ who operate in Ilorin, arrested over N10m fraud
Police detectives attached to the Lagos Special Fraud Unit (SFU) have arrested two \'Muslim clerics\' for allegedly defrauding local and foreign businessmen of N10 million. The suspects Fatai Bamidele and Lateef Ahme...

Kwara communities kick against govt land acquisition
No fewer than 15 villages in Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State have accused the Kwara State government of illegal acquisition of their land. Accordingly, scores of placard-carrying members of the vill...

Kwara disburses N268.6m to artisans, others
The Kwara State government has disbursed N268.6 million to 3,740 artisans and small business owners under its Micro-Credit Intervention Scheme for Small and Medium Scale Enterprises. The amount represents the f...

2012-07-30

2 Jailed For Stealing Bus
Abdullahi Issa, aged 22, of Tomi Hotel, Suleija in Niger state and Fatai Aweda, 20, of Gidan Alhaji Usman Baba village in Kaduna State, have been sentenced to 18 months imprisonment by the chief magistrate’s co...

Suspected cultists remanded in Ilorin
An Ilorin Magistrate Court on Friday ordered that two suspected cultists be remanded at the Federal Prison, Ilorin, pending the next hearing. The accused, Olaniyan Michael Kehinde, 22, and Ifekoya Tosin Tomiwa, 26,...

Ahmed praises Kwara workers for hard-work
Civil servants in Kwara State have been urged to remain committed to the ideals of the service and the realisation of the good governance goals designed for the state towards achieving Shared Prosperity Progr...

Moro LG boss seeks more funds for councils
Alhaji Shuaib Jimoh, the Chairman, Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State, has called for a review of the revenue allocation formula  in favour of councils. Jimoh, who made the call  in Ilorin last Wednes...

Oke-Ero LGEA Sch. Graduation: Don Advocates Use Of Mother Tongue In Schools
A university don, Dr Oladipo Ajiboye, has called on the Federal Government to evolve an education policy that will pave way for the use of mother tongue in Nigerian schools. Ajiboye, Associate Professor, Depa...

Why Family Planning Is Important
There is still need for contraception. This month, the global community took a stand to improve access to reproductive health services, in order to boost the over all well-being of women. WINIFRED OGBEBO reports on the...

Ilorin: 49 Arrested for Sanitation Offences
In Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, about 49 persons were arrested and prosecuted at the weekend during the monthly sanitation for allegedly failing to observe sanitation laws put in place by the state government....

Kwara budgets N9m for Flying Eagles' qualifier
THE Kwara State government have budgeted a sum of N9 million for the hosting of the African Youth Championship (AYC) qualifier between Nigerian Under-21 football squad, Flying Eagles, and their Tanzanian counterpart....

2012-07-29

Sen. Saraki Advises Nigerians To Unite
Sen. Bukola Saraki has advised Nigerians to unite and ensure harmonious relationship with one another for the overall development of the country. Saraki, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Environment and Ecolog...

Ending The 11-year-old Saraki, Lawal Political Rivalry
The 11 years old enmity between the Saraki and Lawal political dynasties in Kwara State has been finally laid to rest, courtesy of the immotalisation of the late Alh. Mohammed Alabi Lawal, who ruled the state between 1...

Olympics: Kwara-bornToriola wins table tennis prelim
Segun Toriola, one of Nigeria's medal hopefuls at the ongoing London Olympics yesterday emerged winner in men's table tennis singles preliminaries by beating Canada's Andre Ho 4-1. Toriola won at ExCeL in...

Opinion: Will Division Save Nigeria?
By Pius Abioje Why are some people talking about the possibility of Nigeria's division? Agreed that the country is not working, and it is indeed disintegrating. But, as the Yoruba say, Mo ko o l'apejuwe (I me...

Lawmaker Urges Muslims To Pray For Peace At Ramadan
Mrs. Habia Jimoh, a member of the Kwara House of Assembly, has urged Muslims to pray for peaceful co-existence among Nigerians during the Ramadan. The lawmaker gave the advice in Ilorin on Thursday when she ...

Okekere's Marshland of Death and Destruction
Rumbling of the thunder that heralds rainfall causes many hearts to leap for joy, as essence of rain which is described as the "nectar of life" cannot be undermined. Its soothing effect particularly after a long...