2012-06-26

Anxiety Grips Ilorin over Oloye's Health Condition
Anxiety has  gripped the ancient town of Ilorin,the Kwara state capital and the political camps of the former senate leader and strongman of Kwara politics, Dr. Abubakar Olusola Saraki over his health condition. ...

Baba Saraki is alive, hale and hearty
Contrary to rumours making the rounds about his death, the Waziri of Ilorin Emirate and former Senate Leader, Dr. Olusola Saraki is alive, hale and hearty, his close aide has said. According to a statement on Thurs...

Olusola Saraki is not dead - Aide
Rumours about the purported death of the strongman of Kwara State politics, Dr. Olusola Saraki, were on Tuesday denied by his personal assistant, Lateef Okandeji. In a statement, Okandeji said the Waziri of Ilorin Emirat...

Kwara Govt. urges action on on-going rural projects
The Kwara State Government has urged contractors handling various rural road projects in the state to increase the pace of work so as to ensure thier early completion. The state Commissioner for Works and Trans...

Kwara assures students on bursary
The Kwara State Government has restated its commitment to accord welfare of student in the state top priority even as it urged them to exercise patience in the payment of their bursary. The Chairman, State Scho...

Ilorin-West Repeat Election: Belgore to Lead Aiyelabegan's Campaign
The media aide to Alh Dele Belgore has debunked a report alleging that the upcoming Ilorin-West repeat election was tearing the Kwara chapter of A...

Olusola Saraki is not dead
The rumours of the death of Dr. Abubakr Olusola Saraki making rounds on social media are not true. According to close family sources, Olusola Saraki who has not been of very robust health of late is very much alive and we...

Why ABS appealed O&D replay order - TM
The Team Manager of Abubakar Bukola Saraki Football Club, Alloy Chukwuemeka, has said that the Club appealed against the decision of the Organising and Disciplinary Committee, which ordered the replay of the home game ...

‘Mercury soaps can cause kidney diseases in children’ - Prof Timothy Adedoyin
Soaps with mercury substances can cause Chronic Kidney Diseases (CKD) in children, Prof Timothy Adedoyin of the Paediatrics and Child Health Department, College of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) has s...

Repeat Election Deepens Kwara ACN's Crisis
The repeat elections for Oloje and Alanamu wards of Ilorin West constituency slated for today (Tuesday, June 26) has further worsened the crisis rocking the Kwara State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) o...

2012-06-25

KWASU's Entrepreneurship Directors' Conference 2012 kicks off
The Kwara State University starts its Entrepreneurship Directors\' Conference 2012 today. The programme with the theme "Entrepreneurship Realities and Curriculum Redesign for Sustainable Resource Transform...

Dele Belgore adds a year today
Mohammed Dele Belgore, the 2011 Kwara governorship aspirant on the platform of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), is fifty-one years old today. Dele Belgore was born on June 25, 1961. He had his Primary education at Ca...

Seed surveillance exercise in Kwara: NASC wages war against sale of bad seeds
National Agricultural Seed Council (NASC) has warned seed dealers to desist from selling poor quality seeds that aggravate food insecurity in the country. Assistant Director, Quality Control of NASC, Agboola Ad...

Olusola Saraki to get another grandchild soon
If information available is anything to go by, the strongman of Kwara State politics, Dr. Olusola Saraki will soon be a grandfather again, this time, the tiny tot is coming from Laolu, the youngest son of Saraki. ...

Conference in Ilorin: Auditors-General identify challenges of financial auditing
Auditors-General in Nigeria have identified delay in the submission of financial statements by Accountant-General to the Auditors-General; low staff capacity; poor funding and lack of basic autonomy as some of the chal...

Kwara establishes Western/Islamic schools to prevent terrorism
To prevent terrorism, the Kwara State Government has established model schools in three local government areas where Western and Islamic education would be harmonised. The Commissioner for Education, Alhaji Moh...

FA Cup: Kwara United 3-1 Mbaise Lions
Kwara United this afternoon defeated Mbaise Lions by three goals to one in the Round of 60 FA Cup match played at Lokoja township stadium. ...

Kwara to export cassava chips
Kwara State\'s emphasis on value chain management in agriculture has paid off as Ireti Farms, under the auspices of Shonga Farms Holdings, in partnership with Austravia of Australia, is to commence th...

"Evolve internal solution to security challenges" - Alhaji Saka Isau
A former top official of the Kwara state government has advised the federal government to evolve internal solution to address the current security challenges facing the country. Alhaji Saka Isau, a former Secr...

Kwara Business community decries tough loan conditions by macro-finance
Members of business community in Ilorin, Kwara State have cried out over what they described as stringent conditions towards accessing micro-finance loans in the state. Speaking at an interactive session with k...

2012-06-24

Unilorin Advertises for Post of Bursar
Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for the vacant post of BURSAR in the Bursary Department of the University of Ilorin. THE POSITION The Bursar is a Principal Officer and is the Chief Fi...

Kwara Approves Sale of Residential Quarters to Civil Servants
The Kwara State Government has approved the sale of government residential quarters to civil servants on owner occupier basis at subsidized rates as part of measures to boost the morale of civil servants in the state. ...

Man Remanded In Prison For Rape
An Ilorin Magistrates' Court on Friday remanded Tunde Lawal, a 32-year-old clergyman, for allegedly raping a 17 years old girl. Police Prosecutor, Insp. James Dawodu, told the court that Lawal met the girl at Tanke area i...

Kwara To Support SMEs, Farmers With N1.5bn
The Kwara State government has earmarked the sum of N1.5 billion for micro credit scheme to support farmers and Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) in the state. While the sum of N750 million has been b...

2012-06-23

Soaps Can Cause Kidney Diseases In Children - Prof Adedoyin
A UNIVERSITY don has warned that soaps containing mercury can cause Chronic Kidney Diseases (CKD) in children. Prof Timothy Adedoyin of the Paediatrics and Child Health Department, College of Health Sciences,...

Scores injured as Kwara RTEAN holds election
Several members of Road Transport Employers' Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) Kwara state branch were injured recently during  the union's chairmanship election.  Peoples Daily Weekend gathered that over ten members of...

Blind man employed as driver in Kwara council
The verification and biometric data capturing exercise of workers  in Kwara State  has revealed that a local government council has a blind driver in its employ. The exercise was aimed at auditing the staff strength of th...

Kwara Suspends Employments Over Alleged Discovery of Ghost Workers
The Kwara State government yesterday said that recruitment of staff in local government areas and the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) has been suspended following alleged discovery of ghost workers in the 16...

Atunwa Advises Auditors-General On Nation Building
Auditors-General in the country have been advised to adopt international best practices to strengthen Nigeria's democracy. Mr Rasak Atunwa, the Speaker of Kwara House of Assembly, gave the advice in Ilorin on Friday while...