2012-06-18

Bolaji Takes Over As SEC\'s Acting DG Today
Mr. Ibrahim Bolaji Bello (IBB) who was appointed to take charge as acting Director General of the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) will assume duty today. The Federal Government had announced the appointm...

Air crash reports: Kayode should substantiate doctoring claim - Capt Akinkuotu (Ilorin Aviation College)
Following the claim by Former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode that the Federal Government was responsible for doctoring reports of past plane crashes in the country "in an attempt to manipulate ...

Man, 30, arraigned with 19 bags of cannabis in Ilorin
One Mr. Oyeleke Afolabi, a resident of Isale Koto, Ilorin, of about 30 years of age has been arraigned before the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin for being in possession of 19 bags of substances believe to be Ind...

Olomu of Omupo, indigenes want Kwara govt patronage
The traditional ruler of Omupo, a town in Ifelodun local government area of Kwara state, Oba Yaqub  Adebayo Buhari, and prominent indigenes of the ancient town have appealed to the Kwara state government to come ...

Ahmed assures Kwara communities of portable water
Kwara State governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, has assured that communities in the state with problem of portable water will soon heave a sigh of relief. Ahmed gave the assurance at the Third Omupo Day celebratio...

FG rollout ATA at Il. East LG: Kwara govt to support farmers with N750m loan
THE Kwara State government has earmarked N750 million micro credit scheme to support farmers in the state. Speaking at the rollout of the Federal Government Agricultural Transformation Agenda (ATA) and the E-wa...

Marketing Kwara through investment logo
In businesses globally,every company has distinctive visual communication symbol that distinguishes it from others. So, in brand strategy, the overall corporate identity of an organisation cannot be over-emphasized as ...

2015 Kwara guber: Lai, Belgore split ACN
The struggle has begun for the gubernatorial ticket of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Kwara State for the 2015 general elections . The development, according to sources close to the leadership of the ACN in...

Kwara Assembly and legislative business
Abiola Azeez writes on the activities of the members of the Kwara State House of Assembly in the last one year, concluding that the state legislature is living up to its billing as the representative of the people....

2012-06-17

Kwara United pay 100 percent sign on fees to players
Nigeria Premier League side Kwara United have fulfilled their obligation to players of the club by paying 100 per cent sign on fees. Goal.com learnt that the owners of the club Kwara State Government is determined to ensu...

Ahmed's One Year Anniversary Renews Hostilities Between PDP And ACN, CPC
Expectedly, on May 29, 2012 the administration of Governor AbdulFatah Ahmed of Kwara state rolled out the drums to celebrate its first year anniversary. The one week programme to celebrate the successes recorded by the Pe...

ABS FC: Count Us Out of Relegation
Abubakar Bukola Saraki FC have said that they are not a candidate of relegation in the Nigeria Premier League this season. The Ilorin side, which is presently on the 16th position with 39 points, noted that it has never c...

Esie: A national museum in need of a face-lift
SUCCESS NWOGU writes that though Esie National Museum is touted as the oldest in the country, the challenges facing it are reminiscent of the larger Nigerian problem The National Museum, Esie,...

2012-06-16

Unilorin: Suicide bombings, harassment dominate Muslim law students' seminar
Last week, University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) hosted the 8th   Annual National Seminar of the Nigeria Association of Muslim Law Students (NAMLAS). NURUDEEN YUSUF (200 level student of  Islamic and Common Law at the Lago...

Ilorin Rainstorm Victims Want Lasting Solution
Victims of last Tuesday rainstorm disaster in Ilorin, Kwara State, along Ajase-Ipo road, Royal Shekina Hotel area have called on the state government to find a lasting solution to the incessant problem ravaging the area. ...

Lagbaja Loses Dad
Deacon D.A.Ol0gunde, the father of the masked singer, Bisade Ologunde a.k.a. Lagbaja Omobabamukomuko, is dead. Aged 83, the late Ologunde, a retired civil servant who served in the cabinet of the first military administra...

Rival cult clash kills 2 in Kwara Poly
Two students of Kwara state Polytechnic Ilorin (KwaraPoly) were found dead yesterday following a clash between two suspected rival cult members at the entrance of the institution. Sources informed our correspondent th...

2012-06-15

Voter Education in Ilorin: INEC expresses readiness to consolidate, electoral process
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has expressed its preparedness to consolidate and improve on the nation\'s electoral system until it becomes the best in Africa. Kwara State Resident Ele...

Kwara Asembly Urges FG To Re-Award Road Contract
The Kwara House of Assembly has urged the Federal Government to re-award the contracts of Ajase-Ipo, Ijagbo-Offa-Erin-Ile roads in the State to ease vehicular movement. This was one of the resolutions of the St...

10 NYSC members win awards in Kwara
A National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Kehinde Dawodu, who constructed a Corpers\' Lodge in a community where he served, and nine other corps members of 2011 Batch \'B\' in Kwara State, were on Thursday pre...

Mrs. Omolewa Ahmed, NDLEA & other stakeholders destroy 3,450.407KG of Drugs
Her Excellency, the first lady of Kwara State and Matron of Drug Free Clubs in the State, Mrs Omolewa Abdulfatah Ahmed, wife of the Deputy Governor of the State, Mrs Felicia Kishra and the Chairman/Chief Executive of t...

NBA Law Week: Ekiti gov seeks local security system
Ekiti State governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has advocated a local security system different from the federal security system in the country. Speaking on the topic; "Federalism and Quest for National Integr...

Two found dead in Ilorin bush, one beheaded
Lifeless bodies of two men were discovered on Thursday at Sango area of Ilorin, Kwara State. According to the state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Fabode Olufemi, two rivalry cult groups, allegedly from K...