2012-05-19

3SC 2 - 1 ABS
Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) of Ibadan, this afternoon in Ibadan, defeated Abubakar Bukola Saraki football club of Ilorin by 2 golas to 1....

Kwara United 1 - 0 Kano Pillars
Kwara United football club of Ilorin this afternoon defeated visitng Kano Pillars by a lone goal. United's goal was scored in the 75th minute by Segun Alebiosu....

NAWOJ commends Unilorin FM
By Abdulgafar Arikewuyo The National Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Kwara State Chapter, has described the University of Ilorin Radio Station, Unilorin 89.3FM, as a station that is indentified with interest...

Emir Admonishes Nigerians to be Their Brothers' Keeper
By Abdulgafar Arikewuyo The Emir of Ilorin Alhaaji Ibraheem Zulu Gambari has admonished Nigerians to stay by each other so as to sustain and develop the country. The Emir stated this when members of the Committee of r...

Kwara assembly suspends Chief Whip
The Kwara State House of Assembly on Friday in Ilorin suspended its Chief Whip, Alhaji Iliasu Ibrahim, representing Ipaye/Molete/Oloru Constituency, for three months. Ibrahim h...

2012-05-18

Summit held in Ilorin: Professional identifies challenges to industrial harmony
A former Director of Administration, Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies, Dr. Joyce Emuchay, has said lack of social amenities to guarantee employment and reduce poverty is one of the...

Diamond Bank, Keystone to partner Kwara on empowerment
Keystone Bank Limited and Diamond Bank Plc have expressed readiness to partner the Kwara State Government on the achievement of the state\'s programme of shared prosperity. The chief executive officers of the b...

Ahmed reassures on healthcare
The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has said that his administration would leave no stone unturned in taking primary healthcare services to the doorsteps of every Kwaran. Governor Ahmed disclos...

Public lecture in Ilorin: Adoke charges litigants on ADR
ATTORNEY-GENERAL of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke, has urged litigants in the country to embrace Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) as a way of decongesting the nation’s cou...

Workshop held in Ilorin: Nigeria ranks low in maternal, child health rating
THE state of maternal and child health in Nigeria is enough to declare a national emergency in the health sector, only if the public really know their plight. Medical and media practitioners in the country said...

Kwara incorporates Harmony Holding Company with 21 firms to drive revenue
The Kwara State Government has incorporated Harmony Holdings Company with 21 subsidiaries and a projected N1 billion share capital base as part of the drive to enhance economic activities in the state. The sta...

Kwara Utd. coach aims to topple Pillars
Head coach of Kwara United, Tunde Sanni is positive his wards will play the game of their lives against visiting Kano Pillars in an NPL matchday 27 fixture at the Ilorin Township Stadium this Saturday. United h...

Forum in Ilorin: Nigerians Will Not Pay For Electricity Metre From June – NERC
As from June 1, 2012 electricity consumers in the country will no longer pay for electricity metre supplied to them by the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN). The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission...

Kwara assembly clears speaker of financial impropriety
THE Ethics/Privileges/Public Service/Judiciary Committee of Kwara State House of Assembly has cleared the speaker of the House, Honourable Abdulrazaq Atunwa, of allegations of financial impropriety levelled against him...

Nigeria Needs Dons To Solve Her Problems - Gov. Ahmed
The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has noted that the contributions of the academia cannot be over-emphasised in fast-tracking the development of Nigeria because there is no substitute for the experienc...

2012-05-17

Kwara incorporates holding company
The Kwara State Government has incorporated Harmony Holdings Company with 21 subsidiaries and a projected One billion Naira share capital base as part of the drive to enhance economic activities in the State. The Stat...

FG may adopt Kwara's health model
Bouyed by the success of Kwara State community health programme, the Federal Government may adopt the blueprint of the state's health sector in order to effectively spread its health policies to the grassroots. The ...

Unilorin: Faculty of Agric Wins Inter-Faculty Quiz Competition
By Abdulgafar ArikewuyoThe faculty of Agriculture has won the 2012 inter-faculty quiz competition of the University of Ilorin.The director of academic planning Professor Misbau Akanji in his welcome address said i...

Atunwa cleared, Iliasu suspended
The allegations of fraud and high-handed attitude levelled against Speaker Razak Atunwa took a dramatic turn as the House Committee on Ethics, Privileges, Public Service and Judiciary cleared the Speaker of all the alleg...

Nigeria heading for doom, says Unilorin muslim preacher
Unless there is sincere repentance, Nigeria is heading for destruction in no distant time. A renowned Muslim preacher, Professor AbdulGaniyu AbdulSalam Oladosu, gave this indication bst Friday while de...

Rainstorm: Emir of Ilorin commiserates with Geri Alimi Hospital
The Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu Gambari, has described the damage of Geri Alimi Hospital by rainstorm as an act of God which should be taken with absolute faith in Allah. S...

Asa LG shares food items to orphans
The Asa Local Government Action Committee on Aids has distributed food items worth N2oo,ooo to orphans and vulnerable children in the local government to enable them live an improved life. The food items dist...

Olofa receives kudos from ODU, marks 2nd year on throne
The ancient town of Offa, headquarters of O f fa Local Government Area of Kwara State has witnessed unprecedented achievements within the last two years, courtesy, the present Olofa of Offa, Oba Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwo...

FEDPOFFA Rector commends Staff of Primary School
Rector of the Federal Polytechnic Offa, Dr. Mufutau Olatinwo, has commended the Management of the Polytechnic Staff Primary School under the leadership of Mrs. Grace Popoola, for feats recorded in recent years....

SNG threatens FG over Saraki's 'ill treatment'
The International Institute for Humanitarian and Environmental Law has expressed support to the planned protest by the Save Nigeria Group (SNG) over the implementation of the fuel subsidy probe report. Registra...

Sarakigate and the battle for 2015
WHILE he has not made a public disclosure of his ambition to have a shot at the presidency in 2015, political moves and calculations in political circles, particularly among the supporters of the Peoples Democratic Par...

MTN Football Scholar: 5 Kids in Ilorin to Enjoy Scholarship in America
By Hammed Shittu About 30 school kids between the ages of 15 and 18 years will be selected for educational scholarship and football career in the US at the on-going MTN Football Scholar tournament among seconda...

Dr. Olusola Saraki: The quintessential leader at 79
Where is he?  What is Oloye doing now?  Has the Kingmaker of Kwara politics retired (or been retired) from politics? It is the 79th birthday anniversary of the Waziri of Ilorin, Dr Abubakar Olusola Sa...

Kwara raises task force on govt land
The Kwara State government has constituted a task force to assess the level of encroachment on government land situated along the Asa-Dam road in Ilorin. Mr Tope Daramola, the Director of Bureau of Lands, said ...

2012-05-16

Saraki clocks 79 tomorrow
Dr. Abubakar Olusola Saraki, the most influential political actor in the history of Kwara, will be 79 years old tomorrow. His domminance of politics in Kwara is not debatable even though not a few will debate if that domi...

Pilot gets new MD. Ex-MD now SA to Saraki
Mr. Billy Adedamola has been appointed has the new managing director of Pilot newspapers. The former managing director Alhaji Yunus Abdulrahman is now a Special Adviser (Political) to Senator Bukola Saraki. The Pilot ...

N 5bn Libel suit: Belgore to testify June 8
Kwara State Action Congress of Nigeria's gubernatorial candidate, Mohammed Dele Belgore (SAN), will on June 8 testify in the defamation suit brought by Senator Bukola Saraki over the Kwara 2011 elections at an Abuja High ...

ABS FC lose to Sunshine Stars
NPL Week 23. Sunshine Stars 2-1 ABS FC. Sunshine's golas were scored by Akombo Ukeyiema (45+) and Cletus Idoko (57). Sala Abiodun scored ABS's lone goal in the 75th minute....

KWSG vows to fight HIV/AIDS
The Kwara State Government has restated its commitment to put in pla-:e necessary measures to reduce the prevalence of HIV/AIDs in the state to the barest minimum. The Project Manager, Kwara State Aids Contro...

Student arraigned for raping 3-yr-old girl
For allegedly raping a 3-year-old girl, a student, Alaska Omini has been arraigned before an Ilorin Magistrate Court. The 19-year-old accused of Block 20, Flat A, Sobi Cantonment, Ilorin, Kwara State, was sai...

American firm to establish $150m cassava processing mill in Kwara
A U. S.-based company, Masilo, is to establish a 150-million-dollar cassava processing mill in Kwara, Governor AbdulFatah Ahmed said on Tuesday. Ahmed d...

Adoke recommends ADR, others, for dispute resolution
THE Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Mohammed Bello Adoke, has recommended simultaneous developments of the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and the conventional legal systems ...

Two female students held for stealing handsets
Two female students, Omosuyi Olanireti, 24 of Poka Royal Suite, and Ologun Tolulope, 18 both of Tanke, Oke-Odo, Ilorin, who allegedly trespassed into a shop where they stole handsets, have appeared before an Ilorin Mag...

Belgore slams N5b libel suit against Herald
•Court adjourns hearing to June 26 Justice Ayinla Bamigbala of the Kwara State High Court in Ilorin, North Central Nigeria, on Tuesday, adjourned to June 26,  hearings in the N5b libel suit the Kwara ...

Child abuse lands woman in trouble
A food canteen operator, Bilikisu Ganiyu of Alagbade Area, Ilorin who allegedly hired a 9-year-old girl as a canteen maid cum domestic assistant has been dragged before an Ilorin Magistrate Court. The accused...

Moshood Mustapha urges action on subsidy report
NIGERIANS have been urged to prevail on the presidency and other relevant agencies to act on the report of the House of Representatives committee probing the oil subsidy scam. The Vice Chairman, House of Repres...

Suspend proposed new electricity tarrif, NBA tells FG
THE Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has appealed to the Federal Government to put the proposed new electricity tariff regime scheduled to commence on June 1 on hold pending the conclusion of the privatisation of the Pow...