2012-04-21

FG urged to invest in Jatropha plant for bio-fuel
The Managing Director, Green Technologies, Mr. Temitope Olagija, has urged governments at all levels to invest in Jatropha plant to empower Nigerians economically. Olagija made the call while delivering his pap...

Police investigate Saraki, Lai Alabi
The Police Special Fraud Unit has begun investigation into a controversial fund waiver involving Intercontinental Bank Plc and companies allegedly promoted by former Governor Bukola Saraki of Kwara State. ...

Well digger dies in well
A digger, known simply as Mallam Suleiman, died in a well at the Adewole Housing Estate in Ilorin, capital of Kwara State, on Thursday. Suleiman, who was a native of Kebbi State, was said to have died s...

Ilorin NW House of Assembly Seat: ACN floors PDP at Appeal Court
The court of Appeal sitting in Ilorin this morning declared the 2011 House of Assembly election of Ilorin North West Constituency inconclusive. The court set aside the judgement of the second tribunal that heard the matte...

Kwara CJ pardons 7 prison inmates in Ilorin
The Chief Judge of Kwara, Justice Raliat Elelu-Habeeb, on Friday pardoned seven awaiting trial inmates of the Federal Prison in Ilorin. Elelu-Habeeb discharged the inmates when she led other members o...

A credible electoral system for Nigeria - Dele Belgore
I contested for office of governor of Kwara State at the last election under the banner of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN). My party and I challenged the results of that election all the way to the Supreme Cou...

2012-04-20

Amapakabor plots ABS down fall in PHC
Assistant coach of  Sharks Football Club of Port Harcourt, Imama Amapakabor has disclosed that the team will end ABS' unbeaten run this weekend at the Sharks Stadium. Amapakabor told Inside Out Premier League...

. . . And Farid died! . . . for lack of help - even when asked for
Call me chicken heated tag me a coward or over emotional, I care less you know. When the story of our little boy, Farid Oyeleke, a four year old boy, who was bedridden as a result of cancer of the blood...

School where the deaf, the blind find fulfilment
For 38 years, the School of Special Needs in Kwara State has been offering the deaf and visually-impaired people the opportunity to live their dream, Success Nwogu writes on some of the professionals the school has pro...

Jonathan, Ahmed condole with Belgore
President Goodluck Jonathan has commiserated with Justice Alfa Belgore, the retired Chief Justice of the Federation, on the death of his wife, Fatima.  The President according to a statement signed by his ...

I did not kill my aide - Saraki
Former Kwara State governor, Dr. Bukola Saraki yesterday denied insinuations that he was involved in the death one of his former aides while also dismissing the reported investigations of his alleged business deals ...

PENCOM needs to be more proactive, pragmatic - Egbewole
Director General, National Pension Commission (PENCOM), Mohammed Kabir Ahmed, has said that PENCOM assets have hit N2.5 trillion. He also said 19 states out of the 36 states of the federation had so far complied with ...

Avoidable Havocs from the Rains
ThisDay Editorial Some 22 worshippers died during the Easter vigil mass when their church collapsed on them following a heavy rainstorm. The incident happened at an outpost of the Christ the King Church, Adamgb...

Netherlands pledges support for Kwara
The Dutch Vice Minister for Economic Affairs, Mr. Simon Smits, on Wednesday at the Hague promised his country's readiness to support the Kwara State agriculture policies in a way that will ensure that the state avoids cos...

Zenith Bank League: Deepwater Eye Title In Ilorin
D defending champions of the Zenith Bank-sponsored Nigeria Women's Basketball League, First Deepwater Basketball Club of Lagos are set to consolidate their position on the log of the league with the second phase set...

Multiple-taxation bane of investment - Royal FM CEO
Multiple-taxation has been a great challenge to most companies in Nigeria, chairman, Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators in Nigeria (ALTON), Engineer Gbenga Adebayo has said. Gbenga, ...

Police pile evidence ahead of Saraki's interrogations
Detectives from the Special Fraud Unit [SFU] of the Nigeria Police said last evening that they had a satisfying initial interview with pioneer chief executive officer of the defunct Intercontinental Bank Plc, Erastu...

2012-04-19

Jonathan Condoles With Belgore On Wife's Death
President Goodluck Jonathan has condoled with retired Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Alfa Belgore, on the death of his wife, Fatima. In a statement on Thursday by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and...

Saraki 'surprised' at latest probe of N11billion loan scandal
Abubakar Bukola Saraki, former governor of Kwara State and a serving senator, is surprised at the reopened investigation of N11 billion Intercontinental Bank loan scandal that has trailed him for years, his media office h...

'Come to Kwara', Ahmed, at The Hague, woos investors.
Foreign investors have been invited to take advantage of Kwara State's conducive policy environment, suitable weather, arable land and abundant fresh water by investing in the state's agricultural and solid minera...

Former CJN, Belgore, loses wife
Alhaja Fatima Belgore, first wife of the former Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Alfa Belgore is dead. She died in a London hospital. She will be buried according to Islamic rites by 4p.m. today (19/04/2012) at th...

Saraki: I've no link with Joy Petroleum
Senator Bukola Saraki last night reacted to the arrest of former Managing Director of Intercontinental Bank, Mr. Mamoud Alabi over allegations of fraud. Saraki, in a statement by his media aide Akintoba Fatigun...

Ex-bank MD arrested for loan linked to Saraki
The special anti-fraud unit of the Nigerian police on Wednesday in Lagos arrested former Managing Director of Intercontinental Bank, Mahmoud Alabi, for fraud related to a questionable loan write-off....

Kwara govt sanctions 11 civil servants over asset declaration
For failing to declare their assets, no fewer than 11 civil servants in Kwara state have been sanctioned, the state Head of Service, Alhaji Dabarako Mohammed, has said. He said that the affected persons failed ...

Kwara Govt. alerts residents of heavy rainfall
Residents of Moro, Patigi and Kaiama Local Government Areas in Kwara have been urged to take proactive measures to minimise damages from heavy rainfall and flood expected due to a forecast. The Commissioner ...

Kwara govt lauds Quranic competition contingent
The Kwara state government has commended the contingent to this year\'s Quranic memorisation competition held in Katsina state for their brilliant performance. The government in a statement issued by the Secret...

2012-04-18

Police invites Saraki over N11 Billion loan scandal
Mr. Bukola Saraki, a serving senator, and former governor of Kwara State, will on Friday be a guest of crack detectives of the Special Fraud Unit of the Nigeria Police in Lagos, who wants him to answer questions r...

Press Release - Re: Police Nab Former Intercontinental Bank MD Over Bank Loan Fraud Relating To Senator Bukola Saraki
The attention of Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki's media office has been drawn to a media report titled "Police Nab Former managing Director of intercontinental Bank, Alhaji Layi Alabi over Bank loan fraud rel...

Felix: NPL title within ABS' reach
ABUBAKAR Bukola Saraki (ABS) have vowed to give the Nigeria Premier League title a chase, after surviving a potential relegation scare in the first stanza of the league.  An ABS ace Daniel Ekene Felix, who...

Governor Ahmed of Kwara State on Official visit to the Netherlands
The Executive Governor of Kwara State, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed is officially in the Netherlands on the occasion of the trade and investment visit to the Netherlands. Since resumption of office, he has worked very ...

Police Nab Former MD Of InterContinental Bank Over Bank Loan Fraud Relating To Senator Bukola Saraki
The special anti-fraud unit of the Nigerian police today in Lagos arrested the former managing director of InterContinental Bank, Mahmoud Lai Alabi, for fraud related to a questionable loan write-off. Mr...

Teachers may embark on strike - NUT President
Nigeria Union of Teachers is to embark on strike in states which have reneged on paying their teachers 27.5 per cent allowance, says the NUT President, Mr. Michael Olukoya. According to him,  the agreement was ...

Gambari Fire: Kwara govt doles out N5.4 million victims
Over 100 victims of an inferno that razed down a whole compound in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital on the 4th April 2012, were given relief materials worth N5.4million including food stuff, mattresses and blank...

'Boko Haram Insurgency Dreadful Than Civil War' - Emir of Ilorin
The Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, yesterday observed that the present state of insecurity in the country was dreadful than the civil war. Sulu-Gambari who described the security challenges ...

Ilorin: Corruption, inimical to organisational growth - CIPM boss
The Chairman, Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria, Kwara State Chapter, Mallam Mohammed Aliyu, has said that corruption is one of the factors that inhibit the growth and sus...

Ilorin: Muslim community denies demolishing church
"We know nothing about the demolition of the fence of the disputed land and we are also reiterating our earlier position that there can never be any justice, fair play and or good conscience in handing over a l...

Kwara IGR hits N800m monthly
The Kwara Commissioner for Finance, Alhaji Adeonmola Danu, on Tuesday said that the state's Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) had reached N800 million monthly. He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilo...