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2012-03-04
Be your Brothers\' Keeper - Ahmed charged religion adherents
The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has charged religion adherents to be one another\'s keepers for a peaceful and harmonious society.  The Governor who assured the people of equity and jus...
Kwara Governorship: Ahmed, Belgore to know fate tomorrow
There is tension in political circles in Kwara State as the Supreme Court is set to deilver judgement in the gubernatorial appeal brought to it by Alhaji Dele Belgore of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN). The app...
House Subsidy Probe Committee Did Not Compromise - Ali Ahmad
The chairman, House Of Representatives Committee On Judiciary, Dr. Ali Ahmad in this interview with select newsmen in Ilorin, bares his mind on sundry national issues, including calls for a Sovereign National Confe...
Gov Ahmed Promises Upward Review Of Hajj Allowances For Officials
Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara has promised an upward review of operational grants and allowances of  officials of the State Pilgrims Welfare Board. Ahmed made the  promise in Ilorin on Friday while receiving...
Kwara United banished to Abuja
Kwara United will play their next home game in Abuja following the abrupt ending of Sunday's NPL game against Sunshine Stars in Ilorin.  A top NPL official told MTNFootball.com that the Ilorin club have been as...
Kwara PDP holds ward congresses
Kwara PDP ward congresses were held across the state yesterday (Saturday). The congresses were reported to be peaceful....
Kwara United, Sunshine match abandoned
Saturday's NPL match between Kwara United and Sunshine Stars at the Ilorin Township Stadium was abandoned with a few minutes left to play. The match was still at 1-1 when the p...
Insecurity: Kwara May Host Niger Corp Members
Niger State governor, Dr. Muazu Babangida Aliyu said that the sum of N 500 million would be needed for National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Niger state permanent orientation camp, even as the NYSC gave an indicatio...

2012-03-03
Boko Haram is social deviance - Imam Abdulrahman Ahmad, AUD Chief Missioner
The Chief Missioner of the Ansar Ud Deen Society of Nigeria and former broadcaster, Imam Abdulrahman Ahmad, shares his experiences  with ADEOLA BALOGUN As the chief missio...
Controversy surrounds Ahmed's N70bn rice project
The signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Kwara State Government and Vasolar Consortium, a Spanish firm, for a N70bn (€280m) rice deal has become a subject of controversy. Kwara says the ...
Burundi, Ethiopian delegation hail Kwara education
The spokesman of a 10- man delegation of educationists and education administrators from Ethiopia and Burundi, Mr. Nigussu Tilahun, on Thursday in Ilorin said the education system in Kwara State was commendable. ...
Kwara JUSUN call off strike
The Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria, Kwara State chapter, has called off its almost two-week old strike. Chairperson of JUSUN in the state, Mrs. Folake Laaro, said this in Ilorin on Friday. The body had...
Kwara United vow to crush Sunshine in Ilorin
The Afonja Warriors are third with 18 points, a point adrift leaders, Enugu Rangers. They will host the Akure Gunners today at the Ilorin Township Stadium. "We're prepared for Sunshine Stars with...

2012-03-02
Breaking News - Kwara CJ reinstatement : JUSUN suspends strike
Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), Kwara State branch has suspended its strike. JUSUN went on strike to protest the Supreme Court's reinstatement of the Chief Judge, Justice Raliat Elelu-Habeeb....
‘Ilorin residents are owing PHCN N928m’ - PHCN Business Manager
The Business Manager, Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) Challenge Unit, Ilorin, Kwara State, Engineer Abdulfatah Adetunji has said that the company is being owed N928.7 million by its consumers.  He lamented t...
Cashew prominent in Nigeria’s export – Aganga
Minister of Trade and Investment, Dr. Olusegun Aganga, said cashew has assumed a prominent position in Nigeria\'s commodities export basket, advising stakeholders that the bulk of benefits derivable from cashew busines...
Ex-ICPC boss, others intervene in Kwara judiciary crisis
The pioneer chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Justice Mustapha Akanbi, has stepped into the crisis rocking the Kwara State judiciary. Others who have intervened...
Kwara Commissions N4.2m Bridge
The Kwara State Government has commissioned the N 42.5 million Ohan Bailey Bridge project along Ilorin-Igbeti road, even as it assured Kwarans that it will continue to upgrade deplorable federal roads in the state to e...
Kwara Ndigbo Urges FG To Immortalise Odumegwu Ojukwu
The Kwara Chapter of Igbo Community Association in Ilorin has urged the Federal Government to immortalise the late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, describing him as \'a true democrat\'. Mr. Truelove Njoku, t...

2012-03-01
ASUP wants retirement age of 70 for members
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has urged the Federal Government and the National Universities Commission to extend the 70 years retirement age of professors in Nigerian universities to their members. ...
Retired jurists wade into Kwara judicial workers' strike
There were indications yesterday that prominent retired jurists from Kwara State have stepped into the crisis of confidence between the Chief Judge, Justice Raliat Elelu-Habeeb, and workers in the state\'s judiciary.&nbs...
Kwara to pay NECO fees for 10% of students
Kwara State government would only pay N13 million out of the N80 million initially budgeted for the National Examination Council (NECO) final year examinations. Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Developmen...
KWARA: AD BERATES STATES GOVT, JUDICIAL WORKERS OVER STRIKE
The Kwara State chapter of the Alliance for Democracy, AD, has expressed its displeasure over the indefinite strike action embarked upon by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN, in the state on the reinstatement...
Many legal battles of Kwara CJ
The Chief Judge of Kwara state, Justice Raliat Habeeb-Elelu, who secured her much desired Supreme Court judgment last Friday can safely be referred to as a cat with nine lives. As it were, the Chief judge who rose thro...
Kwara gov condoles Etsu Patigi over wife's death
Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmad has commiserated with the Etsu Patigi, Alhaji Ibrahim Chatta Umar, over the death of his wife, Hajia Fatimoh Ibrahim Chatta Umar, who died at the weekend. A statement signed by t...
Kwara govt trains environmental corps
The Kwara State Environment Protection Agency (KWASEPA) has trained hundreds of environmental corps across the 16 local government areas of state to enhance environment protection. The induction training for the corp...
Commissioner Wants Private Investment in Waste Management
The Kwara State Commissioner for Environment and Forestry, Mr. Samuel Olasehinde Bamisaye has canvassed for private sector involvement in waste management in the state. The Commissioner who made the remarks dur...
"National confab'll empower Boko Haram against North" - Ali Ahmad
A member of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Ahmad Ali has defended the stand of Federal lawmakers in opposing the calls for a National Conference, saying a break up of the nation would give an impetus to the Boko Ha...
Army engineers hand over bridge to Kwara govt
Engineers of the Nigerian Army have handed over the reconstructed Ohan Bailey bridge, on the Ilorin-Igbeti road, to the Kwara State government. The bridge linking Ilorin with Northern parts and Oyo North area, ...

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