2012-02-29

Commissioning of Ohan Bailey Bridge
The Kwara State Government has given an assurance that it will continue to upgrade deplorable Federal Roads in the State to enhance economic activities in the State. The State Commissioner for Works and Trans...

Lassa fever: Mortality rate high - Prof. Ambali
The Acting Dean, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ilorin, Prof. Abdul-Ganiyu Ambali, has urged the federal and affected state governments to urgently address the outbreak of lassa fev...

Kwara Poly: Prospective Corp Members Briefing Holds Tomorrow
Kwara State Polytechnic's briefing of prospective corp member for 2012 batch 'A' National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) will be held on 1st March 2012 at the polytechnic....

Unilorin: Faculty of ICS Screening
300 level students of Information Communication Science Faculty, University of Ilorin are currently being screened at their faculty between 8:00am  to 10:00am. The screening which started on 27th February will end on...

Kwara to host cashew producing countries tomorrow
Stakeholders in cashew industry from four European countries and many African nations will tomorrow (Thursday), converge on Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, for a one-day workshop.  The workshop, scheduled to hold...

Boko Haram: NIS moves AGM to Ilorin
The Nigerian Institution of Surveyors (NIS), has shifted Annual General Meeting (AGM) for 2012 from Maiduguru, the Borno State Capital, to Ilorin, the Kwara State Capital. Making this known to The Tide in a cha...

Kwara Poly Students in Exam Mood
Kwara State Polytechnic's first semester examinations time-table is out. According to the time-table examinations will start on Monday, 5th March and end on the 6th of April, 2012....

Kwara to spend N100m on poverty eradication
The Kwara State government has said that it would spend N100 million on its poverty eradication programme. The Special Assistant to the Governor on National Poverty Eradication Programme (NAPEP), Prince Olawale Kazeem ...

Kwara community, NGO kick against mast erection
The Alalubosa Community and the Community Outreach for Development and Welfare Advocacy (COFDWA), Ilorin, Kwara State capital are at daggers drawn with Globacom Communications over alleged erection of telecommunication...

Kwara begins rehabilitation of old UITH
Kwara State Government has commenced the rehabilitation of the old University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH). Speaking at the flag-off ceremony at the old hospital now christened General Hospital, Ilorin, i...

Controversies trail recall of Kwara Chief Judge
The reinstatement of Justice Raliat Elelu-Habeeb as Chief Judge of Kwara State is generating ripples. Correspondent Adekunle Jimoh reports. Ten months after the general elections, politics has taken the centre ...

FG to Adopt PPP Framework in Management of Kampe Dam
The Minister of State for Power, Mr. Darius Ishaku, has stated that the option of Public Private Partnership (PPP) would be applied for full utilisation of Kampe dam in agriculture, water supply, and mini hydro power p...

Students, drivers clash over palliative buses in Kwara
There was pandemonium between 7:00am and 10:00am at Poly-Gate Bus Stop along Muritala Muhammed Road, Ilorin, Kwara State, on Tuesday as drivers and students clashed over luxury buses provided by the Federal Government ...

2012-02-28

Police ban okada operations from 7 p.m. in Ilorin
The Kwara State Police Command has prohibited the operations of commercial motorcycles, popularly called okada from 7:00 p.m. Speaking with journalists at the Command Headquarters, Ilorin, the Police Public Rel...

Kwara judicial workers on CJ: No retreat, no surrender
True to their words, judiciary workers in Kwara State began yesterday an indefinite strike to press home their demand for the resignation of the Chief Judge, Justice Raliat Elelu-Habeb who has just been reinstated into...

Kwara PDP reads riot act to appointees
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kwara State Chapter, yesterday warned all appointed liaison officers and youth employment coordinators in all the 16 local government areas to rededicate themselves to their official...

Rep seeks NJC's intervention in Kwara judiciary strike
Chairman, Committee on Justice, House of Representatives, Dr. Ali Ahmad, has urged the National Judicial Council to intervene in the one week strike embarked upon by the Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria, Kwara State bra...

Agric: Partnering US to Make Kwara Africa's Leader
Crusoe Osagie reviews the recent partnership with the United States and other steps being taken by Kwara State to establish itself as the undisputed leader of Africa’s new green revolution...

Justice for a CJ
Kwara learns a hard lesson over undue process After three years, Justice Raliat Elulu-Habeeb, sacked Chief Judge of Kwara State, got a reprieve. A seven-man Supreme Court panel in Abuja, on February 18, declare...

Kwara PDP threatens to sack liaison officers, others
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State has threatened to sack liaison officers and youth empowerment coordinators in the 16 local governments for incompetence. The party also said their involvement i...

Kwara to begin vehicle test for gaseous emission
The Kwara State government will from next month begin the testing of vehicles for gaseous emission. This is an effort geared towards mitigating the challenges of climate change, the Environment and Fo...

2012-02-27

Lone goal shoots Rangers to first place, same drops Kwara Utd to second
A lone goal victory away from home was good enough to shoot Enugu Rangers to the zenith of the Nigeria Premier League (NPL) table on Sunday. The Flying Antelopes defeated their host, ABS FC, at the Ilorin Towns...

Saraki seeks urgent action against corruption
FORMER Kwara State Governor Bukola Saraki has emphasised the need for Nigeria to urgently address its numerous problems, particularly corruption. He lamented the high rate of unemployment in the country and cal...

Restiveness Over CJ's Reinstatement
The reinstatement of the sacked Chief Judge of Kwara State, Justice Raliat Habeeb-Elelu, by the Supreme Court has taken a new twist as judiciary workers in the state, under the aegis of the Judiciary Staff Workers Unio...

One injured, nine vehicles vandalised in RTEAN factions’ clash
One person was seriously injured while nine vehicles were vandalised after two factions of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria, Ilorin, Kwara State, clashed over a change of leadership...

ABS, Kwara United lose matches
Chikeluba Ofoedu netted the match winner for 10-man Enugu Rangers to beat ABS FC 1-0 in Ilorin and shoot to the top of the NPL Sunday. 'The Flying Antelopes' are now top of the NPL with 19 points from 10 match...

Unilorin generated N5bn in 6 years
The University of Ilorin generated N5 billion as internal revenue in six years, the white paper on the report by the visitation panel to the university has revealed. However, the internal audit manual of the un...

Be ready to make sacrifices, Saraki tells Nigerians
Former governor of Kwara State, Senator Bukola Saraki, has said the nation must be ready to suffer some probable inconveniences if Nigeria's dream to be in the league of the 20 largest economies in the world by year 20...

Kwara former commissioner buried
Former Kwara State Commissioner for Information Olatunji Oladepo was buried at the weekend at his Erin-Ile country home. He was 56. The funeral service took place at the First Baptist Church in Ibolos. ...

2012-02-26

AbdulKareem Adisa – RIP
Today, I remember a young friend of mine. AKD died February 17th 2005 at London hospital Friday February 25th and was buried February 27th 2005. He died in a ghastly accident. A K Adisa was a General in the Nigerian Army...

Book Review: Iqra Books host Dr Okediran
Today, Sunday, Iqra Bookshop, Ilorin, will host the author of the award-winning novel,Tenants of the House, Dr Wale Okediran.  Okediran, a former president of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA), will be r...

Mustapha Offers New Lease Of Life To Constituents
It is a truism that whatever one labours hard to get, he guards jealously. This is exactly the case of Hon. Mashood Mustapha, a House of Representatives member, representing Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency at th...

Kwara Govt. woos American agro investors
American global agro companies have hinted of plans to partner with the Kwara State government on the proposed agric mega city. Renowned international plant breeder, Prof Ronnie Coffman announced this while  ...

Creative teacher deploys IT in teaching Yoruba
Mrs. Foluke Tayo teaches Yoruba Language at Taoheed Secondary School, Ilorin, Kwara State. As she entered the special resource centre, her pupils stood up chorusing, "Good afternoon ma," in ...

Kwara Bad Roads: Sultan Challenges Mr. President
The dilapidated state of many federal roads that traverse Kwara State has continued to expose commuters to untold danger, Kwara State residents have said. They added that some people had died or were ma...