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2012-02-12
The International Aviation College commences operation
The International Aviation College, Ilorin (IAC), has commenced operations, just as it also began flight training for Standard Pilot I (SPI). The Aviation College, which commenced flight training with 12 pionee...
Kwara Plans 12,000 Jobs From Agric Project
No doubt, agriculture has been the major source of employment for thousands of Kwara indigenes in the past nine years. The dream of making agriculture the fulcrum of wealth creation in the state of Harmony be...
Ilorin Petrol Marketers threaten strike over release of pipelines vandals
Imminent fuel scarcity looms in Kwara, Kogi, Ekiti and some other states as members of Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) plan to withdraw their services from tomorrow over release of pipel...

2012-02-11
Kwara United, ABS draw their matches
It was a case of no victor, no vanquished at the Ilorin Township Stadium, where Kwara United were held to a 0-0 draw by Enugu Rangers. Rangers midfielder Ugonna Uzochukwu saw red in the 46th minut...
Kwara NUJ Suspends 6 Members for Alleged Forgery
Following the approval of the national secretariat, the Kwara State council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, has announced the suspension of six members of the union for alleged forgery. In a stateme...
Kwara, The People And Politics Of Development
by Sunday Oyinloye December last year, Kwara State governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed presented the 2012 Appropriation Bill of N91.7billion to the state House of Assembly. The budget showed 42 per cent increas...
The Nigerian Police to Establish Intelligence School in Ilorin
A Nigerian Police Intelligence School is to be established in Ilorin the Kwara State Capital. Towards this end, arrangements have been put in place to ensure its take-off within the next three months when President Goo...

2012-02-10
Fuel subsidy issue, a wake-up call for govt - Saraki
In this interview with journalists, former Chairman of Nigeria Governors\' Forum and Senator representing Kwara Central, Dr. Bukola Saraki, bares his mind on national issues, including the fuel subsidy.  ...
Unilorin's Web Rank Drops
The University of Ilorin web rank has dropped to 8th position in Nigeria. University of Ilorin had maintained the first position for about two years. The latest ranking, contained in the web ranking of higher institu...
Kwara rural health programme gets a boost
Rural health delivery programme of the wife of Kwara State governor receives a boost, recently when the Chairperson, Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, Mrs Basira Mohammed,  pledged to ensure success o...
Health workers plead with govt on recommendation
THE Nigerian Union of Pharmacists, Medical Technologists and Professionals Allied to Medicine (NUPMTPAM) has urged the Federal Government and National Assembly to resolve the discrimination between its members and Nige...
Husbands petition IGP over wives' postings
Husbands of about 375 female police officers under Zone Eight command of the Nigeria Police have petitioned the acting Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, over what they described as inconsiderate and abnorma...

2012-02-09
Be Advocates of Peace and Dialogue - Ahmed Charges Youths
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has called on Nigerian youths to be advocates of peace and dialogue as tools for nation building while shunning any attempt by undesirable elements to use them as tools for selfish...
NGO steps up campaign on reproductive health
In its bid to ensure 20 per cent increase in the usage of family planning contraceptives before 2014 in Kwara State, the Nigerian Urban Reproductive Health Initiative (NURHI) at the weekend stormed Offa Local Governmen...
Saraki vs LAK Jimoh. Court sets March 27 to decide
An Abuja Federal High Court yesterday slated March 27 to decide whether or not former Governor of Kwara State, Bukola Saraki is the authentic candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for last year\'s senatorial el...
Police Arrest Man In Possession Of 3 Human Heads
A suspected ritualist (name withheld), has been arrested by men of the Kwara police command for allegedly being in possession of three fresh human heads. The police spokesman, ASP Ezekiel Daboh, confirmed the a...
NERFUND Approve N500m For SME
The Kwara State Government and the National Economic Reconstruction Fund (NERFUND) have approved the release of N500 million to assist Small Scale Enterprises (SMEs) in the state. The stat...
Cashless Policy'll Greatly Reduce Risk of Transportation
The Central Bank of Nigeria\'s (CBN) initiative of a cashless economy will minimise associated risk of carrying huge cash for businesses and enhances economic growth for job creation. The assertion was made by ...
Kwara people are poorer than ever before
by Pius Abioje, University of Ilorin Kwara State Governor, AbdulFatah Ahmed, supported the so-called fuel subsidy removal, like many other governors of course. To console the people, he said he is offering free primar...
Kwara gov grieves
GOVERNOR Abdulfatah Ahmed of  Kwara State has commiserated with the families of  the late Prof. Sam Aluko and Matthew Mbu who died on Monday at  London hospitals. The governor also commisera...
PDP boss charges Nigerians on act of giving
A call has gone to Nigerians to always donate generously towards the development of the less privileged in the society. The acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Abubakar Kawu B...
Kwara: Allottees of govt's estates to pay outstanding debts
The Kwara State Housing Corporation has called on allottees of all Government owned Estates in (Mandate I, Mandate II, Shonga, Kaiama, Omu-Aran and Offa) to come forward and pay all sums outstanding against them in res...

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