2018-03-07

Football administrators urged to be creative
The Commandant of the 22 Armoured Brigade, Sobi, Ilorin, Col. Ola Falade, has called on football Administrators in the country to be creative and ingenious in order to develop the game in Nigeria. Col. Falade made th...

Attack on Kwara community: Farmer remanded in prison
An Ilorin Magistrates' Court on Wednesday remanded a farmer, Suleiman Fatai, in prison for allegedly beating and stabbing some members of a community in Kwara. Magistrate Mohammed Ndakene, who gave the ruling, said...

Oke-Onigbin Stool: Ruling family writes Kwara CJ over re-assigning of cas
The Odo-Oja Ruling house of Oke Onigbin community in Isin local government area of Kwara State has appealed to the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Durosilohun Kawu, to allow Justice A. A. Adebara deliver his decision ...

Kwara Assembly Enacts Law Against Dealing in Human Parts in the State
The Bill for a law to prohibit unlawful dealing in Human Parts has been finally passed into law by the Kwara State House of Assembly. The bill is sponsored by a member representing Owode/Onire Constituency Hon. Abd...

Ilorin stands still for Saraki. By AHMED 'LATEEF
Eleven months to the 2019 general elections, political landscape in Kwara State has taken a new shape with opposition making moves to undo the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola...

Saraki Mourns Over Death of Former Nasarawa Governor, Doma
Senate President Bukola Saraki has said he is in grief over the death of the immediate past governor of Nasarawa State, Alhaji Aliyu Akwe Doma, describing the deceased as a committed public servant. Late Doma died on Tues...

FG to build houses worth N107.7m in Kwara
Federal Government, in connection with the Kwara state government, is set to complete a 76-housing unit project in Ilorin metropolis, Ilorin West local government area of the state as part of efforts to bridge housing def...

Health workers in Ilorin to begin warning strike
*Plans to disrupt health minister's visit Joint Health Workers Union (JOHESU) of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) yesterday marched against unpleasant working conditions. The union is planni...

School guard, 70, allegedly rapes 11-year-old pupil in Ilorin
A 70-year-old school security guard, Morounmubo Ayinde, has been arrested by policemen for allegedly raping an 11-year- old primary school girl in Ilorin, Kwara State. The suspect who is also the gatekeeper of...

Ex-INEC chiefs re-arraigned for allegedly accepting N264m gratification
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)on Wednesday re-arraigned a former Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC Administrative Secretary in Kwara State Mr Christian Nwosu for allegedly accepting grat...

2018-03-06

Unilorin VC Advises Against Spending Too Much Time On Social Media
The Vice Chancellor (VC) of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Sulyman Abdulkareem, has advised new students of the institution to spend less time on facebook and other social media platforms. Abdulkareem gave the adv...

Two remanded for allegedly stealing policeman's gun
An Ilorin Magistrates' Court on Monday remanded two men, Kazeem Adewoye and Olayinka Aderibigbe for allegedly stealing the service pistol of a policeman. The Chief Magistrate, Mr Bio Salihu, ordered the remand of t...

IBEDC Warns Against Electricity Hazard
The Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) on Monday, advised the public to be wary of electricity hazards and shun habits that pose danger to their lives and property while using electrical appliances. Th...

ADDRESS DELIVERED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, HIS EXCELLENCY (DR.) ABUBAKAR BUKOLA SARAKI, CON, MBBS, TO THE PARLIAMENT OF GHANA AT A SYMPOSIUM COMMEMORATING 25 YEARS OF PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY
ADDRESS DELIVERED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, HIS EXCELLENCY (DR.) ABUBAKAR BUKOLA SARAKI, CON, MBBS, TO THE PARLIAMENT OF GHANA AT A SYMPOSIUM COMMEMORATING 25 YEARS OF PARLIAMENTAR...

Why we embark on voters' registration ahead of elections - Mohammed Haruna
Malam Mohammed Haruna is the National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) supervising Kwara, Kogi and Nasarawa states. He was recently in Kwara to monitor the Continuous Voters' Registrati...

Fuel dealer sues IGP for N10.5m Fuel dealer sues IGP for N10.5m
A chieftain of Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, in Kwara State, Alhaji Abdulkareem Sanni, has sued the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, over the sale of his 1,000 litres of petrol ...

2000 get free eye treatment in Kwara
About 2000 residents of Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, at the weekend benefited from eye test and treatment done by the Mohammed Ajia Ibrahim (MAI) Foundation. The free eye treatment was of part of activities outl...

Farmer Donates Transformer, Classroom To Kwara Community
A farmer and Chief Executive Officer of ZTA Farms Limited, Alhaji Uthman Apaokagi, has donated a transformer to Tafa Tafa community in Asa Local Government area of Kwara. Apaokagi also donated a classroom to the on...

NAFDAC solicits logistic support from Kwara government
The Kwara state office of the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has appealed to the state government to come to the aid of the agency in terms of logistics, particularly vehicles so as to ...

Gov Ahmed denies marginalisation of Kwara North
The Kwara State Government has denied the rumour that communities in Kwara North are been marginalised in terms of infrastructural development, according to an online medium. Speaking on a radio programme at weeken...

Alcohol prohibition Bill, long overdue says Kwara NURTW
The Nigeria Union of Road Transport Workers, Kwara State branch has said the recent passage of a bill prohibiting alcohol production, sales and consumption in the state, by the Kwara State House of Assembly, is long overd...

Why we suspended 4-day strike - Kwara Express workers
Employees of the Kwara State Transport Company (Kwara Express), Ilorin have offered reasons why they called off their four-day old strike on Thursday. The industrial action embarked upon by staff of the transport com...

Ilorin Airport counts loss over week-long blackout
The Ilorin International Airport authority has counted its loss following the non supply of electricity to the airport for about a week by the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC). The airport and its envi...

FG pays N10.9 billion to contractors handling 3 road projects in Kwara
The Federal Controller of Works in Kwara State, Omotayo Awosanya, on Monday said federal government had paid N10.9 billion to contractors handling three ongoing federal road projects in the state. Mr. Awosanya made...

2018-03-05

NFIU Bill to Pass this Week, Says Saraki
President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Sunday, stated that he is confident that the Conference Committee Report on the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (Bill), which has already been passed by both Ho...

Federal Govt grants fifty percent wavier for fees payable to NAFDAC on MSME
The Federal Government has granted fifty percent waiver as registration fee payable to the National Agency for Food, and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) for small scale businesses in the country known as Micro ,...

Nigeria to launch two digital switchover stations in Kwara
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed says two additional stations of the digital switch over will be launched in Kwara state. Alhaji Lai stated this while speaking with newsmen at the 60th a...

Kwara approves N28.7m refund for 2017 hajj pilgrims
Governor AbdulFatah Ahmed of Kwara State has approved the disbursement of N28.7m (twenty-eight point seven million Naira) refund to 2468 pilgrims who performed last year Hajj to Saudi Arabia with the Kwara Muslim Pilgrims...

Mathematics: Mathematicians decry government's attitude to teaching, learning
MEMBERS of the Mathematical Association of Nigeria (MAN) have decried government's lackadaisical attitude towards teaching and learning of mathematics in the country. Speaking at the sideline of the 38th anniv...

Bill to Repeal Nigerian National Heroes Register Act Scales Second Reading
The House of Representatives has passed for second reading a Bill for an Act to repeal the Nigerian National Heroes register Act 2004 and enact the Nigerian National Heroes Act to provide for the recognition of heroes in ...

UNILORIN lecturers forced students to buy Coke before writing exam
A lecturer in the Geography and Environmental Management department at the University of Ilorin allegedly disrupted students examination on Tuesday, February 27, because of a missing bottle of Coke. According to an a...

Emulate Kwara and stop paying pension of ex governors, ACF charges states Assemblies
THE Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has charged House of Assemblies to emulate the Kwara state House of Assembly by stopping the pension of ex-governors and their deputies. It will be recalled the Kwara State H...

Media Group Asks Buhari to Reconsider Peace Corps Bill
The Muslim Media Watch Group of Nigeria (MMWG), yesterday appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to reconsider the bill seeking the establishment of the Nigerian Peace Corps. The group made the appeal in a statemen...

ABS donate balls to Kwara government house team
Officials of Nigeria National League (NNL) side, Abubakar Bukola Saraki (ABS) Ilorin FC, at the weekend donated balls to the Kwara State Government House football team. Presenting the balls to the state Governor, Alh...

2018-03-04

Why I wrote a book on former President Jonathan - Bolaji Abdullahi
Bolaji Abdullahi, a former Minister of Youths and Sports Development under the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan, last year launched a book, On a Platter of Gold: How Jonathan Won and Lost Nigeria. The book ha...

Lai Mohammed bags "Icon of Community Development Awards"
The Award was conferred on the minister at the 60th anniversary of Oro Grammar School and the launching of N100 million appeal fund by the Old Students Association of the school. The award, according to the organi...

2019: Group Raises Alarm Over Arms Proliferation
A group, Cultural and Societal Value for Development Initiative (CSVDI) has raised the alarm over the proliferation of arms in the country. The group said if the trend is not immediately checked by the federal gover...

DPR inaugurates 63-Man Security Committee In Kwara
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Kwara has constituted a 63-man security committee to fight against sharp practices in the distribution of petroleum products in the state. The committee has the mandat...