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...

2018-03-03

Study Seeks Standard Measures Against Aviation Fuel Contamination
A pioneering local study on microbial contamination of aviation fuel and its handling system in the country has urged quality control agencies to intensify monitoring to enhance quality of supply to the industry. T...

Man Arraigned Over Suspected Stolen Property
One Tunde Shitu Tiamiyu of Araromi area, Oyo State who was found in possession of an alleged stolen GSM handset has been dragged before an Ilorin Magistrate's Court. The accused was arraigned on a one-count charge...

2019: PDP Adopts 'Retail Politics' In Kwara, Inaugurates 25 Committees
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara says it has adopted what it called 'retail politics' to garner votes during 2019 general elections in the state. Akogun Oyedepo, PDP chairman in the state made this known...

NBA Tasks FG on Nation's Security
National President, Nigerian Bar Association[NBA] Mr. Abubakar Mahmoud(SAN) has tasked the federal government to work harder towards halting the ongoing trend of insecurity in the country especially the kidnap of 110 s...

Atunwa: Re -ordering of Election Sequence by NASS Constitutional
The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Justice, Hon Razak Atunwa, yesterday defended the National Assembly's decision to re-order the sequence of 2019 general elections. Atunwa said that there was noth...

Abia Warriors will beat Kwara United, says Patrick Ngwaogwu
The Warriors' coach has boasted that their inability to play before their fans won't stop them from claiming three points Abia Warriors coach Patrick Ngwaogwu says playing away from their known home-ground won't be any h...

2019: 70 political youth groups merge in Kwara, vow to sack Saraki
The Coordinator, Kwara Rescue Alliance, Abdulsalam Ibrahim, has declared that 70 political youth groups in Kwara State had formed an alliance to unseat the Senate President, Bukola Saraki. Ibrahim said the move was d...

'He is still in charge' - Kwara United refutes coach Obuh's sack claims
Kwara United have denied media claims that coach John Obuh has been fired as the handler of the team. On Friday afternoon, reports emerged that the former Flying Eagles coach had been dismissed, hence the rebuttal fr...

2018-03-02

KWSG injects N150m into cashew processing company – HHL
The Kwara State Government has over the years injected about N150 million into the state cashew processing company, Ogbondoroko, Ilorin East Local Government Area of the state in order to boost its production capacity and...

40th Anniversary: Governor Ahmed writes workers
I am delighted to join you all, both in our State and indeed across the nation, for the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC). Without an iota of doubt, the NLC has remained a strong fo...

Why we suspended operation in Ilorin - Med-View airline
Med-View Airline has explained why it has not been able to operate for some months at the Ilorin International Airport. Findings by this medium revealed that the airline's last flight operation in Ilorin was in December, ...

National Division One And Two Leagues To Hold In Ilorin
Twelve teams have signified their intention to participate in the delayed National Division One Basketball Championship, the Basketball League Management Committee said on Thursday. The BLMC Coordinator, Ajibarede ...

Ahmed seeks financial autonomy for judiciary
Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed has thrown his weight behind financial autonomy for judicial and legislative arms of government. The governor said the financial independence of these arms of government was ne...

Opinion: Nigeria's vertical man By Femi Abbas
"There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done; there are thousands to prophesy failure; there are thousands to point out to you one by one the dangers that wait to assail you; But just buckle in (courageously) with a...

Shun get-rich quick syndrome, Cleric cautions youths
Pastor Simon Olupinla, the presiding pastor of Zion Church, Amilegbe, Ilorin, Kwara, has cautioned youths against desperation to get rich at all cost. Olupinla, who gave the warning in Ilorin on Thursday while spea...

IEDPU Commends Gov Ahmed On Infrastructure
The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has been commended for embarking on massive infrastructural projects geared towards delivering dividends of democracy to the people of the State. The National Presid...

ILORIN WEST ELDERS COMMEND ATUNWA, VOW UNENDING SUPPORT FOR SARAKI
Following the empowerment programme among other development projects by Rt Hon Razak Atunwa, elders from Ilorin West under the Ilorin West Elders Union have commended the initiative of the lawmaker and vowed unending supp...

PRESS RELEASE: Much Ado About Saraki's Absence from APC Meetings
After many queries and concerns expressed by some colleagues, friends and associates on the absence of my principal, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, President of the Senate, at Monday night's National Caucus and Tuesday mor...

NLC Commends Kwara Assembly Over Passage of Bill Suspending Pension To Ex-Govs, Deputies
The Kwara State Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has commended the State House of Assembly for passing a bill stopping payment of pension to former governors, deputy governors, and other officers holding polit...

Kwara set to host 7th International Trade Fair
Kwara state is set to host an international trade fair at the end of this month. To this end, the Kwara State Chamber of Commerce and Industries (KWACCIMA) has inaugurated committees to ensure a successful hosting. ...

Kwara Women Pray For Safe Rescue Of Dapchi School girls
Women under the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) yesterday in Ilorin, Kwara State organised a special prayerfor the safe rescue of the 110 schoolgirls abducted in Dapchi, Yobe State. Speaking after the prayer ses...

Investors from diverse groups to participate in 7th KWARA Trade fair
The National President of Kwara Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, Doctor Ahmed Adeoye Raji says the Seventh Kwara Trade Fair will attract investors of diverse groups to exchange ideas and technology to...

2018-03-01

Kwara Speaker expresses worry over Borstal Training Institution...calls for Stakeholders support
Worried by the plight of children at the Nigeria Prison Service Borstal Training Institution, Ilorin, the Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Dr. Ali Ahmad says it is incumbent on every stakeholder to e...

Kwara Assembly Christens Toyin Saraki "Ambassador of Kwara State"
The Wife of the Senate President, Barrister Toyin Saraki has been described as a worthy ambassador of Kwara State. She has been christened as " Adubarin Matosi" of Kwara State, by the State House of Assembly "....

Ilorin Emirate Youths Take Empowerment to Prison Yard
The Ilorin Emirate Youth Development Association (IEYDA), has extended his usual empowerment scheme to the inmates of the Medium Security Service, Oke-Kura Prison, Ilorin on Wednesday 28th February, 2018. The assoc...

Dapchi girls' kidnap, shame of a nation - Labour Party
The Labour Party, LP, has described as retrogressive and unacceptable the latest kidnap of secondary school girls in Dapchi, Yobe State, noting that it is the shame of a nation. Dapchi schoolgirls during the headcount on ...

Saraki to States: Emulate Kwara, stop ex-governors' pension
The President of the Senate Dr. Bukola Saraki has called on states of the federation to emulate Kwara state and stop payment of pensions to former governors still holding elective or appointive positions. Saraki ...

Dapchi School Girls: Toyin Saraki Optimistic Of Rescue
The wife of the President of the Senate, Oluwatoyin Saraki, has expressed confidence in the ability of the Federal Government to rescue the over 110 Science Secondary School girls abducted by suspected Boko Haram insurgen...

Eight wounded in Ekiti, Kwara boundary clash
*Fayose, Ahmed set up peace panel Eight persons have been wounded in a bloody boundary clash between Obbo Ayegunle in Kwara State and Eda Oniyo in Ekiti State. Youths from both communities used weapons again...

Kwara stakeholders demand Obuh sacking
Kwara United supporters have called for the sacking of the struggling Ilorin Premier League club coach John Obuh. Obuh was during the week handed a three-game ultimatum by the Kwara State Government-owned outfit...