2018-01-24

Winter Olympics: Saraki celebrates Nigerian bobsledding team
Ahead of the 2018 Winter Olympics, scheduled to hold in PyeongChang, South Korea, the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has thrown his weight behind Nigeria's female bobsledding team, who are set to mak...

Awoist pays tribute to Offa industrialist
AN Awoist and former deputy Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Hon. Ayodele Shittu has said that contributions of the foremost industrialist from Offa, in Offa local government area of the state, Chief Emmanuel...

FAAC: Kwara Releases January Allocation Figures
The Kwara State Government has released its Federal Allocation figures for the month of January, 2018. The Federal Accounts Allocation Committee on Tuesday announced the disbursement of the Federal Allocation to the ...

Unilorin to contribute 10,000 genome to boost human cells, research
University of Ilorin's Institute of Molecular Science and Biotechnology ( UIMSB ), will be contributing 10,000 genomes to the 100 million genome project in the next five years. Dr Kolawole Matthew, the Ag. Director...

Poultry Products: Kwara Governor Calls For Ban On Importation
Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara has called for stricter enforcement of the ban on importation of poultry products into the country to boost the nation's economy. Ahmed made the call on Tuesday in Ilorin while declar...

Kwara Assembly moves to stop live political programmes on broadcast stations
The Kwara House of Assembly has called for a ban on live partisan political programmes on all broadcast stations in the state. Subsequent to the motion moved by Kamal Fagbemi (APC, Okeogun) and supported by other m...

ABS FC names ex-Kwara United coach Sanni as Technical Adviser
The Chairman of Abubakar Bukola Saraki (ABS) Football Club of Ilorin, Seni Saraki, has approved the appointment of former Kwara United FC Head Coach, Tunde Sanni, as the club's Technical Adviser. Alloy Chukwuemeka,...

We patronise local contractors for projects, says KWSG
Contrary to claims by the opposition party, the Kwara State Government says it has always made use of local contractors in the execution of road projects in the state. The Senior Special Assistant on Media and Com...

2018-01-23

FG urged to investigate source of arms used by Headsmen
The Federal Government has been called upon to urgently investigate thoroughly the source of the proliferation of arms and ammunitions into the country which are allegedly being used by some herdsmen and Farmers to cause ...

JUBILATION IN OFFA AS SARAKI ROLLS OUT N9MILLION AS RELIEF FOR BURNT OWODE MARKET
Following the visit of Senate President Saraki to the ancient town of Offa yesterday, the senate president had that same yesterday directed his constituency office to immediately roll out a total sum of nine million naira...

Fresh Attempt At Uprooting Saraki's Senate Presidency?
By June 9 this year, it would be three years since Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki mounted the saddle in extraordinary circumstances as the sixth President of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Saraki's emergence d...

Kwara Water Palliative: A Child of Necessity. By Oyewale Oyelola
The Kwara State Government last week commenced the distribution of water in Ilorin metropolis to reduce the hardship being experienced by residents due to water scarcity. Therefore, the ongoing Water Support Scheme...

Saraki Pledges More Federal Presence in Kwara
The Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, has assured the people of Kwara State of his avowed commitment to attracting more capital projects and appointments into the state. He said the people of the state deserve no...

We are not killers - Ilorin Emirate Fulanis cry out
A Fulani group, Fulani Ilorin Emirates Youths Vanguard has protested what it termed "hasty generalisation of Fulanis as terrorists and as a criminally minded ethnic group in Nigeria." The Irepodun/Ifelodun Local Go...

'Kwara United will bounce back from poor form'
Head Coach of Kwara United, John Obuh has said the team would soon bounce back from their recent poor form in the Nigeria Professional Football League, after their away loss game to FC Ifeanyi Ubah on Sunday, AOIFootbal...

Kwara, Kaduna, 14 others to commence establishment of cattle colonies
THE Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh has said that the establishment of cattle colonies across the 16 states that donated 5000 hectares of land each will commence this week. The ...

2018-01-22

Ophthalmologist cautions Nigerians against using traditional medicines to treat eye disease
An Ophthalmologist with the Sobi Specialist Hospital , Ilorin , the Kwara state capital , Doctor Taoheed Abdullahi has cautioned Nigerians against the use of traditional medicine or native substances in the treatment of...

Don urges Govt to revert to 2014 National conference report in resolving Nigeria's problems
A Political Scientist, Professor Samuel Gabriel Egwu has suggested to the Federal Government to revert to all the reports and recommendations of the 2014 National Conference and other committees set up by previous adminis...

INEC boss calls for unbundling of commission to ensure credible elections
The Resident Electoral Commissioner for Niger State, Professor Samuel Gabriel Egwu has called for the unbundling of the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) so that the commission will face squally it major assignmen...

Herdsmen/farmers crisis: Don urges committee to arrest culprits
Vice Chancellor of the Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Kwara State, Prof. Taofeek Ibrahim, has urged the Osinbajo-led committee on herdsmen/ farmers clashes to fish out perpetrators of such horrendous crimes. The don...

Group kicks against Kwara candidate as INEC REC
Group under the aegis of Zealous Kwara Youths has kicked against the nomination of the Kwara state Independent Electoral Commission (KWAISEC), Dr Uthman Ajidagba as resident electoral commission (REC) of the Independen...

Saraki visits Kwara community over monarch's death
Senate President Bukola Saraki on Sunday paid a condolence visit to Omu-Aran in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara over the death of the Olomu of Omu-Aran, Oba Charles Ibitoye. President of the Nigerian 8th Senate...

PDP can't derail our style of politics in Kwara - Governor Ahmed
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State in this interview reviews his administration's performance in the last seven years and ventilates his opinion on striking national issues. Excerpts WHAT are the things you ...

2018-01-21

Kwara Speaker encourages dogged Entrepreneur
As parts of his efforts to encourage youths in entrepreneurship, the Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Dr. Ali Ahmad on Friday presented a 10 KVA generator worth Two Hundred and Eighty Thousand Naira ...