2018-01-16

SARS kills notorious robber, falae's kidnapper in Moro ...loses officer to operation ... 3 AK-47 rifles, charms recovered
Men of the Federal Security Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS), penultimate Friday, killed one Abacha Abubakar, a notorious armed robber fingered in the kidnap of former minister, Olu Falae at Bode-Saadu, Moro Local Government Ar...

Saraki pulls down old Agbaji mosque...builds N375m new one
Senate President and Chairman of the National Assembly, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki has pulled down the old Agbaji central mosque to commence full reconstruction of the edifice. The commencement of the project i...

Kwara PDP Chairmanship Tussle: Fagbemi defies nat'l leadership, drags Oyedepo to court
The last may not have been heard of the leadership crisis rocking the Kwara State chapter of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) following the decision of Prince Sunday Fagbemi to drag the Iyiola Oyedepo-led e...

N'Power: 635 Kwarans shun offer...Govt commences replacement process
The Kwara State Focal Person of the Federal Government's Social Intervention Programme (SIP); N- Power, Elder Samuel Ayobola, yesterday, declared that the second phase of the programme suffered delay because 635 Kwarans j...

You have neglected change agenda, CNPP tells Buhari
The Congress of Nigeria's Political Parties, Kwara State chapter, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari's administration of neglecting the main issues that could bring the needed change. This has been to the ...

Unilorin will not join strike - VC
The Vice-Chancellor, University of Ilorin ( UNILORIN ), Prof. Sulyman Abdulkareem, says in spite of the challenges posed by the ongoing nationwide non-academic staff strike and fuel crisis, the university will not join th...

Kwara multi-billion centre to be centre of excellence
The Kwara State-owned Harmony Diagnostic Centre (HADC) is poised to be centre of excellence in the Northcentral in the next two years. Established in 2013, the centre began operations in 2014 and since then it has ...

Foundation lifts indigent students' in Kwara
A non-governmental organization, the Bayo and Bunnmi Babalola Foundation said it has offered scholarship worth N15 million to about 575 indigent students from Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State in the last thre...

2018-01-15

OPINION: Kwara: Using agriculture to Uplift Youths
By now, it is obvious to all that Nigeria's economy is going through perhaps one of the most trying and challenging times in recent history. What seems to have compounded the problem is the monocultural nature of its econ...

KWARA PDP: WHAT WE HAVE LEFT UNDONE
Being a speech delivered by Akogun Iyiola Oyedepo, the Kwara State Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the Unity Peace meeting of the critical Stakeholders of the party held at the Kwara State Party Secretariat ...

Tipper and Quarry Employers Union Commends Gov Ahmed for Empowerment
The Kwara State Chairman of the Union of Tipper and Quarry Employers of Nigeria, Alhaji Ibrahim Yusuf-Magaji has commended the State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed for empowering the union's members across the state th...

Prostitution: Police arrests female hotel operator in Ilorin...2 for alleged murder
The operator of Victory Hotel, Agbo Oba area, Ilorin, Kwara State, simply identified as Madam Victory, was last Wednesday, arrested by men of the state police command for allegedly harbouring sex workers. Pilot Crime...

Auto Crash: Ex-minister, Abdullahi condoles Kwara Utd, promises assistance
The National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, has sympathised with the management and players of Kwara United following their last week auto crash in Ibadan. The ...

OPINION: KWARA: Of gutter journalism and open facts - Dr Ibrahim Alabi
The clock keeps ticking and the time continues to decimate. It's gradually occupying prominent pages on newspaper and social media space. The electoral umpire has made definite pronouncement on its schedule. 2019 election...

Kwara United Lose At Home In First Game Of NPFL Return
Niger Tornadoes Football Club of Minna on Sunday scored in each half to beat hosts Kwara United FC 2-0 in their opening game of 2017/2018 Nigeria Professional Football League. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that ...

Kwara Councils Debt Profile: Shelling Fallacies From Facts. By Oyewale Oyelola
It's sadden that local government areas in Kwara State are having difficulty paying outstanding salaries and pensions accrued during the period of economic recession that hits Nigeria in 2016 and 2017 due to fall in the g...

Medical practitioner calls for establishment of School of Midwifery in Oke-Ode
A member of the governing council of the School of Nursing, Oke-Ode in Kwara state, Doctor IBRAHIM GAMBARI has appealed to the state government to establish a school of Midwifery in Oke -Ode considering the structures an...

Group hails latest judgment on Olofa's stool, sues for unity
A political group in Kwara South Senatorial District, has called on indigenes of Offa to jettison their differences and imbibe unity and peaceful coexistence. The group, Engineer Nurudeen Adeyemi Contact Team (ENAC...

I will contest under PDP, says female presidential aspirant
A presidential aspirant, Prof. Olufunmilayo Adesanya-Davies, has said she will contest under the Peoples Democratic Party. Adesanya-Davies, who is a Professor of Language and Communication Arts at the Rivers State Un...

2018-01-14

Kwara Falcons partway with Coach Owolo
The Management of Kwara Falcons Basketball Club, Ilorin has announced that the club has parted ways with Coach Aderemi Adewunmi along with his assistants after deciding not to renew his contract. The management under ...

IEDPU rejects FG's zoning of Kwara to south west
The Ilorin Emirate Descendant Progressives Union (IEDPU), yesterday, in Ilorin, rejected the zoning of the emirate and the state to the south west by the Federal Government. Reading its communique at the end of its...

Fuel Scarcity: Kwara Poly, Unilorin students stranded at bus-stops
As the fuel scarcity bites harder in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, students of the University of Ilorin and Kwara State Polytechnic were stranded at bus-stops on Tuesday and Wednesday. It was learnt that th...

Omolewa fetes children, reiterates commitment to child devt.
In clear demonstration of love, the wife of the Governor of Kwara State, Mrs. Omolewa Ahmed hosted scores of children at the weekend to a New Year party. Mrs Ahmed in collaboration with the state Ministry of W...

FRSC in Kwara decorates 11 newly promoted officers, marshals
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Omu-Aran Unit Command in Kwara, on Saturday decorated 11 of its newly promoted officers and men with their new ranks. Decorating the officers and men in Omu-Aran, Mr Oluyinka Adet...

2018-01-13

Planned recall of Kwara legislator amateurish, says APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara state yesterday described the recent move to recall a member of the state House of Assembly, Hassan Oyeleke as amateurish. Alhaji Oyeleke is representing Eesa/Shaawo/Igod...

Man Steals Motorcycle To Finance Wedding, Knocked Down While He Fled
A man who was scheduled to be married in a few days time was almost lynched by a angry crowd after he was caught fleeing with a stolen bike. Sources say the man identified simply as Suleiman, was knocked down befor...

Kwara NSCDC distributes petrol free in Ilorin
A total of 2,100 litres of petrol seized from oil black marketers in various parts of Kwara State were sold free of charge to commercial vehicle and motorcycle operators in Ilorin on Friday. The seized commodity, whi...