2018-01-12

Gov Ahmed restates commitment to assisting LG's in solving salary crisis
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has reiterated his government's readiness to assist local government councils in the State to find a sustainable solution to the lingering salary crisis facing them. ...

A Press Conference Addressed By The Stakeholders In Eesa/Shawo/Igbodun Constituency, Offa Local Government of Kwara State On The 12th Of January, 2018
Courtesies Gentlemen of the press, it is with pleasure that we humbly welcome you to this important media interaction. It is however instructive to note, that the circumstance which gave birth to this gather...

Labour party raises alarm over alleged impersonation of party chairman by Omotosho
Labour Party has alleged the impersonation of its National Chairman, Alhaji Abdulkadir Abdulsalam by ex-governorship candidate in Kwara State, Mr. Mike Omotosho. The party made the clarification in a statement sign...

INEC Registers 68,079 Voters In Kwara
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has registered 68,079 voters in Kwara since the commencement of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR). Mr Paul Atser, INEC Administrative Secretary made th...

IEDPU Charges Security Agencies To Tackle Cultism, Others
Leadership of the Ilorin emirate, Kwara state, the Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU), has decried the increasing wave of activities of cultists and ritualists particularly in the emirate and in the stat...

Olofa's stool: Council gives condition for reconciliation with Olugbense
Following the Supreme Court ruling, which ?struck out a suit by Olugbense family seeking a review of its earlier judgement on the stool of Olofa of Offa in Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State, the Council of Offa Pr...

Kwara Utd unveils new signings for 2017/2018 NPFL season
Newly promoted Nigeria Professional Football League side, Kwara United FC of Ilorin has unveiled nine strikers, five midfielders, three defenders and one goalkeeper as new signings for 2017/2018 season. The unveilin...

2018-01-11

I'm not a mole for Saraki, says LP National Chairman
The National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Dr Mike Omotosho, yesterday debunked the rumour making the rounds that he was working for the President of the Senate, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki. He said the allegati...

?Rabble rousers seeking Senator Ibrahim's recall, says Kwara lawmaker
A member representing Oke-Ogun Constituency in the Kwara State House of Assembly, Barrister Kamal Fagbemi, yesterday faulted the recall process initiated against Senator? Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim, describing the proponents a...

Rafiu Ibrahim: Tackling infrastructure deficit in Kwara South. By AHMED 'LATEEF
The Senator representing Kwara South in the National Assembly, Dr Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim, recently inaugurated a number of projects across comm?unities in his senatorial district as part of democratic dividends. AHMED 'LAT...

Ali Ahmad sympathises with Kwara United FC
The Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Dr. Ali Ahmad has expressed his sympathy to the management, staff and players of Kwara United Football Club following the team's involvement in an accident on Wed...

Kwara Poly students hail Saraki, Ahmed over fees slash
Scores of students of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, yesterday, staged a peaceful rally to express their appreciation to the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, for his intervention which led to a reduction of about N1...

Fuel scarcity: NSCDC orders 2 stations in Kwara to sell at official price
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kwara State command yesterday ordered the sale of premium motor spirit otherwise known as PMS in two filling stations in Kwara that were selling above official price....

Kwara approves N100m SME funds for market groups
THE Kwara State gover-nor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, has approved the release of N100 million Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) funding to market associations in the state. He said disbursement would be made to beneficiaries of ...

Accident: God faithful to us, says Kwara United President
Kwara United President, Prince Oladimeji Ladi Thompson, has expressed gratitude to God for sparing the lives of the club's players and officials involved in a motor accident on Wednesday in Ibadan. The club presid...

ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, ALHAJI ABDULFATAH AHMED, THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR OF KWARA STATE, ON THE OCCASION OF THE SWEARING-IN OF TEN APPOINTED PERMANENT SECRETARIES, INTO THE KWARA STATE CIVIL SERVICE ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2018
ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, ALHAJI (DR.) ABDULFATAH AHMED, THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR OF KWARA STATE, ON THE OCCASION OF THE SWEARING-IN OF TEN APPOINTED PERMANENT SECRETARIES, INTO THE KWARA STATE CIVIL SERVICE ON WEDNESDAY, ...

Kwara Govt Establishes Farm Produce Commodity Board
The Kwara State Government has approved the establishment of a Farm Produce Commodity Board (FPCB) to address scarcity of essential commodities and stem inflation in the State. This was part of the resolutions reac...

2018-01-10

OPINION: Would blood of nation's war lords be in vain? By AHMED 'LATEEF
In the spirit of reflections ?on preserving the territorial integrity of the nation through selfless sacrifices in the battlefield, certain days in the month of January...

Court convicts three men in Kwara over murder threat
A Magistrate Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State on Tuesday sentenced three men to six years jail-term for threatening to kill a woman. ROYAL NEWS gathered that the convicts sentenced by Chief Magistrate Kudi...

Constituents rise to recall Kwara House leader
Leader of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Hon. Hassan Oyeleke, representing Eesa/Shawo/Igbodun Constituency in the Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State, is under fire. This is as members of the constituency y...

Kwara Governor says no part of State will be neglected
The Kwara State government has assured that no part of the State will be neglected in terms of infrastructure provision; even in the face of lean resources. Kwara Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, gave the assurance...

Kwara Govt Advocates Reduction of States Contribution To UBEC
Kwara Governor Presents N181bn 2018 BudgetThe Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, has advocated the reduction of the 50 per cent states of the federations' contribution to Universal Basic Education project to 10 per c...

Yellow Fever Kills 9
A Yellow Fever outbreak has killed nine people, a report has said. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, in its situation report on Yellow Fever, released for the first epidemiological week in 2018, said th...

Saraki Asks Supreme Court to Stop Corruption Trial
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has asked the Supreme Court to quash the December 12 judgement of the Appeal Court which ordered his return to the Code of Conduct Tribunal for trial on alleged false asset declaration...

Kwara United Players Injured, Bus Damaged In Road Accident
Players and officials of newly promoted Nigeria Professional Football League club Kwara United were involved in a road accident on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Wednesday morning, Completesportsnigeria.com (CSN) reports....

Ilorin water reticulation project to be completed soon - KWSG
The Kwara State Commissioner for Water Resources, Barrister Abdulrazaq Akorede, has disclosed that the ongoing Ilorin water reticulation project will soon be completed. Akorede said this while speaking on the project whe...

Fuel Crisis: Teenager Burnt To Death In Ilorin
As fuel crisis lingers in Kwara State a teenager has reportedly lost his life in Ilorin, the state capital after purchasing fuel. The young man was said to have been burnt to death by a fire fueled by the petrol he...

Kwara 2019: Opposition healthy for democracy - Sobi FM boss
As the race to Government House in 2019 builds up in Kwara State, the Chairman of Sobi FM, Ilorin, Alhaji Lukman Musptapha, has denied the allegation that some opposition figures were behind the establishment of the stati...

Ilorin residents lament refuse situation, water scarcity
Heaps of refuse have taken over major streets in Ilorin as a result of the inability of Kwara Waste Management Company to evacuate garbage from waste bins since last month. A News Agency of Nigeria correspondent who ...

Kwara Speaker lauded over payment of PTA Levy of 263 Indigent Pupils in his Constituency
The Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Dr. Ali Ahmad has been described as a worthy representative, who is genuinely committed towards the wellbeing of his Constituents. A Chieftain of the All Progressi...

KWARA Govt to renovate , upgrade baseball pitch
The Kwara State Government is to carry out major renovation work and upgrade the facilities at the Baseball and Softball Pitch at Adewole Estate In Ilorin , the Kwara state capital to meet both local and international s...

Kwara Assembly to carry out "aggressive oversight" in 2018 - Hon. Babaoye
The Chairman, House Committee on works and Transport at the Kwara State House of Assembly, Hon. Mathew Olaitan Babaoye has said that his committee would carry out "aggressive oversight" in the 2018 fiscal year. Thi...

2018-01-09

OPINION: Re: Will Ahmed Make it To Senate in 2019: A Corrective Reminder and Rejoinder. By Muyideen Femi Akorede
This piece serves to correct the erroneous impressions created by an article published in the January 7th edition of Daily Trust, titled "Will Ahmed Make It to Senate in 2019". While we regard the contrived deba...

Gov. Ahmed Calls for Review of UBEC Counterpart Funding
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has called for a reduction in the counterpart fund payable by state governments as matching grant for the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) programme. The governor...

UNILORIN 49 sets up foundation
In a rare move, 49 University of Ilorin, UNILORIN lecturers whose appointments were terminated but were later reinstated by the Supreme Court have established a foundation. The Supreme Court in December, 2009 order...

APPOINTMENT OF NEW DIRECTORS FOR ABS CONSTITUENCY'S OFFICE
His Excellency Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki CON, President of the Senate has approved the appointment of the following Directors for ABUBAKAR BUKOLA SARAKI Constituency's Offices: *DIRECTORATE* 1. Garba Ib...

Lecturer advises govt to prioritise road projects
Mr Babatunde Abdulkareem, the Head of Political Science Department (HOD), Kwara State College of Education, Oro, has advised all tiers of government to prioritise road projects in order to reduce avoidable road crashes....

2019: Accountant declares ambition for Asa/Ilorin West Rep seat
Ahead of 2019 general elections, a practising accountant, Mallam Mustapha Olarewaju Babareke, yesterday declared his interest to contest Asa/Ilorin West Federal Constituency seat in the polls. Babareke, who hails ...

70-year-old Kwara school for upgrade
The Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board (KWSUBEB) has said it will upgrade the 70-year-old Alore Primary School in Ilorin West Local Government Area to a Junior Secondary School. A former Acting Director, F...

Pastoralist-Farmers Conflicts and the Search for Peaceful Resolution: Memo By Agwai, Gambari, Jega, Ibrahim, Others
Abuja, 8th January 2018 Executive Summary Pastoralists-farmers' conflicts in Nigeria have grown, spread and intensified over the past decade and today poses a ...