2017-12-15

I never thought of graduating with 1st Class - ABU graduand
Aliu Abdullateef Eleran, an indigene of Ilorin, Kwara State, was the cynosure during the recent convocation of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria having emerged as the best graduate. The Accounting graduate had done an a...

Electricity Restored In Kwara LG Secretariat After Three Years
Jubilation erupted in Omu-Aran, Kwara State on Thursday as electricity supply to Irepodun Local Government Secretariat was restored after three years outage. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the council's electric...

Let's take ownership of the fight against fistula, CMD tells govts
The Chief Medical Director, Sobi Specialist Hospital, Ilorin, Doctor Musa Sanni has called for training of more surgeons in handling fistula repairs to reduce backlog of fistula cases in Nigeria. Dr Sanni also cal...

Kwara speaker wants ICPC strengthened to fight corruption
The Speaker of the Kwara state House of Assembly, Dr Ali Ahmad on Thursday called for strengthening of the Independent Corruption Practices and Related Offences Commission (ICPC) if truly Nigeria wants to fight corruption...

Kwara LG Polls: Hard message for Saraki from home
The results of the recent Kwara State local government elections indicate that the firm dominion of Senator Bukola Saraki over the state can no longer be taken for granted. By Demola Akinyemi The much-awaited local govern...

Kwara traders make brisk businesses ahead Yuletide
Traders in Ilorin and its environs in Kwara are making brisk businesses as customers flock different shopping malls, centres and markets for early shopping ahead of Christmas and New Year celebrations. According t...

2017-12-14

Governor Ahmed Appoints Abdulkareem as New SUBEB Chairman
The Executive Governor of Kwara State, Alh. (Dr.) Abdulfatah Ahmed has approved the appointment of Alhaji Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem as the Executive Chairman of Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board (KWSUBEB). Acc...

Constitutional Amendment: Kwara Assembly passes Not Too Young To Run Bill and 10 Other...Holds Public Hearing on 4 others
The Kwara State House of Assembly has passed Eleven Constitutional Bills, including Not Too Young to Run Bill, transmitted to it by the National Assembly in the on going Constitutional Amendment. The Legislature, ...

Kwara plans boosting schools sports with academicals football tourney
The Kwara State Government on Wednesday in Ilorin said it would boost the development of sports in schools with the introduction of a secondary schools football championship. The state's Commissioner for Education...

Female cashier dragged to court over N4m fraud in Kwara
A cashier with Iludun-Oro Micro Finance Bank, Irepodun local government area of Kwara State, Mrs Dupe Abolarin, has been dragged before an Ilorin Magistrate Court for allegedly defrauding the bank of a sum of four million...

Civil Defence beat two KWARTMA staff to coma in Ilorin
There was pandemonium in Ilorin the Kwara State capital as men of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps, (NSCDC) beat two staff of the Kwara State Road Matainance Agency (KWARTMA) to a point of coma whilr on duty...

2017-12-13

Kwara Assembly scores water ministry low in performance
The Kwara State House of Assembly Committee on Agriculture and Water Resources has expressed displeasure over the below-expectation performance of the state Ministry of Water Resources in the provision of portable water f...

Court of Appeal sends Saraki back to tribunal
The Court of Appeal in Abuja yesterday ordered Senate President Bukola Saraki to return to the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) and face three-count charge on alleged false asset declaration. The three-member panel led...

Long queues as fuel scarcity persists in Kwara
Commuters and motorists have continued to groan as fuel scarcity persists in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital and its environs. Findings showed that many filling stations owned by independent marketers remained shut, ...

We couldn't meet N30bn target because of LG polls, says Kwara Revenue Service
Kwara State Internal Revenue Service, KWIRS, has said the recently-concluded local government elections, among other challenges, prevented it from meeting it's set target of N30 billion in the outgoing year. Executive Cha...

NURTW President raises alarm over unabated fuel scarcity
The President of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) Alhaji Najeem Usman Yasin has called on the Federal Government and all relevant agencies to urgently address the present fuel crisis the nation is fac...

Gov Ahmed approves release of N100million SME funds to Market Association
The Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has approved the release of N100million Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) funding to the market Association in the state. Besides, the governor said beneficiaries...

CCT: Saraki ''ll be vindicated at Supreme Court, says Kwara Speaker
As the Appeal Court today acquitted the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, on 15 out of the 18 charges at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), the Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Dr. Ali Ahmad, says the ...

2017-12-12

CCT vs Saraki: Kwara APC reacts to Appeal Court ruling
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State on Tuesday reacted to the ruling of Court of Appeal in Abuja which dismissed 15 out of the 18 counts of false assets declaration instituted against the Senate President, ...

Atiku supported Saraki to be senate president, says Dogara
Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the house of representatives, says former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar "solidly" backed Bukola Saraki's bid to be Senate president in 2015 — despite strong opposition from the leadership of the ...

CCT vs Saraki: Appeal Court Dismisses 15 Charges Against Saraki, Upholds 3 for Trial
CCT: Appeal Court Dismisses 15 Charges Against Saraki, Upholds 3 for Trial The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division has dismissed 15 out of 18 counts false assets declaration charges brought against...

Kwara Assembly Okays Performance of Bureau of Lands
The Kwara State House of Assembly has commended the State Bureau of Land for attaining 98% of its revenue projection this year. The Deputy Speaker, Elder Mathew Okedare, made the commendation during the on going Mini...

Security Prison Boss Gets Commendation from Kwara Inmates
The inmates of Ilorin and Mandala Prisons in Kwara state command has applauded the leadership of the Controller General of Prisons Ja'afaru Ahmed in transforming the Service. The inmates made this known during the dis...

State lawmakers will pass 'Not Too Young To Run' bill before Christmas - Kwara Speaker
The Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Ali Ahmad, has said the 'Not Too Young To Run bill will be passed by the various state Houses of Assembly before December 25 this year. Mr. Ahmad gave the assura...

PDP chieftain mourns Kwara monarch
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Nurudeen Adeyemi Balogun, has described the late Olomu of Omun-Aran in Kwara State, Oba Charles Oladele Ibitoye, as an epitome of unity, whose reign heralded growth and d...

Stop blaming Nigerian governments for unemployment - Saraki
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Monday urged Nigerian youth and the people in general to quit blaming government or its programmes for the high level of unemployment in the country. Speaking at a one-day publ...

Magaji Nda of Ilorin to be turban Zanna Okuta Dec. 16
Arrangements have been concluded by the Okuta Emirate Council to confer the chieftaincy title of Zannah Okuta on the Magagi Nda of Ilorin, Alhaji (Dr.) Salihu Woru Mohammed. A letter of conferment signed by the E...

OPINION: IVTEC AND THE FUTURE. By Aliyu Olatunji Ajanaku
Our problem, as Chinua Achebe once put it, is simply leadership. Our leaders lack vision. Let me share a story I heard about India's pharmaceutical Industry whose drugs and equipment now sell like hot cake everywh...