2017-11-29

AIB releases 4 air accident reports, cautions Zaria, Ilorin flying schools
The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) on Wednesday released four accident reports including ones involving two flying schools, the Nigeria College of Aviation Technology (NCAT) and the International Aviation College, ...

Why Judges From 12 States Will Not Be Nominated to Court of Appeal - NJC
Judges from 12 states in Nigeria will not be appointed to the Court of Appeal in the ongoing process, the National Judicial Council, NJC, has said. The council said this on Tuesday evening when it confirmed ongoing...

Kwara Assembly Begins Debate On 2018 Budget
The Kwara State House of Assembly has commenced debate on the general principles of the 2018 budget estimate before it. It would be recalled that the State Governor, Alhaji Abdul Fatah Ahmed,had last Thursday presented 2...

Appeal court upholds Kwara 2015 governorship polls
A court of appeal sitting in Abuja has upheld the election of Abdulfatah Ahmed as governor of Kwara state. The court on Wednesday dismissed the suit filed by Simeon Ajibola, the candidate of the Peoples Democr...

Council poll indicates new direction in Kwara
But for keeping to the tradition of sweeping victories for ruling parties, results of the recent Kwara State council poll, according to observations and allegations from opposition, would have been different from what was...

Kwara assembly calls for teachers commission
The Kwara State House of Assembly has urged the federal government to establish s National Teachers Service Commission to make payment of teachers salaries first line charge. The assembly also reiterated it support ...

Osinbajo commissions cashew plant in Kwara
THE Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has inaugurated a 5,000 tonnes per year cashew processing factory, FoodPro Nigeria Limited, in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. Osinbajo Professor Osinbajo was accompani...

2017-11-28

Kwara LG Election: Litmus test for APC? By Tunde Akanbi
How are the mighty fallen and how has the mighty fallen? The Saturday 18th November, 2017 local government election in Kwara State is indeed a litmus test for the ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC).Th...

'Why school feeding programme is yet to kick off in Kwara'
The Kwara State Government has cleared the air on why the Federal Government Social Investment Programme (SIP); Home Grown School Feeding has not commenced in the state.The Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on ...

Emir of Shonga; Example in humility
The Emir of Shonga, Alhaji (Dr.) Haliru Ndanusa Yahaya is an epitome of humility. This he exhibited in great measure before and during the Roundtable on current issues in Nigeria, organised by National Pilot Newspaper and...

NASFAT boss storm Kwara for inauguration, seeks N'Pilot partnership
Leading Islamic organisation, Nasrul-Lahi-Fathi Society of Nigeria (NASFAT) has opened up a new branch in Kwara State while also swearing in its executives in the state. The Worldwide President of NASFAT, Engr. Kam...

Kwara squash athletes shine in Ex-Pros U-16, U-13 tourney
Kwara State Squash team have won the five days Ex-Pros U-16 and U-13 tournament held in Lagos last week, winning three gold, three silver and three bronze. Nasir AbdulRahman won gold for the state in the U-16 boy...

750 Foreign-Trained Doctors Protest At National Assembly
About 750 foreign-trained Nigerian medical doctors will today protest against what they call unfair and unjust treatment by the country's authorities. The doctors who trained in different countries around the worl...

2017-11-27

Miner urges FG to reconsider 13% derivation benefits to states, LG's with mineral resources
A Mining Engineer, AbdulRahman Sikiru Ottan has called on the Federal Government to reconsider the thirteen percent derivation benefits given to state and local governments where mining potentials are discovered. Eng...

KWACCIMA expresses optimism in IVTEC at reducing unemployment
The President of the KWARA State Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, (KWACCIMA) Alhaji Ahmed Adeoye Raji has expressed optimism that the International Vocational And Technical Entrepreneurship center , ...

2017-11-25

Presidency lauds Kwara Senator over global business ranking
The Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) has applauded the Senator representing Kwara South Senatorial District, Dr Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim, over his intervention on ease of doing business in Nigeria t...

AARE ONA KAKANFO: We are Yoruba, don't throw us away, Kwara people plead with Gani Adams
Yoruba in Kwara State have appealed to the Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yoruba land – designate, Otunba Gani Adams, to carry them along in his quest for the unity and cultural drive of the Yoruba. The Olupo of Ajase Ipo, Oba S...