2017-07-09

OPINION: Criticizing Saraki Because He Became Senate President is a Shame. By Taofeek Sanusi
Silence is said to be a crime when one is not comfy about a situation. Practical demonstration of this has to be made when one sights an article(s) erroneously concocted and baselessly conjured to score cheap popularity o...

BUA to Recruit More Hands to Boost Sugar Production
BUA Group has announced that it has received over 38,000 applications to fill vacant positions in its premier sugar estate, Lafiagi Sugar Company, LASUCO in Kwara State. This is coming on the hills of its preparation to ...

2017-07-08

OPINION: Saraki, o to gee!!! (Enough is enough!) By Abdulrazaq Magaji
Like other Africans, the Yoruba people of south west and north central Nigeria have a way with words. The One of their enduring sayings, often employed to end disharmonious relationships literally translates 'a man you se...

Fake lawyer sentenced to 10 months in prison for impersonation
Perhaps, he thought he could keep cheating, forgetting the Yoruba adage that everyday for the thief, one day for the owner. And so, an Ilorin Magistrate Court on Friday, day, sentenced one Mr Itopa Peter Adogun, who has b...

WORKS COMMENCE ON AFON - ABOTO - OYO STATE BOUNDARY ROAD
Constriction works have commenced on the Afon-Aboto-Oyo state boundary road in the Afon District of ASA Local Government Area, Kwara state. This road has been a major request of the people Afon District and in fact t...

Toyin Saraki Congratulates Kwara Attorney General On Being Elevated To SAN
The Wife of the Senate President and former first lady of Kwara State, Her Excellency Mrs. Toyin Ojora Saraki has congratulated the Attorney General of Kwara State, Barrister Kamaldeen Ajibade who was just elevated to Sen...

Ilofa/Odo-Owa Communal Clash: Senator Rafiu Ibrahim Calls for Peaceful Coexistence
The Kwara South senator, Senator Dr. Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim, has appealed to Ilofa and Odo-Owa communities in Oke-Ero local government area of Kwara state to embrace peace and unity. Senator Rafiu made the call on his...

CCT Appeal: I'm trusting God for victory -Saraki
Senate President, Dr. BukolaSaraki, yesterday, said he is trusting God for victory at the Court of Appeal, saying it was the same God that won the case for him at the Code of Conduct Tribunal. Saraki was recently d...

Britain strongly in support of Nigeria's unity - Envoy
British High Commissioner of United Kingdom to Nigeria, Paul Arkwright and Kwara state governor, Abdulfatah Ahmad at the Government House, Ilorin on Friday. The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Paul Arkwright ha...

CCT trial: I was under serious pressure to resign - Saraki
The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki Friday recalled with nostalgia that he was under intense pressure from so many quarters to resign as the senate president when his trial before the Umar led Chairmanship of CCT last...

Judicial Commission of Enquiry calls for memoranda
Following the inauguration of the Judicial Commission of Enquiry into Iloffa/Odo-owa communal clash, the commission has called on the members of the public to submit memoranda that would help in its investigation. Th...

The life and times of Clement Ojo Obafaiye By Tunde Akanbi
Journalists, family members, Church members and other friends and contemporaries from far and near have bided Clement Ojo Obafaiye a final good night as he was buried in his home town in Kabba, Kogi State on Friday (7-7-2...

Olugbense ruling house of Offa seeks Supreme Court's reversal of judgment
The Olugbense ruling house of Offa, Offa Local Government Area (LGA) of Kwara state has filed a motion brought under the inherent jurisdiction of Supreme Court, seeking for an order of the apex court to set aside its judg...

One feared killed as rival cultists strike in Ilorin
Suspected rival cultists renewed their hostility in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital on Thursday killing one person in the process. This is just as police have arrested 10 suspected cultists in a combined raid of dark spot...

2017-07-07

Gobir commends IEDPU over youth empowerment initiative
A Social Entrepreneur and Waziri'n Hausa, Alhaji Yakubu Garba Gobir, has commended the initiative of the Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU) for the training and issuance of certificates to 236 youths in...

Opinion: A sincere call to my fellow Kwarans. By Abdulwahab Funsho
This is a sincere call to my fellow kwarans to realise and deeply appreciate that the development of our dear state lies in human capital development. By the strategic history of Kwara State and geographical location...

Continuous voter registration: 1,094 PVCs collected in Kwara
One thousand and ninety-four Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) have been collected in Kwara State, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said yesterday. The Administrative Secretary, Paul Atser, who addre...

I'm not plotting to frustrate Osinbajo's govt, says Saraki
Senate President Bukola Saraki, has denied reports that he is planning to destabilize the government under Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo. A report had it that the Senate President, was planning with oil marketers t...

Police Arrest 4 Suspected Cultists in Ilorin
The Kwara State Police Command has arrested four suspected cultists for alleged involvement in cult related activities within Ilorin metropolis. The police also apprehended six persons for drug related offences. Acco...

2017-07-06

Unity colleges' senior teachers suspend two-month strike
The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, an affiliate of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, on Wednesday, suspended its ongoing strike in some federal unity colleges in the country for 30 days. The su...

Voters registration: Kwara Speaker harps on youth active participation
The Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly Dr. Ali Ahmad has called on the People of the State to participate actively in the on going Voters Registration exercise by the Independent National Electoral Commission( I...

Gov. Ahmed constitutes 7 man Judicial Panel
Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has warned that he will not hesitate to sanction any traditional ruler or constituted authority who is found to contribute to outbreak of violent conflict in the State. ...

ASUU wants FG to wade into UNILORIN crisis
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU) University of Ibadan, chapter has urged Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, to call the university of Ilorin management to order to avert another legal crisis. The U...

Iloffa/Odo-Owa Clashes : Kwara Assembly commends KWSG, Security Agencies for prompt response
The Kwara State House of Assembly has commended the state Government and security agents for the proactiveness displayed in curtailing loss of lives and property, occasioned by the Ilofa/Odo Owa feud in Oke Ero LGA of the...