2017-06-17

RE: KWASU NOW A DEBTOR INSTITUTION
The Management of the Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, hereby wishes to clarify the financial status of the University. The Institution has never had financial crisis but recently faced cash flow management ch...

N-POWER: FG to recruit another 300,000 youths
The Federal Government is set to recruit 300,000 youths in the second batch of its N-Power social intervention and job creation programme. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed disclosed this...

Cholera in Kwara - An Environmentalist Perspective
It is a common scene in Kwara to see residents hurriedly dump refuse in drainages during heavy rainfall, sewage is also seen to flow out of broken chambers in densely populated areas across the state. Quite a number of ho...

2017-06-16

Saraki's acquittal: SERAP urges Osinbajo to set up anti-corruption commission...Seeks UN support in anti-graft war
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has described the dismissal of Sen. Bukola Saraki's trial by the Code of Conduct Tribuna yesterday as an indication of serious shortcomings in the nation's criminal...

NGO Empowers Women Nationwide on Sustainable Work
...Another seeks improved waste disposal A hands-on training workshop with the theme 'Enhancing effectiveness and efficiency of women-run Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in Nigeria' was recently held in Lagos. The ...

CCT: Okowa hails Saraki's acquittal
The Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, has hailed the victory of president of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal. Mr. Okowa said in a statement in Asaba on Wednesday by his chief press sec...

Educationist calls for preservation of Nigerian languages
The Principal of Roemichs International School, Mr. Kevin Massey, has called for the preservation of Nigerian languages. He stated that while Nigerian youths and children should be encouraged to learn French, Engli...

Saraki's Acquittal: It's a sacrifice by the ruling class to retain power
The Joint Action Against Corruption in Kwara (JAACK) has described yesterday's ruling by the Code of Conduct Tribunal absolving the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki of all charges preferred against him in the alleged f...

Kwara groups differ on Saraki CCT victory
The Youth Stakeholders in the All Progressives Congress APC in Kwara South senatorial district of the state has called on the federal government to use the victory of the Senate president, Dr Bukola Saraki, in the Code of...

'Kwara won't rationalize staff of tertiary institutions'
The Kwara State government has dispelled speculations about likely rationalization of staff of government-owned tertiary institutions in the state. The institutions include Kwara Stat...

30 UNILORIN professors jostle for VC's
NO fewer than 30 professors at the University of Ilorin, UNILORIN, have signified interest to contest for the office of Vice Chancellor of the institution. The current Vice Chancellor, Professor Abdulganiyu Ambali...

2017-06-15

Activities paralysed at FGC Ilorin
The ongoing strike embarked upon by the senior staff of Federal Government owned Colleges in Nigeria has paralysed academic activities at the Federal Government College, llorin, the Kwara capital. The Daily Times, report ...

UNILORIN honours Egbewole with maiden personality lecture on Friday
A statement by the Law Students' Society of UNILORIN, stated that the theme of the first personality public lecture is: "Law and Society, Stakeholders in the legal profession will on Friday storm the University of Ilorin...

Baraje reacts to Sarakis victory at CCT , describes trial as mere political persecution
A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje, CON says the outcome of the CCT trial of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki did not come as a surprise, knowing that it was a mere pol...

Kwara First lady Distributes Relief Materials To Widows
The Wife of Kwara Governor, Mrs Omolewa Ahmed on Wednesday distributed relief materials to some widows across the 16 Local Government Areas of the state to alleviate their sufferings. Mrs Ahmed, who was represented...

FG approves N7.9bn for reimbursement to Kwara govt.
The Federal Executive Council presided over by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday approved N7.94billion for the reimbursement of Kwara Government to undertake the construction of the Kaiama-kishi road. The...

Kwara APC Supporters Jubilate Over Saraki's Aquittal
Supporters of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Kwara State have thronged the party's secretariat, jubilating over the ruling by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) acquitting the Senate President Dr. Bukola Saraki....

2017-06-14

Saraki acquittal, victory for rule of law - Kwara Speaker
The Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Dr. Ali Ahmad, has described the ruling of the Code of Conduct Tribunal on Asset Declaration charge by the Senate President , Dr. Bukola Saraki, as victory for rule of ...

Statement By Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki on The CCT Decision
Today, June 14, 2017, the Code of Conduct Tribunal sitting in Abuja discharged and acquitted me on a case of false declaration of assets, which started in September 2015. You would recall that at the beginning of ...

Saraki Has No Case To Answer - CCT
The Code Of Conduct Tribunal has ruled that Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has no case to answer in the 18 charges of non-declaration of assets brought against him by the Federal Government. The CCB had on...

We Haven't Received Second Tranche of Paris Club Refund - Kwara Govt.
The Kwara State Government says it is yet to receive the second tranche of the London-Paris Club Refund promised by the Federal Government to states in the country. The clarification came through a statement issued i...

Protesters shut down Kwara local govt secretariat
Some irate youth on Tuesday disrupted activities at the secretariat of Baruten Local Government Council of Kwara State over the composition of its new Transitional Implementation Committee (TIC). The youth, who wer...

We introduced efficiency, not new taxes, says Kwara Governor
The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji (Dr.) Abdulfatah Ahmed has reiterated that the government has neither introduced new taxes nor increased existing ones but has rather improved the efficiency of tax collection. The go...