2017-06-13

NCC trains 110 Kwarapoly employees in ICT
The Nigerian Communications Commission has trained 110 academic and non-academic employees of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin on the use of Internet and some computer application software. The training was financ...

Kwara Bridge collapse after heavy rainfall
A bridge at Tatabu village along Mokwa – Jebba road, collapsed due to heavy rainfall Monday, thereby halting vehicular movement from both sides. Officers and Men of the Federal Road Safety Corps led by the Unit Com...

KWASU NOT A DEBTOR INSTITUTION
The Kwara State government wishes to clarify that subvention to the Kwara State University (KWASU) and other tertiary institutions in the State was stopped based on estimates prepared by the institutions as a prelude to t...

We Have No Hand in Managing LG Joint Allocations - Gov. Ahmed
Excerpts from Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed (Sai Maigida)'s recent parley with journalists. What is the situation of things at the Cargo Terminal? The Cargo Terminal as you are aware is a federal government thing ...

Students Commend Kwara Govt for N50M Bursary Award
THE National Association of Kwara State Students (NAKSS) has commended the Kwara State government for releasing the sum of N50M for payment of bursaries to students of Kwara Origin in higher institutions across the countr...

N2b to fight hearing loss in Kwara, Kaduna, others
It may not have the same prominence as eye disorders but ear patients know how much their condition hurts. A sufferer once narrated how he could neither eat nor sleep nor concentrate until the specialists put him out of h...

Recession: Kwara Housewives abandon kerosene, embrace charcoal
As the effect of economic recession bites harder, housewives in Kwara State have abandoned the use of kerosene and embraced charcoal. Nigerian Pilot's checks yesterday in Ilorin revealed that many homes and canteens are n...

Kwara APYF Thanks Ag. President For The Appointment of National Chairman, Describes Ismail As A Shining Inspiration
PRESS STATEMENT: We, the Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Youth Forum (APYF), stand on behalf of the teeming progressive youths of the State of harmony to express our profound gratitude to HE Ag. President Ye...

Count Saraki out of Osun local politics - Kwara APC
The All Progressives Congress in Kwara State on Monday dissociated the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki from the local politics in Osun State. Kwara APC has noted the irresponsible insinuations a...

Govt says state is now free from cholera infection
Alhaji Atolagbe Alege, the Kwara Commissioner for Health on Monday confirmed that the state was now 100 per cent free from cholera infection and other communicable diseases. Alege made the confirmation in llorin whil...

2017-06-12

FRSC probes Diezani's N20m bribe
The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Boboye Oyeyemi, has ordered an internal investigation into the allegation that the men and officers of the Kwara State Sector Command were given N20m bribe to manipulat...

UN and its hypocritical approach to issues
prof. Oyeniran Abioje, PhD, University of Ilorin, Kwara State: A principal philosophy of the United Nations is that there cannot be peace where there is no justice. Were (and are) Nigeria's rulers following the path of ju...

Unilorin Students Got Empowered On Entrepreneurship Development
A non-governmental organisation, Dixcover Youths Network has organised a youth empowerment and entrepreneurship programme for the students of University of Ilorin, UNILORIN. Dixcover Youths Network is an NGO saddle...

Saraki : 10.5m Out-Of-School Children: A Ticking Time Bomb
Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has described the statistics that over 10million children in the country were out of school as not only alarming but a ticking time bomb. He also expressed the readiness of th...

Kwara, firm fight over tantalite license
The Kwara State Government and an indigenous mining company, Victory Crown Associates (VCA), are at loggerheads over the fate of a mining licence, 23572EL, granted by the Federal Government for the exploration of tantalit...

Hajj fare: Kwara fixes June 16 deadline for payment
The Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board on Sunday said it had fixed Friday, June 16, as deadline for the completion of payment of 2017 Hajj fare by all prospective pilgrims travelling through the board. Mohammed Tund...

ECWA Church honors 21 with merit awards in Kwara
Twenty-one distinguished personalities on Sunday received merit awards from the 2nd ECWA Church, Agamo, Omu-Aran in Kwara, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Each of the awardees, including 14 that were posthumo...

2017-06-11

Remarks By The Senate President, (Dr.) Abubakar Bukola Saraki At The #8SenateAt2 Anniversary
PROTOCOL 1. Distinguished colleagues, our invited guests, ladies and gentlemen, I am immensely pleased to welcome you to this special session on the second anniversary of the 8th Senate. Let me begin by thankin...

Nigerian Govt. Releases Details of Paris Club Refunds to States
The federal government has finally released a breakdown of the first tranche of Paris Club refunds paid to states to date. The payments, totalling N516.38 billion, were made to the 36 states and the Federal Capital T...

Kwara Assembly raising bar of good governance in the State
When the 8th legislature of the Kwara state House of Assembly was inaugurated on Monday 8th June, 2015, following the proclamation by the state Governor Alhaji Abdul Fatah Ahmed, the current Speaker was unanimously electe...

Gambari raises alarm over threat on Nigeria's Unity
Former Nigeria Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Prof Ibrahim Agboola Gambari, on Saturday warned that recent developments in the country were reminiscent of the antecedent situation of the 1967 civil war....

Ooni, Others Preach Peaceful Co-existence Among Nigerians
Some prominent Nigerians have called on all ethnic nationalities to stop hate speeches in order not to compromise Nigeria's unity. Speaking in an interview with reporters in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, th...

Kwara Newspaper Distributors Elect Officers
The Magazine and Newspapers Distributors Association of Nigeria( MAN DAN ), Kwara state chapter has elected new executives to run its affairs for the next two years. The Chairman of the Electoral Committee Ad eye ...

Kwara requires N2.1b monthly for payment of LG workers, pensioners
The Kwara Government says it requires N2.1billion monthly for the payment of salary of workers and pension of retirees of the 16 local government councils. Dr Muideen Akorede, the Senior Special Assistant (Media), ...

No excuse for losing to Bafana Bafana, Kwara DOS says
Tunde Kazeem, the Kwara Director of Sports, says the Super Eagles had no reason losing to Bafana Bafana of South Africa in the 2019 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers. The Super Eagles lost 0-2 to Bafana Baf...

Opinion: PARLIAMENT WITHIN PARLIAMENT: THE COMMITTEE SYSTEM OF THE LEGISLATURE. By Olalekan Alabi
As it is worldwide, the major aim of the legislature is to make laws and scrutinize bills; oversee the executive arm of government and advocacy via representation. The 8th Nigerian National Assembly which came into power ...

2017-06-10

KWASU now a debtor institution, says Pro-Chancellor
Alhaji Saidu Isa, Pro-Chancellor, Kwara State University (KWASU), has said that the university has assumed the status of a debtor institution following its recent financial constraints. Isa made the statement on Saturday ...