2017-05-24

Speech delivered by the Speaker KWHA, Rt. Hon. Dr. Ali Ahmad at the Public Hearing on Urban and Regional Planning and Development Bill, 2017
ADDRESS BY THE RT. HON. SPEAKER, KWARA STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, HON. (DR.) ALI AHMAD ON THE OCCASION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2016 AND URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING AND DEVE...

Weak Institutions, Obsolete Laws, Causes of poor physical planning in Kwara State - Stakeholders
Stakeholders in Regional and Urban Planning have identified weak institutions, unprofessional conduct s and obsolete laws as causes of slums, haphazard developments and distortions of urban development plan in Kwara State...

Police to recruit 30,000 yearly
The Inspector- General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, says the Nigeria Police have concluded arrangements to recruit 30,000 personnel annually. Idris, represented by Mr Shuaibu Gambo Deputy Inspector-General of Polic...

APC lauds lawmaker over Kwara road initiative
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Omu-Aran, Kwara, has commended Rep. Funke Adedoyin over her Road Intervention Scheme aimed at boosting development in communities within her constituency. The party gave t...

Kwara at 50: Ahmed announces tax holiday for businesses
Kwara state Governor Abdulfah Ahmed has announced tax holiday for new business outfits and investors coming into the state. The decision according to him would encourage the growth of small scale business enterpris...

Kwara lawmakers suspend plenary over anniversary celebration
The Kwara House of Assembly on Tuesday suspended plenary till Tuesday to enable members attend series of programmes commemorating 50 years of the creation of the state. The Speaker, Dr Ali Ahmad, announc...

2017-05-23

Lawmaker empowers her constituent with Items worth Millions of Naira
Public office holders in the country have been urged to be more sensitive to the yearning of the down trodden to make democratic governance more meaningful to the people. The chairman of All Progressives Congress (AP...

ACJA: Kwara Speaker raises alarm over extract model Bill before Northern Houses of Assembly
The Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Dr. Ali Ahmad has charged Northern States Speakers to be wary of the content of the extract model of the Administration of Criminal Justice Bill , pending before many stat...

Kwara @50: How Ahmed allegedly stopped politicians, others from turning anniversary into cash cow
...saved N.1bn for state But for the decision of Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed not to spend above the budget of the Kwara at 50 anniversary and insistence on having a low-key celebration, some politicians and other mem...

2019: It's our turn to produce next Gov - Kwara North APC Elders
Leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from Kwara North yesterday, in Bode Saadu, Moro local government appealed to the leader of the party in the state and Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, to consider the regi...

Labour union chides outgoing Kwara HoS
As the Kwara State Head of Service (HoS), Hajia Zahra Omar bows out of service next month (June), mixed feelings have continued to trail her short tenure. Hajia Omar made history in June 2015 as the highest female ...

Kwara State @ 50. By Issa Aremu, mni
There are divergent views about the progress so far since the states creation of 12 states by the military Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon 50 years ago. There are the pessimists who hold that the states have not achie...

Kwara needs N215b for infrastructure
Kwara State Governor AbdulFatah Ahmed has said the government needs N215 billion to develop the state's infrastructure. He added that all inclusiveness in governance would take the state to greater heights of devel...

OpenLetter:Ag PRESIDENT, SAVE KAIAMA LOCAL GOVERNMENT FROM THE UNENDING DECEIT OF KWARA STATE GOVERNMENT
Your excellency sir, With honour, I write to call on the quintessential Ag President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to come to the rescue of the good people of kaiama local government of Kwara state. This call has bec...

Address by Rt. Hon. Dr. Ali Ahmad at the Public Hearing on ACJA Bill
ADDRESS BY THE RT. HON. SPEAKER KWARA STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, AT THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE BILL, 2017 ON MONDAY 22ND MAY, 2017. Courtesy, It is my pleasure to welcome you...

US immortalises Nigerian student
The United States has instituted a $20,000 grant in memory of the late John Paul, a final year student of the Faculty of Communication and Information Sciences, University of Ilorin. The United States embassy's...

Why Kwara Can't Hold Council Elections
Faced with inadequate financial resources to hold elections in the 16 local government areas in Kwara State, Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed turned to the House of Assembly for a resolution to constitute a transition implementa...

2017 Hajj: Kwara Pilgrims Board warns drug traffickers
The Kwara State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, says it is collaborating with the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to ensure that no suspected drug trafficker is found among the 2017 intending pilgrims. ...

2017-05-22

LGs too weak to handle basic education - Ex minister
Former Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Bolaji Abdullahi, says Local Governments are too weak to handle basic education. Abdullahi made the observation on the sideline of a lecture on basic education in Nigeria, ...

NPFL: ABS FC beat El-Kanemi Warriors 2-1
ABS Football Club of Ilorin on Sunday defeated visiting El-Kanemi Warriors FC of Maiduguri 2-1 at the Kwara Stadium Complex in Ilorin. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the game was a Match Day 20 fixt...

Falana To CAN: Stop Opposing Islamic Banking
Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Mr. Femi Falana at the weekend called on the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) to stop opposing the establishment of Islamic Banking in the c...

NGO expresses concern over true ownership of Kwara state assets
As Kwara state celebrates fifty years of existence, a Non-Governmental Organization, known as Movement for Genuine Change has condemned what it called personalization of state assets, calling on the state government to ex...

KWARA @ 50: WE HAVE DONE OUR BEST - KISIRA
*KWARA HAS BEEN POSITIVELY TURNED AROUND IN 50 YEARS Kwara State Government has assured that it will continue to do all within its powers to make life more abundant to all and evoke the spirit of equity, justice and fair...

KWARA@50: Babalola, Opadokun, Aremu laments Kwara underdevelopment
Prominent indigenes of Kwara State on Sunday lamented what they termed the underdevelopment of the state in comparison with other states that were created with it in 1967. They stated that the state's development w...

Kwara govt pledges commitment to youth empowerment
Kwara State Governor, Dr. Abdulfatah Ahmed has reiterated commitment of his administration to youth empowerment through education and entrepreneurial skill acquisition. Governor Ahmed, who also emphasized on zero t...

YUSUF ALI SAN loses father at 87... Fidua holds Wednesday in Ibadan
The death has been reported in Ibadan the Oyo State capital of Alhaji Bisiriyu Olayiwola Ali. He died on Saturday during a brief illness at the age of eighty seven. The deceased is being buried at about now i...

Kwara 2019: Who flies APC guber flag? By AHMED 'LATEEF
Ahead of the 2019 general elections, political comradeship and intrigues had begun in earnest among likely contenders for governorship ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State not minding the peculiari...

Ophthalmologist appeals for support for those with sight challenges
An appeal has again gone to Nigerian Philanthropists to come to the aid of all those that have one eye challenge or the other who can not avoid the cost by bearing the expenses of their medications and operations. ...

2017-05-21

Falana advises Osinbajo not to sign 2017 budget
A human rights activist, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has advised the Acting President Yemi Osinbajo not to sign the 2017 budget because it was illegally increased by the National Assembly. He also said that President Mu...

KWARA: IN SEARCH OF PARTNERSHIP. By Abdulwahaab Oba
Abdulwahaab Oba writes that Governor Ahmed of Kwara State is seeking the assistance of the World Bank for infrastructural development Just recently, Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed had occasion to lead a team...

Falana: FG Should Prosecute Politicians Infiltrating Military for Treasonable Felony
Senior Advocate of Nigeria and human rights activist, Mr. Femi Falana, yesterday urged the Federal Government to fish out those peddling rumour over an alleged plan to take over President Muhammadu Buhari's administration...

'10,000 Illegal Nigerian Migrants Have Died This Year'
In their search of greener pastures, 10,000 Nigerians are reported to have died between January and May 2017, while trying to illegally migrate through the Mediterranean Sea and the deserts. Assistant Comptroller-G...