2017-05-13

Oke-Onigbin stool: Aggrieved ruling house petitions Gov Ahmed
Members of Odo-Oja Ruling House in Oke-Onigbin town, Isin Local Government Area of Kwara State have written a petition to Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed, protesting the appointment of Alhaji Kamaldeen Salaudeen as Onigbin of O...

Kwara Deputy Speaker admonishes youths on sports activities
Deputy Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Hon. Mathew Okedare has stated the need for parents and guardians to encourage their wards to engage in sporting activities in order to assist their physical and mental devel...

KWHA Seeks Experts' Inputs on 11 Bills... Just as it has densely Legislative Days
The People of Kwara State, irrespective of political affiliation, have been urged to actively participate in a densely legislative week in the history of legislature in the state. A Statement personally signed ...

2017-05-12

Kwara Govt. shuts 3 schools over exam malpractice
The State Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, announced thi The Kwara Government has shut three schools in the state for alleged examination malpractice. Alhaji, Musa Yeketi, the State Commissi...

NBBF Premiership: Kwara Falcons beat Oluyole Warriors 77-68
Kwara Falcons Basketball Club of Ilorin on Thursday continued their impressive start to the new Nigerian basketball premier league season with a 77-68 victory over Oluyole Warriors of Ibadan. Kwara Falcons' victory w...

Kwara PDP kicks against reconstitution Of TICs For LGs
THE Kwara state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the state government's reconstitution of Transition Implementation Committees (TIC) for the 16 local government areas in the state. A...

Court remands 28 for encroaching on Unilorin land
An Ilorin Chief Magistrate's Court on Thursday remanded 28 persons, comprising Fulani herdsmen, Yoruba and Hausa farmers for allegedly trespassing into plots of land belonging to the University of Ilorin, destroying the s...

Hakeem Lawal condoles Imam Gambari, Alaye, others over death
A 2015 governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State, Alhaji Hakeem Oladimeji Lawal, has commiserated with the families of late Imam Gambari of Ilorin, Alhaji Saheed Dele and Sheik Ahmad Abdul...

Teen Authorship Campaign kick-starts in Kwara State
In an effort to stand tall against the nascent goblins of misconstrued culture of Africa, concerned members of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA), Kwara State, under the aegis of Honourable Justice Mustapha Ak...

APYF Kwara Commends Senate President Saraki For #OpenNass
The Kwara State Chapter of the All Progressives Youth Forum (APYF) received with utmost joy the news of a fulfilment of a near decade yearnings of the Nigerian public for transparency in the National Assembly. We are extr...

KWSG should enforce stiffer law to curb cultism - Gold
Bola Rasaq Gold is one of the renowned lawyers in the state going by his contribution to the legal profession. The principal counsel of Bola Rasaq & Co speaks with KAYODE ADEOTI on the need for Kwara state government to s...

Pricing: Kwara recharge card retailers kick against NCC directive
Card retailers in Ilorin, Kwara State have expressed dissatisfaction over the recent directive by Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) warning against selling above approved price. The retailers kicked against the ...

Shocking: Juju scare behind non-removal of sign post dissociating Shao from emirate
More facts emerged last night on reasons the signpost erected in Shao dissociating Moro Local Government from the emirate was yet to be removed, few months after its erection. The non-removal of the signpost, it wa...

Farmers/Fulani Herdsmen Clash: Kwara on precipice of peril
His words were saturated and enveloped in his pains and agony. The tone of his voice fluctuated in tandem with his emotions as he relayed his plight. There was pin drop silence as everyone present shook heads in pity to...

Saraki moves to save manufacturing industry
...sets technical c'ttee on CAMA, ISA Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Saraki has inaugurated an 18-man Technical Committee on the amendment of the Company and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) and the Investment and Security Act ...

Kwara 2019: Who succeeds Ahmed?
Two years to the next general elections, consultations are on in Kwara State. Politicians are scheming for the seat that will be vacated by Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed on May 29, next year. ADEKUNLE JIMOH examines the succe...

Only S'Court will determine authentic Kwara PDP chair, Ilyasu insists
A member of the troubled Council of Elders of the Kwara State chapter of the People Democratic Party (PDP), Ibrahim Ilyasu has said that the judgment of the Supreme Court will not only determine the party national chairma...

2017-05-11

Yekini lives on 5 years after
Regardless of what anyone thinks or the circumstances surrounding his death, one thing is apparent, Super Eagles all-time top scorer, Rashidi Yekini will forever remain a legend. Though the former Sporting Gijon forward s...

Full List of Kwara LG TIC Chairmen and Supervisors (May 2017)
Asa Chairman - Alh. Yunus Bello Oniboki Supervisor I - Aminat Shittu Bolale Supervisor II - Abdullahi Yinusa Supervisor III - Ramat Yakubu Baruten Chairman - Alh. Mohammed ...

Gov Ahmed Appoints New LG TIC Members
The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has approved the extension of the tenure and the appointment of new members of transition implementation committees (TICs) for the sixteen local councils in the state. ...

2017-05-10

Why we are unable to clear salary backlogs - Danmairomo
As tenure of serving Transition Implementation Committee (TIC) winds to an end, the chairman of Forum of TIC chairmen, Alhaji Isiaka Danmairomo has broken silence over inability of local councils to deliver on their....

NPFL: ABS focused on El-Kanemi Warriors game - Dogo
ABS FC goalkeeper, Sulaimon Dogo, insists they have shifted their focus to Sunday's topflight fixture against El-Kanemi Warriors, following their FA Cup defeat to Kwara United. The Saraki Boys lost 1-0 to the Harmo...

Kwara Govt. reiterates commitment to sports development
The Kwara State Government has reiterated its resolve to encourage and promote sports development in the State, according to the State's Director of Sports, Tunde Kazeem. The director stated the development on Tuesda...

University of Ilorin spent N30m on electricity in March
Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali, the Vice-Chancellor, University of Ilorin, on Tuesday said the university spent over N30 million on electricity in March. Ambali disclosed this in Ilorin when he received members of the n...

N4bn pension arrears: Kwara LG pensioners report plight to assembly
Hundreds of pensioners from the 16 local governent areas of Kwara on Tuesday stormed the state House of assembly, request it to intervene in an unpaid N4 billion pension and gratuities to members. The pensioners, i...

Unilorin graduates 17 Pharmacists
The University of Ilorin recorded another milestone when it churned out its first set of Pharmacy graduates. The 17 pioneer graduates of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences were inducted at a colourful ceremony ...

NGO organises mock exam for 104 UTME applicants in Kwara
Dr Yakub Saheed, Coordinator of the Academic Excellence Initiative (AEI), Kwara branch, said 104 applicants for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) benefited from a free mock examination organised by the...

Kwara Begins LUK Roll-Out in June
Following a successful pilot, full implementation of the Light-Up Kwara (LUK), an innovative solar-powered streetlight project of the Kwara State government, will commence in June. This was disclosed on Tuesday in ...

Kwara Assembly to wade into non payment of pension and gratuities
The Kwara State House of Assembly is to critically look into the non payment of Pension and gratuities to Pensioners of Local Government in the State, with a view to addressing their grievances. The Speaker, Dr. Al...