2017-01-01

Install speed limiters or face fine, FRSC tells transporters
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Kwara has directed commercial vehicles' owners to install speed limiter device on their vehicles or face fine of N3,000 in default. The Zonal Commanding Officer, Mr Joh...

KWSG Begins Disbursement of N850m for Community Projects
The Kwara State Government has flagged-off an N850m Community Development Programme with presentation of a N165 million to beneficiary communities in the state. Speaking at the project launch and cheque presentation t...

INTERVIEW: Our selling point that makes us Nigeria's most subscribed university - Ambali, Unilorin's VC
Professor Abdulganiyu Ambali, an Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON), following  his appointment in July 2012 as vice chancellor-designate of the University of Ilorin, actually took over the mantle ...

Press Release: Saraki Calls For Collective Efforts To Grow Economy in New Year
Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has congratulated Nigerians for witnessing the New Year in spite of the hard times and called for collective efforts to end the current recession and grow the economy. ...

Governor Ahmed Solicits Prayers, Expresses Optimism in New Year Message
The Kwara State Governor, Dr. Abdulfatah Ahmed wishes all citizens of the State a joyous and prosperous new year. The Governor prays for fulfilled hopes and expectations with greater accomplishments in the new year....

Kwara Deputy Speaker turbanned Jagaban of Okuta Community
The Deputy Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Hon. Mathew Okedare has on Saturday being turbanned as the Jagaban of Okuta in Baruten Local Government Area of the State by the Emir, Alhaji Idris Abubakar Shero Kperogi...

New year: Kwara Speaker admonishes Nigerians on overcoming challenges
Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Dr. Ali Ahmad has congratulated Nigerians for the new year, emphasising the need to come together for the purpose of overcoming the present challenges facing the nation....

N5b loan refund: Ex-LP Guber candidate cautions KWSG against diversion
A former governorship candidate of the Labour Party in the 2015 general elections in Kwara State, Dr Mike Omotosho, has expressed growing concern over the lingering salary crisis affecting some categories of workforce in ...

2016-12-31

The 49 Liars: A Rebuttal. By Is-haq Oloyede
"They have no knowledge of such a thing, nor their fathers. Grievous is the word that comes forth from their mouth. What they say is nothing but falsehood." (Q.18:5) If I were a Professor of English, I would have begu...

Kwara Tabloid Honours Kwarans
The Kwara Tabloid has this year identified and awarded fourteen distinguished Kwarans as heroes and icons of Kwara development. The awards were given to Kwaran "who shape, can shape or who have shaped the lives of Kwara a...

Budget 2017: Buhari, Saraki Meet Again
President Muhammadu Buhari and the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, friday met behind closed on the last working day of the year to deliberate on pressing national issue. Also friday, the president assented ...

Yusuf Ali: Magu's Rejection in Order
Mallam Yusuf Ali was one of awardees of the recent Kwara State Polytechnic's Fellowship. He spoke with journalists on the award and other national issues. Our correspondent, Hammed Shittu, was part of the interview. ...

Yoruba Unity: We Will Continue To Support Ooni, Says Kwara Community
The people of Egosi in Oke-Ero Local Government Area of Kwara say they would continue to support the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, in his efforts to reunite Yoruba leaders. Oba Daniel Dada, the traditional r...

Group commends Kwara's health budget allocation
The Grassroots Development and Advocacy Centre has applauded the proposed 19 percent budget allocation to the health sector from Kwara State's 2017 budget proposal of N135.26billion presented to the State House of Assembl...

Prison command lauds Comptroller-General for promoting officers in Kwara
The Prison Command in Kwara on Friday commended the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS), Mallam Jaafaru Ahmed, for promoting 232 officers across the ranks in the state. The state's Controller of Priso...

Unilorin ASUU condemns petition against former VC
The factional members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), yesterday said the petition against the former Vice Chancellor of University of Ilorin, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, does not represent the views of its ov...

NSCDC launches manhunt for suspected herdsman in Kwara
The Kwara State command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has launched a manhunt for a suspected Fulani herdsman who attacked a potato farmer with machete at Olupe community near Odo Ode in Asa Local...

2016-12-30

Kwara Karate Chairman lauds athletes
The success of Kwara Karatekas at the just concluded Karate Federation organised by Cadet Championship has been applauded by the Chairman of Kwara Karate Association, Alhaji Sulaiman Ishola. Alhaji Ishola is the Accounta...

FG Urged to Award Major Projects to Indigenous Engineers
The federal government has been advised to make it mandatory for all major projects in the country to be executed by indigenous engineers and not awarded to foreign contractors. The Managing Director and Chief Exec...

Kwara Assembly Scores 2016 Budget At 54% Performance
The Speaker, Kwara House of Assembly, Dr Ali Ahmad, on Thursday scored the implementation of the state 2016 budget at 54 per cent. Ahmad said this in his office while addressing newsmen shortly after the presentati...

Akwa United planning to unsettle ABS in Ilorin
Akwa United chairman, Paul Bassey has stated that they are delighted to hand ABS FC their first baptism of fire on their return to the topflight when they clash in the one of the opening fixtures of the 2016/17 NPFL seaso...

No plastic rice in Nigeria, says NAFDAC
Over 40,000 bags of rice seized by the Nigeria Customs Service have been shared to Internally Displaced Persons' camps, its Comptroller-General, Col. Hameed Ali, has stated. The NCS CG, represented by its Deputy C...

ASUU alleges N2bn fraud at University of Ilorin
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, alleging more than N2bn fraud against the management of the University of Ilorin. The petition was jointly signe...

Gov. Ahmed proposes N135b budget for 2017
Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has presented the 2017 budget estimate of N135,064,529,461 to members of the State House of Assembly for consideration and approval. The budget christened "Budget of Introspec...

Mustapha, monarchs, others storm Obbo-Ile for Akamo-Ekun's 25th coronation anniversary
Hundreds of dignitaries and indigenes of Obbo-Ile in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State both home and in the diaspora trooped to the town to celebrate 25th otherwise known as silver jubilee coronation anniversary ...

Paris Club Refund: Group Urges Kwara Govt to Prioritize Infrastructure
The Kwara Transparency and Good Governance Group, KTGG, has once again called on the Ahmed led administration to begin rapid infrastructure developments across the State with the balance of the London/Paris Club Refund, w...

OPINION: Youth Unemployment: Daunting Challenges and Unliimited Possibilities - Bolaji Abdullahi
Former Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, delivered the paper below at the annual lecture and dinner of Club Two-Seven Ilorin, 26th December, 2016. This is certainly not a great t...

KWASU VC Announces Death of Prof. Otokiti
Dear University Community, It is with a heavy heart that I announce the death of Prof. Sunday Otokiti, Director, KWASU Consultancy Services and formerly HOD, Department of Business and Entrepreneurship. ...

List of Board Appointments
1. KWARA STATE POLYTECHNIC 1.Alh. Salihu Alhaji Musa Edu Chairman 2.Dr. Lawal AbdulMumin Abubakar Asa Member 3.Alh. Agboola Ibrahim Ilorin S...

Who Prof. Sunday Otokiti is to me - Muritala Awodun
Permit me to use this medium to announce the demise of Professor Sunday Oyewole OTOKITI of the Department of Business and Entrepreneurship of Kwara State University, Malete. Before joining KWASU he spent 14 years at La...

2016-12-29

Kwara 2017 Budget Address Presented by Gov Ahmed to KWHA
THE 2017 APPROPRIATION BILL PRESENTED TO THE KWARA STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, BY HIS EXCELLENCY, ALHAJI (DR) ABDULFATAH AHMED, THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR OF KWARA STATE ON THURSDAY, 29th DECEMBER, 2016. COURTESIES,...

Ahmed presents 2017 budget, today
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed will today present the 2017 budget proposal before the Kwara State House of Assembly, National Pilot can report. Ahmed informed the lawmakers of the decision to present the budget before the...

2016: NAFDAC seals 200 factories in Kwara
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC) has stated that it has sealed more than 200 factories in the year 2016 in Kwara state. According to the agency the affected factories include br...

60 Golfers storm Ilorin to celebrate Gov Ahmed's 53rd birthday
Ilorin Golf Club yesterday welcomed golfers from Mic-Com Golf and Country Club Ada, Ibadan Golf Club, Ogbomoso Recreation Club and Kadariko Golf Club Kainji for the second time in the spate of two weeks. Having par...

Summary of Wednesday 28th of December, 2016 plenary
Gov. Ahmed to Present 2017 Budget Estimate to the House on Thursday The Kwara State House of Assembly has resolved to host the State Governor Alh. AbdulFatah Ahmed to present 2017 budget at the floor of the House on Thur...

Consultant Not Deducting LG Allocation - Kwara Govt
The Kwara State Personnel Database Development Committee has denied claims by the state branch of the National Union of Local Government Workers(NULGE) that the consultant who handled the personnel verification exercise r...

UNILORIN to students: Complete registration on time or forfeit your admission
The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Sidikat Ijaiya, has advised newly admitted students of the institution to complete their registrations within the time stipulated in the university'...

Ghanaian President honours Unilorin Pro-Chancellor
The President of Ghana, John Mahama, has conferred Prof. Chukwuka Okonjo, the Pro-Chancellor, and Chairman, Governing Council, University of Ilorin, with the Member of the Order of the Volta (MV). This is contained...

Bring petition on successful candidates - Kwara police command tells public
THE Kwara state police command has called on members of the public who have any reservation or complaints against any of the 221 candidates shortlisted in the state for police job to come forward with such. Sp...

Why Kwara created justice sector reform team - AG
The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Kwara State, Mr. Kamaldeen Ajibade, has said that the need to eliminate the challenges facing the state judiciary is responsible for the setting up of the Justice Secto...