2016-12-20

Saraki, Sheriff hold secret talks
The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has held a private meeting with a factional chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ali Modu-Sheriff. The meeting, which lasted for a little over 20 minutes, was held at a...

Opinion:Hurray, The Reformer In Room 4.01 Is 54 By Yusuph Olaniyonu
To borrow the practice of academics, let me define my terms. Room 4.01 in the New Senate Building in the National Assembly Complex, Abuja, is the office of the President of the Nigerian Senate who doubles as chairman of o...

Saraki - Why I Attended Sheriff Daughter's Wedding
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has said he attended the wedding of the daughter of the former acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, at the International Conference Cen...

Dogara Hails Saraki At 54
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has expressed congratulatory wishes to the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on occasion of his 54th birthday. Dogara, in a stateme...

Saraki awards scholarship to 73 first-class graduates
Senate President Bukola Saraki yesterday awarded scholarship to 73 first-class graduates from Kwara State as part of his 54th birthday. The Senate president hosted the graduates and their parents at his residence i...

Club Owners, SWAN, ABSFC, Others Salute Saraki @ 54
The Management of Abubakar Bukola Saraki (ABS) Ilorin FC, the Nigeria Premier league Club Owners, Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), have congratulated the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki,on his 54th birthd...

Issa Gata joins newly promoted ABS FC
Kwara United mercurial forward, Issa Gata has completed his move to the newly promoted Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) side Abubakar Bukola Saraki (ABS) FC after all the necessary documents have been signed by...

Saraki @54: Kwara Speaker charges Youths on Creativity and proper orientation
The Speaker of Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Dr. Ali Ahmad has challenged Youths in the state to de-emphasize from immediate material gains, noting that what should be paramount in their minds must be how to sec...

Opinion: 54 garlands for Bukola Saraki, the 'Sugar Boy' By Akintoba Fatigun
Those who knew Senate President Bukola Saraki before his romance with politics must be sore pained at recent attempts to portray him as a cheap larcenist. People would say this is why many good Nigerians avoid...

2 Unilorin dons appointed vice-chancellors of new private universities
Two professors from the University of Ilorin, Unilorin, have been appointed vice-chancellors of two new private universities. They are Hussein Oloyede of the Faculty of Life Sciences, and John Olorunmaiye of the Facu...

2016-12-19

Ipata butchers to relocate to new abattoirs Jan - Developer
Butchers at Ipata Market in Ilorin, Kwara State will on January 2nd relocate to new abattoir located along Akerebiata within the metropolis. This was disclosed by the representative of the consultant firm of the mode...

N5bn Paris Club Refund: NULGE confirms credit of LGs' accounts
The Kwara State chapter of the Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), last night confirmed that accounts of all councils in the state have been credited from the Paris Club refund released last week. G...

Backlogs: Kwara ex-councillors to meet COS, today
Former councillors in the state under the aegis of ex-councillors forum will be meeting today with the Chief of Staff, Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab, in order to negotiate the payment of their backlog of salaries from the N5...

Kwara Speaker congratulates Senate President at 54
...sues for Nigerians support to National Assembly Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Dr. Ali Ahmad has congratulated the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki as he marks his 54th birthday, urgi...

'Buhari only fights corrupt people, not corruption'- Yusuf Ali
A Nigerian leading legal practitioner, Malam Yusuf Olaolu Ali (SAN), has faulted the approach being employed by the current government in its  anti-corruption crusade, saying it is not yielding the desired resul...

Buhari: Saraki an influential politician of our time
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday congratulated Senate President Bukola Saraki on his 54th birthday. The president's goodwill message was contained in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Pu...

Corruption adverse to development, says Ahmed
Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed has said that corruption is antithetical to growth and remains an endangered species to democratic institutions. He warned civil servants in the state against corruption as non...

Kwara seeks 13% derivation benefits over solid minerals discovery
The Kwara State Government has called for the immediate inclusion of the state on the list of beneficiaries of the 13% derivation fund from the solid minerals as a solid minerals producing state. The State Commissi...

Sponsor of Kwara soccer tourney seeks stakeholders' support
Hajia Mariam Bawa, the sponsor of the annual Emir of Kaiama Cup Football Competition, has called on stakeholders to provide technical and financial support to ensure the sustenance of the competition. Bawa made the...

Govt terminates road contract abandoned by contractor
The Kwara State Government on Sunday announced the termination, with immediate effect, the ongoing construction of 8.3km Wara-Osin/Airport road project in llorin West Local Government Area. The state Commissioner ...

Kwara Assembly plans zero budgeting template for next year
As Governor AbdulFatah Ahmed prepares to present the 2017 budget to the Kwara State House of Assembly, the legislators say they would adopt zero template to ensure value for all funds appropriated. Chairman of the ...

Kwara to renovate 420 schools
The Kwara State government is to renovate 420 classrooms across the 16 councils, it was learnt yesterday. Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed stated this while addressing members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the...

Group Calls on KWSG to Review LUK in Light of Public Outcry
The Kwara Transparency and Good Governance Group, KTGG, in a press statement released today, has called on the State Government to critically look into the Project Light Up Kwara (LUK), against the background of public ou...

Senator Ibrahim marks golden jubilee with empowerment
The prevalent high rate poverty afflicting majority of the citizenry like a sphinx has left much to be desired despite series of interventions across board. However, the Kwara South Senator, Dr Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim, who ...

2016-12-18

OPINION: Can NBA leadership be trusted? By Abdulrazaq Magaji
"As priests in the temple of justice, our legal practitioners should live above board and no longer feel comfortable that some of the less than virtuous among them occupy critical and sensitive positions dealing with sanc...

Recession: NBTE boss projects more job loss
Dr Adamu Kazaure, the Executive Secretary for the National Board for Technical Education (NABTE), has said that more jobs losses were probably on the way as Nigeria fights harder to end the economic recession. Kaza...

We're expecting more refund from Paris Club - Kwara govt
The Kwara State Government said it is still expecting to receive more refund from the Federal Government under the London and Paris Club loan refunds to states across the country. So far, the state has acknowledged r...

Kwara Govt Clears Air on LG Salaries
The Kwara Government has clarified that the salary crisis affecting local government councils in the state will be resolved within the shortest possible time. Dr Muideen Akorede, the Senior Special Assistant on Media...

How Offa celebrates Olofa's victory years after
The palace of the Olofa of Offa, in Kwara State,for a first time visitor, may be mistaken for a party ground because since the Appeal Court ruling on the authentic Olofa was given in favour of Oba Mufutau Gbadamosi, Okiki...

Kwara Govt. to create 20,000 jobs for youths in agriculture
Mr Adegoke Bamidele, Kwara Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources says the state Government has concluded plans to create 20,000 jobs for youths in agriculture. Bamidele made this known in Lagos on Saturday....

Cultism attracts 10 years imprisonment in Kwara, says Ahmed
Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed yesterday warned youths in the state to eschew cultism. He added that anyone found guilty of involvement in cultism and other related activities risks a-ten year jail term, rus...

Press Release: Light Up Kwara project is another way of preparing pensions for Ahmed, Saraki and others
The Joint Action Against Corruption in Kwara (JAACK) said the street lighting project by Ahmed administration aiming 3,000 poles within the state capital is another conduit through which its proponents intend to derive un...

2016-12-17

GOV. AHMED IS THE MOST TRANSPARENT GOVERNOR IN NIGERIA - SSA MEDIA
The Senior Special Assistant to the Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed on Media and Communications, Dr. Muyideen Akorede has given an assurance that all the ongoing and new projects embarked upon by the State g...

Stress can lead to mental problem - Psychiatrist
Alfred Makanjuola, a consultant psychiatrist at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, UITH, Ilorin, has warned Nigerians to guard against putting themselves under stress. The professor said that this could de...

Gov. Ahmed charges civil servants on attitudinal change
Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara has urged civil servants in the state to change their attitude towards work for effective service delivery. Ahmed gave the charge on Friday in Ilorin, in his opening remark at a semin...

LUK: No Material Benefit for Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed and Senate President
Kwara State government on Friday said neither the State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed nor the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has any material benefit or personal stake in its forthcoming solar-powered streetlight...

KWSG Receives N2.077bn, LGs Get N1.549bn as December Allocation
The Kwara State government received a total of N2, 077, 949, 539.66 as allocation from the federation account for the month of December, 2016. The State Commissioner for Finance, Alhaji Demola Banu, who disclosed thi...