2016-10-29

Gbemi Saraki Still out of Social Scene
Senator Gbemisola Saraki, daughter of the late strongman of Kwara politics, Dr. Olusola Saraki, and younger sister of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, is one woman that many would not find difficult to define. She...

Kwara PDP dissociates self from nomination fees notice
Chairmanship and councillorship aspirants under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara state, have been urged to disregard calls for the payment of N25, 000 each to the coffers of the party. T...

COED Ilorin Releases Admission List
The Kwara State College of Education Ilorin has released her admission list for the 2016/2017 session.This is contained in a post on the College website....

Kwara leaders kick against child marriage
A former Chairman, National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Haliru Yahaya, has said no fewer than 100 women die daily in Nigeria as a result of maternal/child mortality-related issues. He said that abou...

Kwara vows to blacklist contractors doing shoddy jobs
The Kwara Government on Friday said it would blacklist and refuse to pay contractors doing shoddy jobs on road projects in the state. Alhaji Aro Yahaya, the state Commissioner for Works and Transport, gave the warn...

2016-10-28

APC Probes Deputy Spokesperson Critical of Chairman Oyegun
The All Progressives Congress on Wednesday set up an ad-hoc disciplinary committee to investigate "activities" of the deputy publicity secretary, Timi Frank, who has been relentless in his harsh criticisms of chairman Joh...

KWHA kicks against NHIS Zonal office relocation from Kwara
Kwara State House of Assembly has urged the National Assembly members from the State and the State Government to intervene and ensure that the North Central Zonal Headquarters of National Health lnsurance Scheme (NHIS) wa...

FG addressing EU ban on Nigerian foods - NEPC
The Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Export Promotion Council, Mr. Olusegun Awolowo, said on Wednesday that the Federal Government had instituted an Inter-Ministerial Agency Committee on Zero Reject Po...

I did not reject Buhari's nomination - MIT Professor
Akintunde Akinwande, a U.S.-based Nigerian engineer recently nominated by President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday said reports that he had rejected the offer were nothing but "mere fiction." Mr. Akinwande's statement c...

'Kwara cannot afford N1b for council polls'
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State has said the state opted for a Transition Implementation Committee (TIC) because the state cannot afford to spend over N1 billion on council elections based on current ec...

2016-10-27

Illegal Filling station must be demolish, Kwara Assembly insisted
The Kwara State House of Assembly says it is resolute in its resolutions on illegal Filing Stations in Ilorin Metropolis. To this end, it has mandated its ad-hoc Committee on Proliferation of illegal Petroleum Station...

Again, Appeal Court throws out Saraki's application to stop trial
An Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has dismissed an application filed by the Senate President Bukola Saraki challenging a previous decision of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT. Mr. Saraki is facing ...

Economist proffers solution to national economic recovery
A Professor of Economics, Halidu Abubakar, says the only way to national economic recovery is for the Federal Government to inject foreign exchange into the economy. Abubakar, who is also the Emir of Ilesha-Baruba ...

Senators lament state of Nigerian prisons
The senate yesterday began debate on a bill which seeks to rehabilitate Nigerian prisons and guarantee the reformation of prisoners after their terms The debate on the bill which was led by Senator Shaaba Lafiagi f...

Makinwa thanks Kwarans as ABS beat J.Atete
The Coach of Abubakar Bukola Saraki (ABS) Ilorin FC, Henry Makinwa has thanked the people of Kwara State for theirbprayers especially during the abandoned match day 13 Nigeria National League (NNL), game with Julius Atete...

25 brides for mass wedding in Shawo community
Mr Femi Adebayo, the Special Assistant to Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed on Arts, Culture and Tourism, on Wednesday said 25 brides would participate in the Shawo mass wedding. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that t...

NANS, Kwara Revenue Agency Float Students' Entrepreneurship Scheme
Kwara State Internal Revenue Service (KWIRS) and the National Association of Nigerian Students Joint Campus Committee (NANS JCC), Kwara state chapter, have entered into an agreement aimed at promoting entrepreneurship amo...

Kwara NMA embarks on sensitisation for implementation of National Health Act
Many members of the Nigeria Medical Association, Kwara State branch on Wednesday joined their counterparts all over the country on a sensitisation walk on the implementation of the National Health Act. The National...

Kwara tax defaulters face jail term
Shocker awaits residents of Kwara State from November as anyone found guilty of defaulting in tax payments would be jailed. Executive Chairman of Kwara State Internal Revenue Service, KWIRS, Dr. Muritala Awodu, who disclo...

Pasuma, Ronke Oshodi-Oke for mass wedding in Kwara
The Special Assistant to Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed on Arts, Culture and Tourism, Mr. Femi Adebayo, on Wednesday said 25 brides would participate in the Shawo mass wedding. The event, also known as Awon Mass Wedding...

TIC: No brewing crises in Kwara APC - Spokesman
The All Progressives Congress in Kwara State has dismissed a media report which suggested that there is a brewing crises in the party over the nomination process to proposed Transition Implementation Committee as untrue a...

2016-10-26

NCC Tennis League Returns with Coca Cola Support
The NCC Tennis League will resume this weekend with a high-stake tie between Team Lead Way and defending champions,Team Tombim, at the National Stadium Surulere, Lagos. There is also a second tie in Ilorin between Team ...

Stakeholders want shops along GSS demolish
Some stakeholders within Ilorin metropolis have expressed concern over construction of shops along Government Secondary School (GSS) Ilorin and called for demolition of the shops. The stakeholders made this call ...

Kwara prison receives health materials from NMA
The Officer in charge of Mandallah maximum Prison in Asa Local Government area of the Kwara state, Alhaji Abayom Gbadamasi has described health problem as one of the major challenges facing the two hundred and ten inmate...

Kwara councillors groan over unpaid 8-month salary
THE 193 councillors in Kwara State, under the aegis of Kwara State Councillors Forum, have appealed to Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed, to intervene in the payment of their severance allowance and six months' salary being owed ...

Ex-Kwara governor, Adebayo makes case for true federalism
A former Governor of Kwara State, Chief Cornelius Adebayo, has called for a comprehensive restructuring of Nigeria, to a true and functional federal state. He said that is the only way Nigeria can effectively solve...

Kwara inaugurates committee on Saving-one-million-lives programme
The Kwara Government has set up a committee for the commencement of the Save-one-million-lives (SOML) programme in the state. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Atolagbe Alege, made this known at the inauguration of...

Kwara records 300 maternal child mortality - Emir of Shonga
Dr Haliru Ndanusa, the Emir of Shonga in Edu Local Government Area of Kwara, on Tuesday said that more than 300 women die weekly due to maternal/child mortality related issues. Ndanusa gave the figure at the palace o...

Kwara assembly plans stiffer penalty for kidnappers
The Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Dr. Ali Ahmad, on Tuesday said the state Assembly would prescribe stiffer punishment for kidnappers and ritualists in the state. He stated that the Assembly would review ...