2016-10-17

Disabled assured of protective law in Kwara
The Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Dr Ali Ahmad, has disclosed that the legislature will soon pass into law bill on rights of persons with disabilities. The bill, according to him, would give the affected peopl...

Shiite ban: We may be preparing for another set of insurgency - Onaiyekan
The cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, Nigeria, Archbishop John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan, has warned that Nigeria may be inadvertently preparing grounds for another insurgency with measures against Shiite Islamic group by...

Recession: Kwara moves to stop bursary payment to students
Owing to the current economic recession in the country, strong indications have emerged that the Kwara State government has concluded plans to discontinue the payment of bursary to indigent students from the state. I...

Gov Ahmed to Discuss Investments and Inclusiveness at US Symposium
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed on Sunday travelled to the United States to join 18 other northern state governors invited by the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) for the Northern Nigeria Governors'...

'FG should secure other girls release'
The Bishop of the Diocese of Omu-Aran, Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Rt. Revd. Philip Adeyemo; the World Commandant-General, Mission for Africa Chaplaincy, Mr. Edward Taylor; and other stakeholders have urged...

Ahmed: Soaring like an eagle
A key task of leadership is to chart the way forward for the people towards accomplishment of set goals. This task becomes more imperative during crisis period; when there is confusion and hopelessness all around; when th...

2016-10-16

TAMPAN President, Dele Odule Congratulates Yoruba Movie Actors
The President of Theater Arts and Motion Picture Producer's Association of Nigeria (TAMPAN), Prince Dele Odule has congratulated the members of the association for the success of its 2016/maiden edition of national conve...

Ilorin Youths Commend Saraki on Rural Roads Construction
The Ilorin Emirate Youth Development Association (IEYDA) has commended the Nigerian Senate President, His Excellency, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki for his love for community development has recently displayed in the ongoing...

Gov commissions asphalt plant, orders massive construction of roads across Kwara
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed, on Friday, commissioned Kwara State government's asphalt plant, and directed the state Ministry of Works and Transport to immediately commence rehabilitation of major roads across the state to...

Biting finger nails can cause whitlow - Expert
A medical expert, Dr. Festus Olalekan, has warned Nigerians against biting their finger nails, saying it could result in skin infection, especially whitlow. Olalekan, who works with Graceland Hospital, Ilorin, Kwara Stat...

OPINION: Rafiu Ibrahim: A Politician with midas touch. By Ahmed 'Lateef
The sojourn of Senator Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim both in public and private life, but most importantly, the last few years of his stint in politics, adorned with accolades as expected of a true democrat and representative of ...

OPINION: The Hypocrisy Of Gender Advocates. By Muhammed Abdullahi
The President’s wife has committed a sacrilege. She has violated a ground rule and the unwritten code which demanded that she can only be seen but not heard. Every husband makes the rule that governs his hous...

KWHA to Investigate Kwara Hotels alleged mismanagement
The Kwara State House of Assembly has directed its joint Committees on Public Accounts/Finance and Appropriation/Commerce, Industry and Cooperative to investigate the alleged mismanagement leading to non payment of salari...

285 million suffer visual impairment worldwide- Unilorin Don
By Ahmed 'Lateef, Hassan Teslimat and Amao Oluwaseun About 285million people are living with low vision and other visual impairment related challenges across the globe. Of this figure, 39million are suffering ...

Man convicted for stealing five litres of vegetable oil ...hunger led me to it- convict
By Ahmed 'Lateef A motorcycle mechanic apprentice, Yusuf Adebayo, was yesterday convicted by an Area Court sitting at Centre-Igboro, Ilorin for stealing five litres of vegetable oil. The conviction came after he...

2016-10-15

KWHA charges Gov Ahmed on IF-K establishment laws
The Kwara State House of Assembly has called on Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed to comply with the requirements of the relevant laws on the establishment of Kwara State Infrastructure Fund (IF-K)?. The House made the...

#DayOfTheGirl - WBFA Launches Adolescent Girls Skills PSHE Curriculum; Commits To Partnering Governments On Health Records, Gender Data
In marking the 5th International Day of the Girl Child, the Wellbeing Foundation Africa Founder-President HE Toyin Saraki committed to:  "partnering with government at every tier in giving every...

Saraki: Kwara Speaker challenges FG to withdraw similar cases in courts
Following the withdrawal of alleged forgery case against the Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki by the Federal Government, the Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Dr. Ali Ahmad has said that urgent recon...

History as first Ilorin female Yoruba author emerges
In the serene city of Ilorin, Kwara State capital, what seems to be a tall dream among the natives of the ancient city was broken as a female Yoruba teacher, Khadijat Ayoola Yusuf, an indigene of Ilorin, made her debut in...

APC Suspends Ilorin West Chair - Buhari
The All Progressives Congress (APC) wishes to announce the suspension of the Chairman of the APC in Ilorin West LGA, Alhaji Suleiman Olarewaju Balah. This action became inevitable owing to Alhaji Olanrewaju's delibe...

Kwara Assembly to rid state of illegal motor parks soon - Speaker
The Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. ?Dr. Ali Ahmad has said that the 8th Assembly would do everything possible to rid the state of illegal motor parks and garages. He made the pledge in his remarks...

ICM Global Ambassador Toyin Saraki Welcomes Launch Of "Midwives Voices, Midwives Realities Report 2016"
In a statement coinciding with the publication of a new global survey by the WHO, International Confederation Of Midwives, and the White Ribbon Alliance Global, Mrs. Toyin Saraki, ICM Global Goodwill Ambassador and Founde...

ABS reacts to O&D judgment, wants J. Atete banned
The Welfare officer of Football, Abubakar Bukola Saraki (ABS) Ilorin FC, Ahmed Abdallah, has hailed the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), decision to award his team 3 goals and 3 points as a result of violence unleashed ...

Hotel management owes workers N300m salary
Over 180 Workers with Kwara Hotels Limited in llorin, the Kwara capital are being owed about N300million and five month's salary arrears by the former consultant managing of the hotel. The Chairman of the Kwara Hot...

Onaiyekan Lauds FG Over Release of 21 Chibok Girls
Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, Cardinal John Onaiyekan has said that Federal Government was making progress in its fight against Boko Haram with the release of 21 out of the over 200 abducted Chibok girls. Th...

Gynaecologist warns against using tampons for menstrual cycle
Dr Kike Adesina of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) has warned women not to use tampons for menstrual cycle as it portends danger to them. Adesina of the Department of Gynaecology of UITH told the News...

Navy to site training school in Kwara
The Director, Operations, Nigerian Navy Headquarters, Abuja, Rear Admiral Maikson Kadri stated this when he led a delegation to the state Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed in Ilorin. He further explained that the f...

Zonal U-19 Squash Championship: Kwara emerge winners
Squash players from Kwara state proved their superior metles to emerge winners in both singles and team events at the just concluded zonal Under-19 Secondary Schools Squash Championship for Boys and Girls which took place...

Kwara kingmaker accused of raping sick girl
A business woman, Mrs. Florence Bamidele, has accused one of the kingmakers of Odo-Owa community in Oke-Ero Local Government Area of Kwara State, High Chief Bunmi Popoola, of raping her 27-year-old daughter, Joke, many ti...

'Aisha Buhari vindicates Saraki, confirms Buhari's govt. hijacked'
An aide to the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, on Friday said his boss had been vindicated by the recent outburst of President Muhammadu Buhari's wife, Aisha, about her husband's leadership. Bamikole Omisore,...

2016-10-14

NFF Orders Replay of Kwara Utd Vs FC Taraba NNL Fixture
Nigeria Football Federation has ordered replay of the match between Kwara Utd FC Vs FC Taraba in Abuja under closed doors with close supervision by the Nigeria National League at a date and time to be fixed by the NNL...

Senate cancels post UTME, extends JAMB's validity period to 3 years
THE Senate Thursday passed into law that which would guarantee the validity of any admission offered by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB to any candidate for a period of three academic years from the dat...

Herbalist kills woman after using charm to have sex with her in Kwara
An Ilorin Magistrate's Court on Wednesday remanded a 27 -year-old native doctor, Bunmi Popoola, in prison for allegedly using charm to have carnal knowledge of a woman which caused her death. The Magistrate, Mr Ahm...

Saraki decries bomb blast in Maiduguri, clashes in Kaduna, Kano, Katsina
Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Thursday condemned the bomb blast in Maiduguri and the reported clashes between security agents and members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), otherwise called Shiit...

Student commits suicide after failing exams in Kwara
A 20-year-old senior secondary school student, Moji Agboola, died on Wednesday in Omu-Aran, Kwara, after taking poison. The deceased, an SS1 student died at Adeyemo Hospital in the town due to complications in her body s...

EFCC quizzes Kwara lawmaker over N13.5m hajj funds
A member of Kwara State House of Assembly, Saheed Popoola, has been interrogated by officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over allegations of N13.5 million hajj operations funds fraud. T...

Kwara Hotel Workers Protest Plan To Take Over Hotel
Kwara Hotel, hotel workersStaff of Kwara Hotel, Ilorin have staged a demonstration against the alleged plan of the state government to transfer the management of the hotel to another company without being carried along by...