2016-08-18

Youths must play active roles to save Nigerian democracy - Kwara Speaker
Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Dr. Ali Ahmad has said that Nigerian youth?s have a big role to play in the nurturing and sustenance of the nation's democracy. Ahmad added that aside from playing a...

Emir of Ilorin clocks 21years on the throne
The Emir of Ilorin Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari has appealed to the people of Ilorin Community and Kwara State at large to continue to pray for Nigerian leaders and for peaceful co-existence to continue to reign in the nat...

KWSG Loses Over N400m to Illegal Recruitment
Kwara State Government has lost over N400m since 2014 due to illegal recruitment of 516 employees by the State Teaching Service Commission. This is part of the findings of an Administrative Panel of Enquiry institut...

Catholic Mission Gives KWSG Options on Sabo-Oke School
The leadership of St. James Roman Catholic Mission (LGEA) school in Sabo-Oke, Ilorin has appealed to the Kwara State government to replace the roof of the primary school blown off by windstorm over a year ago or return t...

MINILS Management Seeks Govt's Intervention in Leadership Crisis
Some members of the top management of Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies (MINILS), Ilorin, have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to as a matter of urgency intervene on the hurried handing over of rei...

Kwara monarch urges FG on cyber-space's control
The Emir of Shonga in Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State, Dr Haliru Yahyah, has called on Federal government to be cautious of imminent danger posed by cyber-space, just as he said failure to effectively managed and...

2016-08-17

3 Kwarans Arrested in Saudi Arabia for Drug Trafficking
The Saudi Arabian authorities have arrested three pilgrims from Kwara for alleged possession of substance suspected to be cocaine. Hajia Fatima Abolore-Jimoh, the Executive Secretary, Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare B...

Gov Ahmed urges Kwarans to embrace agriculture as alternative
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has identified agriculture as a huge alternative to the crude oil now at its lowest ebb. The governor emphasised that it had become necessary to diversify the country's economy ...

Balogun Fulani dies at 76... Gov Ahmed, Ali, Baraje mourn; Emir, SSG, others pay last respect
The death has occurred of the Balogun Fulani of Ilorin, Alhaji Mahmmud Durosinlohun Atiku. He died in early hours of yesterday at the University of Teaching Hospital after a brief illness at the age 76. The deceased has...

Go for gold, Saraki urges Dream Team
Senate President Bukola Saraki has called on Team Nigeria at the ongoing Rio Olympics football games to strive to get the gold medal because only the best is good for their determination, resilience and display of soccer ...

Court remands suspected armed robber
An Ilorin Chief Magistrate Court has remanded a 43-year-old mechanic, Abdulkareem Ibrahim Izuagbe of Akata Gando Area, Ganmo at Federal Medium Security Prison, Mandala, Ilorin, for allegedly dispossessing a woman of her v...

Heads may roll as TESCOM panel submits report...recommendations will determine govt action - SSG
Heads may roll as the Kwara State Government promised to fully implement the report of the administrative panel on illegal mass recruitment into the State Teaching Service Commission. Alhaji Daibu who presented the repor...

Nigeria's problem not APC or political parties fault - Ahmed
Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed has said the present predicament in the country was neither the All Progressives Congress(APC) nor any political party's problem but a national problem. The governor who dropped ...

Saraki mourns Balogun Fulani of Ilorin
SENATE President, Bukola Saraki, Tuesday, expressed deep sadness over the passage of the Balogun Fulani of Ilorin, Alhaji Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku, at the age of 76. In a statement by his Special Adviser, Media and Pub...

Atunwa mourns Balogun Fulani
Hon Razak Atunwa has condoled with Ilorin Emirate led by the Emir of Ilorin, the Kwara State Government and the entire people of Kwara over the demise of the Balogun Fulani of Ilorin Emirate, Alhaji Mahmud Durosinlohun At...

2016-08-16

Controversy trails Oloyede's appointment as JAMB Registrar
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has strongly kicked against the appointment of former Vice Chancellor of University of Ilorin, Professor Ishaq Oloyede as JAMB Registrar. The union is, therefore, calling f...

Kwara Earmarks 12,000 Hectares of Land for Agric
Kwara State Government has earmarked over 12,000 hectares ahead of next farming season as part of its efforts to drive large scale agriculture in the state. The state governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed gave this indication...

Ali Ahmad condoles Emir of Ilorin, Emirate Council over Balogun Fulani's demise
Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Dr. Ali Ahmad has commiserated with the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim ZuluGambari and Emirate Council over the demise of the ?Balogun-Fulani of Ilorin, Alhaji Muhammadu Du...

Unravelling the mysterious murder of a Kwara medical doctor
In the last three weeks, the myth surrounding astonished disappearance of Abdulkareem Tunde Abdulrahman, a medical doctor in Kwara State remained unfathomable until few days ago. AHMED 'LATEEF blows the lid on what transp...

Emir of Ilorin mourns Balogun-Fulani
The Emir of Ilorin and Chairman, Kwara State Traditional Council, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, has expressed sadness over the demise of the Balogun-Fulani of Ilorin, Alhaji Durosinlohun Atiku. Alhaji Atiku was on un...

Iorfa uses NFF, NNL officials to intimidate Kwara United in Makurdi
Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) members and Nigeria National League (NNL) officials, especially the Referee Appointment Committee members (names withheld) were all present at the Aper Aku stadium on Saturday to suppor...

Kwara Speaker reiterates House commitment to sports development
The Kwara State House of Assembly's Speaker, Dr. Ali Ahmad, has reiterated the House commitment towards development of sports in the state. The Speaker made the statement w?hen newly sworn-in executives of Sports W...

Police arrest suspected killers of 'MISSING' medical doctor in Kwara
The Kwara State police command has confirmed the arrest of three suspected criminals, including father and son, over the death of a member of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Dr Tunde Abdulrahman, in Ilorin. S...

Kazeem tasks FG on tax waiver for corporate bodies
The Kwara Director of Sports and Chairman, Nigeria Directors of Sports Forum, Tunde Kazeem, has called on the Federal Government to give corporate bodies willing to support sports in Nigeria tax waiver. Kazeem stated...

The Balogun Fulani is Dead
The Balogun Fulani of Ilorin Emirate, Alhaji Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku, is dead. He died this morning in Ilorin. He was 76 years old....

Labour Party wants Kwara Independent Electoral Commission to speak up on council polls
The Kwara chapter of Labour Party (LP) has asked the Kwara Independent Electoral Commission (KWASIEC) to clear the controversy surrounding the forthcoming local government polls. The Secretary of the party, Mr AbdulK...

Scrapping of diploma programmes in varsities is long overdue - KWASU VC
The Vice Chancellor, Kwara State University, Prof. Abdulrasheed Na'Allah has supported the recent announcement by the Federal Government, stopping universities from running diploma programmes. Na'Allah said while speak...

Ahmed seeks support of Kwara royal fathers on primary school education
Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed has called on traditional rulers in the State to assist the state government in promoting qualitative primary education through regular monitoring of primary schools in their domains...

Lecturers end three-month-old strike in Kwara
Lecturers of Kwara State College of Education, Oro, have ended a three-month-old strike which paralysed academic activities at the institution. Normal academic activities have resumed at the college after the suspe...

Legitimate budget padding, part of legislative functions - Kwara Speaker
The Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Dr. Ali Ahmad has said there is legitimate padding of budget. He stated that when a budget is presented before the House of Assembly, for instance from the President to t...

2016-08-15

OPINION: Who's after Saraki's blood? (5). By Abdulrazaq Magaji
In one of his usual recriminations, Senate president, Abubakar Bukola Saraki claimed that he was not a pauper by the time he became governor of Kwara state with the support of a doting father he later turned against! No o...

NAFDAC cautions youths against illicit drugs
The National Agency for Food, Drug, Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has cautioned Nigerian youths against use of illicit drugs because of its adverse effects in the society. The Kwara Coordinator of the agency,...

Hajj 2016: NAHCON airlifts 20,000 assures on deadline
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) says about 20,000 Nigerian pilgrims have so far been airlifted to Saudi Arabia for this year's hajj. The commission also assured that with the progress so far recorded, it...

On US Embassy's gesture to boost Baseball, Softball devt. in Kwara state
The believe that Kwara State is the home of baseball and softball comes to reality again, with the four-day visit of the US Embassy in Nigeria to Ilorin, the Kwara State capital to donate more than N30 million worth of ba...

Accolades as investors plan $100m cassava production coy
Africa's next step should be agricultural reform: Japan trade group exec The agrarian community of Edidi in Isin local government area of Kwara was on festive mood recently when investors from the United States of Americ...

Irepodun PDP passes vote of confidence on Iyiola-led exco
Members of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara, have reiterated their confidence in the leadership of the party's present state executive led by Akogun-Iyiola Oyedepo. The...

KWHA Leader bags Pan African Servant Leadership award
Leaders, Politicians, Corporate and affluent individuals in West African sub region have been urged to re-dedicate themselves towards serving humanity to wipe out poverty, joblessness, acrimony and insecurity in the sub r...

Gov Ahmed tasks KSANG on development
Kwara State Governor, Dr. Abdulfatah Ahmed has praised the dogged communal spirit of Kwarans in the diaspora, urging them to do more for their home state. In a goodwill message delivered at the Gala/Award Night of the 25...

KWSG calls for evacuation of homes ahead of flood
Tthe Kwara State Government has been engaging in sensitising the communities on the likely effect of not moving out of flood prone areas in the state. This is coming after a flood warning given by Nigerian Meteorological...

Murdered Doctor: Manhunt for alleged mastermind intensifies
A discreet manhunt has begun for the prime suspect in the alleged murder of a medical doctor in Kwara State, AbdulKareem Tunde Abdulrahman. Security operatives have intensified surveillance and dispatched dragnets to nab...

IBEDC, Zango-Kulende Community reach accord
Strong indications emerged weekend that Zango-Kulende Community in Ilorin, Kwara State capital would now have improvement in supply of electricity to the area by the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company, (IBEDC). ...

Governor Ahmed: Thinking outside the box. By Abdulwahab Oba
On May 29, 2011, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed took over the reins as executive governor of Kwara state. From the onset it was clear his election was going to offer a critical challenge mainly because he was succeeding, Dr. Buk...