2016-08-14

Kwara's GDSS Wins FCT Summer Holiday Cricket
Government Day Secondary School (GDSS), Odo Okuh, Kwara State's boy cricket team has won the inaugural edition of the FCT Secondary School summer holiday cricket championship, tagged 'President Cup' staged at the Abuja Na...

We can't address Nigeria's unemployment crisis - National Directorate for Employment cries out
The acting Director-General, National Directorate of Employment, Mr. Olakunle Obanyan, has said that the agency alone cannot tackle Nigeria's unemployment challenges. According to Obanyan, the reason for this was b...

APC inaugurates SWC in Kwara North
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara North chapter has inaugurated a 5-man Senatorial Working Committee for the party. The Senatorial Working Committee inaugurated included Alhaji Kolo Mohammed, Secretary; Alh...

Unending leadership tussle engulfs Offa Fed Poly
Schism, uncertainty and internecine strife permeates the atmosphere at the Federal Polytechnic located in Offa, Kwara State since the appointment of the acting Rector for the institution after the expiration of the seco...

I Have What It Takes to Move PDP to Next Level, says Ojomu
A chieftain of Peoples Democractic Party(PDP) in Kwara state and an aspirant of the National Publicity Secretary of the opposition Peoples Democractic Party(PDP) in the forthcoming national convention of the party, Hon, B...

Two remanded over Share killings
Two persons, Jamiu Suleiman, 20 of Ile Orokan and Alhaji Jimoh Rara, 65 of Ile Olu-Ode both of Share, Kwara State, who allegedly conspired with five others now at large and shot five people to death have been arraigned be...

Missing doctor killed in father's house in Ilorin... Security guard's son, two others fingered
Contrary to the initial belief that a member of the Kwara State chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Dr Abdulkareem Tunde Abdulrahman, was missing, the medical officer was allegedly clubbed to death in his fa...

One dies, three injured in Kwara accident
An unidentified man was confirmed dead on Saturday, while three sustained varying degrees of injuries, following an accident on a bridge along the road between Flower-Garden and Kwara Mall in Kwara State. The Punch...

Flooding: Kwara Govt begins Sensitizing Residents On Danger
The Kwara State Government has embarked on a sensitization program on the impeding flood to make residents aware of the danger of not hastening to move out of prone areas. The state government commences the pr...

2016-08-13

OPINION: Dogara: Another 'Jack' of all trade! By Abdulrazaq Magaji
House speaker, Yakubu 'Jack' Dogara, has just confirmed that there is more to his innocent, some say, dour looks and colourless personality. By admitting that he participated in padding the 2016 budget, the man just calle...

Furry, frustration as kerosene price fluctuates
The total withdrawal of subsidy on kerosene otherwise known as dual purpose kerosene (DPK) has relaxed hitherto scarcity in some filling stations that sell the commodity to members of the public. AHMED 'LATEEF reports on ...

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 thi...

ABS's Abdullahi targets more NNL goals
Abubakar Bukola Saraki (ABS), Ilorin FC top scorer in the ongoing Nigeria National League season, Ibrahim Abdullahi, has said he wants to score more goals that will earn his team a place in next year's Nigeria Premier Lea...

Kwara NDLEA parades fake currency trafficker with fake millions of Naira
The Kwara state command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has today alerted kwara residents and Nigerians at large to take proper caution while receiving one thousand Naira, five hundred Naira notes fro...

Kwara Governor calls for inclusive banking
The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has tasked Kwara Commercial Micro-finance Bank to explore various opportunities in rural areas in order to guarantee inclusive banking and stimulate the economy. Gove...

2016-08-12

KWHA makes case for Town Planning funding ... insists on filling stations proliferation resolution execution
The Kwara State Governor Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has been urged to immediately provide funds to the State Town Planning and Development Authority (TPDA) to enable it carry out the resolutions of the State House of Assembl...

Photo News: Speaker Pays Homage to Olofa
The Speaker of Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Dr. Ali Ahmad exchanging pleasantries with His Royal Majesty, Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi Ojaja II at the 53rd birthday of Olofa of Offa, Oba Mufutau Gbadamasi ...

Photo News: Emir of Ilorin Decorates CSO
Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari while decorating his Chief Security Officer, Adedayo Olowoyo with his new rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police, (ASP) in his Palace on recently. ...

Kwara Speaker hails Olaolu Ali's appointment as UNIOSUN Pro-Chancellor
The appointment of Mallam Yusuf Olaolu Ali (SAN) as the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman, Governing Council of the Osun State University (UNIOSUN) by Governor Rauf Aregbesola would further improve the institution and make it a...

ABS appeals NFF Disciplinary Committee's decision
Abubakar Bukola Saraki (ABS) Ilorin FC will appeal the Nigeria Football Federation Disciplinary Committee decision awarding 3 points and 3 goals to Cofine FC of Akwa Ibom over its failure to honour Nigeria National League...

Unilorin don canvasses dialogue with herdsmen
In order to ensure a viable and lasting solution to the perennial conflicts between herdsmen and farmers in the country, a Professor of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Ilorin, Prof. S. F. Ambali, has advised the ...

Unilorin community hails Oloyede's appointment ...Aina's too
The University of Ilorin community erupted in excitement last Tuesday (August 2, 2016) over the previous night's announcement of the appointment of its former Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede (OFR), as the new Regist...

Unilorin holds Google Apps training for academic, IT staff
The University of Ilorin has commenced training for members of the academic staff and IT officers on the use of Google Apps for Education in order to increase efficiency, collaboration, and engagement in the classrooms....

Release Funds to Implement Our Resolutions, Kwara Assembly Tells Governor
Kwara State House of Assembly has asked Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed to provide funds for the state's Town Planning and Development Authority (TPDA) to enable it carry out its resolutions. This was part of the resolu...

Security agents apprehend five intending pilgrims with kolanuts, palm oil
Five intending pilgrims for this year's Hajj have been apprehended by security agents at Ilorin International Airport in Kwara State for attempting to carry kolanuts and palm oil to Saudi Arabia. The state Amirul H...

Oloyede: Unilorite on a JAMB rescue mission
Excellence recognised! A new lease of life for JAMB! Those were my immediate reactions last Monday evening (August 1, 2016) on hearing of the appointment of Prof. Is-haq Olanrewaju Oloyede (OFR) as the Registrar of the be...

Kwara to review pupil exchange programme
Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, has initiated steps towards the review of pupil exchange programme in the state. Ahmed had made a presentation to the Northern Governors on the review of the programme. Th...

2016-08-11

Secondary School Want Exchange Program Stopped
The Old Boys Association of Government Secondary School (GSS) Ilorin, Kwara State, has called for an end to students exchange program with the school. The exchange program was meant to promote unity among the northern ...

Kwara Speaker Felicitates with Olofa on his 53rd Birthday
Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Dr. Ali Ahmad, has felicitated with ?the Olofa of Offa, Oba Mufutau Gbadamasi Esuwoye II, as the monarch celebrates his 53rd birthday Wednesday. In a congratulatory ...

Kwara Federal Road Safety Corps warns instructors, learners against violation of regulations
The Kwara Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Mr Sunday Maku, has decried the incessant violation of regulations guiding learners' instructors in the state. This is contained in a statement signed by t...

10 months salary crisis: Gov Ahmed sets up visitation panels for COED,Oro; CAILS
The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has approved the constitution of visitation panels for the College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies, Ilorin and the College of Education, Oro. This was contained ...

OPINION: Alert On Impending Flood
The flood alert issued by the Nigerian Hydrological Service Agency (NHSA) is a timely warning that should not be ignored but heeded to avert disaster. Effective natural disaster management obviously requires the early war...

FG: Hardship won't cause shutdown
The Federal Government yesterday declared that in spite of the hardship being experienced by Nigerians, the country would not shut down. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said after the Feder...

Ooni of Ife Tasks Kingdoms on Peaceful Co-Existence, Development
Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II, on Wednesday advised all kingdoms across the country to continue to embark on issues capable of promoting peaceful co-existence and socio-economic development of the country rath...

Ife, Ilorin monarchs want greater role for tradition in governance
Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed (right) and Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, during a courtesy visit by the monarch to the Government House in Ilorin… yesterday. Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, and the...