2016-08-10

NDE TRAINS 150 IN LANDSCAPING
THE National Directorate of Employment (NDE) in Kwara State has trained 150 unemployed school leavers in the art of environmental design, under Environmental Beautification Training Scheme (EBTS). Speaking at the o...

Ethnic divides, others threatening Nigeria's peace - Ajeigbe
Dividing Nigeria along ethnic, regional and religious lines remains biggest threat to mutual and peaceful co-existence of the country, Kwara State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Alhaji Mahmud Babatunde A...

Opinion: Oloyede on a JAMB rescue mission.By Kunle Akogun
The appointment of the immediate past Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Is-haq Olanrewaju Oloyede (OFR), as the new Registrar of the beleaguered Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) is heartwar...

KWHA directs committees to review 2016 budget implementation
The Kwara State House of Assembly yesterday directed its House Committees on Public Account and Finance and Appropriation to carry out a thorough review of 2016 budget implementation. The directive was sequel to a...

Share killings: Police arrest alleged sponsor ...KWSG vows to bring culprits to book
The Kwara state police command has arrested one Mallam Jimoh Rara alleged to be the sponsor of the recent Killing of five persons in Obadare Village in Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state. The command acco...

Gov Ahmed directs contractors back to sites
Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has directed contractors handling various projects in the state to return to sites immediately. Governor Ahmed who gave the directive in Ilorin at the monthly Stakeholders Me...

First batch of Kwara Pilgrims arrive in Madinah
The first batch of five hundred and four (504) pilgrims from kwara State that were airlifted from the Ilorin International Airport in the early hours of today,(Tuesday) have arrived safely in Madinah ,Saudi Arabia in co...

2016-08-09

Give peace a chance, Ahmed to Kwarans
Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed yesterday in llorin tasked Kwarans to give peace a chance and become proponents and promoters of the harmony for which the state is known. The governor who emphasised the impor...

Kwara Government vows to apprehend culprits of Tsaragi murder
The Kwara State Government has pledged to apprehend the culprits of the murder of five people in Tsaragi District of Edu Local Government area of the state last week. The State Deputy Governor, Elder Peter Kisira made ...

AGF meets ICPC boss over reopening of ex-govs' graft cases
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, on Monday intensified his efforts to reopen some high profile cases which had since been investigated but yet to be prosecuted by the na...

NNL not easy but we can make it to NPFL, says Obuh
Kwara United FC coach, John Sam Obuh said that the team will not relent until they achieve promotion to the elite league. Obuh acknowledged that the Nigeria National League (NNL) is not as easy as it seems and ever...

Monarch, Rep, hail Federal Government over Ajase-Ipo/Offa/Erin-Ile/Ilado road rehabilitation
The Olofa of Offa, in Kwara, Oba Mufutau Gbadamosi, has commended the Federal Government for considering Ajase-ipo/Offa/Erin-ile/Ilado road as part of its priority projects. The Olofa made the commendation in a st...

Kwara NDLEA Without Operational Vehicles - Commander
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kwara state command, has said that none of the eight commands of the agency in the state had operational vehicle. However, the Command said it had arrested a total of 74 susp...

NiMet Warns Kwara, 10 Other States of Impending Flood
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (Nimet) has warned that Kaduna and 10 states risk flooding from August to October this year, as their various soil moisture had reached or were close to saturation. Other states l...

JAMB Registrar Warns Staff Against Indiscipline
JAMB, NUCThe newly appointed Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Ishaq Oloyede, has warned all staff of the board that he will not tolerate any act of indiscipline. Prof...

NDLEA Arrests 74 Drug Suspects In Kwara
The Kwara State command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has arrested a total of 74 suspects carrying 391.26 kilogramme of hard drugs between January and July 2016. Speaking with journalists in...

Kwara warns institutions against wasteful spending
Kwara State government has warned authorities of its tertiary institutions to be prudent in managing their resources or face prosecution. The development came as government said it had so far disbursed N430,388,359.24 as...

2016-08-08

How seven month-old abandoned baby was rescued in Ilorin
Residents of Ilorin, Kwara State capital, were shocked yesterday, following news of a seven month old baby girl, who was abandoned along Airport Road area of the state before she was rescued by some good Samaritans. ...

Kwara to start airlifting pilgrims tomorrow
The Executive Secretary of the Kwara State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, Hajia Fatimah Abolore-Jimoh, has said airlift of intending pilgrims from the state will start tomorrow, August 9th. Fielding questions from jo...

Traders express concern over low patronage of food items
Traders in Omu-Aran, Kwara, have expressed concern about low patronage of food and other consumable in recent times because of increase in prices. The traders spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in various market...

How Kwara can become financially independent through non-oil export
A large number of states in Nigeria are running on avoidable deficits due to overdependence on centrally allocated crude-oil dependent revenues. Many of the state governments came into power with the mindset of getting mo...

Kwara govt stops subvention to Kwarapoly, College of Health Tech. Offa; cuts allocations to other institutions
In view of the dwindled financial allocations in the state, Kwara state government has cut the age long annual subvention to Kwara state polytechnic, Ilorin and College of Health Technology Offa, while it released a slas...

2016-08-07

Don wants Federal Government to review schools' curricula to focus on practical
A university don, Ganiu Mutiu, of the University of Al-Hikmah, Ilorin, Kwara, has urged the Federal Government to review the curricula of the various educational institutions to focus more on practical studies. Mutiu tol...

'Smart Work' My Recipe for Success, Valedictorian Tells Students
The 2016 overall best student of Landmark University (LMU), Omu-Aran, Kwara State, Oyetunji Olumuyiwa Oyeleke, says placing premium on his studies right from the blast of the whistle, and adopting a "smart work" approach ...

NNL: Kwara United defeat Supreme Court to complete season's double
Kwara United FC defeated Supreme Court FC 3-0 in a Week 10 Nigeria National League encounter played at Kwara stadium, Ilorin, making it double over the Abuja-based side in the on-going campaign. Kwara United FC defeated ...

Kwara PDP chairman urges Sheriff to cooperate with Makarfi
The chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara state, Prince Sunday Fagbemi, has urged Senator Ali Modu Sherif to join hands with the Ahmed Makarfi-led caretaker committee to move the party forward. He...

Kwara speaker advocates Lawyers' participation in politics
The Speaker of Kwara State House of Assembly, Dr. Ali Ahmad has attributed the suffering of Nigeria legislature to the nation's hostile system which discourages lawyers'participation and involvement in politics. Citi...

Kwara CJ pardons six inmates
In a bid to decongest prisons, Kwara State Chief Judge, Justice Suleiman Kawu, have freed six inmates awaiting trial at Federal Custody in Oke-Kura and Mandala area of the state. The inmates released included those...

Customs officer's ex-wife drags him to EFCC over his ill-gotten wealth
An aggrieved ex-wife, Alhaja Hauwa Shola Ajia, has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, ICPC, over assets her Customs officer ex-husband, Fatai A...