2016-08-06

Egosi women of substance commended for donation of toilet facility
The Elegosi of Egosi in Oke-Ero Local Government Area of Kwara State, Oba Daniel Adefila Dada, has commended members of Egosi Women of Substance for the donation of a toilet facility to the community. He gave the com...

Alleged N100m fraud: EFCC detains female FAAN official, two others
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a female Level 06 official in the Accounts department of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mrs. Christy Olabode, for an alleged fraud to the...

Gov. Ahmed To Enforce Kwara Anti-Cultism Law
Abdulfatah Ahmed, Kwara, Anti-CultismThe Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, has vowed to enforce the state's anti-cultism law, as amended, to the letter. He believes this would make the state unwelcome for ...

Kidnapped at Ife, dumped in Kwara: OAU student's scary journey through jungle
Saturday, July 23, 2016, was one day that will always give 18-year-old Praise Adelakin nightmares. That day, a journey from Ile-Ife, Osun State, to Ibadan, Oyo State, that was supposed to take her about two hours only, al...

2016-08-05

SARAKI COMMENDS UNICEF's DECISION TO RESUME AID WORK IN N/EAST
-Urges probe of alleged Diversion of Relief Items to IDPs Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday commended the pledge of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) to continue providing relief as...

Senate President urges Team Nigeria to excel in Rio
Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki on Thursday urged the Nigerian delegation to the 2016 Rio Olympics to make the country proud by winning many medals during in the various events during the Games. Senator Saraki ...

Muslim group carges Traditional Rulers of fighting Kwara communities to embrace peace
Traditional Rulers in two rival communities in Kwara State, Share and Tsaragi, that have been fighting for years over land , have been urged to find ways of bringing lasting peace in the area. The Muslim Media Wa...

Kwara police assure proper investigation on Share killings as peace returns
The kwara state police command today said peace has returned to shaare-tsaragi communities, saying that the delegate sent by the state commissioner of police Olusola Amore had met with both monarchs of the communities in ...

Educationists flay low ICT compliance in schools
The Proprietor, Hillcity Schools, Graceland, Tanke, Kwara State, Mr. Ebenezer Olawuyi; and Head of the Department of Educational Technology, University of Ilorin, Prof. Bisi Onasanya; have said there is low level of in...

2016-08-04

Badminton: Kwara stadium veterans invade Police in Lagos
Kwara Stadium Veteran Badminton Club will storm Lagos on Friday to take on Police College 2008, Ikeja in a friendly game billed for Saturday 6th August 2016. The Kwara team is made up of 20 players led by the Club ...

NPFL: Club Owners Appoint Saraki As Patron
Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL), Club Owners Association has appointed the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, as its Patron. Isaac Danladi, Chairman of the association, said Saraki's selection, as its patron ...

Unpaid arrears: We've lost 1005 members -Kwara LGA pensioners
The Kwara Local Government Pensioners Association has confirmed death of 1005 members between April, 2015 to date as a result of their unpaid pension allowances. The chairman of the Association in Kwara State, Alha...

Governor Ahmed Condemns Share Killings as Barbaric
Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed, has condemned the dastardly murder of some farmers in Share, headquarters of Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state by yet-to-be-identified persons. Gov Ahmed, in a st...

The Last Time I Saw My Son,' Mother of Missing Kwara Doctor
For Alhaja Jumoke Adeyi, a retired nurse from the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, this is not the best of time. As the Yoruba would say, it is a lesser tragedy for one's child to die than get missing witho...

MURIC Congratulates Oloyede On His Appointment As Jamb Registrar
Professor Ishaq Oloyede, Secretary General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), was yesterday appointed Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB). We rejoice with him...

Kwara Police Commissioner Gives Priority To Community Policing
The new Commissioner of Police in Kwara State, Mr Olushola Amore has assured that he would focus on community policing to ensure criminals find it difficult to operate within the state. While taking over fro...

Five Killed in Renewed Share/Tsaragi Communal Clash in Kwara
Palpable tension now envelopes the warring towns of Share and Tsaragi in Kwara state following the alleged killing of five people in the areas on Tuesday in the latest outbreak of crisis that ensued between the people of ...

Kwara Local Government workers suspend strike
The Kwara State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) has called off its ongoing industrial action, with a call on members to resume work immediately. Local Council workers in the State had...

SUICIDE: WOMAN JUMPS INTO WELL IN ILORIN
A middle aged woman simply identified as Medina has been reported dead after she jumped into a well in Oloje compound of Ilorin, Kwara State capital. The deceased was reported to have left her room at about 4:30 am ...

2016-08-03

Kwara LG workers suspend strike
The Kwara State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) has called off its ongoing industrial action, with a call on members to resume work immediately. Local council workers in the St...

Kwara pilgrims inaugural flight for August 9
The inaugural flight for intending pilgrims for the 2016 pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia from Kwara State has been fixed for Tuesday, August 9. The Executive Secretary of the Kwara State Muslim Pilgrims Board, Hajia Fatim...

Former NBC boss calls on broadcasters to improve content
A former Director General of the National Broadcasting Commission,NBC, Yomi Bolarinwa, has called on broadcasting stations to produce compelling programmes to enable them compete in the digitization era. Bolarinwa ...

Adamawa United 1-0 Kwara United: Debutant Tunde Adams fires Adamawa United to victory
Tunde Adam's 10th minute goal gave Adamawa United 1-0 win over Kwara United in Monday's match day nine Nigeria National League (NNL) fixture at the Fofure Township Stadium. The goal and the eventual triumph left the pa...

BBC sold Civil War footages to Nigeria - NTA ilorin's GM
The General Manager of Nigeria Television Authority, (NTA) Ilorin, Adetunji Majeed, has revealed that the Authority bought footages from British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) while shooting a documentary about Nigeria's ...

VGI registers 20,000 businesses in Kwara
Over 20,000 businesses have been enlisted on the platform of Kwara Live Project as a way of stimulating the economic growth in Kwara State. The project is the brainchild of Visual Global Impression (VGI), an Ilorin...

Man dies in Ilorin fixing electrical fault
There was confusion at Taiwo-Isale area of Ilorin, Kwara State capital when an electrician got electrocuted and died while carrying out repairs on electric pole in the area. The victim identified simply as Dauda repor...

Uproar as charcoal price skyrockets in Kwara
This is not the best of time for users of charcoal in domestic cooking in Ilorin, Kwara State as price of the commodity has gone up in the market. Independent findings conducted by our correspondent across selected areas...

KWSG flags off tree planting
The Kwara State Government yesterday flagged off 2016 tree planting campaign in Eruku, Ekiti Local Government Area of the state. Speaking at the official flag off, the state governor, Alhaji AbdulFatah Ahmed advised ...

Ilorin Airport handles 36,805 passengers, 1, 316 aircraft in 6 months
The Ilorin International Airport handled a total of 36,805 passengers and 1,316 aircraft between January and June 2016, its Manager, Alhaji Abubukar Mohammed, said on Tuesday. Mohammed disclosed this in llorin during ...

Kwara government to set-up Asphalt plant, assures motorable roads
As the kwara state government sets to complete the establishment of Asphalt plant in Ilorin, the residents of the state have been assured of dividend of democracy through roads construction, pot holes rehabilitation and i...

We Don't Owe Pensioners N14b Gratuity - KWSG
The Kwara State Government regards as misleading the headline of the story published by the Punch Newspapers on Tuesday 2nd August, 2016 titled: "Kwara Owes Pensioners N14bn gratuity- NULGE". The government made the cl...

Kwara owes pensioners N14bn gratuity – NULGE
The Secretary of the Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees, Kwara State chapter, Mr. Abayomi Afolabi, has said that retired local government workers and primary school teachers in the state are owed over N14bn grat...

Why Oyo, Ekiti, Kwara, others can't access N64.8b UBE cash
To enable them access the N64.8 billion Universal Basic Education (UBE) funds with ease, the 36 governors have started to lobby President Muhammadu Buhari to amend the Universal Basic Education Act 2004. The gover...

NAFDAC uncovers 300 bakers with fake, expired licences in Kwara
The National Food, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in Kwara state on Monday said about 300 bakers in the state are producing breads for public consumption with fake and expired NAFDAC Licenses. The NAF...

OPINION: Modibbo Kawu, DG NBC's strive towards Broadcast Digitization By Abdulrasheed Akogun
When the Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism Alhaji Lai Muhammed announced the appointment of ace journalist and columnist Mallam Ishiaq Modibbo Kawu as the new Director General of the Nigerian Broadcasting Commi...

Kwara's Infrastructure Fund to Accelerate Sustainable Growth - Ahmed
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed says the State government's Infrastructure Development Fund (IF-K) will accelerate infrastructural growth in the state on a sustainable basis. Governor Ahmed, who s...

JAMB: Academics hail Oloyede's appointment as Registrar
By Ahmed 'Lateef Members of the academic community yesterday described Oloyede's appointment as JAMB Registrar as the best decision taken so far by Buhari-led administration. In separate telephone interview wi...

Kwara SWAN challenges State Govt on impactful participation at NYG
The Kwara Council of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), has urged the state sports council and the ministry of Sports and Youth Development, to parade a Team Kwara that can make an impactful participation at th...