2016-07-21

Saraki Remains Committed to APC
The attention of the Senate President's Media Team has been drawn to a false publication that is making the rounds on social media that Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki has defected from the ruling All Progressive Congress ...

We won't give up on Senate forgery case, says Boroffice
*The crisis of confidence in the Senate is far from being over. A member of the Unity Forum – a group of senators opposed to the emergence of Senate President Bukola Saraki and his deputy Ike Ekweremadu - yes...

Saraki explains delay on budget details
Details of the budget of the National Assembly are yet to be released because the management is complying with bureaucratic procedure, the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has said. Daily Trust had exclusively report...

Wellbeing Foundation Africa Commends Partner Organizations On Global Recognition Award For Universal Health Coverage
The Wellbeing Foundation Africa (WBFA) commends her partner, PharmAccess Foundation, which works in a public-private partnership with the Kwara State Health Insurance Program; the private insurer, Hygeia Community Heal...

Gov. Ahmed charges APC on unity
The Governor of Kwara State, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed, has called on the leadership of the All Progressives Congress to strengthen the ties of unity, which ensured the party's victories in the last general elections to enab...

IGP Appoints Jimoh Moshood New Police Deputy PRO
The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, has appointed CSP Jimoh Moshood as the Deputy Force Public Relations Officer. A statement by the Police on Monday said CSP Moshood takes over from CSP ...

Kwara speaker, SAN disagree on recovered funds' sharing
Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Dr Ali Ahmad and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Lateef Fagbemi, has expressed divergent views on how the funds recovered from looters should be shared. While Ahmad wants t...

2016-07-20

Unilorin to commission Veterinary Teaching Hospital
The University of Ilorin Veterinary Teaching Hospital (UIVTH) at Sabo Oke, Ilorin, is ready for commissioning. Already, surgery is being carried out on animals and staffing has started. The Director of UIVTH, Prof E...

SMEDAN, lawmaker invest N50m to tackle unemployment
The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria and a member representing Ifelodun/Offa/Oyun Federal Constituency, Mr. Tope Olayonu, have invested not less than N50m towards unemployment reduction in h...

VC Canvasses Strong Law on Impunity Against Girl Child, Women
Vice chancellor, University of Ilorin, Professor Abdulganiyu Ambali? has canvassed for strong law that would strongly protect girl child and women so as to end series of impunity against them. Speaking in Il...

Ahmed Decries Inciting Comments in Kwara
The Governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed, has cautioned politicians in the state against making inciting statements on hardship faced by some workers due to the state's inability to pay their salaries. H...

Kwara CJ Laments Public Perception Of Legal Profession
The chief judge of Kwara state, Justice Sulaiman Kawu, yesterday lamented negative public perception of the legal profession in the country. He said that the legal profession used to be envy of other professi...

Lawyer drags, Saraki, Dogara, others to court over proposed immunity, life pension
A Federal High Court in Lagos has been urged to restrain the National Assembly from passing into law any bill seeking to grant immunity and life pension to officers of the assembly. A rights activist, Kabir A...

I was moved to tears last time Saraki, Ekweremadu went to court - Ex-Senate President
A former President of the Senate, Senator Adolphus Wabara has disclosed that he was moved to tears when he watched the last time one of his successors, Dr. Bukola Saraki and the Deputy Senate President, Chief Ike Ekwer...

Saraki fails to release N/Assembly budget details
Senate President Bukola Saraki has failed to make public the budget breakdown of the National Assembly despite several promises to do so over the past few months. Senator Saraki had made such promises on at least four...

COED cultists attack: Three in police net
The Kwara state police command, Ilorin has arrested three persons allegedly involved in the attack on a student some suspected cultists at the Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin on Monday. The state Po...

Kwara police command parades suspected ritualist, three cultists
...Decries rising wave of ritual killings Kwara state police command yesterday paraded the suspected killer of a farmer in Rore, Irepodun local government area of the state. The suspect, a welder wh...

2016-07-19

Governor Ahmed charges new first class traditional rulers on unity
The eight newly appointed first class traditional rulers in kwara state who were today presented staff of office have been urged to use their new status to further unify and uplift kwara residents due to their closest ...

Give Restructuring a Priority, Adebayo Urges Buhari
Former minister for Communications, Chief Cornelius Adebayo has cautioned the government against refusal to restructure the country's polity noting that the present structure was retarding the growth of the nation ...

Emir of Ilorin turbans Sulyman Lambe as new Kure Ahmeda
The Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu Gambari has turbaned Alhaji Sulyman Lambe Yusuf as the new Kure Ahmeda of Ilorin. The turbanning ceremony which took place at the Emir's Palace, attracted eminent perso...

Prevent your children from joining bad company, principal tells parents
Parents and guardians have been urged to monitor the activities of their children and wards to prevent them from joining bad company. They were also urged to redouble their efforts in giving their children sound, mo...

Foundation honours Mogaji Nda of Ilorin...We are always proud of him - Emir
Last Saturday July 16, a prominent Elder, seasoned writer, respected retired police crime buster and vanguard of education development in Ilorin emirate and Nigeria, Alhaji Saliu Woru Mohammed was honoured with 'Pillar...

Kwara State Police Command gets new CP
CP Olusola Amore has been posted as the new Commissioner of Police, Kwara State police command, Ilorin The development was as a result of the promotion and posting of Assistant Inspector Generals of police and appoint...

Ahmed Vows To End LG Salary Crises
Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has said that the delay in the payment of salaries of certain categories of workers in the State would soon be a thing of the past. Gov. Ahmed, who gave this assurance at t...

OPINION: Saraki, Dogara et al: What a cast! By Abdulrazaq Magaji
In its haste to stop Chief MKO Abiola from claiming his crown, the military administration of Ptrsident Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida came up with spurious, often contradictory, excuses for voiding the June 12, 1993 election...

Kwara Perm Sec. inaugurates MOC for 1st Beach Soccer competition
The Main Organising Committee (MOC), for 1st Kwara Beach Soccer Tournament has been inaugurated. Inaugurating the Committee on Monday at the Ministry of Sports and Youth Development, the Permanent Secretary Mr. Sam...

KWHA grants govt's request to access budget support facility... approves N973 million SUBEB counterpart facility
The Kwara State House of Assembly has approved the state government's request to access the Federal Government Budget Support Facility (BSF). With the approval, the state government is free to access not more than N...

Thrills and frills of commissioning of $2m NLNG/Unilorin Engineering Centre
Last Friday, University of Ilorin played host to eminent Nigerians who converged on the main campus of the institution to witness the commissioning of multi-million naira Engineering Research Centre financed by Nigeria Li...

Jebba: An Open Letter to the Deputy Speaker, KWHA. By Zulqurnain Ajedayo
The Honorable Deputy-Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Asa-Dam Road, Ilorin, Kwara State Dear Hon Mathew Okedare Jebba, IT MUST NOT BE SWEPT UNDER THE CARPET ...

2016-07-18

Buhari meets with Mark, Nnamani over Saraki
President Muhammadu Buhari met some former national assembly leaders at the presidential villa on Monday over the crisis in the senate, TheCable has learnt. Senate President Bukola Saraki is currently on two ...

I remain loyal to APC - Saraki
Senate President Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Monday restated his loyalty to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). He also reiterated his belief that the President Muhammadu Buhari’s government will...

Saraki begs Court to adjourn own appeal, says judges deserve rest
The Court of Appeal on Monday in Abuja adjourned until October 6 to hear an appeal filed by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, challenging his criminal trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal. Justice Abdul Abo...

CCT trial: Court of Appeal fixes Oct.6 to hear Senate President's appeal
The Court of Appeal on Monday in Abuja adjourned until Oct.6 to hear an appeal filed by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, challenging his criminal trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal. Justice Abdul Aboki...

Farmer Beheaded in Kwara
A farmer, identified as Sunday Owolabi, has been reportedly beheaded at Rore village in Irepodun local government area of Kwara state. The deceased, according to THISDAY checks, was said to have been kille...

Kwara Revenue Service denies usurping functions of LGs
Kwara State Internal Revenue Service, on Monday denied claims that it has usurped the responsibilities of local councils in the state in the area of revenue collection. Muritala Awodun, Chairman of the servic...

PDP vows to resist appointment of LG caretaker committees in Kwara
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State has vowed to resist any attempt by the state government to appoint local government caretaker committees in the state, reports Punch. The party said it would pr...

We'll okay admissions after varsities' screening - JAMB
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has given condition for the 2016 admissions, saying it will only give approval "after appropriate screening of the candidates by the institutions." The Registrar/C...

Ahmed, Sultan, Gambari for conference
Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed, President-General of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs in Nigeria (NSCIA) and Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Saad Abubakar III and Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gam...

Gov. Ahmed elevates eight traditional rulers to First Class status
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has approved the elevation of eight traditional rulers in the state to First Class status. This was contained in a statement issued in Ilorin on Saturday and signed by...

Police in Kwara declare 10 wanted over Jebba killings
The Kwara State police command has declared 10 persons including a school principal wanted in connection with the killing of three persons in Jebba town in Moro Local Government Area of Kwara state on last eid-el-fitri...

Kwara to recruit more workers - Commission
More people will be recruited into the Kwara Civil Service as soon as the state finance improves, Mr Salman Ibrahim, Chairman of the state Civil Service Commission has said. Ibrahim said on Sunday that the commission h...

Radio Kwara, Assures SWAN Of Support
Broadcasting Corporation will collaborate with the state chapter of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) in promoting sports, an official has assured. The corporation's General Manager, Abdullatee...

OPINION: THE DISTINGUISHED MOLE(S) IN THE 8TH SENATE by OLALEKAN ALABI
Without any doubt, the events of last week in the Nigerian Senate which led to the altercation between Senator Oluremi Tinubu of Lagos Central Senatorial District and her colleague, Senator Dino Melaye of Kogi West senato...