2016-07-17

Oyedepo Says Poverty Among Blackmen Was A Product Of Unused Brain
Founder and chancellor, Landmark University, Omu Aran, Kwara state, Bishop David Oyedepo, has said that poverty among blackmen was a product of unused brain and capacity to think solution. The clergy man note...

FIFA President's proposed visit good for Nigerian football - SWAN President
The President, Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Honour Sirawoo, says the expected visit of FIFA's President, Gianni Infantino to Nigeria will open a new vista for the nation's football. Sirawoo m...

2016-07-16

NFF congratulates new SWAN executive
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has congratulated the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) on the successful conclusion to its triennial conference in Ilorin, Kwara State on Wednesday and the swearing –in...

Suspected cultists kill Offa poly student
A student of the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara State, Mr. Kazeem Oloto, has been shot dead by suspected cultists. Punch correspondent gathered on Friday that fear enveloped students and other members of th...

Police arrest 21 over Jebba killings
The Kwara State Police Command has arrested no fewer than 21 suspects over the violence in Jebba of Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State, which led to the death of three people. The command's Public Rela...

Volleyball championships: Lagos berths in semi-finals, sends Kwara packing
The Lagos State volleyball team on Friday spanked their Kwara State counterparts 3-0 (25-21, 25-12, 25-21) to berth in the semi-finals of the ongoing Chief Owolabi Martins Volleyball Championships. Lagos has remained ...

Volleyball championships: Lagos berths in semi-finals, sends Kwara packing
The Lagos State volleyball team on Friday spanked their Kwara State counterparts 3-0 (25-21, 25-12, 25-21) to berth in the semi-finals of the ongoing Chief Owolabi Martins Volleyball Championships. Lagos has remained ...

FRSC Warns Kwara Traders Against Displaying Wares On Rail Lines
Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Kwara, Mr Sunday Maku, has warned traders to desist from displaying wares beside rail lines in the state. Maku gave the warning in Ilorin on Friday ...

NTA, Unilorin FM, Raypower to partner YBA
The Kwara State chapter of Yoruba Broadcasters Association (YBA) recently got a boost in its determination to promote the Yoruba language and culture. This was as a result of the assurances of some media outlets to key...

'I feel like weeping each time I visit NYSC Orientation Camp' ... as NUJ laud KWSG
The Kwara state Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed on Wednesday said he almost wept any time he visited the state National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp at Yikpata, Edu Local Government Area of the state. ...

Echoes of peace meeting between Fulani pastoralists/farmers in Baruten
Cool, calm and collected, Mallam Mohammed Ahmed Umar gathered himself and delivered his first line of message effortlessly and very suave the way he delivered it. He looked down at the tome of papers and files on the t...

Saraki keeps promise... as Senate passes law to curb abuse against people with disabilities
The Senate Wednesday, passed for its third and final reading the 'Discrimination Against Persons With Disabilities (Prohibition) Bill (2016) (SB 22).' Taking to his social media pages to comment on the develo...

Union to partner KWIRS on revenue generation
The leadership of the Union of Tippers and Quarry Employers of Nigeria in Kwara State rose from an emergency meeting in Ilorin yesterday with a pledge to partner the state government in its revenue drive to mitigate th...

2016-07-14

We will rebuild SWAN by Honour - Sirawoo
AN INAUGURAL ADDRESS PRESENTED BY HONOUR SIRAWOO, THE 10TH PRESIDENT OF THE SPORTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (SWAN) TODAY, THE 13TH OF JULY, 2016 AT THE NUJ PRESS CENTER, ILORIN, KWARA STATE. I stand here today...

Unilorin, FRSC to Unveil New Speed Limit Monitors
A new speed limit monitor has been successfully designed by the University of Ilorin and now due for unveiling. The device, an invention of Faculty of Engineering of the University, is to be showcased to the ...

Oladimeji Assures on Kwara Utd Promotion
THE Chairman of Kwara United Football Club, Prince Oladimeji Thompson has said that the team is focused towards meeting the target of gaining promotion to the Premier League next season. Prince Oladimeji who ...

Man Drowns in Asa River, Rescued
THERE was uneasy calm in Ilorin at the weekend as an unknown young man reportedly drowned in Asa River. It was gathered that the man whose identity was still sketchy, entered the river, which flows through Emir's Road...

Oil Price Crisis: Kwara to Focus on Solid Minerals - Ahmed
GOVERNOR Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State in Ilorin offered explanation as to why the state government renewed its focus on revenue generation through natural resources that were not initially tapped. Of the r...

KWSG to Inject N1b to SMEs For Agric - Ahmed
GOVERNOR Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State yesterday in Ilorin warned politicians against playing politics with Local Government salaries just as he attributed the problem to the "worst inflated wage bill" apart from the...

Oniye Family to Drag IBEDC to Court
BARRING any last minute change of mind, the Oniye family in Ilorin, Kwara State Capital, may drag the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) to court over alleged negligence which caused the death of Abdulrash...

Sirawoo Elected New SWAN President
The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) wednesday elected Mr. Honour Sirawoo as the National President of the association. He was returned unopposed at the election which held at the Kwara State Coun...

Governor Ahmed charges FG to engage youths through sports
Sequel to the ever increasing rate of unemployment and other youth development challenges in the country, the Federal Government has been charged to use sports to adequately engage the youths. The charge was ...

Ahmed wants transparent local council system for Nigeria
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State yesterday, advocated for a viable and self-accounting local government system in Nigeria to effectively address the unpalatable challenge of non-settlement of entitlements of wo...

Kwara Assembly approves N973m loan for SUBEB counterpart fund
Kwara State House of Assembly has approved that the state government access the sum of N973 million term loan facility from Skye Bank to finance provision of SUBEB Counterpart funding to enable government access the 20...

I acted in public interest in forgery trial, Justice minister tells Senate Malami
The probe of the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, for "dragging" Senate President Bukola Saraki, his deputy Ike Ekweremadu and two others to court for alleged forgery of the Senate 2011 St...

2016-07-13

Senate threatens Attorney-General, Malami, over Saraki's "forgery" case
The Nigerian Senate on Thursday threatened to hold the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, in contempt if he fail?s? to appear before ?its investigative committee. The Senate Committee on Jud...

Kwara Assembly okays N1.3b loan
The Kwara State House of Assembly has granted the government's request to access the N1.3 billion Federal Government Budget Support Facility (BSF) loan. With the approval, the government will be able to acces...

Reps in rowdy session over proposed immunity for Saraki, Dogara
Members of the House of Representatives broke into a rowdy session on Tuesday as tempers rose over a proposed immunity against prosecution for presiding officers of the National Assembly. It also included pre...

Global Gender Advocate, H.E. Toyin Saraki Represents African Women at the White House
The wife of the Senate President and Chair of Senators Wives Forum, Mrs. Toyin Saraki will today participate at the White House Summit on Global Development. The summit which will hold at Washington DC at around 9:00 GMT ...