2016-05-06

Kwara Assembly reads riot act on illegal filling stations
The Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly Dr. Ali Ahmad has warned that any filling station constructed illegally in the State after the October 15th last year's resolution of the House on the indiscriminate constr...

Football Trial: Mikel's Agent to storm Ilorin to scout for players
A football scout based in Osogbo, Osun State, Philips Oluwole of Astral Olaphils Global Services is organising a football trial for players in the age group of 15 to 24 years old in conjunction with John Obi Mike's Agent,...

Press Release: Kwara Assembly denies removing President Buhari's portrait
The attention of the Kwara State House of Assembly has been drawn to a publication in some news media suggesting that the picture of President Muhammadu Buhari is not displayed in the Assembly complex. The publicat...

OPINION: Kwarans, Governor Ahmed and the Hospitals. By Oba Abdulkadir La'aro
One key area of priority voluntarily imposed on himself by the Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, is health care service. And it a good one. At least, given our low, very low expectation of moderate performanc...

Ilorin court remands politician in prison over N600m alleged fraud
An Ilorin Magistrate Court on Wednesday remanded a popular Ibadan-based politician, Dr. Folaranmi Akinosun in prison custody over his alleged involvement in a N600 million admission fraud between Nigeria and Ghana....

Kwara's prostitutes' den where sex is cheap
Taiwo Road in Ilorin is one of the major highways in the Kwara State capital. It is named after the former military governor of Kwara State, Col. Ibrahim Taiwo, who was assassinated during the coup de'tat of February 1...

Kwara to partner associations on transformation
The Kwara State government says it is partnering with various associations towards transforming the socio-economic development of the state. The State Commissioner for Tertiary Education, Science and Technolo...

Kwara Assembly displays Saraki, not Buhari's portrait
Contrary to a tradition where public and private establishments display portrait of the nation's president, governor and head of the organisation in the state, the Kwara State House of Assembly displays the pictures of...

2016-05-05

OPINION: Promoting Sustainable SME Development in Kwara. By Bolaji Alabi
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are critical to the economic development of any country as they have the potential to create employment opportunities, generate revenues, improve local technology and ensure forward int...

Kwara United promises regular payment of salaries
Oladimeji Thompson, the Chairman of Kwara United FC of Ilorin, on Wednesday promised to pay the salaries of its technical crew and players promptly to ensure promotion to the Premier League. Thompson told the...

Saudi Arabia releases N25m to Kwara stampede victims
The Saudi Arabian authorities have released a sum of N25m to the Kwara State Government for the victims of the stampede in the 2015 hajj and others. Disbursing the money to the victims' next of kin on Wednes...

Opinion: Saraki's Trial At The CCT: An Orchestrated Move To Politically Relegate Kwara State. By Taofeek Sanusi
With all indications and events unfolding after the distinguished president of the 8th Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki was dragged to Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) in a bid to soil his political credentials which h...

Kwara lawmakers commend FG over reconstruction of Ilorin- Jebba highway
Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly Ali Ahmad has commended the Federal Government for responding to the yearnings of the people of Kwara and Niger States in resuming work on the abandoned rehabilitation of Ilorin-J...

Water tanker crushes 2 children, injures 2 in Ilorin
There was pandemonium in the popular Ipata market in the heart of Ilorin, Kwara State capital yesterday when a water tanker reportedly crushed two school children to death and caused serious injury to two others. ...

Kwara applicants allege extortion by liaison office
Some Kwara State citizens have decried the non-issuance of receipts by the officials of the Kwara State Liaison Office, Victoria Island, Lagos State, who daily collect the sum of N2,000 each from applicants seeking to ...

2016-05-04

Why Buhari should caution state govs – Don
A Professor of Islamic Studies, Badmas 'Lanre Yusuf, in Ilorin yesterday admonished President Muhammadu Buhari to curtail the excesses of some state governors who might not share his ideology of restoring the country o...

KWHA warns against allocation of lands in water ways
The Kwara State House of Assembly has called on the state Housing Corporation to henceforth stop the allocation of water way land to the people to safe guard life and property. The House made the call while c...

Kwara athletes brace up for Table tennis, volleyball and tennis tourneys
Three Kwara state teams will join their counterpart across the nation to participate in table tennis, volleyball and tennis championships in two different cities. A 14-man table tennis squad, led by a member ...

KWSG establishes grazing reserves in Patigi, Baruten LGs
The Kwara State Government has established 2,500 hectares of land each at Lata in Patigi Local Government and Gidan Magajiya in Baruten Local Government Areas of the state as grazing reserves. The Special Adv...

KWSG flags off cassava mechanization, agro processing project
The Kwara State Government is ready to collaborate with Africa Agriculture Technology Foundation (AA TF) to achieve food sufficiency and reduce unemployment in the state. The Special Adviser on Agriculture an...

How wrong interpretation of religion birthed insurgency - Unilorin VC
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Professor AbdulGaniyu Ambali, in Ilorin yesterday painted the ugly picture of the beginning of insurgency in the North Eastern part of the country, which he said, sprang fro...

Salaries: Ahmed makes case for LG teachers
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State yesterday in Ilorin made case for Local Government teachers as regards their salaries in order to get the best out of them. Governor Ahmed who appealed to the Federal ...

Invest in midwives to cut stillbirths, maternal deaths in Nigeria - Toyin Saraki
Investing in an "army of midwives" across Nigeria will cut the number of stillbirths and women dying during or after giving birth, a leading women's rights activist said ahead of the West African nation's first global ...

Saraki can't get fair trial - Kwara APC chair ... As artisans hold special prayer for him
The Kwara State APC chairman, Alhaji Ishola Balogun Fulani, has declared that the senate president cannot get fair trial at the ongoing Code of Conduct Tribunal due to some irregularities surrounding the proceedings. ...

Man, 28, lands in prison for having oral sex with 5-year old girl
An Ilorin Magistrates' Court on Tuesday ordered a 28-year old man, Emmanuel Andrew, to be remanded at Federal Prison in Ilorin over alleged oral sex with a five-year old girl. Andrew of Amoyo area of Ilorin is facing a...

Gov promises better working conditions for journalists
Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed has reiterated his commitment towards enhancing working conditions of journalists with the state while assisting their counterparts to discharge their responsibilities as a bridge bet...

We didn't pay Saraki's lawyer N500m - Kwara govt
Kwara State government has debunked allegation that it paid N500 million as legal fee of Mr Kanu Agabi, who is the lead counsel In the trial of senate president, Dr Bukola Saraki, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT)....

Kwara United FC visits Children Reception Home, seeks support, prayers
In their bid to seek more support and prayers ahead of the 2015/2016 NNL, players and officials of Kwara United FC today (Saturday) visited the Children Reception Center, Ilorin to show love to the children. ...

Industrialist calls for constitution of Ilorin Emirate Economic Council
An industrialist, Alhaji Aminullahi Adisa Logun, has called for the constitution of Ilorin Emirate Economic Council to integrate all viable socio-economic development of the Emirate. Alhaji Adisa Logun made t...

2016-05-03

Crisis Looms In Polytechnics As Lecturers Threaten strike
The nation's polytechnic sector may be heading for another round of strike as lecturers across the country have threatened to embark on a strike action if the Federal Government does not urgently address the various in...

LG Workers Most Affected By Non Payment of Salaries - NULGE
The Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) has decried the non-payment of salaries of local government employees, saying that workers at that level of government are the most affected by the issue of non-p...

Mining can earn for Nigeria N5tn yearly - Fayemi
The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has said that Nigeria can generate about N5tn annually if it opens up the sector. He also said that the solid minerals sector had the potential to gener...

Full text of President Buhari's May Day Speech
SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY, PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER – IN - CHIEF, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, ON THE OCCASION OF THE 2016 NATIONAL MAY DAY CELEBRATION HELD AT THE EAGLE SQUARE, ABUJA ON SUNDAY...

Industrialist urges N1trn intervention fund for steel, solid mineral
The management of KAM Industries Nigeria Ltd has appealed to the federal government to dedicate a minimum of N500 billion intervention fund? to the steel industry and another N500 billion to the solid mineral sector in...

FG to pay subsidy on petrol
The Federal Government said it would pay subsidy on petrol, otherwise known as Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) from the recoveries made in the first quarter of this year. This is contained in the latest Petroleum Product P...

FG targets 7,000MW in 18 months - Osinbajo
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo said on Monday that the Federal Government was planning to generate 7, 000 megawatts of electricity for the nation within the next 18 months. He stated this at the presentation of a book "...