2015-11-25

Fed Govt urges Supreme Court to allow Saraki's trial before CCT
THE Federal Government has asked the Supreme Court to allow Senate President Bukola Saraki’s trial before the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). Saraki was arraigned before the CCT last month on a 13-count c...

Buhari, Senators meet in Aso Rock Thursday
Senate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki, will on Thursday lead other Senators to a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari. The agenda of the meeting scheduled to take place in Aso Rock Villa, Abuja, is not immediate...

Kwara State Govt. Signs MOU On Health Insurance
The State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, signed on behalf of the state government, while Mr Kees Storm signed on behalf of the Dutch's health insurance fund at the Government House, Ilorin. Speaking at the occas...

Farmer Bag's 39 Months' Imprisonment for Bitting-Off Man's Lip
A 35-year-old farmer, Adebayo Olaniyi, was on Tuesday sentenced to 39 months' imprisonment by an Odo-Owa Area Court in Kwara, for biting -off Bode Arilewo's lower lip. Olaniyi of Ilowe Compound, Odo-Owa in Oke-Ero Loca...

Council Warns Private Hospitals Against Unwholesome Practices
The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) has warned private medical practitioners engaging in unwholesome practices in Kwara State to desist or risk jail sentence. Speaking with journalists during ins...

2015-11-24

OPINION: Nigerian Workers Deserve a Raise not a Reduction in Wages. By Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia
You know you have a do nothing national assembly when no single motion has been moved to stop Nigeria's governors from reducing the minimum wage from N18, 000. Before now, I had wanted to make the socio economic case why ...

20bn Bond: Kwara Assembly seeks further information from KWSG
The Kwara State House of Assembly has urged the State Government to furnish the legislature with detailed information on the bond so far accessed by the present administration in the State. This is part of resol...

Kwara NUJ's pressure cooker on Buhari's anti-graft war
By Ahmed 'Lateef Prior to the election of President Muhammadu Buhari on March 28th this year, Nigeria was grappling with enormous challenges precipitated by vicissitudes of governance across the spectra of the soc...

Audu was a visionary leader - Saraki
President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Monday described as painful and shocking, the demise of the former Governor of Kogi State and governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaj...

APC will win Kogi, realised Audu's dreams - Ali Ahmad
Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Dr Ali Ahmad said the sudden death of Prince Audu Abubakar would not deter the All Progressives Congress (APC) from winning the supplementary election and bring the much desi...

Alumni Association elects new officers
At its 12th National Congress held penultimate Saturday (November 14, 2015), the University of Ilorin (Unilorin) Alumni Association has elected new national officers to run its affairs. Those elected were Dr. (Mrs.) R...

Marketing Institute honours Ambali, others ...As expert tasks FG on agro-industries development
The National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria (NIMN) has honoured the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali (OON), with the "Most Distinguished Honorary Fellowship" Award for his immens...

Unilorin Students' Union, LEAH Foundation collaborate to fight cancer
In a bid to ensure that more people, especially young women, are better informed on and join in the fight against cancer, the University of Ilorin Students' Union, in collaboration with the LEAH Foundation, a pet proje...

VC flags off 'Unilorin Net' for cheaper, better telecomm platform
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali (OON), has flagged off a new revolutionary telecommunication initiative that would provide cheaper and more efficient service to members of the ...

'No Recruitment Into Police Force Without National ID Card'
The deputy inspector general, Force Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department (FCIID), Area 10, Mr Christopher Kakwe, has said that the force management team has decided that anybody without evidence of enrolm...

Kwara, Dutch Scheme To Float Health Insurance Fund
Kwara State government has signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Dutch Health Insurance Fund to establish Health Insurance Fund in the state. The state governor Abdulfatah Ahmed, who signed on behalf...

2015-11-23

KWHA Members felicitate with Kwara Speaker As he marks his Birthday
On behalf of other Members of the Kwara State House of Assembly, I Hon. Hassan Oyeleke Leader of the House hereby felicitates with our Speaker Rt. Hon. Dr. Ali Ahmad as he clocks another year today. Noted for his tena...

Why Pharmaceutical Institute Must Be Properly Funded - Akintayo
The immediate past President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), Olumide Akintayo has called on the federal government to properly fund the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Development. ...

My friend led our gang to kidnap his own father, demand N1.5m ransom - Suspect confesses
The Oyo state Police Command has arrested a 30-year-old man, one Hassan Maikudi alongside five Fulani men suspected to be members of a notorious kidnapping and armed robbery gang who for years had allegedly terrorized ...

387 million people are diabetic worldwide -Pharmacist
Nigerians have been advised to eat healthily and increase their exercise period to reduce the risk of Diabetes Mellitus. Diabetes Mellitus, referred to as a silent killer is said to have reached a pandemic pr...

KWSG commends Ilorin Lion's Club on advocacy campaign...as immunization begins
The members of Ilorin Lion's club have been commended for their initiative in complimenting the state government's efforts in the campaign and sensitization programme towards eradicating the deadly scourge of measles o...

Measles: Kwara To Immunise 767,200 Children
The kwara State government said a total of 767,200 children (ages 1-5years), would be vaccinated against measles disease in the ongoing nation wide immunisation exercise . The exercise will take place in 995 ...

Offa committed to traditional way of appointing its Oba - Prince
Prince Abdulwahab Agbaje of Anilelerin Ruling House in Offa, Kwara State, says the people of Offa remained committed to the traditional way of appointing their Oba. Agbaje said this on Sunday in Abuja while b...

Free Petrol For Motorists As DPR Penalises Fuel Stations In Kwara
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has enforced the penalty of hoarding fuel on two filling stations in Kwara State. This comes as a follow-up to the directive of the Minister of State for Petroleum...

Kwara Governor Advises Schoolgirls On Healthy Living
The Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, has urged schoolgirls to abstain from sedentary lifestyles that could expose them to cancerous diseases in future. The governor gave the advice at the inauguration ...

2015-11-22

AGF, IGP, EFCC, others ask Saraki not to politicize trial
The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Solomon Arase and others have asked Senate President, Bukola S...

I won't do Saraki's bidding on petition against Code of Conduct chairman - Senator Anyanwu
The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petition, said it would not do the bidding of the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, on the petition against Code of Conduct Tribunal Chairman, Danladi Umar....

Opinion: Saraki's toxic case. By SEGUN AYOBOLU
Since his emergence as Senate President, it is difficult not to admire the dexterity with which Dr Bukola Saraki has been deftly but maximally utilising the enormous influence and resources of his office to consolidate...

How I Was Pressured To Join Politics, By Belgore
Justice Alfa Belgore was Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, between July 2006 and January 2007 and, he was credited for reforming the Nigerian judiciary. In this interview with AGBO-PAUL AUGUSTINE (Abuja), Justice Belgore ...

Encomiums As Emir Of Ilorin Celebrates 20th Anniversary
It is an incontrovertible fact that the 20-year reign of the Emir of Ilorin, Alh (Dr) Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, has brought about unprecedented development of the Ilorin Emirate in particular, and Kwara State in general....

Kwara assembly will not be a rubber stamp -AbdulRahman
Hon. Abdulrafiu AbdulRahman is currently representing Ilorin North West State Constituency in the Kwara State House of Assembly. He recently had a chat with journalists and said that though no other party except the Al...

Photo News: Sunday Second-Hand Traders Protest Govt Stoppage of Market
Sellers of used clothes, aka second-hand clothes, this morning embarked on a peaceful protest to Kwara State Government House to protest government's stoppage of the market. We gathered that the Kwara State government wan...

Kwara Assembly Moves To Investigate Fuel Scarcity
The Kwara State House of Assembly has directed its committee on commerce, industries and women affairs to look into the causes of acute fuel scarcity in the state and proffer solution to the problem. This was...

NYSC contributing to unemployment in Nigeria - ICEN
The Institute of Chartered Economists of Nigeria (ICEN), Kwara State chapter, has called on the federal government to review the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in order to solve the unemployment problem in the cou...

Saraki seeks support from constituents
Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, yesterday appealed for continuous support to the government at the state and federal levels to enable them fulfill the hopes and aspirations of the citizenry. Saraki, who ...

MLB elite camp: We are ready to perform creditably in SA, say baseball players
Oyeyemi Shaback and Alage Bello on Saturday expressed readiness to represent the nation creditably at the forthcoming Major League Baseball (MLB), elite camp in South Africa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) ...

OPINION: Tribute to Emir of Ilorin as he marks 20years on the throne. By Arowona Abdulazeez
His Royal Highness, Alhaji (Dr.) Ibrahim Sulu- Gambari, a direct descendant of the revered scholar, Sheikh Alimi, is the 11th Emir of Ilorin and permanent Chairman Kwara State Traditional Councils. It i...

OPINION: Kwara Should Adopt Lagos Tenancy Law to Curb Landlord Excesses. By Hussain Obaro
Tenants are groaning as the exorbitant rents charged by Landlords are beginning to “choke” them economically. House rent in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, cannot be currently said to be commensurate wit...

OPINION: The Double Speak of Senator Marafa. By John Elias
“A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.” – Aesop Say what you want to say about Kabiru Marafa, the distinguished ...

Stamping out corruption requires strong political will - Kwara Speaker
The Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Dr Ali Ahmad has stated that stamping  out corruption in the country would be determined by strong political will of the leadership at all levels of government.&n...