2015-11-21

RE: PUBLICATION IN THE PUNCH NEWSPAPER- SARAKI'S CASE: CJN TO SET UP FRESH SUPREME COURT PANEL REJOINDER
My attention has just been drawn to the Front Page Caption in your newspaper of wide circulation i. e The Punch News Paper captioned “SARAKI’S CASE: CJN to set up Fresh Supreme Court Panel”. ...

Saraki Gives Committee Two Weeks to Probe CCT Boss
Senate President Bukola Saraki yesterday gave the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public petitions two weeks to probe the chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Mr. Danladi Umar. Saraki is...

INVASION OF NIGERIAN COMMUNITIES: Soldiers storm Kwara
We will explore diplomatic means - Defence Hdqrs Emir wrote letters to govt but got no response Fully armed soldiers, yesterday afternoon, visited Okuta in Baruten Local Council of Kwara State to co...

No Invasion Of Kwara Communities, Says Police
THE Kwara State Police Command yesterday dispelled an online report of an alleged invasion of Okuta, a Nigerian boundary town between Nigeria and Benin Republic by suspected farmers from Benin Republic. The s...

Kwara to renovate sports facilities, says Commissioner
The Kwara State Government has pledged its readiness to turn around the various sporting facilities at the State Stadium complex for optimum performance of its athletes. The Commissioner for Sports, Alhaji Bo...

2015-11-20

No Kwara Village Occupied by Benin Gendarmes - Kwara Govt
The Kwara State Government has denied media claims of an invasion and occupation of 16 villages in the state by a neighbouring country. The state government, in a statement issued by the Commissioner for Informati...

When Kwara Assembly advocates long tenure for legislators
Undoubtedly, legislative business anywhere in the world is considered a serious one and very challenging. Experts believe that this is due to the fact that as the second arm of government, apart from serving as check...

Kwara's dwindling revenue and options before it
AMIDST dwindling revenue from the Federation Account and the consequences to the State, Kwara State Government is re-strategising with a view to shore-up its revenue especially the internally generated revenue (IGR) as...

Academics Blamed for Nigeria's Stunted Growth
Nigerian academics should be held responsible for the country's economic woes, ?the Vice Chancellor of Kwara State University Malete, Professor AbdulRasheed Na'Allah, has said. He made the remarks during the ...

Sultan, Etsu Nupe for Emir of Lafiagi's 40th Anniversary
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Abubakar Sa'ad, Etsu Nupe, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar and Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu- Gambari are among dignitaries expected to attend the 40th anniversary of the Emir of Lafiagi, Alha...

Na'allah Appeals to Politicians to Forgive Saraki
The Vice Chancellor of Kwara State University (KWASU), Professor Abdulrasheed Na'Allah, has appealed to politicians to forgive the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, for his purported political "sins" for the sake of...

How to Rid Nigeria of Corruption - Osun Speaker
The Speaker, Osun State House of Assembly, Hon. Salam Najeem Folasayo on Thursday posited that massive media campaign is needed to aid the anti- corruption crusade of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari....

'Industrial Harmony, Panacea to Nation Building'
PARTICIPANTS at the just concluded Chemical and Non Metallic Products Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (CANMPSSAN) annual National Management/ Industrial Relations Workshop unanimously agreed that Industrial peace a...

Court remands 2 men in prison over alleged kidnapping
Magistrate Salihu Balogun of an Ilorin Magistrates' Court in Kwara, on Thursday ordered the remand of two suspects at the Okekura Prisons, Ilorin, over alleged kidnapping. The suspects, Umar Mogaji (37), and ...

Kwara: Thoughts On Strategies For Effective Legislation
For Kwara state legislators, a retreat is the beginning of effective legislation. So when the 24 members of the State House of Assembly recently converged on Ede, Osun State, for a-three day retreat on budget assessmen...

Kwara charges intending pilgrims to Jerusalem to be good ambassadors
Intending pilgrims to Israel and Rome from Kwara State have been charged to be worthy ambassadors of the state and nation while in the Holy Land. The state Deputy Governor, Elder Peter Kisira, gave the advice...

Tribute To Baba Saraki: My Personal Knowledge. By Hon. Kayode Omotose
The homegrown melodies of Alhaji Ajadi Alapala Ilorin, Odolaiye Aremu, Jaigbade Alao, Omo Ekee Amao, is the biggest menu of the traditional depth that the man and woman of Ilorin descent revels in his traditional music...

4 in Police net over kidnap attempt in Ilorin
FOUR suspected kidnappers have been arrested by detectives in Ondo State Police Command for attempting to abduct a 26-year-old man, Idris Sule, and demand for N10 million ramson. The suspects, Dua Audu, Moham...

Saraki vs CCT: SAN warns commentators against contempt of Supreme court
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria and former president of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Joseph Daudu, has warned commentators on the ruling of the Supreme Court that directed the Code of Conduct Tribunal to 'tarry awh...

Benin gendarmes invade, hoist flag in Kwara village
Gendarmes from neighbouring Benin Republic recently attacked the border town of Okuta in Baruten LGA of Kwara State and 16 villages, built a police station and hoisted the country's flag there. This accordi...

2015-11-19

CCT vs Saraki: Why Supreme Court ruling shouldn't stand, by Femi Falana
On May 13, 2015, President Goodluck Jonathan signed the Administration of Criminal Justice Bill into law. Both chambers of the national assembly had passed the bill to modernise our criminal justice system. In ...

Saraki vs CCT: Awomolo, Falana's Views Perverse Interpretation of Law - Ozekhome
Constitutional Lawyer and Human Rights Activist, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN) has described the views of Chief Adegboyega Awomolo (SAN) and Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), on the Supreme Court's grant of stay of proceedings in the ...

Saraki's case: CJN to set up fresh Supreme Court panel
THE Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, is set to set up a fresh panel that will hear the appeal filed by Senate President Bukola Saraki, challenging the jurisdiction and competence of the charges by the...

NMA seek implementation of 15% budgetary allocation to health sector
National President of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Dr Lawrence Obembe, has demanded implementation of 15 per cent budgetary allocation to the health sector. Obembe made the call in Ilorin, the Kwar...

Speak with decorum, Mimiko educates Lai Mohammed
reThe governor of Ondo state and Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, has advised the former Spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress, APC and minister of information, Alh...

Ex-Kwara Lawmaker, Edun Abandoned Projects after Collecting Mobilization fees - Witness
A prosecution witness in the ongoing corruption trial of Oladimeji Edun, (former member, Kwara State House of Assembly), Ademola Banu on Tuesday, told Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar of the High Court of Kwara State sitting ...

Kwara Assembly summons police over robberies
The Kwara State House of Assembly yesterday mandated its Committee on Ethics, Public Petitions, Privileges and Judiciary to invite the Area Commander, Divisional Police Officer and other security personnel over increas...

Kwara to establish recycling plant
As part of its efforts to address the increasing refuse situation in the state, the Kwara State Government is set to establish a recycling plant, which will generate employment through the Waste to Wealth scheme. ...

Kwara NUJ lauds Lai Mohammed's appointment
The members of the Correspondents' Chapel of the Kwara State Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) have congratulated the Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on his appointment. In a press statement s...

Buhari okays Justice Lambo Akanbi's retirement for misconduct
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the compulsory retirement of Justice Lambo Akanbi of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt division, with immediate effect for misconduct. It was learnt the President's...

Court rejects Saraki's fresh application against CCT
Justice Abdulkadir Abdulkafarati of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has rejected Senate President Bukola Saraki's application for an order of interim injunction stopping his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT)....

Kwara teachers flay salary arrears
Teachers in primary and junior secondary schools in Kwara State have decried the nonpayment of their salaries for three months by the state government. The teachers under the umbrella of 'Concerned Teachers i...

2015-11-18

Kwara Assembly Wades into Fuel Scarcity
*Directs DPR, IPMAN to Appear Before it The Kwara State House of Assembly on Tuesday directed its Committee on Commerce, Industries and Women Affairs to look into the causes of acute fuel scarcity in the sta...

Lai Muhammed to roll out programmes, policies on change agenda
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Muhammed, said his ministry would soon roll out programmes, policies and slogans on the "Change Agenda". The Minister said this at an interactive session wi...

Opinion: SARAKI: Making of a team player By Adikwu Samuel Ebo
Effective leadership is the discovery of the belief, reason, idea, conviction of a cause not just to live for but also to die for. It Is not manipulation or brainwashing, rather it is the ability to submit to constitut...

Osun Speaker For kwara NUJ Lecture, Thursday
SPEAKER of Osun State House of Assembly,Hon .Najeem Salam will in Ilorin on Thursday November, 19 deliver the 10th public Lecture of kwara State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) . Theme "The chan...

PTD urges Buhari to probe N14.58b Jebba-Mokwa road contracts
Petroleum Tanker Drivers, PTD, branch of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to probe the abandoned N14.58 billion contract for the rehabilitation of...

Kwara governor says N20bn bond won't become a burden in future
The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed says the proposed twenty billion naira bond from the capital market will not impose any financial burden on the state. Governor Ahmed stated this on Tuesday a...

Crises forced Kwara Utd to relegation, says technical adviser
The Technical Adviser of Kwara United FC of Ilorin, Tunde Abdulrahman, has attributed the team's relegation to the many crises during the season. Abdulrahman said, on Tuesday in Ilorin that part of the crises...