2015-11-09

Chile 2015: Gov. Ahmed congratulates Golden Eaglets
Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has congratulated the Golden Eaglets for emerging the fifth time World Champions in Under 17 football competition just concluded in Chile. Governor Ahmed in the congratula...

767, 200 children for measles immunisation in Kwara
The Director, Primary Healthcare and Disease Control in Kwara State, Dr. Abimbola Folorunso, ?said a total of 767, 200 children will be immunised against measles. He therefore called on parents and guardians ...

Vigilance group arrests driver,30, for allegedly absconding with employer's vehicle, goods
A 30-year-old driver, Jamiu Lukman, who allegedly absconded with his employer's vehicle and goods has been arrested by members of the Unity Vigilance group in Oko, a suburb of Kwara. Lukman, allegedly declare...

Opinion: Take aways from my mother. By Issa Aremu, mni
Yesterday, being the 40th Fidau day, yours sincerely concluded the series of prayers for my, our dear mother, Hadjia Afusatu Amoke Aremu who (praise to Alllah) died Thursday 24th of September 2015 between at the estima...

CCT trial: Saraki get Nov 12 date at Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has fixed Thursday November 12 for hearing of appeal case of the Senate President Dr. Olubukola Saraki challenging the legality of his trial by federal government at the Code of Conduct Tribunal on al...

Buhari To Inaugurate FEC Wednesday
All is now set for the swearing-in of the 36 ministers-designate who have scaled the hurdle of senate screening and the inauguration of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday....

Kwara, Taraba, Bayelsa relegated
THE romance of Kwara United, Taraba FC and Beyelsa United with the Nigerian Professional Football League has come to an end following their relegation to the Nigeria National League yesterday. According to th...

Medical laboratory practitioners lament quackery in Kwara
MEMBERS of the Association of Private Medical Laboratory Practitioners (APMLP), Kwara State Chapter yesterday decried the high quackery in the state. According to the chairman of the association in Kwara Stat...

2015-11-08

Lawyers Divided Over CCT's Insistence On Saraki's Trial
MIXED reactions yesterday trailed the insistence of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) to proceed with the corruption trial of Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki despite a pending appeal at the Supreme Court over the m...

MOVING WITH THE TIDES OF MUSIC MUSIC
When the Fuji topshot, Wasiu Alabi Pasuma launched into pop with his fuji vocals, it was a signal to music fans that Nigerian music is evolving. Music is travelling fast against the currents of different culture and ne...

Kwara's 2nd Batch Of Commissioner Nominees For Screening Tuesday
The Kwara State House of Assembly will on Tuesday commence the screening of nine commissioner nominees sent to it by Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed. Also, Governor Ahmed is billed to swear-in the 10 commissioner-d...

Oreoluwa Emerges UNILORIN's Best
SAKA Ismaila Oreoluwa has emerged the best graduating student of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), with a 4.92 Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA). At the University's 31st convocation, Oreoluwa was the ...

Robbers Prey On Residents Along Deplorable Kwara Roads
The deplorable situation of roads in Kwara State has become a major cause of worry for residents of the state, LEADERSHIP Sunday can report. Motorists and travellers across Kwara state are daily exposed to da...

2015-11-07

Alhassan's Victory, a Historic Moment - Gbemi Saraki
Senator Gbemisola Ruqayyah Saraki hails the victory of Senator Aisha Jumai Alhassan, as the duly elected governor of Taraba State, declaring it a "monumental victory for Nigeria's democracy, and a validation that real c...

Asset Declaration: Saraki's Lawyers Deny Walking Out on CCT
The legal team of the Senate President, Olubukola Saraki, has denied reports making the rounds that they staged a walk-out on the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) in Abuja to protest the alleged bias by the Chairman, Danl...

OPINION: Saraki's Open Door Policy Has Changed Legislation in Nigeria. By Amako Nneji
Since the inception of Nigeria's Fourth Republic in 1999, compared to other Assemblies, the 8th Senate stands heads and shoulders above others in many regards. Senate President, Bukola Saraki, well known for unders...

Nasarawa vs Sharks: Kwara Utd appeals O&D decision, describes it miscarriage of justice
The management of Kwara United FC of Ilorin, has appealed the decision of the Organising and Disciplinary (O&D) Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), which upturn the earlier judgement of the League Manag...

Conduct Tribunal judge seeks extra security
The Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Mr. Danladi Umar, has written to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, to beef up the security around him. The request was said to be sequel to...

Kulende Community charges govt on security, free flow of traffic
The people of Kulende Community of Ilorin East Local Government Area of Kwara State yesterday appealed to the state government to ensure security of life and property in Kulende and its environs as the community modern...

Kwara Dep Gov mourns late Emir of Borgu
The Kwara State Deputy Governor, Elder Peter Kisira has described the late Emir of Borgu Kingdom, Alhaji Haliru Dantoro as a man of peace who worked for the progress of the nation. Elder Kisira stated this ye...

Farmer Kills Man Who Slept With His Wife In Ilorin
A 30-year-old farmer, Waheed Suleiman, was today remanded in prison by an Ilorin Magistrates' Court in Kwara State, over alleged murder. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that Suleiman, with two others now at l...

NBA to probe lawyers' walk-out on tribunal
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) is set to probe the circumstances surrounding Thursday's walk out by lawyers representing Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki at the Code of Conduct Tribunal . Proceedings in...

SERAP wants Saraki's lawyers probed over tribunal walkout
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to "urgently investigate the conduct of lawyers to the Senate President Bukola Saraki, for walking out on th...

I never defrauded Afromedia - Ex-board member, Gobir
A former chairman of the Business Development Committee of the board of Afromedia Plc, Mohammed Gobir, has said the business transaction for which the managing director of the company, Akin Olopade, reported him to the...

Why Senate shut down for Saraki's trial - Na'Allah
Leadership of the Senate on Friday said that it shut down activities on Thursday in solidarity with its President, Bukola Saraki, because of circumstances surrounding his ongoing assets declaration trial. Dep...

Punishment of driving along Jebba-Ilorin road
The journey of life, there say is full of stories. It requires patience and careful observation to be able to notice the story and tell same well but a journey on Jebba-Ilorin road may not need much observation. The r...

2015-11-06

Saraki's trial is persecution rather than prosecution - APC senator
Leadership of the Senate on Friday said that it shut down activities on Thursday in solidarity with its President, Bukola Saraki, because of circumstances surrounding his ongoing assets declaration trial. Deput...

Breaking News: CCT vs Saraki: Saraki loses in fresh bid to stop trial
A federal high court sitting in Lagos has struck out a suit filed by Senate President Bukola Saraki to stop his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) in Abuja. In his ruling, Ibrahim Buba, the pre...

Corps member brings relief to Sanre community
For critics who have called for the scrapping of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, the lifesaving services performed by corps members in the various communities where they serve have proved them wrong. The sche...

'Nigeria running sick care system not health care system'- Dr. Shehu Adaramaja
Governments at all levels have been advised to look into the health care system in the country by changing its pattern from running a sick care system to a health care system. One of the guest speakers at the...

Four year tenure for legislators not best for Nigeria - Kwara speaker
The Speaker of Kwara State House of Assembly, Dr. Ali Ahmad, says replacing legislators every four years is not the best for Nigeria's democracy. Dr Ahmad, who made the assertion at Ede, Osun State, after the...

Opinion: Alhaji Haliru Dantoro, Late Emir of Borgu, 1938-2015 By Is'haq Modibbo Kawu
I felt deep sadness over the weekend when news broke, that the Emir of Borgu, Alhaji Haliru Dantoro died in Germany, at the age of 77. His passing shocked so many people in our country especially those who ha...

Wamco's Dairy Development Programme Benefits Nigerian Farmers
Friesland Campina WAMCO Nigeria Plc has launched a Dairy Development Programme (DDP) in Shonga Dairies in Kwara State to harness local sourcing of milk in Nigeria. This was revealed by the company during the ...

C&S Cleric Predicts Buhari Will Surprise Nigerians in 2016
The Spiritual Head of Cherubim and Seraphim Movement, worldwide, Most Reverend (Dr) Samuel Abidoye has predicted that the present administration of ?President Muhammadu Buhari will perform creditably well in the year 2...

KWASU ASUU faults members' suspension
The protem Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Kwara State University, Malete branch, Dr. Dauda Adeshola, on Thursday described his suspension and that of five other members of the branch of ASUU as s...

UNILORIN releases two certificates after 16 years of legal battle
This was contained in a statement jointly signed by ERC's Hassan Soweto, National Coordinator, and Michael Ogundele, National Secretary, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos. The Educati...

Kwara varsity VC tasks academics on research
VICE-Chancellor Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, Professor AbdulRasheed Na'Allah has urged academics in Nigeria to justify the huge sum of money the nation daily commits into researches by churning out indigenou...

Fuel scarcity bites harder in Ilorin
Economic and social activities in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, and its environs, have been paralysed, following the scarcity of petrol in many filling stations, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has reported. ...