2015-10-04

Kwara Community Decries Lack of Amenities
The indigenes of Patigi Local Government Area of Kwara on Friday, appealed to Buhari to come to their aid by constructing roads and bridges in the area to boost socio-economic activities of the people. The gr...

Army Provides Free Medical Services To Drivers In Ilorin
The Nigerian Army has provided free medical services to commercial drivers in Ilorin, the Kwara State's capital, South-west Nigeria. The development, which was carried out by the 22 Brigade Medical Centre of...

Ex-military leaders responsible for Nigeria's woes, says Opadokun
Ex-military leaders responsible for Nigeria's woes, says Opadokun Former Secretary General of pan Yoruba social organisation, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Opadokun, has attributed the pervasiveness of corruption in Nigeria to...

National carrier will strengthen Nigeria's aviation industry - Experts
Since President Muhammadu Buhari gave a presidential directive to the Ministry of Aviation to fast-track the process of establishing a new national carrier, a new impetus has been added to the nation's aviation sector....

Harness Your Potentials For Tourism, UK Envoy Charges Nigeria
NIGERIA can increase its Gross Domestic Product, (GDP) to 9 percent through tourism by the year 2025, if only the country could harness its abundant resources effectively. Ambassador of United Kingdom, (UK) t...

2015-10-03

Saraki condemns Abuja bomb blasts
Senate President Bukola Saraki has condemned the bomb explosions that rocked satellite towns of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Kuje and Nyanya, while calling on security agencies to step up intelligence gatherin...

IPMAN Members Protest in Ilorin over Non Payment of PEF
Petrol marketers in Kwara State have protested over the non-payment of Petroleum Equilisation Fund (PEF) for the past four months. THISDAY checks revealed that, the development had continued to give the membe...

Can bailout funds bail out distressed states?
The current cash squeeze suffocating the expenditure of many states across the country today is mostly self inflicted. What with unrealistic capital projects; over reliance on federal allocation based on oil rent; prof...

Between Saraki, Tinubu: Who laughs last?
The trial of Senator Bukola Saraki by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) over alleged false declaration of assets has generated heated debate within the polity. It is one trial that has gained huge media attention and ...

Emir of Ilorin advises political leaders
The Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, has urged political leaders to sustain and improve on the legacies of the founding fathers of Nigeria. Noting that good governance will transform Nigeria and s...

Student remanded in prison for raping 9-year-old girl in Ilorin
An Ilorin Magistrates' Court, Wednesday, ordered a student, Oyetunde Ishola, to be remanded in prison for allegedly raping a nine year-old girl. According to the Prosecutor, Mr Ajide Kehinde, Ishola had lured...

Senate presidency and banana peel politics By Lekan Adejuwonon
The circus show in the leadership of the Nigerian Upper legislative House, the senate, reminds one of the proverbial banana peels which, to many watchers of Nigerian politics, has remained the bane of many occupants of...

2015-10-02

Why we cancelled independence day celebration - Kwara Govt.
The Kwara State Government on Thursday cancelled all forms of fanfare as well as Metropolitan Square parade to mark the 55th Independence Anniversary of Nigeria. The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), I...

Nigeria no longer business as usual - Saraki
Senate President Bukola Saraki on Thursday said the process of lawmaking in Nigeria would no longer be business as usual. He said he would ensure that the National Assembly under his leadership would be peopl...

Why PMB Should Not Be Petroleum Minister - Aremu
The national deputy president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Issa Aremu has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to rescind his decision to make himself the Petroleum minister. He said Buhari will be send...

FAAN, Council Move to Stop Encroachment on Ilorin Airport
Following persistent encroachment on land belonging to the Ilorin International Airport in Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara State, the managements of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and the ...

Atunwa appeals for more efforts against terror
Razak Atunwa, the Member, House of Representatives for Ilorin West, call for concerted efforts to counter terrorism in Nigeria. Speaking ahead of Independence Day, he said insecurity remained a threat to nat...

Anti-Democratic Forces Failed Again - Kwara Speaker
The Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Dr. Ali Ahmad, has described the vote of confidence passed on Senate President Dr. Bukola Saraki by his colleagues as a demonstration of the independence of the legisla...

Saraki Is God's Anointed - APC Chieftain
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State, Alhaji Sulyman Kayode Yusuf, has condemned the call for the resignation of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki. He said the conspiracy in som...

CAS: Newly Acquired Air Assets are Expensive to Maintain
The Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Saddique Abubakar, has stated that the newly acquired air assets used by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) for the prosecution of the ongoing Counter-Terrorism and Counter-Insurgenc...

55th Independence: Nigeria Will Be Great Again - Ahmed
Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State on Thursday expressed optimism that Nigeria would overcome the myriad of economic, social and security problems confronting it and be great again. The governor said this i...

Herbal Research centre soon
The African Centre for Herbal Research, Ilorin (ACHRI), will soon take off at the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN). An initiative of the U6 Consortium, the Centre will be headed by a Prof of Botany, Food Science and Phy...

Kwara Police Call for Collaborative Efforts Over Cybercrime
The Kwara State Police Command has called for the support of the people to address the lingering problems of cybercrime, describing it as a national embarrassment. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ...

Independence Anniversary: Kwara Monarchs, Religious Leaders Sue For Peace, Tolerance
Some traditional rulers and religious leaders in Kwara have urged Nigerians to imbibe the culture of unity, religious tolerance and peaceful co-existence to move the country forward. The leaders made the app...

2015-10-01

Press Release: Kwara PDP, a security threat - APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has reacted to the cancellation of the 55th Independence Anniversary parade by the Kwara State Government on security concerns. In a statement issued by the State Publicity Se...

FG urged to redouble efforts at stamping our leprosy
The Federal Government of Nigeria has been challenged to approach the eradication of leprosy with the will and determination it eradicated poliomyelitis in the country. The Funds Development Manager of the Le...

Opinion: Oloye Eleyinmi. By Sam Omatseye
In his earlier incarnation, Eleyinmi hid his hands under a voluminous agbada. It was a display of a sort of royal extravagance. His face skewed with disdain, his carriage lofty like a peacock, he spoke from a high pede...

Why Saraki should not resign - Kwara APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State has noted with concern the calls in some quarters for the resignation of the Senate President, Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki due to the allegations of false declarati...

Rector blames Bsc /HND dichotomy on absence of industries
Rector of the Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, Alhaji Mas'ud Elelu has ascribed the seemingly unconstitutional dichotomy created between university and polytechnic graduates to absence of industries caused by some peop...

OPINION: Nigeria's 55 years of nationhood. By By Is'haq Modibbo Kawu
OUR country marks its 55th independence anniversary today. In a very fundamental sense, Nigeria's story is also the story of my life, because I was born in the very last month of colonialism in our country, on Septembe...

Police confirms Saraki, others stoned at Ilorin eid ground
Confusion in Kwara as protesters attack Saraki, others at Ilorin praying ground Police arrest 8 over attack on Saraki, others at Ilorin praying ground Saraki denies attack at prayer ground but video...

Gunmen kill bricklayer working to pay for father's treatment
Gun-wielding hoodlums on Tuesday unleashed terror on Daodu, Olokodana and Iya Agan streets on the Old Apapa Road in Lagos, during which they shot dead a 28-year-old bricklayer and injured other residents. Pun...

Buhari's Team of Champions Unveiled
* Submits first ministerial list to Senate, to retain petroleum portfolio After months of suspense, President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday sent the first list containing the names of the Group Managing Direc...

'Saraki's trial could lead to constitutional crisis' - Braithwaite
ELDER statesman and Constitutional lawyer, Dr. Tunji Braithwaite has cautioned the Federal Government and the ruling All progressives Congress (APC), on the likely consequences of the ongoing trial of the President of ...

Olupo lauds subjects in US on development at home
Oba Sikiru Atanda Sanni Woleola II, Olupo of Ajasse-Ipo and chairman, Irepodun Traditional Council, has lauded the efforts of members of Ajasse Ipo Descendants Union (AIDU) for contributing to the progress and developm...

Saraki confirms receipt of ministerial list
Senate President Bukola Saraki said he has received the ministerial list of President Muhammadu Buhari. Saraki through his twitter handle said he received the list around 5pm on Wednesday. "I can c...

KWSG Cancels Independence Parade Over Security Concerns
The Kwara State Government has cancelled the 55th Independence Anniversary parade, previously scheduled to hold at the Metropolitan Square, Ilorin, on October 1, 2015. In a statement issued last night, the Secretary...

8 docked for stoning VIPs at Ilorin prayer ground
Eight persons were on Wednesday arraigned in an Ilorin Magistrates' Court in connection with the disturbance at the Muslim prayer ground on Sept. 24. The accused persons are Aliyu Immam, 24, Sheu Ibrahim, 23,...

I didn't sign Saraki's endorsement list - Senator Nakudu
Senator Sabo Mohammed Nakudu has said that he was not consulted before his name was included in the list of senators who signed vote of confidence on the senate leadership on Tuesday. In a statement he issue...

Saraki: I won't reveal names till Tuesday
The Senate has finally received the list of ministerial nominees but the Senate President Bukola Saraki said the names would not be made public until Tuesday. The list came well after the Senate had adjourned sitting ...

Hajj tragedy: 4 Kwara pilgrims dead, 10 missing as 499 pilgrims arrive
News Four Kwara state pilgrims who performed this year Hajj were confirmed dead while ten others still missing in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as the first batch of the pilgrims returned to Ilorin on Tuesday. ...