2015-02-24

Kwara passes 2015 budget estimates of N122 billion into law
The Kwara House of Assembly on Tuesday passed the 2015 budget estimates of N122,440,346,343 billion into law. The budget increased with the sum of N2,589,453,596 billion representing 2.16 per cent against N119,850,892...

Kwara Quran Recitation C'ttee Chairman Dies At 88
The Chairman of Kwara State Quran Recitation Committee, Alhaji Abdulsalam Ayinla Ayilara is dead. He died on Tuesday morning at the age of 88. His close associate, Professor Lanre Badmas who is the Chief Imam o...

Ibrahim bullish ahead of Kwara Utd tie
Wikki Tourists defender Mustapha Ibrahim has said his side are happy to face former coach Tunde Abdulrahman at the ongoing Nigeria National League (NNL) Super Four tournament in llorin. Abdulrahman won promotio...

National Planning Minister Accuses Kwara State Government Of Corrupt Practices
The Minister of National Planning in Nigeria, Mr Abubakar Suleiman, has accused the Kwara State government of being corrupt. The allegation has triggered war of words between the state government in western Nig...

Fuel Scarcity Hits Ilorin
A fresh fuel scarcity on Tuesday reared its ugly head in Ilorin, Kwara state. Consequently, motorists groaned following the non-availability of petroleum products in most filing stations in the metropolis. Most of t...

Police Seize Truck With Over 100,000 Live Cartridges In Kwara
Police in Kwara State are worried over the increasing wave of political violence ahead of the forthcoming elections in the State, revealing that the force had intercepted a truck load of 108, 806 live cartridges a...

2015-02-23

Kwara 2015: Ahmed, Ajibola shun debate
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji AbdulFattah Ahmed and his main challenger in the April 11, 2015 gubernatorial election in the state, Senator Simon Ajibola boycotted Monday a debate organised for notable candidates by the ...

Press Release: Ajibola Donates Public Address Systems to Unilorin Students
The students of University of Ilorin, last week received a moral booster from Senator Ajibola. The students Union executives had earlier complained about audible lectures in their General lecture theaters, thereby hamp...

As Kwara guber candidates court workers for votes
As major governorship candidates in Kwara State canvass for votes ahead of the April 11 election, the labour union in the state has positioned itself as a force to be reckoned with.  In any modern clime and socie...

No rigging of 2015 elections - Kwara REC
The Resident Electoral Commissioner in Kwara State, Dr. Emmanuel Onucheyo, has said that with the sophisticated machines and strategies to be adopted by the Independent National Electoral Commission, rigging will be im...

LMC Lauds Owu Sportswear, Kwara United Deal
The League Management Company (LMC) has described the recent kit sponsorship deal entered into by newly promoted Kwara United of Ilorin and indigenous apparel manufacturer, OWU Sportswear as a signpost of how sports an...

Struggle between old and new order in Kwara 2015 elections
TWO issues are pending in Kwara state ahead of next month’s general elections. These are; whether President Goodluck Jonathan will amass the required 25 per cent of the total votes cast after the polls in the sta...

Kwara Govt. Embarks On Construction Of 72 Major Road Projects
The Kwara State government in the last four years has embarked on the construction of 72 major road projects after completing the inherited 34 from the previous government. This achievement in road rehabilitation and ...

2015-02-22

Jonathan's achievements would secure victory in poll - Kwara PDP Youth Leader
The PDP Youth Leader in Kwara, Mr Segun Olawoyin, on Saturday in Ilorin said the achievements of President Goodluck Jonathan would secure victory for him in the March 28 presidential election. Olawoyin said thi...

INTERVIEW: Men more prone to Q fever - Unilorin Don
Q fever is a zoonotic disease spread from animals to humans. A veterinarian, Professor of Virology and Consultant Virologist in the Department of Veterinary Microbiology, University of Ilorin, Saka Baba, sheds more light ...

CNN African Voices Profiles Olaosebikan's Medical Feats
African Voices, a CNN international magazine programme, sponsored by Globacom, will this weekend feature the publisher of Nigeria's premier health magazine, Health Care, Dr. Bola Olaosebikan. Olaosebikan is a versatil...

UITH Consolidates Gains Of 'Keep Fit' Initiative
THE Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Prof. Abdulwaheed Olajide Latinwo and some members of staff of the institution have praised the sustenance of the monthly keep fit initiat...

Commissioner assures council workers of prompt payment of salaries
The Kwara State Government had assured local government council workers of prompt payment of their salary. The Commissioner for Local Government, Chieftaincy Affairs and Community Development, Alhaji Abdullahi Sha&rsq...

PDP has postponed evil days - Saraki
The leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State, Senator Bukola Saraki on Saturday in Ilorin declared that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has postponed its evil days through election postponement. ...

Kwara 2015: Why APC Is The Party To Beat In Kwara
Before the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) abruptly shifted the dates of this year’s general elections, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State had took its campaign train to 14 of the 16...

NNL Super 4: 'No special favour for Kwara United'
Chairman of the Nigerian National League (NNL) Chief Emeka Inyama says the fact that Kwara United playing in Super 4 is no big deal even though the tournament is holding in Ilorin, Kwara State. He assures that th...

INEC to use only Youth Corps members as ad hoc staff in Kwara
The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Kwara, Dr Emmanuel Onucheyo has said that only Youth Corps members serving in the state would be used as adhoc staff during the coming general elections. Onucheyo made ...

2015-02-21

Yinka Aluko tasks Muslim faithful on righteousness
PDP Deputy Governorship candidate in Kwara, Alhaji Yinka Aluko has called on wealthy Muslims to imbibe the virtue of righteousness as exemplified by Prophet Mohammed. Aluko made the call on Friday&n...

Buhari, Saraki Meet Former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, In London
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Muhammadu Buhari, on Saturday held a meeting with a former Prime Minister of Britain, Tony Blair, in London. Mr. Buhari met Mr. Blair in company with Og...

Yekeen set for Kwara Utd return
Strong indications have emerged that Bayelsa United goalkeeper, Kazeem Yekeen would return to Kwara United for their campaign next term in the Glo Premier League. The former youth international goalkeeper left ...

INTERVIEW: APC will sweep 2015 polls in Kwara - Amuda Kannike
A former Commissioner for Works and Transport in Kwara State, Dr Amuda Abubakar Kannike, is the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Ilorin South/Ilorin East Federal Constituency. He speaks with MOSES ALAO on ...

Wikki Tourists, Kwara Utd, others battle in 2015 NNL Super Four
All is now set for the commencement of 2015 Nigeria National League (NNL) Super Four Tournament involving the teams that qualified to play in the Nigeria Football Premier League (NFPL) when the season starts next month...

Dissecting Ahmed's Scorecard In Kwara
KWARA State appears different in the countdown to the governorship election, as the scene dominated for over three decades by the late political stalwart, Dr. Olusola Saraki, seems rowdy, with people of other political...

Kwara set up committees for NNL Super Four
The hosts have inaugurated three bodies to ensure a successful staging of the Super Four championship involving teams in the second tier of the Nigerian League Kwara State Government has constituted three commi...