2015-02-16

Kwara courts to open as workers end strike
Courts in Kwara State will open for business again from Monday following the suspension of a four-week strike by the state’s branch of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN). Their counterparts in the Fede...

NBC cautions broadcast stations against inciting jingles
THE National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has cautioned electronic media in the country against airing inciting jingles ahead of the forthcoming general elections.   The Zonal Director of the NBC, Mrs. Fr...

PDP, APC are two sides of a coin - Omotosho
Kwara State Labour Party, LP, gubernatorial candidate, Dr. Mike Omotosho, has described the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and the All Progressives Congress, APC, as merely two sides of a coin. Omotosho in an in...

Kwara in the pangs of political violence
In this article, SUCCESS NWOGU takes a cursory look at the rising wave of violence in Kwara State as the general elections draw nearer Although its sobriquet is “State of Harmony,” the hap...

Bilikisu Gambari announces APC's membership with billboards
Hajia Bilikisu Gambari, who was rumoured to have left the Peoples Democratic Party for the Progressives fold after she aspired albeit unsuccessfully to fly the party's Kwara Central senatorial ticket, has changed all her ...

Abubakar Sola Saraki Varsity: KWASU's renaming yet to take effect 2 years after
The nomenclature change of the Kwara State University (KWASU), Molete into Abubakar Sola Saraki University (ASSU), which was ratified by a bill passed by the state House of Assembly in 2013 has not been effected, ...

Hausa in Kwara endorse Ahmed
The Hausa in Kwara State have endorsed Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, for the April 11 election. They promised to vote for all APC candidates. The Haussa urged...

2015-02-15

Former Kwara United players send SOS to government
Former players of Kwara United football club, who are yet to get their full pay for the services rendered to the club, have again reminded the government of thestate about their plight. The players were among those re...

Kwara labour holds forum with Gov Ahmed Tuesday
The second edition of the gubernatorial candidates interactive forum convened by Joint Kwara Labour Congress will hold Tuesday in Ilorin, the state capital with Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed interacting with workers of the st...

Kwara: Disabled persons want bill
No fewer than 400 disabled persons and the Kwara State governorship candidate of the Labour Party, Dr, Mike Omotosho, on Saturday in Ilorin called on President Goodluck Jonathan to sign into law the disability bill sai...

Kwara Baseball Park: First in Africa now mere event center
When it was built and commissioned by the then Vice President, Augustus Aikhomu on November 21, 1991, the Baseball Park in Adewole, Ilorin was the first in the whole of Africa. And today, it is still the only Baseball Par...

Kwara police parade suspect, recover arms, ammunition
THE Kwara State Police Command has arrested a middle-aged graduate of Industrial Engineering from Samuel Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, Oyo state who was found to be in possession of some highly sophisticated arms and am...

FA charges Kwara United technical crew on continental ticket
The new technical crew of Kwara  United FC of Ilorin have been charged to achieve a continental ticket at the end of the coming season as that is the desire of Kwarans. Kwara State Football Association Chairman, ...

Kwara Records Success In New Agric Scheme
The Kwara State government last year, launched a programme called Off Taker Demand Driven Agricultural Programme with the aim of improving the economic well being of farmers and ensuring that farming profession is attr...

Kwara police lament breakdown of peace accord
Kwara State Police Commissioner, Salihu Garba, yesterday said the “Peace Accord” signed by leaders of political parties and their gubernatorial candidates in the state early last month was no longer effecti...

2015-02-14

Gani cultural fiesta as a unifying tool for Kaiama people. By Usman Aliyu
By Usman Aliyu As a result of the recent slump in the price of crude oil in the global market, stakeholders have been underscoring the need to diversify Nigeria's economy, which is hitherto oil-b...

Governor Ahmed Grants Saadu Sulieman Are State Pardon
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed has granted state pardon to Alhaji Saadu Suleiman Are of the Mogaji Are Compound, Ilorin. With this gesture, Alhaji Are is now a free person with no legal indictment. It would be ...

'Late ACP's son' arrested with cache of arms
The CP also said the police command arrested a 2013 graduate of Industrial Chemistry from Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, in Oyo, Mr. Ogirimah Momoh, for illegal possession of fire-arms, impersonation and criminal inti...

JUSUN suspends strike in Kwara state
The industrial action of the Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria, Kwara State Chapter has been suspended. The State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Barrister Kamaldeen Ajibade stated this on Friday duri...

We didn't know we were carrying ammunition - Suspects arrested with Oyo-bound load of arms
Two suspects arrested recently in Kwara State, Abdulazziz Isiaka and his motorboy, Hamzu Amodu, are cooling off in police custody after being arrested with a truck in which a large cache of ammunition were concealed. ...

Police warn against political violence in Kwara
The Kwara State Police Command has called for peaceful conduct among politicians and their supporters in the forthcoming general elections, warning that there would be zero tolerance for violence. The command had ...

Atunwa donates N500, 000 to fire victims in llorin
The Speaker, Kwara House of Assembly, Mr Rasak Atunwa, on Friday donated N500, 000 to Alada family members in llorin, following a recent inferno in the family compound. The speaker made the donation in llorin w...

Kwara 2015: INEC promises to check electoral fraud
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kwara says it has put in place a system that can check irregularities during the general elections. Dr Emmanuel Onuchenyo, the Resident Electoral Commissione...

Police in Kwara Compel Politicians to Enter into Public Undertaking For Peace
Following incessant political attacks in recent times in  Kwara State‎, the state police commissioner , Mr. Salihu Garba yesterday compelled the leaders of all political parties in the state to make public declar...

Sanni eyes Africa with Kwara Utd
Newly appointed Kwara United coach, Tunde Sanni has exclusively revealed to supersport.com that his target next term in the Glo Premier League is to get the Afonja Warriors a continental ticket. Sanni, who was in ...

2015-02-13

OPINION: Re - Let's Collectively Save the Emir of Ilorin's Palace. By Abdulwahaab Oba
ON Thursday, February 5, Is'haq Modibbo Kawu treated Kwarans to yet another poodle of hatred, as always, about the person of Senator Bukola Saraki, the former governor of Kwara State. In his sentimental and heavily jaundi...

OPINION: Let us collectively save the Emir of Ilorin's palace. By Is'haq Modibbo Kawu
I was back in Ilorin last week, and I gathered that Bukola Saraki’s government in Kwara has finally sold the houses in the Kwara State House of Assembly residential complex, in Ilorin. I have an emotional connect...

OPINION: Curb Your Enthusiasm: Change is not a Destination but an Ongoing Effort. By Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia
When I quit my job as a Multi Brand General Manager with a leading fortune 500 company in the summer of 2010 and relocated back to Nigeria to run for a seat in the House of Representatives, and even worse, joined the P...

I Won't Brook Rascality at Kwara Utd, Abdulrahman Warns Players
The recently hired Head Coach of Glo Premier League new comers, Kwara United FC of Ilorin, Tunde Abdulrahman,  has warned that he would not hesitate to throw out players who will not submit to club discipline ur...