2015-02-04

Kwara Gov Pledges More Incentives for Sports
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, yesterday vowed to use more resources to develop sports talents in the state. Ahmed disclosed in Ilorin yesterday while reacting to the Man-of-the-Tournament award wo...

Kwara Labour party guber candidate calls for peaceful elections
The Gubernatorial flag bearer of the Labour Party in Kwara state North central Nigeria, Dr Mike Omotosho has appealed to those seeking political office in the general election to avoid overheating the polity but play poli...

Kwara lawmakers, not FG, financed Malete water works - Saraki
THE leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State, Senator Abubakar  Bukola Saraki, has described as erroneous and deceitful claims by the Federal Government that it constructed Malete Water works in M...

Gunmen attack Kwara PDP gov candidate's convoy
Gunmen, suspected to be thugs on Monday attacked the campaign convoy of PDP Governorship candidate, Senator Simeon Ajibola, in Kwara at Oke Oyi, Ilorin East Local Government Area. The attackers, according to PDP P...

A Presidential Campaign That Unsettled Kwara
With a strong message, President Goodluck Jonathan’s campaign train stormed Ilorin, the Kwara State capital recently. Hammed Shittu reports The ancient town of Ilorin, the Kwara State capital recently went a...

APC candidate debunks presidency's claim on Ilorin-Ibadan road
A CHIEFTAIN of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Prince Oyewole Oyewunmi has debunked recent claim by the Presidency that it had completed the Ilorin-Ogbomoso Express Way.   Oyewunmi who is also the part...

Vanzekin set to dump Warri Wolves for Kwara Utd
Former Dream Team  IV goalkeeper, Ambrose Vanzekin is set to dump Warri Wolves and join Kwara United, ahead of the new Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) season. Vanzekin, who was on loan to Bay...

2015-02-03

Unilorin 89.3 FM Radio gets management board
The Management of the University of Ilorin has constituted a Board for the Unilorin 89.3 FM Radio Station. A memo by the Registrar, Mr. Emmanuel Obafemi, noted that the Board is headed by the Dean, Faculty of A...

Governor Ahmed restates commitment to pensioners, civil servants' welfare
The Kwara State Governor, Alh Abdulfatah Ahmed has restated his determination to promote the welfare of civil and pensioners in the state despite dwindling allocations from the Federation Account. Speaking during a ...

Be fearless and careful, Aluko tasks PDP agents
The Deputy Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kwara State, Mallam Ahmed Yinka Aluko, has charged party agents in the forthcoming polls to be dedicated and committed to the acts capable of en...

Awoyale raises alarm over attack on PDP members, bill boards
A Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and President General of Orisun Igbomina, Chief Gbenga Awoyale , has urged security agencies to live up to the standard of providing adequate security of lives and prope...

Rumpus in Kwara PDP over Gbemi Saraki
There is disquiet in the Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over alleged maltreatment of Senator Gbemisola Rukayyat Saraki, it was learnt.  Senator Saraki had contested the PDP governorship...

President Jonathan Lied, Says Saraki
Chairman, Senate Committee on Environment and Ecology, Dr. Bukola Saraki disclosed yesterday that President Goodluck Jonathan lied during last monnday campaign to kwara that his administration was responsible for funding ...

Press Release: Shagaya charges youths to negotiate for political space
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) House of Representatives candidate for Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency in the February elections, Alhaji Sherif Shagaya has called on Kwara youths to capitalize, on their numerica...

Unilorin don, 4 others win 2015 TWAS Research Grants
A Senior Lecturer in the Department of Microbiology, University of Ilorin, Dr. O. M. Kolawole, has, along with four other lecturers from other universities, won the The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) 2015 Research Grant...

Sardauna nostalgia in Kwara
The name of the late Sardauna of Sokoto, Sir Ahmadu Bello, resonated in Ilorin, Kwara State capital, when Gamji Members’ Association, inspired by his sterling qualities, looked back at his legacy. Gamji is a...

Kwara LP Guber candidate denies being sponsored by the presidency
The governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Kwara State, Dr. Mike Omotosho, yesterday denied rumours making the round that he is being sponsored by the Presidency. Omotosho, who recently defected from the...

Hausa community accuses Kwara govt of marginalisation
The Hausa Community in Kwara has accused the state government of marginalisation in the implementation of policies and programmes. The head of the community, Alhaji Mukhtar Tawakalitu, said on Monday in Ilorin ...

Kwara PDP campaign train hits Oke -Oyi, Ilotta
As the campaign team of the Kwara state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, hits Oke-Oyi and Ilota communities in the Ilorin east and south local government areas of the state, the governorship candidate of th...

2015-02-02

Kwara 2015: Ajibola challenges Governor Ahmed to live debate on performance
The PDP governorship candidate in Kwara, Sen. Simeon Ajibola, has challenged Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed to a live radio and television debate over performance claims. Ajibola threw the challenge on Sunday in Ilorin while addr...

Press Release: 2015 Elections: Atunwa Charges Nigerians on Peaceful Conduct.
The Speaker of Kwara State House of Assembly and APC candidate contesting Federal House of Representative- Asa/Ilorin West Federal Constituency, Rt. Hon. Razak Atunwa has called on Nigerians to embrace and demonstrate ...

Ajibola, Aluko, others commiserate with Belgore family
The Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Sen Simeon Sule Ajibola, and his running mate, Mallam Yinka Ahmed Aluko, has commiserated with the Director General (Kwara Central) of the Ajibola campaig...

We made PDP strong in Kwara - Saraki
The leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State, Senator Bukola Saraki has stated that those that made the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to be strong in the state are no more there. According to ...

Peaceful Environment Excites Jonathan, Suleiman.
Since November 2013 when five states governors and their followers defected from the ruling PDP to the APC, there has been no love lost between Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed, his political leader, Dr Bukola Saraki and the ...

Kale Belgore loses mum
The mother of a governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State, Architect Kale Belgore, Hajia Khadijat Belgore, is dead. She died yesterday during a brief illness. Aged 76, Hajia Belgor...

INTERVIEW: Labour Party will liberate Kwara - Omotosho
In this interview with JOHN ALECHENU, the governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Kwara State, Dr. Mike Omotosho, speaks about his desire to govern Kwara State You recently d...

Press Release: Kwara PDP takes campaign to Ilorin South' promise youths job opportunities.
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kwara State, has promised youth of the ILorin South local government area of the state that unemployment and idleness will be things of the past if voted into power in the forthcomi...

2015-02-01

Avian flu: A killer on the prowl
After conquering the deadly Ebola Virus Disease, Nigeria again battles with the avian influenza also known as bird flu as 11 states are in the throes of the contagious disease, write GBENGA ADENIJI&nb...

PDP will end Saraki's dynasty in Kwara - Oyedepo
Chief Iyiola Oyedepo, the Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kwara State chapter in this interview with NEWS EDITOR (Saturday), AJIBOLA ABAYOMI, takes on the le...

Desperation in PDP camp frightening - Buhari
An unusual large crowd on Saturday welcomed the Gen Muhammadu Buhari (rtd)’s All Progressives Congress (APC)’s presidential train to Ilorin, the Kwara state capital. The train which touched grou...

OPINION - On Atunwa and his performance: facts are sacred. By Mahfouz Abdulsalam
Someone once said that one should be careful about arguing with people who don't understand issues, otherwise one would be dragged to their level and then get defeated by experience. Such is the likely outcome if I cont...

Yinka Aluko promises to support Muhammad Kamaldeen varsity
The Deputy Governorship Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kwara State, Mallam Ahmed Yinka Aluko, has promised that the incoming administration will give adequate attention to the Muhammad Kamaldeen Univ...

Ajibola promises to overhaul economic status of Kwara
The governorship candidate of the people Democratic Party, PDP, in Kwara State, Sen. Simeon Sule Ajibola, has promised the people of the state responsive and responsible governance aimed at overhauling the porus economi...

Press Release: 2015: Students, NYCN disown Kwara PDP Guber candidate, Sen. Ajibola
The National Association of Ekiti Kwara Students and National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), Ekiti local government chapter, have disowned the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the state...

Kwara governorship: Ahmed, Ajibola set for showdown
In Kwara State, ruling All Progressives Congress and Peoples Democratic Party are set for an epic political battle in the February governorship election, reports Assistant Editor, Dare Odufowokan...

Mammoth crowd welcomes Buhari in Ilorin, Bauchi
THE presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari, has said that economic and financial wastages in government have stalled development and progress of the country, maintaining tha...

Kwara United Appoints New Coaches
The management of Kwara United has appointed the quartet of Tunde Abdulrahman, Tunde Sanni, Jimoh Balogun and Kareem Elemosho as their new coaches for the upcoming league season. This follows a recommendation b...