2015-01-10

Ilorin culture dying of Westernisation - Don
"We are so eager to forget our language, culture and tradition. And if this issue is not arrested, we may lose the referred culture of Ilorin to industrialisation and westernisation". Above is the view of the...

PDP, APC urge INEC to conduct by-election in Kwara
The All Progressives Congress (APC) and the People's Democratic Party (PDP) have urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to go ahead with the January 17 by-election into the vacant seat in the Kwara...

Kwara LP in Crisis over gubernatorial slot
Following the adoption of Dr Mike Omotosho as Labour Party governorship candidate in Kwara State,Engr Amoo Adelaja has kicked against the nomination. In a chat with Daily Times, Engr Amoo revealed that he nur...

PDP lost, LP gains, Omotosho adopted as Kwara Guber Candidate.
Ahead of the February election, Labour Party (LP), has adopted Dr Mike Omotosho as it's governorship candidate in Kwara State. Omotosho left the People's Democratic Party (PDP), citing injustice in his attemp...

Kwara 2015: Community in Kwara endorse Ahmed, Saraki, Atunwa, Segilola
Elders and Youths of Gerewu and Daudu community in Ilorin West local government area of Kwara state have unanimously endorsed Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed, Senator Abubakar Saraki, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, Kwara State House...

Nigeria lost N1.2tr to oil theft in one year - Aregbesola
Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola has decried the inability of the federal government to curb oil theft, stating that between 2013 and 2014, the country has lost over N1.2 trillion to illegal bunkerers. He said that ...

2015-01-09

Uplifting women's status in Kwara
All over the world, women empowerment is seen as an obligation not only for government but individuals who have the wherewithal and blessed enough to be able to assist the downtrodden. While poverty has no gender, the ...

Local councils charged over revenue generation
The Kwara State government has charged local government councils to shore up their Internally Generated Revenue in the face of dwindling federal allocation. The Commissioner for Local Government, Chieftaincy ...

Herald ready to partner Alfathu-l-Qareeb ...As Society marks 10th anniversary
The Kwara State Printing and Publishing Corporation, Publishers of The Herald Newspapers is set to partner religious societies in its bid to ensure human development and peaceful co-existence in the society. ...

Gov Ahmed charges varsities on academic excellence
The Kwara state governor, Alhaji(Dr) AbdulFatah Ahmed has charged Universities in Nigeria to promote academic excellence for students and academic communities to be able to make valuable contributions to the developmen...

We won't endorse any candidate, Kwara CAN declares
THE Kwara State chapter of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) will not ask its members to vote for any particular candidate in the forthcoming general elections. But CAN has viewed it as a sinful act for ...

Sen Saraki reacts to $84m oil spill compensation
Senate Chairman of Environment and Ecology, Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki has commended the recent developments concerning Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) which has agreed to compensate ...

...'Kwara judicial workers still on strike'
Kwara State chapter of the Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) said yesterday that it has not pulled out of the strike, contrary to reports in some quarters. Judicial workers across the country on Monday ...

Kwara schools where pupils lack teachers, facilities
Despite the Kwara State Government's avowed commitment to education, learning in many primary and secondary schools in the state remains an unlikely experience, SUCCESS NWOGU reports "With only two teachers o...

2015-01-08

'Political Parties Don't Respect Their Constitutions' - Yusuf Ali
Yusuf Ali (SAN), prominent Kwara State-based legal practitioner, who weighs in on the political situation in Nigeria, especially as it relates to tension building across the country in the run-up to the 2015 elections,...

Kwara community wants bridge across River Niger
Patigi community in the northern part of Kwara State has called on the federal government to construct a bridge across River Niger to link the area with Bida in Niger State. The bridge, it said, is strategic ...

My husband and I were like Siamese twins
More than two weeks after the death of a former football star, Moses Otolorin, the wife, family members and friends of the deceased are still finding it hard to come to terms with the reality. Moses Otolorin ...

2015-01-07

Saraki, Ahmed, Baraje others in APC Presidential Campaign Team
Full List of APC's Presidential Campaign Council 1 General Muhammadu Buhari...

Elegosi Pleads for More Govt Projects in Egosi
People of Egosi community in the Oke-Ero Local Government area of Kwara State on Sunday appealed for the location of more government establishments in the community to enhance its socio-economic development. ...

Auto Crash Claims One in Omu-Aran
One person died while several others sustained injuries at the weekend in a lone auto accident at Eleyin village on the Ilorin-Omu-Aran highway in Kwara State. The accident involved a truck with registration ...

Killing Local Governments, Finally
TWENTY-THREE states -- Akwa Ibom, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Edo, Ekiti, Enugu, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Ondo, Osun, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, Zamfara -- voted against loca...

Kwara NLC boss launches six books
The Vice President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Issa Aremu will today in Ilorin, Kwara State capital, make public presentation of his six books. The books to be presented were written on labo...

Ilorin: A heritage badly in need of oxygen
The Kwara State capital is rich in history, cultures, customs and traditions. But there are fears that the community is fast losing its essence, owing to globalisation and an unrestrained obsession with foreign cultur...

Kwara govt advised on revenue drive
Kwara State Chairman of Nigeria Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (NASME), Prince Ayo Ajisefini has advised the state government to explore various revenue sources that could improve its internal earnings....

Islamic Bank To Begin Operation In Kwara, Lagos - Jaiz Bank
Dr Mizanur Rahman, Representative of the Jaiz Islamic Bank in Nigeria, on Tuesday in Ilorin said that the bank would open its branch offices in kwara and Lagos states. Rahman made the statement at the jointl...

Governorship candidates' forum seeks credible polls
Ahead of the February 14 general elections, a group, All Governorship Candidates Forum of Nigeria, has called for free, fair and credible polls. Mr Tiamiyu Kamorudeen, chairman of the forum and the governorsh...

NSCDC nabs pipeline vandals in Kwara
Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, on Monday in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, arrested two bus-loads of adulterated diesel. Commandant of the corps in the state, Augustine Obiekwe, who disclo...

'I deserve better than Kwara's shabby treatment' - Unuanel
SL10: News filtering around the social media states that the management of Kwara United have relieved the coaching crew of the team of its duties. Are you aware of the latest development? Samson Unuanel: I'm ...