2012-12-19

Bukola Saraki and Kwara Politics: What Future?
The political career of Dr. Bukola Saraki is quite rich. He has been a presidential aide, governor, chairman of Governors' Forum and now a Senator. Deputy Political Editor EMMANUEL OLADESU writes on the car...

NEMA Provides Relief Materials to Flood Victims in Kwara
The National Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday in IIorin presented relief materials worth millions of naira to flood victims in Kwara State. The materials were presented by the NEMA Zonal Coordinator, Mr...

Saraki at 50: Emergence of New Kwara Kingmaker
In 2002 at the height of the violent political debacle between former Kwara state governor, late Alhaji Mohammed Lawal and his political godfather, Dr. Olusola Saraki, the late political warlord made a "strange" decision:...

Kwara Cautions Transporters, Okada Operators
Kwara State Government has urged transport operators, especially commercial motorcyclists and other road users, to be more safety conscious and avoid acts that can lead to road crashes. The Special Adviser to th...

Translate Constitution to Local Languages, National Assembly Urged
Pastor of the Holy Ghost Harvest Church Ilorin, Rev. Yinka Adedokun , has urged the National Assembly Constitution Review Committee to ensure that the new constitution is translated into three Nigerian major languages....

Consumers Owe PHCN N1.7bn in Ilorin
Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, Baboko Business Unit, in Ilorin, Kwara State, is being owed about N1.7 billion by electricity consumers in the area. The district comprises Sawmill, Adeta, Poly and Sobi. ...

Ilorin Residents Raise Alarm over Abandonment of Refuse
The residents of Ilorin have on Tuesday called on the state government to prevail on the Kwara State Waste Management Corporation (KWMC) through the Kwara State Environmental Protection Agency to as a matter of urgency...

Doctor Bukola Saraki Golf Championship Called Off
The annual "Doctor Bukola Saraki golf open championship" will not be coming up this year as expected. Revealing this at a press conference held this week at the Ilorin Golf club; sponsor of the golfi...

Reps to Investigate Abandoned Road in Kwara
House of Representatives say the abandoned rehabilitation of the Lambata–Bida-Mokwa-Jebba-Ilorin Federal Highway must be investigated. The House of Representative...

My Husband Behaves Like a Woman, Wife Tells Court
A 38-year-old housewife, Amudatu Nafiu, on Tuesday prayed an Ilorin Area Court to dissolve her marriage to her husband, Kareem, on the grounds that he behaves like a woman. Nafiu of Okelele area of Ilorin told ...

Omu Aran: Court Admits 51-Year-Old to Bail over Alleged Rape
An Upper Area Court in Omu-Aran, Kwara, on Tuesday admitted to bail a 51-year-old trader, Yinusa Idris, accused of allegedly raping a nine-year-old girl. Idris, an engine oil retailer, who resides at Igangu C...

Oladuntoye Begs Afonja Fans
Kwara United defender, Isiaka Oladuntoye is positive that his side are ready to challenge for the NPL title in the coming 2012/13 season. Oladuntoye, 22, told supersport.com that United's new gaffer, Samson Unu...

Saraki: Between Leadership, Power and Service
A remarkable feature of the 2011 governorship election in Kwara State was the contest between the outgoing governor, now Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki and his illustrious father, Dr. Olusola Saraki, the strongman of K...

Kwara Academy will Arrest Rot in Nigerian Table Tennis, Says Lasisi
Nigeria's former national table tennis champion, Kasali Lasisi, has revealed that the Kwara State government is building a table tennis academy in Ilorin to arrest the slide in the fortune of the game. Lasisi, ...

Kwara Moves to Save Capital Flight with Diagnostic Centre
Health is wealth goes the popular saying. It is also an incontestable fact that the wealth of any society is determined by its healthy workforce. An environment plagued either by sick or unhealthy workforce will not be...

2012-12-18

Man, 26, in Court for Allegedly Stabbing Motorcyclist
A 26-year-old unemployed man, Taye Adeoye, was on Monday arraigned before an Omu-Aran Area Court in Kwara for allegedly stabbing one Biodun Babalola in the neck. The accused, who had no fixed address, is sta...

Kwara Spends N19m on Hospital, Empowerment Scheme
The Kwara State Commissioner for Works and Transport, Dr. Abubakar Amuda-Kannike, has urged public office holders, philanthropists, corporate organisations and donor agencies to pay more attention to community developm...

Gov Ahmed Congratulates Gen Buhari at 70
The Governor of Kwara State, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has described former Head of State and presidential flag bearer of the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, General Muhammadu Buhari as a gallant military officer and g...

PDP Warns ACN Not to Turn Kwara to Battle Ground
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State has warned the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in the State not to turn Kwara State, known as the State of Harmony, in to a battle field for political thuggery. ...

Kwara Rehabilitated 400 Classrooms in 2012 - Ahmed
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, on Monday, said the state government rehabilitated about 400 classrooms at the basic and senior secondary school levels in 2012. A statement by the Chief Press Sec...

Kwara Football Academy Vows to Successfully Defend Shell Cup Title
The Kwara Football Academy said on Monday that it had prepared adequately to retain the 2013 NNPC/Shell Cup Soccer Competition title it won this year. The Academy's Chief Coach, Amusa Adisa, told newsmen in Ilorin that th...

2012-12-17

Offa Council Chair Dissolves Cabinet, as ACN Denies Rift
Offa Local Government Council Chairman, Prince Saheed Popoola, has dissolved his five-member cabinet. Popoola, in a statement he signed himself, said the exercise is routine and thanked the former cabinet membe...

Kwara to Blacklist Failed Contractors
The Governor of Kwara State, Dr. Abdulfatah Ahmed has assured Kwarans that his administration would blacklist any contractor who failed to execute projects to specification and within the approved timeline. G...

Govt Boosts Rice Production, Gets FAO Recognition
ARMTI chiefs seeks incentives for youths in farming The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has lauded Nigeria's efforts to achieve self-sufficiency in rice production by 2015. FAO ...

Kwara Speaker Calls for Overhaul of Aviation Sector
The Speaker of Kwara House of Assembly, Rasaq Atunwa, on Sunday called for overhaul of the nation's aviation sector to curb constant loss of lives. Atunwa made the call in a condolence message signed by his Spe...

3 Arrested for Disrupting ACN Registration Exercise in Kwara
Three people believed to be working for one of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) chieftains in Kwara State have been arrested by security agents at Ilorin Grammar School, for allegedly causing a breakdown of law and or...

2012-12-16

Aviation College, Ilorin Graduates Commercial Pilot
The Rector, the International Aviation College, Ilorin, Kwara State, Captain Folaleye Akinkuotu, has said that the aviation college has assisted a student from another institution, Mr. Mohammed Usman, who had a private...

Cleric: Death Penalty will Curb Terrorism
An Islamic Scholar, Sheik AbdulAzeez Shitu, on Saturday said the adoption of the death penalty by the National Assembly would be helpful in fighting terrorism and kidnapping in Nigeria. Shittu told the News Age...

Kwara: A Season of Probes
It is no longer business as usual in Kwara state as the state government recently took pragmatic steps towards stemming the spate of corruption and maladministration in the local government administrations in the state...

Ilorin Ultra-Modern Central Mosque: A Sight to Behold
For any visitor to the ancient city of Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, the new ultra-modern Juma'at Central Mosque is a centre to behold. The 20, 000 capacity mosque no doubt, has added to the list of tourists...