2012-12-15

Emerging Trends in Post-Saraki Kwara
Success Nwogu writes that there are divergent views on whether the political dynasty built by the late Olusola Saraki will endure or not The death of 'the strongman of Kwara politics' and Second Republic Senate...

Kwara Utd Pounce on Abu Azeez
Supersand Eagles' striker, Abu Azeez, has teamed up with Nigeria Premier League (NPL) club, Kwara United, supersport.com can confirm. The teenage forward sealed a one-year contract with the Afonja Warriors from...

Sambo, Tambuwal, Abubakar Urge Islamic Scholars to Preach Islam Correctly
Vice President, Namadi Sambo, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal and the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammed Sa'ad Abubakar, were among several Islamic Nigerians who called on Islamic teachers...

NSE Strategises to Implement Nigerian Content Act
PARTICIPANTS at the annual workshops of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) Nigerian Content Committee Workshop held in Ilorin, Kwara State capital during the annual conference of NSE, agreed to embark on projects ...

Ilorin: A City at the Mercy of Bad Roads and Armed Robbers
ALL the roads leading to Ilorin, the Kwara State capital are in bad state and they are causing security challenges as accidents and armed robberies are common on the roads. It is the bad portions of the roads that the...

Sambo Charges Religious Leaders on Security Challenge
Vice President Namadi Sambo on Friday in Ilorin urged religious leaders in the country to assist the government in tackling the security challenges facing the nation. The vice president made the appeal at the i...

Sambo Commissions Mosque, Diagnostic Centre in Ilorin
Vice President Namadi Sambo yesterday paid an official visit to Kwara State during which he commissioned the re-modelled Ilorin Juma'at Central Mosque and the Advanced Medical Diagnostic Centre, Ilorin . At the...

2012-12-14

Kwara Swears in CJ, Others
Acting Chief Judge of Kwara State, Justice Ayinla Bamigbola, was on Thursday sworn in as the Chief Judge of the state by Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed. Ahmed also swore in Justice Tokunbo Abdulkadir as the High C...

Kwara Govt Pledges Support for Utd to Win Laurels
The Kwara Government on Thursday pledged continued support for Kwara United FC of Ilorin to win laurels in the 2012/2013 Nigeria Premier League (NPL) season. The government restated its determination to give th...

CAN Chides Police over Attack on Ilorin Church
The Secretary of Kwara State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Cornelius Fawenu, has chided the authorities of the state police command for their alleged apathy to the arson at one of the bran...

Civil Defence Corps is Grassroots-Based Security Agency - Yerima
The new Kwara State commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Gana Yerima, has said that 450 officers of the corps have undergone intensive military training preparatory to carrying of arms....

My Wife Slaps Me When I Ask for Food, Man Tells Court
Bello Zakariyau of Niger Road, Ilorin on Thursday told an Ilorin Area Court that his wife was in the habit of slapping him whenever he asked her for food. He therefore prayed the court to dissolve the three-year-old ma...

Kwara PDP Attacks ACN Candidate over Comments on Gov Ahmed
The Director of Publicity of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Mas'ud Adebimpe has referred to the candidate of Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Muhammed Dele Belgore, SAN, as a frustrated politician who lacks decor...

FG Owes Kwara N4bn on Road Project - Ahmed
Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara said on Thursday in Ilorin that the Federal Government was owing the state N4 billion on the rehabilitation of the Ilorin- Baruteen road. Ahmed, who disclosed this during his mont...

2012-12-13

Ilorin Indigenes Tasked on Economic Rebirth
A call has gone to indigenes of Ilorin in Kwara State, in and outside Nigeria, to support the current leadership of Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU) to achieve economic fortunes in the emirate. ...

NEMA to Put Structures in Place to Check Future Disasters
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) is putting structures in place to enhance its capacity to confront future disaster situations more efficiently. as its handling of the last disaster situation was fraught...

Land Tussle: Kwara Govt Asks Parties to Go to Court
The Kwara State government yesterday warned parties to a disputed plot of land at Ilorin airport road, not to take the law into their hands but refer the issue to the courts of law for adjudication. The govern...

Kwara: ACN Alleges PDP's Conspiracy to Remove Offa Chairman
Action Congress Congress of Nigeria (ACN) Elders' Forum in Offa has alleged a grand conspiracy by the Kwara PDP leadership to remove the only ACN council chairman in the state, Prince Saheed Popoola. The ...

VC Seeks more Funds for Varsities to Transform Agriculture
The Vice Chancellor of Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Prof. Ola-Rotimi Ajayi, has called for increased funding of universities to assist in the Federal Government's agricultural transformation agenda. Ajayi t...

Aniba Commends KWSG on Shoprite
A PDP member in Kwara State, Alhaji Abdulkadir Shuaib Aniba has described Shoprite Mall's debut as another landmark in government's concerted efforts to take the state to the next level. Speaking on the new Sho...

Why Nigeria is Underdeveloped - Ambali
The Vice Chancellor, University of Ilorin (UNIILORIN), Professor Abdulganiyu Ambali, has identified religion, politics and economy as three critical areas of challenge which Nigeria must address to extricate itself fro...

2012-12-12

Bukola Woos Offa Community
The people of Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State have pledged to team up with Senator Bukola Saraki in his bid to carry on the good work of his late father, Dr. Abubakar Olusola Saraki, the Waziri of Ilorin....

KWHA Orders Closure of Illegal Motor Parks
Worried by the proliferation of motor parks in Ilorin metropolis, the Kwara State House of Assembly has urged the state government to collaborate with the Police, Federal Road Safety Commission and local government cou...

Kwara Finance Commissioner Denies Arrest over Burglary
Kwara State Commissioner for Finance, Demola Banu, Tuesday denied claims of his arrest by some special police unit in Abuja over the recent burglary of some offices located at his ministry in Ilorin, the state capital....

Ilorin Celebrates Tradition, Politics, Religion as New Mosque Opens
On Friday, another significant milestone in the history of Ilorin, the ancient city and capital of Kwara State, will unfold. In a community noted for the intricate web of its politics, tradition and religion, the opening ...

New Infrastructure for Kwara Flooded Communities
Kwara State has stated its resolve to help victims of flood by scaling up infrastructure in their communities. Already, Governor AbdulFatah Ahmed has drawn out a list of rural roads to be built in communities t...

Why We Adopted eVoting, by Engineers
THE president of Nigeria Society of Engineers (NSE), Mustapha Shehu Balarabe, has said that the society adopted the electronic voting system so as to check observed irregularities. While applauding the efforts ...

NSE Decries Neglect of Mining Sector
Mr Malik Kamila, the Chairman, Nigeria Society of Engineers (NSE), on Tuesday expressed concern over the neglect of mining sector of the economy in the country. Kamila in an interview with the News Agency of Ni...