2012-10-30

Kwara NUJ Secretariat to be Completed Soon
The on-going construction of Kwara State Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ)'s secretariat located along Offa road Ilorin has reached 80 per cent completion even as the project is expected to be completed by next month....

'Hold Ex-IGPs Responsible for Police Predicaments' - Capt Ayo Salami
A retired air force officer, Group Captain Ayo Salami, has fingered past Inspectors -Generals of Police for the myriad of challenges facing the police in the country, saying that they should be held responsible for any...

Senate, Others to Check Delay in Aiding Disaster Victims
Former Kwara State Governor and Chairman, Senate Committee on Environment, Bukola Saraki, has expressed concern over the duration between the outbreak of a natural disaster in the country and when relief materials are sen...

Ilorin: Abayawo on Rampage over Dead Man Found in Well
Hell was let loose recently in Abayawo, Ilorin, Kwara State capital, Southwest Nigeria after a middle aged man's corpse was recovered from a well at Ile Alowo-Eru in the area. A mob, suspected to be kinsmen of...

Flood: FG to Extend Niger Dredging to Jebba - Saraki
The dredging of River Niger will be extended to Jebba in Kwara state, chairman, Senate committee on environment and ecology, Dr Bukola Saraki has said. He said that the extension of the dredging project became ...

Saraki Canvasses Change in Sports Administration, Thumbs Up Minister
The immediate past Governor of Kwara State, Bukola Saraki, has canvassed a systemic administrative style that would ensure Nigeria sporting competes favourably with the developed countries. Speaking to journali...

Kwara Govt Set to Promote Moringa Farming
Against the backdrop of its medicinal and economic potentials, the Kwara State Government has indicated its interest in the promotion of moringa farming in the state. The state governor, Dr. Abdulfatah Ahmed made this ...

WASU Seeks Increased Access to Varsities for Admission Seekers
The West Africa Students Union has called for improved access of tertiary education to all qualified candidates. The group stated that there could not be sustainable development without access to sound and qual...

2012-10-29

Fuel Scarcity Worsens in Ilorin, as DPR Shuts More Petrol Stations
The hope of motorists and other users of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise known as petrol to get the commodity in large quantity in Ilorin may not materialize soon, as the persistent scarcity of fuel continued wor...

Moro LG Chair Appeals to FG on Ilorin/Jebba Road
The Chairman, Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State, Alhaji Shuaib Baba Jimoh, has made passionate appeal to the Federal Government to intervene on the deplorable Ilorin/Jebba road, saying that it has become a deat...

NANS Honours Unilorin Council Chair
The Zone 'C' of National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), has presented a platinum award of excellence to the chairman, Governing Council of the University of Ilorin, Alhaji Saka Sa'adu. The award, the ...

Issa Aremu rates IEDPU high
The National Vice President of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Issa Aremu has described Ilorin Emirate Descendants' Progressive Union (IEDPU) as a formidable institution that believes in collective struggle to e...

Ensure Peace, Security, Ahmed Urges Traditional Rulers
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has appealed to traditional rulers in the country to ensure peace in their domains, which was important to the country’s socio-economic growth. Ahmed made the call...

Football: Saraki Kicks Against Foreign Coach
Owner of Abubakar Bukola Saraki Football Club, Bukola Saraki has said that there is no need to shop for foreign coach for the Super Eagles if the indigenous clubs are doing well. In an interview with journalis...

Saraki Bemoans Absence of Law on Oil Spill
Chairman, Senate Committee on Ecology and Environment, and Senator representing Kwara Central Senatorial District, Senator Abubakar Saraki, has vowed to ensure that the country enforced the law on oil spill when one wa...

2012-10-28

Senator Saraki Condemns the Kaduna Bombing
Senatort Bukola Saraki's statement condemning the bombing of St. Rita's Catholic Church is given below. I am deeply touched by the devastating news of the suicide bomb attack early this morning at St. Rita's Catholic...

Ahmed receives Chairman, Kwara State Traditional Council of Chiefs, says peace, essential for growth
The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji (Dr.) Abdulfatah Ahmed has stressed the importance of peace to the actualization of socio-economic growth in any society. Governor Ahmed said this Sunday when the Emir of Ilor...

Overland takes delivery of new airplane
Overland Airways accepted its first ATR 72-200 (5N-BPE; ex-FWNUA); the aircraft will be ferried from France to Nigeria over the weekend. Overland already has three ATR 42-300 in its fleet, while two Beech 1900Ds are at To...

Sallah Deaths: Ahmed Sends Condolences to Victims' Families
The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji (Dr.) Abdulfatah Ahmed has described the multiple accidents in the State on the eve of sallah and on sallah day in which about 20 people lost their lives on Oloru- Jebba road, at a time th...

Mrs. Ahmed Doles Out Sallah Gifts in Offa
Food and clothing worth several thousands of Naira were on Wednesday donated to various groups in Offa by the LEAH Charity Foundation, a pet project of Her Excellency, Mrs. Omolewa Ahmed. The event was held at the new...

Flood: Saraki wants quick disaster relief system
Chairman Senate Committee on Environment and Ecology, Dr. Bukola Saraki has canvassed a disaster management template that will ensure aids to disaster victims get to them at the right time. Saraki, the immediate pas...

Meet The First Female Professor From Ilorin Emirate
History was made in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital about a fortnight ago when the management of the University of Ilorin included Mrs. Medinat Folorunso Salman in the list of the institution's newly appointed professors....

Gov Ahmed Pledges More Dividends of Democracy
As Muslims across the world celebrate the Eid-el-Kabir festival, the Kwara State Governor, Alhaji  Abdulfatah Ahmed, has assured Kwarans that his administration will stop at nothing at ensuring that the people reap the ...

KWSG to increase incentives for teachers
The Kwara State Government on Wednesday in Ilorin announced that it would increase incentives for teachers on its payroll. The Permanent Secretary, Kwara State Ministry of Education, Alhaji Lamidi Alabi, made the an...

2012-10-27

Kudos, knocks for good governance tour to Kwara State
The recent National Good Governance Tour to Kwara State, spearheaded by the Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, has attracted divergent views. Maku had visited federal a...

Emir of Ilorin urges religious leaders to preach peace
The Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari yesterday urged religious leaders in the country to preach peace to their congregation. The Emir spoke at the Ilorin Eid praying ground during the celebration o...

20 killed in Kwara auto crash
About 20 people were killed in multiple auto accidents in Kwara State between Wednesday and yesterday. Seventeen people died on Wednesday evening at the Osin River, Ilorin East Local Government Area of the state, ...

Shoprite set to open in Ilorin
Shoprite came into Nigeria in December 2005, when they opened a store in The Palms shopping centre in Victoria Island, Lagos. Shoprite has since opened stores in Surulere and Ikeja in Lagos; and another store in Enugu and...

In London Kwara Gets a Loud Voice
Driven by the desire to make governance more inclusive, kwara indigenes hold an event in london which also offered a glimpse of the state of affairs back home, writes HAMMED SHITTU A tangible feeling...

Oke-Oyi: Three burn to death in road accident
THREE people burned to death in a road accident on Friday morning, in Ilorin, Kwara State. A fuel tanker with a faulty brake was said to have rammed a taxi, in which the victims were riding, at a point ne...