2012-09-24

Kwara Govt. Plans to Arrest Our Members - ACN
The Action Congress of Nigeria has warned  of an imminent crackdown on its members in Kwara State in the aftermath of the massive defection of prominent members of the Peoples Democratic Party and Allied Congress Pa...

Our Response to ACN's Infantile Allegations - KWSG
By Dr. Femi Akorede As a democratically-elected and constitutionally recognised government that believes in the rule of law and freedom of expression, we cannot intimidate or otherwise abridge citizens' right to exp...

Falana Salutes 'Outstanding Jurist' Akanbi at 80
Lagos lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) yesterday described former chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other miscellaneous offences Commission (ICPC), Justice Muhammed Mustapha Akanbi, as a man of outstanding inte...

Fear of ACN Grips PDP in Kwara
Should the spate of defections to the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) by members of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and other political parties in Kwara State continue, the PDP, in particular, may be in for ...

Attempted Murder Lands One in Prison
One Daniel Olaitan Dada of Ayetoro compound, Oro-Ago, Kwara State, who allegedly made an attempt to kill a man, has been remanded at the Federal Medium Security Prison Mandala, Ilorin. The order to remand the 3...

Cultism: Ahmed Reads Riot Act to Students
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has warned students of the state's tertiary institutions of the dire consequences of cultism, emphasizing that government will implement to the letter the state edict on t...

Ohan Bridge Failing Again
Commuters have raised alarm over the failed section of Ohan Bridge along Ilorin/Igbeti Road in Asa Local Government Area of Kwara State. They called for urgent repair of the failed portion of the Bridge, warn...

KWARMA Resurfaces 69 Roads - Kannike
The Kwara State Road Maintenance Agency (KWARMA) has rehabilitated 69 roads in the last one year, the state Commissioner for Works and Transport, Dr. Abubakar Amuda Kannike has said. Kannike who briefed the sta...

Opinion: Kwara and its Changing Political Environment
Change is constant. This truism best describes the political situation in Kwara, a state gradually shedding its political image as the Sarakis' fiefdom. Until the 2011 general elections when they nearly lost the govern...

No Devt. Without Power, Transport Revolution - Isa Aremu
Vice-President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Mr. Isa Aremu, believes Nigeria's bid to join the 20 leading economies in 2020 will be a mirage if the Federal Government fails to address the problems in the transport an...

Prof Mokuolu Reiterates Benefits of Exclusive Breastfeeding
A renowned professor of Paediatrics and Child Health at the University of Ilorin (UNIILORIN), Kwara State, Professor Olugbenga Mokuolu, has reiterated the benefits of exclusive breastfeeding, saying that it remains cent...

Kwara House to Probe Bureau of Lands
The Kwara State House of Assembly is to probe the activities of the Bureau of Lands since its inception to ensure transparency, accountability and correct the misconception about its operations. The bureau was ...

2012-09-23

Kwara Is Financially Viable - KWSG
The Kwara State government has maintained that it remains financially strong and capable of meeting it's obligations to the people including the provision of social and capital infrastructure. Reacting to the Central B...

CBN Ilorin Donates 14 Wheelchairs, Foodstuff to less Privileged
The Branch Controller, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN),Ilorin ,Mr. Monday Olotewo, has called on government to enact a Disability Law which would cater for the needs of the disabled especially in public places like schoo...

KWHA Okays Proposed Bill on Okada ban
The Kwara State House of Assembly has okayed the ban of commercial motorcyclist on some major streets in Ilorin metropolis, ahead of the passage of the bill forwarded to it by the State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahme...

CBN Blacklist: ACN Accuses Kwara Govt of Wrecking Kwara, Seeks Probe
Kwara State chapter of ACN has accused the PDP-led government of wrecking the state with its "financial recklessness and corruption", days after the CBN barred banks from granting further loans to the state. The par...

Rail and Energy Critical to Making Nigeria One of the 20 Leading Economies - NLC
The Vice President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Comrade Isa Aremu has expressed Fears that the dream of Nigeria becoming one of the twenty leading economists in the world might become a mirage except the rai...

2012-09-22

S'Court Hears N7.3b Northern States Marketing Board Suit Feb 14, 2013
The Supreme Court yesterday (Thursday) adjourned till February 14 next year hearing in the suit filed by 16 northern governors seeking the apex court order to compel the federal government to pay them N7.3 billion as...

CBN Bans Banks from Lending Kwara, Zamfara, Cross-Rivers
Following their inability to repay their loans which were sold to the Asset Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON) by deposit money banks, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has restricted banks from lending to 113 com...

Kwara PDP Charges Party Leadership On Discipline
The Peoples Democratic party (PDP), Kwara State Chapter, has charged the leadership of the party at all levels to ensure discipline and unity among the membership. The party in a statement by its state chairm...

Yusuf Ali Donates N 200m Trauma Centre to UITH
The Minister of Health, Prof. Christian Chukwu, on Friday described trauma and disasters as the two major causes of death, next to infectious diseases, in Nigeria. The minister said this during the inauguratio...

Guaging PDP's Disposition to Opposition in Kwara
Virile opposition, political pundits believe, is not only an integral part of democracy, it also facilitates the delivery of quality dividends of democracy to the electorate. Political watchers say it moves the...

Kwara Govt Rehabilitates 14 Semi Urban Water Schemes
The Kwara Government has awarded contract for the rehabilitation, expansion and construction of 14 semi urban water schemes in the state. The Commissioner for Water Resource, Mr Garba Idris, disclosed this in a...

Kwara to Rehabilitate Another Five General Hospitals
The Kwara State Government is to rehabilitation another batch of 5 General Hospitals across the State in 2013, build new ones in local government councils without secondary health institutions in the next 3 years while...

'Kwara's Set To Host NAFEST 2012' - Maidugu
The stage appears set for this year's National Festival of Arts and Culture (NAFEST 2012), scheduled for Ilorin, capital city of Kwara State. The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, National Council for Arts and...

Ilorin to Host F/Eagles's Return Leg against S/Africa, Oct. 7th
Nigeria's Flying Eagles drew 1-1 against the Amajita of South Africa in the first leg of the final round qualifying match in Nelspruit on Friday. The Amajita, scored first in the first half before the West Afri...

2012-09-21

100 Suspected Illegal Immigrants Nabbed in Kwara
The Nigerian Immigration Service announced that it had arrested more than 100 suspected illegal immigrants in a mop-up operation in Ilorin, which began on Monday. The Deputy Comptroller of Immigration, Mr. No...

Kwara CUTI Wants Schools' Subvention Increased
The Committee of Union on Tertiary Institutions (CUTI), Kwara State chapter, has appealed to the state government to increase its financial commitment on the state owned institutions. In a statement signed by i...

Kwara: Man Held for Killing Wife's Lover
A 50 year old man, Bayi Ibrahim of Tabera Fulani Camp via Okuta, Kwara State, who allegedly killed a man suspected to be having a clandestine affair with his wife, has been remanded at the Federal Medium Security Priso...

Akerebiata Flood Victim Buried
A mournful atmosphere pervaded the Alapata Compound in Ilorin West LGA on Wednesday afternoon as the remains of Alhaji Kehinde Ajongolo were interred. He was buried according to Islamic injunctions at about 2pm...

Kwara Warns Against Hoarding of Fuel
The Kwara State Government has warned filling station owners across the state against hoarding of petroleum products. The state Commissioner for Commerce and Cooperatives, Mallam Raji Mohammed during a monitori...

UITH's CMD Task Doctors on Service
The Chief Medical Director of University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), Prof. AbdulWaheed Olatinwo, has canvassed more dedication by Nigerian medical doctors to the development of the health sector in the country....

Kwara United to Name New Coach Next Week
Kwara United will next week announce a new coach that will take charge of the team next season. A top source in the camp of the Ilorin based side revealed to Goal.com that over 15 coaches applied for the job and the list...

Oloje, Ilorin: Woman Divorces Talkative Husband
A 38-year-old Nigerian housewife, Mrs Mariam Adunni of Omoda Area, Ilorin, Kwara state has been granted her wish by the town’s Area Court to dissolve her six-year-old marriage. Her ground for dissolution:...

2012 NSF Qualifier: Latest from North Central II Heat in Kwara
North-Central II Pre-Festival Heat Host, Kwara State has qualified to the finals of the football category for the National Sports Festival as results begins to turn-in from the underway Pre-Festival play-off taking pl...