2012-08-23

Ayo Maria Atoyebi Disagrees with Oritsejafor, Urges Dialogue with Boko Haram
The Lord Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Ilorin, the Most Reverend, Ayo Maria Atoyebi, has disagreed with the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor over his comment that ther...

Gov's Aide Warns Against Damage of Facilities
The Kwara State Government has warned that it would not tolerate damage on the facilities provided across the state. The Special Adviser to the State Governor on Transport and Utility, Alhaji Usman Bibire Ajape gave t...

Thousands Take to the Streets in Offa Against Tribunal Judgement
There is now tension in Offa, as more than ten thousands protesters including non politicians took to the streets Wednesday night and repeatedly Thursday morning against the judgement of the Local Government Election ...

Kwara Fadama Distributes Inputs at Subsidised Rates
The Kwara FADAMA Coordination Office, Ilorin, has distributed agricultural input at fifty per cent subsidized rate to Fadama farmers in the state. The state commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources...

Offa: Popoola Remains Council Chairman - Kwara ACN
Kwara state chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has described as "travesty of justice" the tribunal ruling which nullified the election of the Offa Local Government Chairman, Prince Saheed Popoola. Kwar...

Kwara Waves Olive Branch to Council Workers
The Chairman of Local Government Service Commission in Kwara State, Alhaji Suleiman Yusuf, has urged members of the state's chapter of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) to shelve their planned str...

Kwara Poly Expels 45 Students Over Exam Malpractice
Following the conclusion of the second semester examination at the Kwara State Polytechnic (KwaraPoly), Offa-Ilorin, the management has released names of forty-five students who have been expelled owing to gross cases ...

Kwara Local Govt Workers Union Suspends Ultimatum
The Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Kwara state Chapter, has suspended its 14-day ultimatum given to the state government over the issue of delay in the payment of the salaries of some of its work...

2012-08-22

Fed. Cup: Heartland FC 3 - 0 Prime FC
Fed. Cup: Heartland FC 3 - 0 Prime FC Heartland proceeds to finals. ...

Offa LG Chairman's Election Nullified
The Local Government Election Tribunal has nullified the election of the Chairman of Offa Local Government, Prince Saheed Popoola (ACN). The tribunal ordered a re-run of the election within 90 days. In his judgement, ...

Okesuna Residents Cry Out over Waste Site
... commends govt for upgrading Primary School The concerned citizens of Zango Ward in llorin East Local Government Area of Kwara State have appealed to the state over the longstanding heap of waste situate...

Ehindero Emerges AAEUN Kwara Chairman
Comrade David Kayode Ehindero, has been elected the State Chairman of the Agriculture and Allied Employees' Union of Nigeria (AAEUN), Kwara State Council. Ehindero, fondly called DK, emerged in a free, f...

Activities Resume at Pubs in Ilorin after Ramadan
In what appears as a short break to the past time, activities have resumed at beer parlours and related drinking joints within the Ilorin metropolis. Findings by City Rove yesterday showed that fun lovers...

PDP Backs Kwara, Workers' Talks on Salary Arrears
The Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party on Tuesday said it was in support of the dialogue said to have been embarked upon by members of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees and Association of...

Ahmed Warns Warring Communities Against Land Encroachment
Kwara State Governor Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmad has warned Share and Tsaragi communities in Ifelodun and Edu Local Government Areas of the state not to encroach on the Kange buffer zone which has been gazetted as state gove...

Court Remands Farmer for Robbing Woman of N10,000
An Ilorin Chief Magistrates' Court has remanded a 20-year-old farmer in prison for robbing a woman of her handbag containing N10,000 and pieces of rope valued at N400. The man, Idrisa Hassan living in Bode Saadu, the h...

Workers' Protest: Kwara PDP Seeks Arrest of ACN Leaders
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State, yesterday, asked security agencies to arrest leaders of the opposition Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) who on Monday expressed support for the proposed strike by local g...

Okada Protest: Saraki Warns Transporters Against Lawlessness
The former Governor of Kwara State, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has warned transporters, especially commercial motorcycle riders in the state, to avoid any act of lawlessness. He spoke with journalists in Ilorin on Frid...

Kwara PDP Alleges Plan by ACN to foment crisis
The ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kwara State, yesterday, urged security agencies in the state to check alleged plan by the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, to cause crisis in the state. It will be ...

Saraki Wants Support for Govt's Land Acquisition in Ilorin
Former governor of Kwara State, Bukola Saraki, has assured the Ilorin community that the acquisition of some parcels of land in the metropolis by the government was done in the best interest of the community as part of...

2012-08-21

Kwara PDP's allegations baseless - ACN
The Kwara chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has debunked what it called baseless allegations by the PDP that the opposition party is meeting with and inciting the unpaid workers to embark on civil disobedi...

New Yidi Praying Ground Has Not Been Sold - Kwara Govt.
The Kwara State government says there is no truth to rumours that it has sold the New Yidi Praying ground in Ilorin. The clarification was contained in a statement issued in Ilorin by the Secretary to the State G...

Kwara Reiterates Commitment to Improve Health Care Services
The Kwara State government has reiterated his commitment to improve and enhance health care services of its citizens and Nigerians at large. The permanent Secretary of the State Ministry of Health, Dr Mustafa Abdulla...

'Kwara Land Use Policy Requires Understanding' - Atunwa
Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Razak Atunwa, has called on the Ilorin Emirate Descendant Progressive Union and all other stakeholders to embrace dialogue in order to resolve the contentious Land Use policy of ...

2015: Raging Political Forces in Kwara
Political permutations and underground scheming are already on in Kwara State among the big political parties ahead of the 2015 general election. Various yardsticks are used to measure the strength of a politic...

Non payment of salaries, symptom of bigger problems in Kwara - ACN
Kwara ACN on Monday (today) backed the NULGE on the 14-day ultimatum the workers' body gave the state government to either pay its June/July salaries or face industrial action. But the party added that the non...

2012-08-20

Kwara engages additional 2000 youths
As part of its celebration of the first anniversary of the Kwara State Bridge Empowerment Scheme and to ease unemployment challenges in the state, the state government is poised to up scale the scheme with an additio...

Offa council boss advocates autonomy for LGs
The Chairman of Off a Local Government Area of Kwara State, Prince Saheed Popoola has said that the much expected developments will continue to elude the grassroots across the country, unless the local government is ...

Fed Cup: Aregbesola leads Osun cabinet to Ilorin for Prime
The Osun Stare Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, will lead members of his cabinet on Wednesday to the Kwara State Stadium, Ilorin to cheer the state's representatives in the 2012 Federation Cup, Prime Football Club of Oso...

Saraki, again, sues for peace in Kwara
A former Kwara State Governor, Dr. Bukola Abubakar Saraki, has, again, sued for peace among the people of the state. Saraki, who is now the senator representing Kwara Central Senatorial District, spoke again...

Joy Petroleum Writes to Senate President Over Accounts Frozen By Access Bank, Blames Senator Saraki And CBN Governor Sanusi - SaharaReporters
Joy Petroleum has written to the President of the Senate to intervene in its face-off with the management of the Access Bank in its efforts to unfreeze its accounts there, which it blames on Senator Bukola Saraki and...

Eid: Worshippers Boo as Ahmed's Name is Mentioned
Muslim faithful yesterday at the praying ground in Ilorin, Kwara State, jeered at the mention of Governor AbdulFatah Ahmed's name. The worshippers assembled at the ground for prayers to mark the end of the Ramad...

Babooko District Seeks Truce With Ilorin PHCN Costumers
Management of PHCN in Babooko District with office at Babooko Area of Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara State, has called on its customers with complaints or grievances on power supply and distribution in their various commun...

The Igbomina Call For More States, Oppose State Police
A socio-cultural organisation, the Igbomina Conference, has called on the National Assembly to restructure Nigeria into 48 states along ethnic affliations.The Conference also voices its opposition to creation of state ...

Fed Cup: Prime FC head to Ilorin for Heartland
Prime FC of Osogbo will today (Sunday) travel to Ilorin ahead of Wednesday's Federation Cup semi final game against Cup holders, Heartland FC of Owerri. -The team will leave Osun Sunday morning for Il...

LG Workers Threaten Strike Over Unpaid Salaries
Members of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees in Kwara State have given the state government a 14-day ultimatum to facilitate the payment of their outstanding June and July salaries or face an...