2012-06-12

Unilorin Post UTME Enters Day Two
As the University of Ilorin 2012/2013 Post UTME enters day two, the University authority says it is working hard to ensure all candidates get registered before the deadline. The Director of Computer Science and In...

Kwara Strengthens 45 Hospitals With Equipment
The Kwara State Government under its Shared Prosperity programme has strengthened 45 of its healthcare delivery facilities with modern equipment to ensure that Kwarans have access to healthcare within 500 metres of the...

Kwara Government makes case against pipeline vandalism
The Kwara State Government has appealed to the Federal Government to assist her curb the incessant menace of pipeline vandalism in the state. The appeal was made in Ilorin, by Kwara State Deputy Governor, Elder...

June 14: Kwara NYSC passes out 1,979 corps members
The passing-out ceremony of the 2011 Batch \'B\' of the National Youth Service Corps, Kwara State, will hold on Thursday 14th June, 2012, at the Kwara State Staduim Complex, Ilorin, starting from 10:00 am. A st...

FEDPOFFA to host SIFE workshop
The Federal Polytechnic, Offa, has been picked by Students In Free Enterprises (SIFE), Nigeria to host the first edition of the Business Smart Competition organised by SIFE in collaboration with First Bank Plc. ...

Why poverty rate is high in Nigeria - Omolewa Ahmed
... decries increase in street children Wife of the Kwara State Governor, Mrs Omolewa Ahmed, has attributed the increasing number of street children in Nigeria, occasioned by poverty to the failure of most men ...

Kwara PDP challenges ACN to tour Ahmed's projects
Irked by the criticisms of Governor AbdulFatah Ahmed\'s 365 days in office by the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), the Kwara state chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has challenged the opposition party to be since...

NBA flags off Law Week in Ilorin •Fayemi blames insecurity on loss of dialogue culture
Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi yesterday said the loss of the culture of dialogue, caused by the long years of military rule, is at the root of the rising violence in Nigeria. He listed unemployment and pov...

Man, 67, ‘rapes’ 14-year-old girl
The Kwara state police command, Kulende Division, has arrested 67 years old Ahmed Atanda for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl named Hauwa at Oke-Andi, along Sango area, Ilorin. Our correspondent gathered ...

2012-06-11

Unilorin Commences Post-UTME
As the University of Ilorin commences it\'s 2012/2013 Post UTME examination today, candidates who converged from various places have expressed their gladness and problems they encounter during their registrations...

Fola Akinkuotu dares ex-Nigerian Aviation minister on doctored air crash reports
Rector of Ilorin College of Aviation, Kwara state, Captain. Fola Akinkuotu has dared the Former Minister of Aviation Chief Femi Fani Kayode  to justify his claim that most of the past air accident reports were doc...

Baraje dismisses ACN, CPC merger talks as wishful thinking
Alhaji Kawu Baraje, the former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has dismissed on going merger talks between the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) as wish...

Functional System Would Help Avert Disasters, Says Gov Ahmed
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has disclosed that if Nigeria had a functional system that ensured that infrastructure facilities of different forms worked at optimal capacities, some of the disasters,...

Ahmed's articulated governance in Kwara
A Chemist turned banker and now, suave politician, Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed's legacy is not likely to be in any of his former or present trades. In a recent session with a delegation of Vanguard in the Gover...

Business community moves to oppose Kwara govt on gas emission tax
Business community in Kwara State has kicked against the purported fee being planned by the state government on gas emission from generators in hotels and manufacturing companies in the state. Community News learnt ...

Agric Master Plan: Kwara State, Cornell University Sign MOU
Nigeria's Kwara Government and College of Agriculture and Life Sciences of Cornell University, New York, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Kwara State Agricultural Modernisation Master Plan. ...

KWARA: One Year of Shared Hardship, Continuation of Falsehood - ACN
Being the text of Kwara ACN's assessment of PDP's government in the last one year. We have deliberately delayed our reaction to Governor Abdulfattah Ahmed's one year anniversary, which, true to our prediction befor...

Kwara partners dutch firm on N73bn housing development
Kwara State government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Stylotec Concrete Industries of The Netherlands for the construction of 10,000 affordable housing units over the next four years, worth about N73 ...

Kwara State unveils new logo, thematic campaign
Nations, regions, cities and destinations are facing increasing competition for luring talents, investments and tourists. Basic questions demand distinctive answers and huge efforts for: Why should one live there? Why sho...

Kwara ACN carpets governor for poor performance
The Kwara State Chapter of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) yesterday berated Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed for poor performance even as it challenged him to account for close to N50 billion allocation accrued to the sta...

2012-06-10

Enugu Rangers 1-0 ABS FC
Abubakar Bukola Saraki Football club narrowly lost to Enugu Rangers this afternoon in a Nigeria Premier League week 31 match at Enugu. Enugu Rangers, the home side, scored off a corner kick that came on the last minute of...

One year anniversary: Kwara govt thrives on outright lies - ACN
Kwara ACN on Sunday dismissed as outright lies the many achievements the PDP-led state government claimed to have made in the past one year, especially in the areas of road, education, healthcare, water and other p...

Kwara United 1-0 Heartland FC
Kwara United this afternoon defeated Heartland Football Club by a lone. Seun Sogbesan clinched the winner for Kwara United scoring a 90th minute penalty....

Kwara Earmarks Priorities
The government of Kwara State recently launched its Shared Prosperity Scheme, which it believes is achievable through massive investment in infrastructure and employment generation. Festus Akanbi, who visited the state, r...

2012-06-09

Addressing poverty should be the major goal of govt - Prof Gambari
Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, Joint Special Representative of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID), has tasked African leaders on the urgent need to fight poverty in the continent. Gambari...

Ahmed's development strides to be aired on TV
A documentary on Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed's development strides in the last one year will be aired this weekend on several television stations. The schedule is as follows On Saturday: AIT National (DSTV) - 4.30p...

N 31m Spent on Kwara Logo Re-branding and Democracy Day
Success Nwogu writes that as the Kwara State government spends N31m on logo rebranding and Democracy Day celebration, observers are kicking The recent campaign for the rebranding of Kwara State by the state govern...

Why Kwara is rebranding, by Gov Ahmed
Branding is life. No individual or corporate body survives without branding. Churches and mosques brand to underscore the importance of their missions. Even governments and states brand. For example, India is noted for it...

Heartland expects a tough game against Kwara United
Heartland forward, Jolly Osas has said his side will end their one-week sojourn in llorin with victory against hosts, Kwara United. The Afonja Warriors return to llorin after a 1-4 loss at domestic champions, Dolp...

Kwara Assembly approves state's new logo
The Kwara State House of Assembly has given legal backing to the new state logo unveiled by the state Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, during the last Democracy Day celebration in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. ...