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2012-05-30
Quadruplets: One dies, father renews appeal for help
One of the quadruplets born to Mr. Samuel and Joy Chukwukaelo at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital on Thursday has died. The Chief Medical Director, UITH, Prof. Abdu...
ABS Spoil Kwara Utd Fun … As saraki splashes Cash
ABS FC defeated local rival Kwara United 2-1 in a friendly match organised as part of Kwara united official lunch of new kits. Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed and teeming fans who had come for the official launch at the Ilor...
Kwara House is stinking - Hon Layonu
DN - Hon., compliments; could you tell us your sojourn in the House so far? When did you start your legislative journey in the Kwara House of Assembly? HON. LAYONU -Well, it i...
Kwara Utd eye Premier League trophy
Segun Atere, the skipper of the Ilorin-based Kwara United FC, on Monday pledged to win the ongoing Premier League trophy  to justify the Kwara Government\'s financial support to the club.  Atere told...
Don seeks constitutional roles for traditional rulers
Communities in Nigeria and the people have been enjoined to return to their roots by according the  traditional royal fathers their pride of place in society. Speaking as a guest lecturer at the send forth...
Workshop in Ilorin: Non-enforcement of agreement among parties in industrial disputes, cause of labour unrest - Don
THE greatest problem we have today is lack of en-forcement of agreement in industrial relations and disputes. This disclosure was made during the inplant workshop on Trade Union Practice In A Changing World, organised ...
Infrastructural development and Kwara’s continuity drive
Biola Azeez writes on the efforts of the Kwara State government to address the challenges of infrastructural development in the state, as part of its project of continuity politics. THE ruling Peoples Democrati...
Kwara NSCDC bursts oil bunkers hideout, arrests suspected robbers
The Kwara state command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), has paraded two suspects with locally made pistols after an unsuccessful robbery at Offa, the second commercial city in the state. ...
Kwara helmsmen render account
Kwara State Governor AbdulFatah Ahmed has upgraded infrastructure across the state as his administration clocks one year. Roads are expanded and pot holes filled even as new ones are built. Ministries and par...
Kwara people shun democracy celebration
For the first time, people of Kwara state, especially residents of Ilorin, the state capital shunned yesterday\'s Democracy Day celebration held at Metropolitan square, as only Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) supporters ...

2012-05-29
Baby Boy For Sheriff Shagaya
IT'S a moment of cheers and glass-clinking in the household of top businesswoman, Hajia Bola Shagaya, as she welcomed her first grandchild. The wedding of her first son, Sherif, and the daughter of PDP Chairman, Al...
Kwara Govt Spends N600 Million On Roads Rehabilitation
The Kwara State Government spent N600 million in the last two years, on the rehabilitation of township roads in all the 16 Local Government areas of the state, the state commissioner for information, Mr. Wale Oladepo, ann...
Kwara Unveils New Logo
By Abdulgafar Arikewuyo The Kwara State government says it is setting the foundation for the long term prosperity of the state and people. The state governor, Alhaji Abdulfatahi Ahmed, stated this at the 2012 Democrac...
Ilorin aviation college graduates 12 students
The Ilorin International Aviation College yesterday graduated 12 students, the chairman of the college, Captain Edward Boyo has said. He said this marked the progression of 12 pioneer students of the college from the basi...
KWASU fixes Post-UTME date
The Kwara State University, Malete will conduct her Post-UTME for 2012/2013 admission exercise on 11th and 12th June, 2012 at the University's Auditorium. ...
Democracy Day: Ahmed calls for unity
Nigerians have been called upon to use the occasion of this year\'s Democracy Day, which marks 13 years of uninterrupted democratic governance in Nigeria, to celebrate those things that unite the country rather than fa...
Lawyer donates educational materials to communities in Kwara
A Lagos-based legal practitioner and an indigene of Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State, Chief Oladepo Aborisade, has presented educational materials worth N700,000 to pupils and students in primary and secondar...
Man remanded for duping woman
An Ilorin Magistrate Court has ordered  a 48-year-old man, Segun Abayomi Joseph be remanded at the Federal Medium Security Prison, Mandala area, Ilorin for  allegedly hypnotizing and duping a woman of her Ame...
International Aviation College: Ahmed flags off students inaugural flight
For the 12 pioneer students of the International Aviation College, Ilorin, Kwara State, their dreams of becoming qualified pilots moved towards reality on Monday with the flag-off of the inaugural flight by student pil...
Kwara reduces shares in Aviation College to 30%
The Kwara state Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has disclosed that the state had reduced its share at the International Aviation College to 30 percent, to further give private sector to play dominate role in the act...

2012-05-28
Commission seals off Nestle office in Ilorin
The National Lottery Regulatory Commission has sealed off Nestle Nigeria Plc premises in Ilorin. The agency's team and policemen led by the Deputy Director, Enforcement and Compliance, NLRC, Mr. Emmanuel Jemi...
Our Goal Is To Produce Job Creators - Na'Allah
Professor AbdulRasheed Na'Allah is the pioneer Vice-Chancellor of Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete. In this interview with ABDULLAHI OLESIN, he laments that Nigerian universities are only producing theorists an...
We can't pay hospital bills - Parents of quadruplets
A couple, Samuel and  Joy Chukwukaelo, who had quadruplets last Thursday at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, has said their immediate challenge is how to pay the babies' hospital bills and take care of the...
Living in fear of sudden death on the prowl
MEDICAL experts have identified sedentary lifestyle, increase intake of junk foods, obesity, complications of hypertension and diabetes, infectious diseases, road traffic accidents and heart attack as the major...
Police arrest 3, as robbers kill 1
A middle-aged man was shot dead by armed robbers in Ilorin at the weekend moments after he had withdrawn a sizeable amount of money from a first generation bank in the metropolis.  The incident threw trad...
Gwaska, Oba Tussle At Senate Over Chairmanship Of FCC
Sacked acting executive chairman of the Federal Character Commission, Alhaji Muhammadu Ari Gwaska and the reinstated chairman, Prof. Shaibu Abdulraheem Oba traded accusations on Thursday when they appeared before the Sen...
N21 Billion Fraud: Bukola Saraki Begins Media War Against Police Special Fraud Unit
Instead of addressing his involvement in the fraudulent N21 billion loan scam allegedly granted to Joy petroleum through the now defunct intercontinental bank, former  governor of Kwara state a...
Children's Day: Ahmed calls for end to violence
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has called on Nigerians to halt the spate of violence in some parts of the country, which is capable of sending wrong signal of moral values to the Nigerian child. ...
Oshiomole in Ilorin, vows to unravel murderers of his Ilorin-born Secretary; Oyerinde
Edo state Governor, Adams Oshiomole, has disclosed that the police have convinced him to some extent about their seriousness in finding out the killer of his principal private secretary, Olaitan Oyerinde who was shot d...
Nigeria can’t move forward without agriculture - Gov Ahmed
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has urged the Federal Government to evolve an agricultural policy that will effectively trickle down to the grassroots and have the desired maximum impact of creating wealth, fo...

2012-05-27
Unending rumpus in Kwara Assembly
Three principal officers of the Kwara State House of Assembly were removed last week. SUCCESS NWOGU writes that some stakeholders believe their removal was undemocratic The recent replacement of the Majority Leade...
Children's Day: Ahmed seeks end to violence
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has called on Nigerians to halt the spate of violence in some parts of the country, saying it is capable of sending wrong signal of moral decadence to the Nigerian child. Gov...

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