2012-05-26

Kwara United 2-1 Gombe United
Kwara United this afternoon defeated Gombe United by two goals to one in a week 29 Premier League match. Kwara United scored the first goal in the 15th via a penalty converted by Seun Sogbeso. The home team increased ...

Kwara Govt. Set to Unveil New Logo
By Abdulgafar Arikewuyo The Kwara state government says it is set to unveil its new logo which is to give the people a greater sense of identity and pride. This was stated by the Senior Special Assistant to the Kw...

Landlords, urged to conduct energy audit for their buildings
By Abdulgafar Arikewuyo Landlords, tenants and cooperate organizations have been urged to conduct energy audit for their buildings they occupied The Dean faculty of engineering and technology University of Ilorin,...

One year on, knocks, kudos for Ahmed
SUCCESS NWOGU writes that while some stakeholders see Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State as a performer, others  label him a non-starter Three days hence, the administration of Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara S...

Robbers kill father of six
On Thursday in Ilorin, a middle-aged man was shot dead by armed robbers  moments after he had withdrawn money from a first generation bank. Unconfirmed reports put the withdrawn sum at N1.2 million. The i...

Kwara Utd eye victory over Gombe Utd
Kwara United head coach, Tunde Sanni made it clear that the Ilorin side would fight with all their strength on the pitch to climb up the league table. Making this known to Inside Out Premier League after watching his s...

Ilorin: Police arrest 3 armed robbers
The police in Kwara State on Thursday arrested three armed robbery suspects, who had shot dead a man after he had withdrawn money from a bank in Ilorin. An eyewitness told our correspondent on Friday that the victim...

Ilorin: Father of Quadruplets Cries Out
A 32 years old woman, Mrs. Joy Chukwukelo, on Thursday gave birth to quadruplets of two boys and two girls at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, UITH, while her husband cries for supports. Our corresponde...

2012-05-25

Saraki: New Facts Emerge on the Alleged 21bn fraud
The Special Fraud Unit of the Nigeria police in Lagos has interrogated the wife of the former governor of Kwara State, Senator Bukola Saraki, over allegations that her husband connived with his protege, Mahmoud Lai...

Sheikh Oniwasi Agbaye is dead
Sheikh Ameenullahi Abdulraheem Al-adabiy (Oniwasi Agbaye) is dead. He died this evening. More details soon. May Allah grant him rest. Ameen...

Kwara Poly students on rampage. Block old Jebba rd
Students of Kwara State Polytechnic residing at Elekoyangan this morning blocked old Jebba Road that connects Sango with Kwara Polytechnic, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital and Oke-Oyi. They are protesting weeks of ...

Lawyer seeks more funding for public schools
A Lagos-based legal practitioner, Mr. Mike Baamofin, has canvassed increased funding for primary and secondary education in the country. He said this in an interview with journalists during the donation of 9,00...

Ilorin: Tanker caught fire at Asa Dam
A tanker being used to siphon petrol from pipelines by some vandals at Asa Dam, Ilorin, Kwara State, on Thursday, caught fire. The vandals were said to have dug a hole and scooped fuel from one of the pipelines...

Updates: Kwara Poly students protest lack of power and water
Update 4: 11.40am Protesting students dispersed once more. Vehicles now moving Update 4: 11.16am Students have re-grouped at the Polytechnic's gate. No vehicular traffic Update 3: 11.01am Protesting students disper...

First career goal excites Kwara Utd. CB, Sogbeso
Kwara United centre-back, Seun Sogbeso has expressed happiness scoring his first Premier League goal against Nigeria\'s Caf Champions League representatives, Sunshine Stars. United recorded a 1-0 win over the A...

Gombe Utd. seeks to avenge Kwara Utd. loss
Gombe United captain, Alhaji Kwairanga, is confident his side can avenge the 2-0 home defeat suffered earlier in the season to Kwara United when both sides meet this weekend in Ilorin. The defensive midfielder ...

Kwara CNPP lauds Kwara govt’s development strides
Congress of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) in Kwara State has commended the development programmes of the PDP-led administration in its one year of governance. Speaking with Community News in Ilorin on Tuesd...

Kwara gov’s aide empowers N1.3m empowerment scheme
The Special Adviser to the Kwara State Governor on Electoral Matters, Alhaji Yakub Adisa Ajibade, has presented empowerment programme worth N1.3 million  to some members of his community. Speaking during t...

2012-05-24

Abstain from fast food and live longer
The Provost, College of Medicine, University of Ilorin, Prof. Ayo Omotosho, has canvassed total abstinence from fast food as a veritable panacea to cardiac arrest. A renowned cardiologist, Omtosho said that, ...

No Oil Discovery in Kwara, Says DPR
Nine months after Kwara State gleefully announced that it had found oil in its domain, a result of field screening and sampling tests for identifying the presence of hydrocarbons has revealed that there is no oil discover...

Saraki planned to escape from Nigeria, court told
Mrs. Toyin Saraki herself was at the Special Fraud Unit of the Police this past Monday to make statement about her role in the scam. Justice Gladys Olotu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, was on Wednesday told ho...

NBA chief faults Kwara Assembly on signage, advert law
ALLEGING breach, Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Ilorin chapter, Rafiu Balogun, has faulted the signing into law by the Kwara State House of Assembly "Signage and Advertisement Agency Bill" in...

Kwara earmarks 500m for revolving loans to artisans
The Kwara State government says it earmarked N500 million for revolving loans to artisans and persons in the informal sector. Alhaji Saka Onimago, the state Commissioner for Commerce and Cooperatives, who annou...

Baraje commends media role for the sustenance of democracy.
The immediate past acting National Chairman of the People\'s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje has described the media in the country as a strong pillar that holds the nation\'s democracy, just as he ...

Kwara builds 600km roads to open up rural areas
The Kwara State government has constructed over 600 kilometers of roads across the three senatorial districts of the state as a deliberate effort to open up the state for agricultural and economic development. ...

Ilorin: SSANU trains members on income tax
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has organised a three-day training programme on for its members on the critical challenges of Personal Income Tax in Nigeria at the Michae...

KWHA alleged fraud: ACN, PDP Trade Words Over Speaker’s Exoneration
The Kwara State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has faulted the report of the Kwara State House of Assembly Committee on Ethics and Privileges that cleared the Speaker of the Assembly, Hon. Razak Atunwa...

UNILORIN: We Didn't Discriminate against 44 Lecturers
The authorities of the University of Ilorin, Kwara State (UNI-LORIN) yesterday denied that it had been discriminating against 44 out of the 49 reinstated lecturers of the institution. The lecturers, who were sa...

Kwara To Boost SMEs With N750m
The Kwara State government is to obtain N750 million loan from the Bank of Industry to promote and encourage small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) in the state. The state Commissioner for Commerce and Coope...

Kwara begins evacuation of blocked drainage
Kwara State Road Maintenance Agency (KWARMA) has embarked on the opening and evacuation of blocked drainage within Ilorin metropolis. Speaking with journalists in Ilorin, the General Manager of the agency, Baba...

ACN urges probe of fraud allegations against Kwara Speaker
The Kwara State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has urged anti-graft agencies to probe the allegations of fraud against House of Assembly Speaker Razak Atunwa. It said the funds involved belon...

2012-05-23

N21bn Forgery Scam: Court Sets Aside Saraki's Arrest Warrant
A temporary respite was on Wednesday secured by embattled former governor of Kwara state and now a senator, representing the Kwara Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Senator Bukola Saraki, who had be...

Afonja Warriors seal kit deal
Nigeria Premier League campaigners, Kwara United will unveil their new Chelfom jersey on May 29 in Ilorin, SuperSport.com can report. The unveiling ceremony is expected to hold at the Indoor Sports Hall of the ...

Sen. Saraki, 7 other Senate committee chairmen fail to provide reports
The plenary session of the Senate witnessed a mild drama yesterday as eight committees expected to present reports failed to do so. The report on the Prisons Act (Repeal and Re-enactment) Bill 2011 could not be...

Journalism prepared me for politics, says Zakari Muhammed
Kwara born politician, Alhaji Zakari Muhammed, has sure had his dreams come true. Zakari a graduate of the University of Ilorin was for years a familiar voice on air at the Kwara State owned Radio Kwara from where he ...

Crises looms as KWHA leadership sacked over allegation against Speaker
The crisis rock-ing the leader-ship of the Kwara State House of Assembly reached its climax yes-terday as leaders of the legislative house were re-moved by the ruling party in the state, the Peoples Democratic Party (P...

2015: Sen Adeyemi calls on Igbomina people to demand for state
Senator Smart Adeyemi has appealed to all Igbomina and Okun speaking people in  Kwara and Kogi states to insist on the creation of a state for them in the ongoing constitution amendment exercise. He als...

Kwara: Community expresses worry over non-completion of health centre
Residents of Tanke community in Tanke Local Government Area of Kwara State have expressed concern over the non-completion of the health centre in the community. Some residents told the News Agency of Nigeria (N...

Kwara votes N500m for renovation of 5 hospitals
As part of its strategic infrastructure objective of strengthening healthcare delivery in the state through 500 metres access to quality primary healthcare centres, the Kwara State government is to spend more than N200...