2012-05-22

Kwara House gets new principal officers
A change of leadership was today announced on the floor of the Kwara State House of Assembly. The new majority leader is Abdulganiyu Abdulkareem of (Share/Oke-Ode). He replaces Dr. Ibrahim Asaholu (Oke-Ero). Alhaji Saad...

Pillar’s Defeat Excites Kwara United Coach
Kwara United Coach, Tunde Sanni has expressed delight over his players\' impressive display against Nigeria Premier League table-topper, Kano Pillars at the weekend. The Kwara state-owned club would have their ...

ABS New Coach Promises Better Days
After he was appointed the new coach of Abubakar Bukola Saraki Football Club at the weekend, Coach Kabir Sulaimon Dogo has promised the management of the club and their teeming fans of better days to come. The ...

Kwara spends N1bn on water reticulation
The Kwara Government has spent N1 billion on water reticulation of Ilorin metropolis to end the shortage of water supply. Idris Abubakar, the Commissioner for Water Resources, said this on Monday at an inter-...

Unilorin to host conference on Sheikh Adam
The University of Ilorin will this August host an International Conference on the Life and Works of Shaykh Adam Abdullahi al-Ilori (1917-92). ...

Toyin Saraki grilled by SFU. Released on bail
Impeccable sources within the Special Fraud Unit (SFU) has hinted that former Governor of Kwara State, Dr. Bukola Sraki, would soon be charged to court for his involvement in a N9.7bn loan scam involving former Inter...

Driver jailed for stealing goat
An Ilorin Magistrate\'s Court last Wednesday sentenced a cab driver, Isa Akanbi,  to one year imprisonment for stealing a goat belonging to one Ibirogba Sunday. Akanbi was convicted on a one-count charge o...

Kwara Constructs 600km of Roads
By Femi Akorede As part of its programme of strategic infrastructure development, the Kwara State Government has constructed over six hundred kilometres of roads across the three senatorial districts of the state as a...

Ex-Gov Saraki and SFU
THE surprise that greeted the invitation of former governor of Kwara State and the representative of Kwara Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Dr. Bukola Saraki for interrogation over a multi-billion n...

Article by Unilorin student - Black Africa: Why such a name?
Black sheep of Africa’ that is the way he addresses me whenever we are chatting on facebook" said a 22-year-old Nigerian girl, Yemi, whose friend is from England. Of course, we are not unaware that there are...

Kwara: Agency partners MAN on essence of fruits’ consumption
The Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) and Manufacturing Association of Nigeria (MAN), Kwara State chapter, recently harped on the importance of regular in-take of fresh fruit. Speaking at a...

ADU president cautions northern governors
The President of Afonja Descendants Union, Ilorin, Kwara State, Alhaji Abdulkarim Kasum, on Monday cautioned the northern governors who were plotting to stop Jonathan from contesting the 2015 presidential election to s...

Kwara gov lauds Omu-Aran indigenes' industry
THE  spirit of entrepreneurship and great sense of community of people of Omu Aran in Igbomina land of Kwara State has been extolled and traced to historical beginning of the ancient town. Speaking at the ...

2012-05-21

Kwara: Labour, NBA caution FG against fuel subsidy removal
The Kwara State Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Mr. Faruk Akanbi; his Trade Union Congress counterpart, Mr. Israel Adebisi; and the Chairman, Nigerian Bar Association, Ilorin chapter, Mr. Rafiu Balogun, have a...

Kwara House removes principal officers
All the principal officers of the Kwara State House of Assembly have been removed. This does not include the Speaker, Alh Abdulrazaq Atunwa and the Deputy Speaker. The sacking of the principal officers may not be unc...

Baraje to Buhari: Gang-up against PDP in 2015 will fail
Immediate past acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje,   has rubbished what he described as a fresh gang-up against the party towards the 2015 election, sayi...

PDP’ll crush all alliances by opposition - Baraje
Former acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Abubakar Baraje, has said the party will demolish "all alliances and attempts" by the opposition to defeat the PDP in future elections i...

Afonja Descendants Union (ADU) advises GEJ on Justice Issa Ayo Salami reinstatement
A group, the Afonja Descendants Union (ADU), has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to ensure that the reinstatement of Justice Issa Ayo Salami as Appeal Court President is devoid of partisanship. In a statement...

NPL: Kwara Topples Pillars - Details
Kwara United would have their goalkeeper, Kazeem Yekeen to thank as his brilliant dive at the death saved them from sharing points with visiting Kano Pillars. It was an NPL Matchday 27 tie at the Ilorin Townshi...

Meeting in Ilorin: SSANU criticises government
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has expressed concern over what it termed the Federal Government\'s lackadaisical attitude towards the fight against corruption and inadequate power supply ...

112,000 benefitted from Kwara community health scheme
Kwara State "Shonga" Community Health Insurance Scheme, operated by the Hygeia Community Health Care and PharmAccess Foundation, has benefitted over 112,000 people in the grassroots areas of the state in the ...

Kwara rehabilitates 5 hospitals with N200m
As part of its strategic objective of strengthening healthcare delivery in the Kwara State through access to quality primary healthcare centres, the government is to spend more than N200 million on the rehabilitation o...

2012-05-20

Kwara: One Year of Building Bridges In Human Relations; It's a wasted year - ACN
ONE thing that seems to have worked in favour of the Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed in his first one year in office remains the good legacies he inherited from his predecessor, Dr Bukola Saraki. Ahm...

2012-05-19

3SC 2 - 1 ABS
Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) of Ibadan, this afternoon in Ibadan, defeated Abubakar Bukola Saraki football club of Ilorin by 2 golas to 1....

Kwara United 1 - 0 Kano Pillars
Kwara United football club of Ilorin this afternoon defeated visitng Kano Pillars by a lone goal. United's goal was scored in the 75th minute by Segun Alebiosu....

NAWOJ commends Unilorin FM
By Abdulgafar Arikewuyo The National Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Kwara State Chapter, has described the University of Ilorin Radio Station, Unilorin 89.3FM, as a station that is indentified with interest...

Emir Admonishes Nigerians to be Their Brothers' Keeper
By Abdulgafar Arikewuyo The Emir of Ilorin Alhaaji Ibraheem Zulu Gambari has admonished Nigerians to stay by each other so as to sustain and develop the country. The Emir stated this when members of the Committee of r...

Kwara assembly suspends Chief Whip
The Kwara State House of Assembly on Friday in Ilorin suspended its Chief Whip, Alhaji Iliasu Ibrahim, representing Ipaye/Molete/Oloru Constituency, for three months. Ibrahim h...