2012-05-02

Friends and associates remember, eulogise Tunde Idiagbon
CLOSE associates of former Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters, Gen. Babatunde Idiagbon, who died 13 years ago at the age of 56, on Monday described him as a quintessential leader, who could have instilled disci...

PDP carpets ACN over comments on Saraki
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Kwara State chapter, has faulted the allegation by the Action Congress of Nigeria ( ACN) accusing the state government of sponsoring the peoples solidarity with Senator Bukola...

Offa: 'FG has no regard for religion, scholars' - TMC
The Grand Mufti of The Muslim Congress (TMC), Sheikh Dhikrullah Shafii has accused the Federal Government of relegating religion and scholars to the background. Shafii, who made the accusation while delivering a lecture ...

Day Kwara Professionals feted Abdulfatah Ahmed in Lagos
Governor of Kwara State, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed was treated to a luncheon and an interactive session by his kinsmen in Lagos under the aegis of the Kwara Professionals. Rather than being a mere ritual of dance...

NEMA sensitises Kwara on flood
Kwara State chapter of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) yesterday organized a sensitization programme for flood prone communities in the state. Addressing the people of Afon in Asa Local Government Ar...

KWASU clears air on students\' registration
The authorities of the Kwara State University (KWASU) has said that students who paid their tuition after the closure of registration will not be registered for this semester. It therefore called on the affec...

Kwara Utd boss charge coach to deliver
Kwara United Boss, Alhaji Toyin Olokoba has charged the Technical Adviser of the Club, Tunde Sanni to buckle up and deliver better results that could make the team finish the season among the top four. ...

Ahmed invites Kwarans in Lagos
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has invited Kwarans in Lagos to join hands with him and contribute to the industrial growth and economic emancipation of the state. Governor Ahmed made-this call durin...

KWASU closed indefinitely.
Kwara State University, Malete has been closed down indefinetly due to the student protests that has turned violent. Kwara State University, Malete, (KWASU) has been closed down over protests by students who wanted t...

Nigeria: Labour Suggests Way Out of Security Challenge
The Kwara chapters of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have urged the Federal Government to rise decisively to the security challenge in the country. Comrade Farouk Akanbi of NLC...

Kwara lawmakers help constituents
TWO members of the House of Representatives, Zakari Mohammed and Dr Ali Ahmad, representing Kaiama/Baruten and Ilorin West/Ilorin South federal constituencies, respectively, have given out materials to members of...

Suspected thief jumps to death
POLICE authorities in Kwara State yesterday confirmed that a body recovered from Asa River, Ilorin, yesterday was the remains of a suspected motorcycle thief who jumped into the river in the course of a hot pursuit by a...

Rep Donates N3m to Rainstorm Victims
Member representing Ilorin East/Ilorin South Federal Constituency of Kwara State in the House of Representatives, Honourable Ali Ahmad, has donated N3 million to victims of recent rainstorm in Ilorin metropolis....

KWASU students protest at Malete as University concedes
Students of the Kwara State University this morning continued their protest against the Univeristy's decision to enforce her course registration deadline. The students who are obviously unware the University has conceded ...

Medical team from US alerts to epidemic in Kwara
A team of medical experts from North America have raised the alarm on imminent epidemic due to neglect of non-communicable diseases like hypertension, cancer, diabetes in sub-Sahara Africa, including Nigeria. ...

2012-05-01

Ilorin: KWASU students protest
Students of Kwara State University, Malete, this morning demonstrated peacefully on Ahmadu Bello Way, Ilorin. They were protesting the University's decision to prevent over 300 of them from writing their forthcomin...

Come Home, Ahmed invites Kwarans, Honoured by City People.
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has invited investors, especially Kwarans in Lagos to come home and contribute to the industrial growth and economic development of the State. Ahmed, who made th...

Several lessons from the leadership style of Idiagbon - KWASU VC
The Vice-Chancellor, Kwara State University, Ilorin, Prof. AbdulRasheed Na'Allah, has urged lecturers and undergraduates to imbibe good leadership qualities to fast-track national development as well as their person...

Kwara ACN alleges paralysis of governance
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Kwara State and the Kwara Freedom Network (KFN) have alleged paralysis of governance in Kwara State. The two opposition groups accused the state government of rel...

Bukola Saraki's supporters' journey to Lagos
Just before noon, Monday, a convoy comprising of vehicles of the Kwara State government and chartered commercial buses pulled up outside the Police Special Fraud Unit (SFU) at Milverton Road, Ikoyi. ...

Opposition, PDP Trade Words Over Saraki
The Kwara State government and opposition groups, yesterday, traded words over claims that the government sponsored a large delegation of its functionaries to Lagos State in solidarity with the Chairman, Senate ...

Police grill Saraki over N9.7bn loan
Former Governor of Kwara State Bukola Saraki was yesterday a guest of the Special Fraud Unit (SFU) at the Force Headquarters, Abuja where he was quizzed by investigators over a N9.7 billion loan. The lo...

"Don't prosecute Saraki in the Media"
Supporters of former governor of Kwara State, Dr. Bukola Saraki, yesterday stormed the office of the Nigeria Police Special Fraud Unit (SFU), Milverton Road, Ikoyi urging the police to shun being used by politi...

2012-04-30

Ilorin: Freed Suspect Says He's Disappointed In His Family
Stephen Okon, a suspect awaiting trial, has expressed disappointment with members of his family for their failure to pursue his bail since he was arrested a year ago. Okon was pardoned on Friday by the Kw...

Senotor Bukola Saraki released, to report back to police Wednesday
Senator Bukola Saraki has been released, and he is back in his Abuja home. He will return to the police on Wednesday, this time in Lagos. He was grilled by top detectives, led by Tunde Ogunsakin, commissioner of police in...

If I Were Bukola Saraki By Kali Gwegwe
Most persons that are fortunate to hold prominent public offices would not accord respect to the judiciary until they come down from their Olympian Height and are haunted by their own shadows. They would sack t...

Saraki's Supporters Storm SFU
Scores of supporters of former Kwara State governor, Senator Bukola Saraki today stormed the Special Fraud Unit, SFU, Milverton Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, where Saraki was expected to be quizzed. He was invited ...

At last, Bukola Saraki surrenders to Police in Abuja
While his supporters are dancing in Lagos, the senator sneaked into the police headquarters in Abuja for interrogation UPDATE 14: We can confirm that Bukola Saraki has submitted himself to police hqters, Abuj...

Bombing of media houses callous - Belgore
GOVERNORSHIP candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Kwara State at the 2011 poll, Mohammed Dele Belgore (SAN), has described last week's bombing of Abuja and Kaduna offices of ThisDay, Sun and The...

Kwara Utd win, ABS's match postponed
After losing three consecutive matches, Kwara United Football Club, yesterday, had a 2 -1 victory against their counterparts Wikki Tourist in a match played at the Ilorin Township Stadium, Ilorin while the match between S...

Kwara Poly Resumes for Second Semester
After a four-week long holiday from academic activities, Kwara State Polytechnic has, today, resumed for the second semester of the 2011/2012 academic session...

Kaima/Baruteen: Zakari Mohammed distributes fertilisers to farmers
The chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Hon. Zakari Mohammed has distributed over 1, 000 bags of fertilisers to farmers in 10 wards across Kaima/Baruteen federal constituency. Mohammed...

Subsidy Report: Ali Ahmad Refutes N10m Bribery Allegation
A member of Ad hoc Committee  of House of Representatives which probed the fuel subsidy regime in the country, Hon. Ahmad Ali, at the weekend, dismissed as speculation the allegation that members of the House ...

Decongesting prisons: The Kwara example
Biola Azeez was on the entourage of Kwara State chief judge, Justice Raliat Habeeb-Elelu, when she visited Ilorin Prisons for the purpose of prison decongestion. His report. A popular radio presenter on a...

Fraud: I was not declared wanted by SFU - Toyin Saraki
Mrs Toyin Saraki, the wife of immediate past governor of Kwara State, Senator Bukola Saraki, has said that she is not declared wanted by the Serious Fraud Unit (SFU) of police in connection with alleged fraud. In a ...

2012-04-29

Sheriff Shagaya goes into politics
ONE of the new faces dotting the political landscape in Kwara State is Sheriff Shagaya, the son-in-law of Alhaji Bamanga Tukur and first son of top businesswoman, Hajia Bola Shagaya. The rumour of his political adven...

Loan fraud: Police declare Saraki wanted
Former governor of Kwara State, Dr. Bukola Saraki, was on Saturday declared wanted by the Special Fraud Unit, Ikoyi, Lagos State. In a statement made available to SUNDA...

Asa River Channellization To Gulp N6bn
The Federal Executive Council (FEC's) recent approval of N1.234 billion for the dredging and channellisation of Asa river came to both the government and the people of Kwara State as a cheering news and huge re...

N888bn Subsidy Budget Is Outrageous - Ali Ahmad
Honourable, Dr. Ali Ahmad is a member of the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Fuel Subsidy Probe and chairman, House Committee on Justice. In this interview with newsmen in Ilorin, Kwara State made ...

Fuel Subsidy Probe: Saraki In The Eyes Of The Storm
When in the last quarter of 2011, the immediate past governor of Kwara state and now chairman, Senate Committee on Ecology and Environment, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki raised the issue of fraud in the oil subsid...

Senator Saraki to Appear at Police Head Quarters on Monday - Saraki's Aide
Today Senator Saraki received the report that despite the court proceeding that was adjourned by Honorable Justice Gladys Olotu on Thusday 26th of April 2012 officers of Special Fraud Unit have declared him wanted. ...

I regard the suffering I received from IBB regime as sacrifice for fatherland - Ex-Kwara Governor Latinwo
Former military governor of the old Kwara State, Group Captain Salaudeen Latinwo, comes across to many as one of the martyrs of the nation's strive for good governance. He was appointed governor by the Buhari...