2012-04-16

KWSG DISTRIBUTES COMPUTER SET TO LOCAL GOVTS
The Kwara State Government has presented a set of computer system to all the 16 Local Government Areas in the state with the aim of stopping truancy, absenteeism and ghost worker syndrorme on the part of the work...

Kwara State Website Down Again
For the second time in as many weeks the Kwara State website (www.kwarastate.gov.ng) is down again. It has been down for the better part of today (16/04/2012). The message displayed on a visit to the home page is "Thi...

Kwara Christians and Muslims agree on peace
Christian and Muslim leaders in Kwara have resolved to continue to live together in peace and clarify any misunderstanding between them through dialogue. The assurance was given by Chairman of the Kwara State Inter-Religi...

FG approves N6bn for Asa Dam reconstruction
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment, Bukola Saraki, on Sunday disclosed that the Federal Government had approved N6 billion for the reconstruction of the Asa Dam in Ilorin, Kwara State. The proj...

Man Commits Suicide After Prayer in Ilorin
Dare Amoo, a 45-year-old driver from Idigba Compound in Oke-Ose, Ilorin East Local Government Area of Kwara, yesterday committed suicide by hanging. The deceased, a father of six, told his wife after the early ...

Let's forget 2015, focus on nation's challenges - Saraki
Chairman, Senate Committee on Environment and Ecology, Dr. Bukola Saraki, says poverty, insecurity, unstable power supply and high-level unemployment in the country rather than the 2015 elections should attract urgent ...

Lawmaker's son, two others die in Kwara road crash
Three people died in a crash at the weekend in Kwara State.  The accident reportedly occurred on Saturday evening at Oro in Ifelodun Local Government. The driver of the Honda involved in the crash ...

2012-04-15

I prayed to be like Baba Saraki - Smart Adeyemi
Senator Smart Adeyemi is one of the notable actors on the floor of the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly. AYODELE ADESANMI, in this report on a meeting with the senator, examines some of the qualities that make...

Ilorin: Engineer Manufactures Crop Processing Machine
As government efforts are being intensified to make Kwara State the hub of agricultural activities and agro-allied investors-first destination in the country, an Ilorin-based engineer, Suleiman Famro has added an im...

Federation Cup action begins
The race for the 2012 Federation Cup has begun across the country. Instituted in 1945 as the Governor's Cup, the competition is an annual football ritual that gives part-timers and amateurs an opportunity to rub shoulders...

Facilities in Unilorin & KWASU - Punch
The University of Ilorin and Kwara State University exemplify higher institutions with good facilities. While KWASU is still relatively new and its infrastructure is still being developed, UNILORIN seems to have appreciab...

Saraki Cup: YSFON, Emirate Youths disagree on hosting right
The eight edition of the Waziri Ilorin U-17 Cup competition may suffer setback as the Youth Sports Federation of Nigeria (YSFON), Kwara State chapter has queried the legitimacy of the Emirate Youth Sports in staging the c...

2012-04-14

CAN writes Jonathan, Ahmed over property demolition on disputed land
The Christian Association of Nigeria, Kwara State chapter, has petitioned Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed against the demolition of a church property. The property belongs to the Living Faith Church, aka Winners Chapel, San...

Ilorin: Winners Chapel's Pastor in a N155 Million Fraud
Temi Eseyin, a lawyer and pastor with the Living Faith Church aka Winners Chapel, is being tried by the disciplinary committee of the Nigerian Bar Association over allegations of professional misconduct involving N1...

Three seriously injured in Tanke accident
Three people were seriously injured last night (Friday) on Tunde Idiagbon Road (University Road), Tanke as their vehicle crashed into a roro-bin. The car, a Mazda 323, driven by a young woman obviously did not the see the...

Kwara issues flood alert
The Kwara State government issued yesterday a flood alert to residents of three local government areas, around the bank of the River Niger, asking them to vacate their houses with immediate effect due to impending...

2012-04-13

Three seriously injured in Tanke accident
Three people were seriously injured this night on Tunde Idiagbon Road (University Road), Tanke as their vehicle crashed into a roro-bin. The car, a Mazda 323, driven by a young woman obviously did not the see the roro bin...

NLC Describes Kwara Govt. As Workers-Friendly
The Chairman of the NLC in Kwara, Mr Farouq Akanbi, has  described the Abdulfatah Ahmed administration in the state as workers-friendly. Akanbi told the newsmen in Ilorin on Friday that the state governmen...

Ahmed Wins Outstanding Agricultural Development Icon Award
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has been awarded the Outstanding Agricultural Development Icon of Year 2011 for his contributions to the country's agricultural development. The award was conferred on him by ...

New Kwara CP Warns Policemen Against Corruption
The newly-posted Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Mr Chinwike Asadu, has warned officers and men of the command against corruption. Asadu gave the warning on Wednesday in Ilorin during a visit to t...

Ahmed Bags Award In Washington
The Kwara State, Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed, last night was honoured in the United States in recognition of his commitment to the development of agriculture in Kwara State by the Africa Leadership Magazine, publis...

Another building collapses in Kwara • 37 construction workers escape death, 2 injured
Thirty seven construction workers in Ilorin, Kwara State capital, yesterday escaped death by the whiskers when the two storey building they were working on suddenly collapsed at about 12:00 noon. The incident, which happ...

Kwara flags off N500m SMEs scheme
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has earmarked about N500 million to flag off programmes aimed at boosting Small and Medium Scale Enterprises [SMEs] in the state. Unveiling the  programme in Ilorin...