2012-03-01

ASUP wants retirement age of 70 for members
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has urged the Federal Government and the National Universities Commission to extend the 70 years retirement age of professors in Nigerian universities to their members. ...

Retired jurists wade into Kwara judicial workers' strike
There were indications yesterday that prominent retired jurists from Kwara State have stepped into the crisis of confidence between the Chief Judge, Justice Raliat Elelu-Habeeb, and workers in the state\'s judiciary.&nbs...

Kwara to pay NECO fees for 10% of students
Kwara State government would only pay N13 million out of the N80 million initially budgeted for the National Examination Council (NECO) final year examinations. Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Developmen...

KWARA: AD BERATES STATES GOVT, JUDICIAL WORKERS OVER STRIKE
The Kwara State chapter of the Alliance for Democracy, AD, has expressed its displeasure over the indefinite strike action embarked upon by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN, in the state on the reinstatement...

Many legal battles of Kwara CJ
The Chief Judge of Kwara state, Justice Raliat Habeeb-Elelu, who secured her much desired Supreme Court judgment last Friday can safely be referred to as a cat with nine lives. As it were, the Chief judge who rose thro...

Kwara gov condoles Etsu Patigi over wife's death
Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmad has commiserated with the Etsu Patigi, Alhaji Ibrahim Chatta Umar, over the death of his wife, Hajia Fatimoh Ibrahim Chatta Umar, who died at the weekend. A statement signed by t...

Kwara govt trains environmental corps
The Kwara State Environment Protection Agency (KWASEPA) has trained hundreds of environmental corps across the 16 local government areas of state to enhance environment protection. The induction training for the corp...

Commissioner Wants Private Investment in Waste Management
The Kwara State Commissioner for Environment and Forestry, Mr. Samuel Olasehinde Bamisaye has canvassed for private sector involvement in waste management in the state. The Commissioner who made the remarks dur...

"National confab'll empower Boko Haram against North" - Ali Ahmad
A member of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Ahmad Ali has defended the stand of Federal lawmakers in opposing the calls for a National Conference, saying a break up of the nation would give an impetus to the Boko Ha...

Army engineers hand over bridge to Kwara govt
Engineers of the Nigerian Army have handed over the reconstructed Ohan Bailey bridge, on the Ilorin-Igbeti road, to the Kwara State government. The bridge linking Ilorin with Northern parts and Oyo North area, ...

2012-02-29

Commissioning of Ohan Bailey Bridge
The Kwara State Government has given an assurance that it will continue to upgrade deplorable Federal Roads in the State to enhance economic activities in the State. The State Commissioner for Works and Trans...

Lassa fever: Mortality rate high - Prof. Ambali
The Acting Dean, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ilorin, Prof. Abdul-Ganiyu Ambali, has urged the federal and affected state governments to urgently address the outbreak of lassa fev...

Kwara Poly: Prospective Corp Members Briefing Holds Tomorrow
Kwara State Polytechnic's briefing of prospective corp member for 2012 batch 'A' National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) will be held on 1st March 2012 at the polytechnic....

Unilorin: Faculty of ICS Screening
300 level students of Information Communication Science Faculty, University of Ilorin are currently being screened at their faculty between 8:00am  to 10:00am. The screening which started on 27th February will end on...

Kwara to host cashew producing countries tomorrow
Stakeholders in cashew industry from four European countries and many African nations will tomorrow (Thursday), converge on Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, for a one-day workshop.  The workshop, scheduled to hold...

Boko Haram: NIS moves AGM to Ilorin
The Nigerian Institution of Surveyors (NIS), has shifted Annual General Meeting (AGM) for 2012 from Maiduguru, the Borno State Capital, to Ilorin, the Kwara State Capital. Making this known to The Tide in a cha...

Kwara Poly Students in Exam Mood
Kwara State Polytechnic's first semester examinations time-table is out. According to the time-table examinations will start on Monday, 5th March and end on the 6th of April, 2012....

Kwara to spend N100m on poverty eradication
The Kwara State government has said that it would spend N100 million on its poverty eradication programme. The Special Assistant to the Governor on National Poverty Eradication Programme (NAPEP), Prince Olawale Kazeem ...

Kwara community, NGO kick against mast erection
The Alalubosa Community and the Community Outreach for Development and Welfare Advocacy (COFDWA), Ilorin, Kwara State capital are at daggers drawn with Globacom Communications over alleged erection of telecommunication...

Kwara begins rehabilitation of old UITH
Kwara State Government has commenced the rehabilitation of the old University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH). Speaking at the flag-off ceremony at the old hospital now christened General Hospital, Ilorin, i...

Controversies trail recall of Kwara Chief Judge
The reinstatement of Justice Raliat Elelu-Habeeb as Chief Judge of Kwara State is generating ripples. Correspondent Adekunle Jimoh reports. Ten months after the general elections, politics has taken the centre ...

FG to Adopt PPP Framework in Management of Kampe Dam
The Minister of State for Power, Mr. Darius Ishaku, has stated that the option of Public Private Partnership (PPP) would be applied for full utilisation of Kampe dam in agriculture, water supply, and mini hydro power p...

Students, drivers clash over palliative buses in Kwara
There was pandemonium between 7:00am and 10:00am at Poly-Gate Bus Stop along Muritala Muhammed Road, Ilorin, Kwara State, on Tuesday as drivers and students clashed over luxury buses provided by the Federal Government ...

2012-02-28

Police ban okada operations from 7 p.m. in Ilorin
The Kwara State Police Command has prohibited the operations of commercial motorcycles, popularly called okada from 7:00 p.m. Speaking with journalists at the Command Headquarters, Ilorin, the Police Public Rel...

Kwara judicial workers on CJ: No retreat, no surrender
True to their words, judiciary workers in Kwara State began yesterday an indefinite strike to press home their demand for the resignation of the Chief Judge, Justice Raliat Elelu-Habeb who has just been reinstated into...

Kwara PDP reads riot act to appointees
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kwara State Chapter, yesterday warned all appointed liaison officers and youth employment coordinators in all the 16 local government areas to rededicate themselves to their official...

Rep seeks NJC's intervention in Kwara judiciary strike
Chairman, Committee on Justice, House of Representatives, Dr. Ali Ahmad, has urged the National Judicial Council to intervene in the one week strike embarked upon by the Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria, Kwara State bra...

Agric: Partnering US to Make Kwara Africa's Leader
Crusoe Osagie reviews the recent partnership with the United States and other steps being taken by Kwara State to establish itself as the undisputed leader of Africa’s new green revolution...

Justice for a CJ
Kwara learns a hard lesson over undue process After three years, Justice Raliat Elulu-Habeeb, sacked Chief Judge of Kwara State, got a reprieve. A seven-man Supreme Court panel in Abuja, on February 18, declare...

Kwara PDP threatens to sack liaison officers, others
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State has threatened to sack liaison officers and youth empowerment coordinators in the 16 local governments for incompetence. The party also said their involvement i...

Kwara to begin vehicle test for gaseous emission
The Kwara State government will from next month begin the testing of vehicles for gaseous emission. This is an effort geared towards mitigating the challenges of climate change, the Environment and Fo...

2012-02-27

Lone goal shoots Rangers to first place, same drops Kwara Utd to second
A lone goal victory away from home was good enough to shoot Enugu Rangers to the zenith of the Nigeria Premier League (NPL) table on Sunday. The Flying Antelopes defeated their host, ABS FC, at the Ilorin Towns...

Saraki seeks urgent action against corruption
FORMER Kwara State Governor Bukola Saraki has emphasised the need for Nigeria to urgently address its numerous problems, particularly corruption. He lamented the high rate of unemployment in the country and cal...

Restiveness Over CJ's Reinstatement
The reinstatement of the sacked Chief Judge of Kwara State, Justice Raliat Habeeb-Elelu, by the Supreme Court has taken a new twist as judiciary workers in the state, under the aegis of the Judiciary Staff Workers Unio...

One injured, nine vehicles vandalised in RTEAN factions’ clash
One person was seriously injured while nine vehicles were vandalised after two factions of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria, Ilorin, Kwara State, clashed over a change of leadership...

ABS, Kwara United lose matches
Chikeluba Ofoedu netted the match winner for 10-man Enugu Rangers to beat ABS FC 1-0 in Ilorin and shoot to the top of the NPL Sunday. 'The Flying Antelopes' are now top of the NPL with 19 points from 10 match...

Unilorin generated N5bn in 6 years
The University of Ilorin generated N5 billion as internal revenue in six years, the white paper on the report by the visitation panel to the university has revealed. However, the internal audit manual of the un...

Be ready to make sacrifices, Saraki tells Nigerians
Former governor of Kwara State, Senator Bukola Saraki, has said the nation must be ready to suffer some probable inconveniences if Nigeria's dream to be in the league of the 20 largest economies in the world by year 20...

Kwara former commissioner buried
Former Kwara State Commissioner for Information Olatunji Oladepo was buried at the weekend at his Erin-Ile country home. He was 56. The funeral service took place at the First Baptist Church in Ibolos. ...