2012-02-26

AbdulKareem Adisa – RIP
Today, I remember a young friend of mine. AKD died February 17th 2005 at London hospital Friday February 25th and was buried February 27th 2005. He died in a ghastly accident. A K Adisa was a General in the Nigerian Army...

Book Review: Iqra Books host Dr Okediran
Today, Sunday, Iqra Bookshop, Ilorin, will host the author of the award-winning novel,Tenants of the House, Dr Wale Okediran.  Okediran, a former president of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA), will be r...

Mustapha Offers New Lease Of Life To Constituents
It is a truism that whatever one labours hard to get, he guards jealously. This is exactly the case of Hon. Mashood Mustapha, a House of Representatives member, representing Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency at th...

Kwara Govt. woos American agro investors
American global agro companies have hinted of plans to partner with the Kwara State government on the proposed agric mega city. Renowned international plant breeder, Prof Ronnie Coffman announced this while  ...

Creative teacher deploys IT in teaching Yoruba
Mrs. Foluke Tayo teaches Yoruba Language at Taoheed Secondary School, Ilorin, Kwara State. As she entered the special resource centre, her pupils stood up chorusing, "Good afternoon ma," in ...

Kwara Bad Roads: Sultan Challenges Mr. President
The dilapidated state of many federal roads that traverse Kwara State has continued to expose commuters to untold danger, Kwara State residents have said. They added that some people had died or were ma...

2012-02-25

HEARTLAND VS KWARA UNITED
VENUE: Dan Anyiam Stadium, Owerri DATE: Sunday, February 26, 2012 Heartland are home again after a morale boosting away draw in Enugu against Oriental rivals, Rangers International,last weekend.The ...

Governor Ahmed signs Kwara budget to law
THE Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed yesterday signed the 2012 Appropriation Bill of N91.329 billion into law with a promise to demonstrate transparency in the implementation of the budget's provision....

Top Celebrities Storm Ilorin For Moshood Mustapha
TODAY, the capital city of Kwara State, Ilorin will play host to an unusual crowd consisting of politicians, businessmen and corporate players as Kwara politician, Moshood Mustapha is staging a wedding ceremony for h...

ABS hosts Rangers today
ABS VS RANGERS VENUE ; Ilorin Township Stadium DATE : Saturday, February 25, 2012 TIME: 4 PM Erasmus Onuh must be feeling the heat as his side, Abubakar Bukola Saraki Football Club of ...

2012-02-24

Kwara Utd. Resign Philemon Daniel
NPL table toppers Kwara United have boosted their squad with the resigning of Nigeria youth international Philemon Daniel.      The defensive midfield trojan was part of Kwara United last season ...

Lent: Jonathan, Ahmed task Christians
President Goodluck Jonathan and Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed on Thursday urged Christians to pray for peace and progress in the country during the Lenten season. In separate statements, they urged the ...

Saraki UTME initiative: Sell your form, risk EFCC arrest
The Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki Education Foundation (ABSEF) has threatened that it would report to the police and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) anyone caught selling the free Unified Tertiary Matric...

Kwara Poly Students Get State's Bursary
The Kwara State government is currently giving out this year's student bursary to Kwara indigenes in Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin. The bursary is worth five thousand naira, #5000. The disbursement is in the polytechnic...

Kwara governor's wife's pet project is touching lives positively - LEAH Ambassador
Abdul-Hameed Oladipupo Alli, popularly known as Mr. Nigeria, is currently the Ambassador of Life Empowered Anchor (LEAH), the pet project of the First Lady of Kwara State, Mrs Omolewa Ahmed. He is a youth leader, a jou...

Kwara police ban night-time Okada operation
The Kwara State Police Command has banned night-time operations of commercial motorcycle operators popularly called Okada. Addressing newsmen yesterday in Ilorin, Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Dabo Ezeki...

NAFDAC uncovers fake anointing oil
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has uncovered an alleged maker of fake Goya Olive oil. The discovery of the shop in Oja-tutu in the the Kwara State capital followed a t...

Saraki provides UTME forms, coaching classes for 2,675 youths
total of 2,675  prospective polytechnic and university students in Kwara State, who are beneficiaries of free Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) forms under Senator Bukola Saraki Education Foundatio...

2012-02-23

Don wants sack of Kwara CJ probed
THE Dean, Faculty of Law, Igbinedion University, Prof. Rasheed Ijaodola, has canvassed the trial of all those involved in the removal from office Kwara State's Chief Judge, Raliat Elelu-Habeeb, before her recent reinst...

Dele Belgore v Abdulfatah Ahmed: Supreme Court fixes March 5 for judgement
The Supreme Court today fixed March 5 for judgement in the appeal brought by Mr. Dele Belgore, SAN, of the Action Congress of Nigeria, against the judgement of the Federal Court of Appeal in Ilorin, which affirmed the ...

Research institute workers may resume work Feb 29
There are indication that the Joint Research and Allied Institutions Sectors Union (JORAISU) will by Tuesday, February 29, 2012, suspend their strike. This comes as the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Chukwu...

Redefining style of governance in Ahmed's Kwara
Governor Ahmed Abdulfatah\'s revolutionary scheme of measuring the performance of civil servants in Kwara State through stated indicators aims to boost the productivity of the state and consolidate the relationship bet...

JUSUN disowns Kwara judiciary workers’ strike
National Publicity Secretary of Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria, Alhaji Marwan Adamu, has denied that the national body is in support of the ongoing strike by JUSUN in Kwara State over the reinstatement of Justice Rali...

Inconsistency hinders development - Kwara gov
Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed has blamed policy inconsistency for the slow pace of development in Nigeria. Speaking during the inauguration of Kwara Agriculture Modernisation Master-plan in Ilorin on We...

2 arraigned for alleged cow theft in Ilorin
A trader, Alhaji Sheriki Labanka of Afon town and a 17-year-old cattle rearer, Babuga Umaru Usman of Gbugu area in Kwara State, have appeared before an Ilorin Chief Magistrates\' court over alleged theft of cows. ...