2012-02-22

KWARA GOVT TAKES OVER UITH
In its quest to ensure quality healthcare delivery services among its people, the Kwara State government has finally taken over the old site of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, UITH, from its management who ...

KWSG To Spend N1.6b on Hospitals
The Kwara State Government is to spend the sum of N1.6billion to rehabilitate and upgrade five hospitals across the three senatorial zones of the State in to general hospitals. This was made known yesterday in...

Kwara CJ: Labour Disowns JUSUN Strike
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) yesterday disowned the industrial action embarked upon by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) Kwara State, branch over the Supreme Court judgement reinstating the Chief Judge (CJ)...

Kwara police nab fake inspector
The Kwara State Police Command said it has arrested a 30-year-old fake police inspector, Yemisi Fagbemi. The police spokesperson in the state, ASP Ezekiel Dabo, confirmed the arrest yesterday, saying that the suspect was...

NLC, NBA flay Kwara judicial workers strike
The Chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress, Kwara State Chapter, Mr. Faruk Akanbi, and the Chairman, Nigerian Bar Association, Ilorin chapter, Mr. Rafiu Balogun, have said the strike of the Judicial Staff ...

Kwara contractor gets 9-day ultimatum
Kwara State Government yesterday gave the contractor handling the Sharia Court of Appeal building, Ilorin, a nine days\' ultimatum to complete the project. The Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Sola Isiaka Go...

Kwara Judiciary workers insist on CJ’s removal
The strike action by judiciary workers in Kwara State, over the reinstatement of Justice Raliat Elelu as Chief Judge by the Supreme Court, entered its third day today, with the workers insisting that they will not return ...

Tenants of the House lands in Kwara
Kwara State will come alive on Sunday as 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 ...

2012-02-21

Kwara inaugurates committee on Agric-City Masterplan
In furtherance of its robust drive to strengthen the state\'s capacity for agriculture-driven development, Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatai Ahmed, will today, inaugurate the Kwara Agriculture Modernisation Plan Team th...

Kwara warns against alteration of birth certificates
The Kwara State Head of Service, Alhaji Muhammad Dabarako, yesterday warned civil servants in the state against altering their birth certificates, saying such would attract stiff disciplinary actions. Dabarako, ...

Ahmed directs reinstated CJ to resume work
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has directed the reinstated Chief Judge of the state, Justice Raliat Habeeb-Elelu, to resume work as the Chief Judge of the state. At a news conference in Ilorin o...

Poverty alleviation: Kwara presents N.5m to artisans
The Kwara State government has disbursed N500,000 to selected artisans and market women in the state. The beneficiaries numbering 10 were drawn from some local government areas of the state under the Poverty Al...

Alalubosa residents raise the alarm over telecoms masts
RESIDENTS and house owners at Alalubosa Layout, Government Reserved Area (GRA), Ilorin, Kwara State, have cried out to the local, state and federal agencies concerned with environment matters on the urgent need to dism...

Ahmed presents staff of office to Emir of Yashikira
GOVERNOR Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has reiterated his commitment to the completion of 21 ongoing road projects across the state in the next four years. He made the commitment during the official presentat...

Kwara To Begin Testing Of Vehicles For Gas Emission
The Kwara State government will from March 1, 2012, commence the testing of vehicles for the release of gaseous substances  as part of efforts to mitigate the challenges of climate change in the state. To ...

Judicial workers, NBA, govt disagree over sacked CJ’s reinstatement
Members of the Kwara State branch of the Judicial Union of Nigeria (JSUN) yesterday embarked on a week\'s warning strike.  They are protesting the Supreme Court judgment that reinstated the sacked Chief Ju...

2012-02-20

Unilorin VC urges Kwara govt to develop Owu waterfall
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, has appealed to the Kwara state government to construct a good road to Owu Waterfall from Owa-Onire community in Ifelodun local government area of th...

Kwara pledges to complete roads
Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed at the weekend reiterated his commitment to the completion of 21  road projects in the next four months.  He said this during the  presentation of a Second C...

Don't be used by selfish politicians - Ahmed
Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed has called on Nigerian youths to shun any attempt to be used as tools by selfish politicians. Speaking while receiving officials of the North Central Zone of the National Y...

Kwara civil servants in bribe-for-promotion scam
The Kwara State Government has raised the alarm that some directors in the civil service have allegedly been paying lobbyists to help them qualify for the  promotion examination into the Permanent Secretary cadre....

Cash-less economy: Bankers call for infrastructure upgrade
Financial sector operators have said there is the need to upgrade infrastructure in telecommunication, power and the banking sectors to ensure efficiency of the cash-less policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria. ...

Kwara'll obey S'Court's order on ex-CJ - Assembly
Counsel for the Kwara State House of Assembly, Mr. Yusuf Ali, has said the Assembly will obey the Friday\'s verdict of the Supreme Court, ordering the reinstatement of the Chief Judge of Kwara State, Justice Raliat Hab...

Kwara govt to subsidise running cost of varsity by N150m – Commissioner
The Kwara State Government is to subsidise the running cost of its university by N150 million, according to the Commissioner for Education, Alhaji Mohammed Raji. He told newsmen on Sunday in Ilorin that the ges...

Kwara seeks efficient civil service
The Kwara State government is to embark on monitoring and evaluation of all ministries and extra-ministerial departments to ensure efficiency in the public service. Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed said this at a meet...

Kwara ACN hails Supreme Court judgment
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has hailed last week\'s judgment of the Supreme Court which ordered the reinstatement of the sacked Kwara State Chief Judge, Justice Raliat Habeeb-Elelu. The party said it r...

2012-02-19

Kwara people to benefit from new anti-malaria drugs
Dr Michael Oguntoye, Head of Disease Control, Kwara Ministry of Health, on Thursday, said the state would benefit from the new Artesunate based combination therapy (ACT) drugs.  In an interview with Newsmen in ...

Kwara United go top of Nigeria Premier League after victory over Akwa United
In the absence of Dolphins, who were playing a Caf Champions League game, Kwara United became the new leaders of the Nigeria Premier League on Sunday after they defeated Akwa United 2-1 in Ilorin. The Ilorin si...