2012-02-13

Kwara introduces performance contract
As part of efforts to reform the Civil Service and position it for effective service delivery, the Kwara State Government has adopted a new concept of evaluation, the Performance Contract aim specifically at monitoring an...

Disputed land leads to wanton distruction
The scene looked like a typical Boko Haram attack. Those who know the St. Peter\'s Anglican Cathedral Church, Iloffa, Kwara State, would hardly recognise it. Bedlam was the name inside the church. Shattered win...

Fire guts storey building at Popo-Igbonna
A one-storey building has been gutted by fire at  Igbonna\'s compound, Popo-Igbonna, Ilorin. It was gathered that the fire incident that occurred last Wednesday, destroyed properties worth several millions...

Patigi community lauds Kwara gov over construction of road
People of Patigi constituency have lauded the present Kwara State government for embarking on the construction of Federal Government-owned Patigi-Paada road in Patigi Local Government Area of the state. Speakin...

Boko Haram menace has political undertone, says Oyedepo
The President of Living Faith Church International, aka Winners\' Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, at the weekend said the insecurity caused by the Boko  Harma sect is politically motivated. Addressing report...

Aviation College commences operations
The International Aviation College, Ilorin (IAC), has commenced operations, just as it also began flight training for Standard Pilot I (SPI). The Aviation College, which commenced flight training with 12 pione...

2012-02-12

The International Aviation College commences operation
The International Aviation College, Ilorin (IAC), has commenced operations, just as it also began flight training for Standard Pilot I (SPI). The Aviation College, which commenced flight training with 12 pionee...

Kwara Plans 12,000 Jobs From Agric Project
No doubt, agriculture has been the major source of employment for thousands of Kwara indigenes in the past nine years. The dream of making agriculture the fulcrum of wealth creation in the state of Harmony be...

Ilorin Petrol Marketers threaten strike over release of pipelines vandals
Imminent fuel scarcity looms in Kwara, Kogi, Ekiti and some other states as members of Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) plan to withdraw their services from tomorrow over release of pipel...

2012-02-11

Kwara United, ABS draw their matches
It was a case of no victor, no vanquished at the Ilorin Township Stadium, where Kwara United were held to a 0-0 draw by Enugu Rangers. Rangers midfielder Ugonna Uzochukwu saw red in the 46th minut...

Kwara NUJ Suspends 6 Members for Alleged Forgery
Following the approval of the national secretariat, the Kwara State council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, has announced the suspension of six members of the union for alleged forgery. In a stateme...

Kwara, The People And Politics Of Development
by Sunday Oyinloye December last year, Kwara State governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed presented the 2012 Appropriation Bill of N91.7billion to the state House of Assembly. The budget showed 42 per cent increas...

The Nigerian Police to Establish Intelligence School in Ilorin
A Nigerian Police Intelligence School is to be established in Ilorin the Kwara State Capital. Towards this end, arrangements have been put in place to ensure its take-off within the next three months when President Goo...

2012-02-10

Fuel subsidy issue, a wake-up call for govt - Saraki
In this interview with journalists, former Chairman of Nigeria Governors\' Forum and Senator representing Kwara Central, Dr. Bukola Saraki, bares his mind on national issues, including the fuel subsidy.  ...

Unilorin's Web Rank Drops
The University of Ilorin web rank has dropped to 8th position in Nigeria. University of Ilorin had maintained the first position for about two years. The latest ranking, contained in the web ranking of higher institu...

Kwara rural health programme gets a boost
Rural health delivery programme of the wife of Kwara State governor receives a boost, recently when the Chairperson, Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, Mrs Basira Mohammed,  pledged to ensure success o...

Health workers plead with govt on recommendation
THE Nigerian Union of Pharmacists, Medical Technologists and Professionals Allied to Medicine (NUPMTPAM) has urged the Federal Government and National Assembly to resolve the discrimination between its members and Nige...

Husbands petition IGP over wives' postings
Husbands of about 375 female police officers under Zone Eight command of the Nigeria Police have petitioned the acting Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, over what they described as inconsiderate and abnorma...