2012-02-05

Islamic clerics warn against bad leadership
Two Islamic clerics have warned Muslims to be wary in the way they live and prepare themselves for the Day of Judgment. Speaking at different for a during the week, the Chief Imam of Ilorin, Alhaji Mohammed B...

Kwara tops 2011 pilgrims list, first to visit Greece
Kwara state is beating its chests with claims that it has sponsored the highest number of pilgrims to Jerusalem in the last pilgrimage and also became the first to have its pilgrims visit sites of the ancient Greece....

Unending land tussle
Before the Upper Area Court verdict that now threatens to rewrite the history of their lives, residents of Olorunda Village in Alagbede, Ita-Alamu area of Ilorin, Kwara State, who number about 10,000 had lived on the...

Kwara AG, Shittu differ over FG's dialogue with Boko Haram
The Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Kwara State, Mr. Kamaldeen Ajibade, and a Lagos-based lawyer, Mr. Wahab Shittu, have expressed divergent views on the Federal Government's propositio...

2012-02-04

POLICY INCONSISTENCY RESPONSIBLE FOR UNDERDEVELOPMENT - GOV. AHMED
Governor Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has identified inconsistency in government policies as responsible for Nigeria's slow pace of growth and development. Speaking at the closing ceremony of a 2-da...

N10bn loan puts Kwara gov in the eye of the storm
The Kwara chapters of the Action Congress of Nigeria and Alliance for Democracy are at loggerheads with the Peoples Democratic Party-led government in the state over the approval of a N10bn loan for the ...

Kwara's N70b rice deal sparks row
FEW hours after it was announced with fanfare, the N70 billion agriculture deal between the Kwara State government and a Spanish consortium is generating controversy. An opposition party, the Act...

3 arraigned for murder over argument on subsidy removal
Kwara State Police Command said it has arraigned three persons before an Ilorin Magistrate Court for allegedly stabbing a 31-year-oldman to death while taking part in a group argument over the subsidy removal. The accus...

2012-02-03

2-Day Interactive Session with organized Private Sector
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has identified inconsistency in government policies as responsible for Nigeria’s slow pace of growth and development.   Speaking at the closing ceremony of a ...

Bukola Saraki Babes crash again
The woes of the Nigeria Premier League side, Abubakar Bukola Saraki Football Club of Ilorin continued unabated on Wednesday as the team lost by a lone goal to Akwa United inside the U J Essune Stadium, Calabar. ...

Maigidan Kwara and the N70b Rice Investment
NIGERIA'S march towards food sufficiency received a boost last week when the Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed signed an MoU for a joint venture with Valsolar Consortium of Spain for a N70 billion rice cultivation,...

Security agency wades into land dispute at Alagbede, Ita-Alamu
Officials of the State Security Service, SSS, in Kwara State have waded into the family feud following litigation over piece of land in Alagbede, Ita-Alamu area of Ilorin that could lead to bloody clash among vested ...

Kwara Football Academy's Arokoyo leaves for Sweden
Kwara Football Academy product, Gbenga Arokoyo, is set to begin his European career at modest Swedish side, Mjallby AIF. SuperSport.com learnt that officials of the team spent sometime in Ilorin, the Kwara St...

Kwara: How We Clinched N70b Rice Deal
by Dr. Muyideen Akorede, SSA Media and Communication The Kwara State government says its N70b rice joint venture with Valsolar Consultoria 2006 S.L. was the product of extensive negotiation, due diligence and Corporat...

N70b MoU for rice farm: A contract with a nonexistent company? - Kwara ACN
by Mr. Kayode Olawepo, Kwara ACN Chairman Penultimate week, our party (ACN, Kwara) issued a statement dismissing what has become the unsavoury borrowing habit of the PDP-led government in Kwara Stat...

2012-02-02

KWSG Spends 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 ...

Man jailed for stealing pot of soup
An Ilorin Magistrates\' Court has sentenced a 58-year-old man, Dare Foyanmu, to four months imprisonment for stealing food. The man was found guilty of sneaking into a canteen at Challenge area, Ilorin, where h...

Residents of Taiwo road decry constant power outage
An appeal from residents of Taiwo Road Area in Ilorin, Kwara State, has gone to the management of Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) to ameliorate power supply situation in the area. Speaking with journali...

US Envoy Extols Ahmed's Leadership
United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Terence McCulley, yesterday commended Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, for showing exemplary leadership during the petrol subsidy crisis. McCulley, who made the c...

Telecoms operators flay insecurity
THE Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has decried the level of insecurity in the country, saying it is injurious to the country\'s investment drive. The Chairman of the associat...

UNIFEMGA Honours 20 Members
The Obafemi Awolowo University Muslim Graduates Association (UNIFEMGA) will on Saturday honour 20 of its members for their achievements and contributions to the development of the association. A statement issue...

Kwara signage law illegal, says group
The Coalition of Business and Professional Associations in Kwara State have denounced the state\'s signage and advertisement agency law. The association claimed that the law contravenes the constituti...