2012-01-31

Kwara ACN objects to 10bn loan
We object to Kwara State government borrowing N10 billion from a commercial bank because our people cannot be subsidising to irresponsible and unaccounted borrowings for which commensurate benefits have not been received ...

Kwara's N70bn Rice Agreement with Spaniards
Hammed Shittu presents the focus of the Kwara State Government on Agriculture as its instrument of economic revolution and the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding worth N70 billion between the state government and...

Educate yourself on Kwara State's Budget and hold Govt Accountable.
HIGHLIGHTS OF 2012 BUDGET FOR KWARA STATE Sectoral breakdown is as follows:- Road Development: Eleven billion, five hundred and sixty three million, one hundred and six thousand, seven hundre...

Lawyer wants sacked govs to return pay
AN Ilorin, Kwara State-based human rights lawyer, Abeny Mohammed, has canvassed a refund of salaries drawn by the five former states' governors whose tenure of offices were recently declared ended since May last year...

Goodnews for couples facing difficulties in child-bearing, as UITH becomes new centre for assisted reproduction
THE University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) has joined the ranks of hospitals in Nigeria with Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) facilities. Sited in its Obstetrics and Gynecology (O and G) Department...

PDP, ACN, AD bicker over Kwara's N10b loan
In politics everything is an issue for debate. And so it has been that a N10 billion loan being sought by the Kwara State government has elicited a debate which many consider as laced in political colouration.  News ...

Kwara reduces fees for indigenes at state-owned varsity
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has approved a N50,500 reduction in fees for indigenes at the state-owned Kwara State University, Malete, with effect from next session, according to a statement issued ...

Kwara SUBEB boss donates uniforms to pry school pupils
Chairman,Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board (subeb), Nuhu Daibu, has donated school uniforms worth N700,000 to 540 pupils of Ipata A and B primary schools. Speaking during the presentation of the uni...

2012-01-30

Kwara State: Furore Over N10 Billion Loan
The decision of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, government in Kwara State to borrow N10 billion to finance some of its developmental projects has come under attack from the opposition Action Congress of Nigeria,...

Emulate Ahmadu Bello, Gamji urges Jonathan
The President General, Gamji Members Association of Nigeria (GAMA), Kwara State branch, Dr Abubakar Ibrahim yesterday called on President Goodluck Jonathan, and all Nigeria leaders to emulate the exemplary le...

N10bn loan: Orisun Igbomina urges Kwarans to ignore opposition's propaganda
A socio-cultural group in Kwara South, Orisun Igbomina has advised the people of Kwara State to disregard the 'rantings' of the state chapter of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) over the N10 billion loan the state go...

Expansion of drains begins in Ilorin
In an attempt to check occurrences of flood disaster in Ilorin metropolis, the Kwara State government has commenced the expansion of roadside drains. Speaking during an inspection visit to some of the project s...

Liaison officers charged to be eyes of Kwara govt
Government Liaison officers in Kwara State have been charged to always be the ears and eyes of government in their respective councils. This became necessary following the security challenges facing the count...

2012-01-29

Questions and Answers on Kwara State's Rice Investments via Inside Kwara (a Facebook Group)
Questions 1.What companies make up 'Vasolar Consortium'. No website, no information about it at all online. Dealing with a briefcase company? 2." The State Government is expected to provide about S...

2012-01-28

NANS endorses Governor Ahmed
Following announcement of palliatives to cushion the negative effects of the removal of fuel subsidy, the Kwara State Government has received commendations from the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, and Nat...

Ilorin agog for ABS, Kwara Utd tie
The Ilorin Township Stadium will today be agog again as the two Premier League side from the city, ABS and Kwara United trade tackles in a Week Five match of the Nigerian Premier League. The encounter which hap...