2011-06-16

Belgore, Alli condemn latest blast, proffer solutions
Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) governorship candidate in Kwara State in the last general elections, Dele Belgore, has said that it is high time perpetrators of bomb blasts in the country are fished out and made to fa...

ACN denies Belgore withdrawing case from tribunal
CHAIRMAN of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Kwara State, Kayode Olawepo, has dismissed as untrue claims by some people that the party’s governorship candidate in the last election, Mohammed Dele Belgore, ...

2011-06-15

Governor Ahmed urges contractors on speedy completion of projects
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has advised government contractors to look outwards for “spontaneous financing” from financial institutions to enhance early and speedy completion of projects awarded to t...

Governor Ahmed inspects on-going projects
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has directed that the Alabi - Owo road project in Ilorin, awarded to Gambas Nigeria Limited, be revoked for poor execution, just as he also ordered the contractor handling the...

'Non-payment of minimum wage inimical to industrial harmony'
The position of some states in Nigeria as regards their claims of not being able to pay the N18, 000 minimum wage is inimical to industrial peace and increased productivity, a former management consultant, Federal Mini...

Ahmed to complete projects
Kwara State Governor Abulfatah Ahmed yesterday promised to pay more attention to ongoing infrastructural projects which his predecessor, Dr Bukola Saraki, started.     Addressing repor...

2011-06-14

Water-borne diseases loom in Afeyin-Olukuta community - Residents
Residents of Afeyin-Olokuta Community in the Ilorin East Local Government area of Kwara state have called on both the local and state governments in the state to come to their rescue and save them from the imminent out...

We didn't deserve to lose - Kwara Utd
Kwara United secretary, Ademola Kiyesola has expressed dissatisfaction over the team’s 2-1 loss suffered in the hands of Lobi Stars at the Abubarkar Tafawa Balewa Stadium,Bauchi last weekend, saying the Afonja Wa...

UNDP: Kwara on track for MDGs
A United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) representative in Ghana, Professor Kamil Kayode Kamaldeen, has said there were indicators that Kwara State is on the track towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) s...

It's Ali Ahmad, not Abdulmumin Jibrin
My name is Hon. Dr. Ali Ahmad, representing Ilorin-East/Ilorin-South Federal Constituency, (PDP Kwara) and a serving member of house representatives. I wish to call your attention to your publication of 9th Ju...

Ahmed urges Kwara tertiary institutions' workers to end strike
The Kwara State Government yesterday urged striking workers of its tertiary institutions to resume work in the interest of indigent parents and guardians.     Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed...

Ex-Law students appeal to Kwara Gov over unpaid N33.9m grant
The regular students of Kwara State origin who passed out from the Nigerian Law School in 2010 have pleaded with the Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, to redress what they referred to as the diversion of m...

2011-06-13

Kwara begs striking workers to resume work
Kwara State government has appealed to the striking workers in state-owned tertiary institutions to return to work immediately in the interest of the generality of the masses who cannot afford to send their children/wa...

Governor Ahmed appeals to striking workers
The Kwara State Government has appealed to the striking workers of State-owned tertiary institutions to return to work immediately in the interest of the generality of the masses who could not afford to send their childre...

Kwara: Tertiary institutions' workers commence another strike
Unions of tertiary institutions in Kwara State comprising four state-owned colleges of Education and Islamic Studies have embarked on another indefinite strike, a statement in Ilorin on Sunday said. The...

Opposition tackle PDP in Kwara
When in February this year, the head of opposition in Kwara State and leader of a group known as The Kwara Patriots (TKP), Chief Stephen Wole Oke said opposition was dead in the state, one has no reason to think it was...

Tribunal grants ACN prayer for substituted service
Kwara House of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal, on Friday, granted the request of Mr Tajudeen Mustapha of the ACN to serve notice via substituted service on Mr Sa’adu Yusuf of the PDP. The applicant, who ...

Saraki, son, daughter reconcile
Ilorin -The dispute between the former Governor of Kwara State, Dr. Bukola Saraki and his father, Dr. Olusola Saraki, over who called the shots in the state has been resolved. Sources said the Sarakis were reco...

Police commissioner's wife lifts babies' home
The wife of Kwara State Police Commissioner, Mrs Moye Gana has donated cash and food items to the state’s Children Reception Centre, Gaa-Akanbi, Ilorin, the state capital.     Mr...

Staff of Kwara tertiary institutions embark on fresh strike
Tertiary institutions in Kwara State have declared another indefinite strike action following the inability of the state government to fulfil an agreement signed with the officials of their Union in March this year. Ch...

Kwara Govt To Pay New Minimum Wage - HOS
ILORIN - The Kwara Government has Ilorin reiterated its commitment to paying the N18,000 minimum wage to its workers. Alhaji Muhammed Dabarako, the state’s Head of Service, newsmen that the commi...

'We must respect the views of majority, zoning or not'
Abubakar Bukola Saraki is the current Senator representing Kwara central senatorial district in the National Assembly. He spoke on the emergence of the new Speaker of the House of Representatives, and other issues. ...