2006-01-11

Appeal Court Upholds Death Sentence
Attempt by the duo of Bayo Ajia and Olayinka Are, both arch supporters of former Governor Muhammad Lawal of Kwara State to escape from the hangman"s noose received a jolt as the Appeal Court has upheld the death sentence ...

2005-12-27

Citizens oppose ban on food imports
THE proposed ban on the importation of some essential commodities by the Federal Government may have drawn the ire of a cross section of Nigerians. This was indicated in the recent Guardian Opinion Poll conducted acros...

Govt may enforce use of ID cards.
PLANS may have been concluded by the Federal Government to initiate a law that would enforce the compulsory possession of the national identity (ID) cards. From Emeka Anuforo, Abuja Also, as part ...

Kwara, Kogi to aid Trade Bank, Afribank merger.
KWARA and Kogi state governments have stepped up efforts to inject the balance of the required funds for the merger of Trade Bank Plc and Afribank Nig. Plc before the December 31 CBN deadline for recapitalisation. ...

2005-12-26

Stakeholders Save Afribank/Trade Bank Merger
Major stakeholders of Trade Bank resident in Kwara State, have intervened to save the merger talks between Afribank and the Trade Bank Plc,from collapsing. From Tunde Sanni in Ilorin, 12.26.2005 Sources...

2005-12-18

Colleagues' Suspension: Kwara LG Bosses Jittery.
Local government chairmen in Kwara State are now uncertain of their fate and have started surreptitious moves to reconcile with some of their principals who facilitated their elections, to avoid the fate that have befa...

Ilorin Grand Mufti, Sheikh Kamalideen Habeebullahi El-Adabiyy Dies at 99.
Ilorin, the capital of Kwara State stood still yesterday as the news of the death of the Grand Mufti of Ilorin, Sheikh Kamalideen Habeebullahi El-Adabiyy spread through the city. From Tunde Sanni in Ilorin...