Kwara State Government has again promised to be more transparent and accountable to the people of Kwara in all governmental affairs. The promise was made Friday by the Commissioner of Information and Communications, Alhaji Mahmud Babatunde Ajeigbe in his office yesterday while receiving youths who paid him a courtesy call. The youths commended the state...

Former Special Adviser on infrastructural development to Kwara State Governor, Architect Tunji Ayodele has lauded Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed over his various developmental strides in the recent past. The former aide specifically applauded the governor over the completion of the International Vocational Centre at Ajase-Ipo, describing it as future employment generation school and trainer of future...

By Ahmed ‘Lateef A time has come for the nation’s media outfits to rise above regional and political interests in their editorial policies and directions, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) said yesterday. The union noted that spirit of patriotism and nationalism must be prioritized with a view to displacing other parochial considerations. These were part...

From Gold Rahman, Lokoja Chief Judge of Kogi State, Justice Nasiru Ajanah has expressed the state’s readiness to host the 22nd edition of Chief Justice of Nigeria games which will take place in Lokoja, the state capital. The games will commence on August 28 with over 20 states participating in various events. Justice Ajanah who...

The General Manager of Abubakar Bukola Saraki (ABS), Buhari Sulyman presented a tricycle to the younger brother of the former African Footballer of the Year on behalf of the Senator. NAIJ.com had made several reports on government’s neglect of the family of the player, but close sources explained that the Senate President was moved and...

By Zarumi Mashood The Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Dr. Ali Ahmad has reiterated the House’s commitment towards development of sports in the state. The Speaker gave the assurance when the newly sworn-in executives of the Sports Writers’ Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Kwara State Branch paid him a courtesy visit in his office. Represented...

By Tunde Akanbi  The peace- loving people of Ilorin Emirate in Kwara State woke up in the early hours of Wednesday  (17/8/2016) to hear the breaking news of the demise of the most Senior Traditional Chief in the Emirate Council, the Balogun Fulani of Ilorin ,Alhaji Mahmood Atiku Abubakar. He died at the age of Seventy- six...

By Salihu Woru Mohammed Inna li-llahi wainna ilaehi rojihuna – from you O’Lord we came and unto you we shall all return” Death indeed shall be the end of every soul, death is as certain as day and night, death shall occur when the time is ripe for it. It can come in the morning,...

By Tunde Razaq Adebayo Contrary to the earlier report by national dailies on the arrested Nigerians in Saudi Arabia, the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria has officially released a statement to counter earlier reports stating that only two Nigerians were arrested and not three. A statement signed by the NAHCON Media and Public Relations Unit...

The Kwara State House of Assembly has commenced the review of this year’s budget. The appraisal of the budget is being coordinated by the joint committee of the House on Public Account as well as Finance and Appropriation. The oversight exercise which kick started with the state Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development, State...

By Rowland Olonishuwa The beauty and uniqueness of Yoruba culture and language was on display on Sunday, August 07, 2016, at Maryam Events Place, Ganmo road, Ilorin when executive and members of Egbe Agbohunsafefe Lede Yoruba (Yoruba Broadcasters’ Association, (YBA) hosted friends and well wishers to the formal launching of the association in the state...

By Adeleke Gbenga In ILorin Metropolis, the Kwara State Capital, it does not take a rocket science or a special gift of clairvoyant to know that people are hungry. It would indeed be an understatement to say without equivocation that starvation is not only the next neighbour of virtually every resident of the state capital...

Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has called on people of all shades and opinion to join hands with his government in entrenching enduring development across the state for the benefit of all. The governor who made the call in Ilorin at a stakeholders’ forum held at the State Banquet Hall opposite Government House, reinstated...

From Ahmed ‘Lateef, Abeokuta Director General, Lagos Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mine and Agriculture, Mr Muda Yusuf, yesterday dismissed the economic policy of the Federal Government as a model that was not masses friendly. He said rather than lessen the pain of Nigerians, the policy has continued to worsen the predicament of the people. Yusuf...

By Ahmed ‘Lateef The University of Ilorin yesterday warned admission seekers into the institution against falling prey of racketeers ahead of the 2016/2017 Unified Matriculation Tertiary Examination (UTME) admission screening. The institution said it was not responsible for the admission information procedure purportedly emanating from the University, clarifying that it was the handiwork of scammers....

By Ahmed Ajiboye Head s may roll as the Kwara State Government promised to fully implement the report of the administrative panel on illegal mass recruitment into the State Teaching Service Commission. Alhaji Daibu who presented the report to the governor at the Government House, yesterday told the governor that the rot in the commission...

By Ahmed Ajiboye Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed has said the present predicament in the country was neither the All Progressives Congress(APC) nor any political party’s problem but a national problem. The governor who dropped the hint while giving audience to the leadership of Nigeria Youth Parliament led by its speaker, Hon Ayodele Obe called...

From Kayode Lawal, Abuja A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Inspector General of Police to stop the conventions of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) slated for Port Harcourt, Rivers State where National Officers to run the affairs of the party are expected to be elected today. The court also barred the People’s...

By Janet Bogunjoko The Kwara State government yesterday inaugurated the visitation panels to the Kwara State College of Education (COED), Oro and the state College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies (CAILS) Ilorin. Addressing members of the panels yesterday in his office, the Secretary to the state Government, Alhaji Isiaka Sola Gold, tasked them to...

By Ahmed Ajiboye Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed yesterday in Ilorin cautioned government at all levels including stakeholders against paying lip service to economic diversification but drive seriously agrarian revolution in the country. He expressed concern over the present situation in the  country, stressing the need for partnership between governments and tertiary institutions of learning in exploring...