SAUDI GROUP TO ESTABLISH MULTIMILLION DOLLAR AGRIC CITY IN KWARA NORTH

A Saudi Investment Company, Zain Al-abdin group is to set up an Agric City in Kwara State. The proposed Agric City, which is to be located along the River Niger in Kwara North will comprise a cluster of farms specializing in cultivation, processing and export of rice, maize and vegetables.

The Chairman of the investment group, Zain Al-Abdin Nafawi disclosed this when he and other members of the group visited the Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed last Friday at the Government House, Ilorin.

According to the Chairman, the Agric city will also contain facilities such as schools, hospitals, shops and other associated services.

KWARA STATE @50 YEARS: A TIME FOR CELEBRATION OR A TIME TO PROTEST? SEASON 1

Good day to you all our esteemed viewers on the new media. Let us again thank Almighty God, for His goodness upon our lives. Inspite of the burning and biting effects of this recession, occasioned by the activities of the luciferous elements within and around the corridors of power, coupled with ineptitude on the part of those managing our economy, we still thank God for the gift of life!
We took time to as usual go over various news items on social media. While doing so, we came across a release credited to Dr. Muideen Olufemi Akorede, Senior Special Assistant on Media & Communications to Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State. In his release, he informed us about Kwara State Government preparation towards marking the 50th Anniversary of the creation of Kwara State. Infact, a 31 man committee has already started working, just to organise a befitting celebration. A celebration in which millions of our naira, will again be wasted on a meaningless charade by those whom providence has put in the seat of power. The annoying aspect is, there are so many people suffering and in serious pain as a result of unpaid salaries and entitlements. Yet, Kwara State Government would rather celebrate with their few friends and cronies than to put smiles on the faces of those ones who have being working for months without being paid.

KWARA YOUTHS AND THE CHALLENGES OF THE FUTURE SEASON 1

Good day our esteemed compatriots. The new year festivities are long over and we now even at the 2nd month of the year (February) and fast counting! Waooo!!! That is simply how time flies! It slowly ticks away as if it is inconsequential. But, the reality is, with each inconsequential ticking of that clock, we are growing older! JUST IMAGINE!!! That small boy born sometimes in the 70's, has now clocked 40 something! That small boy born in the early 80's, is now trending the way to 40 years! 

Those small boys of yester years, are now fathers having children they are catering for! The reality is, if we do not make adequate use of the available time at our disposal, time will invariably make use of us by taking away our youthfulness, strength, beauty and sharpness! Just like that Hymn that Christian fellows usually sing at Church. "Fading away like the stars in the morning". Time makes us to fade away! The youths by which implies those of us born between 1970 to 1999, we have never had the opportunity that those ahead of us had! The Nationalist by which we are referring to the likes of Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Chief Jeremiah Obafemi Awolowo, Alhaji Ahmadu Bello, Dr. Akanu Ibiam, Chief Anthony Enahoro and the likes, were leaders who wanted the very best for the children coming after them. This fact was reflected in the kind of policies they made and projects they implemented. 

Information Minister Kick-starts Tour of Tourist Sites With Visit To Owu Fall

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, kicked-started a tour of tourist sites in the country with a visit to the spectacular Owu Waterfall in Kwara State on Sunday.

The Minister, who was accompanied by representatives of the local community in which the Waterfall is located, officials of the Kwara State Ministry of Culture and Tourism as well as the media, described Owu Waterfall as one of the wonders of nature, saying the government is now looking toward natural assets like the waterfall with a view to developing them for economic benefits.

OSINBAJO: PRESIDENT BUHARI AWARE OF FRUSTRATIONS BUSINESSES HAVE WITH GOVT AGENCIES & WANTS TO END THEM

REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, THE VICE PRESIDENT, PROF YEMI OSINBAJO, SAN, GCON AT THE MEDIA LAUNCH OF MSME CLINICS AT THE STATE HOUSE BANQUET HALL, ABUJA ON TUESDAY JANUARY 24, 2017

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I am pleased to be here at this media launch of the MSME Clinics.

Sometime in July 2015 Mr. President spoke to me about the frustrations of anyone who has to do business with government agencies.

He gave the example of an NGO that wanted to install a cancer screening equipment donated by a friendly government several years ago, and it took 7years to finally install it. He said how does the economy function when government agencies are prepared to deliberately or unwittingly frustrate economic agents.

KWARA STATE: operating two or more Facebook accounts not only tantamount to media scam but social media rigging system like in the case of election rigging system

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We know too well that most of the election won by sarakites in Kwara state were won by multiple thumbprints ( Dasi, pour it in), as against the free and fair election, one man one vote by opposition.

The same election rigging strategy to win election at polling booths, has been employed by Sarakite's e-scavengers to rig kwarans out on Facebook and other social media.

FG To Make Key Festivals Attractive To Domestic, Foreign Tourists - Lai

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the Federal Government is working with the private sector to make major festivals in the country attractive to domestic and foreign tourists and to leapfrog the events to the top cadre of global festivals.

He made the disclosure in Offa, Kwara State, on Thursday at the 2016 edition of the ''Íjakadi Festival'', a traditional wrestling event that dates back to the 14th century.

The Minister, who was represented by Mr. Raphael Arulogun, General Manager of NTA Ilorin, said the starting point is to train the managers of the festivals, which include the Ijakadi Festival

KWARA STATE POLITICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LEADERSHIP IN PERSPECTIVE, AN EPITOME OF FOOLISHNESS, VISIONLESS AND LACK OF FORESIGHT

Hello highly beloved new media citizens, fellow Kwarans and Darling Nigerian Compatriots. We hope your preparation towards New Year season has reached an advanced stage. Inspite of the shortage of money, occasioned by the man made recession, brain child by our Leaders, we still have reasons to be thankful to God, the giver of life and strength. 

It is popularly believed that "when there is life, there is hope". God in His divine mercies will give us hope and bright future in His Mighty Name. Amen. It became absolutely necessary that we once again write this piece. We scripted it not because we enjoy criticising our leaders, but because via exposing their foolishness, visionless and lack of foresight, they may take specific actions to address some of the issues we have raised! 

KWARA HERO'S REPLY TO AN ARTICLE WRITTEN BY A RESPECTED ELDER IN THE SARAKI CAMP, HON. KAYODE LA-KADRI, TITLED: CRITICS, CRITICISMS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS AND ENLIGHTENMENT

Good day esteemed fellow and darling new media companions. We hope you are having a swell time even in the midst of man made recession we are currently battling in Nigeria. Well... God is good! God has being so good to us!... 

Our activities as Kwara Hero has continue attracting wide patronage. Many people has sent us series of request and others even wants to collaborate with us. Infact,....... So much is expected of us! By God's grace, we will do our best to live up to expectation of our teeming admirers! The comprehensive report of Ondo State Gubernatorial Election is still loading! We will post the table of content of the report soonest so that people will have an idea of what to expect. The report will be as explicit and detailed as possible. We hope it will make an interesting reading. To all of those who has nothing but negative words to say "bring it on" we dare you! To all of you who have constructive criticisms, you are welcomed! To all those who enjoy our work, behold, the best is yet to come. Hmmmmmp! We had to gratify Alhaji (Hon.) Kayode La-kadri post with a reply! And indeed, a respectful reply! His post, to the myopic minds would seem as an indirect jibes at the likes of Great Sholyment, Kayode Ogunlowo, Kayode Oyin Zubair, Mai Gaskiya, Yahaya Habib, Geri Alimi, Amebo Niger, Kamaldeen Agbaji, AbdulRahman Ola Uthman, Shagaya Kabeer Oladimeji, Salihu Ayatullahi, Muyideen Bola, Kwara Hero and a host of others. BUT, KWARA HERO IS NEVER MYOPIC! WE SAW IN THAT POST AN ELDER WHO WAS TRYING TO SENSIBLY APPEAL TO THE MINDS OF SOCIAL CRUSADERS, E-RATS OR CYBER DOGS AS THE CASE MAY BE. THE ELDER WAS APPEALING TO THOSE WHOSE POSTS AND RELEASES ARE HIGHLY CRITICAL OF THE CURRENT POLITICAL LEADERSHIP IN KWARA STATE. 

Hon. Kayode La-kadri, we wish to make it clear to you in very honest terms that our intentions are not to cause problems in our Darling State. Infact, we are doing all the things we do because we are looking for solutions to the "PROBLEMS" already existing! We are not critics, we states reality as it truly is. But in our work, we have discovered that some people because of what they are benefitting, dislike reality. If the current political leadership in Kwara State, will just for God sake, look around and see how massive the sufferings in our community is, and their hearts becomes moved to doing something right about it, Kwara Hero would not have reasons to criticize them. 

IS IT HARD FOR THEM TO EMULATE PMB?

A Biafran lawyer recently sued President Muhammadu Buhari over his WAEC school certificate, probably thinking that the President forged his WAEC like they do in Biafra. The President did not go about shouting or wailing or screaming that he has immunity from prosecution, instead he got himself some lawyers to handle the issue in court!

But what do we have from the troika of the Fayoses, Sarakis and Ekweremadus? One is claiming immunity for his bank accounts while one is hallucinating about some cabal hijacking the Presidency as if we didn't know that he leads a cabal that has hijacked Kwara State for donkey years and also wants to hijack the Nigerian Senate, and the other is now busy writing foreign embassies and even the UN, claiming that President Buhari wants to silence him, and I surmise that he has forgotten that in those countries to which he is writing letters, crooks and forgers don't lead their Senates; in fact, they are arrested with handcuffs!

SP Saraki accuses EFCC of tampering with evidence

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The Nigerian Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, in his resumed trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal yesterday, accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of tampering with the assets declaration form he submitted on assumption of office as governor of Kwara State.

He made the submission through his defence counsel, Mr. Paul Erokoro (SAN) who was cross-examining the prosecution witness, Michael Wetkast yesterday.

Erokoro said since the property at No. 15a&b Mcdonald Road, Ikoyi Lagos that EFCC accused Saraki of anticipatorily purchasing was not purchased and paid for till 2008, five years after the form was filled in 2003, then “logic tells us the Exhibit 1 has been tampered with.”

How Train Derailment Claims Four Lives In Kwara, 3 Injured

An eleven coach train with one cargo coach at the weekend derailed in Jebba, Moro local government area of Kwara state claiming four lives and injuring three others.

An eyewitness at the scene of the incident on Sunday said that the accident happened on Saturday night, adding that nothing could be done to rescue the victims.

Speaking during the inspection of the scene, Transport Minister, Chibuike Rotimi Ameachi represented by Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Mr. Sabiu Zakari who confirmed the incident said the families of two of the victims have been identified.

Ekiti Poll: Saraki says Jonathan can lose re-election

Former Kwara State governor and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to live up to expectation of Nigerians because he could lose re-election next year if he failed to do the will of the people. Saraki said the outcome of the just-concluded governorship election in Ekiti State, in which the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, trounced the incumbent governor and the candidate of the APC, Mr. Kayode Fayemi, was a signal that the President could lose re-election in 2015.

The former governor, who is currently a senator, said in a statement on Sunday that Fayose’s triumph was a victory for democracy and for the people of Ekiti State.

He said, “It is important that around the clock, people want to be engaged. This should also serve as a lesson to Mr. President that as an incumbent it is very possible to lose in Nigeria if he fails to do the will of the people.

Soldiers invade newspaper distribution centre in Kwara

Another detachment of gun-wielding soldiers from the Sobi Cantonment on Saturday stormed the popular Oniyangi newspaper distribution centre, along Emir’s road in Ilorin, to stop the circulation of The Nation newspapers in Kwara state.

It was gathered that some soldiers had early hours of Saturday impounded the van conveying copies of the newspaper to the state in Ogere, Ogun state, along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

Armed soldier had also of Friday stormed the same centre looking for some newspapers they claimed they had orders ‘from above’ to seize

The operation also extended to other parts of the metropolis as nearly all the distribution vans conveying Saturday’s edition of several newspapers were stopped at Eiyenkorin area or on the Ilorin-Ogbomosho expressway. The drivers of the vans were detained and their phones seized.

Hoodlums Attack Actor Femi Adebayo In Ilorin, Hospitalized!

Yoruba actor Femi Adebayo and son of veteran yoruba actor, Adebayo Salami was reportedly hospitalized after having been attacked by unknown hoodlums in Ilorin, Kwara State. The actor was at the movie shoot in Tanke area of the state capital, when the thugs demanded money and threatened shooting. However, their demand was not fulfilled by the film crew.

Following their refusal the hoodlums attacked Adebayo and other members of the crew. While the police upon arriving tried to stop the shooting, one person was shot dead. According to information, Femi Adebayo, popularly known as ‘Jelili’, was among those injured and rushed to the hospital for medical assistance.

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PDP will recover the stolen mandate in Kwara,Jonathan assures elders

The Nigerian President, Dr.  Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday has vowed to recapture Kwara state to the Peoples Democratic Party. The president gave this assurance when he received some PDP elders and political officeholders from Kwara in Abuja.

He said he would recapture all its ‘stolen mandates’ in Kwara on or before the 2015 general elections.

The president assured those members of the National Assembly who decided to remain in the PDP for better days ahead would never regret their action.

“In 2015, we will know who owns Kwara and if God gives us the opportunity, which I believe, probably we will even test our strength before 2015. “All stolen mandates will return to PDP and those who think that they can run away with our mandates, they should have a rethink.

“We must take over the state structures of the party, the governor and the state assembly; we must take all because it is easy to reach the grassroots through the states than the centre.

“As a member of the assembly who refused to defect, you will have nothing to regret. Just celebrate it. If they think that PDP will allow them to run away with it, they will see it.

“So, any state we are unable to win, members of the party in that state will continue to live like orphans. So, definitely, we are taking Kwara,’’ he said.

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