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2014-05-02
2014/2015 Offa Health Tech Online Application Forms Out
This is to inform the general public that the entrance Admission Form into the College of Health Technology, Offa is now available through on-line. The scratch card is obtainable at the following Banks at the rate of Six ...
This is to inform the general public that the entrance Admission Form into the College of Health Technology, Offa is now available through on-line. The scratch card is obtainable at the following Banks at the rate of Six ...
New state not feasible from Kwara - Ashiru
Mr Lola Ashiru, an architect, is a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State and senatorial candidate under the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) in 2011. He speaks on PDP in the state and an...
Mr Lola Ashiru, an architect, is a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State and senatorial candidate under the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) in 2011. He speaks on PDP in the state and an...
Nigeria will survive beyond 2015 - Ashiru
In this interview with SUCCESS NWOGU, a former Kwara State governorship candidate of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria, Mr. Lola Ashiru, who is currently a chief of the Peoples Democratic Part...
In this interview with SUCCESS NWOGU, a former Kwara State governorship candidate of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria, Mr. Lola Ashiru, who is currently a chief of the Peoples Democratic Part...
Students, civil society groups protest in Ilorin
Students and the Coalition of Civil Society Organisation (CCSO) yesterday staged a peaceful protest in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, over the current insecurity in the country, especially the abduction of the school...
Students and the Coalition of Civil Society Organisation (CCSO) yesterday staged a peaceful protest in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, over the current insecurity in the country, especially the abduction of the school...
U.S. Offers to Help in Hunt for Kidnapped Students
• Saraki calls for foreign assistance • Senators: Meeting with Jonathan Useful, Promising Omololu Ogunmade, Michael Olugbode and Hammed Shittu The United States said yesterday tha...
• Saraki calls for foreign assistance • Senators: Meeting with Jonathan Useful, Promising Omololu Ogunmade, Michael Olugbode and Hammed Shittu The United States said yesterday tha...
KYV Decry PDP's 'Bloody' Congress
Kwara youths under the auspices of Kwara Youth Voice (KYV) yesterday condemned the violence that greeted the ward congress of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ilorin, the state capital. At least three PDP ...
Kwara youths under the auspices of Kwara Youth Voice (KYV) yesterday condemned the violence that greeted the ward congress of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ilorin, the state capital. At least three PDP ...
Kwara denies plan to ban Okada riders
Kwara State Government yesterday said it has no plan to ban commercial motorcycle operators in the state, unlike other states of the federation. Speaking during this year's May Day celebration in Ilorin, yester...
Kwara State Government yesterday said it has no plan to ban commercial motorcycle operators in the state, unlike other states of the federation. Speaking during this year's May Day celebration in Ilorin, yester...
2014-05-01
OPINION - National conference 2014: The Diaspora vote debate. By Is'haq Modibo Kawu
By Is’haq Modibbo Kawu Despite my hope and preferred choices, I was made a member of the Political Parties and Electoral Matters Committee of the National Conference. Frankly, I had wanted, above all e...
By Is’haq Modibbo Kawu Despite my hope and preferred choices, I was made a member of the Political Parties and Electoral Matters Committee of the National Conference. Frankly, I had wanted, above all e...
Governor Ahmed mourns Ex-Gov Adamu Attah
A former Governor of Kwara State, Alhaji Adamu Attah, is dead. Attah was the first civilian governor of Kwara State. He reportedly died in Abuja on Thursday. In his reaction, the Kwara State Governor, Dr. Ab...
A former Governor of Kwara State, Alhaji Adamu Attah, is dead. Attah was the first civilian governor of Kwara State. He reportedly died in Abuja on Thursday. In his reaction, the Kwara State Governor, Dr. Ab...
Adamu Atta: He would be sorely missed, says Belgore
We received with shock and sadness the passing today of Alhaji Adamu Atta, the first democratically-elected governor of (the old) Kwara State (1979-1983). The late Alhaji Atta departed at a time our country is in ...
We received with shock and sadness the passing today of Alhaji Adamu Atta, the first democratically-elected governor of (the old) Kwara State (1979-1983). The late Alhaji Atta departed at a time our country is in ...
Bukola Saraki Mourns Adamu Attah
I am saddened over the death of His Excellency, Alhaji Adamu Atah- the first Executive Governor of Kwara state; a statesman of repute, and a stakeholder in the Nigeria project whose records and antecedent are clear i...
I am saddened over the death of His Excellency, Alhaji Adamu Atah- the first Executive Governor of Kwara state; a statesman of repute, and a stakeholder in the Nigeria project whose records and antecedent are clear i...
No workers should be blackmailed to forgo their rights - Belgore
A senior lawyer Mohammed Dele Belgore has urged all employers of labour to stop leveraging on the high poverty and unemployment rate to blackmail their employees. "Today as the world marks the May Day, I stand in ...
A senior lawyer Mohammed Dele Belgore has urged all employers of labour to stop leveraging on the high poverty and unemployment rate to blackmail their employees. "Today as the world marks the May Day, I stand in ...
OPINION - Re: Sulyman Buhari: From Government Critic to Government Apologist. By Ade Fakuyi
You must have noticed it. The article with the above caption authored by a Mohammed Abdulkareem has dominated the social media for some hours now. I am aware Sulyman Buhari was the chairman of the defunct Congress for P...
You must have noticed it. The article with the above caption authored by a Mohammed Abdulkareem has dominated the social media for some hours now. I am aware Sulyman Buhari was the chairman of the defunct Congress for P...
Former Kwara Governor Adamu Attah is Dead
Alhaji Adamu Atta is dead. Alhaji Atta, a second republic governor of Kwara State, was in office from 1978 to 1983. He was the first civilian governor of Kwara State. Reports via a Facebook group, EBIRAVIEW, state...
Alhaji Adamu Atta is dead. Alhaji Atta, a second republic governor of Kwara State, was in office from 1978 to 1983. He was the first civilian governor of Kwara State. Reports via a Facebook group, EBIRAVIEW, state...
15 Arraigned In Court Over Attack On Baraje's Residence
No fewer than 15 suspected hoodlums who allegedly attacked the residence of All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Alhaji Kawu Baraje have been arraigned before an Ilorin Magistrate’s Court. The suspect...
No fewer than 15 suspected hoodlums who allegedly attacked the residence of All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Alhaji Kawu Baraje have been arraigned before an Ilorin Magistrate’s Court. The suspect...
Kwara Poly Rector lobbies govt, others for tenure extension.
The Rector, Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, Alhaji Masud Elelu, is desperately lobbying to secure a second term as helmsman of the institution, National Pilot has reliably gathered. &nbs...
The Rector, Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, Alhaji Masud Elelu, is desperately lobbying to secure a second term as helmsman of the institution, National Pilot has reliably gathered. &nbs...
Robbers Terrorising Kwara Arrested
The Oyo State Police Command says it has arrested a member of an inter-state robbery gang during a routine patrol along Oyo-Ogbomoso Road. The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mohammed Indabawa, while paradi...
The Oyo State Police Command says it has arrested a member of an inter-state robbery gang during a routine patrol along Oyo-Ogbomoso Road. The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mohammed Indabawa, while paradi...
Kwara Poly Rector Affirms Commitment to Quality Education
The Rector, Kwara State Polytechnic, Alhaji Mas’ud Elelu, said the institution has not deviated from its mandate of producing technical manpower for the development of the country. Elelu, who disclosed ...
The Rector, Kwara State Polytechnic, Alhaji Mas’ud Elelu, said the institution has not deviated from its mandate of producing technical manpower for the development of the country. Elelu, who disclosed ...
Confusion Over Illegal Aviation School in Ilorin
Many residents of Kwara State were dumb-founded last week, when the Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development discovered an illegal aviation school awarding “Bachelor of Education Degree in Aviation Studie...
Many residents of Kwara State were dumb-founded last week, when the Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development discovered an illegal aviation school awarding “Bachelor of Education Degree in Aviation Studie...
APC Congresses: Governors, Ex-Governors Retain Structures
Governors in the All Progressives Congress (APC) controlled states have strenghtened their grips of party structures with their candidates winning key positions in states where the congresses of the party have ...
Governors in the All Progressives Congress (APC) controlled states have strenghtened their grips of party structures with their candidates winning key positions in states where the congresses of the party have ...
Electricity Union Pickets Colleagues In Ilorin
Members of the National Union of Electricity Employees in Kwara State has embarked on picketing of the offices of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company for lack of implementation...
Members of the National Union of Electricity Employees in Kwara State has embarked on picketing of the offices of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company for lack of implementation...
ABS Threatens to Withdraw Players Over N30 Million Debts
Nigeria National League, NNL, campaigners, Abubakar Bukola Saraki (ABS) Football Club of Ilorin has issued a notice of withdrawal of its players from debtor clubs owing to non payment of transfer fees for the affected ...
Nigeria National League, NNL, campaigners, Abubakar Bukola Saraki (ABS) Football Club of Ilorin has issued a notice of withdrawal of its players from debtor clubs owing to non payment of transfer fees for the affected ...
Dialogue on political defections
One of the most discussed issues under the present political dispensation is that of political defections. In recent months, the matter became so widespread that the National Assembly was almost torn apart by it. ...
One of the most discussed issues under the present political dispensation is that of political defections. In recent months, the matter became so widespread that the National Assembly was almost torn apart by it. ...
Four-Year-Old Marriage Dissolved Over Abandonment
An Ilorin Area Court on Tuesday dissolved a four-year-old marriage between Fatimoh Taofik and Musbau Taofik over husband's abandonment of his family. Fatimoh, 31, a resident of Amilegbe Area, Ilorin, prayed the...
An Ilorin Area Court on Tuesday dissolved a four-year-old marriage between Fatimoh Taofik and Musbau Taofik over husband's abandonment of his family. Fatimoh, 31, a resident of Amilegbe Area, Ilorin, prayed the...
Kwara Assembly passes Arabic Education Board bill
The Kwara House of Assembly on Wednesday passed a bill for the amendment of the State Arabic Education Board Law and Related Matters. The bill was passed after a thorough consideration and clause by clau...
The Kwara House of Assembly on Wednesday passed a bill for the amendment of the State Arabic Education Board Law and Related Matters. The bill was passed after a thorough consideration and clause by clau...
2014-04-30
High Cost of Governance Should be Addressed - Lola Ashiru
A chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State, Lola Ashiru, has urged delegates to the National Conference to have a rethink over the high cost of governance in the presidential system of government i...
A chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State, Lola Ashiru, has urged delegates to the National Conference to have a rethink over the high cost of governance in the presidential system of government i...
FG declares May 1 public holiday
THE Federal Government has declared tomorrow, May 1, 2014 as public holiday to commemorate the 2014 workers’ day celebration. The Minister of Interior, Comrade Abba Moro, made this declaration on behalf of the F...
THE Federal Government has declared tomorrow, May 1, 2014 as public holiday to commemorate the 2014 workers’ day celebration. The Minister of Interior, Comrade Abba Moro, made this declaration on behalf of the F...
Foundation's N10m lifts 108 in Kwara
No fewer than 108 people in Kwara State have acquired various skills to help them lead better lives. They were trained at Government Secondary School, Omu-Aran, headquarters of Irepodun Local Government Area. Soap-making ...
No fewer than 108 people in Kwara State have acquired various skills to help them lead better lives. They were trained at Government Secondary School, Omu-Aran, headquarters of Irepodun Local Government Area. Soap-making ...
Kwara, 13 other states may experience total blackout
Kwara and 13 other states of the Federation might experience total blackout due to a week picketing embarked upon by all Electricity Distribution Companies, business units in those states.The states are; Kwara, Kogi,...
Kwara and 13 other states of the Federation might experience total blackout due to a week picketing embarked upon by all Electricity Distribution Companies, business units in those states.The states are; Kwara, Kogi,...
Kaiama LG boss advocates intensive youth empowerment through sports sponsorship.
By Usman Aliyu The chairman of the Kaiama local government area of Kwara, Alhaji Alhassan Bagudu has pledged to intensify on youth development and empowerment through sponsorship of sporting events. Bagudu stated t...
By Usman Aliyu The chairman of the Kaiama local government area of Kwara, Alhaji Alhassan Bagudu has pledged to intensify on youth development and empowerment through sponsorship of sporting events. Bagudu stated t...
Opinion - Sulyman Buhari: From Government Critic to Government Apologist. By Mohammed Abdulkareem
"There are two kinds of fools: those who can't change their opinions and those who won't"- Josh Billings. For the benefit of the readers that might be hearing his name for the first time, Alhaji Buhari Sulyman was ...
"There are two kinds of fools: those who can't change their opinions and those who won't"- Josh Billings. For the benefit of the readers that might be hearing his name for the first time, Alhaji Buhari Sulyman was ...
Kwara: APC, PDP Draw Battle Line With Conclusion of State Congresses.
The recent congresses of the APC and the PDP in Kwara State have become a milestone in the battle for the soul of the state in 2015. Our correspondent reveals how the emergence of an exco for the two parties has rein...
The recent congresses of the APC and the PDP in Kwara State have become a milestone in the battle for the soul of the state in 2015. Our correspondent reveals how the emergence of an exco for the two parties has rein...
Consensus politics, best option for Nigeria - Kwara APC Chairman
The newly elected chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State, Alhaji Ishola Balogun Fulani has described consensus politics being practiced by Saraki political dynasty as the best option for Nigeria poli...
The newly elected chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State, Alhaji Ishola Balogun Fulani has described consensus politics being practiced by Saraki political dynasty as the best option for Nigeria poli...
Violence that marred PDP congress in Kwara.
THE era of violence may gradually be creeping back into Kwara State politics, going by the spate of aggression that marred the ward congress of the state chapter of Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP). It was remin...
THE era of violence may gradually be creeping back into Kwara State politics, going by the spate of aggression that marred the ward congress of the state chapter of Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP). It was remin...
How Intrigues Produced New Kwara PDP Exco.
Hammed Shittu gives an account of the intrigues that threw up the new executive of the Peoples Democratic Party in Kwara State Despite the crisis that marred the ju...
Hammed Shittu gives an account of the intrigues that threw up the new executive of the Peoples Democratic Party in Kwara State Despite the crisis that marred the ju...
2014-04-29
Religions Scholarship in Ilorin: A Historical Perspective. By Justice S.M.A. Belgore
KEYNOTE ADDRESS DELIVERED BY HON. JUSTICE S.M.A. BELGORE, GCON, FORMER CHIEF JUSTICE OF NIGERIA AT CENTRE FOR ILORIN STUDIES (CILS), UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN ON RELIGIONS SCHOLARSHIP IN ILORIN: A HISTORICAL PERSPEC...
KEYNOTE ADDRESS DELIVERED BY HON. JUSTICE S.M.A. BELGORE, GCON, FORMER CHIEF JUSTICE OF NIGERIA AT CENTRE FOR ILORIN STUDIES (CILS), UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN ON RELIGIONS SCHOLARSHIP IN ILORIN: A HISTORICAL PERSPEC...
Kwara PDP factions reconcile
The two warring factions of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State have settled their differences. The party had been polarised into Freedom and Unity groups before and after the state congress thr...
The two warring factions of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State have settled their differences. The party had been polarised into Freedom and Unity groups before and after the state congress thr...
Kwara Warns Against Use of School Premises for Parties
Primary and secondary schools in Kwara State yesterday resumed for the third term academic session with a warning to those who use school premises for parties and ceremonies to desist. The state Commissioner fo...
Primary and secondary schools in Kwara State yesterday resumed for the third term academic session with a warning to those who use school premises for parties and ceremonies to desist. The state Commissioner fo...
Kwara Assembly Gives KWASU VC Another 5-year Term
The Kwara House of Assembly on Tuesday gave approval for re-appointment of Prof. AbdulRasheed Naallah as the Vice-Chancellor of Kwara State University for a second five-year term. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) repo...
The Kwara House of Assembly on Tuesday gave approval for re-appointment of Prof. AbdulRasheed Naallah as the Vice-Chancellor of Kwara State University for a second five-year term. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) repo...
IEDPU Cautions Against Mob Actions
The Ilorin Emirate Descendants’ Progressive Union (IEDPU) yesterday frowned at activities of hoodlums and kidnappers in the state. National president of the union, Alhaji Abdulhameed Adi, while speakin...
The Ilorin Emirate Descendants’ Progressive Union (IEDPU) yesterday frowned at activities of hoodlums and kidnappers in the state. National president of the union, Alhaji Abdulhameed Adi, while speakin...
N10bn suit: Court summons Sanusi over sale of Intercontinental Bank.
Suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, seems in for more trouble as a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered him to appear before it in a N10 billion suit filed by so...
Suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, seems in for more trouble as a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered him to appear before it in a N10 billion suit filed by so...
KWSG tasks LGs on sanitation
The Kwara State Government on Monday charged local government chairmen to be pro-active in the conduct of the state’s monthly sanitation exercise. Alhaji Abdullahi Umar , the Commissioner for Local Governm...
The Kwara State Government on Monday charged local government chairmen to be pro-active in the conduct of the state’s monthly sanitation exercise. Alhaji Abdullahi Umar , the Commissioner for Local Governm...
Press Release: We Will Win 2015 Elections -Kwara APC
The newly elected executives of All Progressives Congress, APC, held its inaugural meeting today (Monday) while declaring its determination to deliver Kwara State for APC in 2OI5 elections. The inaugural meeting w...
The newly elected executives of All Progressives Congress, APC, held its inaugural meeting today (Monday) while declaring its determination to deliver Kwara State for APC in 2OI5 elections. The inaugural meeting w...
America group provides free healthcare in Kwara
A medical team of the Kwara State Association in North America (KSANG), on Sunday, arrive Ilorin to provide free medical services, including surgery to patients as part of efforts by Kwarans in the diaspora to support ...
A medical team of the Kwara State Association in North America (KSANG), on Sunday, arrive Ilorin to provide free medical services, including surgery to patients as part of efforts by Kwarans in the diaspora to support ...
Private varsities attract 2% of UTME 2014 candidates; Unilorin gets the most applications
Only 18,667 of the over 1.6 million candidates who applied for this year's Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination are seeking admission to the nation's private universities, The PUNCH findings have shown....
Only 18,667 of the over 1.6 million candidates who applied for this year's Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination are seeking admission to the nation's private universities, The PUNCH findings have shown....
Taking on Gender Violence
With the recent kidnapping of schoolgirls in Borno State, women are coming together to seek ways to stop rape, sexual assault and gender violence. Around the country, the women are no longer at ease with the wa...
With the recent kidnapping of schoolgirls in Borno State, women are coming together to seek ways to stop rape, sexual assault and gender violence. Around the country, the women are no longer at ease with the wa...
0-5 Loss to Kwara Utd: Katsina Spotslights Placed On Half Salaries
Following the team's 0-5 loss to Kwara United last Saturday in the week-12 of the on-going Pro-league match, players and the technical crew of Spotlights Football Club of Katsina have been placed on half salary. ...
Following the team's 0-5 loss to Kwara United last Saturday in the week-12 of the on-going Pro-league match, players and the technical crew of Spotlights Football Club of Katsina have been placed on half salary. ...
Milo African Championship: Omodara Predicts Victory for Nigeria's U-13
Omodara Tope, a pupil of St. Barnabas LGEA, Kwara State has predicted that his school will reclaim the Milo U-13 African Championship (MAC) for Nigeria when the competition kicks off in Lagos tomorrow. Nigeria ...
Omodara Tope, a pupil of St. Barnabas LGEA, Kwara State has predicted that his school will reclaim the Milo U-13 African Championship (MAC) for Nigeria when the competition kicks off in Lagos tomorrow. Nigeria ...
Kwara PDP's congress of disquiet
A stick of broom cannot sweep clean except when in a bunch, so says an old adage. As such, individuals in a group must be seen to be pursuing unity and progress of an organisation which they belong at all times, or els...
A stick of broom cannot sweep clean except when in a bunch, so says an old adage. As such, individuals in a group must be seen to be pursuing unity and progress of an organisation which they belong at all times, or els...
Ibadan Electricity Company to Boost Power Supply in Ilorin
Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC), Challenge Business Unit, Ilorin, Kwara State, has established new service unit so as to boost power supply to its numerous consumers. In a statement issued in ...
Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC), Challenge Business Unit, Ilorin, Kwara State, has established new service unit so as to boost power supply to its numerous consumers. In a statement issued in ...
Press Release: Kwara APC Sets Up Electoral/Political Committee
COMMITTEE ON ELECTORAL AND POLITICAL MATTERS. The leadership of All Progressives Congress has inaugurated the above committee in the state. The members are as follows: 1. HON ABUBAKAR MOHAMMED SUKA ...
COMMITTEE ON ELECTORAL AND POLITICAL MATTERS. The leadership of All Progressives Congress has inaugurated the above committee in the state. The members are as follows: 1. HON ABUBAKAR MOHAMMED SUKA ...
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