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2014-03-23
Army appoints Akomolafe as Commander of 22 Brigade, Sobi
The Nigerian Army has appointed Brig.- Gen. James Akomolafe as the Brigade Commander for the 22 Armoured Brigade, Nigerian Army, Sobi, Ilorin. This was contained in a statement issued on Sunday in Ilori...
The Nigerian Army has appointed Brig.- Gen. James Akomolafe as the Brigade Commander for the 22 Armoured Brigade, Nigerian Army, Sobi, Ilorin. This was contained in a statement issued on Sunday in Ilori...
US Varsity Honours Gov. Ahmed for Education and Culture
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed was over weekend honoured by Valparaiso University, Indiana, US for achievements in education and culture as part of the 50th Anniversary of its Graduate school which also ...
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed was over weekend honoured by Valparaiso University, Indiana, US for achievements in education and culture as part of the 50th Anniversary of its Graduate school which also ...
National confab: Growing cries of exclusion
Some ethnic nationalities have decried their marginalisation in the selection of delegates to the ongoing national conference. Their interests, they argue, may not be protected at the confab, writes LEKE...
Some ethnic nationalities have decried their marginalisation in the selection of delegates to the ongoing national conference. Their interests, they argue, may not be protected at the confab, writes LEKE...
FMARD trains youths on blacksmithing, tool fabrication
Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has embarked on the training of the young rural dwellers in the country on tool fabrication and blacksmithing to diversify means of livelihood, reduce povert...
Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has embarked on the training of the young rural dwellers in the country on tool fabrication and blacksmithing to diversify means of livelihood, reduce povert...
World Water Day: Pipes Everywhere... but no water
The United Nations noted that for developing countries to provide potable water for their citizens, they would need to spend $103 billion per year. But while the world celebrated Water Day yesterday, BIOLA AZEEZ, HAS...
The United Nations noted that for developing countries to provide potable water for their citizens, they would need to spend $103 billion per year. But while the world celebrated Water Day yesterday, BIOLA AZEEZ, HAS...
Aso-oke indigenous textile industry on the verge of extinction
A people’s culture, like human, naturally evolves depending on the degree of its exposure to foreign influence. One aspect of the material culture of the Yoruba people of the Southwest which has survive...
A people’s culture, like human, naturally evolves depending on the degree of its exposure to foreign influence. One aspect of the material culture of the Yoruba people of the Southwest which has survive...
UITH: Kidney, Heart Health As Road To Medical Excellence
TO herald his second term in office as the Chief Medical Director of University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Professor Abdulwaheed Olatinwo has promised that the hospital will by August this year record its first eve...
TO herald his second term in office as the Chief Medical Director of University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Professor Abdulwaheed Olatinwo has promised that the hospital will by August this year record its first eve...
Kwara people enjoying freedom from poverty - Bukola Saraki
Immediate past Governor of Kwara State, Senator Bukola Saraki, is the Chairman, Senate Committee on Ecology. He is representing Kwara Central in the Senate. He fielded questions from journalists after walking the str...
Immediate past Governor of Kwara State, Senator Bukola Saraki, is the Chairman, Senate Committee on Ecology. He is representing Kwara Central in the Senate. He fielded questions from journalists after walking the str...
Kwara United targets promotion
The General Manager of Kwara United Football Club, Haruna Maigidansanma has assured fans of the club that the team has what it takes to regain promotion to the elite league by the end of this season. He told ...
The General Manager of Kwara United Football Club, Haruna Maigidansanma has assured fans of the club that the team has what it takes to regain promotion to the elite league by the end of this season. He told ...
FG Distributes Input To Eight Million Farmers
THE federal government at the weekend unfolded plans to distribute subsidised farm input to 8 million registered farmers during the 2014 farming season. The Director, Fertiliser, Federal Ministry of Agriculture a...
THE federal government at the weekend unfolded plans to distribute subsidised farm input to 8 million registered farmers during the 2014 farming season. The Director, Fertiliser, Federal Ministry of Agriculture a...
Zenith Bank Basketball League: Plateau Rock Upset Custom 35-32
Plateau women basketball team, Plateau Rock yesterday produced the first astonishing result in the ongoing 10th Zenith Bank national women basketball league with 35-32 defeat of Nigeria Customs Service basketba...
Plateau women basketball team, Plateau Rock yesterday produced the first astonishing result in the ongoing 10th Zenith Bank national women basketball league with 35-32 defeat of Nigeria Customs Service basketba...
2014-03-22
Immigration job tragedy: How poor safety measures, planning worsen candidates' fate
Nineteen Nigerian job seekers who left their homes to sit for the Nigerian Immigration Service recruitment examination on Saturday, March 15, 2014 died. They were trampled to death. Scores were also seriously i...
Nineteen Nigerian job seekers who left their homes to sit for the Nigerian Immigration Service recruitment examination on Saturday, March 15, 2014 died. They were trampled to death. Scores were also seriously i...
He Doesn't Respect My Parents - Woman * My In-Laws Fond of Interference - Man
A housewife, Kaosarat Saheed, has told an Ilorin Area Court in Kwara State that her husband, Shehu Saheed, has no regard and respect for her parents. Thirty-year-old Kaosarat, wh...
A housewife, Kaosarat Saheed, has told an Ilorin Area Court in Kwara State that her husband, Shehu Saheed, has no regard and respect for her parents. Thirty-year-old Kaosarat, wh...
2 Police Officers Jailed Over 800,000 Naira Bribe
Two Police officers attached to the Criminal Investigation Department of the Nigeria Police Force, Kwara State command, Ilorin, have been convicted and jailed for bribery. The two accused persons: Alih Tenimu...
Two Police officers attached to the Criminal Investigation Department of the Nigeria Police Force, Kwara State command, Ilorin, have been convicted and jailed for bribery. The two accused persons: Alih Tenimu...
Oba Cup: Kwara in good start
Defending champions of the on-going YSFON organised Oba Erediuwa Cup for U-13 boys, Kwara State, has continued to show class in the competition when they defeated hard fighting Enugu State counterparts 2-0 to brighte...
Defending champions of the on-going YSFON organised Oba Erediuwa Cup for U-13 boys, Kwara State, has continued to show class in the competition when they defeated hard fighting Enugu State counterparts 2-0 to brighte...
LSN honours KWASU VC
IN recognition of his distinguished scholarship and services to the Literary Society of Nigeria (LSN), the Vice-Chancellor of Kwara State University (KWASU) Malete, Professor AbdulRasheed Na’Allah has been indu...
IN recognition of his distinguished scholarship and services to the Literary Society of Nigeria (LSN), the Vice-Chancellor of Kwara State University (KWASU) Malete, Professor AbdulRasheed Na’Allah has been indu...
Omu-Aran: Court sentneces man to 27 months imprisonment for obstructing FRSC officer
An Omu-Aran Area Court in Kwara on Friday sentenced a 29-year-old man, Lukman Raji, to 27 months imprisonment for unlawful obstruction and criminal intimidation. The convict, a resident of Oke-Esa Compound in...
An Omu-Aran Area Court in Kwara on Friday sentenced a 29-year-old man, Lukman Raji, to 27 months imprisonment for unlawful obstruction and criminal intimidation. The convict, a resident of Oke-Esa Compound in...
Agric can create 25m jobs in five years - Gov Ahmed
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has urged the Federal Government to urgently formulate special financial policy that supports development of agric business in the country. If the potentials in the secto...
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has urged the Federal Government to urgently formulate special financial policy that supports development of agric business in the country. If the potentials in the secto...
2014-03-21
Kwara Transfer Equity in Finance Bank to Harmony Holdings
Kwara State Government is to transfer its 10 percent equity in the Kwara Commercial Micro-finance Bank (KWCMB) to Harmony Holdings in order to make the bank more viable. The government also directed the Minis...
Kwara State Government is to transfer its 10 percent equity in the Kwara Commercial Micro-finance Bank (KWCMB) to Harmony Holdings in order to make the bank more viable. The government also directed the Minis...
Kwara Evacuates Students from UNIMAID
Following several cases of insurgency in Borno state, the Kwara State Government on Thursday dispatched a delegation to Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, to evacuate its students at the University of Maiduguri. ...
Following several cases of insurgency in Borno state, the Kwara State Government on Thursday dispatched a delegation to Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, to evacuate its students at the University of Maiduguri. ...
Interview: Saraki is not the issue in Kwara - Belgore
MR Mohammed Dele Belgore, SAN, contested the Kwara State governorship election on the platform of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in the 2011 general elections. In this interview, Belgore explains why he...
MR Mohammed Dele Belgore, SAN, contested the Kwara State governorship election on the platform of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in the 2011 general elections. In this interview, Belgore explains why he...
'My Wife Attacks Me Whenever I Ask Her for Food', Man Tells Court
Mohammed Alao of Amilegbe Area, Ilorin, Kwara, on Thursday told an Ilorin Area Court that his wife, Aminat Alao, attacked him whenever he asked for food. He, therefore, prayed the court to dissolve the three-...
Mohammed Alao of Amilegbe Area, Ilorin, Kwara, on Thursday told an Ilorin Area Court that his wife, Aminat Alao, attacked him whenever he asked for food. He, therefore, prayed the court to dissolve the three-...
Northern Governors to Host American Investors
Chairman of Northern Governors' Forum, Mu'azu Babangida Aliyu of Niger State, will in May lead other northern governors to host an investment summit of visiting American investors eager to solve the problem of terror...
Chairman of Northern Governors' Forum, Mu'azu Babangida Aliyu of Niger State, will in May lead other northern governors to host an investment summit of visiting American investors eager to solve the problem of terror...
JNI, Middle Belt Differ On Attacks By Fulani Herdsmen
The Middle Belt Dialogue (MBD), an association of professionals and new breed politicians in the Middle Belt, yesterday disagreed with the Jama'atu Nasril Islam (JNI), an umbrella organisation of northern Muslims ove...
The Middle Belt Dialogue (MBD), an association of professionals and new breed politicians in the Middle Belt, yesterday disagreed with the Jama'atu Nasril Islam (JNI), an umbrella organisation of northern Muslims ove...
Motorists lament fuel scarcity in Kwara
The Kwara State Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Alhaji Isa Ore, has lamented the seemingly unending fuel scarcity in the state, urging the federal and state governments to make avail...
The Kwara State Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Alhaji Isa Ore, has lamented the seemingly unending fuel scarcity in the state, urging the federal and state governments to make avail...
Presidency plotting Saraki's removal - APC
The Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday said it had uncovered a plot by the Presidency to remove the former governor and Senator representing Kwara Central in the National Assembly, D...
The Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday said it had uncovered a plot by the Presidency to remove the former governor and Senator representing Kwara Central in the National Assembly, D...
2014-03-20
Recruitment Tragedy: So what if Moro is sacked?
If a poll were to be taken today to weigh public opinion on whether the Minister of Interior Affairs, Abba Moro, should be sacked for the stampede that occurred during the Nigeria Immigration Service job test, the ma...
If a poll were to be taken today to weigh public opinion on whether the Minister of Interior Affairs, Abba Moro, should be sacked for the stampede that occurred during the Nigeria Immigration Service job test, the ma...
'Govt Won't Burden Kwarans With Tax'
Kwara State Government has said despite dwindling allocation, the state was not considering the option of increasing tax, assuring that the administration's contract with Kwarans is not to burden them with tax. ...
Kwara State Government has said despite dwindling allocation, the state was not considering the option of increasing tax, assuring that the administration's contract with Kwarans is not to burden them with tax. ...
Kwara gov bags awards in UK
Kwara State Governor Dr. Abdul-fatah Ahmed received two awards for exceptional performance in office at the Nigerian centennial celebrations in London last week, a statement from Raheem Adedoyin, his Special Ad...
Kwara State Governor Dr. Abdul-fatah Ahmed received two awards for exceptional performance in office at the Nigerian centennial celebrations in London last week, a statement from Raheem Adedoyin, his Special Ad...
Shonga: A booming commercial farming
Undoubtedly the Zimbabwean farming initiative is a model example of large scale commercial farming operated in Kwara State, North Central Nigeria. The initiative which was the brain child of former Governor Bukola Sa...
Undoubtedly the Zimbabwean farming initiative is a model example of large scale commercial farming operated in Kwara State, North Central Nigeria. The initiative which was the brain child of former Governor Bukola Sa...
Uncertainty Beclouds Kwara's Political Future
In view of the superiority battle between the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party in Kwara State, the future seems so uncertain for both camps. By all standards, the Ilorin, Kwara State...
In view of the superiority battle between the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party in Kwara State, the future seems so uncertain for both camps. By all standards, the Ilorin, Kwara State...
Defection - Court Gives 'Rebel' Govs Seven Days to Respond to PDP's Motion
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday, gave the five Peoples Democratic Party, PDP governors, who defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC, seven days to reply to a fresh motion that was filed by the...
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday, gave the five Peoples Democratic Party, PDP governors, who defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC, seven days to reply to a fresh motion that was filed by the...
North Not Against Jonathan's 2015 Ambition - Arch. Ashiru
Architect Lola Ashiru, was a chieftain of the defunct ACN and a former senatorial candidate in Kwara South. Having defected to the PDP, he, in this interview with newsmen said the PDP will win in Kwara State inspite ...
Architect Lola Ashiru, was a chieftain of the defunct ACN and a former senatorial candidate in Kwara South. Having defected to the PDP, he, in this interview with newsmen said the PDP will win in Kwara State inspite ...
Kwara Immigration Repatriates Nine Nigeriens
Kwara State Command of the Nigerian Immigration Service yesterday repatriated nine Nigeriens who were said to have entered the country without necessary documents. The suspects, who were arrested at Tan...
Kwara State Command of the Nigerian Immigration Service yesterday repatriated nine Nigeriens who were said to have entered the country without necessary documents. The suspects, who were arrested at Tan...
Rainstorm renders Offa and Oyun LG communities homeless
Many people in Offa and Oyun Local Government areas of Kwara State have been rendered homeless by rainstorm that hit the communities in the areas on Tuesday. The rainstorm, apart from blowing off roofs o...
Many people in Offa and Oyun Local Government areas of Kwara State have been rendered homeless by rainstorm that hit the communities in the areas on Tuesday. The rainstorm, apart from blowing off roofs o...
Synergy will enhance development - Dr. Adedimeji
Acting Director, Centre for Peace and Strategic Studies, CPSS, University of Ilorin, Dr. Mahfouz Adedimeji, has reiterated that unless synergy is forged between the academic community and the larger public, ther...
Acting Director, Centre for Peace and Strategic Studies, CPSS, University of Ilorin, Dr. Mahfouz Adedimeji, has reiterated that unless synergy is forged between the academic community and the larger public, ther...
CP seeks collaboration with varsity to combat crimes
Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Ambrose Aisabor, has called for collaboration between the police and universities in the country in fighting crime, noting that most crimes are committed by undergraduates a...
Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Ambrose Aisabor, has called for collaboration between the police and universities in the country in fighting crime, noting that most crimes are committed by undergraduates a...
Igbomina urges delegates to live up to expectation
President, Orisun-Igbomina, a socio-cultural group of the people of Southern part of Kwara State, Chief Gbenga Awoyale, has urged delegates to the National Conference to justify their nominations into the program...
President, Orisun-Igbomina, a socio-cultural group of the people of Southern part of Kwara State, Chief Gbenga Awoyale, has urged delegates to the National Conference to justify their nominations into the program...
Karatekas due in Ilorin
Over five hundred karatekas drawn from 36 states and Abuja would converge in Ilorin, Kwara State for the maiden edition of the Pillar of Sports, National Men and Women Open Karate Championship holding from March 26 t...
Over five hundred karatekas drawn from 36 states and Abuja would converge in Ilorin, Kwara State for the maiden edition of the Pillar of Sports, National Men and Women Open Karate Championship holding from March 26 t...
Kwara shuts aviation school with 150 students
The Kwara State Government on Wednesday shut down an illegal aviation school near Giri Alimi Roundabout in Ilorin, the state capital. The institution, which is just a few kilometer away ...
The Kwara State Government on Wednesday shut down an illegal aviation school near Giri Alimi Roundabout in Ilorin, the state capital. The institution, which is just a few kilometer away ...
Press Release: APC warns Presidency on plot against Bukola Saraki
The Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has reliably gathered of a clandestine move by the Presidency in collaboration with Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, of an orchestrated plot to remove from Na...
The Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has reliably gathered of a clandestine move by the Presidency in collaboration with Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, of an orchestrated plot to remove from Na...
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