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2014-01-06
Provost urges FG to allow colleges of education to offer degree programmes
The management of the College of Education IIorin, on Sunday appealed to the Federal Government to allow state colleges of education to offer degree programmes in the country. The Provost of the co...
The management of the College of Education IIorin, on Sunday appealed to the Federal Government to allow state colleges of education to offer degree programmes in the country. The Provost of the co...
Miyetti Allah group decries attacks on members
The Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, a Fulani socio-cultural association, yesterday expressed concern over incessant attacks on its members in some parts of the country, urging states and the federal government to take...
The Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, a Fulani socio-cultural association, yesterday expressed concern over incessant attacks on its members in some parts of the country, urging states and the federal government to take...
Rivers dominate 2014 Maryam Babangida Tennis tourney
The third edition of the annual Maryam Babangida Memorial National Junior Tennis Championship ended yesterday at the Minna Sports Club, Niger State with Fortune Aniso and Godsgift Timibra both of Rivers State emerging ...
The third edition of the annual Maryam Babangida Memorial National Junior Tennis Championship ended yesterday at the Minna Sports Club, Niger State with Fortune Aniso and Godsgift Timibra both of Rivers State emerging ...
Doctors call off planned Jan 6 strike
Doctors have suspended a strike planned for January 6 to give federal government room to implement agreements both signed at a meeting last Thursday in hopes of aver...
Doctors have suspended a strike planned for January 6 to give federal government room to implement agreements both signed at a meeting last Thursday in hopes of aver...
Presidency Shops for Tukur's Replacement
The Presidency has finally moved against the National Chairman of People's Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, as it is now certain that it is shopping for his replacement. Reliable sources told Vang...
The Presidency has finally moved against the National Chairman of People's Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, as it is now certain that it is shopping for his replacement. Reliable sources told Vang...
Central African Republic: FG Evacuates 1,277 Nigerians From War-Torn Central African Republic
The Federal Government has so far evacuated 1,277 Nigerians stranded in crisis-torn Central African Republic, CAR. The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, which disclosed this in Abuja yesterday, said...
The Federal Government has so far evacuated 1,277 Nigerians stranded in crisis-torn Central African Republic, CAR. The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, which disclosed this in Abuja yesterday, said...
Centenary: Where Are Nigeria's 6,500 Artefacts Worth N313bn?
Nigeria is famous for the large body of ancient artefacts of her rich cultural heritage. Created by various ethnic groups from time immemorial, these artefacts were an integral part of the peoples' cultures in ...
Nigeria is famous for the large body of ancient artefacts of her rich cultural heritage. Created by various ethnic groups from time immemorial, these artefacts were an integral part of the peoples' cultures in ...
APC: Ekiti People, Monarchs Hail Saraki, Ahmed
The people of Ekiti local government area of Kwara State have applauded the defection of Governor Abdulfattah Ahmed and Senator Bukola Saraki to the All Progressives Congress (APC). They expressed...
The people of Ekiti local government area of Kwara State have applauded the defection of Governor Abdulfattah Ahmed and Senator Bukola Saraki to the All Progressives Congress (APC). They expressed...
Opinion: APC and a Shrinking PDP By Dapo Thomas
The PDP never expected the All Progressives Congress (APC) to become the behemoth that it is today. It unwisely underrated the resilience and resolve of the founders of the party to collapse their differences and fac...
The PDP never expected the All Progressives Congress (APC) to become the behemoth that it is today. It unwisely underrated the resilience and resolve of the founders of the party to collapse their differences and fac...
Defected PDP Govs, Old APC Govs Have Same Rights - Lai Mohammed
The leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday clarified that it does not have discriminatory practices which preclude new members from to the advantage of founding members, saying all leaders of the...
The leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday clarified that it does not have discriminatory practices which preclude new members from to the advantage of founding members, saying all leaders of the...
Defected PDP Govs Are Not State Leaders - APC
Contrary to the stand of five former governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) that they are automatic leaders of the opposition party in their states, the AP...
Contrary to the stand of five former governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) that they are automatic leaders of the opposition party in their states, the AP...
2014-01-05
Kwara Inaugurates AbdulWahab Isa Committee On Upgrade Of Monarchs
The Kwara State government has inaugurated a committee on upgrade of traditional rulers in the state. A former member of the House of Representatives, Alh. AbdulWahab Isa is the chairman of the committee....
The Kwara State government has inaugurated a committee on upgrade of traditional rulers in the state. A former member of the House of Representatives, Alh. AbdulWahab Isa is the chairman of the committee....
Tension as fetish object found at Ilorin Central Mosque
There was tension in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital yesterday when a fetish object suspected to be atonement was found at the premises of the popular Ilorin Jumaat Central Mosque. Investigations revealed that the obj...
There was tension in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital yesterday when a fetish object suspected to be atonement was found at the premises of the popular Ilorin Jumaat Central Mosque. Investigations revealed that the obj...
Impunity forced us out of PDP - Rep Rafiu Ibrahim
Rep Rafiu Ibrahim (APC, Kwara) has explained that the seemingly unending “reign of impunity” in the Bamanga Tukur led-Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) forced some members of the House of Representatives to jo...
Rep Rafiu Ibrahim (APC, Kwara) has explained that the seemingly unending “reign of impunity” in the Bamanga Tukur led-Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) forced some members of the House of Representatives to jo...
Kwara wants to get rid of Saraki - Belgore
A one-time governorship candidate of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria in Kwara State, Mr. Dele Belgore (SAN), who is now a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, says in this interview withSuccess...
A one-time governorship candidate of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria in Kwara State, Mr. Dele Belgore (SAN), who is now a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, says in this interview withSuccess...
Opinion: Remembering Muyideen Akanbi Mustafa Opobiyi Two Years After. By Mashood Salman
By Mashood Salman For a while, I stood just a few inches to the pedestrian walkway close to the North Western access to the Mrs Fuel Filling Station located at the Emirs Road – Murtala Mohd Way intersection. ...
By Mashood Salman For a while, I stood just a few inches to the pedestrian walkway close to the North Western access to the Mrs Fuel Filling Station located at the Emirs Road – Murtala Mohd Way intersection. ...
Opinion - Nigeria: Of Political Parties and Alliances. By Babatunde Rosanwo
The high point of political party discussion for 2013 in Nigeria was the emergence of the All Progressive Congress (APC), the outcome of a merger between Nigeria’s four largest opposition parties. Subsequently ...
The high point of political party discussion for 2013 in Nigeria was the emergence of the All Progressive Congress (APC), the outcome of a merger between Nigeria’s four largest opposition parties. Subsequently ...
Crisis looms in APC over power sharing
Despite its growing acceptability within the country’s political circle, all appears not to be well with the All Progressives Congress as a crisis over power sharing and control is brewing in the party. ...
Despite its growing acceptability within the country’s political circle, all appears not to be well with the All Progressives Congress as a crisis over power sharing and control is brewing in the party. ...
My Limitless will wow Nigerians - Yinka Sax
Born and raised in Ilorin, Kwara State in the late 70s, Olayinka Owolabi, popularly known as Yinka Sax, chats to City Voice about life in music and as a gospel artiste. Do yo...
Born and raised in Ilorin, Kwara State in the late 70s, Olayinka Owolabi, popularly known as Yinka Sax, chats to City Voice about life in music and as a gospel artiste. Do yo...
UNILORIN'S VC. PROF. AMBALI GETS NANFS' GOOD LEADERSHIP AWARD
The National Association of Nigerian Female Students (NANFS) has described the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali, as “a role model of accountability in public service, a silent ...
The National Association of Nigerian Female Students (NANFS) has described the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali, as “a role model of accountability in public service, a silent ...
APC: Aggrieved PDP senators to defect after break
Aggrieved Peoples Democratic Party senators said on Friday they had made up their minds to formally defect to the All Progressives Congress whenever the Senate resumed from its current Christmas/ New year holidays....
Aggrieved Peoples Democratic Party senators said on Friday they had made up their minds to formally defect to the All Progressives Congress whenever the Senate resumed from its current Christmas/ New year holidays....
KWSG orders stoppage of work on hotel building
The kwara State Government at the weekend ordered stoppage of work on the on-going construction of a three-storey Hotel building located at Government Residential Area (GRA), Ilorin for allegedly flouting regulations...
The kwara State Government at the weekend ordered stoppage of work on the on-going construction of a three-storey Hotel building located at Government Residential Area (GRA), Ilorin for allegedly flouting regulations...
New face of opposition in Kwara
While the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State under the leadership of Bukola Saraki recorded a landslide victory in the 2011 general election in the state with the governorship seat, a...
While the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State under the leadership of Bukola Saraki recorded a landslide victory in the 2011 general election in the state with the governorship seat, a...
Cabinet reshuffle: Stakeholders call for continuity in sports
Stakeholders have called for continuity in the nation’s sports sector as speculations are rife over President Goodluck Jonathan’s planned cabinet reshuffle which may be total. ...
Stakeholders have called for continuity in the nation’s sports sector as speculations are rife over President Goodluck Jonathan’s planned cabinet reshuffle which may be total. ...
Power Sharing set to Tear APC apart? ...as PDP decampee Governors others flex muscle
There are indications that all may not be well with the All Progressives Congress as a crisis over power sharing and control is brewing in the party. Investigation by Saturday PUNCH showed that the ...
There are indications that all may not be well with the All Progressives Congress as a crisis over power sharing and control is brewing in the party. Investigation by Saturday PUNCH showed that the ...
ABS unveil squad on Monday
The Nigeria National League (NNL) side, ABS will on Monday announce the names of the 30 players signed for the 2013/14 season. The llorin-based side lost a record 24 players from their fold to various clubs f...
The Nigeria National League (NNL) side, ABS will on Monday announce the names of the 30 players signed for the 2013/14 season. The llorin-based side lost a record 24 players from their fold to various clubs f...
ABS FC OPENS MEDICAL BAY FOR PLAYERS AND OFFICIALS
Nigeria National League side, Abubakar Bukola Saraki Football of Ilorin has opened a medical bay for it's players and officials ahead of the new football season. The Bay which is located at the secretaria...
Nigeria National League side, Abubakar Bukola Saraki Football of Ilorin has opened a medical bay for it's players and officials ahead of the new football season. The Bay which is located at the secretaria...
Will this railway carry us home?
Rail as a means of transportation in Nigeria is gradually being resuscitated by the President Jonathan administration after failed attempts by successive governments. In this piece, TADE MAKINDE report...
Rail as a means of transportation in Nigeria is gradually being resuscitated by the President Jonathan administration after failed attempts by successive governments. In this piece, TADE MAKINDE report...
2014-01-04
Divided PDP Postpones BoT, NEC Meetings
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which has been plagued by internal crisis has postponed its Board of Trustees and the National Executive Committee meetings earlier planned for January 7 and 8. The BoT meet...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which has been plagued by internal crisis has postponed its Board of Trustees and the National Executive Committee meetings earlier planned for January 7 and 8. The BoT meet...
Saraki can't be our leader, Kwara APC chieftains
An end to the crisis created within All Progressive Party (APC) in Kwara State, with the defection former Governor of the state, Bukola Saraki, the incumbent Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed and their supporters from th...
An end to the crisis created within All Progressive Party (APC) in Kwara State, with the defection former Governor of the state, Bukola Saraki, the incumbent Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed and their supporters from th...
'Every woman is expected to make meaningful contributions in the home'
Alhaja Iyaduni Yusuf is the Deputy Managing Director, Kam Industries Ltd, Ilorin, Kwara State. In this interview with Tunde Oyekola, she speaks on her background, marriage, among other issues....
Alhaja Iyaduni Yusuf is the Deputy Managing Director, Kam Industries Ltd, Ilorin, Kwara State. In this interview with Tunde Oyekola, she speaks on her background, marriage, among other issues....
G5 Defection: Tasks before PDP - GF
WITH the defection of five governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) and claims that more governors may leave soon, the leadership of the PDP Governors Forum (P...
WITH the defection of five governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) and claims that more governors may leave soon, the leadership of the PDP Governors Forum (P...
Kwara Utd Supporters Drum Support for Unuanel
The Chairmen of Kwara Utd Supporters Club and Fans Club have dissociated themselves from an online publication that they reject the Technical Adviser of the Club, Samson Unuanel, saying that no official of the Suppor...
The Chairmen of Kwara Utd Supporters Club and Fans Club have dissociated themselves from an online publication that they reject the Technical Adviser of the Club, Samson Unuanel, saying that no official of the Suppor...
TRIBUTE TO JUSTICE SAIDU KAWU
The rank of retired Supreme Court Justices in Nigeria was further depleted following the death of Justice Saidu Kawu in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. Kawu died on Wednesday, last week at the age of 85 afte...
The rank of retired Supreme Court Justices in Nigeria was further depleted following the death of Justice Saidu Kawu in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. Kawu died on Wednesday, last week at the age of 85 afte...
We don't need Saraki to win elections in Kwara state - APC Leader
Investigation has revealed that the politicians who defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC from the Peoples Democratic Party, were locked in a supremacy battle with some leaders of the three political parties...
Investigation has revealed that the politicians who defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC from the Peoples Democratic Party, were locked in a supremacy battle with some leaders of the three political parties...
Saraki is a listening leader - Amao
Akeem Amao hails from Ojoku in Oyun Local Government Area of Kwara State. He ventured into Real Estate and Auto business in the United Kingdom before relocating to Nigeria two years ago. In this interview wi...
Akeem Amao hails from Ojoku in Oyun Local Government Area of Kwara State. He ventured into Real Estate and Auto business in the United Kingdom before relocating to Nigeria two years ago. In this interview wi...
2014-01-03
Opinion: The Kwara I Envision. By Benjamin 'Dairo Oyinloye
By Benjamin 'Dairo Oyinloye When I listed my interest to contest for the Governorship election under the Labour Party, Kwara in 2011 race, a path that delivered me the gubernatorial ticket of the party but whos...
By Benjamin 'Dairo Oyinloye When I listed my interest to contest for the Governorship election under the Labour Party, Kwara in 2011 race, a path that delivered me the gubernatorial ticket of the party but whos...
Challenges before Kwara Youth farmers
The Malete Youth Integrated Training Farm Centre established by the Kwara State Government was started in 2005 during the tenure of Governor Bukola Saraki. The initiative was a major plank of Saraki's agricultural re...
The Malete Youth Integrated Training Farm Centre established by the Kwara State Government was started in 2005 during the tenure of Governor Bukola Saraki. The initiative was a major plank of Saraki's agricultural re...
Kwara govt. to construct 4 comprehensive health centres
The Kwara Government said on Thursday that it would construct four comprehensive health centres in the state this year. This is contained in the 2014 appropriation bill recently presented by Go...
The Kwara Government said on Thursday that it would construct four comprehensive health centres in the state this year. This is contained in the 2014 appropriation bill recently presented by Go...
Cleric Decries Rising Rape Cases
Grand Mukadam of Ilorin, Sheikh Sulaiman Dan Bornu, has expressed concern over the increase in rape cases, especially of children, and urged the government to urgently wade in to check it. "We urge the g...
Grand Mukadam of Ilorin, Sheikh Sulaiman Dan Bornu, has expressed concern over the increase in rape cases, especially of children, and urged the government to urgently wade in to check it. "We urge the g...
Obasanjo/Jonathan rift, governors' defection, National Conference, others to shape Nigeria's politics in 2014
ANALYSIS As Nigeria moves towards the 2015 general elections, several factors could influence and determine the country's leadership, growth, and politics in 2014. Festus Owete reviews how these factors...
ANALYSIS As Nigeria moves towards the 2015 general elections, several factors could influence and determine the country's leadership, growth, and politics in 2014. Festus Owete reviews how these factors...
Religious Leaders Task Nigerians On National Challenges
Some religious leaders in Omu-Aran, Kwara yesterday urged Nige-rians to reflect on the significance of the New Year celebration and collectively proffer solutions to the nation's challenges. The leaders made ...
Some religious leaders in Omu-Aran, Kwara yesterday urged Nige-rians to reflect on the significance of the New Year celebration and collectively proffer solutions to the nation's challenges. The leaders made ...
No plan to increase fuel price - FG
The Federal Government on Thursday said it has no plan to increase the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise known as fuel, from its current rate of N97 per litre. The Permanent Secretary, Federal Minis...
The Federal Government on Thursday said it has no plan to increase the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise known as fuel, from its current rate of N97 per litre. The Permanent Secretary, Federal Minis...
Strike: Jonathan agrees to meet doctors' demands
President Goodluck Jonathan has agreed to meet the demands of the Nigeria Medical Association in order to avert an industrial action scheduled to commence on January 6. One of the major demands of the NMA tha...
President Goodluck Jonathan has agreed to meet the demands of the Nigeria Medical Association in order to avert an industrial action scheduled to commence on January 6. One of the major demands of the NMA tha...
Opinion: APC - the Limit of Audacity By Ugonna Edward Uwakwe
Every move made thus far by the promoters of the All Progressive Congress (APC) since the idea of constructing a mega-party to give the PDP a run for its money was first mooted has been bold and audacious. Against in...
Every move made thus far by the promoters of the All Progressive Congress (APC) since the idea of constructing a mega-party to give the PDP a run for its money was first mooted has been bold and audacious. Against in...
Senators' Planned Defection Threatens Senate Leadership
If ongoing efforts by Senate President David Mark to halt the planned defection of senators from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) fail, the PDP stands the chance of losing its...
If ongoing efforts by Senate President David Mark to halt the planned defection of senators from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) fail, the PDP stands the chance of losing its...
Insecurity: Banks threaten total shutdown in Kwara
The Ilorin Office of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, on Thursday demanded the intervention of Kwara Government in curtailing the increasing spate of armed attacks on banks in the state. The Branch Controlle...
The Ilorin Office of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, on Thursday demanded the intervention of Kwara Government in curtailing the increasing spate of armed attacks on banks in the state. The Branch Controlle...
Opinion: Kwara PDP and Their Political Nightmare. By Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode
By Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode All men are great in their dreams but the reality narrows the competition. People who suffer from the personality disorder lack dream activity. It is impossible to dream when u are snor...
By Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode All men are great in their dreams but the reality narrows the competition. People who suffer from the personality disorder lack dream activity. It is impossible to dream when u are snor...
Kwara Speaker tasks Nigerians on nation building
The Speaker of the Kwara StateHouse of Assembly, Mr Rasaq Atunwa, has charged Nigerians to always put national interest above parochial consideration for more development to be attained....
The Speaker of the Kwara StateHouse of Assembly, Mr Rasaq Atunwa, has charged Nigerians to always put national interest above parochial consideration for more development to be attained....
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