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2013-10-12
Nationwide security alert over Boko Haram •Prayer grounds, recreation parks, malls in focus •Public warned to be wary of wrapped gifts
-We’re ready for any eventuality –Army Four days to the celebration of the Eid-el-Kabir festival, the Federal Government has put all security forces on nationwide security alert. ...
-We’re ready for any eventuality –Army Four days to the celebration of the Eid-el-Kabir festival, the Federal Government has put all security forces on nationwide security alert. ...
Evacuate Flood Prone Areas Now - NEMA Warns Kwara Residents
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has asked residents of some parts of Ilorin, in Kwara state to vacate their residences, as the volume of water in rivers across the country would soon rise an...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has asked residents of some parts of Ilorin, in Kwara state to vacate their residences, as the volume of water in rivers across the country would soon rise an...
Eid-El Kabir: Veterinarian Warns Muslims Against Buying Unhealthy Rams
A veterinary officer at the Kwara Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mr Mutalib Lawal, has warned Muslims against buying unhealthy rams for slaughtering during the Eid-El Kabir celebration. Lawal to...
A veterinary officer at the Kwara Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mr Mutalib Lawal, has warned Muslims against buying unhealthy rams for slaughtering during the Eid-El Kabir celebration. Lawal to...
Ahmed Commissions Press Centre
In fulfillment of his promise to media practitioners in Kwara State on assumption of office in 2011, Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed recently completed and the commissioned the ultra-modern Press Centre of the state chapter ...
In fulfillment of his promise to media practitioners in Kwara State on assumption of office in 2011, Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed recently completed and the commissioned the ultra-modern Press Centre of the state chapter ...
2013-10-11
NFA banishes Kwara United to Lokoja
The Emergency Committee of the Nigeria Football Association (NFA) on Thursday ordered Kwara United FC of Ilorin to play its remaining home matches in the 2012/2013 Premier League season in Lokoja. The decisio...
The Emergency Committee of the Nigeria Football Association (NFA) on Thursday ordered Kwara United FC of Ilorin to play its remaining home matches in the 2012/2013 Premier League season in Lokoja. The decisio...
17 die, 10 injured in multiple auto-crashes in Kwara
No fewer than 17 people, all adult males, reported died following multiple auto-crashes on the Ilorin-New Jebba Road on Friday. The accident was said to have occurred about 3.30am at Peke Village which&nbs...
No fewer than 17 people, all adult males, reported died following multiple auto-crashes on the Ilorin-New Jebba Road on Friday. The accident was said to have occurred about 3.30am at Peke Village which&nbs...
Gov. Ahmed mourns Solomon Lar
Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed described the death of Chief Lar as a national loss. Ahmed, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Alhaji Abdulwahab Oba, noted that the demise of the elder statesm...
Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed described the death of Chief Lar as a national loss. Ahmed, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Alhaji Abdulwahab Oba, noted that the demise of the elder statesm...
ABS duo urge team mates to fight back
ABS duo of Ismaila Suleiman and Abubakar Yusuf have admonished their team-mates not to be deterred in their push for premier league survival as they visit Enyimba of Aba in a Globacom Premier League Matchday 36 tie....
ABS duo of Ismaila Suleiman and Abubakar Yusuf have admonished their team-mates not to be deterred in their push for premier league survival as they visit Enyimba of Aba in a Globacom Premier League Matchday 36 tie....
Dialogue Or We Expose You, NANS Threatens ASUU
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has threatened to expose the real issues behind the industrial action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The N...
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has threatened to expose the real issues behind the industrial action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The N...
House orders investigation of KWARTMA's operations
The Kwara State House of Assembly yesterday mandated its Committee on Energy, Works and Transport to conduct a comprehensive investigation into the operations of the state road traffic management authority (KWARTMA)....
The Kwara State House of Assembly yesterday mandated its Committee on Energy, Works and Transport to conduct a comprehensive investigation into the operations of the state road traffic management authority (KWARTMA)....
SON threatens to shut non-standard firms
The Director-General, Standards Organisations of Nigeria, Dr. Joseph Odumodu, has threatened to shut down firms that contravene SON's Mandatory Conformity Assessment Programme. He stated that SON would continue...
The Director-General, Standards Organisations of Nigeria, Dr. Joseph Odumodu, has threatened to shut down firms that contravene SON's Mandatory Conformity Assessment Programme. He stated that SON would continue...
Rebel governors, others suffer double setback
The New Peoples Democratic Party has suffered a double blow as its quest to have Dr. Bamanga Tukur sacked and be recognised by the authentic PDP have been rejected by th...
The New Peoples Democratic Party has suffered a double blow as its quest to have Dr. Bamanga Tukur sacked and be recognised by the authentic PDP have been rejected by th...
Mrs Ahmed advocates renewed interest in girls' education
Wife of the Kwara State Governor, Mrs. Omolewa Ahmed, has called for a redirection in recognition of the importance of training and empowering the girl child for life's challenges in line with global trends. ...
Wife of the Kwara State Governor, Mrs. Omolewa Ahmed, has called for a redirection in recognition of the importance of training and empowering the girl child for life's challenges in line with global trends. ...
2013-10-10
Eid-el-Kabir: Tuesday and Wednesday Declared Holidays
The Federal Government has announced October 15 and 16, next week Tuesday andWednesday, as public holidays. This is to enable Muslims celebrate the Eid-el-Kabir festival which comes up on Tuesday, O...
The Federal Government has announced October 15 and 16, next week Tuesday andWednesday, as public holidays. This is to enable Muslims celebrate the Eid-el-Kabir festival which comes up on Tuesday, O...
First Bank pensioners elect officials, to strike improved welfare package with bank.
An association of First Bank pensioners has elected a new set of officials and promised to strike improved welfare package with the bank for their members. The new President of the pensioners association, Alhaj...
An association of First Bank pensioners has elected a new set of officials and promised to strike improved welfare package with the bank for their members. The new President of the pensioners association, Alhaj...
ASUU denies hijack of strike by govt opponents
THE Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) yesterday said it was wrong for the Federal Government to claim that opponents of the government have hijacked its industrial action. Meanwhile, there are signals...
THE Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) yesterday said it was wrong for the Federal Government to claim that opponents of the government have hijacked its industrial action. Meanwhile, there are signals...
ASUU Warns Unilorin Against Sharing N987m Allowance
The University of Ilorin got the said amount as part of the N30bn released by the federal government to pay earned allowances to university staff. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) today warned the aut...
The University of Ilorin got the said amount as part of the N30bn released by the federal government to pay earned allowances to university staff. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) today warned the aut...
Armed Robbery Gang Remanded Over Murder Of Medical Doctor
Members of a five-man robbery gang were on Tuesday remanded by an Ilorin magistrate court. The gang was arrested in connection with the murder of one Adewumi Ariyo. The accused; Adewumi Kayode, Abiodun Ojulari,...
Members of a five-man robbery gang were on Tuesday remanded by an Ilorin magistrate court. The gang was arrested in connection with the murder of one Adewumi Ariyo. The accused; Adewumi Kayode, Abiodun Ojulari,...
Kwara Moves to Control House Rent
Kwara State government is plan-ning to control rent paid by tenants in the state. This comes as the Rent Control and Recovery of Premises Bill, 2013, passed second reading as the state House of Assembly yesterday. The...
Kwara State government is plan-ning to control rent paid by tenants in the state. This comes as the Rent Control and Recovery of Premises Bill, 2013, passed second reading as the state House of Assembly yesterday. The...
Opinion - Oba Abu: Our Hero, Their Nemesis. By Munir O. Maiyaki
By Munir O. Maiyaki We cannot live for ourselves alone. Our lives are connected by a thousand invisible threads, and along these sympathetic fibres, our actions run as causes and return to us as results. - HermanM...
By Munir O. Maiyaki We cannot live for ourselves alone. Our lives are connected by a thousand invisible threads, and along these sympathetic fibres, our actions run as causes and return to us as results. - HermanM...
Fulfilling Education MDGs in Kwara
Hammed Shittu writes on how Kwara State is setting the pace in the education sector, in its bid to empower the citizens and attain a vital Millennium Development Goal The importance of education in the...
Hammed Shittu writes on how Kwara State is setting the pace in the education sector, in its bid to empower the citizens and attain a vital Millennium Development Goal The importance of education in the...
Adieu Chief Solomon Daushep Lar - Saraki
Adieu Chief Solomon Daushep Lar- Former Governor of Plateau State and pioneer National Chairman of PDP. Again, a giant of high order has gone- Dr. Solomon Lar, a former executive governor of Plateau stat...
Adieu Chief Solomon Daushep Lar- Former Governor of Plateau State and pioneer National Chairman of PDP. Again, a giant of high order has gone- Dr. Solomon Lar, a former executive governor of Plateau stat...
Opinion: The Phenomenon Called Oba Abdulraheem. By Abdullahi M. Abdulmajeed
By Abdullahi M. Abdulmajeed There is a popular aphorism that postulates that an individual is either born a leader, made a leader or has leadership thrust upon him. But out of these three paradigms of lead...
By Abdullahi M. Abdulmajeed There is a popular aphorism that postulates that an individual is either born a leader, made a leader or has leadership thrust upon him. But out of these three paradigms of lead...
Court remands 5 over murder of medical doctor
An Ilorin Chief Magistrate's Court Tuesday remanded members of a five-man armed robbery gang arrested in connection with the murder of an Ilorin-based medical doctor, Adewumi Ariyo. The accused;Adewumi Kayode...
An Ilorin Chief Magistrate's Court Tuesday remanded members of a five-man armed robbery gang arrested in connection with the murder of an Ilorin-based medical doctor, Adewumi Ariyo. The accused;Adewumi Kayode...
We must uphold Solomon Lar's legacies - Saraki
Senator representing Kwara Central Senatorial district, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has added his voice to the nationwide condolence messages pouring in for late elder statesman, Chief Solomon Lar....
Senator representing Kwara Central Senatorial district, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has added his voice to the nationwide condolence messages pouring in for late elder statesman, Chief Solomon Lar....
National Youth Games Athletes urged to stay off drugs
Athletes from Kwara have been told to stay off drugs, ahead of the National Youth Games scheduled from Dec. 5 to Dec 15 in Abuja. Johnson Abiodun, the Head Coach, Kwara State Athletics Association, gave the w...
Athletes from Kwara have been told to stay off drugs, ahead of the National Youth Games scheduled from Dec. 5 to Dec 15 in Abuja. Johnson Abiodun, the Head Coach, Kwara State Athletics Association, gave the w...
Kwara United banishment:Ex-NPL member wants ruling reversed
• Says Wikki Tourist got same verdict • Kwara pull-out attempt to affect 13 teams Nigeria Premier League (NPL) former board membe...
• Says Wikki Tourist got same verdict • Kwara pull-out attempt to affect 13 teams Nigeria Premier League (NPL) former board membe...
We'll not succumb to blackmail, ASUU tells FG
The Academic Staff Union of Universities said on Wednesday that the Federal Government's resort to blackmail would not force it members back to the classroom. ASUU maintained that it would continue to s...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities said on Wednesday that the Federal Government's resort to blackmail would not force it members back to the classroom. ASUU maintained that it would continue to s...
PDP disciplinary panel can't try us -Rebel govs, others
Seven governors, who are members of theNew Peoples Democratic Party, have said there is no way the leadership of the old PDP can put them on trial for indiscipline or compel them to appear before its Di...
Seven governors, who are members of theNew Peoples Democratic Party, have said there is no way the leadership of the old PDP can put them on trial for indiscipline or compel them to appear before its Di...
Opinion:Kwara students' bursaries by Oyinloye Toheeb
Permit me to use this medium to express the dissatisfaction of students from Kwara State over the inability of the governor, AbdulFatai Ahmed, to pay our bursaries for the past two academic sessions. If truly the sta...
Permit me to use this medium to express the dissatisfaction of students from Kwara State over the inability of the governor, AbdulFatai Ahmed, to pay our bursaries for the past two academic sessions. If truly the sta...
Opinion:Police BCMR project by Olu Aina
It appears having the particulars of the owner of a vehicle have been proved insufficient for the police to tract down the offender. About 20 years ago in Ilorin, a vehicle ran into my own and the offender escaped....
It appears having the particulars of the owner of a vehicle have been proved insufficient for the police to tract down the offender. About 20 years ago in Ilorin, a vehicle ran into my own and the offender escaped....
2013-10-09
ASUU strike: FG is a failure - Union vows to continue protest
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has declared that it has lost confidence in the ability of the Federal Government to resolve the ongoing face-off between its body and the Federal government. A...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has declared that it has lost confidence in the ability of the Federal Government to resolve the ongoing face-off between its body and the Federal government. A...
Offa Legislature elects Principal Officers
The Legislature in Offa Local Government Council has elected principal officers and also held its Inaugural sitting with Hon. Wasiu Olaniyi Lawal from Shawo South East ward, emerging as Speaker. ...
The Legislature in Offa Local Government Council has elected principal officers and also held its Inaugural sitting with Hon. Wasiu Olaniyi Lawal from Shawo South East ward, emerging as Speaker. ...
Nigerians buy Sallah rams from Benin Republic
Some members of Nigerian border communities in Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara State are buying rams from Benin Republic barely a week ahead of this year's Eid-el-Kabir. The Eid-el-Kabir is the...
Some members of Nigerian border communities in Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara State are buying rams from Benin Republic barely a week ahead of this year's Eid-el-Kabir. The Eid-el-Kabir is the...
Kwara PDP flags-off LG election campaign
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP ) Kwara State Chapter would on Saturday, October 12, this year flag off her Local government Election Campaign in Ilorin, the Kwara State Capital. The official Flag off&nbs...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP ) Kwara State Chapter would on Saturday, October 12, this year flag off her Local government Election Campaign in Ilorin, the Kwara State Capital. The official Flag off&nbs...
ASUP begins nationwide strike, threatens prolonged action
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), on Sunday announced the commencement of a nationwide strike, effective Monday morning. The Union attributed its decision to what it described as government's n...
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), on Sunday announced the commencement of a nationwide strike, effective Monday morning. The Union attributed its decision to what it described as government's n...
National Dialogue: Let's unite, Tukur begs New PDP
The National Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, on Tuesday pleaded with the members of the New PDP to come back to enable the ruling party to present a united voice at ...
The National Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, on Tuesday pleaded with the members of the New PDP to come back to enable the ruling party to present a united voice at ...
Jonathan, rebel govs' rough road to peace
As the October 7 date for the planned meeting between President Goodluck Jonathan and the seven aggrieved Peoples Democratic Party governors came and passed without it holding, the battle for the soul of the part...
As the October 7 date for the planned meeting between President Goodluck Jonathan and the seven aggrieved Peoples Democratic Party governors came and passed without it holding, the battle for the soul of the part...
SMEDAN, MDI proffer solutions to graduate unemployment
The Kwara State Coordinator, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria, Mrs. Zainab Abdulmalik and the Coordinaor, Millennium Development Initiatives, Mr. Azubuike Emmanuel, have said that graduate u...
The Kwara State Coordinator, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria, Mrs. Zainab Abdulmalik and the Coordinaor, Millennium Development Initiatives, Mr. Azubuike Emmanuel, have said that graduate u...
FG to rehabilitate Jebba-Ilorin, Ilorin-Kabba roads
The Federal Government will soon embark on the rehabilitation/reconstruction of the Jebba-Ilorin and Ilorin-Kabba roads, the Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has said. During a monthly state gov...
The Federal Government will soon embark on the rehabilitation/reconstruction of the Jebba-Ilorin and Ilorin-Kabba roads, the Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has said. During a monthly state gov...
Heart disease patient solicits help
A few years ago when 35-year-old Murtala Saheed commenced his spray-painting business, little did he know that he would one day suffer from any cardiovascular disease. He is currently occupying a bed at the U...
A few years ago when 35-year-old Murtala Saheed commenced his spray-painting business, little did he know that he would one day suffer from any cardiovascular disease. He is currently occupying a bed at the U...
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