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2013-09-18
Rule violation: Two patent medicine stores shut in Ilorin
The pharmacy inspectorate committee set up by the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, Kwara State branch yesterday shut down two patent medicine stores at Gaa Akanbi and Danialu areas of Ilorin, the state capital....
The pharmacy inspectorate committee set up by the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, Kwara State branch yesterday shut down two patent medicine stores at Gaa Akanbi and Danialu areas of Ilorin, the state capital....
Dabarako tasks medics on behavioural change
Behavioural change of healthcare professionals has been identified as panacea to the successful implementation of quality service delivery in that sector. The Head of Service, Kwara State, Alhaji Dabarako Moh...
Behavioural change of healthcare professionals has been identified as panacea to the successful implementation of quality service delivery in that sector. The Head of Service, Kwara State, Alhaji Dabarako Moh...
KWSG trains 300 youths via ICT, mobile money
The Kwara State Government yesterday flagged off a five-day training exercise on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and mobile money for 300 selected youth drawn from across the three senatorial districts of t...
The Kwara State Government yesterday flagged off a five-day training exercise on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and mobile money for 300 selected youth drawn from across the three senatorial districts of t...
Kwara LG boss calls for peaceful co-existence among communities
The Chairman of Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, Mrs Bashirat Mohammed, has called for peaceful co-existence among communities in the area. Mohammed made the call at a stakeholder's forum organised ...
The Chairman of Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, Mrs Bashirat Mohammed, has called for peaceful co-existence among communities in the area. Mohammed made the call at a stakeholder's forum organised ...
Police parade fake doctor in Kwara
The Kwara State police command has paraded a suspected fake medical doctor, Oroware Omololu Adebayo, 31, who has allegedly been practising without required professional qualifications since 2012. Speaking wit...
The Kwara State police command has paraded a suspected fake medical doctor, Oroware Omololu Adebayo, 31, who has allegedly been practising without required professional qualifications since 2012. Speaking wit...
ARMTI Grants N4 Million Loan To Kwara Farming Communities
The Agriculture and Rural Management Training Institute (ARMTI) has given a N4 million naira loan to 4 farming communities via its newly launched Rural Development Initiative. According to ARMTI, the initiati...
The Agriculture and Rural Management Training Institute (ARMTI) has given a N4 million naira loan to 4 farming communities via its newly launched Rural Development Initiative. According to ARMTI, the initiati...
Offa Re-run Election Crisis, Dangerous Signal for 2015 Poll - CACOL
The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL) has commended the Councillorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Shawo South West ward in Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State, Mr. Afolabi Olawole, for...
The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL) has commended the Councillorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Shawo South West ward in Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State, Mr. Afolabi Olawole, for...
Kwara United tell Gombe United to stop chasing shadows
The Afonja Warriors say their Week 32 opponents should concentrate on the game and stop raising controversy by alleging referee bias Kwara United has advised Gombe United to stop chasing sha...
The Afonja Warriors say their Week 32 opponents should concentrate on the game and stop raising controversy by alleging referee bias Kwara United has advised Gombe United to stop chasing sha...
2013-09-17
ASUU Strike: NANS passes vote of no confidence on Jonathan
The National President, National Association of Nigerian Students, (NANS) said Monday Nigerian students have lost confidence in the administration of President Jonathan in revamping the educational sector t...
The National President, National Association of Nigerian Students, (NANS) said Monday Nigerian students have lost confidence in the administration of President Jonathan in revamping the educational sector t...
NANS Blames ASUU Strike for Increase in Crime Rate
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has linked the rising wave of crime in the last two months to the idleness of students, who are currently bearing the brunt of the strike embarked upon by the Acad...
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has linked the rising wave of crime in the last two months to the idleness of students, who are currently bearing the brunt of the strike embarked upon by the Acad...
campus Life:While ASUU strike continues by Kelechi Amakoh
Are you an undergraduate? Is your school observing the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)? Do you intend to make the remaining days of the strike productive? If yes, then this piece lays the co...
Are you an undergraduate? Is your school observing the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)? Do you intend to make the remaining days of the strike productive? If yes, then this piece lays the co...
Interview: How PDP Robbed Us in Offa LG Re-run Election - APC Candidate
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the recent rerun election in the Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State, Mr. Saheed Popoola, alleges that the PDP attempted to woo him, among other issues ...
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the recent rerun election in the Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State, Mr. Saheed Popoola, alleges that the PDP attempted to woo him, among other issues ...
Opinion:FRSC, don't arrest vehicle owners on new number plates by Idayat Kassim
I denounce the action of officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) who have started arresting vehicles that are yet to obtain the new number plate in some states. What surprises one with this new numb...
I denounce the action of officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) who have started arresting vehicles that are yet to obtain the new number plate in some states. What surprises one with this new numb...
Bank Manager, 3 Others Remanded For Fraud
The branch manager of Grooming Micro-Finance Bank, Ipata Market, Ilorin, Kwara State, northcentral Nigeria, Oyelade Oloyede Kazeem, has been remanded in prison custody along with three other staff of the bank f...
The branch manager of Grooming Micro-Finance Bank, Ipata Market, Ilorin, Kwara State, northcentral Nigeria, Oyelade Oloyede Kazeem, has been remanded in prison custody along with three other staff of the bank f...
Jonathan to governors: I didn't promise one term
President makes concessions to end PDP crises Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi is to be recalled from suspension, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) source told The Nation yesterday. ...
President makes concessions to end PDP crises Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi is to be recalled from suspension, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) source told The Nation yesterday. ...
'Kwara spends N7.2b on Federal road'
The Kwara State Government yesterday urged the Federal Government to approve its request to intervene on the reconstruction of the Kaiamma-Kishi Road, which goes across the state and Oyo. It also called for t...
The Kwara State Government yesterday urged the Federal Government to approve its request to intervene on the reconstruction of the Kaiamma-Kishi Road, which goes across the state and Oyo. It also called for t...
PDP crisis: Kwara women go spiritual
As crisis continues to rock the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), a group of women, numbering over 1,000 under the aegis of All Kwara Women Confederation, on Monday, organised an inter-denominational prayer session see...
As crisis continues to rock the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), a group of women, numbering over 1,000 under the aegis of All Kwara Women Confederation, on Monday, organised an inter-denominational prayer session see...
Kwara WOWICAN gives clothing materials, free medical test to 400 widows
About 400 widows were presented with clothing materials and free medical tests as part of 21st annual congress of Kwara State Chapter of Women's Wing of the Christian Association of Nigeria, (WOWICAN) empowerment ini...
About 400 widows were presented with clothing materials and free medical tests as part of 21st annual congress of Kwara State Chapter of Women's Wing of the Christian Association of Nigeria, (WOWICAN) empowerment ini...
2013-09-16
Jonathan, rebel govs agree to 'ceasefire' ... to meet again on Oct. 7 . New PDP treasurer quits
President Goodluck Jonathan and the aggrieved governors in the New Peoples Democratic Party have agreed to sheath their swords as they commence immediate action towards the resolution of...
President Goodluck Jonathan and the aggrieved governors in the New Peoples Democratic Party have agreed to sheath their swords as they commence immediate action towards the resolution of...
2013-09-15
Airtel invests $3.5bn on technology expansion nationwide
The Regional Operations Director, West region of Airtel, Mr. Oluwasegun Macaulay, has disclosed that, as at the end of March this year, the telecoms giant has invested a total sum of $3.5 billion on its technology expa...
The Regional Operations Director, West region of Airtel, Mr. Oluwasegun Macaulay, has disclosed that, as at the end of March this year, the telecoms giant has invested a total sum of $3.5 billion on its technology expa...
New PDP Chairman, Baraje Asks President Jonathan To order Reopening Of Its Offices In Abuja, Bayelsa, Rivers, Kwara And Kaduna
Chairman of the breakaway faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), known as the New PDP, Mr. Kawu Baraje, has called on Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan to reopen its office in Maitama, Abuja, th...
Chairman of the breakaway faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), known as the New PDP, Mr. Kawu Baraje, has called on Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan to reopen its office in Maitama, Abuja, th...
Court remands 4 bankers for N3.8m theft
Four employees of Grooming Microfinance Bank: Kazeem Oyelade, 32; Sulaiman Amuda, 39; Rotimi Adebusola, 37; and Odunayo Fashola, 33, were on Friday remanded by an Ilorin Magistrate Court for theft of N3.8 millio...
Four employees of Grooming Microfinance Bank: Kazeem Oyelade, 32; Sulaiman Amuda, 39; Rotimi Adebusola, 37; and Odunayo Fashola, 33, were on Friday remanded by an Ilorin Magistrate Court for theft of N3.8 millio...
PDP Crisis: Jonathan, aggrieved PDP governors meet today
In continuation of the trouble-shooting in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, President Goodluck Jonathan and the aggrieved governors might meet on Sunday night at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The governors...
In continuation of the trouble-shooting in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, President Goodluck Jonathan and the aggrieved governors might meet on Sunday night at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The governors...
Court dissolves 4-year marriage over husband's smoking habit
An Ilorin Area court on Tuesday dissolved the four-year-old marriage between one Toibat Bello and Kazeem Bello over the husband’s smoking habit. Toibat, 30, a resident of Edun Area, Ilorin, had earlier ...
An Ilorin Area court on Tuesday dissolved the four-year-old marriage between one Toibat Bello and Kazeem Bello over the husband’s smoking habit. Toibat, 30, a resident of Edun Area, Ilorin, had earlier ...
Medview Airlines commences airlift of 5,500 pilgrims from Lagos, Ilorin, Port Harcourt zones
Medview Airlines, one of the carriers designated to fly Muslim pilgrims to Saudi Arabia onSunday commenced airlifting of 517 pilgrims from the Lagos zone through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja....
Medview Airlines, one of the carriers designated to fly Muslim pilgrims to Saudi Arabia onSunday commenced airlifting of 517 pilgrims from the Lagos zone through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja....
Court ends 5-year-old marriage on battery charges
The five-year-old marriage between Remi Olaniyi and Olaniyi Dare was, on Monday, dissolved by an Ilorin Area Court for consistent battering. Remi, 31, who resides with her husband at Gambari Area of Ilorin, h...
The five-year-old marriage between Remi Olaniyi and Olaniyi Dare was, on Monday, dissolved by an Ilorin Area Court for consistent battering. Remi, 31, who resides with her husband at Gambari Area of Ilorin, h...
Many questions on Offa re-run election
After several weeks of fighting and mutual annihilation in the Offa/Oyun axis of Kwara State, not a few people feared that the local government re-run election fixed for Saturday, August 31, 2013 in Offa Local Govern...
After several weeks of fighting and mutual annihilation in the Offa/Oyun axis of Kwara State, not a few people feared that the local government re-run election fixed for Saturday, August 31, 2013 in Offa Local Govern...
I rejected PDP's N100m for Offa election - APC candidate
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the recent rerun election in the Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State, Mr. Saheed Popoola, in this interview, alleges that the PDP attempted to woo hi...
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the recent rerun election in the Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State, Mr. Saheed Popoola, in this interview, alleges that the PDP attempted to woo hi...
Kwara House Of Assembly Seeks End To ASUU Strike
Kwara State House of Assembly has urged the Federal Government to urgently resolve the face-off between it and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in the interest of the Nigerian students. Speake...
Kwara State House of Assembly has urged the Federal Government to urgently resolve the face-off between it and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in the interest of the Nigerian students. Speake...
Popoola is not worth being wooed with money - Kwara PDP
The Secretary, Kwara State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Yemi Afolayan, describes as a blatant lie the claim by the local government council chairmanship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in th...
The Secretary, Kwara State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Yemi Afolayan, describes as a blatant lie the claim by the local government council chairmanship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in th...
ASUU Strike: Baraje-led PDP faction goes spiritual
A factional chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Abubakar Baraje, has requested all members of the party worldwide to embark on seven days of fasting and prayers commencing from Monday, September 16 as one of...
A factional chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Abubakar Baraje, has requested all members of the party worldwide to embark on seven days of fasting and prayers commencing from Monday, September 16 as one of...
Living under the weight of debts, are these states guilty?
The Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC) stirred the hornet’s nest when it came out with a verdict recently that nine states of the federation are wallowing in debts and since then, arguments and counter-argume...
The Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC) stirred the hornet’s nest when it came out with a verdict recently that nine states of the federation are wallowing in debts and since then, arguments and counter-argume...
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