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2013-07-25
CIV v NIG: Ganiyu Ogungbe, others dropped
Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi has dropped six players including injured striker Gambo Mohammed for this weekend's African Nations Championship clash in Cote d'Ivoire. Mohammed, who opened scoring when the Eagle...
Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi has dropped six players including injured striker Gambo Mohammed for this weekend's African Nations Championship clash in Cote d'Ivoire. Mohammed, who opened scoring when the Eagle...
Senator Saraki receives certificate of appreciation on the Bagega remediation project
PRESS RELEASE The Chairman Senate Committee on Environment and Ecology, Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki representing Kwara Central Senatorial District has received a Certificate of Appreciation from the TERRAG...
PRESS RELEASE The Chairman Senate Committee on Environment and Ecology, Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki representing Kwara Central Senatorial District has received a Certificate of Appreciation from the TERRAG...
Journalist seeks help
An Abuja-based journalist, Mr Yahaya Taidi, is dying of kidney failure, but N7million could save him. He is to undergo kidney transplantation in India, even as his health condition continues to worsen. Th...
An Abuja-based journalist, Mr Yahaya Taidi, is dying of kidney failure, but N7million could save him. He is to undergo kidney transplantation in India, even as his health condition continues to worsen. Th...
Baruten expends N70m on projects
Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara State has committed over N70 million of its excess crude oil fund to projects across the council. Speaking with journalists during a projects' i...
Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara State has committed over N70 million of its excess crude oil fund to projects across the council. Speaking with journalists during a projects' i...
2013-07-24
Belgore mourns Kwara NAN Correspondent, Shola Owolabi
Kwara ACN chieftain Mohammed Dele Belgore SAN has commiserated with the family, friends and colleagues of Shola Owolabi, a correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who died in an auto crash on Sunday in Ilorin,...
Kwara ACN chieftain Mohammed Dele Belgore SAN has commiserated with the family, friends and colleagues of Shola Owolabi, a correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who died in an auto crash on Sunday in Ilorin,...
Shettima of Ilorin, Abubakar Lah, dies at 101
The late Shettima of Ilorin, Alhaji Abubakar Lah, until his death on Sunday always wished that Nigeria will return to the way it used to be during the colonial days when things were "organised", his eldest ...
The late Shettima of Ilorin, Alhaji Abubakar Lah, until his death on Sunday always wished that Nigeria will return to the way it used to be during the colonial days when things were "organised", his eldest ...
LG polls: Kwara PDP prunes down aspirants
The number of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chairmanship aspirants for the forthcoming local government elections in Kwara State have reduced drastically due to recent directives to political officeholders eyeing th...
The number of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chairmanship aspirants for the forthcoming local government elections in Kwara State have reduced drastically due to recent directives to political officeholders eyeing th...
10,000 women get USAID-funded surgeries
The Federal Government on Tuesday disclosed that Nigeria has the highest incidence of Vesico Vaginal Fistula in the world, with an estimated 400,000 to 800,000 patients. The government also put the number of ...
The Federal Government on Tuesday disclosed that Nigeria has the highest incidence of Vesico Vaginal Fistula in the world, with an estimated 400,000 to 800,000 patients. The government also put the number of ...
Some lecturers can't communicate well - Dons
The pioneer Vice-Chancellor of Osun State University, Prof. Sola Akinrinade, a former Dean, Faculty of Agriculture, Obafemi Awolowo University, Prof. Funso Sonaiya and a former Head of Department, Foreign...
The pioneer Vice-Chancellor of Osun State University, Prof. Sola Akinrinade, a former Dean, Faculty of Agriculture, Obafemi Awolowo University, Prof. Funso Sonaiya and a former Head of Department, Foreign...
PHCN: Successor companies to create 16,200 jobs
The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has said that no fewer than 16,200 jobs will be provided in the state by successor companies of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria. He reiterated the gover...
The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has said that no fewer than 16,200 jobs will be provided in the state by successor companies of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria. He reiterated the gover...
Letter - Re: N10m tools, gifts for Kwara constituents
I don't know the exact problem, we always appreciate a previous regime more than the present one. Hon Ali Ahmad that we voted for, has spent more than 2 years and there has been nothing done regarding getting employm...
I don't know the exact problem, we always appreciate a previous regime more than the present one. Hon Ali Ahmad that we voted for, has spent more than 2 years and there has been nothing done regarding getting employm...
NUJ mourns member
The Correspondents' Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Kwara State Chapter, has described the death of its Assistant Secretary, Mr. Olusola Owolabi, as shocking and a colossal loss. Mr. Owolabi,...
The Correspondents' Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Kwara State Chapter, has described the death of its Assistant Secretary, Mr. Olusola Owolabi, as shocking and a colossal loss. Mr. Owolabi,...
ASUU disowns UNILORIN chapter chairman
As more controversies trail the ongoing strike by ASUU, members of the Ilorin zone of the union have disowned another university lecturer, who is also a contentious c...
As more controversies trail the ongoing strike by ASUU, members of the Ilorin zone of the union have disowned another university lecturer, who is also a contentious c...
Ministry Predicts Heavy Rains In Kwara and other 23 States
The Federal Ministry of Environment has predicted heavy rainfall in 24 states that may cause floods between Tuesday (yesterday) and Saturday. In a statement signed by Mr Ekong Ekanem, Deputy Director, Erosion...
The Federal Ministry of Environment has predicted heavy rainfall in 24 states that may cause floods between Tuesday (yesterday) and Saturday. In a statement signed by Mr Ekong Ekanem, Deputy Director, Erosion...
ASUU strike: Affected Kwara students invited for bursary awards
Indigenes of Kwara State in North West Zone of the Country who are yet to receive their 2011/2012 Bursary Award due to the ongoing ASUU strike have been adviced to report to the Kwara State Scholarship Board as from Th...
Indigenes of Kwara State in North West Zone of the Country who are yet to receive their 2011/2012 Bursary Award due to the ongoing ASUU strike have been adviced to report to the Kwara State Scholarship Board as from Th...
Lecturer laments lack of modern research facilities, funding
A lecturer at the College of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin, Dr. Oluwole Busayo Akinola, has said that inadequate funding and obsolete facilities constitute impediments to research in Nigeria. Akinola,...
A lecturer at the College of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin, Dr. Oluwole Busayo Akinola, has said that inadequate funding and obsolete facilities constitute impediments to research in Nigeria. Akinola,...
NPL: The New Goal Machine
Mfon Udoh of Akwa United with 5 goals in 3 games is currently the most potent forward in the Nigeria Premier League 2012/2013 season after week 22 games. Mfon capitalised on the drawback of Rabiu Ali, Oghenekaro Eteb...
Mfon Udoh of Akwa United with 5 goals in 3 games is currently the most potent forward in the Nigeria Premier League 2012/2013 season after week 22 games. Mfon capitalised on the drawback of Rabiu Ali, Oghenekaro Eteb...
Gov Ahmed, Atunwa, stakeholders mourn Shola Owolabi
The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has described the death of a correspondent of News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in the State, Mr. Shola Owolabi as shocking. Governor Ahmed in a statement issued...
The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has described the death of a correspondent of News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in the State, Mr. Shola Owolabi as shocking. Governor Ahmed in a statement issued...
N10m tools, gifts for Kwara constituents
A member of the House of Representatives representing Ilorin East/South Federal constituency in Kwara State, Dr. Ali Ahmad has spent N10 million on youth empowerment and Ramadan gifts to his constituent members and P...
A member of the House of Representatives representing Ilorin East/South Federal constituency in Kwara State, Dr. Ali Ahmad has spent N10 million on youth empowerment and Ramadan gifts to his constituent members and P...
NEMA presents relief materials to kwara communal clash victims
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Tuesday presented relief materials to victims of the Offa and Erin-IIe communal clash in Kwara The materials were presented to the Kwara Government in ...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Tuesday presented relief materials to victims of the Offa and Erin-IIe communal clash in Kwara The materials were presented to the Kwara Government in ...
We are adequately prepared - Kwara SIEC boss
Chairman of the Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission (KWASIEC), Alhaji Uthman Abdulrahman Ajidagba , recently spoke with journalists on the forthcoming local government elections in the state. Biola Aze...
Chairman of the Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission (KWASIEC), Alhaji Uthman Abdulrahman Ajidagba , recently spoke with journalists on the forthcoming local government elections in the state. Biola Aze...
2013-07-23
'Blame Jonathan for Rivers crisis'
All Progressives Congress (APC) Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed spoke with reporter in Oro, Irepodun Local Government Area, Kwara State on the crisis in Rivers State. Corresponde...
All Progressives Congress (APC) Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed spoke with reporter in Oro, Irepodun Local Government Area, Kwara State on the crisis in Rivers State. Corresponde...
Dialogue, not force will stop terrorism, says don
A Professor of Islamic Studies, Is'haq Akintola, has again urged the Federal Government to dialogue with members of the Boko Haram sect instead of using force against them. Akintola, who is the Dean of Arts, ...
A Professor of Islamic Studies, Is'haq Akintola, has again urged the Federal Government to dialogue with members of the Boko Haram sect instead of using force against them. Akintola, who is the Dean of Arts, ...
Our position on Offa LG rerun - KWASIEC chairman
Local government elections in Kwara State have been slated for October 26 .Chairman of the state independent electoral commission, Dr. Uthman Abdulrahman Ajidagba, in this interview explains how...
Local government elections in Kwara State have been slated for October 26 .Chairman of the state independent electoral commission, Dr. Uthman Abdulrahman Ajidagba, in this interview explains how...
Why we increased nomination fees for LG polls-KWASIEC
Chairman of Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission (KWASIEC), Dr. Uthman Abdulrahman Ajidagba has explained that the N250, 000 approved as nomination fee for chairmanship candidates in the forthcoming local gov...
Chairman of Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission (KWASIEC), Dr. Uthman Abdulrahman Ajidagba has explained that the N250, 000 approved as nomination fee for chairmanship candidates in the forthcoming local gov...
Senator Bukola Saraki Pleased With ABS FC Merit Award
Senator Abubakar Bukola CON representing Kwara Central has expressed his delight at the feat recorded so far by Abubakar Bukola Saraki Football Club, ABS FC, Ilorin and the recognition on the Special Merit Award conf...
Senator Abubakar Bukola CON representing Kwara Central has expressed his delight at the feat recorded so far by Abubakar Bukola Saraki Football Club, ABS FC, Ilorin and the recognition on the Special Merit Award conf...
Kwara Governor Takes Step To Improve State Finance, Youth Empowerment
The Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed has expressed his readiness to promote skill acquisition and youth empowerment through issuing of loans to Kwarans for them to be self-reliant and employers of labour. ...
The Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed has expressed his readiness to promote skill acquisition and youth empowerment through issuing of loans to Kwarans for them to be self-reliant and employers of labour. ...
2013-07-22
Saraki Pleased with ABS FC Merit Award
Senator Abubakar Bukola CON representing Kwara Central has expressed his delight at the feat recorded so far by Abubakar Bukola Saraki Football Club, ABS FC, Ilorin and the recognition on the Special Merit A...
Senator Abubakar Bukola CON representing Kwara Central has expressed his delight at the feat recorded so far by Abubakar Bukola Saraki Football Club, ABS FC, Ilorin and the recognition on the Special Merit A...
Journalist dies in auto crash
Mr. Olusola Owolabi, a correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin, died in a motor accident along Offa Garage Road in the city on Sunday night. An eyewitness said the deceased's car s...
Mr. Olusola Owolabi, a correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin, died in a motor accident along Offa Garage Road in the city on Sunday night. An eyewitness said the deceased's car s...
Grand Khadi Makes Case for Orphans, Widows
Grand Khadi of the Kwara State Sharia Court of Appeal, Justice Idris Haroun, at the weekend called for collective efforts to address the plight of orphans and widows in Nigeria. He said if such people are lef...
Grand Khadi of the Kwara State Sharia Court of Appeal, Justice Idris Haroun, at the weekend called for collective efforts to address the plight of orphans and widows in Nigeria. He said if such people are lef...
Pregnant woman arrested for killing first husband
Thirty-year-old pregnant woman, Fatimoh Issa, has been arrested by the Kwara State Police Command for allegedly killing her first husband, Issa Yunusa, 48. Our correspondent gathered on Sunday that Yunusa was...
Thirty-year-old pregnant woman, Fatimoh Issa, has been arrested by the Kwara State Police Command for allegedly killing her first husband, Issa Yunusa, 48. Our correspondent gathered on Sunday that Yunusa was...
'Politicians' greed, fraud hinder development - Senator Ajibola
The lawmaker representing Kwara South Senatorial District, Senator Simeon Ajibola, has urged politicians to stop campaign of calumny so as to advance the nation's democracy. Also, a judge of Shari...
The lawmaker representing Kwara South Senatorial District, Senator Simeon Ajibola, has urged politicians to stop campaign of calumny so as to advance the nation's democracy. Also, a judge of Shari...
Kwara to commence contributory pension scheme
The Governor of Kwara State, Dr. Abdulfatah Ahmed, said he had concluded arrangements for the take-off of the Contributory Pension Scheme. A statement from Head, Communication Unit, PenCom, Emeka Onuora, said...
The Governor of Kwara State, Dr. Abdulfatah Ahmed, said he had concluded arrangements for the take-off of the Contributory Pension Scheme. A statement from Head, Communication Unit, PenCom, Emeka Onuora, said...
Kwara SIEC says LG poll will be credible
The Kwara Independent Electoral Commission said it had started preparations to ensure credible and acceptable local government election on Oct. 26. The chairman of the commission, Dr AbdulRahman Ajidagba, sta...
The Kwara Independent Electoral Commission said it had started preparations to ensure credible and acceptable local government election on Oct. 26. The chairman of the commission, Dr AbdulRahman Ajidagba, sta...
Shettima of Ilorin passes on
The Shettima of Ilorin, Alhaji Abubakar Lah died in Ilorin, Kwara State Capital yesterday. The deceased has been buried according to Islamic rite. He was a former Chairman of the...
The Shettima of Ilorin, Alhaji Abubakar Lah died in Ilorin, Kwara State Capital yesterday. The deceased has been buried according to Islamic rite. He was a former Chairman of the...
Kwara earmarks N20m to train youths at NAPTIN
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has approved over N20 million for the sponsorship of 15 graduates from the state to study at the National Power Training Institute of Nigeria (NAPTIN), Abuja....
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has approved over N20 million for the sponsorship of 15 graduates from the state to study at the National Power Training Institute of Nigeria (NAPTIN), Abuja....
Omeruo's brace nails Kwara Utd
A first half brace by Christain Omeruo and a goal from David Alaba saw Sunshine Stars stroll past visiting Kwara United 3-1 in a Week 22 match of the Globalcom Premier League decided at the Akure Township Stadium on Sunda...
A first half brace by Christain Omeruo and a goal from David Alaba saw Sunshine Stars stroll past visiting Kwara United 3-1 in a Week 22 match of the Globalcom Premier League decided at the Akure Township Stadium on Sunda...
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