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2013-01-10
LG Staff Retrenchment: Kwara Government Debunks Rumour
Kwara State government has debunked the rumour speculating round the state that the state government has retrenched some staff of Ilorin east local government. The state Commissioner for Information and Communi...
Kwara State government has debunked the rumour speculating round the state that the state government has retrenched some staff of Ilorin east local government. The state Commissioner for Information and Communi...
Patigi: FG Gives Assurance of Total Rehabilitation of Flood Victims, Reconstruction of Infrastructure
The Federal Government has assured flood victims across the country of its determination to reconstruct infrastructure damaged by the flood rehabilitation. Mr Tunde Lemo, the Deputy Governor of the Central Bank...
The Federal Government has assured flood victims across the country of its determination to reconstruct infrastructure damaged by the flood rehabilitation. Mr Tunde Lemo, the Deputy Governor of the Central Bank...
UNILORIN Hails Supreme Court Verdict on Reinstated Lecturers
The University of Ilorin yesterday hailed Sunday's verdict of the Supreme Court in the suit filed by the University's sacked but reinstated lecturers. Justice Mahmud Mohammed of the Apex Court had in the ruling...
The University of Ilorin yesterday hailed Sunday's verdict of the Supreme Court in the suit filed by the University's sacked but reinstated lecturers. Justice Mahmud Mohammed of the Apex Court had in the ruling...
Nigerian Journalists Most Poorly Paid, Says Banji Sarumoh
Mr Banji Sarumoh, the General Manager, Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Ilorin, said that Nigerian journalists had the worst conditions of service in the world. Sarumoh made the statement on Wednesday in Ilorin at a...
Mr Banji Sarumoh, the General Manager, Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Ilorin, said that Nigerian journalists had the worst conditions of service in the world. Sarumoh made the statement on Wednesday in Ilorin at a...
Ritualists Mutilate Body of 3-yr-old Girl in Ilorin
The sight of the mutilated body of a three-year-old girl, Aliya Usman, killed by suspected ritualists, yesterday, threw residents of Ile Onigboro, Ita Elefun, Ita Ogunbo, Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara St...
The sight of the mutilated body of a three-year-old girl, Aliya Usman, killed by suspected ritualists, yesterday, threw residents of Ile Onigboro, Ita Elefun, Ita Ogunbo, Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara St...
We Won't Reinstate LG Chair - Kwara
• Says Supreme Court verdict has no effect Kwara State Government said it was not possible to reinstate a council chairman removed from office seven years ago as ordered by the Su...
• Says Supreme Court verdict has no effect Kwara State Government said it was not possible to reinstate a council chairman removed from office seven years ago as ordered by the Su...
2013-01-09
Opinion: The Subsidy Scam and the #OccupyNigeria anniversary: Part 1
By Wale Bakare The memories of the January 1st 2012 announcement to remove the subsidy on fuel will forever remain fresh amongst Nigerians for many reasons. This is the New Year (2013) marking the anniversary of that...
By Wale Bakare The memories of the January 1st 2012 announcement to remove the subsidy on fuel will forever remain fresh amongst Nigerians for many reasons. This is the New Year (2013) marking the anniversary of that...
Opinion: Economic Boost Through Cargo Terminal
By Rotimi Ogungbola Lately, forecasts predict that the current number of all-cargo terminals worldwide will be more than double over the next twenty years, spurred on by trends of a growing recognition of the transac...
By Rotimi Ogungbola Lately, forecasts predict that the current number of all-cargo terminals worldwide will be more than double over the next twenty years, spurred on by trends of a growing recognition of the transac...
Unilorin to Commence Production of Bottled Water
To generate more funds, the University of Ilorin will soon start production of bottled water for public consumption. The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali, disclosed this on Tuesday w...
To generate more funds, the University of Ilorin will soon start production of bottled water for public consumption. The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali, disclosed this on Tuesday w...
Flood: Ahmed Wants Dredging, Dike Around River Niger
The Kwara state government yesterday suggested that to avoid incessant flood disasters in Nigeria, the Federal Government needs to construct a dike as well as dredge the River Niger to channel the river towards the sea...
The Kwara state government yesterday suggested that to avoid incessant flood disasters in Nigeria, the Federal Government needs to construct a dike as well as dredge the River Niger to channel the river towards the sea...
Kwara Trains 1,500 Youths on Entrepreneurship
The Kwara state government, in collaboration with the state university yesterday commenced entrepreneurship training for 1,500 unemployed youths in the state. Speaking during the flag off of the programme in ...
The Kwara state government, in collaboration with the state university yesterday commenced entrepreneurship training for 1,500 unemployed youths in the state. Speaking during the flag off of the programme in ...
Press Release: Supreme Court judgment on the sacked Ekiti LG chairman, attack on CPC secretariat
Below is the text of a press release by Kwara ACN. Yesterday, Monday Jan 7, the Supreme Court in a unanimous judgment handed down a sharp rebuke to the illegalities, corruption and impunities of the Bukola Saraki year...
Below is the text of a press release by Kwara ACN. Yesterday, Monday Jan 7, the Supreme Court in a unanimous judgment handed down a sharp rebuke to the illegalities, corruption and impunities of the Bukola Saraki year...
NURTW Clash: Kwara Police Vow to Deal with Trouble Makers
The Kwara State Police Command yesterday said its quick intervention suppressed the fracas between two transport groups in Offa and Erinle in Offa and Oyun Local Government Areas of Kwara state. The command has...
The Kwara State Police Command yesterday said its quick intervention suppressed the fracas between two transport groups in Offa and Erinle in Offa and Oyun Local Government Areas of Kwara state. The command has...
Ahmed Warns Against Students' Late Resumption
Kwara state government has reaffirmed its commitment to the provision of adequate infrastructure for educational institutions in the state to create the necessary conducive atmosphere for learning. Governor Ab...
Kwara state government has reaffirmed its commitment to the provision of adequate infrastructure for educational institutions in the state to create the necessary conducive atmosphere for learning. Governor Ab...
ACN Hails Candidate's Victory in Kwara
The Kwara State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria has described as a victory for democracy, the Supreme Court's unanimous judgment reinstating the sacked chairman of Ekiti Local Government of Kwara State, Mr. D...
The Kwara State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria has described as a victory for democracy, the Supreme Court's unanimous judgment reinstating the sacked chairman of Ekiti Local Government of Kwara State, Mr. D...
Ahmed Promises Infrastructural Development in Schools
The Kwara State Government has reaffirmed its commitment to the provision of adequate infrastructure for educational institutions in the state to create the necessary conducive atmosphere for learning. The Sta...
The Kwara State Government has reaffirmed its commitment to the provision of adequate infrastructure for educational institutions in the state to create the necessary conducive atmosphere for learning. The Sta...
NURTW Denies Involvement in Offa/Erin-Ile Clash
The National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Kwara State has denied involvement of its members in the violent clash that occurred between Offa and Erin-Ile communities last Saturday. In a statemen...
The National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Kwara State has denied involvement of its members in the violent clash that occurred between Offa and Erin-Ile communities last Saturday. In a statemen...
2013-01-08
Offa, Erin-Ile Motorparks Relocated
The Offa and Erin-Ile branches of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) have been ordered to vacate their present positions and relocate their motor parks to the previous locations in both towns with imm...
The Offa and Erin-Ile branches of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) have been ordered to vacate their present positions and relocate their motor parks to the previous locations in both towns with imm...
Indiscipline, Lack of Data, Bane of Tertiary Education - Oloyede
Immediate-past Chairman, Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, has said that the major problem of Nigeria’s tertiary institutions is not inadequate funding but lack of disc...
Immediate-past Chairman, Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, has said that the major problem of Nigeria’s tertiary institutions is not inadequate funding but lack of disc...
Former Commissioner Tasks Anti-Graft Agencies on Corruption
Alhaji Nurudeen Mohammed, a former Commissioner for Finance in Kwara, has urged the nation's anti-graft commissions to intensify their efforts at tackling corruption to engender development. Mohammed, who state...
Alhaji Nurudeen Mohammed, a former Commissioner for Finance in Kwara, has urged the nation's anti-graft commissions to intensify their efforts at tackling corruption to engender development. Mohammed, who state...
We'll Form Merger to Defeat PDP in Kwara - CPC
The Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, yesterday disclosed a merger plan by the opposition parties to wrest power from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kwara State. Speaking with members of the Correspo...
The Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, yesterday disclosed a merger plan by the opposition parties to wrest power from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kwara State. Speaking with members of the Correspo...
Kwara CPC Petitions Police over Destruction of Office
The Kwara State chapter of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) has petitioned the state's Police Commissioner, Chinwuke Asadu, over alleged unprovoked destruction of the office complex of the party at Kamaldeen S...
The Kwara State chapter of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) has petitioned the state's Police Commissioner, Chinwuke Asadu, over alleged unprovoked destruction of the office complex of the party at Kamaldeen S...
Road Encroachment: Kwara Town Planning Warns Residents
Following the demolish of illegal extension of over 5,000 shops for road encroachment along Muritala-Maraba and old Jebba roads in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, residents of the State have been advised to desist f...
Following the demolish of illegal extension of over 5,000 shops for road encroachment along Muritala-Maraba and old Jebba roads in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, residents of the State have been advised to desist f...
34,000 UNILORIN Students Vie for 3,000 Bed Spaces
Accommodation crisis has hit the University of Ilorin with 34,000 students vying for 3,000 available bed spaces. However, UNILORIN Vice-Chancellor AbdulGaniyu Ambali told reporters in Ilorin on Sunday that effo...
Accommodation crisis has hit the University of Ilorin with 34,000 students vying for 3,000 available bed spaces. However, UNILORIN Vice-Chancellor AbdulGaniyu Ambali told reporters in Ilorin on Sunday that effo...
Be Reasonable, Supreme Court Tells Unilorin Lecturers
The Supreme Court Sunday in Abuja advised University of Ilorin's sacked but reinstated lecturers to be reasonable in their demand for allowances based on a June 12, 2009 Supreme Court judgment which voided their dismi...
The Supreme Court Sunday in Abuja advised University of Ilorin's sacked but reinstated lecturers to be reasonable in their demand for allowances based on a June 12, 2009 Supreme Court judgment which voided their dismi...
2013-01-07
NSCDC Nabs 5 Suspected Vandals, Marks 10yrs
The anti-vandal squad team of Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has arrested a five-member criminal gang of pipeline vandalism syndicate terrorising the state. Head of ...
The anti-vandal squad team of Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has arrested a five-member criminal gang of pipeline vandalism syndicate terrorising the state. Head of ...
Ahmed Pledges to Make Kwara Less Dependent on FG
The Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has reiterated the desire to ensure that the state is less dependent on "the increasingly inadequate federal allocation". Speaking at a five-day retreat for the ne...
The Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has reiterated the desire to ensure that the state is less dependent on "the increasingly inadequate federal allocation". Speaking at a five-day retreat for the ne...
Kwara SUBEB Spends N872M on Projects - Daibu
The Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) said it had spent N872 million on the construction and renovation of schools so far. The Chairman of the board, Alhaji Lanre Daibu, who disclosed this on ...
The Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) said it had spent N872 million on the construction and renovation of schools so far. The Chairman of the board, Alhaji Lanre Daibu, who disclosed this on ...
Nigeria Police Avert Clash in Offa
The Mobile Police Unit in Offa, near Ilorin, on Sunday averted a communal clash between two neighbouring communities in Offa and Erin-Ile in Kwara. A disagreement between members of the National Union of Road T...
The Mobile Police Unit in Offa, near Ilorin, on Sunday averted a communal clash between two neighbouring communities in Offa and Erin-Ile in Kwara. A disagreement between members of the National Union of Road T...
Elerin Urges Re-Orientation of Value System
A traditional ruler in Kwara State, the Elerin of Erin-Ile, Oba AbdulGaniyu Ajibola Olusokun II, has called for a re-orientation among Nigerians on the nation's value system so as to overcome the problems confronting t...
A traditional ruler in Kwara State, the Elerin of Erin-Ile, Oba AbdulGaniyu Ajibola Olusokun II, has called for a re-orientation among Nigerians on the nation's value system so as to overcome the problems confronting t...
NLC Cautions Against Altering Pension Reform Act
Vice President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Issa Aremu, has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to jealously guide against any alteration in the Pension Reform Act of 2004. Aremu, at the weekend in his ...
Vice President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Issa Aremu, has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to jealously guide against any alteration in the Pension Reform Act of 2004. Aremu, at the weekend in his ...
Kwara Flood Victims Get Relief Materials from Donors
Kwara State Government at the weekend delivered relief materials worth several millions of naira, which it said donor agencies and other reputable organisations donated to the victims of flood disasters in the state....
Kwara State Government at the weekend delivered relief materials worth several millions of naira, which it said donor agencies and other reputable organisations donated to the victims of flood disasters in the state....
No Communal Clash in Kwara Says Secretary to Government
Kwara State Government said on Sunday said that there was no communal clash in any of the communities in the state. Isiaka Gold, the Secretary to the State Government, made the clarification in a statement signed by th...
Kwara State Government said on Sunday said that there was no communal clash in any of the communities in the state. Isiaka Gold, the Secretary to the State Government, made the clarification in a statement signed by th...
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