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2012-12-05
KWHA Summons Commissioner Over Parks in Ilorin ...Confirms Bamigbola as CJ
The Kwara State House of Assembly has directed the state Commissioner for Works and Transport, Dr. Amuda Kannike, to appear before it over the proliferation of motor parks in the IIorin metropolis. The Speake...
The Kwara State House of Assembly has directed the state Commissioner for Works and Transport, Dr. Amuda Kannike, to appear before it over the proliferation of motor parks in the IIorin metropolis. The Speake...
No More Rift Between Bukola, Gbemi, Says Uncle
Contrary to the view in some quarters that former Governor of Kwara State, Senator Bukola Saraki, and his sister, Senator Gbemisola Saraki do not see eye to eye, the immediate younger brother of their father, Alhaji Ab...
Contrary to the view in some quarters that former Governor of Kwara State, Senator Bukola Saraki, and his sister, Senator Gbemisola Saraki do not see eye to eye, the immediate younger brother of their father, Alhaji Ab...
Court Grants Woman Custody of Children
An estranged wife, Bola Abdullahi, on Wednesday secured the custody of the two children of her failed marriage. She told an Ilorin Area Court that her children, aged seven and two years, were being maltreated ...
An estranged wife, Bola Abdullahi, on Wednesday secured the custody of the two children of her failed marriage. She told an Ilorin Area Court that her children, aged seven and two years, were being maltreated ...
A Daughter's Reminiscences
Apart from being the first daughter of the family, Senator Gbemisola Saraki, shared an uncommon bond with her late father, Second Republic Senate Leader and strongman of Kwara State politics, Dr. Olusola Saraki, an aff...
Apart from being the first daughter of the family, Senator Gbemisola Saraki, shared an uncommon bond with her late father, Second Republic Senate Leader and strongman of Kwara State politics, Dr. Olusola Saraki, an aff...
N2.2bn Banquet Hall: Jonathan's Government is Wasteful - ACN
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has raised an alarm over what it described as the reckless extravagance of the Jonathan administration, which it fears, could plunge the country into bankruptcy if left unchecked....
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has raised an alarm over what it described as the reckless extravagance of the Jonathan administration, which it fears, could plunge the country into bankruptcy if left unchecked....
15 Million Nigerians Suffer from Chest-Related Diseases
No fewer than fifteen million Nigerians are currently suffering from asthma, tuberculosis and other chest related diseases. The national president of Nigerian Thoracic Society; Profess...
No fewer than fifteen million Nigerians are currently suffering from asthma, tuberculosis and other chest related diseases. The national president of Nigerian Thoracic Society; Profess...
The Oloye (1933 - 2012)
Beginning August 1, 1977, the New Nigerian ran a series of interviews I conducted for it with a number of candidates for elections into the Constituent Assembly (CA) that eventually authored the 1979 Constitution. The ...
Beginning August 1, 1977, the New Nigerian ran a series of interviews I conducted for it with a number of candidates for elections into the Constituent Assembly (CA) that eventually authored the 1979 Constitution. The ...
NSE Conference: Local Contractors to Execute Construction Projects Below N5b
From next year, all engineering and construction projects below N5 billion will be handled by Nigerian contractors with requisite capability, Minister for Works Mike Onolememen has said. He added that all contr...
From next year, all engineering and construction projects below N5 billion will be handled by Nigerian contractors with requisite capability, Minister for Works Mike Onolememen has said. He added that all contr...
FG Promises to Repair Kwara Roads
As part of the federal government efforts to ensure that most federal roads are motorable, the Minister of Works, Arch. Mike Onolememen has assured the people of Kwara State that major federal roads in the State, parti...
As part of the federal government efforts to ensure that most federal roads are motorable, the Minister of Works, Arch. Mike Onolememen has assured the people of Kwara State that major federal roads in the State, parti...
2012-12-04
A Farewell to Two Legends
What can anyone say now about Justice Kayode Eso and Dr Olusola Saraki, both recently deceased, that has not been said with greater eloquence and insight by persons who knew them closely? I met Eso only once, a...
What can anyone say now about Justice Kayode Eso and Dr Olusola Saraki, both recently deceased, that has not been said with greater eloquence and insight by persons who knew them closely? I met Eso only once, a...
Labour Force: Asset or Liability?
Last week, the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, caught the attention of Nigerians when he called for a 50 per cent job cut in the nation's workforce. UMAR BAYO ABDULWAHAB exa...
Last week, the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, caught the attention of Nigerians when he called for a 50 per cent job cut in the nation's workforce. UMAR BAYO ABDULWAHAB exa...
FG to Re-Introduce Toll Gates
The Federal Government on Monday in Ibadan reiterated its determination on the re-introduction and construction of toll gates on federal highways to guarantee their regular maintenance and sustainability. The M...
The Federal Government on Monday in Ibadan reiterated its determination on the re-introduction and construction of toll gates on federal highways to guarantee their regular maintenance and sustainability. The M...
Engineers Plan to Monitor Govt. Projects
WORRIED about persistent failed projects in the country, the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) has planned to step up the monitoring of on going government projects. Areas to be monitored include, building...
WORRIED about persistent failed projects in the country, the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) has planned to step up the monitoring of on going government projects. Areas to be monitored include, building...
Group Urges Kwara to Expedite Action on Land Policy
The Ilorin Solidarity Club, a sister organisation of the Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU), has urged the Kwara State government to expedite action on the abrogation of its land acquisition policy....
The Ilorin Solidarity Club, a sister organisation of the Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU), has urged the Kwara State government to expedite action on the abrogation of its land acquisition policy....
Employment Creation, Central to Transformation Agenda, Says Wogu
The Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Chukwuemeka Wogu has assured Nigerians that no worker would be sacked, stressing that the government was eager of creating more jobs for the people. Wogu who made ...
The Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Chukwuemeka Wogu has assured Nigerians that no worker would be sacked, stressing that the government was eager of creating more jobs for the people. Wogu who made ...
Eko 2012: MOC Bans Gombe Sports Commission's Boss for Violence Against Kwara
FOR inciting the fans against match officials during a football match at the ongoing National Sports Festival, the Chairman of Gombe State Sports Commission has been banned by the Main Organising Committee (MOC) of the...
FOR inciting the fans against match officials during a football match at the ongoing National Sports Festival, the Chairman of Gombe State Sports Commission has been banned by the Main Organising Committee (MOC) of the...
Gombe Storm Eko 2012 with Violence Against Kwara
Yaba Polytechnic football pitch on Monday turned to a battle ground as supporters of team Gombe descended on team Kwara football team beating their head Coach, Moshood Adebayo mercilessly. The melee started whe...
Yaba Polytechnic football pitch on Monday turned to a battle ground as supporters of team Gombe descended on team Kwara football team beating their head Coach, Moshood Adebayo mercilessly. The melee started whe...
Lack of Maintenance, Bane of Economic Growth, Says Gov Ahmed
The Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has identified lack of maintenance culture as a major bane of Nigeria's growth and development, just as he called on the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) to explore moda...
The Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has identified lack of maintenance culture as a major bane of Nigeria's growth and development, just as he called on the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) to explore moda...
Rivers Battles Kwara, Ogun Meets Delta in Badminton Semis
All is now set for the semi-final matches of the badminton event of the ongoing Eko 2012 Games. In the men's semi-finals pairings, Rivers will tackle Kwara and Ogun will confront Delta, while the women's event ...
All is now set for the semi-final matches of the badminton event of the ongoing Eko 2012 Games. In the men's semi-finals pairings, Rivers will tackle Kwara and Ogun will confront Delta, while the women's event ...
2012-12-03
Farmer Remanded for Killing Wife
A 65-year-old farmer, Musa Yusuf of Koshogi village, via Shonga, kwara State, who allegedly killed his wife, has been remanded at the Federal Prison, Oke-Kura, Ilorin. The accused was said to have on November 1...
A 65-year-old farmer, Musa Yusuf of Koshogi village, via Shonga, kwara State, who allegedly killed his wife, has been remanded at the Federal Prison, Oke-Kura, Ilorin. The accused was said to have on November 1...
Infant Sisters Perish in House Fire
Saturday was a black day for the Olanrewaju family of Gbabiabidun area of Opo-Malu Road in Ilorin South Local Government Area of Kwara State as its two infant daughters perished in a fire disaster that gutted their hom...
Saturday was a black day for the Olanrewaju family of Gbabiabidun area of Opo-Malu Road in Ilorin South Local Government Area of Kwara State as its two infant daughters perished in a fire disaster that gutted their hom...
HIV/AIDS: NAKSS Declare War Against the Killer Disease
National Association of Kwara State Students (NAKSS), National Headquarter becomes a uniting point for the students as they organized a symposium on HIV AIDS, held on the 1st December, 2012. It was an appreciable arena...
National Association of Kwara State Students (NAKSS), National Headquarter becomes a uniting point for the students as they organized a symposium on HIV AIDS, held on the 1st December, 2012. It was an appreciable arena...
A Transformational Entrepreneur
His story is akin to that of a lame rising into fame. Sojourning to Lagos from Iludun Oro, Kwara State at the age of 13, armed with nothing but a mix of educational disability and strong commitment to excel...
His story is akin to that of a lame rising into fame. Sojourning to Lagos from Iludun Oro, Kwara State at the age of 13, armed with nothing but a mix of educational disability and strong commitment to excel...
Saraki: How Senate Mourned its Own
Though the man was said to have been terminally ill for some time and the rumour of his death, earlier in the year, spread like a wild fire, his eventually passage in the early hours of 14 November, caught unaware, not...
Though the man was said to have been terminally ill for some time and the rumour of his death, earlier in the year, spread like a wild fire, his eventually passage in the early hours of 14 November, caught unaware, not...
Customs Generates N381m in Niger, Kwara, Kogi
The Niger/Kwara/ Kogi Customs Area Command said it generated N381 million between January and October, 2012. The amount, representing 106 percent, exceeded the target of N360 million given to the command this y...
The Niger/Kwara/ Kogi Customs Area Command said it generated N381 million between January and October, 2012. The amount, representing 106 percent, exceeded the target of N360 million given to the command this y...
Flood: Kwara Govt Votes N200m for Rehabilitation of Infrastructure
Millions of naira has been set aside for the rehabilitation of infrastructure by the Kwara state government out of the N300 million Federal Government relief package for the recent flooding in the state. Speaki...
Millions of naira has been set aside for the rehabilitation of infrastructure by the Kwara state government out of the N300 million Federal Government relief package for the recent flooding in the state. Speaki...
Emir Orders Closure of Markets, Set for Commissioning of Ilorin Mosque
Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Gambari, has ordered the closure of all markets around the Ilorin Central Mosque between December 13 and 14, 2012 as part of preparation for the opening of the renovated multi-billion naira ...
Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Gambari, has ordered the closure of all markets around the Ilorin Central Mosque between December 13 and 14, 2012 as part of preparation for the opening of the renovated multi-billion naira ...
NGO Embarks on Free Medicare in Kwara
A medical aid organization is embarking on free dental services in Kwara State. The group; ERAMSE African Dental Aid Foundation has been carrying out their operations from premises of the Rhema Chapel International, Ta...
A medical aid organization is embarking on free dental services in Kwara State. The group; ERAMSE African Dental Aid Foundation has been carrying out their operations from premises of the Rhema Chapel International, Ta...
Sambo to Commission Ilorin Mosque December 14
Vice President Namadi Sambo will visit Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, on Friday, December 14, to commission the multi-billion naira Ilorin Juma'at central mosque. Former president Shehu Shagari will chair the ...
Vice President Namadi Sambo will visit Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, on Friday, December 14, to commission the multi-billion naira Ilorin Juma'at central mosque. Former president Shehu Shagari will chair the ...
2012-12-02
Dr Abubakar Olusola Saraki: A tribute
By Ebenezer Babatope DR Abubakar Olusola Saraki is dead. His remains have since been buried in his family house in Ilorin, Kwara State. He was a great man. It is a great pity that Nigerians are yet to imbibe the ...
By Ebenezer Babatope DR Abubakar Olusola Saraki is dead. His remains have since been buried in his family house in Ilorin, Kwara State. He was a great man. It is a great pity that Nigerians are yet to imbibe the ...
Eko 2012: Team Gombe, again, unleashes violence in game against Kwara
Hell was let loose on Sunday at the Yaba Polytechnic Football pitch, one of the venues of the ongoing 18th National Sports Festival holding in Lagos, as supporters of Team Gombe descended on Team Kwara football team, beat...
Hell was let loose on Sunday at the Yaba Polytechnic Football pitch, one of the venues of the ongoing 18th National Sports Festival holding in Lagos, as supporters of Team Gombe descended on Team Kwara football team, beat...
Unuanel promises mean Kwara United
Kwara United technical adviser, Samson Unuanel has revealed to supersport.com that his men would challenge for the Premier League title this coming NPL season. Unuanel was appointed the technical adviser of the Ilor...
Kwara United technical adviser, Samson Unuanel has revealed to supersport.com that his men would challenge for the Premier League title this coming NPL season. Unuanel was appointed the technical adviser of the Ilor...
Resign or be sacked, ACN tells Offa defectors. Says Kwara PDP lied over council pay
Kwara ACN on Sunday asked the three supervisory councillors in Offa who defected to PDP to honourably resign their appointment or be sacked. The three men, who are loyalists of Lola Ashiru, were appointed by the ACN...
Kwara ACN on Sunday asked the three supervisory councillors in Offa who defected to PDP to honourably resign their appointment or be sacked. The three men, who are loyalists of Lola Ashiru, were appointed by the ACN...
15 Million Nigerians Suffer from Asthma - Expert
Prof. Greg Erhosa, the National President of Nigerian Thoracic Society, says no fewer than 15 million Nigerians are suffering from asthma, tuberculosis and other chest-related diseases. Erhosa announced this wh...
Prof. Greg Erhosa, the National President of Nigerian Thoracic Society, says no fewer than 15 million Nigerians are suffering from asthma, tuberculosis and other chest-related diseases. Erhosa announced this wh...
Private Sector Has Commoditised Education in Nigeira - Oloyede
At the recently concluded 2012 World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) in Doha, Qatar, Senior Correspondent, Goddie Ofose, cornered the immediate past Vice Chancellor of University of Ilorin who is for...
At the recently concluded 2012 World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) in Doha, Qatar, Senior Correspondent, Goddie Ofose, cornered the immediate past Vice Chancellor of University of Ilorin who is for...
How Kwara Plans to Utilise The N300m Flood Intervention Fund
The recent devastating flood which affected some parts of Kwara state seems to be a blessing in disguise for the affected communities going by the way the state government intends to deploy the N300m intervention fund ...
The recent devastating flood which affected some parts of Kwara state seems to be a blessing in disguise for the affected communities going by the way the state government intends to deploy the N300m intervention fund ...
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