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2012-09-26
Al-Ilory: Celebrating a Varsity within a Shayk
Recently, the University of Ilorin honoured one of the most prolific Islamic theologians to come out of Nigeria, the late Shayk Adam Al-Ilori. UMAR BAYO ABDULWAHAB was there and writes...
Recently, the University of Ilorin honoured one of the most prolific Islamic theologians to come out of Nigeria, the late Shayk Adam Al-Ilori. UMAR BAYO ABDULWAHAB was there and writes...
Politicians Hijack Kwara Football Academy
Four years after leaving Kwara Football Academy, former Super Eagles handler, Clemens Westerhof, still has much to celebrate about the initiative introduced by Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki, as the current technical dir...
Four years after leaving Kwara Football Academy, former Super Eagles handler, Clemens Westerhof, still has much to celebrate about the initiative introduced by Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki, as the current technical dir...
Kwara Govt Will Not Waiver in Completing Ongoing Projects, Says Media Aide
Akorede, Senior Special Assistant to Kwara Governor on Media and Communication, on Wednesday assured that the government would not abandon ongoing capital projects in the state. Femi said in an interview with t...
Akorede, Senior Special Assistant to Kwara Governor on Media and Communication, on Wednesday assured that the government would not abandon ongoing capital projects in the state. Femi said in an interview with t...
Scramble for Kwara Utd Job Continues
Football fans in Ilorin are not strangers to the scramble for the top coaching job at Kwara United, the city's biggest club. It has since become a ritual and almost everyone who comes to watch the team play wan...
Football fans in Ilorin are not strangers to the scramble for the top coaching job at Kwara United, the city's biggest club. It has since become a ritual and almost everyone who comes to watch the team play wan...
Flood Washes away 3,200 Hectares of Rice Farm in Kwara
Over 3,200 hectares of rice plantation under Tada-Shonga Irrigation Scheme, supervised by Lower Niger River Basin Development, have been submerged by flood from River Niger in Tada-Shonga, Edu Local Government Area of ...
Over 3,200 hectares of rice plantation under Tada-Shonga Irrigation Scheme, supervised by Lower Niger River Basin Development, have been submerged by flood from River Niger in Tada-Shonga, Edu Local Government Area of ...
Strike Grounds UITH
Activities at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital were yesterday halted as the strike action embarked upon by joint Action Committee (JAC) entered its sixth day. JAC is an umbrella body of the staff ...
Activities at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital were yesterday halted as the strike action embarked upon by joint Action Committee (JAC) entered its sixth day. JAC is an umbrella body of the staff ...
Six Unilorin Staff in Court for Stealing 12,400litres of Diesel
Six civil servants of the University of Ilorin who allegedly conspired and stole 12,400litres of diesel were yesterday arraigned before an Ilorin magistrate court. The accused, Oni Oloruntoye, David Abayomi, Ko...
Six civil servants of the University of Ilorin who allegedly conspired and stole 12,400litres of diesel were yesterday arraigned before an Ilorin magistrate court. The accused, Oni Oloruntoye, David Abayomi, Ko...
Kwara Assembly Seeks FG's Intervention over Ilesha/Baruba-Okuta Road
The Kwara State House of Assembly on Tuesday appealed to the Federal Government and the Federal Road Maintenance Agency to rehabilitate the Ilesha/Baruba Okuta road to fast- track vehicular movement on the road. ...
The Kwara State House of Assembly on Tuesday appealed to the Federal Government and the Federal Road Maintenance Agency to rehabilitate the Ilesha/Baruba Okuta road to fast- track vehicular movement on the road. ...
Four Million Babies Die Annually - Prof Mokuolu
A consultant paediatrician at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Kwara State, Prof. Olugbenga Mokuolu, has said it is estimated that globally four million babies die yearly in their first four weeks o...
A consultant paediatrician at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Kwara State, Prof. Olugbenga Mokuolu, has said it is estimated that globally four million babies die yearly in their first four weeks o...
Share Robbery Attack: Lagos Police Arrest Three Suspects
Detectives attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) Tuesday arrested three more suspects - Uche Okeagbu, Emmanuel Ezeani and Chinonso Nwuangwu, in connection with the serial robbery attack in Lagos on Septem...
Detectives attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) Tuesday arrested three more suspects - Uche Okeagbu, Emmanuel Ezeani and Chinonso Nwuangwu, in connection with the serial robbery attack in Lagos on Septem...
KWASU Inaugurates Widows Empowerment Scheme
In its effort to empower widows in its community, Kwara State University, Malete, has inaugurated a widows empowerment scheme through its Centre for Community Development. At the inauguration of the scheme in...
In its effort to empower widows in its community, Kwara State University, Malete, has inaugurated a widows empowerment scheme through its Centre for Community Development. At the inauguration of the scheme in...
2012-09-25
Invitation for Pre-Qualification and Tender Exercises for TETFUND 2011 Normal Intervention Projects at Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin (Office of the Registrar)
Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin (Office of the Registrar) Invitation for Pre-Qualification and Tender Exercises for TETFUND 2011 Normal Intervention Projects. ...
Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin (Office of the Registrar) Invitation for Pre-Qualification and Tender Exercises for TETFUND 2011 Normal Intervention Projects. ...
Forces Behind Fuel Scarcity
Officials of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation leave Nigerians guessing the real reason long queues are back at major petrol stations across the country Even President Goodluck Jonath...
Officials of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation leave Nigerians guessing the real reason long queues are back at major petrol stations across the country Even President Goodluck Jonath...
Ganaru Listed for Kwara Utd Job
The race for the vacant managerial position at Kwara United is becoming more interesting as rave-of-moment, Baba Ganaru, who led Kano Pillars to emerge 2012 Nigeria Premier League champions, is among 12 coaches shortli...
The race for the vacant managerial position at Kwara United is becoming more interesting as rave-of-moment, Baba Ganaru, who led Kano Pillars to emerge 2012 Nigeria Premier League champions, is among 12 coaches shortli...
KWSG Shuts Down Three Schools in Ilorin
The Kwara State Government has again reiterated its commitment to ensuring qualitative education that would stand the test of time. The State Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, Alha...
The Kwara State Government has again reiterated its commitment to ensuring qualitative education that would stand the test of time. The State Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, Alha...
National Honours: My Patriotism, Loyalty has Paid Off, Says Baraje
Immediate past Acting National Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje (CON) has said that he saw the national honour conferred on him by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan as a great ch...
Immediate past Acting National Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje (CON) has said that he saw the national honour conferred on him by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan as a great ch...
National Honours: IEDPU Advises Baraje, Akanbi, Others
The Ilorin Emirate Descendants' Progressive Union (IEDPU), Yola Branch has advised awardees of National Honors from the Emirate to justify the award by redirecting the selves to national service. The union wh...
The Ilorin Emirate Descendants' Progressive Union (IEDPU), Yola Branch has advised awardees of National Honors from the Emirate to justify the award by redirecting the selves to national service. The union wh...
Ilorin: Woman, 24, in Court over Intimidation
A 24-year old woman, Esther Titus, has been dragged before an Ilorin Area Court for intentional insult and breach of peace. Esther was arraigned in court on a four-count charge of criminal and intentional ins...
A 24-year old woman, Esther Titus, has been dragged before an Ilorin Area Court for intentional insult and breach of peace. Esther was arraigned in court on a four-count charge of criminal and intentional ins...
Kwara 2015: It's Lai Moh'd for ACN or Nobody - Supporters
Supporters of the national publicity secretary, Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Alhaji Lai Muhammed, have threatened to pull out of ACN if he(Lai Muhammed) did not emerge as the party's flag bearer for the 2015 gub...
Supporters of the national publicity secretary, Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Alhaji Lai Muhammed, have threatened to pull out of ACN if he(Lai Muhammed) did not emerge as the party's flag bearer for the 2015 gub...
Omolewa Ahmed Offers Scholarship to 30 Kids
Omolewa Ahmed, wife of Nigeria's Kwara State Governor, on Monday said that she would take full responsibility for the education of some 30 indigent primary school pupils in the state. She made this known in Mal...
Omolewa Ahmed, wife of Nigeria's Kwara State Governor, on Monday said that she would take full responsibility for the education of some 30 indigent primary school pupils in the state. She made this known in Mal...
Al-Hikmah Varsity Tasked on Security
The authorities of Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, have been charged to renew their security mechanism in order to sustain the current peaceful atmosphere in the institution. Speaking at a stakeholders meeting or...
The authorities of Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, have been charged to renew their security mechanism in order to sustain the current peaceful atmosphere in the institution. Speaking at a stakeholders meeting or...
'Preventive Therapy will Reduce Maternal Anaemia' - Prof Mokuolu
A Professor of paediatrics at the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Olugbenga Mokuolu has said the use sulfaxodine-pyrimethamine by expectant mothers will help reduce maternal anaemia. According to him, the ther...
A Professor of paediatrics at the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Olugbenga Mokuolu has said the use sulfaxodine-pyrimethamine by expectant mothers will help reduce maternal anaemia. According to him, the ther...
Why Poor Sleep Worsens High Blood Pressure
Sleep, diet and physical activity are critical to health, including heart health and optimal blood pressure control. Experts warn that persistent difficulty falling or staying asleep causes high blood pressure that ...
Sleep, diet and physical activity are critical to health, including heart health and optimal blood pressure control. Experts warn that persistent difficulty falling or staying asleep causes high blood pressure that ...
2012-09-24
Kwara Govt. Plans to Arrest Our Members - ACN
The Action Congress of Nigeria has warned of an imminent crackdown on its members in Kwara State in the aftermath of the massive defection of prominent members of the Peoples Democratic Party and Allied Congress Pa...
The Action Congress of Nigeria has warned of an imminent crackdown on its members in Kwara State in the aftermath of the massive defection of prominent members of the Peoples Democratic Party and Allied Congress Pa...
Our Response to ACN's Infantile Allegations - KWSG
By Dr. Femi Akorede As a democratically-elected and constitutionally recognised government that believes in the rule of law and freedom of expression, we cannot intimidate or otherwise abridge citizens' right to exp...
By Dr. Femi Akorede As a democratically-elected and constitutionally recognised government that believes in the rule of law and freedom of expression, we cannot intimidate or otherwise abridge citizens' right to exp...
Falana Salutes 'Outstanding Jurist' Akanbi at 80
Lagos lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) yesterday described former chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other miscellaneous offences Commission (ICPC), Justice Muhammed Mustapha Akanbi, as a man of outstanding inte...
Lagos lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) yesterday described former chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other miscellaneous offences Commission (ICPC), Justice Muhammed Mustapha Akanbi, as a man of outstanding inte...
Fear of ACN Grips PDP in Kwara
Should the spate of defections to the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) by members of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and other political parties in Kwara State continue, the PDP, in particular, may be in for ...
Should the spate of defections to the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) by members of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and other political parties in Kwara State continue, the PDP, in particular, may be in for ...
Attempted Murder Lands One in Prison
One Daniel Olaitan Dada of Ayetoro compound, Oro-Ago, Kwara State, who allegedly made an attempt to kill a man, has been remanded at the Federal Medium Security Prison Mandala, Ilorin. The order to remand the 3...
One Daniel Olaitan Dada of Ayetoro compound, Oro-Ago, Kwara State, who allegedly made an attempt to kill a man, has been remanded at the Federal Medium Security Prison Mandala, Ilorin. The order to remand the 3...
Cultism: Ahmed Reads Riot Act to Students
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has warned students of the state's tertiary institutions of the dire consequences of cultism, emphasizing that government will implement to the letter the state edict on t...
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has warned students of the state's tertiary institutions of the dire consequences of cultism, emphasizing that government will implement to the letter the state edict on t...
Ohan Bridge Failing Again
Commuters have raised alarm over the failed section of Ohan Bridge along Ilorin/Igbeti Road in Asa Local Government Area of Kwara State. They called for urgent repair of the failed portion of the Bridge, warn...
Commuters have raised alarm over the failed section of Ohan Bridge along Ilorin/Igbeti Road in Asa Local Government Area of Kwara State. They called for urgent repair of the failed portion of the Bridge, warn...
KWARMA Resurfaces 69 Roads - Kannike
The Kwara State Road Maintenance Agency (KWARMA) has rehabilitated 69 roads in the last one year, the state Commissioner for Works and Transport, Dr. Abubakar Amuda Kannike has said. Kannike who briefed the sta...
The Kwara State Road Maintenance Agency (KWARMA) has rehabilitated 69 roads in the last one year, the state Commissioner for Works and Transport, Dr. Abubakar Amuda Kannike has said. Kannike who briefed the sta...
Opinion: Kwara and its Changing Political Environment
Change is constant. This truism best describes the political situation in Kwara, a state gradually shedding its political image as the Sarakis' fiefdom. Until the 2011 general elections when they nearly lost the govern...
Change is constant. This truism best describes the political situation in Kwara, a state gradually shedding its political image as the Sarakis' fiefdom. Until the 2011 general elections when they nearly lost the govern...
No Devt. Without Power, Transport Revolution - Isa Aremu
Vice-President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Mr. Isa Aremu, believes Nigeria's bid to join the 20 leading economies in 2020 will be a mirage if the Federal Government fails to address the problems in the transport an...
Vice-President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Mr. Isa Aremu, believes Nigeria's bid to join the 20 leading economies in 2020 will be a mirage if the Federal Government fails to address the problems in the transport an...
Prof Mokuolu Reiterates Benefits of Exclusive Breastfeeding
A renowned professor of Paediatrics and Child Health at the University of Ilorin (UNIILORIN), Kwara State, Professor Olugbenga Mokuolu, has reiterated the benefits of exclusive breastfeeding, saying that it remains cent...
A renowned professor of Paediatrics and Child Health at the University of Ilorin (UNIILORIN), Kwara State, Professor Olugbenga Mokuolu, has reiterated the benefits of exclusive breastfeeding, saying that it remains cent...
Kwara House to Probe Bureau of Lands
The Kwara State House of Assembly is to probe the activities of the Bureau of Lands since its inception to ensure transparency, accountability and correct the misconception about its operations. The bureau was ...
The Kwara State House of Assembly is to probe the activities of the Bureau of Lands since its inception to ensure transparency, accountability and correct the misconception about its operations. The bureau was ...
2012-09-23
Kwara Is Financially Viable - KWSG
The Kwara State government has maintained that it remains financially strong and capable of meeting it's obligations to the people including the provision of social and capital infrastructure. Reacting to the Central B...
The Kwara State government has maintained that it remains financially strong and capable of meeting it's obligations to the people including the provision of social and capital infrastructure. Reacting to the Central B...
CBN Ilorin Donates 14 Wheelchairs, Foodstuff to less Privileged
The Branch Controller, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN),Ilorin ,Mr. Monday Olotewo, has called on government to enact a Disability Law which would cater for the needs of the disabled especially in public places like schoo...
The Branch Controller, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN),Ilorin ,Mr. Monday Olotewo, has called on government to enact a Disability Law which would cater for the needs of the disabled especially in public places like schoo...
KWHA Okays Proposed Bill on Okada ban
The Kwara State House of Assembly has okayed the ban of commercial motorcyclist on some major streets in Ilorin metropolis, ahead of the passage of the bill forwarded to it by the State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahme...
The Kwara State House of Assembly has okayed the ban of commercial motorcyclist on some major streets in Ilorin metropolis, ahead of the passage of the bill forwarded to it by the State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahme...
CBN Blacklist: ACN Accuses Kwara Govt of Wrecking Kwara, Seeks Probe
Kwara State chapter of ACN has accused the PDP-led government of wrecking the state with its "financial recklessness and corruption", days after the CBN barred banks from granting further loans to the state. The par...
Kwara State chapter of ACN has accused the PDP-led government of wrecking the state with its "financial recklessness and corruption", days after the CBN barred banks from granting further loans to the state. The par...
Rail and Energy Critical to Making Nigeria One of the 20 Leading Economies - NLC
The Vice President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Comrade Isa Aremu has expressed Fears that the dream of Nigeria becoming one of the twenty leading economists in the world might become a mirage except the rai...
The Vice President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Comrade Isa Aremu has expressed Fears that the dream of Nigeria becoming one of the twenty leading economists in the world might become a mirage except the rai...
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