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2012-05-15
Integrity Of Lawyers For Sale?
It needs not be debatable that Lawyers are trained and known for, among others, upholding the rule of law and being of impeccable character. In fact, the emblem of Law (if you don't mind) is integrity. In...
It needs not be debatable that Lawyers are trained and known for, among others, upholding the rule of law and being of impeccable character. In fact, the emblem of Law (if you don't mind) is integrity. In...
'UNILORIN 44' Asks Court To Commit VC, Three Others To Prison
The sacked 44 lecturers of the university of Ilorin who were reinstated by the Supreme Court have applied for an order of the Ilorin Federal High court to commit to prison the vice chancellor and three other of...
The sacked 44 lecturers of the university of Ilorin who were reinstated by the Supreme Court have applied for an order of the Ilorin Federal High court to commit to prison the vice chancellor and three other of...
Atunwa Mourns University of Lagos VC's Death
Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Rasaq Atunwa has commiserated with the family of the late Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Adetokunbo Sofoluwe, saying it is a colossal loss to the academic communi...
Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Rasaq Atunwa has commiserated with the family of the late Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Adetokunbo Sofoluwe, saying it is a colossal loss to the academic communi...
2011 TERTIARY EDUCATION TRUST FUND (TETF) Projects at Kwara State College Education
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Kwara Government Promises Stable Power Supply
By Abdulgafar Arikewuyo The Kwara State government says it is working to ease the problem of epileptic power supply in the state. The honorable commissioner for information, Prince Tunji Morounfoye stated this today...
By Abdulgafar Arikewuyo The Kwara State government says it is working to ease the problem of epileptic power supply in the state. The honorable commissioner for information, Prince Tunji Morounfoye stated this today...
NAFDAC warns of fake officials in Kwara
Kwara State Director, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Mrs. Malomo Odu, has warned residents in the state of the activities of fake NAFDAC officials operating in the state. ...
Kwara State Director, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Mrs. Malomo Odu, has warned residents in the state of the activities of fake NAFDAC officials operating in the state. ...
SSANU lauds Unilorin on rapid development
The National President of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Mr. S. C. Ugwoke, has commended the University of Ilorin for the myriads of "excellent developments" he noticed o...
The National President of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Mr. S. C. Ugwoke, has commended the University of Ilorin for the myriads of "excellent developments" he noticed o...
Septuagenarian, three others remanded for rape
A 70 year old man including three accomplices whose ages are 65, 53 and 55 respectively have been reminded in prison custody by an Ilorin Magistrate Court for raping teenage female hawkers in Omu Aran, Kwara St...
A 70 year old man including three accomplices whose ages are 65, 53 and 55 respectively have been reminded in prison custody by an Ilorin Magistrate Court for raping teenage female hawkers in Omu Aran, Kwara St...
Oloyede Attributes Lack of Good Storage Facilities as Major Problems of Farm Products
By Abdulgafar Arikewuyo The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin Professor Is-haq Oloyede says lack of good storage facilities is the major problem of farm products. Professor Oloede stated this at th...
By Abdulgafar Arikewuyo The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin Professor Is-haq Oloyede says lack of good storage facilities is the major problem of farm products. Professor Oloede stated this at th...
N 21 Billion Fraud: Bukola Saraki, Lai Alabi To Appear In Court This Week
From investigations, Senator Bukola Saraki, the former Governor of Kwara State and former Intercontinental Bank MD, Mahmoud Lai Alabi will be arraigned in court before the end of this week. The two men have been to ...
From investigations, Senator Bukola Saraki, the former Governor of Kwara State and former Intercontinental Bank MD, Mahmoud Lai Alabi will be arraigned in court before the end of this week. The two men have been to ...
When Unilorin JCI held 7th Rafiu Ibrahim Public Forum
When the Nigeria genius comes into its own in any field of human endeavour, it is truly a world class phenomenon. Such attribution was for Dr. Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim, a financial expert cum politician. Describing him as...
When the Nigeria genius comes into its own in any field of human endeavour, it is truly a world class phenomenon. Such attribution was for Dr. Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim, a financial expert cum politician. Describing him as...
Importance of Taxpayer Identification Number project stressed
The Kwara State Commissioner for Finance, Engineer Demola Banu has stressed that the importance of the Taxpayer. Identification Number project will create a harmonized electronic taxpayer identification and registratio...
The Kwara State Commissioner for Finance, Engineer Demola Banu has stressed that the importance of the Taxpayer. Identification Number project will create a harmonized electronic taxpayer identification and registratio...
I Was Pressurized To Continue As PDP National Chairman - Baraje
Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje was the immediate past acting national chairman of the ruling Peoples\' Democratic Party, PDP. He spoke with journalists in Kwara State on his challenges as PDP chair, Boko-haram, 20...
Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje was the immediate past acting national chairman of the ruling Peoples\' Democratic Party, PDP. He spoke with journalists in Kwara State on his challenges as PDP chair, Boko-haram, 20...
Kwara poly staff charged on good conduct
Staff of the Kwara State Polytechnic has been charged to always display positive attitude in the discharge of their duties in other to achieve the aims and objectives of the founding fathers of the institution. ...
Staff of the Kwara State Polytechnic has been charged to always display positive attitude in the discharge of their duties in other to achieve the aims and objectives of the founding fathers of the institution. ...
Senator Saraki: I was the first person to pin point the fraud on subsidy
Senator Bukola Saraki recently granted an interview to Japheth Omojuwa and Finyinfoluwa Elegbede of Omojuwa.com as part of the #OmojuwaMeets series. The senator spoke on issues ranging from his current travails wi...
Senator Bukola Saraki recently granted an interview to Japheth Omojuwa and Finyinfoluwa Elegbede of Omojuwa.com as part of the #OmojuwaMeets series. The senator spoke on issues ranging from his current travails wi...
Baraje: Our experience in running PDP
You were able to maintain your office as Acting National Chairman of PDP, till your successor emerged unlike the trend in which some former chairmen of the party who lost out midway into their tenure. What was the sec...
You were able to maintain your office as Acting National Chairman of PDP, till your successor emerged unlike the trend in which some former chairmen of the party who lost out midway into their tenure. What was the sec...
Kwara Set To Combat HIV
The Kwara Government on Monday in Ilorin reiterated its commitment to putting in place necessary measures to reduce the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the state. Dr Johnson Oyeni...
The Kwara Government on Monday in Ilorin reiterated its commitment to putting in place necessary measures to reduce the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the state. Dr Johnson Oyeni...
Rashidi Yekini:The mystery continues
THE death on May 4 of Nigeria\'s foremost striker, Rashidi Yekini, struck his fans hollow. On the social networking site, facebook, many subscribers had announced the obituary of the lethal striker and so triggered spo...
THE death on May 4 of Nigeria\'s foremost striker, Rashidi Yekini, struck his fans hollow. On the social networking site, facebook, many subscribers had announced the obituary of the lethal striker and so triggered spo...
Varsity workers due for salary increase in July, says SSANU
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) yesterday said the union is due for salary increase. A statement by its National President, Comrade Samson Ugwoke, said the pay rise has becom...
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) yesterday said the union is due for salary increase. A statement by its National President, Comrade Samson Ugwoke, said the pay rise has becom...
2012-05-14
Lightning strike sets tree ablaze in Ilorin
A lightning strike on Sunday evening in Jooro area of Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, set a coconut tree ablaze, leaving people scampering for safety. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the incident ...
A lightning strike on Sunday evening in Jooro area of Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, set a coconut tree ablaze, leaving people scampering for safety. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the incident ...
Multi-million naira contract scam tears Kwara Assembly apart
Two loyalists of former Kwara governor, Bukola Saraki, in the state House of Assembly are on each other's jugular over allegations of corruption, mismanagement and abuse of office The Speaker, Kwara Sta...
Two loyalists of former Kwara governor, Bukola Saraki, in the state House of Assembly are on each other's jugular over allegations of corruption, mismanagement and abuse of office The Speaker, Kwara Sta...
Unilorin Advertises for the Post of VC
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OPINION: The Yekini of dreams By Ose Oyamendan
After the Eagles started soaring and Yekini was setting the Portuguese league on fire, fame trailed him like a shadow. He was a reporter's nightmare. He plays, he scores, and he rarely granted interviews. ...
After the Eagles started soaring and Yekini was setting the Portuguese league on fire, fame trailed him like a shadow. He was a reporter's nightmare. He plays, he scores, and he rarely granted interviews. ...
Alleged N11 billion Fraud: Questions Bukola Saraki Is Dodging
By Joseph Omololu For the past weeks, Senator Bukola Saraki's well-oiled media lobby has tried a great deal to explain the former governor's side to the N11b loan scam over which the powerful politician is being...
By Joseph Omololu For the past weeks, Senator Bukola Saraki's well-oiled media lobby has tried a great deal to explain the former governor's side to the N11b loan scam over which the powerful politician is being...
A Game to Remember
The successful hosting of the 13th edition of the West African Universities Games, affords the University of Ilorin, an opportunity to showcase its organisational dexterity Friday, April 6, was the climax of th...
The successful hosting of the 13th edition of the West African Universities Games, affords the University of Ilorin, an opportunity to showcase its organisational dexterity Friday, April 6, was the climax of th...
NFF to launch U-15 tourney in honour of Yekini
Sports administrators, top government officials from across the country as well as sportsmen and women in their thousands yesterday stormed Ira town,the country home of the ex-Super Eagles striker in Kwara State, late ...
Sports administrators, top government officials from across the country as well as sportsmen and women in their thousands yesterday stormed Ira town,the country home of the ex-Super Eagles striker in Kwara State, late ...
Trouble for Saraki
Bukola Saraki, former governor of Kwara State, is battling to stop the police from arresting him over a debt forgiveness controversially granted him by the former managing director of Intercontinental Bank ...
Bukola Saraki, former governor of Kwara State, is battling to stop the police from arresting him over a debt forgiveness controversially granted him by the former managing director of Intercontinental Bank ...
Saraki, SFU and Nigeria's unending power game
It was one of the most celebrated cases of fraud in Nigerian history. Mysteriously, it died the way it came. Before 2006, millions of Nigerians, including yours truly, didn't know anything or didn't hea...
It was one of the most celebrated cases of fraud in Nigerian history. Mysteriously, it died the way it came. Before 2006, millions of Nigerians, including yours truly, didn't know anything or didn't hea...
Saraki's debt scandal: A link with presidential ambition?
When the Special Fraud Unit (SFU) of the Nigeria Police recently declared him wanted for alleged financial fraud, not quite a few Nigerians were bemused or agitated over what could have been the main motive behind...
When the Special Fraud Unit (SFU) of the Nigeria Police recently declared him wanted for alleged financial fraud, not quite a few Nigerians were bemused or agitated over what could have been the main motive behind...
Kwara govt upgrades 15 health centres
The Kwara State government has rehabilitated and upgraded 15 primary health care centres with the assistance of the World Bank Assisted Programme. The state Commissioner for Health, Alhaji Kayode Issa...
The Kwara State government has rehabilitated and upgraded 15 primary health care centres with the assistance of the World Bank Assisted Programme. The state Commissioner for Health, Alhaji Kayode Issa...
NAFDAC begins data capturing of companies in Kwara
The National Agency for Food, Drug and Control (NAFDAC) has begun data capturing of companies in Kwara State. NAFDAC director, Mrs. Malomo Odu, made this known at the weekend in Ilorin, during an interac...
The National Agency for Food, Drug and Control (NAFDAC) has begun data capturing of companies in Kwara State. NAFDAC director, Mrs. Malomo Odu, made this known at the weekend in Ilorin, during an interac...
Oloyede, others mourn Unilag VC
The Chairman of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (CVC), Prof Is'haq Oloyede, has mourned the death of Prof. Sofoluwe. Reacting to Sofoluwe's death, Oloyed told the News Agency o...
The Chairman of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (CVC), Prof Is'haq Oloyede, has mourned the death of Prof. Sofoluwe. Reacting to Sofoluwe's death, Oloyed told the News Agency o...
'KWASIEC, PDP plot to tamper with election tribunal'
Chairman of Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State Prince Saheep Popoola has accused the Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission (KWASIEC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of not cooperating with the Local G...
Chairman of Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State Prince Saheep Popoola has accused the Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission (KWASIEC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of not cooperating with the Local G...
2012-05-13
On the Edge of a Tinderbox
Christian and Muslim groups in Kwara State are threatening to fight over land on which a church is being built in Ilorin A major conflict is brewing between the Christian and Muslim communities in Kwara S...
Christian and Muslim groups in Kwara State are threatening to fight over land on which a church is being built in Ilorin A major conflict is brewing between the Christian and Muslim communities in Kwara S...
NPL: ABS wins, Kwara United loses
ABS FC beat Akwa United 2-0 Kaduna United 2-1 Kwara United...
ABS FC beat Akwa United 2-0 Kaduna United 2-1 Kwara United...
The Senator Bukola Saraki Interview II by Omojuwa
Here is the conclusion to the Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki Interview. If you missed the first part, You can access it >>> ...
Here is the conclusion to the Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki Interview. If you missed the first part, You can access it >>> ...
Kwara United won't play Kaduna behind closed doors
Kwara won't play Kaduna behind Kwara United have kicked against playing a Week 26 tie at Kaduna United behind closed doors as this was not ordered by the NPL. Kwara allege that hosts Kaduna plan to play the...
Kwara won't play Kaduna behind Kwara United have kicked against playing a Week 26 tie at Kaduna United behind closed doors as this was not ordered by the NPL. Kwara allege that hosts Kaduna plan to play the...
Saraki: Victim Or Villain?
Saraki is in the eye of a storm following his invitation by the Special Fraud Unit, SFU, of the Nigeria Police over alleged fraud. KAZEEM AKINTUNDE examines the intricacies that has surrounded his invitation vi...
Saraki is in the eye of a storm following his invitation by the Special Fraud Unit, SFU, of the Nigeria Police over alleged fraud. KAZEEM AKINTUNDE examines the intricacies that has surrounded his invitation vi...
NFF To Honour Yekini With U-15 Soccer Tourney, Craves Posthumous National Honour
MORE tributes have continued to pour in for deceased Super Eagles legend and goal king, Rashidi Yekini with President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Alhaji Aminu Maigari insisting that the late striker li...
MORE tributes have continued to pour in for deceased Super Eagles legend and goal king, Rashidi Yekini with President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Alhaji Aminu Maigari insisting that the late striker li...
Kwara to Host NAFEST 2012
Kwara State has officially been given the hosting right for NAFEST 2012, which is slated for October. It was among the three states that bidded for the hosting in Calabar, Cross River State, at the conclusion of 2011 edit...
Kwara State has officially been given the hosting right for NAFEST 2012, which is slated for October. It was among the three states that bidded for the hosting in Calabar, Cross River State, at the conclusion of 2011 edit...
Kwara Competes For Aso Table Tennis Championship
TEN states and over 150 school children within the Federal capital Territory (FCT) are currently taking part in the 2012 edition of the Aso Table Tennis Club Championship, holding at the Old Parade Ground, Area 10, Abu...
TEN states and over 150 school children within the Federal capital Territory (FCT) are currently taking part in the 2012 edition of the Aso Table Tennis Club Championship, holding at the Old Parade Ground, Area 10, Abu...
What Yekini Taught Us... By Strikers
The late Rashidi Yekini, who died a week ago, has been acclaimed as the best striker ever to come out of Nigeria. Many people, who followed the mercurial marksman's feat when Nigerian football was in the 1990's the ...
The late Rashidi Yekini, who died a week ago, has been acclaimed as the best striker ever to come out of Nigeria. Many people, who followed the mercurial marksman's feat when Nigerian football was in the 1990's the ...
Focus on youth development ... KFA urges FG
The Director of the Kwara Football Academy (KFA), KumbiTitiloye has urged the National Sports Commission (NSC), to concentrate more on youth development through the instrument of sports Titiloye, while s...
The Director of the Kwara Football Academy (KFA), KumbiTitiloye has urged the National Sports Commission (NSC), to concentrate more on youth development through the instrument of sports Titiloye, while s...
KWASU's Prof Irele to Chair Nigeria Prize for Literature Panel
Two hundred and fourteen entries have been received for the 2012 edition of The Nigeria Prize for Literature worth $100, 000. The entries from foreign and Nigeria based writers is the largest number ever receiv...
Two hundred and fourteen entries have been received for the 2012 edition of The Nigeria Prize for Literature worth $100, 000. The entries from foreign and Nigeria based writers is the largest number ever receiv...
Maigari: Yekini Lived a Life of Service
President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Aminu Maigari on Saturday eulogized fallen Nigerian legend, Rashidi Yekini, saying the late footballer lived a life of service and honour. Speaking in Ira, Kwa...
President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Aminu Maigari on Saturday eulogized fallen Nigerian legend, Rashidi Yekini, saying the late footballer lived a life of service and honour. Speaking in Ira, Kwa...
2012-05-12
The Senator Bukola Saraki Interview by Omojuwa
Senator Bukola Saraki spoke to Omojuwa.com's Japh and Fiyinfoluwa Elegbede. We spoke on issues ranging from his current travails with the police, the Senate and it's allowances, the competence (or otherwise of presi...
Senator Bukola Saraki spoke to Omojuwa.com's Japh and Fiyinfoluwa Elegbede. We spoke on issues ranging from his current travails with the police, the Senate and it's allowances, the competence (or otherwise of presi...
My Friend, The Senator - By Chinedu Ekeke
By Chinedu Ekeke 'For Senator Saraki, I cringed at the knowledge of people being rented to ask the police to leave him alone. That is reminiscent of the Ibori saga in London. His cousin, the sitting governor of Delta S...
By Chinedu Ekeke 'For Senator Saraki, I cringed at the knowledge of people being rented to ask the police to leave him alone. That is reminiscent of the Ibori saga in London. His cousin, the sitting governor of Delta S...
The making of Rashidi Yekini
The death of Rashidi Yekini last week Friday brought to a close three years of speculation over the lifestyle of Nigeria's all-time highest goalscorer. Yekini joined Shooting Stars in 1982 and a year la...
The death of Rashidi Yekini last week Friday brought to a close three years of speculation over the lifestyle of Nigeria's all-time highest goalscorer. Yekini joined Shooting Stars in 1982 and a year la...
'Time mgt crucial to development'
Director of Labour and Management Relations, Michael Imodu National Institute of Labour Studies, Ilorin, Mrs Omolara Folorunsho, on Tuesday identified time management as crucial in the development aspirations of a...
Director of Labour and Management Relations, Michael Imodu National Institute of Labour Studies, Ilorin, Mrs Omolara Folorunsho, on Tuesday identified time management as crucial in the development aspirations of a...
ABS v Akwa: Dogo confident of victory
Still basking in the euphoria of their 1-0 victory in the Ilorin derby, ABS FC coach, Sulueman Dogo is optimistic that his side will pound Akwa United in today's Week 26 encounter. Speaking to Inside Ou...
Still basking in the euphoria of their 1-0 victory in the Ilorin derby, ABS FC coach, Sulueman Dogo is optimistic that his side will pound Akwa United in today's Week 26 encounter. Speaking to Inside Ou...
Kwara United axe seven
The management of Nigeria Premier League (NPL) club, Kwara United have lividly kicked out seven of their players, SuperSport.com can report. This was as a result of the club's 0-1 home defeat against city...
The management of Nigeria Premier League (NPL) club, Kwara United have lividly kicked out seven of their players, SuperSport.com can report. This was as a result of the club's 0-1 home defeat against city...
Akanbi, Kwara NBA hails NJC decision on Salami
Justice Mustapha Akanbi, a former President of the Court of Appeal, on Friday in Ilorin said the reinstatement of Justice Ayo Salami was "a victory for justice and the rule of law". A...
Justice Mustapha Akanbi, a former President of the Court of Appeal, on Friday in Ilorin said the reinstatement of Justice Ayo Salami was "a victory for justice and the rule of law". A...
Ilorin Rugby FC for Rugby League
The much talked- about "Friends of Rugby" organized 2012 Lagos Rugby Union League will kick-off with pomp and pageantry to-day at the main bowl of the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos, with all preparat...
The much talked- about "Friends of Rugby" organized 2012 Lagos Rugby Union League will kick-off with pomp and pageantry to-day at the main bowl of the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos, with all preparat...
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