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2012-05-11
Aiyeoribe Commends FG For Its Readiness To Dialogue With Boko-Haram
The Federal Government has been commended for its readiness to resume negotiation with the Boko-Haram sect through the traditional rulers. Mr Emmanuel Aiyeoribe, former Chairman, Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC)...
The Federal Government has been commended for its readiness to resume negotiation with the Boko-Haram sect through the traditional rulers. Mr Emmanuel Aiyeoribe, former Chairman, Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC)...
Maigari Leads NFF Team to Yekini's Prayer
NFF President Aminu Maigari will be at the head of Nigeria Football Federation's delegation to the eighth day prayer for departed Super Eagles' legend, Rashidi Yekini. The prayer holds in his family com...
NFF President Aminu Maigari will be at the head of Nigeria Football Federation's delegation to the eighth day prayer for departed Super Eagles' legend, Rashidi Yekini. The prayer holds in his family com...
75 percent of Kwara Women shun Contraceptives - Expert
A family planning expert, Dr Abdulmumin Sa'ad, says more than 75 per cent of women in Kwara shun the use of modern contraceptives for family planning. Sa'ad, an official of the Nigeria Urban Reproductive ...
A family planning expert, Dr Abdulmumin Sa'ad, says more than 75 per cent of women in Kwara shun the use of modern contraceptives for family planning. Sa'ad, an official of the Nigeria Urban Reproductive ...
Saraki's Troubles And The Enemy Theory
Senator Bukola Saraki is on the spot no doubt, but is he really hounded his supporters say? UCHENNA AWOM in this analysis weigh in to some of the conjectures Is it enough to say that Senator Bukola Sarak...
Senator Bukola Saraki is on the spot no doubt, but is he really hounded his supporters say? UCHENNA AWOM in this analysis weigh in to some of the conjectures Is it enough to say that Senator Bukola Sarak...
Crisis Looms In Kwara House Of Assembly
There has been uneasy calm in the Kwara State House of Assembly over allegations of fraud running into millions of naira against the Speaker, Razak Atunwa. ...
There has been uneasy calm in the Kwara State House of Assembly over allegations of fraud running into millions of naira against the Speaker, Razak Atunwa. ...
Naval training school for Ilorin
A Naval Aviation Training School is soon to be established in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. The Director, Air Operations, Naval Headquarters, Commodore Bamidupe Babagbale, announced this yesterday in Ilorin while...
A Naval Aviation Training School is soon to be established in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. The Director, Air Operations, Naval Headquarters, Commodore Bamidupe Babagbale, announced this yesterday in Ilorin while...
Kwara Speaker orders probe of petition against self
The Kwara State House of Assembly is investigating a petition over alleged impropriety and maladministration against its Speaker, Hon. Razak Atunwa.But sources told jo...
The Kwara State House of Assembly is investigating a petition over alleged impropriety and maladministration against its Speaker, Hon. Razak Atunwa.But sources told jo...
Disquiet in Kwara Assembly over allegations of fraud against Speaker Atunwa
Disquiet in Kwara Assembly over allegations of fraud against Speaker Atunwa How Atunwa spent N33m on functional Assembly website, by Chief Whip Ethics Committee probes five-page petition ...
Disquiet in Kwara Assembly over allegations of fraud against Speaker Atunwa How Atunwa spent N33m on functional Assembly website, by Chief Whip Ethics Committee probes five-page petition ...
The Petition Against Speaker Abdulrazaq Atunwa
Below is the memo against Speaker Abdulrazaq Atunwa written by the Chief Whip, Alhaji Iliasu Ibrahim Without any prejudice, I wish to express my dissatisfaction at your style of leadership since the inauguration of ...
Below is the memo against Speaker Abdulrazaq Atunwa written by the Chief Whip, Alhaji Iliasu Ibrahim Without any prejudice, I wish to express my dissatisfaction at your style of leadership since the inauguration of ...
Alleged Fraud: This is My Story, by Saraki
The immediate past governor of Kwara State and senator representing Kwara Central at the National Assembly, Senator Bukola Saraki, has denied any wrong doing in the case being investigated by the Special Fraud Unit (SF...
The immediate past governor of Kwara State and senator representing Kwara Central at the National Assembly, Senator Bukola Saraki, has denied any wrong doing in the case being investigated by the Special Fraud Unit (SF...
Saraki denies ownership of alleged shares
Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki has denied allegations in the case being investigated by the state police Special Fraud Unit (SFU) and the alleged misinterpretations of the matter in some media. In a statement i...
Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki has denied allegations in the case being investigated by the state police Special Fraud Unit (SFU) and the alleged misinterpretations of the matter in some media. In a statement i...
Police Arraign Three Men for Alleged Forgery of NYSC Certificates
The Police on Thursday arraigned three men, Oba Ganiyu, Ishola Sulu and Owonikoko Ademola before an Abuja Senior Magistrates\' Court, charged with criminal conspiracy and forgery. The three accused persons, who...
The Police on Thursday arraigned three men, Oba Ganiyu, Ishola Sulu and Owonikoko Ademola before an Abuja Senior Magistrates\' Court, charged with criminal conspiracy and forgery. The three accused persons, who...
Agency demolishes 13 illegal structures in Ilorin
Kwara Town Planning Development Authority on Monday, demolished 13 illegal structures along Agba Dam Estate in Ilorin metropolis. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalled that the authority marked the st...
Kwara Town Planning Development Authority on Monday, demolished 13 illegal structures along Agba Dam Estate in Ilorin metropolis. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalled that the authority marked the st...
Kwara Speaker Denies N33 Million Fraud
Speaker Kwara State House of Assembly, Abdulrasaq Atunwa, has denied allegations of financial misdeeds leveled against him by the house Chief Whip, Illiyasu Ibrahim, describing the allegations as wicked, malicious and ...
Speaker Kwara State House of Assembly, Abdulrasaq Atunwa, has denied allegations of financial misdeeds leveled against him by the house Chief Whip, Illiyasu Ibrahim, describing the allegations as wicked, malicious and ...
Kwara lawmaker accuses Speaker of fraud
There is rumpus in the Kwara State House of Assembly over allegation of fraud and high-handed attitude levelled against Speaker Razak Atunwa, representing Owode/Onire Constituency of Asa Local Government. ...
There is rumpus in the Kwara State House of Assembly over allegation of fraud and high-handed attitude levelled against Speaker Razak Atunwa, representing Owode/Onire Constituency of Asa Local Government. ...
2012-05-10
Kwara NLC makes case for 900 sacked teachers
Kwara NLC requests that the Kwara State government re-examine the sack of 900 primary school teachers The Kwara State chapter of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) on Thursday in Ilorin appealed to the state governmen...
Kwara NLC requests that the Kwara State government re-examine the sack of 900 primary school teachers The Kwara State chapter of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) on Thursday in Ilorin appealed to the state governmen...
WAUG: UNILORIN students demand compensation
Students of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Ilorin, Kwara State, who were asked by the authority to vacate their rooms in the hostels during the West African Universities Games (WAUG), hosted by the univer...
Students of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Ilorin, Kwara State, who were asked by the authority to vacate their rooms in the hostels during the West African Universities Games (WAUG), hosted by the univer...
Beyond mast wars and health hazards
Pray, how long is the distance between five metres and 10 metres? If you think the difference is insignificant, then you have not been following the imbroglio between the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and th...
Pray, how long is the distance between five metres and 10 metres? If you think the difference is insignificant, then you have not been following the imbroglio between the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and th...
First Students\' Union Congress Holds At Unilorin
The current administration of the Students Union Government (SUG) in the University of Ilorin, Kwara State is winding up. But the executives are bowing out in style by organizing the first ever students union congress....
The current administration of the Students Union Government (SUG) in the University of Ilorin, Kwara State is winding up. But the executives are bowing out in style by organizing the first ever students union congress....
Navy to establish aviation training school in Kwara
The shared prosperity agenda of the Kwara State Government has started to yield fruits as a Naval Aviation Training School for the training of Naval pilots will soon be established in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. ...
The shared prosperity agenda of the Kwara State Government has started to yield fruits as a Naval Aviation Training School for the training of Naval pilots will soon be established in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. ...
Court Remands 4 For Sexual Abuse Of Minors
An Ilorin Magistrates\' Court on Wednesday remanded four men for allegedly abusing minors sexually. The accused - Abolarin John, Balogun Samuel, Abdullahi Sulaiman and Moses Lawal-...
An Ilorin Magistrates\' Court on Wednesday remanded four men for allegedly abusing minors sexually. The accused - Abolarin John, Balogun Samuel, Abdullahi Sulaiman and Moses Lawal-...
Rashidi Yekini and our compassion deficiency
By Is\'haq Modibbo Kawu I WAS in total bewilderment last Friday evening when news broke of the tragic death of former national football star, RashidiYekini. I had spoken about him the night before to...
By Is\'haq Modibbo Kawu I WAS in total bewilderment last Friday evening when news broke of the tragic death of former national football star, RashidiYekini. I had spoken about him the night before to...
Kwara Moves to Rename Ilorin Stadium After Yekini
Kwara State House of Assembly (KWHA), Wednesday moved the motion for the renaming of the state stadium complex in Ilorin after the ex-Super Eagles striker, Rashidi Yekini. The stadium is located along Ibrahim T...
Kwara State House of Assembly (KWHA), Wednesday moved the motion for the renaming of the state stadium complex in Ilorin after the ex-Super Eagles striker, Rashidi Yekini. The stadium is located along Ibrahim T...
Farmer remanded over unlawful possession of gun
In Bukoro community via Gwanara in the Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara State, a 22-year-old farmer, Nicholas Ilani, who was allegedly found in possession of firearm, has been remanded at the Federal Medium Secur...
In Bukoro community via Gwanara in the Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara State, a 22-year-old farmer, Nicholas Ilani, who was allegedly found in possession of firearm, has been remanded at the Federal Medium Secur...
Abandoned project at Kwara Poly will be completed - Govt
Some of the hostels yet to be completed in the Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, are already being vandalized by unknown people. The development drew the ire of the Commissioner for Education and Human Capital D...
Some of the hostels yet to be completed in the Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, are already being vandalized by unknown people. The development drew the ire of the Commissioner for Education and Human Capital D...
2012-05-09
Photo News: Gov Ahmed visits the Yekinis in Ira
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed with the Yekinis at Ira (08/05/2012) ...
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed with the Yekinis at Ira (08/05/2012) ...
Family to Kwara govt: Immortalise Yekini
Family of the illustrious football striker, Rashidi Yekini, has asked Kwara State government to immortalize their son in view of the deceased\'s contributions to the football development in the country. Speakin...
Family of the illustrious football striker, Rashidi Yekini, has asked Kwara State government to immortalize their son in view of the deceased\'s contributions to the football development in the country. Speakin...
Kwara advises professionals on quality materials
The Kwara State government has advised professionals in the state to use quality materials for housing construction to avert collapsed The Special Adviser on Emergency and Relief Services to the governor, Alhaj...
The Kwara State government has advised professionals in the state to use quality materials for housing construction to avert collapsed The Special Adviser on Emergency and Relief Services to the governor, Alhaj...
Comply with govt\'s free education policy, Principals charged
Principals of all Secondary Schools in Kwara State have been charged to ensure compliance with the non-school fees regime introduced by the Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed-led administration across the state. The P...
Principals of all Secondary Schools in Kwara State have been charged to ensure compliance with the non-school fees regime introduced by the Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed-led administration across the state. The P...
We never ganged up against him - Ikpeba
FORMER Nigerian International, Victor Ikpeba has laid to rest the speculation that some members of the USA 94 World Cup squad ganged up against Rashidi Yekini. Yekini passed away last Friday in Ibadan and was b...
FORMER Nigerian International, Victor Ikpeba has laid to rest the speculation that some members of the USA 94 World Cup squad ganged up against Rashidi Yekini. Yekini passed away last Friday in Ibadan and was b...
DG Lands Bureau promises synergy with Town Planing Authourity
The Kwara State Director General, Bureau of Lands, Mr Tope Daramola has promised to give maximum support and cooperation to the new state Executive Secretary of the Town Planning D velopment Authority, TPL Raimi Adeoti...
The Kwara State Director General, Bureau of Lands, Mr Tope Daramola has promised to give maximum support and cooperation to the new state Executive Secretary of the Town Planning D velopment Authority, TPL Raimi Adeoti...
UNILORIN v teachers: Appeal Court upturns verdict
The Court of Appeal sitting in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, yesterday upturned the ruling of the Ilorin Federal High Court in a suit between the University of Ilorin and its employees. Some documents tender...
The Court of Appeal sitting in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, yesterday upturned the ruling of the Ilorin Federal High Court in a suit between the University of Ilorin and its employees. Some documents tender...
ABS, Kwara Utd. heats up Ilorin today
ABS\' defender, Idris Aloma feels his side are ready to emerge from the shadows when they tackle city rivals, Kwara United today. The two teams will come head-to-head in a Matchday 25 fixture of the Nigeria Pre...
ABS\' defender, Idris Aloma feels his side are ready to emerge from the shadows when they tackle city rivals, Kwara United today. The two teams will come head-to-head in a Matchday 25 fixture of the Nigeria Pre...
Ex-LG scribe urges on development
Former secretary of the Ilorin South Local Government Area of Kwara state, Alhaji Atolagbe Sulaiman Alige, has charged the council chairmen in the 16 local government areas of the state to strive harder in their effort...
Former secretary of the Ilorin South Local Government Area of Kwara state, Alhaji Atolagbe Sulaiman Alige, has charged the council chairmen in the 16 local government areas of the state to strive harder in their effort...
'5, 500 Women Die From Child Birth Complications'
No fewer than 5, 500 women died globally from pregnancy or child birth related complications, the Kwara State Commissioner for Health, Alhaji Kayode Issa has said. He disclosed that over 99% of the death result...
No fewer than 5, 500 women died globally from pregnancy or child birth related complications, the Kwara State Commissioner for Health, Alhaji Kayode Issa has said. He disclosed that over 99% of the death result...
2012-05-08
Don Blames Corruption on Environment
A Political scientist, Professor Hassan Salihu, x-rayed the war against corruption in the country and concluded that the Nigerian environment makes corruption inevitable. He asserted that Nigerians have been pa...
A Political scientist, Professor Hassan Salihu, x-rayed the war against corruption in the country and concluded that the Nigerian environment makes corruption inevitable. He asserted that Nigerians have been pa...
Yekini is irreplaceable - Chukwu
Former national team coach, Christian Chukwu said he was still in shock over the news. "It is a terrible one. I heard it last(Friday) night and it was a shock to me. I never expected to hear that type of news about Y...
Former national team coach, Christian Chukwu said he was still in shock over the news. "It is a terrible one. I heard it last(Friday) night and it was a shock to me. I never expected to hear that type of news about Y...
Cabinet shake up: 10 ministers to go
There is tension in President Goodluck Jonathan's cabinet as he sets in motion the machinery to relieve at least 10 serving ministers of their jobs before May 29. Already, reports indicate that the president has s...
There is tension in President Goodluck Jonathan's cabinet as he sets in motion the machinery to relieve at least 10 serving ministers of their jobs before May 29. Already, reports indicate that the president has s...
OPINION: Weep not for Yekini. By Suraj Oyewale
By Suraj Oyewale Since the death of President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua exactly two years ago, no other death of a Nigerian has generated so much publicity and discussion than that of the gangling former Sup...
By Suraj Oyewale Since the death of President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua exactly two years ago, no other death of a Nigerian has generated so much publicity and discussion than that of the gangling former Sup...
Victoria Setubal Honour Yekini
Vitoria Setubal have given the ultimate honour to the late Rashidi Yekini, who was one of the Portuguese club's biggest stars in the 1990s. The Nigeria legend died aged 48 on Friday after a brief illness ...
Vitoria Setubal have given the ultimate honour to the late Rashidi Yekini, who was one of the Portuguese club's biggest stars in the 1990s. The Nigeria legend died aged 48 on Friday after a brief illness ...
Subsidy scam in Saraki's saga
The outcome of the fuel subsidy probe by the National Assembly has no doubt shocked many Nigerians. It revealed that a major rip-off was going on in the name of fuel subsidy. But this did not really prepare Nigerians f...
The outcome of the fuel subsidy probe by the National Assembly has no doubt shocked many Nigerians. It revealed that a major rip-off was going on in the name of fuel subsidy. But this did not really prepare Nigerians f...
Nigeria's Road To Nationhood - Conference At Unilorin
Being a lecture presented by the director of Centre for Trans-Saharan Studies, University of Maiduguri, Prof. Nur Alkali, CON, FHSN, FIMC at the annual conference of Nigerian Academy of Letters (NAL) held at University...
Being a lecture presented by the director of Centre for Trans-Saharan Studies, University of Maiduguri, Prof. Nur Alkali, CON, FHSN, FIMC at the annual conference of Nigerian Academy of Letters (NAL) held at University...
How To Curb Militancy In The Country - Baraje
The immediate past acting national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje, has proffered solution to militancy in the North and general state of insecurity in the country. &...
The immediate past acting national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje, has proffered solution to militancy in the North and general state of insecurity in the country. &...
VC, others canvass documentation of indigenuous languages
The Vice-Chancellor of Kwara State University, Malete, Prof. AbdulRasheed Na\'Allah, Provost, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, KWASU, Prof. Abiola Irele, and Araba of Osogboland, High Priest Yemi Elebubon, ha...
The Vice-Chancellor of Kwara State University, Malete, Prof. AbdulRasheed Na\'Allah, Provost, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, KWASU, Prof. Abiola Irele, and Araba of Osogboland, High Priest Yemi Elebubon, ha...
Allow IGP To Investigate Saraki - Coalition
The Civil Society Coalition of Nigeria,( CSCN), has cautioned mischief makers to allow the Nigeria Police conclude its investigation on Senator Bukola Saraki before passing judgement on him. The Coalition\'s Co...
The Civil Society Coalition of Nigeria,( CSCN), has cautioned mischief makers to allow the Nigeria Police conclude its investigation on Senator Bukola Saraki before passing judgement on him. The Coalition\'s Co...
Why I Want Yekini's Death Investigated - Lawyer
Information emanating from Ilorin and Ibadan indicate that the personal lawyer of the fallen football icon, Rashidi Yekini wants the death of the country\'s world cup star probed by both the state and Federal gove...
Information emanating from Ilorin and Ibadan indicate that the personal lawyer of the fallen football icon, Rashidi Yekini wants the death of the country\'s world cup star probed by both the state and Federal gove...
International terrorism exists in Nigeria - Ex-PDP chairman
Former acting chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Kawu Baraje, said on Monday that terrorism in Nigeria was no longer a local matter, but one that had assumed an international scale. Baraje,...
Former acting chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Kawu Baraje, said on Monday that terrorism in Nigeria was no longer a local matter, but one that had assumed an international scale. Baraje,...
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