2023-12-31

Lagos Varsity Promotes Former Kwara College Provost, Olokoba to Associate Professorship
Lagos Varsity Promotes Former Kwara College Provost, Olokoba to Associate Professorship The immediate past Provost of the Kwara State College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies, CAILS, Dr. Olokoba Abdullahi Ay...

Kwara APC Chieftain urge party leaders to address members' discontent ahead LG elections
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara state, Dr Abdulmumin Yinka-Ajia, has cautioned the leadership of the ruling party in the state to address alleged displeasure among members of the party ahead...

2024 Will be More Fulfilling for us, Kwara Gov Assures Residents
•Urges constructive engagement, support for President's reforms Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated the people of the state on the new year of the Gregorian calendar, urging them to work with...

2023-12-30

FG plans development bank for youths
The Minister of Youth Development, Dr Jemila Ibrahim on Friday said the Federal Government was working out plans to establish a national youth development bank, as part of efforts by President Bola Tinubu to increase a...

Illegal substances: NDLEA arrests four in Kwara
The Kwara State Command of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has arrested four suspects for allegedly dealing in illegal substances suspected to be cannabis. The suspects were apprehended at a h...

Shops, Viewing Centre Burnt in Kwara Tanker Explosion
The Kwara State Fire Service, on Saturday, averted the loss of lives in the Idi-Ape area of Ilorin, Kwara State, after a diesel tanker exploded. PUNCH Online, however, gathered that the tanker conveying the fue...

2023-12-29

Ilorin Elite Group Seeks Renaming Of UNILORIN As Sheikh Alimi Varsity
The people of Ilorin Emirate in Kwara State, on Monday, called on the federal government to rename the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) after the founder of the Alimi Dynasty, Sheikh Alimi ibn Solihu ibn Janta. ...

NGF: AbdulRazaq's Leadership Provides Stability For Nation's Developmental Policies, Says President Tinubu
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR has commended Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq CON for providing stability for Nigeria's developmental policies through his leadership of the Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF), reiterating...

2023-12-28

Kwara Hotel: Another moment of Seward's folly by Rafiu Ajakaye
In 1867, a former US Secretary of State William Seward committed $7.2m of taxpayers' money to seal a deal that bought Alaska from Russia, triggering a flurry of reactions that culminated in the media historically dubb...

Emulate Alada, Abdulmalik charges Ilorin youths
The new National President of Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU), Alhaji Abdulmumini Ayo Abdulmalik, has charged the people of the community, particularly members of its younger generations, to emula...