2023-11-13

KWASU Launches Centre For Complementary And Alternative Therapy
The acting Vice-Chancellor, Kwara State University (KWASU), Prof. Shaykh-Luqman Jimoh, has launched the Ilorin Clinic and office of the Centre for Complimentary and Alternative Therapy of the institution. Accor...

Pategi Varsity partners NUC to facilitate faculty of education
Management of Pategi University, Kwara State has collaborated with the National Universities Commission (NUC), to facilitate a seamless commencement of Faculty of education in the school. In a statement signed ...

NPFL: Kwara United's Dogo disappointed with draw against Shooting Stars
Kwara United head coach, Kabiru Dogo, has expressed disappointment with his team's 1-1 draw against Shooting Stars on Sunday. The Harmony Boys rallied round to equalise late in the second half through Alao Moha...

Kidnapping: Police Arrest 7, Recover Cash In Kwara Forest
The Kwara State Commissioner of Police (CP), Victor Olaiya, on Sunday, said seven suspected kidnappers and over N1 million recovered during an assault in a forest raid in Ifelodun LGA. He gave the names of the ...

Saraki, Kwara Speaker Extol the Virtues of Ilorin Emir on 28-Year Coronation
Former Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has described the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari as a detribalised Nigerian, an embodiment of tradition, a unifier and father to all. Saraki sta...

Kwara Gives Scavengers Dec 31 To Register Or Quit
The Kwara State Government has disclosed that it will regulate the activities of scavengers, starting with registering them, to ensure the security of lives and property and increase the revenue drive of the sta...

Kwara Community Gets Water After 100 Years
The people of Kuro village in Moro LGA of Kwara State have been provided with a solar-powered borehole to solve the over 100 years of searching for water. The community said they used to share a stream about tw...

N26bn Kwara poly land under land grabbers' threat – Rector
The Rector of the Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, Abdul-Jimoh Muhammed, has appealed to the state governor to assist the institution with a perimeter fence on its 35-kilometre land to stop encroachment on its land by ...

2023-11-12

Celebrating Emir Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari of Ilorin on 28th Anniversary
Traditional Institution in Nigeria, Ilorin Emirate Council in particular has undergone phases of distinctingly discerning and deserving historical watersheds. This evolutionary narrative is exemplified and ampl...

Emir's Cup 2023: Sen Mustapha Hints At Collaboration With Sen Nwoko On Training Athletes At SUN
Senator representing Kwara Central, Saliu Mustapha, the Turakin Ilorin, has stated that he has struck up partnership with Ned Nwoko, a fellow senator at the Senate on how elite sports development can be enhanced for hi...

Emir Of Ilorin's Cup: Victorious Police Machine Beat Up Organisers, Journalists Over Prize Money
The finals of the 2023 Emir of Ilorin's Cup played over the weekend ended in fracas after players of the victorious team, Police Machine, went on rampage as they attacked journalists and competition organisers over pri...

Kwara lCAN tasks governments on profitability index
Khadijat Adenola Yahaya, chairman llorin districts and society, Institute of Chartered Accountant of Nigeria (ICAN) has charged government at all levels to promote profitability index for transparent and accountability...

Gov AbdulRazaq Commissions Polytechnic's Power Project
The Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, yesterday commissioned a power project and three other projects at Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin. The governor who is the Visitor to the polytechnic, commiss...

NYSC: Oro CoE Assures Students Of Prompt Mobilisation
Kwara State College of Education, Oro, in the Irepodun Local Government Area, has assured the students, particularly those doing degree programmes, of its commitment to their timely graduation and mobilisation for the ...

Egbewole salutes Emir of Ilorin on 28th coronation anniversary
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Wahab Olasupo Egbewole, SAN, has congratulated the Emir of Ilorin and Chairman, Kwara State Council of Chiefs, Alhaji (Dr) Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, CFR, on the occasi...

Usman Baba Patigi, a colossus in Nigeria's comedy industry: Kwara Gov
Kwara State Governor/Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF) Chairman AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Sunday described the death of Alhaji Usman Baba Patigi (Samanja) as the end of a great era in the Nigerian comedy industry, especia...

2023-11-11

Egbewole restates UNILORIN's commitment to equal opportunity
...as OSF awards N2.2m scholarships to 20 deaf students In a heartwarming display of commitment to inclusive education, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Wahab Olasupo Egbewole, SAN, has re...

Kwara Gov names STEM expert Dr. Ariyike Salau Special Adviser on Education, other new aides
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has appointed Dr. Adetola Ariyike Salau as Special Adviser on Education, with a focus on policy development in the critical sector. Dr. Salau, an indigene of Ifelodun...

Kwara Gov congratulates Emir of Ilorin on 28th coronation anniversary
Kwara State Governor/Chairman of the Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF) AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated the Emir of Ilorin Dr. Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari (CFR) on the 28th anniversary of his turbaning as the Emir. ...

2023-11-10

Veterinary Council Inducts 29 New Vet Doctors
No fewer than 29 graduates of veterinary medicine from the University of Ilorin have been inducted by the Veterinary Council of Nigeria. The veterinarians are from the 2021/2022 academic session of the u...

Women empowerment capable of increasing nation's GDP -Saraki
Former Senate President Dr Bukola Saraki has said that empowering female business owners in the country is capable of increasing the nation's Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Declaring open a one-day women entrepre...

NRC Boss Tips Kwara United For Victory Against Shooting Stars
One of the leading indigenous and multidynamic companies, Naram Rocky Consult CEO, Abdulrasheed Olanrewaju has tipped Kwara United for total victory against the visiting Shooting. Olanrewaju made the disclosure...

Stakeholders laud Offa professional ladies on contributions to socio-economic devt
Chairman, Transition Implementation Council of Offa Local Government, Hon. Jare Olatundun and the Olofa of Offa, Oba Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye II have jointly commended the Offa Professional Ladies Forum (OPLaF) for it...

Ensure merit in appointment of principal for Offa Grammar School, CSO urges stakeholders
The Centre for Advancement of Education and Community Scholarship (CAECS) has urged the Offa Descendants Union, Kwara State Teaching Service Commission, and other stakeholders to uphold merit in the appointment of the ...

Police Machine Battle Musty FC In Emir Of Ilorin's Cup Finals
TThe city of Ilorin will come alive once again when Police Machine and Musty FC battle for honours in the finals of the Emir of Ilorin Football competition on Saturday. There will be a third place playoff betwe...

Yuletide: We're better equipped to fight smugglers in Kwara – Customs
The Customs Area Comptroller Kwara State Command, Comptroller Kehinde Ilesanmi, has cautioned smugglers targeting to make illegal money this Yuletide season through border areas of the state to think twice as the comma...

Kwara Poly Begs Govt For 6 Months' Salary Relief
The Rector of Kwara State Polytechnic, Il?rin, Engr Abdul Jimoh Mohammed, has pleaded with Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq to take over the payment of its staff salaries for six months. The Rector made the plea...

Kwara Government Reaffirms Commitment To Polio-Free Society
Kwara state government reaffirmed commitment to maintaining the state's polio-free status and also flagged off the November Sub-National Immunization Plus Days Campaign at the Emir of Ilorin palace. Speaking du...

Kwara monarch says Tinubu will perform beyond expectations
Olofa of Offa, Oba Muftau Gbadamosi, has called on Nigerians to believe in the administration of President Bola Tinubu, assuring them that he would surpass people's expectations. Gbadamonsi spoke in Iwo, Osun ...