2022-11-27

Pathologist Laments Challenges Posed By Kidney Diseases
A Pathologist with the Department of Pathology in the University of Ilorin, Professor Mikhail Buhari has lamented the magnitude of the challenges posed by kidney diseases and the increasing sophistication in the servic...

Association calls for deployment of professional counselors in schools
The Association of Professional Counsellors in Nigeria led by its National President, Professor Ekundayo Ocholi, has called for the deployment of professional counsellors to various levels of the education sector in th...

10th Saraki Memorial Lecture Holds Tomorrow
The 10th anniversary lecture in honour of the late second republic senate leader and Waziri of Ilorin, Dr. Oloye Abubakar Olusola Saraki, is billed for tomorrow, Monday, November 28, 2022. The public memorial l...

Olam, Kwara Govt treat communities on tropical diseases
An international agro company, Olam Food Industries (Ofi) has partnered the Kwara Government to treat communities across the 16 local government areas of the state on Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs). The New...

Kwara govt to convert Ilorin General Hospital to teaching hospital
The Kwara Government says it has concluded plans to convert the Ilorin General Hospital to a teaching hospital for the newly approved Medical School of state university at Malete. The state Commissioner for Hea...

2022-11-26

Wife Of Kwara State Governor Commends Hairdressers For Embarking On Secretariat Complex Project
The First Lady of Kwara State and Founder Ajike People Support Center, Ambassador Olufolake Abdulrazaq has commended the state Chapter of the National Association of hairdressers and cosmetologists for embarking on ...

2022-11-25

At Kwara Rally, Atiku Laments APC's Misrule, Pledges to Revive Kainji Dam
Presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, at a rally in Kwara State, decried what he called the careless tendencies and maladministration exhibited by the All Progressives Con...

Kwara farmers hold 'Pork Festival' December 8
Kwara Pork Farmers Association of Nigeria has announced that the association will hold a 'Pork Festival' in Ilorin, the state capital on December 8, 2022. The chairman of the association, Lekan Oyedepo, said th...

Kwara Rally Turnout: PDP Leaders Should Emulate Saraki – Faringado
A young member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from Jigawa State, Umar Faringado Kazaure, has called on the leaders of the opposition party to emulate a former Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, by mob...

2022-11-24

CELF 3.0: Organisers Unveil Facilitators
Haashim Initiative for Community Advancement (HICA), the organiser of the Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship (CELF), has unveiled a list of facilitators at the third edition of the fellowship. According to...

Kwara Gov engages Igbomina think tank on industrial hub, Masterplan, others
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has held a virtual town hall meeting with Igbomina think tank to lay bare his administration’s proposals for an industrial hub located on the Amoyo-Jimba Oja-Idofian co...

Kwara APC welcomes thousands of defectors from opposition parties
• PDP’s comeback bid shameless, fruitless: AbdulRazaq • PDP bigwigs throw weight behind Gov’s second term bid • Defectors hail govt’s impacts across Kwara Ruling All...

Kwara SA Urban Markets visits Iyaloja and Babaloja General....assures them Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq's Support
As part of her familiarization visit to major stakeholders in the state, the Special assistant Urban Market Central, Honourable Umulkhaer Onaolamipo Ahmed Alaiye on Tuesday met with the Kwara State Iyaloja and Babaloja Ge...

OPINION: Akanbi's demise and the rest of us By Abubakar Imam
Every soul is sacred.Every life is important.Every human being is precious.No human creature is useless! We are all created to achieve something towards the greatness of all. That is the humanity in you and I. ...

OPINION: Prof M.M Akanbi: A Gallant Martyr By Dr.Abdulhameed Badmas Yusuf.
Death is the most certain occurrence in all human endeavors. It is a poisonous drink from which every living thing must taste. It brings shock along with it whenever it strikes. It is shrouded in secrecy as it gives no...

TRIBUTE TO PROFESSOR MUHAMMED MUSTAPHA AKANBI SAN
I am late in writing this tribute (about 76hrs late) because I have been living in denial. I had been hoping that the news of MM's death is a hoax and that it would be refuted. I am away somewhere in East Africa when ...

FIRST LADY OF KWARA STATE MEETS SPECIAL ASSISTANTS ON SDG OF THE 16 LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF THE STATE
The First Lady of Kwara State and Founder Ajike People Support Center Her Excellency Ambassador Dr Olufolake Abdulrazaq has met with the Special Assistants on Sustainable Development Goals in the 16 Local Government Areas...

Women with proven integrity urged to vie for political offices
Women with proven integrity and character have been encouraged to contest for political offices to enhance gender inclusion in Nigeria's electoral process. This was part of a communique issued at the end of a o...

I'll Put My All To Finish School — 51-Year-Old Secondary School Student
She was initially mocked, insulted and gossiped about for returning to school at 50, but that is no longer the case for Mrs Folashade Mary Ajayi, popularly known as “Mama Shade” by her teachers and colleagues. ...

Teslim Sanusi tasks FG on care for poor people
The past President of the Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers, Dr. Teslim Sanusi, has advised the Federal Government to provide social welfare for the people to curb security problems. He said that...

UITH Staff Inaugurate Group To Fund Patients' Treatment
A partnership among some staff of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) and some individuals formed to raise funds for the treatment of patients with life-threatening ailments in the hospital has been inaug...

Emir of Ilorin celebrates with Buhari's Chief of Staff, Ibrahim Gambari at 78
The Emir of Ilorin and Chairman Kwara State Council of Chiefs, Mai-Martaba Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari CFR, has rejoiced with the Chief of Staff to the President, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, on the attainment of 78 year...

“I'm Not A Mole Nor Placeholder In NNPP”- Kwara Reps Candidate
The candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) contesting for the Ilorin West/ Asa Federal onstituency in the House of Representatives in Abuja, Mustapha Ope Saraki, has denied claims that he is a mole and a pla...

North Central PDP Women Pledge Support For Atiku In Kwara
North Central women in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday pledged their support and loyalty to the aspiration of the party's presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, his vice pre...

Kwara promotes 9,000 civil servants in three years
Kwara State Government has promoted 9,175 civil servants between 2019 and 2021. The government has also commenced the 2022 promotion examinations for 2,096 civil servants. The Nation monitored the inter...

Kwara Central: I'm In The Race To Put Human Face To Legislative Agenda – Saliu Mustapha
Mallam Saliu Mustapha, senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara Central, has said he is in the race to put human face to legislative agenda. In an interview with Daily Trust, Salihu ...

Mutawali of Ilorin advocates PPP on school infrastructure development as Plat Technologies donates WASH facilities to school
Mutawali of Ilorin and renowned legal luminary Dr. Alimi AbdulRazaq last Tuesday called on corporate bodies and well-meaning individuals in the country to join hands with the governments in the building of school infra...

Kwara SA Urban Markets visits Iyaloja and Babaloja General
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