2022-12-29

At Faculty of Education Retreat, Egbewole harps on inter-disciplinary collaborations
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Wahab Olasupo Egbewole, SAN, has encouraged knowledge sharing among the various Departments in the University, saying that this would birth more interdisciplinary ...

Virginity Test Is Humiliating, Illegal Says Medical Practitioner
Virginity test is illegal, Dr Oluwajimi Sodipo, a Consultant Family Physician at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, declared in Ilorin on Wednesday. He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the si...

Only 250 Kidney Specialists In Nigeria – Nephrologist
Dr Ade Faponle, a Consultant Nephrologist, at Zenith Medical and Kidney Centre, Abuja, has disclosed that Nigeria has only 250 specialists in the area of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). Faponle said this on Wedne...

Kwara United to play NPFL home matches in Ibadan
Barring any last-minute change, the management of NPFL side Kwara United has concluded plans to adopt the Lekan Salami Stadium in Ibadan for their home games at the new NPFL abridged format season scheduled to begin on...

I'll touch lives directly if elected – Ajia
Ibrahim Mohammed Ajia, the People's Democratic Party (PDP), candidate for Asa/Ilorin West Federal Constituency, in Kwara State, says he will touch peoples' lives directly if given the mandate to represent his constitue...

Abdulmaliq-Bashir: Kwara Women'll Give AbdulRazaq Bulk Votes
Hajia Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir is the Kwara State Commissioner for Women Affairs. In this interview with STEPHEN OLUFEMI ONI, she bares her mind on sundry issues, including the stand of women in the reelection bid of...

2 Kwarans Emerge Runners-up At Qur'an Recitation Competition
Two members of Kwara State's contingent to the just concluded National Qur'an Recitation Competition in Gusau, Zamfara State emerged runners-up in two categories of the competition. Mariyam Issa-Onilu won the s...

UITH seizes corpse over assault on medical doctor in Ilorin
Authorities of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), Ilorin, Kwara state on Wednesday seized the corpse of a deceased patient following assault on one of the medical doctors of the facility. One of...

Kwara NLC chides marketers over petrol price hike
The organised labour in Kwara State has carpeted petroleum products marketers in the state for what it described as the incessant hike in the prices of premium motor spirit also known as petrol and other petroleum prod...

2022-12-28

Kwara Gov. Seeks Public-Private Partnership to Develop Rural Communities
The Governor of Kwara State, Mr. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has called for a collaboration between the public and the private sectors to enhance the socio economic development of Ilorin and other communities in the Kwara ...

Kwara Governor, Alade Express Concern over Brain Drain in Medical Sector
•Inaugurates N350m medical centre at Offa •State seeks PPP to develop rural communities The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Finance and Economy, Mrs. Serah Alade at the weekend decried...

Offa Club Donates N350m Medical Facility To Community
Offa Metropolitan Club (OMC) in Offa local government area of Kwara State, has built a N350 million hospital for the use of the community. Speaking at the commissioning of the health facility, Kwara State gover...

Fire Razes 3 Buildings, Destroys N37.4m Property In Kwara
Property worth N37.4 million were destroyed in three different fire outbreaks which occurred in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital on Christmas Day. Two of the fire incidents occurred along Coca-Cola Road while th...

2022-12-27

Kwara NNPP Guber Candidate Promises LG Autonomy
The Governorship Candidate of the New Nigeria People's Party (NNPP) in Kwara State for 2023 election, Professor Oba Shuaib Abdulraheem, at the weekend promised to ensure local government autonomy in all the 16 local go...

I'm building new political culture in Kwara – Gov
The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has disclosed that his administration is building a new political structure in the state. This is as he also maintained that his government represents the colle...

Kwara: Every Nigerian Child Should Be Educated, Says ADC Candidate
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) House of Representatives candidate for Ifelodun/Offa/Oyun Federal Constituency in Kwara State, Gbenga Power-Oyekunle has underscored the need for every child to be educated. ...

2022-12-26

Son Sets Up Father's Kidnap For N.3m In Kwara
Three suspects have been remanded by a magistrates' court sitting in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, for allegedly conspiring with one Shehu Usman to kidnap his father for N300,000. The suspects, Sanni Na-Ham...

Kwara Governor Opens 79th Islamic Vacation Course
Kwara State governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq yesterday declared open the 79th National Islamic Vacation Course (IVC), with a call on Muslims to sustain the teachings and tenets of the religion for peaceful coexistence w...

IEDPU: Applauses for Kwara Gov as Ilorin urban renewal projects take shape
•Again, Emir lauds AbdulRazaq's humility, feats •Announces Hajia Shagaya _Zaraniya_ Ilorin •Gov, Turaki, Shagaya, others donate to IEDPU's ICT Hub Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq had...