2022-01-03

Kwara Gov greets Rep Ajuloopin on birthday anniversary
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated House of Representatives member Hon. Raheem Olawuyi (Ajulo-Opin) on his birthday anniversary, calling him a fine legislator with a good touch with the peo...

Oyedepo: Zoning political offices sign of leadership failure
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara, Akogun Iyiola Oyedepo, has described the clamour for zoning of political offices in the country as a failure of leadership. Oyedepo, on Monday in Ilo...

Governor AbdulRazaq Mourns Kwara CAN Chairman
The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has commiserated with the Christian community on the death of the State Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Most Reverend Paul Olawoore. The CAN C...

Muslim Group mourns late Kwara CAN chairman, Bishop Olawoore
The Muslim Media Watch Group of Nigeria says it has received with sadness and sorrow the death of Bishop Paul Olawoore - Catholic Bishop of Ilorin Diocese who also doubled as Chairman of Kwara State Christian Associatio...

Kwara Group Supports Saraki's Presidential Bid
A socio-cultural group based in Offa in Kwara State, the Agbala Progressive Union, has thrown its weight behind the 2023 presidential bid of former Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki. The group declared...

Controversy over N1.68bn unpaid pension in Kwara
Kwara NUP returns to court Says many out of 9,030 retirees receive N3,000 monthly ***We don't owe pensioners any kobo - GOVT There seems to be no end in sight to the controversial N1.68billion unpaid benef...

2022-01-01

Kwara Gov mourns CAN chairman Most Rev Olawoore
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has commiserated with the Christian community on the death of the state chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Most Reverend Paul Olawoore. The CAN chairman...

NEW YEAR MESSAGE FROM THE HON. COMMISSIONER FOR HEALTH, KWARA STATE, DR. RAJI RAZAQ
The Kwara State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Raji Razaq wishes all health workers in the state a happy and prosperous New Year 2022. Dr. Razaq's new year message was contained in a press statement endorsed by ...

2021-12-31

Encomiums As Oloyede Bows Out Of Summit University
PROFESSOR Hussein Oloyede, the pioneer vice chancellor of Summit University, Offa (SUNO), has called on the university community to be courageous, faithful, and humble in their disposition to enhance development in the...

Ibrahim Datti Ahmed (1936 to 2021). By Olusegun Adeniyi
I experienced a sincere sense of loss early this morning when I received a terse message from my friend, Mohammed Jamu. ‘You lost your friend last night. He will be buried today at 10am’, he wrote. The mess...

Al-Hikmah VC cautions against closing varsities over COVID-19 variant
Vice Chancellor of the faith-based University, Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Kwara State, Prof. Noah Yusuf, has urged the relevant authorities to brace up for the likely challenges that the new variant of COVID-19, Omi...

Cook-Olododo untruthful on why he fell out with Bukola Saraki - Wahab Isa
A former member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Wahab Issa has described as outright falsehood and false attempt to rewrite history, the outburst of Hon. Abdulganiyu Cook-Olododo, a serving House of Representativ...

Kwara PDP Expels Members Over Alleged Anti-Party Offences
The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Adewole ward of the Ilorin West local government area has expelled four of its members and suspended five others over alleged anti-party activities. T...

Kwara 2023: Speaker Denies Gubernatorial Ambition
The Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly North Central Nigeria, Engr Yakubu Danladi-Salihu, has denied reports on his purported gubernatorial ambition ahead of the 2023 general elections. He also denied...

Kwara Firefighters Avert Disaster As Petrol Tanker, Trailer Collide In Ilorin
Prompt intervention of the men of Kwara State Fire Service on Thursday averted what could have been a major fire disaster in the state. A trailer truck with registration number PKM 141 ZY and a petrol tanker wi...

Digital journalism, media ethics and responsible reporting
A contingent from Image Merchants Promotion Ltd (IMPR) – publishers of PRNigeria, Economic Confidential and other titles – spent a week in Ilorin, capital of Kwara, where they engaged Governor AbdulRahman A...

2021-12-30

OPINION: Mufti and the Crisis of Interest. By Jimoh Ibrahim
I have watched with utter dismay the reputationally damaging video clip of the supposed Islamic legal authority, making several outrageous claims that contravene the dictates of Islam and negate the cultural values of t...

FG approves repair works on old Moro Bridge as Kwara Gov visits Works Ministry
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Wednesday again made a big push for immediate rehabilitation of the old Moro Bridge following his visit to the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing. At a meeting with t...

Why I disagreed with Bukola Saraki - Abdulganiyu Cook
Abdulganiyu Cook Olododo, the member representing Ilorin East, Ilorin South Federal constituency in the National Assembly, on Thursday broke his silence over a disagreement with the former Senate President Bukola Sarak...

FG raises N1.77tn Sukuk fund for Ibadan-Ilorin, 96 other roads - Report
The Federal Government earned N1.77tn from sukuk bonds over a period of four years, according to a report obtained by our correspondent. The N1.77tn sukuk was raised between 2017 and 2021, the report stated....

High expectations as KWASU makes history in aviation
Two under-graduates of the newly established Kwara State University in Malete have recorded a major research breakthrough with the design and construction of a light aircraft which is due for a test flight next. UMAR B...

Two Unilorin dons make list of top global scientists
Elsevier BV, based at Stanford University, United States of America, has named two Nigerian professors among the topmost productive scientists in the world. Elsevier B.V is an academic publishing company that p...

Rehabilitation of Oyun Waterworks Excites Kwara Monarch
The Onijagbo of Ijagbo, Oba Salawudeen Fagbemi, Obebe II, has expressed delight over the rehabilitation of Oyun waterworks in Oyun local government area of Kwara State. The monarch hailed the state government f...

How CELF explores Global Opportunities for Rural Students in Kwara
Since ages past, Students in rural areas unlike their counterparts in the urban centres have always been at a great disadvantage in terms of Opportunities, exposures and easy means of achieving their goals in life....

Old Students Call For Resuscitation Of Kwara Technical Colleges
OLD students of the Government Technical College (GTC), Patigi, Kwara State, have expressed displeasure over the condition of technical colleges in the state, calling on the state government to resuscitate them to ensu...

Ex-Kwara LG chairmen endorse Saliu Mustapha for chairmanship
THE Chairmen of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change in the 16 LGAs of Kwara have endorsed the aspiration of Malam Saliu Mustapha for the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress. Mustapha was...