2022-04-06

ADVERTISEMENT FOR ADMISSION INTO SCHOOLS OF UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN TEACHING HOSPITAL 2022/2023 ACADEMIC SESSION
Applications are hereby invited from suitably qualified candidates for admission into Schools of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital for the 2022/2023 academic session. The Schools are: School of Communi...

Why we allowed CBT centres to increase service charge - JAMB Registrar
The Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, has explained why the board allowed Computer Based Test Centres to increase the service charge to N1,000 for its April 9 mock examinatio...

Senate Okays Medical Varsities In 6 Geo-Political Zones
The Senate on Tuesday, passed a bill seeking to establish the Federal University of Medical Sciences and Biomedical Technology in each of the six geo-political zones in the country. This follow...

NULGE calls for implementation of local government autonomy
The federal government has been urged to ensure total implementation of local government autonomy to drive development across the country. The President of the National Union of Local Government Employees(NULGE...

Tricycle Operators Lament Skyrocketing Price Of Tricycles
Transport union executives and operators in Kwara State have called on the Federal Government to look into the skyrocketing price of buying tricycles. Speaking during the inauguration of a tricycle assembling a...

Kwara United VC Shocks Kano Pillars At 2022 Volleyball Super Cup
Kwara United Volleyball Club has defeated 2021 Nigeria Volleyball Premier League Champions, Kano Pillars, 3-2 (17-25, 27-25, 25-23, 21-25, 19-17) on Day 2 at the ongoing 2022 Nigeria Volleyball Super Cup in Lagos State...

EFCC docks ex-Kwara radio staff Babalola for false information
A former staff of a popular radio station in Kwara State, Funmilayo Florence Babalola, has been docked by the EFCC for giving false information. Babalola, 51, was arraigned on a two-count charge before Justice ...

Less privileged receive food Items in Kwara
Over one thousand less privileged in Kwara state have benefited from food items distributed by a humanitarian organisation- King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre, from Saudi Arabia. The beneficiaries o...

Kwara PDP gets new Spokesman
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kwara State, has announced Prince Tunji Moronfoye as the new Publicity Secretary of the party in the state. Moronfoye replaces Tunde Ashaolu who died last month in Abuja af...

Dumping APC not solution, Lai Mohammed begs aggrieved associates
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has appealed to aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress in Kwara State to reconsider their decision to dump the party in the state. The minister, wh...

Exam malpractice: Kwara to punish erring principals
The Kwara State Government has again warned principals of both Junior and Senior Secondary Schools in the state to desist from encouraging examination malpractices in their various schools or be ready to face severe sa...

2022-04-05

2023: Saraki, Tambuwal, Bala Mohammed, Hayatu-Deen Confer with Okowa in Asaba
Former President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has reiterated the determination of the presidential aspirants from northern Nigeria, under the canopy of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to produce a consensus ca...

APC: Uncertainty Over Lai As Key Supporters Dump Ruling Party
For the minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, these are indeed trying times in the political career of the Kwara State politician. After leading the process that saw APC at the helm of affai...

Ramadan: Kwara governor urges Muslims to pray for Nigeria
Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State has appealed to Muslims across the globe to seize the opportunity of Ramadan to pray for Nigeria. He stated this weekend while congratulating Muslims worldwide on ...

Ramadan: Customers Lament Soaring Food Prices In Kwara
Three days after the commencement of the Ramadan fast, the prices of foodstuffs and other essential commodities have soared in most markets across the state. Prices of fruits, vegetable oil, me...

Anti-corruption Group, ENetSuD Asks Kwara Speaker To Reverse Unlawful Appointment Of Retiree As Clerk Of House
A civil society organization, Elites Network for Sustainable Development (ENetSuD) has asked the Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly (KWHA), Yakubu Salihu-Danladi, to reverse the unlawful contract appointment ...

Kwara courts convict six fraudsters for cybercrime
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday secured the conviction of six persons charged for various offences bordering on cyber fraud in different High Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State capital. ...

2022-04-04

Fasakin: I'm Still UNILORIN Alumni National President
National President, UNILORIN Alumni Association, Dr. Stephen Fasakin has insisted that he is still the presiding leader of the association despite pending cases in court on the dissolution of the National Executive Com...

UNILORIN releases advertisement for VC position, method of application
OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE POST OF VICE-CHANCELLOR Introduction The Council of the University of Ilorin hereby announces to the general academic community that the post...

Doctors' strike: UITH blames irregular power supply on diesel scarcity
The Management of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital has attributed the recent inconsistent power supply in the facility to diesel scarcity. This is as the management also clarify that it has provided m...

NPFL: Kwara overcome Remo as second stanza begins
Kwara United on Sunday defeated visiting Remo Stars 2-1 in Ilorin as the Nigeria Professional Football League second stanza resumed. The hosts lost 3-0 in the reverse fixture to Remo on match-day 19 at Ikenne, ...

2023: APC Will Win With Landslide In Kwara - Chairman
In spite of the defection of the loyalists of the minister of information and culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed to the Social Democratic Party (SDP), the chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State, Princ...

2023: Lai Mohammed's APC Loyalists Join SDP in Kwara
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, thousands of the members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State loyal to the Minister of Information and Culture, Mr. Lai Mohammed, at the weekend in Ilorin publicly ...

Seven killed, 21 injured in Kwara crash, FRSC blames speeding, overloading
Seven people died while 21 others were injured in a lone accident at the Otte end of the Ilorin-Ogbomoso Road, Asa Local Government Area, Kwara State. The accident, which involved a white Mazda bus with number ...

2022-04-03

Flaunt APC Achievements For Repeat Of 2019 Victory, Kwara Governor Urges Party Faithful
Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State has urged members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state to flaunt the administration's achievements towards mobilizing people for a repeat of the 2019 victor...

Chartered Accountant Declares Interest In Kwara Federal Constituency Seat
A leading chartered accountant in Kwara state, Chief Gbenle Adeyemi, has declared his intention to contest the Federal House of Representatives seat of the Ekiti/Irepodun/Isin/Oke-Ero federal constituency under the rul...

Kwara TV Begins 24-Hour Transmission Of Local Content On Monday - Commissioner
25-year-old Kwara State Television (KWTV) will begin a 24-hour live broadcast from Ilorin, the state capital on Monday with local content. Speaking with journalists in Ilorin at the weekend, the state commissio...