2021-07-16

VC to varsities: lay emphasis on practical skills acquisition
Vice Chancellor of Al-Hikmah University, Prof. Noah Yusuf, has urged university administrators to de-emphasise paper certification. Instead, Yusuf canvassed practical skill acquisition and all-round university ...

Kwara has 900 doctors attending to 3.5m people - Expert
A Public Health Physician, Dr Bosede Rotimi, said on Thursday that for Kwara Government to achieve Universal Health Coverage for its masses, the current 900 doctors to 3.5 million people must be addressed. R...

Kwara APC suspends 11 Lai Mohammed loyalists
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has suspended eleven party members of the party believed to be loyalists of the Minister of Information and Culture Alhaji Lai Mohammed for allegedly indulging in anti-party activ...

Ilorin ram sellers lament low patronage
Barely few days to Eid-el-Kabir celebration, ram sellers of rams are lamenting low patronage in several parts of Ilorin, the Kwara capital. A NAN correspondent who visited some ram markets in various parts o...

Nigerians are exploiters, selfish, says Kwara cleric
The Venerable Julius Abejide has said primitive accumulation of wealth is leading Nigeria to doom. "The penchant to outwit the other person and has preoccupied the minds of vast majority of Nigerians," he sai...

Kwara presents cash donations to people living with HIV/AIDS
Kwara state government has donated cash to selected 80 beneficiaries among People Living With HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in the state. Speaking with journalists in Ilorin on Thursday during the presentation of cheques ...

2021-07-15

Protests Rock Offa over Overzealousness of Security Agents
Scores of indigenes of Offa in Kwara State yesterday staged a protest against alleged overzealousness of security agents deployed in the community. The state government had in March this year imposed curfew on ...

Insecurity: Buhari ignored 2 reports of security submitted by 8th Senate -Saraki
Former Senate pesident, Bukola Saraki, yesterday, tackled the Presidency over a statement credited to it that the eighth Senate vis-a-vis the National Assembly, did not collaborate with President Muhammadu Buhari in add...

Eid-el-Kabir: FRSC Flags off Special Patrol in Kwara
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it will flag off the 2021 Eid-el-Kabir Special Patrol National Mega Rally in Kwara on July 15. The special patrol, themed "Achieving Zero Road Fatality Through Public Enl...

213 patients in Ija-Isin community benefit from Kwara State NMA free medical outreach
At least 213 patients from the rural communities in Kwara State have benefited from the annual free medical consultations and lab investigations carried out by the members of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, Kwar...

Three family members die of suspected food poisoning in Kwara
Another tragedy struck in the Ilorin East Local Government Area of Kwara State on Tuesday as three members of the same family reportedly died of suspected food poisoning. Though details of the incident were sk...

APC resumes membership registration in Kwara, Imo, others
The Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of the All Progressives Congress has directed the immediate resumption of membership registration in six states. The affected states are, Kwara, Ogun, Riv...

Why we're setting up Kwara Education Trust Fund, by AbdulRazaq
Kwara is establishing an education trust fund to mobilise resources for school infrastructure, provide affordable and qualitative education, and boost human capital development Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq said on We...

NSCDC averts bloodbath over death of Fulani in Kaiama
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Kwara State Command, on Wednesday, averted what could have resulted into a bloodbath in a Fulani family in Ikoroku area of Kaiama Local Government Area of the state....

PDP kicks over suspension of member in Kwara Assembly
The Kwara State branch of the Peoples Democratic Party has condemned the suspension of Raheem Agboola by the state House of Assembly, describing the move as unlawful and an affront to parliamentary ethics. Agbool...

MINILS sets to promote gender studies
Micheal Imoudu Nationak Institute for Labour Studies (MINILS) Ilorin is set to mainstream gender and women studies in its training curriculum as part of the innovations to reposition itself for better educational s...

2021 Volleyball League: NSCDC spank Customs as Immigration whip Police
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) female team Tuesday continued their impressive display at the ongoing Nigeria Volleyball League with a convincing victory over Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). ...

2021-07-14

Live up to Expectations of Members, Perm. Sec. Communications Tasks Kwara NUJ New Exco.
The Permanent Secretary in the kwara State Ministry of Communications, Hajia Rabiat Mopelola AbdulRahman has charged the newly elected Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Kwara State Council, Ahmed Lanr...

Governor AbdulRazaq congratulates new Kwara NUJ exco
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State has congratulated the state council of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) on its successful and peaceful election.The governor in a statement issued by his Chief P...

Unilorin VC congratulates Ahmed, new Kwara NUJ Chairman
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Sulyman Age Abdulkareem, has congratulated Mr Abdulateef Ahmed of "The Herald" Group of Newspapers on his election as the new Chairman of the Kwara State Council o...

OPINION: S.O. Muhammad: A Quintessential Jurist @ 70 By Abubakar Imam
Come Saturday (July 10,2021) no fewer than nine(9) million individuals all-over the world would be commemorating their birthdays. Hundreds of exemplary indigenes of Ilorin Emirate, my primary constituency, would also b...

Agboola's Suspension: Kwara Former Speaker, Dr. Ali Ahmad, reacts
nting Ilorin-South Constituency at the Kwara State House of Assembly, Hon. Jimoh Raheem Agboola.Ali Ahmad expressed shock at the laughable manner in which Hon. Agbo was suspended. “How do you lock the stable whe...

Saraki hindering us from probing him, EFCC tells court
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has asked a federal high court to vacate an order made restraining the commission from probing Bukola Saraki, former senate president. On May 14, 2019...

2021-07-13

AbdulRazaq congratulates new KWACCIMA exco, seeks stronger collaboration
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated the new executive committee of the Kwara State Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (KWACCIMA), describing the body as a key partner in the adm...

Abia Warriors ends poor run of results with comeback win against Kwara United
Coach Imama Amapakabo is a happy man again after his side, Abia Warriors brought an end to their four-game winless run in the league with a 2-1 home win against Kwara United on Sunday. Abia Warriors...

APC: Kwara, Lagos Governors head Anambra governorship reconciliation efforts
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has appointed governors of Lagos and Kwara states to head its reconciliation efforts on Anambra governorship election. Sen. John Akpanudoedehe, National Secretary APC Caretak...

Kwara State Governor Motivates OFFA Volleyball Club With Cash Incentives
Kwara State Governor, Mallam Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has motivated OFFA Volleyball Club with cash incentives ahead of the ongoing 2021 Nigeria Volleyball Premier League in Ilorin. The head coach of OFFA Volleyball C...

COVID-19: Astrazeneca vaccine effective against Delta variant - NMA
Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Kwara chapter, says two jabs of the COVID-19 Astrazeneca vaccine are about 92 per cent effective against the Delta variant of the virus. The Chairman of the Kwara NMA, Dr Baba I...