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2021-04-10
Hijaab: 10 Kwara schools resume academic classes on Monday April 12
This is to inform parents/guardians and teachers that the 2020/2021 Third Term Accademic Session for the 10 schools affected in the recent hijaab debate starts on Monday, 12th April 2021. This is part of the govern...

2021-04-06
Doctor's strike: Patients appeal to FG to meet doctors' demands
Patients in the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) appealed to the Federal Government to meet the demands of the striking doctors in the country, a report of casualties of the strike was made. Speaki...
Biffo Thanks Kwarans, Fans, Well Wishers, Promises To Do Well In NPFL Second Round
Abdullahi Biffo who is the gaffer of NPFL leaders Kwara United has thanked Kwarans and all lovers of the club for the support and love shown during the first round of the NPFL season. Kwara United finished their ...
APC chieftain writes on '21 political lies in Nigeria'
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Kwara State, Akogun Iyiola Oyedepo, says his book on "21 political lies in Nigeria" is to educate the electorate on the antics of politicians during elections. Oyedep...
'Kwara APC crisis is reconcilable'
Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State have said that the lingering crisis in the party in the state is nothing but a political struggle between two forces. Speaking with journalists in I...
Kwara opposition parties reject LG TlCs
The opposition political parties in Kwara State under the aegies of Inter-party Advisory Council have rejected the composition and inauguration of Transition Implementation Committees for the 16 local government areas ...
Four Kwara teenagers nabbed over alleged rape, murder of Fulani woman
Four teenagers have been arrested by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps over the alleged rape and murder of a Fulani woman in Esie, Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State. The victim, whos...
Fire guts 14 rooms in Ilorin family house
Fire has destroyed 14 of the 46 rooms in a family house at Onibata Compound, Alore Area in Ilorin,  Kwara. A statement issued on Monday in Ilorin by Mr Hakeem Hassan, Public Relations Officer of the Kwara Fire Se...

2021-04-05
Eguavon comes off bench to help ABS beat Niger Tornadoes
Eguavon comes off bench to help ABS beat Niger Tornadoes Seasonal Charles Eguavon came from the bench to score the winning goal to help Abubakar Bukola Saraki Ilorin FC beat visiting Niger Tornadoes of Minna 2-1 on Sat...
FCCPC's Irukera seeks more participation in politics
The Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, Mr Babatunde Irukera, has called for more participation in politics. He urged those who always say they will never have ...
JAMB warns operators of cybercafes, tutorial centres against use of logo
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has warned operators of cybercafes, tutorial centres and other entities against the use of its logo. This was as it regretted that "fraudulent operators of cy...
Kwara Utd Regain NPFL Top Spot, Pillars Move to 2nd Position
Samuel Ganda and Michael Ohanu fired Kwara United back to the top of the Nigeria Professional Football League as the Ilorin based club secured a 2-0 home win against visiting Nasawara United in Ilorin yesterday. Ga...

2021-04-04
OPINION: Abdulkareem's revival crusade at UNILORIN. By Best Agbese
In those days, the graduates of the University of Ilorin (Unilorin) pranced the land with mercurial elegance as proud products of one of Nigeria's best second-generation universities. But this aura suddenly faded and ov...
NYSC visits corps members injured in auto crash on their way to orientation camp
Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim, on Saturday, promised to prioritise medical treatment of corps members who were recently involved in an auto crash on their...
A part of me is gone, Yinka Odumakin's wife, Joe weeps
Joe Okei-Odumakin, widow of late Afenifere spokesperson, Yinka Odumakin has described his passing as a loss of a part of her. Yinka Odumakin died from COVID-19 related complications at the Lagos State Universit...
Shoprite protests: Police deploy personnel to Ilorin branch
By NAN The Kwara command of the Nigeria Police Force has deployed some of its personnel to the Ilorin branch of Shoprite, a South African store operating across cities, over continued protests by staff of the gro...

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