2021-02-02

Akogun:An Icon of Journalism @ 58. By Abubakar Imam
For a typical industrious African like Mr. Kunle Akogun,the Director of Corporate Affairs, University of Ilorin, birthday is like any other day. No special feature or feeling is attached to it. The best he does is sim...

BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND CENTRAL WORKING COMMITTEE OF ILORIN CENTRAL JUMA'AT MOSQUE RUE DEMISE OF ALHAJI UMARU SARO , OFR.
Bismillahi Rrahmani Rraheem. It is with rude shock but total submission to the will of Allah (SWT) that the Board of Trustees and Central Working Committee of the Ilorin Central Juma'at Mosque received news of the...

Kwara govt reclaims Ile Arugbo land as court strikes out Saraki's case
Kwara State Government on Tuesday got a legal green light to proceed with building on the controversial Ile Arugbo land in Ilorin, with the court striking out the Bukola Saraki's case challenging government's ...

Hamidu Olowo Thanks Kwarans, Begs For More Support For Kwara United
Energetic secretary of Kwara United Hamidu Olowo has expressed appreciation on behalf of the club to fans and Kwarans for their support for the team this term in the NPFL. Kwara United have been getting impressiv...

Ali Passes Vote of No Confidence on Nigerian Politicians
A constitutional lawyer, Mallam Yusuf Olaolu Ali (SAN), at the weekend passed a vote of no confidence on Nigerian politicians presently occupying various office over their failure to fulfill electoral promises made to the...

Unilorin's virtual learning has recorded 90% success, VC says
Prof. Suleyman Abdulkareem, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, says the virtual learning system which commenced in the University in January has recorded over 90 per cent success rate. Abdulkareem s...

Oloriegbe Mourns Kwara Born Business Mogul, Umar Saro
The Senator representing Kwara Central at the National Assembly, Dr. Ibrahim Yahaya Oloriegbe has joined other eminent personalities from far and near to mourn the death of the late business mogul, Alh. Aminu Umar ...

Kwara Allays Fear of Herdsmen's Invasion
Kwara State Government at the weekend assured the state that it has taken proactive measures in the 16 local government areas of the state to allay fear of purported invasion of the state by herders. There was pa...

Fmr Kwara Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed mourns, condoles with family of industrialist Umar Saro
Former Governor of Kwara State Abdulfatah Ahmed has expressed sadness over the death of prominent industrialist Alhaji Umar Saro. Mr. Ahmed in a condolence message on Monday said he was deeply saddened by the dea...

Two million people at risk of NTDs in Kwara - Official
The Kwara Government has stated that no fewer than two million people living in the state were at risk of contracting one or two of the over 20 Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs). The News Agency of Nigeria (NA...

2021-02-01

Sardauna of Ilorin's death, great loss to humanity - Sulu-Gambari
IBRAHIM Sulu-Gambari, the Emir of Ilorin and Chairman Kwara Council of Chiefs, has described the death of the Sardauna of Ilorin, Alhaji Umaru Saro, as a great loss to humanity. The traditional ruler stated this i...

Emirate Stakeholders Forum Mourns Sardauna of Ilorin
Members of the Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum join sympathizers to mourn the demise of the Late Sarduana of Ilorin Emirate, Alhaji Umar Aminu Saro Olokonla (CFR). In a condolence message signed by the Presiden...

Saro's Death, A Colossal Loss To Ilorin Emirate - Ilorin Anchors
Members of Ilorin Anchors Men and Women Initiatives has expressed that the death of the late industrialist, Alh. Umar Aminu Saro CFR is a colossal loss to Ilorin Emirate community and beyond. The group in a condo...

We are deeply pained by Saro's death--IEDPU
Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union(IEDPU) has joined the list of prominent individuals and groups mourning the death of an accomplished international business magnate and the Sardaurna of Ilorin,Alhaji Umaru Ami...

NPFL: Kwara United get deserved point in Lagos against MFM in goalless NPFL tie
Goalkeeper Dele Aiyenugba was the man of the match in this encounter as he produced world-class saves against MFM at the Soccer Temple in Agege. The former Super Eagles goalie has now kept four clean sheets t...

FG charges NCAM to mass-produce locally fabricated agric machines
Director, Department of Agric Extension, Federal Ministry of Agric and Rural Development, Professor Musa Jamila, has tasked the National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation (NCAM), Ilorin, Kwara State, to mass produce...

At conference, participants identify literature as catalyst for national development
Speakers at the last international convention of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA), which held in Ilorin, Kwara State with the support of University of Ilorin and the Mustapha Akanbi Foundation, have canvassed the...

2021-01-31

Community policing takes off in Ilorin with 800 volunteers
The volunteers for the scheme cut across all police formations in Ilorin metropolis. In a bid to strengthening the community policing, the volunteers and all the Divisional Police Officers in Ilorin metropo...

Kwara Gov mourns Sardauna Ilorin, Alh. Umaru Saro
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has described the death of Alhaji Umar Saro, the Sardauna Ilorin, as a big loss to the nation and the state, especially the Ilorin Emirate where he impacted the lives of many wi...

Umaru Saro is Dead
Alhaji Umar Ayinla Saro, the Ilorin-born billionaire industrialist and philanthropist, is dead. Alhaji Umar Saro, who was until his death was the Sardauna of Ilorin, died today according to family sources. More de...

Kwara Ministry of Environment urges strict adherence to sanitation exercise
The Kwara State Ministry of Environment has called on residents to adhere strictly to the monthly sanitation exercise, to make the state clean and conducive to live in. This is contained in a press release, signe...

Ilorin Residents Turn Road Sides, Medians To Refuse Dump Sites
Road medians in some major streets of llorin metropolis have become refuse dump sites which constitute health hazards to the residents, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.A NAN correspondent, who monitored Saturda...

2021-01-30

Early morning crash kills 20 along Bode Saadu-Ilorin road, says FRSC
The Kwara Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps has confirmed the death of 20 persons, in a crash along the Bode Saadu- Ilorin road, in the early hours of Saturday. According to information made available to...

Security: No cause for alarm, Kwara govt assures residents
·As govt meets security agencies, DPMs, Miyetti Allah Kwara State Government has urged members of the public to go about their lawful business in peace and to live in harmony with one another, saying measures hav...

AbdulRazaq mourns Kwara students, travellers killed in auto crashes
·commends Kebbi, Sokoto govts for timely support to students Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has commiserated with the families of the students who died in an auto crash in Yauri, Kebbi State, on Satu...

FG to concession 12 highways to private sectors
Faced with reality of paucity of funds confronting it, the Federal Government, Friday, commenced the procurement process to concession 12 highways to the private sectors under the Public Private Partnership, PPP, scheme....

Police arrest woman over death of house help
The police in Kano on Friday said they have arrested a woman over the death of her teenage house help under mysterious circumstances. Khadija Musa, 19, an indigene of Kwara State, arrived in Kano three months a...

Kwara farmers express concern over indiscriminate bush burning
Farmers in Ilorin have called on the Kwara Government for urgent intervention over what he described as indiscriminate bush burning in parts of the state. The farmers who expressed worry amidst consistent bush burnin...

Offa Poly raises alarm over influx of herders into Kwara
Offa Polytechnic says recent kidnappings in Offa and Oyun local government areas are "traceable to the migration of the banned herdsmen from Osun, Oyo and Ondo states." The security unit of the Federal Polytechni...

Quit notice to fellow Nigerians illegal, says lawyer
An Ibadan-based lawyer Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) has said no Nigerian has the right to issue quit notice to another Nigerian from his place of residence. He urged President Muhammadu Buhari to do the needful...

Court Remands Suspected Terrorist For Alleged Theft
An Ilorin Magistrates' Court has ordered that a suspected Boko Haram member, one Sidiku Adamu Gado, be remanded in Correctional Service Centre, Ilorin, Kwara State. Gado is facing charges ranging from ...

Adebayo: Investment in Sugar Industry will Provide Jobs for Youths
Minister of Industry, Trade Investment, Chief Niyi Adebayo, has reiterated commitment of the federal government to partner with private and public investors in the sugar industry to accelerate the nation's economic grow...

Oro Grammar School Old Students Association Give Kudos to Gov. Abdulrasaq on the NITEL-OGS Oro Road Project
The executive committee and entire members of the Oro Grammar School Old Students Association' under the leadership of Elder Folorunsho Alao has expressed their profound gratitude to the Executive Governor of Kwara State ...

OPINION: Abdulkadir Orire: The Exit of A Real Giant. By Abubakar Imam
Tuesday, January 26, 2021 marked another unforgettable episode in the recent annals of the southernmost Emirate. It was the date the nation's most unique traditional political entity lost a true giant. It was the d...

Kwara Gov mourns Olatinwo
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has commiserated with former Governor of the state Group Captain (Rtd) Salaudeen Olatinwo, the Olofa of Offa Oba Mufutau Gbadamosi (Esuwoye II), the people of Offa, and the enti...