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2021-03-28
IEDPU inaugurates ICT Hub Committee, assures speedy completion
Indigenes of Ilorin Emirate have been assured that the construction and completion of the proposed IEDPU ICT/Skills Acquisition Hub shall be given utmost priority. The National President of the Ilorin Emirate Des...
IEDPU condoles Amb. Nurudeen on Mom's demise
The National President of the Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union(IEDPU),Alhaji Aliyu Otta Uthman, fsi,has sympathised with a former Nigeria's Permanent Representative to the ECOWAS Commission,Ambassador Babatu...
IEDPU inaugurates ICT Hub Committee, assures speedy completion
Indigenes of Ilorin Emirate have been assured that the construction and completion of the proposed IEDPU ICT/Skills Acquisition Hub shall be given utmost priority. The National President of the Ilorin Emirate Desc...
RE: POSTPONED OMUPO DESCENDANTS UNION(ODU)ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
We hereby inform you that the Annual General Meeting for OMUPO DESCENDANTS UNION(ODU) 2020, which was postponed as a result of covid-19 pandemic-induced advisories by Government, has been rescheduled to hold as follows:...
DPR begins clampdown on unlicensed gas retailers in Ilorin
The Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, in Kwara State, has intensified efforts towards curtailing the sale of gas products by unlicensed retailers in the State. The state coordinator of DPR, Sule Yusuf, di...

2021-03-27
Kwara gets N3.2bn for March as allocation falls
• LGAs get N2.003bn, seek state support to pay 100% salary •No worker gets below N30K in Kwara anymore Kwara State has received N3,280,571,173:55 as total allocation (inflow) for March, a statement from the Mini...
The Hijab Issue: The Position of Pious Muslim Women International Organisation
The current controversy over Muslim girls using the hijab in some secondary schools in Ilorin metropolis is an unfortunate development and a mischievous attempt to impinge on the rights of Muslim girls who are desirous of...
How we saved N750m monthly pension for FG - PTAD
Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) has said it removed no fewer than 20,089 pensioners not verified from its payroll last October. The directorate added the exercise saved a sum of N750 million m...
Kwara civil defence corps arrests 65-year-old widower for alleged rape
The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCD, has arrested a 65-year-old widower, Samuel Darisa, for allegedly defiling a ten-year-old minor, Bello Memunat Muhammed. The allege...
Ilorin priest Kewulere arraigned for allegedly beheading man for money ritual
An Ilorin priest, Abdurasak Al-Sulati, popularly called Kewulere, has been charged for allegedly killing one Sumo Usman. He was arraigned at an Ilorin Magistrates' Court on Friday on a two-count charge of crim...
Kwara Assembly confirms six commissioner-nominees
Kwara Assembly has confirmed appointment of six commissioner-nominees out of the seven the lawmakers received from Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq for screening. Speaker Yakubu Danladi-Salihu announced confirmati...
Emir of Ilorin Tasks HYPPADEC on Flooding in Hyrdo Power States
The Chairman, Kwara State Traditional Council of Chiefs and Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari has tasked the management of the Hydro- electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC) to urgen...
Police rescue 3 kidnapped farm managers in Kwara
Police in Kwara have rescued three farm managers abducted in the state on Sunday. The victims, Dr Julius Owoeye, Akeem Ajadi and Bola Adedoye, workers at Bafford/Morola's Farms, at Elega via Pampo in Asa Local Go...

2021-03-26
Kwara Assembly calls for reintroduction of joint task force to check kidnapping
The Kwara State House of Assembly, on Thursday, asked the state government to reintroduce the joint task force to provide surveillance across the 16 local government areas in the state. The joint task force, it...
UNILORIN to host national alumni conference
All is now set for the first National Conference and Workshop of the Association of Nigerian Universities Alumni (ANUA) to be hosted by the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN). The event with theme, "Developing a Pla...
'We've put in place measures to promote local content initiative'
The Chairman of the Governing Council of International Aviation College, Ilorin, Alh Ahmed Yusuf-Gobir, has said that the college has put in place measures to promote the local content initiative of the federal governme...
Fire guts school in Kwara
An early morning fire outbreak has reportedly destroyed six classrooms, two stores in a private school in Offa, Offa local government area of Kwara state on Thursday. The Nigerian Tribune gathered that the fire...
Ex Beauty Queen Jennifer Ephraim Joins Fmr Kwara Gov, Others To Speak At Democracy Youth Roundtable
As young Nigerian Leaders and youths convened at the 5th edition of Democracy Youth Roundtable; the gathering of influential young Nigerians, one could easily notice the excellent coordination and Presentations of the w...
Ramat Cup: Kwara Stun Kano To Reach Semifinal
The Kwara State under-16 male team took a big step toward defending their title as they crushed host Kano State 3-1 to reach the semifinals of the ongoing Ramat Cup tournament, yesterday. The kwaran starlets outp...

2021-03-25
OPINION: Hijab: Learn to Respect your Host: A response to Rev, Dr. Victor of Baptist Church. By Alhaji Aikhore
I have followed the Hijab Saga with a rather dispassionate interest, knowing fully well that the issue could be resolved administratively between the Government and the State branch of CAN. I was, however, gros...
OPINION: Ilorin and Dare Babarinsa's Crisis of Ignorance. By Is'haq Modibbo Kawu
I have just read Dare Babarinsa's typically disrespectful piece about Ilorin, which he titled "Ilorin and the crisis of identity". He actually should be pitied. This is because he made a futile effort to stroll the sh...
IEDPU mourns Ishola
The death of Colonel Lawal Babatunde Ishola has been described as an irreparable loss to the people of Ilorin Emirate and the nation at large. This assertion was made in Ilorin on Thursday by the National Presi...
Golfers Storm Ilorin For Ladies Open
No fewer than 100 golfers from Golf Clubs across Nigeria are set to take part in the forthcoming sixth Ilorin Ladies Open Golf Championship starting on Thursday. Iyabo Ayinde, Lady Captain of Ilorin Golf Club, ...
Minister Commends Kwara State Governor on appointment of Youth Adviser
Minister of Youth and Sports Development Chief Sunday Dare has commended the Governor of Kwara State AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for appointing 24-year-old Adeyi Kaosarah as his Senior Special Assistant on Youth Engagement. ...
Police comb Kwara forest for three abducted farm managers
THE Kwara State Police Command said it had deployed its men and officers to comb forest in Asa Local Government Area of the state in search of three farm managers abducted by gunmen from two poultry farms in Pampo vi...
The best is yet to come from Kwara United - Michael Ohanu
Kwara United returned to winning ways in spectacular fashion with the 5-0 thumping of Adamawa United in Ilorin over the weekend and Striker Michael Ohanu believes they can get better. Stephen Jude scored a perf...

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