2020-12-31

Kwara NULGE crises over as both factions agreed on a truce, election
The leadership tussle rocking the Kwara State Chapter of Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees(NULGE) has been harmoniously resolved, as both factions came to a roundtable to discuss their differences and agreed to...

Police to reinvigorate anti-kidnapping squad in Kwara
The new commissioner of Police, Kwara state command, Mohammed Bagega, is set to reinvigorate the anti-kidnapping squad of the command to combat rising cases of kidnapping in the state. Tribune Online gathered that ...

Nigeria is Running Expired Vision, Says Group
The current vision that Nigeria is running has expired, a group of professionals in the country has said. The group under the aegis of Kwara Emerging Leaders at a press conference in Ilorin on Wednesday sai...

New Year: Kwara Speaker assures Kwarans of renewed dedication to people oriented legislation
Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Engr. Yakubu Danladi-Salihu has congratulated Nigerians for scaling through year 2020, despite the tribulations and afflictions that characterized the outgoing year. ...

Kwara Gov mourns Hon. Mustapha's mother
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has commiserated with the Wali of Ilorin Alhaji Usman Mustapha and Honourable Moshood Mustapha over the death of Alhaja Alarape Hassanat Mustapha who passed on earlier on Thursd...

Kwara advertises placements for 4,701 teachers
•Application portal opens Jan 3 •Pledges fair, thorough process Kwara State Government has advertised vacancies for 2,701 teachers in its basic schools across specific subjects, saying applicants must have Nige...

OPINION: Adedimeji: Like a Diamond in the Sky. By Mubarak Oladosu
A few weeks ago, the world of the well-reputed University of Ilorin was bedazzled with a galaxy of new professors. Each of them, shinning at its brightest. All of them, radiating uncommon brilliance through their smile...

2 UNILORIN lecturers win international research grants
Two Senior lecturers of the Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin, Gabriel Omotoso and Aminu Imam have won three research grants. The Universit...

Saraki: Why senate under me didn't confirm some of Buhari's appointees
Saraki said this in a series of tweets on Wednesday in response to a tweet by Dele Momodu, publisher of Ovation Magazine. Momodu had described the former Kwara governor as one of the "most intelligent" leaders in N...

Olawoye urges NWC to end Kwara APC crisis
ALL Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain in Kwara State, Chief Rex Olawoye, has urged the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party to reconcile factions in the state. The former chairman of Ifelodun Council...

Suspects arrested as new Kwara CP directs raid on criminals hideouts
The Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Lawal Bagega on Wednesday disclosed the arrest of many suspects following the raid of criminal hideouts in the state. Speaking at his maiden press conference at...

2020-12-30

NLC appeals for reinstatement of 2,414 teachers sacked in Kwara
The Kwara branch of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has expressed shoc over the decision of the state government to disengage 2,414 teachers employed by the immediate past statement on Wednesday, signed by its chairman...

IEDPU 2020 CONFERENCE COMMUNIQUE
COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF THE 55TH ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF ILORIN EMIRATE DESCENDANTS PROGRESSIVE UNION HELD IN ILORIN FROM FRIDAY,25TH TO SATURDAY,26TH DECEMBER, 2020 INTRODUCTION Ilorin Emirate De...

Commissioner of Education and Human Capital Development's Speech at Oyun Students' Association Symposium.
BEING THE LECTURE OF THE KWARA STATE HONOURABLE COMMISSIONER FOR EDUCATION AND HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT; HAJIA AHMED FATIMAH BISOLA AS KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT THE SYMPOSIUM AND FLAG OFF CEREMONY OF OYUN STUDENTS ASSOCIATION N...

NCDC confirms 749 new COVID-19 cases as total rises to 85,560
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 749 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 85,560. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on ...

COVID-19 Has Mutated, Now Extra Resistant - Expert Warns
Dr. Emmanuel Opowoye, a Public Health Physician in the Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), warns that COVID-19 virus has mutated and built a lot of resista...

'He kept faith with the party' - Aremu
Vice President, Africa Industrial Global Union, Issa Aremu has said that the National Chairman of Labour Party Alhaji A Abdulsalam (Barde Paiko), was an astute politician who kept faith with Labour Party from formation ...

Odo-Owa Residents soap makers receive Kwara's Commissioner empowerment
The Commissioner for Finance and Planning, Mrs Florence Oyeyemi, has stressed the need to empower women and youths in order to reduce unemployment in the state. Oyeyemi made the call while fielding questions from n...

Lawmaker recommends rabbit farming for youth empowerment
P.M. News Mr Tunji Ajuloopin representing Ekiti, Isin, Irepodun and Oke-ero Federal Constituency of Kwara, on Monday, recommended rabbit farming for meaningful engagement of unemployed youths. Ajuloopi...

Igbomina Kingdom: Communities in Osun, Kwara in dispute over supremacy of origin
The Ila-Orangun Elders' Consultative Forum on Tuesday insisted that no region or section in Igbominaland was superior to Ila-Orangun people. The elders during a press conference said the father and founder of Ila-O...

Retired Footballers Honour Coaches In Kwara State
It was a historic moment on Saturday 26th of December when Ex-Pro Footballers reunited and honor grassroots coaches in Kwara State for their contributions towards their careers with major football competitions during th...

Kwara coach talks tough ahead of Enyimba clash
Kwara United coach, Abdullahi Biffo, is confident they will build on their match-day one away win against Plateau United when they welcome eight-time Nigeria Professional Football League champions Enyimba to Ilorin on S...

Kwara donates relief materials to Nigerian Correctional Service
The Kwara State Government has donated relief materials to the Command Correctional Service in Kwara State. This is part of government's intervention to meet with the urgent need of the newly admitted inmates in th...

New Kwara Police commissioner solicits support from Emir of Ilorin
The new Commissioner of Police in Kwara State, Lawal Bagege, on Tuesday visited the Emir of Ilorin and Chairman Kwara State Council of Chiefs, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari in his palace. During the visit, the new po...

2020-12-29

FEDPOFFA RECTOR, DR. OLATUNJI BAGS BEST RECTOR AWARD
The Rector of the Federal Polytechnic Offa, Dr. Lateef Ademola Olatunji has been awarded the best Rector in human and capital resources by 1990 set of Anglican Comprehensive College Offa Old Students Association. ...

Kwara to establish cottage industries in 16 councils
Kwara State Commissioner for Finance and Planning, Mrs Florence Oyeyemi, has said the government will soon establish cottage industries in all the 16 Local Government Areas of the state. Oyeyemi said this w...

Amotekun rescues kidnapped Ekiti man in Kwara forest
Happiness Ajayi who was kidnapped on Christmas day in Ekiti State by unknown gunmen has been rescued by men of the Ekiti State Security Network Agency codenamed Amotekun corps. Ajayi was kidnapped alongside his ...

2020-12-28

OPINION: Mairo Mustapha: 71 cheers to a cheerful daughter of Ilorin. By Abubakar Imam
Since I took writing on Ilorin Emirate and most especially the celebration of its eminent sons and daughters upon myself through periodic pieces on their milestones, the genre and the author have received various fo...

NPFL: Kwara Utd Stun Former Champions, Plateau Utd in Jos
*MFM FC bag full points against Warri Wolves The Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) made its return after a seven months absence due to the Covid-19 pandemic with six matches of the 2020/21 season pl...

Kwara gets historic accreditation to train resident doctors
The Ilorin General Hospital has been accredited to train resident doctors after it was adjudged fit by the Faculty Board of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (O&G) of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria. ...

Saraki's influence not fading in Kwara, says senator
Senator Rafiu Ibrahim (Kwara South) spoke with Correspondent ADEKUNLE JIMOH on why it will be difficult to uproot Saraki political dynasty in Kwara State. What is your relationship with the former...

Why Kwara is repealing pension law for ex-govs, deputies - Official
The bill seeking to repeal the pension law for former governors and deputy governors transmitted by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq to the state assembly had scaled through second reading. Femi Yusuf, the chairpe...

Man kills Kwara worshipper over Christmas banger on mosque premises
A 30-year-old man, Abdulkadir Segi, has reportedly been stabbed to death during an argument over the detonation of a banger around a mosque in Ilorin, Kwara State, while the Muslim congregational prayer was being obse...