2020-12-23

Six killed, 30 houses damaged as tanker explodes in Kwara
At least six people were killed and 30 houses destroyed in an inferno caused by a petrol tanker on Wednesday. The tanker explosion, which occurred at Gaika area of Jebba, a town in Kwara State, also left many peo...

Investigative Committee on BOTAD concludes assignment, submits report
* Says contract violates MoU agreement * No value for money as sensitive documents missing in transaction file Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Harmony Holdings Limited, Mallam Abdullahi Abdulm...

Kwara Gov mourns victims of Jebba inferno
· Commends fire service, Directs SEMA to move in Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has commiserated with the families of those who lost their lives and properties in the Wednesday fire incident involving a...

Ile Arugbo: Court dismisses Saraki's allegation against judge
Kwara state High Court sitting in Ilorin, the state capital Wednesday dismissed the application by claimants to the disputed land (Ile Arugbo) of the late Dr Olusola Saraki, Asa Investments Ltd asking the state Chief...

Dental surgeon cautions older people against breaking bones with teeth
Dr Hassan Kalejaiye, the Chief Dental Surgeon, University of Ilorin Dental Clinic, has cautioned older people, especially those over 50, to avoid breaking bones with their teeth while eating. Kalejaiye, ...

Curator laments impact of COVID-19 on Museums
The Curator, National Museum, Ilorin, Mrs Bimpe Oladele says the outbreak of COVID-19 has affected the flow of visitors to museums in the country. Oladele said this on Tuesday in an interview with the N...

300L Unilorin student commits suicide over N300m Forex deal
A 300 level student of Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ilorin, Gbenga Favour Olaoye Akanbi has reportedly poisoned himself to death having been duped to the tune of N300M in a Forex deal. A source in Ilorin...

253 died in Kwara road crashes in 11 months - FRSC
A total number of 253 people lost their lives to road traffic crashes (RTC) between January and November this year in Kwara State, the state command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said. Speaking wi...

My only regret - Lai Mohammed
Alhaji Lai Mohammed says his only regret as a minister is that some Nigerians have failed to appreciate that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is doing so much with little resources. Mohammed, th...

SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY MUHAMMADU BUHARI PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERA AT THE PRESENTATION OF THE END-OF-YEAR REPORT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL TASK FORCE ON COVID 19 AT THE STATE HOUSE, PRESIDENTIAL VILLA, ABUJA ON TUESDAY, 22ND DECEMBER, 2020
PROTOCOLS: The year 2020 has been most challenging for the whole of humanity as a result of the havoc wreaked by the COVID-19 on lives, livelihoods, global and national economies, governance structures, health,...

IEDPU Conference holds in Ilorin this weekend
Arrangements have been concluded by the umbrella sociocultural organisation of the people of Ilorin Emirate, the Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU), to hold the 55th edition of its annual National Conf...

2020-12-22

Fire razes shops in Ilorin market
A midnight fire on Monday razed 11 shops at Ipata Market in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, destroying goods and valuables. The incident occurred at about 2 a.m., PREMIUM TIMES learnt. The cause of the fire is y...

Kwara Top Politician Vows To Promote Football Development At Grassroots
A former Gubernatorial aspirant in Kwara State in the last general election, Ambassador Yahaya Seriki has promised to support and promote the development of football at the grassroots level. Seriki, who was a sp...

Kwara Sports Arena Novelty Match: Abdullahi Biffo's Goal Denies Team Abdulrahman Victor
Coach of Kwara United, Abdullahi Biffo converted a 20-yard freekick to deny Team Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq side victory. Team Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq drew 1-1 with the KWARA SPORTS ARENA side at the Kwara State St...

Valuejet Championship: Kwara SWAN Commends Para-Table Tennis Team
The Kwara chapter of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), has commended the state's para-table tennis team for their heroic performance at the just concluded International Valuejet Para-Table Tennis champ...

'I'd rather be a judge than a prof or SAN'
Mojirola Helen Ibiyemi's childhood dream was to become a surgeon, but her father preferred nursing. A few years later, she found herself at the Faculty of Law, University of Ilorin, facing her most-dreaded course: Law o...

Staff unions commend UNILORIN management over welfare package
The three unions of the University of Ilorin have commended the Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof. Sulyman Abdulkareem, for extending to all staff members an end-of-year package. The unions include the S...

Insecurity: North Central governors want establishment of military camps
The North Central Governors met on Monday to discuss the security, economy, agriculture, infrastructure and other issues affecting the region. ByAgency Report December 21, 2020 2 min read The North Central States G...

Abdulquawiy Inducted UN Peace Ambassador
The Technical Adviser to the Kwara State Government on agriculture, Abdulquawiy Olododo, has been inducted as International Ambassador for Peace, by the United Nations Positive Livelihood Award Centre, UN-POLAC. ...

Christmas: FRSC to deploy 2000 marshals in Kwara
The Kwara Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it will deploy 2000 marshals to control traffic during the Christmas celebration. The Kwara Sector Commander, Mr Jonathan Owoade, told the News Age...

2020-12-21

RE: COMMENCEMENT OF KWASU PROFESSIONAL MASTER'S PROGRAMME LEADING TO THE AWARD OF MASTER in PEACE STUDIES AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION (MPCR)
DISCLAIMER Dear All, The attention of the Management of the Kwara State University, Malete has been drawn to the release on social media by one Mr Akeem Saraki, an Assistant Research Fellow I in the Department...

Kwara Speaker harps on sincerity, as Assembly commences ministerial budget defense
Kwara State House of Assembly has commenced Ministerial budget defense as part of process for the passage of the State's Appropriation Bill, 2021. The Speaker, Rt. Hon. Engr Yakubu Danladi Salihu in his opening rem...

GOV. ABDUL-RAHMAN ABDUL-RAZAQ SCORES ANOTHER 1ST:
The Nation would not forget too soon the looting, insecurity and brigandage that accompanied #END SARS PROTESTS across the some Southern parts of the Country, Abuja and Kwara State in the month of October this year. ...

PRESIDENT BUHARI GREETS NATIONAL LIBRARIAN, PROF LENRIE OLATOKUNBO AINA AT 70
President Muhammadu Buhari warmly felicitates with National Librarian, Prof. Lenrie Olatokunbo Aina on his 70th birthday, December 22, 2020, celebrating the milestone with family and friends, while commending more than 40...

Security tops agenda as North-Central govs meet today
Governors of North-Central states and the representative of the Federal Capital Territory will converge on Makurdi, the Benue State capital, today (Monday) to discuss the security situation in the country, especi...

Do not write stories in favour of politicians because of money - Aare Musulumi warns journalistic
The Aare Musulumi of Yorubaland, Edo, Kogi, Kwara, and Delta States, Alhaji Daud Makanjuola Akinola has warned journalists across the country not to write their stories in favour of politicians because of money. ...

CDN Oil parleys investors, sets to make entry into Kwara lubricants market
The Guardian Nigeria Nigeria's fast growing lubricants and engine oil firm, CDN Oil and Lubricants Limited is set to make entry into Kwara State lubricants market as talks are ongoing with investors in the state ...

Naira Rain For Kwara Scrabble Players
The Nigeria Scrabble Federation (NSF), Kwara State chapter is poised to expand the horizon of the game to all nooks and crannies of the State as the 2nd Kwara Scrabble closed championship ends on Saturday, December 19th...

Ilorin community laments 8 years of poor power supply
Some of the residents of Labala Isale Community Layout in Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara have appealed to the state government to provide them with a transformer and end eight years of poor electricit...

Gov. Abdulrasaq Commits to Golf as Ologun Wins Kwara Open
The Kwara State government has committed to continually support the development of sports in the state with particular interest in the sustenance of the Kwara Open Golf Tournament, a flagship event in the state. ...

COVID-19 is real - Cleric warns Nigerians to observe protocols
Pastor Emmanuel Oluwole of the Christ Glory Church, Ilorin, has urged Nigerians to continue to observe the COVID-19 safety measures as Yuletide approaches. Oluwole said this in Ilorin on Saturday, in an interv...

Kwara govt facilitates CBN support for local rice farmers
Kwara State Government has facilitated the disbursement of N115m by the Central Bank of Nigeria to local rice farmers to cultivate 420 hectares of land for the 2020/2021 dry season farming in the state, an official has ...

PROFESSOR Z. I. OSENI: A TEACHER LIKE NO OTHER
There are teachers and teachers. Some are sadists and callous. Many are learned and brilliant, but few are dutiful, diligent and God-fearing as a must. One of such great teachers that has greatly imparted knowledge on m...

OPINION: Lanre Jimoh: The Departure of A Patriot.By Abubakar Imam
Last Friday,December 18,2020 was an unusual day in the annals of Ilorin Emirate. It was the day the community lost one of its highly promising and patriotic sons, Alhaji Abdulkadir Lanre Jimoh, to the cold hands of deat...

2020-12-20

FEDPOFFA Alumni Promises More Projects, Commissions National Secretariat
The Alumni Association of The Federal Polytechnic Offa, Kwara State has promised to embark on more developmental projects to contribute to the growth of the institution. The pledge was made during the commissioni...

Oseni: Standing Ovation for an Outstanding Scholar. By Mahfouz Adedimeji
Today, one of the tallest intellectual figures and iconic scholars of the great University of Ilorin will also take a bow as he is admitted to the septuagenarian club. He is in person of that outstanding academic of infec...

AbdulRazaq tasks authors to focus on societal improvement
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on Saturday, urged writers and authors in Nigeria to dwell on topical issues in order to find solutions for society's growing challenges. AbdulRazaq made the call in ...

COVID-19 spreads across 14 local governments in Kwara
A few days after announcing that a second wave of COVID-19 pandemic has hit the state, the Kwara State Government says the virus has now spread to 14 of its 16 local government areas, with 32 casualties recorded so fa...

Kwara records 21 new cases of COVID-19
Kwara Government has confirmed 21 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of cases in the state to 1,296. Mr Rafiu Ajakaye, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor and Spokesman of the ...

Late Cross River CP buried in Ilorin amidst tears
Abdulkadir Jimoh, the late Commissioner of Police who served in Cross Rivers State, was buried on Saturday in Ilorin, his home town, amidst tears. Jimoh died on Friday at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospit...

As Nigeria's Guardian of Arabic retires from Unilorin to Auchi
When it comes to celebrating people that have made marks in their chosen careers, the popular tradition in this part of the world is to immortalize them after their death. Here is one being immortalized in his lifetime....