2020-12-07

A Thunderous Doxology to Governor AbdulRazaq on Oke-Foma Bridge And Request for More Support. By Abubakar Imam
A few weeks ago,I apprised the discerning members of the public of the demonstrated readiness of the Kwara State Government to fix the damaged portions of the road leading to and away from the newly-reconstructed Oke-Foma...

Kwara Gov greets Information Minister at 69th birthday
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Sunday congratulated the Minister of Information and Culture Alhaji Lai Mohammed on his 69th birthday anniversary, describing him as an elder statesman with sterling creden...

Zabarmari: Zulum receives Kwara Governor in Maiduguri
Borno state Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum on Sunday received the Governor of Kwara State, Abdulrahman Abdurrazaq at the Government House, Maiduguri. Governor Abdulrrazaq was accompanied by Senator Dr. Ibrahim ...

TETfund will not cater for private tertiary institutions, says BoT chairman
Management of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETfund) has said that the federal government agency will not extend its interventions in public tertiary institutions in the country to private ones. Speaking w...

Timi of Ede stresses need for rural community development
The traditional ruler of the ancient town of Ede in Osun State, the Timi of Ede, Oba Adesola Lawal, Laminisa I, has stressed the need for the Rotary Club International to continue to deliver on its mandate in the area o...

FIRS Collects N4.122trn in 10 Months
The Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Alhaji Mohammed Nami has put the performance of the agency from January to October, 2020, at N4.122 trillion, despite the Covid-19 challenges, the impleme...

FG executes 30 housing projects in Kwara
The Federal Government has executed more than 30 projects across the three senatorial districts in Kwara State from January 2019 till date. The projects, executed by the Special Projects Unit of the Federal M...

2020-12-06

OPINION: Halima Tayo Alao:A True "Abiyamo" @ 64 By Abubakar Imam
About twenty years ago, to be specific, on December 25, 2000, at the opening ceremony of the annual national conference of the then Ilorin Descendants Progressive Union(IDPU), now Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive ...

Senate seeks information on Fed Govt's plan to procure vaccines
*Ehanire, Mustapha, Ihekweazu, NAFDAC DG summoned The Senate has summoned Minister of Health Dr. Osagie Ehanire and Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-l9, Boss Mustapha to brief its Committee...

Lawyer solicits support for orphanages
An Ilorin-based legal practitioner, Mr Yusuf Abdullahi, said in Ilorin on Friday that Nigerians should support orphanages and make life more meaningful for the children kept in those homes. He told the News Age...

INTERVIEW I watched helplessly from rooftop as hoodlums looted my shop, others - Kwara business owner
? Mr Ahmad Lawal is the founder and Chief Executive of Hairsense Unisex Salon, one of the businesses at Palms Mall, Ilorin, Kwara State looted by hoodlums, following the #EndSARS protests. He tells TUNDE OYEKOLA...

Kwara COE needs N20m to affiliate with UNILORIN - Provost
The Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin has said it is in dire need of N20 million to complete its affiliation with the University of Ilorin on degree courses, the Provost of the Institution, Dr. AbdulRaheem Yusuf,...

Rancour in Kwara APC 18 months after the Otoge revolution
The All Progressives Congress in Kwara State appears to be cruising in bad weather, about 18 months after the Otoge movement that wrestled power from the Peoples Democratic Party, TUNDE OYEKOLA reports The AP...

2020-12-05

FEC awards irrigation project contracts in Kwara, Oyo
The Federal Executive Council yesterday approved a memo which sought the award of contract for the reversed cost for an extension of time of the consultancy services at Tadasungai Irrigation project in Kwara state. ...

Protect Constituency Projects In Your Areas, FG Official Tells Kwara Residents
Mr Kunle Asonibare, the Controller of Work, Federal Ministry of Works and Housing in Kwara, on Wednesday urged residents in the state to protect constituency projects located in their various communities. Asoniba...

OWO ARUGBO: Another master stroke from Gov AbdulRazaq in Kwara
The commencement of payment of "Owo Arugbo", (money for the aged) in Patigi, Patigi Local Government Area of the state for the aged women and widows of 60 and above in Kwara state was no doubt another master stroke in th...

2020-12-04

Al-Hikmah VC lists lessons of COVID-19 as varsity produces 18 first class
Vice Chancellor, Al- Hikmah University, Ilorin, Professor Noah Yusuf, has said the university has explored the opportunities created by COVID -19 pandemic which had earn it the rating of second leading university...