2020-11-23

UniAbuja VC, Prof Na'Allah Bags Nation Builders Achievers Award
The vice-chancellor, University of Abuja, Prof. Abdul Rasheed Na'Allah, has been nominated for the Nation Builders Achievers Award (NBAA). A statement made available to LEADERSHIP yesterday in Abuja, signed by t...

Court remands three suspected human part dealers
An Ilorin magistrates' court has ordered the remand of two herbalists, Jamiu Agbomola and Abiodun Lekan, and a bricklayer, Wasiu Kareem, in the Federal Correctional Service Centre, Ilorin, Kwara State. The three ac...

2020-11-22

Unveiling Governor AbdulRazaq's health care gift for Kwara
AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara state is not taking the provision of effective health care delivery for the residents of the state lightly. The Health Insurance Scheme which the governor put in place to cover all the 3.2m...

I bought govt car for N70,000, Kwara ex-commissioner tells panel
A former commissioner in Kwara State, Alhaji Kayode Yusuf, has narrated before Justice Olabanji Orilonishe-led judicial panel of inquiry on the sales of the state assets, that he bought a chalet which he occupied...

Ex-Guber Aspirant Cautions FG against Fuel Price Regulation
A former governorship aspirant in Kwara State, Mr. Sunday Adebayo Babalola, has cautioned the federal government against act of fixing the pump price of fuel. He said market forces should determine the approp...

Customs Seizes 1,643 Bags Of Foreign Rice, Others
The Nigeria Customs Service Joint Border Operations Drill (JBOD) Sector 3 (North central) has seized about 1,643 bags of foreign rice, four single barrel of riffle and 373 jerry cans containing petroleum in the last fiv...

Fed Poly Bida commences degree programmes - Rector
The Rector, Federal Polytechnic, Bida, Dr. Abubakar A. Dzukogi said the institution has commenced degree programmes in both sciences and managements courses. He stated this yesterday, while fielding questions fro...

OPINION: Dissecting Senator Bukola Saraki's homecoming to Kwara. By Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak
? Former Senate President Bukola Saraki breezed into Ilorin, the capital city of Kwara State, on Saturday November 14. The day coincided with the eight-year anniversary of the death of his father, Senator Olusola Sarak...

ABS FC Outclass Gombe Utd In 5-goal Thriller To Clinch Ogunjobi Gold
ABS Ilorin FC have emerged champions of the 8th edition of the Ogunjobi Gold Cup Pre-season Tournament after they outclassed Gombe United in a 5-goal thriller at the Kwara State Sports Complex in Ilorin. The Sa...

2020-11-21

THE PUBLIC TOILETS ARE IN USE - COMMISSIONER
The state ministry of environment has debunked the allegation of the denial of citizens from their toilet rights. The Commissioner for Environment, Mrs Oyedun Julianah Funke made this disclosure during an interview...

HHL GMD, Abdulmajeed receives BRIC report on Kwara Express
• How political interference, management crisis in previous govt crumbled transport company Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Harmony Holdings Limited, Mallam Abdullahi Abdulmajeed Thursday, No...

New Olupako emerges as Kwara appoints three monarchs
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Friday presented letters of appointment to three traditional rulers in Ifelodun and Isin local government areas of the state. They are: Olupako of Share, Oba Haruna Ol...

When The Saraki Political Dynasty Reunited
In this piece, ABDULLAHI OLESIN gives blow by blow account of how the eighth year remembrance prayers for the late Dr Abubakar Olusola Saraki reunited the immediate past Senate President, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki and...

2020-11-20

Joint border operation identifies notorious smuggling areas in North Central
Joint Border Operations Drill (JBOD) Sector 3 has identified notorious border communities reputed for smuggling activities in the North Central geopolitical zone of the country. Speaking with journalists in Ilo...

Balarabe Musa's Audacity and Principles. By Issa Aremu
Yours comradely like other compatriots, received Wednesday morning November 11, the news of the death of Dr. Alh. Abdulkadir Balarabe Musa, the first democratically elected Governor of Kaduna State. Kashim Ba...

ABS FC Shocks Kwara Utd, Setup Gombe Utd In Ogunjobi Gold Cup Final
ABS FC beat their local rivals Kwara United 5-4 on penalties to renew another clash with Gombe United in the final of the 8th edition of the Ogunjobi Gold Cup Pre-Season Tournament in Ilorin. The Ilorin Derby lived...

Okafor to transform Ilorin Golf Club
The new Captain of the Ilorin Golf Club, Dim Ray Okafor, has promised to transform the club to a world-class facility. Okafor is quietly following the footsteps of former Governor of Kwara State, the late Muh...

Volleyball: Sports Ministry Approves Super Cup Championship In Ilorin
The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has approved Top 8 National Volleyball Championship for males and females tagged the Super Cup. The championship is scheduled to take place at the University...

11 killed, others injured in Kwara, Kano road crashes
Four people have been reported dead in a fatal auto crash in Offa, in the Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State. The accident, which happened around 10.27am on Wednesday on the Offa-Ojoku Road, involv...

Ending Open Defecation: The Kwara Approach. By Abdulrosheed Okiki
Open defecation remains one of the age-long practices that refuse to phase out. This is possibly because of cultural practices or lack of access to sanitation facilities which is linked to rising poverty in the society....