2020-06-21

UNIFOAM Denies Maltreating Nigerian Staff
A Lebanese company in Nigeria, UNIFOAM, has denied allegations bordering on maltreatment, leveled against it by some persons believed to be casual workers of the company. In a statement by the company's lega...

Journalist accused of insulting minister speaks after release from detention
Rotimi Jolayemi, a journalist detained for broadcasting a poem deemed insulting to the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has spoken about his experience while in police detention. Mr Jolayemi to...

OPINION: Emeritus Professor Oladipo Olujimi Akinkugbe: The passing of a colossus. By Femi Orebe
EMERITUS Professor Olujimi Akinkugbe CON, CFR, FRCP, according to a forward written by no other than Dr Christopher Kolade, was certain to be a professor of something, as long as it was not Physical Education. Akinkugbe`s...

Rashidi Yekini beats Tony Yeboah in FIFA's best striker poll
Legendary Nigerian striker, late Rashidi Yekini has been rated a better striker than former Black Stars of Ghana forward Anthony Yeboah according to a poll organised by World Football Governing body, FIFA On FIFA's verifi...

Kwara Govt partners with Human Right Commission to fight Rapists
The National Human Right Commission (NHRC) in collaboration with the Kwara State Government have expressed readiness to wage war against rape and women molestation in the state. This development is coming on the...

Gov AbdulRazaq boosts water supply in Kwara
At least 11 of the moribund high-volume overhead (concrete) water reservoirs constructed by former Governor Mohammed Lawal have now been fixed and connected to newly drilled boreholes to deepen access to water in Ilor...

2020-06-20

Emir Sulu-Gambari salutes Lamido of Adamawa as he clocks 10yrs on throne
The Emir of Ilorin and Chairman Kwara State Traditional Council, Mai-Martaba Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, has extended his heartfelt congratulations to the Lamido of Adamawa, Alhaji Muhammadu Barkindo, has he clocks 10...

Farmers Pledge to Support FG to Boost Food Production
Farmers across the nation are poised to complement the federal government's efforts in boosting food production and also discouraging food importation in the country. The Chairman, Maize Growers, Processors ...

'How Business Can Survive Post-COVID-19'
Despite the ease of the lock down in various states across the country, small business owners complain about low patronage. Uduak Akan, a baker in Kwara State is one of those entrepreneurs sharing her worries and...

Canada funds Kwara community-based groups to check rape
Canada, in partnership with the ActionAid Nigeria, has funded 12 community-based organisations (CBOs) across the three senatorial districts of Kwara State to check increasing rape cases and gender-based violence in the ...

Kwara hopeful of big harvest as OCP Africa distributes fertilisers to farmers
OCP Africa in partnership with the Kwara State Government has begun the distribution of NPK 20:10:10 fertiliser to 3,000 smallholder farmers in Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State to boost rice production. ...

15,000 persons benefit from Ilorin Emirate COVID-19 palliative programme
No fewer than 15,000 vulnerable persons benefited from food items distributed by the Ilorin Emirate Council to cushion the effect of COVID-19 pandemic. The Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, who announced this s...

5,000kg drugs, arrests 380 suspects in Kwara
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kwara Command, said it had in the last 12 months, seized 5,880.947 kgs of assorted illicit drugs comprising Cannabis Sativa, Tramadol and Codeine syrup in a coordinate...

Ilorin bridge collapse: Two bodies recovered
After six days of search, the search and rescue team of the Kwara State Fire Service on Friday, announced the recovery of the two remaining bodies missing in the last Saturday's bridge collapse in Ilorin. The ...

One year in office: Kwara Central showers encomiums on Gov AbdulRasaq
Last Thursday, inside the expansive hall of Kwara Hotel, Ilorin the state capital, with strict obedience to Social distancing protocols of Covid-19, all the elected and appointed office holders from Kwara Central senato...

Kwara NUJ congratulates Aremu on appointment as Radio Kwara GM
Meanwhile, the Kwara State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has congratulated seasoned journalist and Broadcaster, Aremu on his new appointment. According to a press statement, signed by the Cha...

Kwara gov names Aremu Radio Kwara Chief
...NUJ tasks him on professionalism Sought-after media personality, Kayode Aremu, has been named the new General Manager of Radio Kwara, clearly birthing a new dawn in the history of the state broadcast medium th...

Salary fraud: EFCC quizzes Kwara NUT chairman, others
The Ilorin Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said it had interrogated Mr Salihu Toyin, the state Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, over alleged N31m salary fraud. The anti-corru...

2020-06-19

Lockdown: Ilorin Residents decry lavish ceremonies
Some residents in Ilorin said the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic had opened their eyes to the irrelevancy of holding lavish and expensive ceremonies. While speaking on lack of ceremonies due to the lockdown, t...

Kwara records four new cases of COVID-19
Kwara has recorded four new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of infections in the state to 172, with 100 discharged and four deaths. Mr Rafiu Ajakaye, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor and Spokesman...

UNILORIN FM now on 'Radio Garden'
The University of Ilorin campus radio station, UNILORIN 89.3 FM, is now on the 'Radio Garden', a global technological innovation in radio redistribution services. The 'Radio Garden' is a digital device developed ...

2020-06-18

NNPC has Commenced Search for Hydrocarbon in Niger, Kwara, Kogi
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has commenced the search for hydrocarbon in parts of Niger, Kwara and Kogi States, the Group Managing Director (GMD), Malam Mele Kolo Kyari, has disclosed. Kya...

OPINION: AbdulRazaq's 365 Days in Office: So Far, So Fair, So Hopeful. By Abdulfatai Tomori
May 29 in Nigeria, except for some election circumstantial states, is regarded as the start of tenures in our political space. It is also a time to take stock of how politicians whose political campaign promises are gauge...

Dada community gets first health centre
World Bank-assisted Kwara State Social and Community Development Agency (KWSSCDA) has commissioned what is described as the first health centre ever in Dada community, Okelele in the Ilorin East local government area of...

Labour Party appoints 7-member caretaker committee for Kwara
National Working Committee of the Labour Party (LP) has appointed a seven-member executive caretaker committee for the Kwara State chapter of the party. The committee was constituted following the expiration of ...

Abdulrazaq Extends Suspension of LGA Councils by 6 Months.
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has extended the suspension of the executive and legislative council committees across the 16 local government areas of the state, a statement said. "The Governor has toda...

OPINION: Who speaks for the north? By Bolaji Abddulahi
‘Who Speaks for the North’ is the title of a research paper written by my friend Leena Hoffman, a Chatham House fellow, in 2014. This question is even more pertinent today than when she firs...

2020 UTME: JAMB reveals top 10 candidates
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has revealed the best candidates in the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination ( UTME). In JAMB's 2020 policy meeting document seen by PREMIUM TIMES, ...

COVID 19: Don opposes ASUU, urges lecturers to adopt online teaching
Prof. Ibrahim Abikan, the Director, School of Preliminary Studies, University of Ilorin, Kwara State, says online classes introduced to assist Nigerian students is a necessity to live up to the reality of the COVID-19 p...

Two still missing three days after fatal accident in Kwara
Two people declared missing after a Toyota Avensis car plunged into a river in Kwara State, on Saturday, are yet to be found, PREMIUM TIMES reports. Prior to the incident, the bridge's embankment of the Oko-Erin...