2018-10-16

UNILORIN promotes 1,019 staff
The Vice-Chancellor, University of Ilorin, Prof. Sulyman Abdulkareem, has approved the promotion of 1,019 members of staff of the university. According to the university's bulletin issued on Monday, the pro...

GUBER POLL: The battle of two Abdulrazaqs in Kwara
THE 2019 governorship contest in 2019 is taking shape and fanning out as the battle of two Abdulrazaqs given the emergence of Hon Abdulrazaq Atunwa as the candidate of the ruling party, Peoples Democratic Parry,PDP, and...

Tribute to KAMWIRE at 54. By Arowona Abdulazeez
Nation-building is nothing but growing the nation's economy to further improve the wellbeing of vast populace putting many factors into reasonable consideration. While Nigeria is still battling with putting...

Ex-US Ambassador To Grace Unilorin Convocation Lecture
The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr William Symington, will deliver the 2018 Convocation Lecture of the University of Ilorin on Oct. 22. NIGERIA NEWS gathered this from a statement issued by the Unive...

2018-10-15

I will work for PDP victory in 2019 - Hon. Alatise
Hon. Saheed Damilare Alatise, a PDP aspirant for the State House of Assembly in Irepodun Local Government Area in the last primary election has pledged his readiness to work and ensure the party's victory in the 2019 ...

Kwara South leaders root for Omotosho as APC guber running mate
Some political leaders in Kwara South Senatorial District are currently canvassing support for a former governorship candidate of Labour Party in Kwara State, Dr Mike Omotosho, as running mate to the All Progressi...

IGP warns against detaining suspects beyond 48hrs
The Inspector General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris has again warned his officers and men to guide against detaining or keeping any suspect in police custody beyond the specification of the law which is forty eight hour...

Saraki's aide flays FG over alleged plan to hike varsity tuition fees
The Federal Government alleged plan to hike tuition fees payable in public Universities has attracted condemnation. The Director, Media and Publicity, Abubakar Bukola Saraki Mandate Constituency Office, Alhaji ...

Kwara APC Crisis: Court adjourns suit for hearing
There seemed to be no end in sight to the leadership crisis rocking the Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the High Court sitting in Ilorin last Friday adjourned the suit between Bashiru Bolar...

KWCSDA disburses N5m to widows, others
The Kwara State Community and Social Development Agency (KWCSDA) has presented over N5million to three vulnerable groups as part of funds for their Group Development Plan (GDP). The beneficiaries are Eguwafin Group f...

50 -yr-old needs N7m for kidney transplant
When 50-year- old transporter, Alhaji Usman Ayilara of Pakata fell ill sometimes in June, 2018, little did he know that it was the beginning of tortuous journey into the agonising world of kidney disease. Ayilara...

KWACOED table water'll generate N1.2m IGR monthly'
The table water project of the Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin is expected to generate a target of N1.2 million monthly, when completed. The Deputy Director Academic Planning, Kwara State College of Educ...

Minimum Wage: Kwara NLC tasks Gov Ahmed on 2019 supplementary budget
The Kwara State Chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed to plan a supplementary budget for the 2019 budget in respect of the proposed minimum wage. The tripartite commit...

KWSG warns teachers, principals against extortion, exam malpractices
The Kwara State Government has cautioned teachers and principals against sharp practices, lateness, and aiding examination malpractices among other illicit acts. Speaking during a press briefing in Ilorin on Frid...

2018/19 Session: Unilorin releases admission list
Ahead of the 2018/19 academic session, the University of Ilorin has released the list of candidates offered provisional admission into the institution for undergraduate programmes. Prospective students that ...

NAKSS tasks KWSG on KWASU, IAC, IVTEC tuition reduction
The National Association of Kwara State Students (NAKSS) has called on the state government to review the tuition paid by students in various state-owned tertiary institutions. The affected institutions are Kwara S...

Kwara APC reps aspirants petition Oshiomhole, Osunbor over non-release of election results
ASPIRANTS of the House of Representatives in the Kwara State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), have petitioned the Chairman of the Party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and Chairman of the party"s primaries ...

Political thugs will be swept off Kwara streets before 2019 elections – Police
The Kwara State Police Command has declared that all bad elements and political thugs in the state will be cleared from the streets before next year's general elections so as to ensure a peaceful exercise. The stat...

2018-10-14

FG urged to fast-track Ilorin-Saadu-Jebba highway rehabilitation
The Federal Government has been urged to expedient action on the rehabilitation work going on along Eyekonrin/Oko-Olowo axis of Ilorin-Saadu-Jebba express way. This was contained in a statement issued in Ilorin...

Refurbished Council Hall:NULGE Salutes Engr Lah
The National union of local government employees NULGE Ilorin East Local Government chapter has applauded the Executive Chairman Ilorin East Local Government Engr Lah Abdulmumeen for the renovation of the council hall i...

NATIONAL CASH TRANSFER OFFICE TRAINS FACILITATORS IN KWARA ON SAVING CULTURE
The National Conditional Cash Transfer Office on Friday commenced a three-day training for its facilitators on ways to ensure savings and group mobilisation among the beneficiaries of the programme in Kwara. ...

Attacks on Journalists: Kwara NUJ threatens to boycott political activities
The Kwara State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists has threatened to boycott all political activities in the state if political thugs are not cautioned against attacking journalists in the discharge of their ...

2018-10-13

'SHE WAS A RARE GEM': GOV. ABDULFATAH AHMED EULOGIZES LATE ADEDOYIN
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed this morning eulogized late Hon. Princess Olufunke Deborah Adedoyin, member House is Representative, as a rare gem, Amazon and care giver who stood for the good of her commu...

APC names Lanre Issa-Onilu, new spokesperson
The ruling All Progressives Congress APC, now has a new National Publicity Secretary. He is Mr Lanre Issa Onilu. Saturday Vanguard gathered that the decision to appoint Mr Onilu was taking after a series of mee...

Court Sentences Thief To 10 Strokes Of Cane
A 20 - year-old man, Abubakar Mohammed, of Dangote area, Asa-Dam, Ilorin, Kwara State has been sentenced to 10 strokes of the cane for stealing motor spare parts. An Ilorin Magistrates' Court convicted the 20-ye...

ABDULRAZAQ ABDULRAHAMAN -The new man on the block in Kwara
The emergence of Alh Abdulrazaq Abdulrahaman as the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in kwara state in the wee hours of last Sunday was to say the least, a political master stroke not only fo...

OPEN LETTER TO NIGERIANS ON MUHAMMADU BUHARI AND ATIKU ABUBAKAR'S CANDIDATURES. BY Abdulazeez Arowona
Fellow Compatriots, It is no longer news that the 2019 electioneering tussle is gathering momentum with high hopes and expectations that another messiah will soon emerge as Nigeria's President while some other ...

Obasanjo and the Making of Nigerian President. By AHMED 'LATEEF
One phenomenon that has haunted Nigerian polity too long, and which is yet to abate, is needless indulgence and massaging of ego. A common practice in the nation's polity, especially when you are aspiring for public off...