2018-05-11

14, 444 vulnerable persons benefit from FG's cash transfer in Kwara
A total of 14, 444 vulnerable and less privileged persons across the 16 local government areas of Kwara have so far benefitted from the Federal Government's National Cash Transfer Programme (NCTP). Mrs Dolly Amin...

In Ilorin, ANA woos corporate Nigeria to invest in literature
There is something about a habitué that always find us in its warm embrace: not exactly its grandeur but its charm. We easily connect with it and take solace visiting it over and over. Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, h...

Two Arrested In Ilorin With 12 Cartons Of Codeine, 15 With Other Hard Drugs
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kwara Command, has arrested 17 suspects in different parts of the state while trying to smuggle the drug to other destinations for sale. The Federal Government ha...

Police parade son of ex-Kwara PPRO, 5 others over alleged cultism
The son of a former Police image maker in Kwara State was among six suspected cultists paraded by Kwara State Police Command, yesterday. The state Police Commissioner, Aminu Pai Saleh, who disclosed this while paradi...

FG seeks land to complete 1000 housing units in Kwara
THE Federal Government has appealed to Kwara State government to provide land to enable it complete the second phase of the 1000 housing units designed for the state. Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State This is even ...

2018-05-10

NYSC tasks employers on welfare, security of corps members
Mr Remigius Amaefule, the State Coordinator of the National Youth Service Scheme ( NYSC ) in Kwara, has advised employers to make the welfare and security of corps members deployed to them their priority. The c...

18 years after, Offa poly mourns slain students during May 8 crisis
The Alumni Association of Offa Polytechnic, students, staff and people of Offa on Tuesday mourned students who were killed during the May 8, 2000 crisis which erupted between the students of Offa poly and their host co...

Fresh crisis in APC as nPDP faction issues ultimatum
Party chieftains who rebelled against the Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) and joined the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) before the 2015 general elections, yesterday, issued a seven-day ultimatum to see Pres...

Fed Govt scores Ilorin-Omuaran road job low
The Federal Government has decried the level of work on the 136-kilometre Ilorin-Omuaran-Kabba road. Minister of State II for Power, Works and Housing, Suleiman Zarma, during an assessment of federal projects in ...

APC: Hope for a better Nigeria, says Gov Ahmed
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has said that the ruling party in the state, All Progressives Congress, APC, remains the party of hope for sustainable growth and development of Nigeria. Governor Abdulfa...

NPFL Match Day 21: Bala seeks victory over Tornadoes in Minna
The Head Coach of Kwara United FC of Ilorin, Abubakar Bala, says his team will not taking anything for granted to pick up the maximum three points against Niger Tornadoes on Sunday in Minna. He said this after the te...

Nigerians need Bukola Saraki as president - Bankole
Al-Rasheed Alex Kehinde Bankole, known as KAB in the Kwara State political circles, is an aspirant to the Kwara State House of Assembly on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In this interview with YEJ...

You have case to answer, court tells Kwara PDP
A Federal High Court in Ilorin, Kwara State, has said the Akogun Iyiola Oyedepo-led Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has a case to answer. The Sunday Fagbemi-led faction is challenging the November 13 election, whi...

2018-05-09

Presidency not for people above 65 years - Presidential aspirant
A 2019 presidential aspirant under the banner of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Mr John Dara, has said that old age among Nigeria's political leaders has been to the nation's disadvantage than blessings. Spe...

Don canvases environment-friendly chemical processes, products
Prof. Olalekan Fatoki, the Dean of Applied Chemistry at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa, has urged young scholars in the field of chemistry to embrace sustainable chemistry. Fatoki made ...

Football Rashidi Yekini brother, Akeem dies in Kwara
The younger brother of Nigeria's all time highest goal scorer, Rashidi Yekini, Akeem, is dead. A member of Kwara Football Association, Alhaji Wasiu Lawal, who visited the family on Tuesday, confirmed this to the News...

Offa Armed Robbery Attack: Kwara Assembly to Hold Security Summit
As part of efforts at ensuring security of lives and Property in Kwara State, the state House of Assembly is to conduct Security Summit in the State. The Deputy Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Chief...

PIB: Don't Induce Lawmakers, Saraki Tells Oil Firms
...Urges IOC/OPTS To Report Any Lawmaker Seeking Favours President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki on Tuesday urged the International Oil Companies and Oil Producers Trade Section (IOC/OPTS) operating in ...

Suspected cultists kill cigarettes seller in Kwara
Suspected cultists numbering about five on Monday killed a cigarettes seller in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital. The incident was said to have occurred in Gaa-Akanbi area of the metropolis. There was anxie...

2018-05-08

Kwara Assembly Receives 19 Nominees for Confirmation as Commissioners
The Kwara State Governor Alhaji Abdul Fatah Ahmed has forwarded the list of 19 Commissioner- nominees to the State House of Assembly for Screening and confirmation by the legislature. The Deputy Speaker, Chief Mathe...

Kwara monarchs sue for peace to end clashes
The Olofa of Offa, Oba Mufutau Gbadamosi, and the Elerin of Erin-Ile Oba AbdulGaniyu Ajibola Ibrahim, have urged communities in Offa and Oyun councils of Kwara State to embrace peace for the development of Ibolo land....

UNILORIN ushers in new Registrar
DR. (Mrs.) F.M. Olowoleni has been officially ushered in as the 6th Registrar of the University of Ilorin, Kwara State. Her ascendancy to the coveted seat, was effected Monday, 30th April, at the University Audi...

Unilorin Produces 4,461 Doctors Since Inception - Provost
Prof. Abdulwahab Johnson, Provost, College of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin, says the institution has produced 4,461 medical doctors since its establishment in 1977. Johnson said this at the induction of 20...

Codeine: NAFDAC shuts Emzor, two Ilorin firms
THREE pharmaceutical firms including Emzor have been shut by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration & Control (NAFDAC) for failimg to cooperate with the agency in the investigation into the Codeine syrup c...

Police Arrest Armed Robbery Suspects In Kaiama
The Police in Kwara say they have arrested some armed robbery suspects following recent attacks in some communities in Kaiama Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ajayi Okasa...

2019: Vote for Buhari, Cleric urge Nigerians
A renown Islamic scholar and founder of Darul Kitab College of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Dr. AbdulKadir Salman, has urged Nigerians to massively support President Muhammadu Buhari's re-election bids in 2019. ...

Group takes free medical outreach to 4 Kwara LGAs
A group, Engineer Nurudeen Adeyemi Contact Team (ENACT) on Monday started its medical outreach in four LGA in Kwara South Senatorial District to bring healthcare to the grassroots. Mr Nurudeen Balogun, an enginee...