2017-10-14

Indecency: Ilorin cleric calls for dress code in tertiary institutions
The Chief Imam of Abdul-Quadry Ojomu Mosque, Ilorin, Alhaji Isaaq Olagunju, has called for the enforcement of dress code in higher institutions of learning in the county to curb indecent dressing. Olagunju, who mad...

KWSG to sustain Kwara Utd's status in NPFL
The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdul Fatah Ahmed has reiterated his administration's commitment to sustain Kwara United FC Status in the NPFL Come next Season. Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed stated this yesterday at t...

Now that IVTEC is about to open. BY Joke Adeniyi-Jackson
The proposed commissioning of the International Vocational, Training and Entrepreneurship College (IVTEC) is heartening, given the fact it is a project that is long overdue. IVTEC is a pioneering technical and voca...

90% Kwara homes engaged in female genital mutilation - NGO
A Non-Governmental Organisation, Women and Youth Development Initiative (WOYODEV), has said that over 90 per cent of homes in Kwara State carry out female genital mutilation otherwise known as circumcision. Speakin...

NIPOST to begin banking services soon
The Nigeria Postal Service (NIPOST), will soon introduce agency banking services in its operation. District Manager (Ilorin), Mr Godwill Magulike, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NA...

UNILORIN Turns Out 89 First Class Graduates
Authorities of University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) on Friday disclosed that, it had produced 89 first class graduands for the 2016/2017 academic session. Others include 1,982 second class Upper division, 3737 second c...

Saraki reacts to 'grooming' of his son to become Kwara governor
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has debunked speculation the he was grooming his son to emerge as the next governor of Kwara state. Saraki, himself a former governor of the state, told newsmen that it was a fictio...

RE: FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COLLEGE INDEBTEDNESS TO FOOD AND STATIONERIES SUPPLIERS. By Abdulrahman Abdulmalik
"We the under listed suppliers of Federal Government College, Ilorin, Kwara State, (hereinafter referred to as petitioners) wish to draw the attention of the Federal Government and the Minister for Education to the attitu...

2017-10-13

Nat'l ID Card: Kwara residents express frustration over slips delay
Residents of Ilorin, the Kwara State capital have lamented long wait to get their National Identification Number (NIN) slips, several months after their registration with the National Identity Management Commission (NIM...

JAMB will return unspent money to FG - Oloyede
JAMB has declared that it would return unspent money to the coffers of federal government . The JAMB's registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede described the controversies that trailed the huge amount the board returned to...

Malaria causes severe anaemia in kids - Paediatrician
A Lecturer at the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Ilorin, Prof. Kolade Ernest, said that studies have shown that malaria causes severe anaemia in 80 per cent of patients. Ernest made the d...

Saraki Leads N'Assembly Delegation to 137th IPU in Russia
Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, thursday led a National Assembly delegation to partake in the 137th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly taking place in St. Petersburg, Russia, with the theme: 'Promotin...

VCs Urge FG to Increase Investment in Education
The Association of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (AVCNU) has urged the federal government to radically increase their investments in the country's education in order to enhance access to quality education....

Muslim charities advised on documentation, accountability
MUSLIM organisations providing help to people in need have been urged to place premium on proper financial documentation and accountability in their day-to-day activities. The acting Head of Department of Acco...

UNILORIN, Ministry Sign NYG Hosting Right Pact
The University of Ilorin management says it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development (FMYSD) on hosting the National Youth Games (NYG). The institution'...

29 reinstated UNILORIN staff threaten suit over N325m benefits
THE 29 reinstated staff of University of Ilorin have threatened legal action over non- payments of their salaries and allowances, totalling N325 million.A Federal High Court in Ilorin had, in 2013, ruled that the 29 staf...

NSCDC to sanitise Kwara hotels used for strip-dancing
Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) in Kwara has pledged to sanitise hotels and clubs used for strip dancing and other vices in the state. The Commandant, Mr Adeyinka Ayinla, made the pledge on Thursd...

Diezani's $115m bribe: Court admits list of beneficiaries
The Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday admitted as exhibit a document containing the list of individuals from the 36 states of the federation who benefited from a sum of $115,010,000, that was distributed by a former...

KWARA POLY 2017/2018 PROPOSED ACADEMIC CALENDAR
KWARA POLY 2017/2018 PROPOSED ACADEMIC CALENDAR FIRST SEMESTER Kwara Poly 2017/2018 Proposed Academic Calendar is Out for all prospective staffs and student of the Polytechnic. 1. All Returning Students R...

2017-10-12

ACHIEVING NATIONAL UNITY AND DEVELOPMENT THROUGH SPORTS By Adekunle Oyedepo
I can't agree less with Franz Beckenbauer, a former German football manager who opined that "football is one of the world's best means of communication. It is impartial, apolitical and universal. Football unites people ar...

Kwara Govt Approves Construction of Two Roads
The Kwara State Executive Council has approved the construction of Oke-Onigbin-Isanlu-Isin and Osi-Obbo-Ayegunle-Ekiti boundary roads at the contract sum of N1.455 billion. The State Commissioner for Works and Transp...

Kwara Community Unveils Solar Powered Digital Literacy Centre
In an effort to become a digital smart community, Imode Community in Oke-Ero Local Government Area of Kwara State has launched a solar powered digital literacy centre, destined towards making its youths to become digitall...

Acquisition of Entrepreneurial Skills; A Tool for Economic Recovery - Senator Rafiu Ibrahim
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has identified the inability of Nigerians to access funds as the major reason for the economic recession and hardship they are currently passing through. The apex bank however noted that ...

2017-10-11

VCs Flay High Cases of Unemployable Graduates From Nigerian Varsities
The Association of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (AVCNU) yesterday decried the high level of youth unemployment and employability of Nigerian universities graduates. The vice chancellors made the assert...

NPFL: Stakeholders congratulates Kwara Utd on promotion
Kwara State Football Stakeholders Forum has congratulated the management, players and staff of Kwara United for their promotion to the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL). In a congratulatory message signed b...

Foundation distributes N700m hearing aid device in Kwara
A United State based foundation – Starkey hearing foundation has commenced the distribution of hearing aide device worth 5billion naira in six states in Nigeria. The states are Kwara, Lagos, Ogun, Abia, Enugu and Kad...

News Don't allow politicians put you in their pockets, Sheu Gafar warns
A former Head of Service (HoS) in Kwara State, Alhaji Shehu Gafar has warned the new possessor of the office, Mrs Susan Dupe Oluwole to be wary of politicians in the state and their antics which could seriously derail her...

Need for peaceful local government poll in Kwara
Elections, as been spelled out by the Nigerian constitution, is a process whereby an individual, ranging from the age of eighteen and above is allowed to fully participate by exercising his/her franchise, as that also exp...

KWACCIMA to partner MAN on Kwara moribound industries
The Kwara Chambers of Commerce Industry Mines and Agriculture (KWACCIMA) has disclosed plans towards reviving moribund industries in the state. Towards this end, the Director General of KWACCIMA, Barr. Ayo Fagbemi, s...

Electoral Commission to engage 4,000 ad hoc staff
The Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission on Tuesday said it would engage 4, 000 ad hoc staff for the conduct of Nov. 18 council elections in the state. Chairman of the commission, Dr AbdulRahman Ajidagba, made th...

How flood destroyed N2bn agric project - Reps
The House of Representatives on Tuesday urged the Federal Government to urgently assist communities ravaged by flood to ameliorate the hardships caused by loss of their crops and means of livelihood The resolution ...

Unilorin To Award Doctorate Degree In Pharmacy - Dean
The University of Ilorin says it will soon commence the award of doctorate degree in pharmacy (PharmD) at the institution. Prof. AbdulKarim Agunu, Dean of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the university, dis...

Kwara To Encourage PPP For Prosperity
The Kwara State Governor, Dr. Abdulfatah Ahmed, on Tuesday reiterated government's commitment to building economic prosperity in the state by encouraging Public Private Partnership through already existing enabling enviro...

Ilorin Muslim Community to exhume corpse of man killed by lightening
Members of the llorin Muslim Community in Kwara on Tuesday said they would exhume the corpse of a civil servant killed by lightening on September 20, in Oro, lrepodun Local Government Area. The Coordinator of the llo...

Kwara, firm train youths on career development
The Kwara State government, in conjunction with a consulting firm, Resource Intermediaries Limited, is training no about 250 youths on career development. The training is aimed at making them employable. The two day wo...

Hajia Sarat Charges LG Pension Desk Officers on Effective Delivery
The Chairman Local Government Service Commission and Cahirman Local Government Staff Pension Board, Hajia Sarat Ibrahim Adebayo, has urged the Kwara State LG and LGEA Pension Desk Officers at the sixteen Local Government ...