2016-08-02

Share/Tsaragi Clash: Curfew Imposed on Shaare/Tsaragi Communities
Following the outbreak of crises between Shaare in Ifelodun Local Government Area and Tsaragi in Edu Local Government Area, the Kwara State Government hereby imposes dusk to dawn curfew in both communities with immediat...

Shooting spree as soldiers, policemen clash in Ilorin
By Ahmed 'Lateef Pandemonium broke out in the early hours of yesterday (Monday) in Ilorin when suspected soldiers engaged men of the Nigerian Police Force in gunfight. The Herald gathered that the shooting spree ...

Ajikobi Chieftaincy Tussle: Court Rules In Favour Of Nageri Lineage
An Ilorin High Court has affirmed that the descendants of the late Aliyu Usman of Ajikobi compound, Ilorin, are entitled to all rights, privileges and entitlements including the right to aspire or be nominated the Daudu I...

Buhari Has Changed Nigeria for Good - Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said the change promised Nigerians by the All Progressives Congress is not a ruse. Speaking in Enugu at a town hall meeting for the South East organised...

Nigerian Television Authority Ilorin unveils museum to mark 40th anniversary
The Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Ilorin, has unveiled a museum to commemorate 40 years of existence and preserve its history for coming generations. General Manager of the station, Adetunji Majeed, made this k...

PDP zoning: Group canvasses support for Kwara
A group within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kwara PDP Support Group KSG has appealed to North Central Zone Leadership of the party to concede its slots of the National Publicity Secretary to Kwara State on the...

Kwara Poly Rector wants more funds for students on SIWES
The Rector of Kwara state Polytechnic Ilorin, Alhaji Mas'ud Elelu has canvassed more emoluments for students undergoing Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) towards making the scheme serve the purpose it w...

2016-08-01

Buhari Sacks JAMB Boss, 16 Others, Appoints Replacements
President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked 17 Chief Executives of Parastatals and Agencies under the Federal Ministry of Education. Consequently, he has approved the appointment of replacements just as he retai...

BISHOP COUNSELS CHRISTIANS ON QUALITY SERVICE TO GOD
BISHOP of the Diocese of Jebba, Kwara State, Right Reverend S.T.G. Adewole, has called on all Christians to render quality service to God without which there can be no reward. He also said that reasonable servi...

PDP Chairmanship: My case with EFCC will not affect me - Dokpesi
High Chief Raymond Dokpesi has said that the corruption charges filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, will not affect his ambition to become the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Par...

Rice Scarcity Hits Ilorin as One Bag Goes for N17,000
Rice traders have embraced on strike of sort in Oja-tuntun, Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara State and some other famous markets in Ilorin Metropolis by locking up their shops as the price of rice soar higher...

JAMB withdraws 2016 admission lists sent to varsities, others
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has withdrawn the list of recommended candidates for admission earlier sent to the tertiary institutions, the Board said in a statement on Sunday. "This is ...

Kwara to launch Infrastructure Development Fund
The Kwara State Government is set to launch its Infrastructure Development Fund 'InfraFund Kwara', (IF-K) with an initial investment of N4.2 Billion in the Energy Sector in the fourth quarter of 2016. Governor Abdulfa...

2016-07-31

Kamaldeen varsity in search of fund, infrastructure for take-off.
Across strata of education, the vantage position the university is placed cannot be dismissed with a wave of the hand. In this piece, Ahmed 'Lateef writes on what appears like a tall dream for the proposed Muhammad Kamald...

2016-07-30

Era of 'kill and go' is gone, says new Kwara CP
New Commissioner of Police in Kwara State, Mr. Olusola Amore, yesterday said that the era of 'kill and go' is gone forever in the Force. He added that Policemen would be held accountable for their conduct and...

UITH Doctor Missing
A staff of the University of Ilorin, Teaching Hospital, Doctor Abdulkareem Tunde Abdulrahman of number 3 Professor Awe Close, off Abdulkareem Adisa Street, Fate Road, GRA Ilorin has been reported missing. A stateme...

OPINION: Corruption: Time to give OBJ a hearing! By Abdulrazaq Magaji
If he didn't believe in the saying, embattled House speaker, Yakubu Dogara, must have realized by now that heaven indeed knows no fury like a woman scorned! Otherwise, he would have been circumspect in handling his former...

Kwara NUJ Correspondents' chapel gets new executive
By Ahmed 'Lateef The new executive committee of the correspondents' chapel of Kwara State council of Nigeria Union of Journalists has been inaugurated. The inauguration followed the emergence of candidates for...

Kwara Beach Soccer tourney gets Copa Lagos support
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Kinetic Sports Limited, organisers of Copa Lagos, Mr Samson Adamu, has pledged his full support for the first Kwara Beach Soccer tournament. Mr. Dele Oguntokun, the CEO of Sheedel ...

Alagbado: Ilorin community with avalanche of petrol stations
In this special report, Ahmed 'Lateef writes on the saturation of filling stations in some parts of Ilorin, Kwara State capital with its implication on the well being and the economy of the residents. Ilorin, an anc...