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2016-05-14
China trip loan not for Lai Mohammed - Director
My attention has been drawn to a letter I endorsed to the Ag. Director General, National Broadcasting Commission requesting for a loan of N13,120,470.00 to cover tickets and travel expenses of a five-member delegation ...
My attention has been drawn to a letter I endorsed to the Ag. Director General, National Broadcasting Commission requesting for a loan of N13,120,470.00 to cover tickets and travel expenses of a five-member delegation ...
5,000 children to benefit from Kits for Kids Education Intervention in Kwara State
Over 5,000 children in public schools across Kwara State are set to benefit from the Kits for Kids Africa education intervention. The project, which is an initiative of the Aurora International Charity Founda...
Over 5,000 children in public schools across Kwara State are set to benefit from the Kits for Kids Africa education intervention. The project, which is an initiative of the Aurora International Charity Founda...
Eat goat to boost sperm count - Zoologist
People with low sperm count have been advised to eat more goat and foods that contain different nutrients to boost their fertility. Professor of Applied Zoology, Stephen Oluwagbemiga, gave the advice at the ...
People with low sperm count have been advised to eat more goat and foods that contain different nutrients to boost their fertility. Professor of Applied Zoology, Stephen Oluwagbemiga, gave the advice at the ...
Skimpy Dress: 150 Unilorin students indicted
...as SUG appeals to authority on lesser punishment Contrary to the tight ban placed on indecent dressing by the Management of the University of Ilorin, the leadership of the Students Union Government (SUG) h...
...as SUG appeals to authority on lesser punishment Contrary to the tight ban placed on indecent dressing by the Management of the University of Ilorin, the leadership of the Students Union Government (SUG) h...
Court ducks Osun Varsity Proprietor over N600million fraud
A University Proprietor, Dr. Folarin Akinosun was recently ordered to be remanded in Ilorin prison by Ilorin Chief Magistrate Court over allegedly defrauding unsuspecting innocent students to the tune of #600million...
A University Proprietor, Dr. Folarin Akinosun was recently ordered to be remanded in Ilorin prison by Ilorin Chief Magistrate Court over allegedly defrauding unsuspecting innocent students to the tune of #600million...
Fuel price hike will solve scarcity, says Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has said that the Federal Government's decision to hike the price of Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise known as petrol, from N86.50 to N145.00 was inevitable....
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has said that the Federal Government's decision to hike the price of Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise known as petrol, from N86.50 to N145.00 was inevitable....
2016-05-13
KWHA tasks state government on value system restoration
The Kwara State Governor Alh. Abdulfatah Ahmed has been urged to set up a hall of fame standing Committee that will examine meaningful contributions of Kwarans who should be conferred with honours to serve as impetus to ...
The Kwara State Governor Alh. Abdulfatah Ahmed has been urged to set up a hall of fame standing Committee that will examine meaningful contributions of Kwarans who should be conferred with honours to serve as impetus to ...
OPINION: N145 PMS and the Absence of an Indigenous Nigerian Economic Model. By Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia
As a full time member of the Nigerian Economics Society, I am worried that my preferred association has been nowhere to be found whenever the need arises to advise the Nigerian state on economic policy. While particip...
As a full time member of the Nigerian Economics Society, I am worried that my preferred association has been nowhere to be found whenever the need arises to advise the Nigerian state on economic policy. While particip...
OPINION: Bukola Saraki's trial and Buhari's Pandora box. By Sulyman Kayode Maja
Pandora's box is an artefact in Greek mythology, taken from the myth of Pandora's creation in Hesiod's Works and Days. The "box" was actually a large jar given to Pandora which contained all the evils of the world. Pandor...
Pandora's box is an artefact in Greek mythology, taken from the myth of Pandora's creation in Hesiod's Works and Days. The "box" was actually a large jar given to Pandora which contained all the evils of the world. Pandor...
Kwara's liberation story incomplete without late Omoiya - Belgore
I received with shock the news of the sudden demise of Dr Sa'ad Yusuf Omoiya on Thursday afternoon. I join the entire Ilorin emirate to mourn the sad passage of Dr Omoiya. We condole with his immediate family and pray All...
I received with shock the news of the sudden demise of Dr Sa'ad Yusuf Omoiya on Thursday afternoon. I join the entire Ilorin emirate to mourn the sad passage of Dr Omoiya. We condole with his immediate family and pray All...
GROUP CHARGES PMB TO BE SINCERE IN FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION
A political group, 'I stand by Saraki' has urged President Muhammdu Buhari to be sincere in his administration's fight against injustice and corruption in the country. The group gave the admonition in a statemen...
A political group, 'I stand by Saraki' has urged President Muhammdu Buhari to be sincere in his administration's fight against injustice and corruption in the country. The group gave the admonition in a statemen...
Water borne diseases causes stunted growth in children - Physician
A Public Health Physician, Dr Uthman Mubashir, on Thursday in Ilorin said water borne diseases could cause stunted growth in children. Mubashir of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) said this i...
A Public Health Physician, Dr Uthman Mubashir, on Thursday in Ilorin said water borne diseases could cause stunted growth in children. Mubashir of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) said this i...
KWASU selected to host Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Programme
In 2014, the Department of History and Heritage Studies of the Institution also hosted an African Diaspora scholar from Arizona State University, Prof. Aribidesi Usman For the second time in three years, the Kwar...
In 2014, the Department of History and Heritage Studies of the Institution also hosted an African Diaspora scholar from Arizona State University, Prof. Aribidesi Usman For the second time in three years, the Kwar...
Kwara PDP Gets New Executives
A former secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State, Prince Sunday Fagbemi has emerged as the new chairman of the party in the state. Fagbemi and other newly elected officials of the party...
A former secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State, Prince Sunday Fagbemi has emerged as the new chairman of the party in the state. Fagbemi and other newly elected officials of the party...
Kwara Residents, Workers Reject Petrol at N145 Per Litre
Residents of Kwara state have rejected the new price regime of petrol at N145 per liter announced by the federal government. They advised the government to revert to the old price of N86.50 per litre without ...
Residents of Kwara state have rejected the new price regime of petrol at N145 per liter announced by the federal government. They advised the government to revert to the old price of N86.50 per litre without ...
Kwara FOMWAN Holds Education Summit
The Kwara State branch of the Federation of Muslim Women Associations of Nigerian (FOMWAN) has held its 2016 Annual Education Summit in Ilorin, the state capital. Declaring the summit open, the Chairperson, F...
The Kwara State branch of the Federation of Muslim Women Associations of Nigerian (FOMWAN) has held its 2016 Annual Education Summit in Ilorin, the state capital. Declaring the summit open, the Chairperson, F...
Sani-Omolori acts as N/Assembly clerk
Alhaji Mohammed Sani-Omolori has taken over as acting Clark of the National Assembly following the commencement of the terminal leave of Alhaji Salisu Maikasuwa. Sani-Omolori was until his elevation, the cle...
Alhaji Mohammed Sani-Omolori has taken over as acting Clark of the National Assembly following the commencement of the terminal leave of Alhaji Salisu Maikasuwa. Sani-Omolori was until his elevation, the cle...
FG to release N350bn for capital projects today
The Federal Government says it will today begin to release N350 billion earmarked for capital projects contained in the 2016 budget. Budget and National Planning Minister, Udoma Udo Udoma, disclosed this at the Presi...
The Federal Government says it will today begin to release N350 billion earmarked for capital projects contained in the 2016 budget. Budget and National Planning Minister, Udoma Udo Udoma, disclosed this at the Presi...
Kwara PDP splits into two
The recently-conducted Kwara State Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP's) congress has divided the party into two factions. The factions led by the ex-Chairman of the party, Akogun Iyiola Oyedepo and another by P...
The recently-conducted Kwara State Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP's) congress has divided the party into two factions. The factions led by the ex-Chairman of the party, Akogun Iyiola Oyedepo and another by P...
Fuel Subsidy: Kwara NASS Members Knock Buhari as Ben Bruce Mocks
Following the announcement of removal of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) by the Federal Government on Wednesday and immediate increase in fuel pump price from N85 to N145, several lawmakers have expressed disappr...
Following the announcement of removal of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) by the Federal Government on Wednesday and immediate increase in fuel pump price from N85 to N145, several lawmakers have expressed disappr...
2016-05-12
Ahmed to LG Workers: I Am Concerned by Your Pain
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed says he is deeply concerned by the hardship being experienced by local government workers, SUBEB staff and pensioners in the State due to the delay in payment by LG councils. ...
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed says he is deeply concerned by the hardship being experienced by local government workers, SUBEB staff and pensioners in the State due to the delay in payment by LG councils. ...
Saad Omo Iya is Dead
A former Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU), Unilorin Branch, Dr Sa’ad Yusuf Omo’Ya is dead. Until his death, today, he was a Senior Lecturer in the Department of History and Internation...
A former Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU), Unilorin Branch, Dr Sa’ad Yusuf Omo’Ya is dead. Until his death, today, he was a Senior Lecturer in the Department of History and Internation...
PDP Returns Oyedepo Unopposed as State Chairman
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman in Kwara State, Mr. Iyiola Oyedepo, on Tuesday night returned unopposed alongside his 30-members of the state executive at the party's state congress held in Ilorin. ...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman in Kwara State, Mr. Iyiola Oyedepo, on Tuesday night returned unopposed alongside his 30-members of the state executive at the party's state congress held in Ilorin. ...
Kill me if you catch me for Robbery Again - Suspect tells Police
AN ex-inmate of Ilorin prison, Teslim Mohammed, who was recently arrested by the operatives of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Oyo/Ogbomoso annex, while planning a robbery attack with his gang members, has blamed th...
AN ex-inmate of Ilorin prison, Teslim Mohammed, who was recently arrested by the operatives of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Oyo/Ogbomoso annex, while planning a robbery attack with his gang members, has blamed th...
9 arrested in Kwara
Nine persons were arrested and charged to court by the Kwara State police command over alleged public disturbance during the Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP) state congress, in Ilorin. The Nigerian Tribune ga...
Nine persons were arrested and charged to court by the Kwara State police command over alleged public disturbance during the Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP) state congress, in Ilorin. The Nigerian Tribune ga...
Femi Adebayo To Stage a Play Featuring Top Nollywood Actors
Nollywood actors, Odunlade Adekola, Muyiwa Ademola, Fathia Balogun, Ronke Odusanya to feature in a play titled 'Asa Wa' in Kwara State. Nollywood actor and the Special Adviser to the Kwara State Governor on C...
Nollywood actors, Odunlade Adekola, Muyiwa Ademola, Fathia Balogun, Ronke Odusanya to feature in a play titled 'Asa Wa' in Kwara State. Nollywood actor and the Special Adviser to the Kwara State Governor on C...
Four students escape death as two-storeyed building collapses
Four students of a secondary school in the Alagbado area of Ilorin, Kwara State, escaped death on Wednesday after a two-storeyed building under construction collapsed on them. Sources said one of the teachers...
Four students of a secondary school in the Alagbado area of Ilorin, Kwara State, escaped death on Wednesday after a two-storeyed building under construction collapsed on them. Sources said one of the teachers...
Kwara State Government Records Increase Of N128.5m In Salaries And Pensions
Kwara State government has recorded an increase of about N129 million above the salary commitments for 2014 and 2015. According to the figures released by the Director-General, Kwara State Bureau of Statistic...
Kwara State government has recorded an increase of about N129 million above the salary commitments for 2014 and 2015. According to the figures released by the Director-General, Kwara State Bureau of Statistic...
Presidential committee exposed Saraki's anticipatory declaration - Witness
The first prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, before the Code of Conduct Tribunal in Abuja, Mr. Michael Wetkas, insisted on Wednesday that Saraki made an anticipatory ...
The first prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, before the Code of Conduct Tribunal in Abuja, Mr. Michael Wetkas, insisted on Wednesday that Saraki made an anticipatory ...
Petrol is N145 per litre
Fuel price yesterday took a major leap, rising from N86 per litre to N145 per litre. With the new price, advocates of deregulation - the government's antidote to perennial scarcity of petrol - have carried th...
Fuel price yesterday took a major leap, rising from N86 per litre to N145 per litre. With the new price, advocates of deregulation - the government's antidote to perennial scarcity of petrol - have carried th...
Discrepancies In Saraki's Assets At CCT As Tribunal Adjourns
Senate President, Bukola SarakiThere was a heated argument at the Code of Conduct Tribunal over the ownership of a property allegedly bought by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, from the Federal Government. ...
Senate President, Bukola SarakiThere was a heated argument at the Code of Conduct Tribunal over the ownership of a property allegedly bought by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, from the Federal Government. ...
Protests mar Kwara PDP congress
PDP The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) state congress in Kwara state was characterized with protests by aggrieved party members. While a group wanted the incumbent executive of the party led by Akogun Iyio...
PDP The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) state congress in Kwara state was characterized with protests by aggrieved party members. While a group wanted the incumbent executive of the party led by Akogun Iyio...
Resident Doctors In Ilorin Embark On A Five Day Warning
Residents doctors at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital have joined their counterparts throughout the country in a five day warning strike. Effort made by journalists to speak with the striking d...
Residents doctors at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital have joined their counterparts throughout the country in a five day warning strike. Effort made by journalists to speak with the striking d...
2016-05-11
OPINION: Fayose: The blind hawk next door! By Abdulrazaq Magaji
Honestly, elders and leaders of thought in the southwest Nigeria must watch it! This is a wake-up call that is coming against the backdrop of unlikely political developments in the zone. A felon from the south west is sit...
Honestly, elders and leaders of thought in the southwest Nigeria must watch it! This is a wake-up call that is coming against the backdrop of unlikely political developments in the zone. A felon from the south west is sit...
OPINION: Bukola Saraki: A Round peg in A round hole. By Sarat Adebayo
One is no longer in doubt that the emergence of Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki as the President of the 8th National Assembly is a blessing of immerse consequence of positive blessing for the people of Kwara State and the Nati...
One is no longer in doubt that the emergence of Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki as the President of the 8th National Assembly is a blessing of immerse consequence of positive blessing for the people of Kwara State and the Nati...
KWHA asks Ministry of Health on hospitals proper monitoring
The Kwara State House of Assembly has directed the State Ministry of Health to extend its monitoring activity to private hospitals in the State, to ensure qualitative healthcare delivery service. This is part of...
The Kwara State House of Assembly has directed the State Ministry of Health to extend its monitoring activity to private hospitals in the State, to ensure qualitative healthcare delivery service. This is part of...
The Truth Behind Rashidi Yekini' s Mother Condition
Oba Abdul-Wahab Oyetoro of Onira has expressed regret that Nigeria does not honor its sports heroes, and called on the government to take measures to immortalize them, with specific reference to soccer legend Rashidi Y...
Oba Abdul-Wahab Oyetoro of Onira has expressed regret that Nigeria does not honor its sports heroes, and called on the government to take measures to immortalize them, with specific reference to soccer legend Rashidi Y...
My assets form tampered with, Saraki tells CCT
Customs ex-boss asks Umar to disqualify self from trial Senate President Bukola Saraki yesterday alleged that his assets' declaration form submitted in 2003 when he was the Governor of Kwara State had been ta...
Customs ex-boss asks Umar to disqualify self from trial Senate President Bukola Saraki yesterday alleged that his assets' declaration form submitted in 2003 when he was the Governor of Kwara State had been ta...
EFCC Should Investigate APC's Campaign Funds - Ex-Minister
Former minister of National Planning, Professor Abubakar Sulaiman, has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate how the All Progressives Congress (APC) sourced its campaign funds for the...
Former minister of National Planning, Professor Abubakar Sulaiman, has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate how the All Progressives Congress (APC) sourced its campaign funds for the...
OPC warns herdsmen against attack
*'Gani Adams is not our leader' Oodu'a Peoples' Congress (OPC), a Yoruba socio-cultural group has warned herdsmen against continuous attacks on innocent people and communities, saying it would not tolerate kill...
*'Gani Adams is not our leader' Oodu'a Peoples' Congress (OPC), a Yoruba socio-cultural group has warned herdsmen against continuous attacks on innocent people and communities, saying it would not tolerate kill...
Kwara deserves new set of leaders
A scholar and chairman of Kwara State Muslim lawyers, Dr Abdulkadir Ibrahim Abikan, has said Kwara State deserves new set of leaders for it to witness meaningful growth and development. Abikan said this in Il...
A scholar and chairman of Kwara State Muslim lawyers, Dr Abdulkadir Ibrahim Abikan, has said Kwara State deserves new set of leaders for it to witness meaningful growth and development. Abikan said this in Il...
Monarch decries destruction of farms by herders
Kwara monarch, Oloro of Oro land in Irepodun Local Government Area of the state, Oba Abdul-Rafiu Oyelara has decried the incessant destruction of the community farmlands by herdsmen cattle. The traditional ru...
Kwara monarch, Oloro of Oro land in Irepodun Local Government Area of the state, Oba Abdul-Rafiu Oyelara has decried the incessant destruction of the community farmlands by herdsmen cattle. The traditional ru...
8th Nestle Milo Basketball: FCT meet Kwara in Central Conference final
Government Secondary School Karu, Abuja and Unilorin Secondary School Ilorin, Kwara State, will meet in the Central Conference Boys final slated for today at the Unilorin Indoor Sports Hall, Kwara State. Government Sec...
Government Secondary School Karu, Abuja and Unilorin Secondary School Ilorin, Kwara State, will meet in the Central Conference Boys final slated for today at the Unilorin Indoor Sports Hall, Kwara State. Government Sec...
Kwara Assembly wants Yekini immortalised
The Kwara State House of Assembly on Tuesday urged the state government to immortalise Rasheed Yekini, the late Soccer giant in view of his contributions to sport development in the country. The House made ...
The Kwara State House of Assembly on Tuesday urged the state government to immortalise Rasheed Yekini, the late Soccer giant in view of his contributions to sport development in the country. The House made ...
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