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2015-07-14
'Allow private varsities to access ETF, TEFUND'
THE Proprietor of Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Kwara State, Chief AbdulRaheem Oladimeji, has urged the Federal Government to allow privately-owned universities have access to the Education Tax Fund (ETF) and Tertiary ...
THE Proprietor of Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Kwara State, Chief AbdulRaheem Oladimeji, has urged the Federal Government to allow privately-owned universities have access to the Education Tax Fund (ETF) and Tertiary ...
Olusola Saraki's virtues extolled
The need for constant remembrance of the legacies of late political doyen of Kwara state, Dr Olusola Saraki was stressed yesterday in Ilorin by a group known as Saraki Legacy Association (SLA). The group, dur...
The need for constant remembrance of the legacies of late political doyen of Kwara state, Dr Olusola Saraki was stressed yesterday in Ilorin by a group known as Saraki Legacy Association (SLA). The group, dur...
Court adjourns contempt motion against Kwara ex-speaker
An Ilorin High Court yesterday adjourned for definite hearing, a motion for committal to prison of former Speaker of Kwara State House of Assembly, Hon. Rasak Atunwa, for contempt of court. The presiding judg...
An Ilorin High Court yesterday adjourned for definite hearing, a motion for committal to prison of former Speaker of Kwara State House of Assembly, Hon. Rasak Atunwa, for contempt of court. The presiding judg...
LMC Finally Accords Rashidi Posthumous Honour, Names Golden Boot Category After Him
Late Super Eagles striker Rashidi Yekini finally got his due yesterday, after the League Management Company announced that it has prize for the league's highest goal-scorer after him. A statement from the cha...
Late Super Eagles striker Rashidi Yekini finally got his due yesterday, after the League Management Company announced that it has prize for the league's highest goal-scorer after him. A statement from the cha...
Police nab certificate forgery kingpin in Ilorin
Kwara State Police Command has arrested a suspect, Abdulmajeed Olajide who specialised in document and higher institutions' certificates forgery. The suspect was reportedly nabbed at his office located along Isale koto...
Kwara State Police Command has arrested a suspect, Abdulmajeed Olajide who specialised in document and higher institutions' certificates forgery. The suspect was reportedly nabbed at his office located along Isale koto...
Roads corps deploy for end of Ramadan
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has deployed vehicles and personnel to ensure sanity on the nation's highways during this year's Eid-el-Fitri Sallah celebration starting on Wednesday. The agency has depl...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has deployed vehicles and personnel to ensure sanity on the nation's highways during this year's Eid-el-Fitri Sallah celebration starting on Wednesday. The agency has depl...
Airtel to commission newly adopted school in Kwara State
Resolved to continually develop projects aimed at promoting inclusiveness and access to quality primary education for Nigerian children, leading telecoms operator, Airtel Nigeria, is set to add a primary school in Kwar...
Resolved to continually develop projects aimed at promoting inclusiveness and access to quality primary education for Nigerian children, leading telecoms operator, Airtel Nigeria, is set to add a primary school in Kwar...
Hoodlums Attack Kwara Lawmaker
Some suspected hoodlums have attacked a member of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Mr. Mohammed Suleiman and robbed him of his Vehicle with registration number KWHA 39. Daily Times gathered that the lawmak...
Some suspected hoodlums have attacked a member of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Mr. Mohammed Suleiman and robbed him of his Vehicle with registration number KWHA 39. Daily Times gathered that the lawmak...
Kwara Utd suspend Abdulrahman
Kwara United technical adviser Tunde Abdulrahman has been suspended indefinitely by the llorin-based top flight side. Rhoda Ajiboye, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Sports and Youth Development, an...
Kwara United technical adviser Tunde Abdulrahman has been suspended indefinitely by the llorin-based top flight side. Rhoda Ajiboye, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Sports and Youth Development, an...
2015-07-13
OPINION: Governor Ahmed: Rising to the challenge of economic downturn. By Abdulrosheed Okiki
One of the enduring lessons of the last general elections was that power has actually been restored to the people and any politician who dare gets access to the corridors of power does not have alternative than doing th...
One of the enduring lessons of the last general elections was that power has actually been restored to the people and any politician who dare gets access to the corridors of power does not have alternative than doing th...
Fear looms large over new Kwara cabinet
Since the second term of Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State took off May 29, 2015, fear loomed large among political gladiators expectant of re-appointment and appointment in the impending new cabinet. Ahmed 'Late...
Since the second term of Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State took off May 29, 2015, fear loomed large among political gladiators expectant of re-appointment and appointment in the impending new cabinet. Ahmed 'Late...
OPINION: Saraki, Dogara and the breach of party discipline. By Olu Fasan
It is difficult to be sanguine about the current state of politics in Nigeria. Just when Nigerians thought they had ejected the shambolic and out-of-touch People’s Democratic Party (PDP) from power after 16 years...
It is difficult to be sanguine about the current state of politics in Nigeria. Just when Nigerians thought they had ejected the shambolic and out-of-touch People’s Democratic Party (PDP) from power after 16 years...
Kwara APC chieftains battle over Ahmed's cabinet
There is a raging disquiet in the Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over nomination of members for the cabinet of Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed. The development has created camps and fact...
There is a raging disquiet in the Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over nomination of members for the cabinet of Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed. The development has created camps and fact...
Sharks compound Kwara United relegation woes
Sharks football club of Port Harcourt today compounded the relegation woes of Kwara United football club just as league leader Sunshine Stars FC of Akure maintained their grip of the top spot in the on- going Nigeria P...
Sharks football club of Port Harcourt today compounded the relegation woes of Kwara United football club just as league leader Sunshine Stars FC of Akure maintained their grip of the top spot in the on- going Nigeria P...
APC crisis widens as plot against Saraki, Ekweremadu thickens
The rift in the fold of the All Progressives Congress (APC) widened at the weekend as loyalists of President Muhammadu Buhari, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and erstwhile Lagos State governor, Bol...
The rift in the fold of the All Progressives Congress (APC) widened at the weekend as loyalists of President Muhammadu Buhari, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and erstwhile Lagos State governor, Bol...
NLC Cautions Kwara Govt Not to Divert FG Bailout Fund
Kwara state chapter of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has warned the state government against any alleged move to divert the federal government’s bailout money meant to offset all the outstanding salaries and allowan...
Kwara state chapter of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has warned the state government against any alleged move to divert the federal government’s bailout money meant to offset all the outstanding salaries and allowan...
Saraki on a collision course with Buhari.. over Perm Sec's refusal to honour invitation
THERE were indications, on Sunday, of an imminent clash between the Presidency and the Senate over an alleged attempt by the Presidency to rubbish the senate president. Pro-Saraki senators are accusing the Pres...
THERE were indications, on Sunday, of an imminent clash between the Presidency and the Senate over an alleged attempt by the Presidency to rubbish the senate president. Pro-Saraki senators are accusing the Pres...
Fake NDLEA Officers, 64 Drug Suspects Arrested in Kwara
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Kwara State has arrested and paraded a 36-year-old man for allegedly impersonating an official of the agency. The accused person identified as Samuel Alhaji Y...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Kwara State has arrested and paraded a 36-year-old man for allegedly impersonating an official of the agency. The accused person identified as Samuel Alhaji Y...
Saraki lacks constitutional right to summon Perm Secs - Senator
The Senator representing Zamfara Central Senatorial District, Kabir Marafa, said on Sunday that the Senate President lacked both moral and constitutional rights to summon the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Fi...
The Senator representing Zamfara Central Senatorial District, Kabir Marafa, said on Sunday that the Senate President lacked both moral and constitutional rights to summon the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Fi...
Press Release: Lesser Hajj: Saraki Decries Saudi's Visa Policy
Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has criticized the entry visa issuance policy of the Saudi Arabian embassy in Nigeria for this year's lesser hajj. Saraki who arrived Medinah on Saturday listened to com...
Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has criticized the entry visa issuance policy of the Saudi Arabian embassy in Nigeria for this year's lesser hajj. Saraki who arrived Medinah on Saturday listened to com...
Emir of Ilorin Constitutes 22-man Committee for Ilorin Traditional Festival
THe Emir of Ilorin and Chairman Kwara State Traditional Council, Mai-Martaba Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, has constituted a 22-man for the Ilorin annual end of Ramadan traditional festival. At the inauguration of t...
THe Emir of Ilorin and Chairman Kwara State Traditional Council, Mai-Martaba Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, has constituted a 22-man for the Ilorin annual end of Ramadan traditional festival. At the inauguration of t...
2015-07-12
Kwara Speaker loses Uncle
Muslims have been urged to use their endowments for the propagation of Islam and service to humanity just as death has been described as an inenviable end of all mankind. An ilorin based Islamic scholar Ustaz Gambari ...
Muslims have been urged to use their endowments for the propagation of Islam and service to humanity just as death has been described as an inenviable end of all mankind. An ilorin based Islamic scholar Ustaz Gambari ...
APC could have lost 2015 poll without PDP defectors - Shehu Sani
What inspired your shift from activism to lawmaking at the Senate? Nigerian democracy is not a gift given to us by the military; it was not a lottery tha...
What inspired your shift from activism to lawmaking at the Senate? Nigerian democracy is not a gift given to us by the military; it was not a lottery tha...
Unilorin to establish Renewable Energy Centre
In its sustained effort to contribute to the socio-economic development of the country, the management of the University of Ilorin has approved the establishment of a Centre for Renewable Energy at the institution....
In its sustained effort to contribute to the socio-economic development of the country, the management of the University of Ilorin has approved the establishment of a Centre for Renewable Energy at the institution....
Kwara Stops Sponsorship of Pilgrimage
The Kwara State Government has stopped the sponsorship of both Christian and Muslim pilgrimages. This was confirmed to Saturday PUNCH in separate interviews with the Senior Special Assistant...
The Kwara State Government has stopped the sponsorship of both Christian and Muslim pilgrimages. This was confirmed to Saturday PUNCH in separate interviews with the Senior Special Assistant...
Buhari refuses to meet with Saraki
President Muhammadu Buhari has resisted fresh moves by the Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, to formally meet with him, SUNDAY PUNCHhas learnt. An official in the Presidency who confided in...
President Muhammadu Buhari has resisted fresh moves by the Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, to formally meet with him, SUNDAY PUNCHhas learnt. An official in the Presidency who confided in...
INTERVIEW: Nobody can play God in APC - Balogun-Fulani, Kwara APC chairman
The chairman, Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Isola Balogun-Fulani, in this interview with Biola Azeez, speaks on the crisis in the National Assembly, includin...
The chairman, Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Isola Balogun-Fulani, in this interview with Biola Azeez, speaks on the crisis in the National Assembly, includin...
Toyin Saraki decries high rate of infant mortality in Nigeria
Wife of the Senate Predident, Mrs. Toyin Saraki, on Thursday decried the estimated death of 110 women daily during child birth. Mrs. Saraki, who spoke when she received the Resident Representative of the United...
Wife of the Senate Predident, Mrs. Toyin Saraki, on Thursday decried the estimated death of 110 women daily during child birth. Mrs. Saraki, who spoke when she received the Resident Representative of the United...
2015-07-11
KK Eleja, 20 others conferred with SAN title
The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) on Friday in Abuja, approved the conferment of the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) on 21 lawyers. Mr Ahmed Saleh, the Chief Registrar of the S...
The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) on Friday in Abuja, approved the conferment of the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) on 21 lawyers. Mr Ahmed Saleh, the Chief Registrar of the S...
INTERVIEW: Buhari should involve opposition in his cabinet - Prof Oba Abdulraheem
Prof Shuaib Abdulraheem Oba is a former chairman of the Federal Character Commission (FCC) who contested for the governorship ticket of the PDP in the April 11 elections. The one time vice chancel...
Prof Shuaib Abdulraheem Oba is a former chairman of the Federal Character Commission (FCC) who contested for the governorship ticket of the PDP in the April 11 elections. The one time vice chancel...
Court Remands Man in Prison for Culpable Homicide
AN Ilorin Magistrate Court on Friday July 10, 2015 remanded one Umaru Kimando, 35, in prison having been charged with killing one Usman Dikko. The Prosecuting Police, Corporal Olawale Abideen, told the court ...
AN Ilorin Magistrate Court on Friday July 10, 2015 remanded one Umaru Kimando, 35, in prison having been charged with killing one Usman Dikko. The Prosecuting Police, Corporal Olawale Abideen, told the court ...
Opinion: Speaker Dogara and the False Appeal to Federal Character. By Adeolu Ademoyo
How can purely sectional and regional interests, which handed Senate Kingship and House speakership to Saraki and Dogara (outside a national institution like a party), approximate national interests? So, it is laughabl...
How can purely sectional and regional interests, which handed Senate Kingship and House speakership to Saraki and Dogara (outside a national institution like a party), approximate national interests? So, it is laughabl...
Man impersonates NDLEA for 3 years
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Kwara state has arrested a 36-year old man who had allegedly been parading himself as official of the agency for the past three years. The accused person id...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Kwara state has arrested a 36-year old man who had allegedly been parading himself as official of the agency for the past three years. The accused person id...
President Buhari and Vice President Osinbajo cuts own salaries by 50%
President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo have announced their decision to take only 50 per cent of the salaries approved for them by the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission. ...
President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo have announced their decision to take only 50 per cent of the salaries approved for them by the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission. ...
'No hiding place for Sharks'- Tunde Abdulrahman
Kwara United technical adviser Tunde Abdulrahman has said there will be no hiding place for the Garden City landlords, Sharks. The Harmony Boys will host bottom placed side Sharks in Sunday's Nigeria Professi...
Kwara United technical adviser Tunde Abdulrahman has said there will be no hiding place for the Garden City landlords, Sharks. The Harmony Boys will host bottom placed side Sharks in Sunday's Nigeria Professi...
Why China Is Investing Massively In Africa - Expert
An international relations expert, Charles Kolawole has given reasons why the second biggest economy in the world, China, is massively investing in Africa, saying the role of China goes beyond trade and investment to o...
An international relations expert, Charles Kolawole has given reasons why the second biggest economy in the world, China, is massively investing in Africa, saying the role of China goes beyond trade and investment to o...
Kwara links national financial crisis to non-payment of N235m bursary, scholarship arrears
Kwara State Government has promised to pay all outstanding arrears of bursaries and scholarships to students in the state as soon as possible, blaming the financial crisis facing the nation for the delay. Stu...
Kwara State Government has promised to pay all outstanding arrears of bursaries and scholarships to students in the state as soon as possible, blaming the financial crisis facing the nation for the delay. Stu...
Insecurity: NUJ, Oke Canvass Return Of Military Checkpoints
A CHIEFTAIN of the Kwara state chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Wole Oke, has canvassed prompt return of military checkpoints to curb the renewed onslaught of the Boko Haram insurgency in the country....
A CHIEFTAIN of the Kwara state chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Wole Oke, has canvassed prompt return of military checkpoints to curb the renewed onslaught of the Boko Haram insurgency in the country....
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