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2012-12-07
Eko 2012: Team Kwara Football Squad Crashes Out
Team Kwara Football Squad has crashed out in its bid to win Gold medal at the ongoing 18th National Sports Festival tagged 'EKO 2012'. The Team lost to Team Lagos 2-3 in the penalty shootout decided this morn...
Team Kwara Football Squad has crashed out in its bid to win Gold medal at the ongoing 18th National Sports Festival tagged 'EKO 2012'. The Team lost to Team Lagos 2-3 in the penalty shootout decided this morn...
Eko 2012: Kwara Weighting Coach Appeals for Allowances
The weightlifting coach of Team Kwara, Sunday Adele, has appealed to the coordinator and officials of team Kwara to the 18th National Sports Festival tagged Eko 2012, in Lagos to pay his allowances and that of his athl...
The weightlifting coach of Team Kwara, Sunday Adele, has appealed to the coordinator and officials of team Kwara to the 18th National Sports Festival tagged Eko 2012, in Lagos to pay his allowances and that of his athl...
N152m Unauthorised Loan Discovered in COE Ilorin
The Kwara State Executive Council yesterday approved the setting up of a Committee to look into allegation of unauthorised loan of N152 million sought by the College of Education Ilorin. Secretary to the State ...
The Kwara State Executive Council yesterday approved the setting up of a Committee to look into allegation of unauthorised loan of N152 million sought by the College of Education Ilorin. Secretary to the State ...
Eko 2012: Team Kwara Charged to Win More Medals
The chairman House Committee on Sports, Kwara State House of Assembly, Adamu Ibrahim Sabi has charged the state contingents at the ongoing National Sports Festival to be good ambassadors and win more laurels for the st...
The chairman House Committee on Sports, Kwara State House of Assembly, Adamu Ibrahim Sabi has charged the state contingents at the ongoing National Sports Festival to be good ambassadors and win more laurels for the st...
Sanni Sure of League Action
The immediate past coach of Kwara United, Tunde Sanni is positive of league action in the coming 2012/2013 league season. Sanni lost his job at the Afonja Warriors shortly after the curtain fell on the out gone...
The immediate past coach of Kwara United, Tunde Sanni is positive of league action in the coming 2012/2013 league season. Sanni lost his job at the Afonja Warriors shortly after the curtain fell on the out gone...
Rename Airport after Saraki - Kwara Govt ...Names Street after Him
Kwara State Government has given its support to the resolution of the Senate, urging the Federal Government to rename the Ilorin International Airport after the late Second Republic Senate Leader, Dr. Olusola Saraki....
Kwara State Government has given its support to the resolution of the Senate, urging the Federal Government to rename the Ilorin International Airport after the late Second Republic Senate Leader, Dr. Olusola Saraki....
Tribute to the Benefactor of the Poor - Dr. Ben Obi
"Death is more universal than life; everyone dies but not everyone lives." - A. Sachs DR ABUBAKAR Olusola Saraki (Waziri Ilorin), a university of London medical doctor graduate was an epitome of selfl...
"Death is more universal than life; everyone dies but not everyone lives." - A. Sachs DR ABUBAKAR Olusola Saraki (Waziri Ilorin), a university of London medical doctor graduate was an epitome of selfl...
Kwara Assembly Urges Govt. to Resuscitate Water Works
The Kwara House of Assembly on Thursday called on Gov. AbdulFatah Ahmed to resuscitate the Shaata water works in Asa Local Government Area of the state. The House made the call in its resolution after adopting...
The Kwara House of Assembly on Thursday called on Gov. AbdulFatah Ahmed to resuscitate the Shaata water works in Asa Local Government Area of the state. The House made the call in its resolution after adopting...
Kwara Agonises over Delay in HYPPADEC Take-Off
The Kwara State government has expressed concern over the delay in the take-off of the Hydro Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC). Rising from the last state executive council meeting for 20...
The Kwara State government has expressed concern over the delay in the take-off of the Hydro Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC). Rising from the last state executive council meeting for 20...
MAN Asks FG to Solve Fundamental Problems in Industrial Sector
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, MAN, has called on the Federal Government to summon the political will to arrest the protracted fundamental problems in the industrial sector which has led to the exit of many ...
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, MAN, has called on the Federal Government to summon the political will to arrest the protracted fundamental problems in the industrial sector which has led to the exit of many ...
2012-12-06
NSCDC Kwara Command Gets New Commandant
No fewer than 450 men and officers of the Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have been trained on arms and ammunition handling. The new Commandant for the state, Mr Gan...
No fewer than 450 men and officers of the Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have been trained on arms and ammunition handling. The new Commandant for the state, Mr Gan...
KWASU VC Warns Students against Vices
The Vice Chancellor of Kwara State University (KWASU) Malete, Moro Local Government Area (LGA) of Kwara State, Professor AbdulRasheed Na'Allah; has cautioned students of the institution against any unwholesome act that...
The Vice Chancellor of Kwara State University (KWASU) Malete, Moro Local Government Area (LGA) of Kwara State, Professor AbdulRasheed Na'Allah; has cautioned students of the institution against any unwholesome act that...
Name Kwara Stadium after Saraki - Ejidike
Kwara state's Pillar of sports, Chief Donatus Agu Ejidike, has urged the state government to immortalise the late Dr Olusola Saraki by naming the Kwara Stadium after him. He made the appeal on Thursday when he ...
Kwara state's Pillar of sports, Chief Donatus Agu Ejidike, has urged the state government to immortalise the late Dr Olusola Saraki by naming the Kwara Stadium after him. He made the appeal on Thursday when he ...
MINILS to Award Degrees in Industrial, Labour Relations
Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies (MINILS) Ilorin has announced its readiness to combine the task of awarding diploma degrees in Labour Studies to deserving students with that of its major mandate of...
Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies (MINILS) Ilorin has announced its readiness to combine the task of awarding diploma degrees in Labour Studies to deserving students with that of its major mandate of...
Eko 2012: Kwara, Others Win Medals in Badminton Team Events
Teams Delta and Rivers Tuesday won the gold medals in the men and women's badminton team events at the ongoing 18th National Sports Festival in Lagos, tagged 'Eko 2012'. In the men's category Team Delta defeat...
Teams Delta and Rivers Tuesday won the gold medals in the men and women's badminton team events at the ongoing 18th National Sports Festival in Lagos, tagged 'Eko 2012'. In the men's category Team Delta defeat...
Judge Seeks Wider Jurisdiction for Sharia Court of Appeal
Justice Saliu Mohammed, a judge of the Sharia Court of Appeal in Ilorin, on Wednesday called for extension in the jurisdiction of the court. Mohammed made the call in an interview with the News Agency of N...
Justice Saliu Mohammed, a judge of the Sharia Court of Appeal in Ilorin, on Wednesday called for extension in the jurisdiction of the court. Mohammed made the call in an interview with the News Agency of N...
Special Athletes to Kwara House of Assembly: Pay us N1m, N500,000, N250,000
Physically challenged athletes competing for Kwara State at the on going National Festival, Wednesday, reeled out demands to the State House of Assembly including payment of N1m to gold medalist, N500,000 to Siver meda...
Physically challenged athletes competing for Kwara State at the on going National Festival, Wednesday, reeled out demands to the State House of Assembly including payment of N1m to gold medalist, N500,000 to Siver meda...
NTTF Disqualifies Kwara's Asaju
The Nigeria Table Tennis Federation (NTTF) Wednesday disqualified Kwara State's Bisola Asaju from the table tennis event of the Eko 2012 Games. Ondo State had protested Asaju's eligibility for the Games, thereb...
The Nigeria Table Tennis Federation (NTTF) Wednesday disqualified Kwara State's Bisola Asaju from the table tennis event of the Eko 2012 Games. Ondo State had protested Asaju's eligibility for the Games, thereb...
Shape of Kwara Politics after Saraki
Maybe the death of Dr. Olusola Saraki will not create such a huge vacuum after all in Kwara State politics. There is no gainsaying the fact that as the godfather of Kwara politics, Olusola Saraki's shoes will be hard t...
Maybe the death of Dr. Olusola Saraki will not create such a huge vacuum after all in Kwara State politics. There is no gainsaying the fact that as the godfather of Kwara politics, Olusola Saraki's shoes will be hard t...
2012-12-05
KWHA Summons Commissioner Over Parks in Ilorin ...Confirms Bamigbola as CJ
The Kwara State House of Assembly has directed the state Commissioner for Works and Transport, Dr. Amuda Kannike, to appear before it over the proliferation of motor parks in the IIorin metropolis. The Speake...
The Kwara State House of Assembly has directed the state Commissioner for Works and Transport, Dr. Amuda Kannike, to appear before it over the proliferation of motor parks in the IIorin metropolis. The Speake...
No More Rift Between Bukola, Gbemi, Says Uncle
Contrary to the view in some quarters that former Governor of Kwara State, Senator Bukola Saraki, and his sister, Senator Gbemisola Saraki do not see eye to eye, the immediate younger brother of their father, Alhaji Ab...
Contrary to the view in some quarters that former Governor of Kwara State, Senator Bukola Saraki, and his sister, Senator Gbemisola Saraki do not see eye to eye, the immediate younger brother of their father, Alhaji Ab...
Court Grants Woman Custody of Children
An estranged wife, Bola Abdullahi, on Wednesday secured the custody of the two children of her failed marriage. She told an Ilorin Area Court that her children, aged seven and two years, were being maltreated ...
An estranged wife, Bola Abdullahi, on Wednesday secured the custody of the two children of her failed marriage. She told an Ilorin Area Court that her children, aged seven and two years, were being maltreated ...
A Daughter's Reminiscences
Apart from being the first daughter of the family, Senator Gbemisola Saraki, shared an uncommon bond with her late father, Second Republic Senate Leader and strongman of Kwara State politics, Dr. Olusola Saraki, an aff...
Apart from being the first daughter of the family, Senator Gbemisola Saraki, shared an uncommon bond with her late father, Second Republic Senate Leader and strongman of Kwara State politics, Dr. Olusola Saraki, an aff...
N2.2bn Banquet Hall: Jonathan's Government is Wasteful - ACN
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has raised an alarm over what it described as the reckless extravagance of the Jonathan administration, which it fears, could plunge the country into bankruptcy if left unchecked....
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has raised an alarm over what it described as the reckless extravagance of the Jonathan administration, which it fears, could plunge the country into bankruptcy if left unchecked....
15 Million Nigerians Suffer from Chest-Related Diseases
No fewer than fifteen million Nigerians are currently suffering from asthma, tuberculosis and other chest related diseases. The national president of Nigerian Thoracic Society; Profess...
No fewer than fifteen million Nigerians are currently suffering from asthma, tuberculosis and other chest related diseases. The national president of Nigerian Thoracic Society; Profess...
The Oloye (1933 - 2012)
Beginning August 1, 1977, the New Nigerian ran a series of interviews I conducted for it with a number of candidates for elections into the Constituent Assembly (CA) that eventually authored the 1979 Constitution. The ...
Beginning August 1, 1977, the New Nigerian ran a series of interviews I conducted for it with a number of candidates for elections into the Constituent Assembly (CA) that eventually authored the 1979 Constitution. The ...
NSE Conference: Local Contractors to Execute Construction Projects Below N5b
From next year, all engineering and construction projects below N5 billion will be handled by Nigerian contractors with requisite capability, Minister for Works Mike Onolememen has said. He added that all contr...
From next year, all engineering and construction projects below N5 billion will be handled by Nigerian contractors with requisite capability, Minister for Works Mike Onolememen has said. He added that all contr...
FG Promises to Repair Kwara Roads
As part of the federal government efforts to ensure that most federal roads are motorable, the Minister of Works, Arch. Mike Onolememen has assured the people of Kwara State that major federal roads in the State, parti...
As part of the federal government efforts to ensure that most federal roads are motorable, the Minister of Works, Arch. Mike Onolememen has assured the people of Kwara State that major federal roads in the State, parti...
2012-12-04
A Farewell to Two Legends
What can anyone say now about Justice Kayode Eso and Dr Olusola Saraki, both recently deceased, that has not been said with greater eloquence and insight by persons who knew them closely? I met Eso only once, a...
What can anyone say now about Justice Kayode Eso and Dr Olusola Saraki, both recently deceased, that has not been said with greater eloquence and insight by persons who knew them closely? I met Eso only once, a...
Labour Force: Asset or Liability?
Last week, the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, caught the attention of Nigerians when he called for a 50 per cent job cut in the nation's workforce. UMAR BAYO ABDULWAHAB exa...
Last week, the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, caught the attention of Nigerians when he called for a 50 per cent job cut in the nation's workforce. UMAR BAYO ABDULWAHAB exa...
FG to Re-Introduce Toll Gates
The Federal Government on Monday in Ibadan reiterated its determination on the re-introduction and construction of toll gates on federal highways to guarantee their regular maintenance and sustainability. The M...
The Federal Government on Monday in Ibadan reiterated its determination on the re-introduction and construction of toll gates on federal highways to guarantee their regular maintenance and sustainability. The M...
Engineers Plan to Monitor Govt. Projects
WORRIED about persistent failed projects in the country, the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) has planned to step up the monitoring of on going government projects. Areas to be monitored include, building...
WORRIED about persistent failed projects in the country, the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) has planned to step up the monitoring of on going government projects. Areas to be monitored include, building...
Group Urges Kwara to Expedite Action on Land Policy
The Ilorin Solidarity Club, a sister organisation of the Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU), has urged the Kwara State government to expedite action on the abrogation of its land acquisition policy....
The Ilorin Solidarity Club, a sister organisation of the Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU), has urged the Kwara State government to expedite action on the abrogation of its land acquisition policy....
Employment Creation, Central to Transformation Agenda, Says Wogu
The Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Chukwuemeka Wogu has assured Nigerians that no worker would be sacked, stressing that the government was eager of creating more jobs for the people. Wogu who made ...
The Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Chukwuemeka Wogu has assured Nigerians that no worker would be sacked, stressing that the government was eager of creating more jobs for the people. Wogu who made ...
Eko 2012: MOC Bans Gombe Sports Commission's Boss for Violence Against Kwara
FOR inciting the fans against match officials during a football match at the ongoing National Sports Festival, the Chairman of Gombe State Sports Commission has been banned by the Main Organising Committee (MOC) of the...
FOR inciting the fans against match officials during a football match at the ongoing National Sports Festival, the Chairman of Gombe State Sports Commission has been banned by the Main Organising Committee (MOC) of the...
Gombe Storm Eko 2012 with Violence Against Kwara
Yaba Polytechnic football pitch on Monday turned to a battle ground as supporters of team Gombe descended on team Kwara football team beating their head Coach, Moshood Adebayo mercilessly. The melee started whe...
Yaba Polytechnic football pitch on Monday turned to a battle ground as supporters of team Gombe descended on team Kwara football team beating their head Coach, Moshood Adebayo mercilessly. The melee started whe...
Lack of Maintenance, Bane of Economic Growth, Says Gov Ahmed
The Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has identified lack of maintenance culture as a major bane of Nigeria's growth and development, just as he called on the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) to explore moda...
The Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has identified lack of maintenance culture as a major bane of Nigeria's growth and development, just as he called on the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) to explore moda...
Rivers Battles Kwara, Ogun Meets Delta in Badminton Semis
All is now set for the semi-final matches of the badminton event of the ongoing Eko 2012 Games. In the men's semi-finals pairings, Rivers will tackle Kwara and Ogun will confront Delta, while the women's event ...
All is now set for the semi-final matches of the badminton event of the ongoing Eko 2012 Games. In the men's semi-finals pairings, Rivers will tackle Kwara and Ogun will confront Delta, while the women's event ...
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