2012-10-14

Unilorin 28th Convocation Begins Monday
All is now set for the 28th convocation ceremonies of the University of Ilorin, which begin on Monday with a press briefing by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Is-haq Olanrewaju Oloyede at the University auditorium basem...

Fake Insurer Docked over N5.8m Fraud
A suspected fraudster, Mohammed Folani Kabir, who allegedly claimed to be an insurer and defrauded unsuspecting members of the public of the sum of N5,787,000, has been arraigned before an Ilorin Chief Magistrate Court...

NISHA Holds Awareness Forum in Ilorin
Plans are in top gear by the Nigeria Speech and Hearing Association (NISHA) to organize a one-day public awareness and enlightenment forum on issues bordering on health challenges. A statement made available to...

Ajase-Ipo: An Engineer's Passion for Alleviating Poverty
The People of Irepodun local government area of Kwara state had cause to smile recently when one of their sons, Engr. Nurudeen Demola Banu, a serving commissioner for finance in Kwara state doled out dividends of democ...

Kwara: First Batch of Army Trained Civil Defence Corps Passes out
As part of efforts to curtail the security challenges threatening the corporate existence of the country, the Nigerian Army has commenced training of members of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in ...

Kwara State Plans to Attract Foreign Investors - Hajia Ramata Adesina-Abaya
The Kwara State Government, North Central Nigeria has reiterated its readiness to tap all the tourism potentials in the State to improve its socio-economic activities and attract foreign investors to the State. ...

Kwara Expends N900m on Energy Sector, to Provide More Traffic Lights
The Kwara Government has so far committed the sum of N900 million into the energy sector, the state Commissioner for Energy, Alhaji Tajudeen Sulu-Oloje, has said. He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on S...

Ministry of Finance Burglary: ACN Petitions Police, Deplores Conspiracy of Silence
Kwara state chapter of ACN has petitioned the police over the September 22 burglary in the state ministry of finance, demanding full-scale probe into the carting away of sensitive documents and hard currencies. ...

Handball Federation Appeals to Kwara Govt. to Renovate Indoor Sports Hall
The Handball Federation of Nigeria (HFN) has appealed to the Kwara Government to renovate the Indoor Sports Hall of the Kwara Sports Stadium to attract more national and international championships. Alhaji ...

Unuanel says Kwara United Job a Dream Come True
Samson Unuanel said his recent appointment as technical adviser of Kwara United is a dream come true. The former Ocean Boys' manager was unveiled in llorin on Saturday with a stern order from the management to win...

2012-10-13

Kwara United Don't Know my Value - Tunde Sanni
Former Kwara United coach Tunde Sanni said he was surprised that he was not reappointed as the coach of the team declaring that the club does not know his value. The Afonja Warriors on Monday announced the ap...

Kwara Set to Officially Unveil Unuanel
Samson Unuanel will be officially unveiled on Saturday as the new technical adviser of Kwara United. The colourful ceremony holds at the Kwara State Stadium Conference Hall, llorin. Supersport.com learn...

Senate Condemns Casualisation of Workers
Senate Committee on Labour and Productivity has condemned increasing level of casualisation in Nigeria, even as it warned that it would soon make a law that would make it mandatory for employers of labour to offer perm...

Prof Awoyemi Decries Growing Rate of Occupational Hazards
Professor of Epidemiology and Community Health at the University of Ilorin, Prof. Ademola Awoyemi, has decried growing rate of occupational health hazard in Nigeria, warning that if the trend was left unchecked, Nigeri...

Good Governance Tour: The Long Road to Kwara
In response to criticisms, the Federal Government recently initiated a Ministerial Platform, which provides ministers the opportunity to present their scorecards to Nigerians. Consequently, a Good Governance To...

2012-10-12

Suspect Disappears with Handcuff in Ilorin
A mild-drama occurred on Wednesday in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, as a suspect in handcuff disappeared from the custody of the police. He was picked up in his residence at Agbo-Ile in the Offa Garage are...

Oloyede Condemns Boko Haram
Prof. Ish-aq Oloyede, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin (Unilorin), has appealed to Nigerians and citizens of other countries to stop referring to the Boko Haram Sect as representative of Islam, saying th...

Nigeria Not Secular, But a Multi-Religious State - Oloyede
Vice Chancellor of Univeristy of Ilorin, Ishaq Oloyede, a Professor of Islamic Jurisprudence, has said that Nigeria is not a secular state as it is regarded in certain quarters. Oloyede, Secretary General of Na...

'Disbursement on Projects Doesn't Make Good Governance' - Oloyede
Outgoing Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Isha'q Oloyede, has said that it is wrong for governments in the country to use the volume of money spent on projects as the yardstick for measuring successes...

Oloyede Tasks Nigerians on Tolerance
The outgoing Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Ishiaq Oloyede, has canvassed a conscious and timely eradication of hatred among Nigerians irrespective of creed, tribe or sex if the nation must thrive o...

Kwara State Distributes Fertilizer to Boost Food Production - Bode Olayemi
More than twenty-nine thousand tones of fertilizer has been distributed by the Kwara State Government to boost food production this year. The State Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mr Bode Ol...

Kwara to Sell Government-Owned Houses - Mohammed Dabarako
The Kwara State government has decided to sell government- owned residential buildings occupied by civil servants in the state. Head of Service (HoS), Mohammed Dabarako, gave this hint while briefing journalist...

Kwara for the Top, Boasts New Coach
Newly appointed Kwara United coach Samson Unuanel has said the Ilorin team will play good football and get results in the new season. The former assistant coach at Enyimba told MTNFootball.com that he will put ...

Kwara Sues UNILORIN for Unremitted N971m Taxes
The Kwara State Internal Revenue Service on Thursday dragged the authorities of the University of Ilorin to court for allegedly withholding about N971m taxes from the state. The matter is before an Ilorin High ...

Kwara to Enrol Civil Servants in NHIS - Abdul Issa
Kwara State government says it will enrol its workers into the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). The Commissioner for Health, Alhaji Abdul Issa, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of N...

2012-10-11

Goodwill Message from the Office of Mrs. Toyin Saraki in Celebration of the International Day of the Girl
Protecting the rights of young girls has always been a strong area of advocacy for myself and my foundation - the Wellbeing Foundation Africa;and as the world celebrates the first ever United Nations International Day...

Ilorin: Policeman, 3 others remanded for alleged robbery
A policeman in Ilorin, Kwara State, Salami Adesina, who allegedly conspired with three other people to commit armed robbery has been remanded in prison. An Ilorin Magistrates' Court on Thursday ordered Mr. Adesina t...

Egbejila Community Appeals to KWSG on Road
The people of Egbejila in Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara State have appealed to the state government to provide their community an access road to lessen their burden while transporting farm produce to urban...

DPR to Deal with Erring Petrol Stations
The Ilorin office of the Department of Petroleum Resources, on Tuesday, said it had changed strategy to clamping on filling stations selling fuel above the regulated price of N97 per litre in Kwara State. City ...

'Education System Cannot Move Nigeria Forward' - Shehu Jimoh
The Nigerian education system at all levels has remained patiently bookish, incapable of moving the nation forward, a professor of Education Psychology, Shehu Jimoh, has said. He spoke in Ilorin, the Kwara Stat...

Unilorin Students to Receive Lectures Via Video
The Director of Computer Science and Information Technology (COMSIT) Directorate of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Isaac A. Adimula, has said the university would enter a new phase of its ICT revolution at the complet...

How Kwara Reaps from Performance Contracting
The current rave at the federal level, Performance Contracting was introduced in Kwara in January 2012, seven months before its introduction at the centre. Since then, Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed directed his commissione...

Fed Govt Urges Tertiary Institutions to Ensure Students' Safety
The Federal Government has told heads of tertiary institutions in the country to ensure the safety of students under them. Minister of Education, Prof Ruqayattu Rafa'i, handed down the order in Ilorin, the Kwar...

NSE, MIDAS Donate Engineering Software to Unilorin, 11 Others
The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) in partnership with South Korea-based MIDAS Information Technology has donated engineering Software worth $1.7 million to 12 Nigerian universities to promote engineering educatio...

Doctors Warn Against Looming Epidemics in Flooded Areas
Some doctors in Lagos State have warned that the flood ravaging some parts of the country is capable of causing epidemics in the affected areas. They told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interview...

Shonga Farm: Zimbabwean Farmer Helps Cassava Drive
Graham Hatty, who was forced off his land in Zimbabwe a decade ago, is helping Nigeria in its drive to return to food self-sufficiency. The cassava he grows in central Kwara state was on the first ship exportin...

ICT Training for Kwara's Pension Officer
Kwara state Local Government Service Commission has organised a training on ICT for Pension Desk Officers in the state's local government councils for proper capturing of data of pensioners in the council. Th...

NAFEST Brings Peace Theme to Ilorin
The Metropolitan Square, Asa-Dam road, venue of the 2012 edition of the National Festival of Arts and Culture, NAFEST, is expected to be a beehive of activities as the 36 states of the nation and Abuja converge on Ilor...

Kwara: Fresh Charge to Public Officials
Seven months since public officials in Kwara State were given the charge for enhanced performance, through Performance Contracting System of Governance, PCSG, there are indications that the policy seems to be surmounti...

Zakari Mohammed Donates Materials to Flood Victims
More than 78 people have been rendered homeless in Gbajibo community in the Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State as flood destroyed both cash crops and other property. Speaking when he paid a sympathy vi...