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2012-10-02
Kwara Utd Interview Panel Picks Unuanel, Sanni •Awaits Mgmt Decision
The coast is almost clear for Super Falcons assistant coach, Samson Unuanel, to land Kwara United job after the interview panel headed by the Kwara State FA boss, Chief Kunle Adesiyun, scored him higher than other contest...
The coast is almost clear for Super Falcons assistant coach, Samson Unuanel, to land Kwara United job after the interview panel headed by the Kwara State FA boss, Chief Kunle Adesiyun, scored him higher than other contest...
Dogo Denies Eyeing Kwara Utd Job
ABS manager, Kabir Dogo said he is committed to the side campaign for the 2012/2013 NPL season. Dogo secured his side's spot in the elite league on 48 points from 36 matches without kicking a ball on the last d...
ABS manager, Kabir Dogo said he is committed to the side campaign for the 2012/2013 NPL season. Dogo secured his side's spot in the elite league on 48 points from 36 matches without kicking a ball on the last d...
Ahmed Warns DPMs, Treasurers
Directors of Personnel Management and treasurers of local governments in Kwara State have been warned to guide against financial recklessness in their councils or face the sack. Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed, who s...
Directors of Personnel Management and treasurers of local governments in Kwara State have been warned to guide against financial recklessness in their councils or face the sack. Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed, who s...
Kwara to Commence Distribution of Farm Inputs
Kwara State government has resolved to start distributing farm inputs oat subsidised rates to farmers in the state through their cooperative societies to ensure the inputs get to those who are real farmers and that wil...
Kwara State government has resolved to start distributing farm inputs oat subsidised rates to farmers in the state through their cooperative societies to ensure the inputs get to those who are real farmers and that wil...
NDE Wants States to Employ Solar Energy Experts
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE), has called on state governments to patronise youths that have been trained as solar energy experts. Speaking in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital at the settlement of...
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE), has called on state governments to patronise youths that have been trained as solar energy experts. Speaking in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital at the settlement of...
Saraki Backs Abdullahi's Restructuring of NPL
Former Governor of Kwara State and proprietor of ABS Football Club of Ilorin, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, is in total support of the move by the Minister of Sports/Chairman, National Sports Commission (NSC), Bolaji Abd...
Former Governor of Kwara State and proprietor of ABS Football Club of Ilorin, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, is in total support of the move by the Minister of Sports/Chairman, National Sports Commission (NSC), Bolaji Abd...
Oloyede and other Clerics Jostle to Succeed Adegbite as NSCIA Scribe
Intense but discreet moves are ongoing among prominent Muslims clerics to replace the late secretary-general of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Dr. Lateef Adegbite. Sources within the c...
Intense but discreet moves are ongoing among prominent Muslims clerics to replace the late secretary-general of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Dr. Lateef Adegbite. Sources within the c...
Kwara Moves to Check Building Collapse
The Kwara Town Planning Development Authority (TPDA) says it is now compulsory for builders to get approval from it at different stages of construction. The Executive Secretary of TPDA, Mr Raimi Adeoti, disclos...
The Kwara Town Planning Development Authority (TPDA) says it is now compulsory for builders to get approval from it at different stages of construction. The Executive Secretary of TPDA, Mr Raimi Adeoti, disclos...
FG Moves to Dualise Ilorin-Mokwa Road
The Federal Government has indicated its intention to dualise the Ilorin, Mokwa, Kontangora, Kaduna and other roads in the country in the shortest time possible and assured that it would deliver a good road service....
The Federal Government has indicated its intention to dualise the Ilorin, Mokwa, Kontangora, Kaduna and other roads in the country in the shortest time possible and assured that it would deliver a good road service....
2012-10-01
Land Policy: Kwara PDP Warns Against Incitement
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State, yesterday described as mischievous insinuations by a group that the state government's land policy was an instrument of Islamic subjugation against the indigenous Muslim ...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State, yesterday described as mischievous insinuations by a group that the state government's land policy was an instrument of Islamic subjugation against the indigenous Muslim ...
Monarch Appeals to Govt. for Amenities
The Kikon of Gwaria in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State, Alhaji Bawa Kikon, has appealed to the state government to upgrade social amenities in his community. Bawa told Ci...
The Kikon of Gwaria in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State, Alhaji Bawa Kikon, has appealed to the state government to upgrade social amenities in his community. Bawa told Ci...
Farmer Remanded for Murder
A 30-year old man, Tabiam Hinjibola of Kamogu Village via Kaiama, Kwara State, has been remanded at the Federal Prisons, Oke-Kura Ilorin over an alleged murder. Hinjibola was dragged to court on a one count cha...
A 30-year old man, Tabiam Hinjibola of Kamogu Village via Kaiama, Kwara State, has been remanded at the Federal Prisons, Oke-Kura Ilorin over an alleged murder. Hinjibola was dragged to court on a one count cha...
NEMA Seeks Relocation of Kwara Flood Victims
The National Emergency Management Agency has called on the Federal Government to relocate the people of the communities affected by floods in Kwara State and then find a lasting solution to the perennial problems. ...
The National Emergency Management Agency has called on the Federal Government to relocate the people of the communities affected by floods in Kwara State and then find a lasting solution to the perennial problems. ...
Opinion: Before Oloyede's 'Graduation'!
By BELLO, Lateef Adekunle The expiration of the terms of the venerable academic, Prof. Is-haq Olanrewaju Oloyede would only be accepted with austere meditation. This follows the maxim 'everything that has a beginn...
By BELLO, Lateef Adekunle The expiration of the terms of the venerable academic, Prof. Is-haq Olanrewaju Oloyede would only be accepted with austere meditation. This follows the maxim 'everything that has a beginn...
Ahmed Urges Nigerians to Support Govt to Build a Prosperous Nation.
The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji AbdulFatah Ahmed has called on Nigerians to shun divisive rumors and support government to build a more prosperous Nation. Ahmed, made the call today at the fifty second Independence...
The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji AbdulFatah Ahmed has called on Nigerians to shun divisive rumors and support government to build a more prosperous Nation. Ahmed, made the call today at the fifty second Independence...
Opinion: So, Nigeria is 52 Years Old? But Kwara is Just 7 Years Younger
BY Ayo Olokoyo, Every Kwaran, and his dog, knows that our dear state is almost as old as Nigeria, our dear country. Therefore, the need for a soul-searching process will not be out of place at this moment; ...
BY Ayo Olokoyo, Every Kwaran, and his dog, knows that our dear state is almost as old as Nigeria, our dear country. Therefore, the need for a soul-searching process will not be out of place at this moment; ...
Nigerian Workers Can Create Wealth Given the Right Incentives - Ayeoribe
Emmanuel Ayeoribe is the immediate past chairman of the Kwara State chapter of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC). He led the local union for a period of eight years without leading out workers in any strike. The harmo...
Emmanuel Ayeoribe is the immediate past chairman of the Kwara State chapter of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC). He led the local union for a period of eight years without leading out workers in any strike. The harmo...
Al-Hikmah Convocation: Minister Urges Varsities To Include Entrepreneurial Skills In Curriculum
Nigerian Universities have been directed to include entrepreneurial skill in their curriculum in order to make their graduates employers of labour, instead of job seekers. The Minister of Education, Prof. Rukay...
Nigerian Universities have been directed to include entrepreneurial skill in their curriculum in order to make their graduates employers of labour, instead of job seekers. The Minister of Education, Prof. Rukay...
Nigeria at 52 - Saraki Urges Nigerians to Continue to Rekindle Hope
The senator representing Kwara Central, Senator Bukola Saraki, has urged Nigerians to "continue to rekindle hope and in the spirit of togetherness we can achieve more for our common prosperity". This is contained in his g...
The senator representing Kwara Central, Senator Bukola Saraki, has urged Nigerians to "continue to rekindle hope and in the spirit of togetherness we can achieve more for our common prosperity". This is contained in his g...
Nigeria at 52 - "Nigeria is a land of hope" - Governor Ahmed
As Nigeria marks its 52 independent anniversary, governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has once again described the country as a land of hope and unlimited potentials. In a statement signed by his chief press s...
As Nigeria marks its 52 independent anniversary, governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has once again described the country as a land of hope and unlimited potentials. In a statement signed by his chief press s...
Ahmed bags Awards
The Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin has conferred a Degree of Doctors of Science, Honoris Causa on the Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed in recognition of his administration's policy on education. This br...
The Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin has conferred a Degree of Doctors of Science, Honoris Causa on the Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed in recognition of his administration's policy on education. This br...
Emir of Okuta Canvasses Employment For Diligent NYSC Members
Governments at all levels and other employers of labour have been urged to offer automatic employment to NYSC members who distinguished themselves in their places of primary assignment. Alhaji Idris Abdulbakar, th...
Governments at all levels and other employers of labour have been urged to offer automatic employment to NYSC members who distinguished themselves in their places of primary assignment. Alhaji Idris Abdulbakar, th...
Nigeria at 52 - "Promote Good Governance, Peace and Poverty Eradication Efforts" - Belgore
Alhaji Mohammed Dele Belgore SAN has urged Nigerian leaders and citizens to rededicate themselves to "promoting good governance, peace, tolerance and poverty eradication efforts" A statement by his media aide, Raf...
Alhaji Mohammed Dele Belgore SAN has urged Nigerian leaders and citizens to rededicate themselves to "promoting good governance, peace, tolerance and poverty eradication efforts" A statement by his media aide, Raf...
School of Nursing, UITH Application Forms Out
The School of Nursing, The University of Ilorin have invited applicants to apply for admission. See the advert below. Applications are hereby invited from suitably qualified candidates for admissi...
The School of Nursing, The University of Ilorin have invited applicants to apply for admission. See the advert below. Applications are hereby invited from suitably qualified candidates for admissi...
Opinion - UNILORIN, Why?
I applied to the University of Ilorin through direct entry and got 82 in the post-UTME in June. Since then we have heard nothing from then and resumption is in less than 15 days. I appeal to the university's authorities t...
I applied to the University of Ilorin through direct entry and got 82 in the post-UTME in June. Since then we have heard nothing from then and resumption is in less than 15 days. I appeal to the university's authorities t...
2012-09-30
Adegbite's Death, Minus to Nation's Peacemaking Efforts - Belgore
Legal practitioner, Mohammed Dele Belgore SAN, has described the death of Abdul-Lateef Adegbite as a "minus to the country's peacemaking efforts." Belgore, Kwara ACN governorship candidate in the 2011 poll, also condole...
Legal practitioner, Mohammed Dele Belgore SAN, has described the death of Abdul-Lateef Adegbite as a "minus to the country's peacemaking efforts." Belgore, Kwara ACN governorship candidate in the 2011 poll, also condole...
Traders Seize Post Office, Challenge Walkways
A first time visitor may be forgiven for thinking that Post Office and Challenge areas are major commercial centres in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. This is because the two places bustle under the throng of ...
A first time visitor may be forgiven for thinking that Post Office and Challenge areas are major commercial centres in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. This is because the two places bustle under the throng of ...
F/Eagles trounce Kwara Academy
Nigeria's Flying Eagles trounced Kwara Football Academy 4-0 to round up their build-up for an AYC qualifier against South Africa next week. Rangers striker Alhaji Gero scored a brace after he lost a penalty in a go...
Nigeria's Flying Eagles trounced Kwara Football Academy 4-0 to round up their build-up for an AYC qualifier against South Africa next week. Rangers striker Alhaji Gero scored a brace after he lost a penalty in a go...
Fuel scarcity 'll get worse - NUPENG, PENGASSAN
Respite seems not to be in sight for Nigerians on the current fuel scarcity that has crippled economic activities in Lagos and other parts of the country. For the past two weeks, residents of Lagos, Ogun and Oyo stat...
Respite seems not to be in sight for Nigerians on the current fuel scarcity that has crippled economic activities in Lagos and other parts of the country. For the past two weeks, residents of Lagos, Ogun and Oyo stat...
Rainstorm Wrecks Havoc on Okanle, Jimba-Oja, ARMTI & NCAM
Rainstorm on Saturday destroyed buildings and some other properties of two major federal agricultural institutions in Ilorin, Kwara State. The institutions are the Agricultural R...
Rainstorm on Saturday destroyed buildings and some other properties of two major federal agricultural institutions in Ilorin, Kwara State. The institutions are the Agricultural R...
U-20: Obuh Plans South Africa Humiliation
NIGERIA'S U-20 coach John Obuh has revealed desire in seeing his team get a big score win over South Africa in the final round of qualifying match for the 2013 African Youth Championship. The Flying Eagles pl...
NIGERIA'S U-20 coach John Obuh has revealed desire in seeing his team get a big score win over South Africa in the final round of qualifying match for the 2013 African Youth Championship. The Flying Eagles pl...
Police Intelligence School to Take Off Soon in Ilorin - IGP
THE Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, has expressed the preparedness of the Force to ensure hitch-free 52nd Independence celebration. The police boss spoke with reporters yesterday in Ilorin, th...
THE Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, has expressed the preparedness of the Force to ensure hitch-free 52nd Independence celebration. The police boss spoke with reporters yesterday in Ilorin, th...
Patigi Flood Victims and Their Agonies
Patigi, a rural and agrarian community in Patigi Local Government Area of Kwara State, is three hours from Ilorin, the state capital. It is very close to Niger State, as only a river separates it from the neighbouring s...
Patigi, a rural and agrarian community in Patigi Local Government Area of Kwara State, is three hours from Ilorin, the state capital. It is very close to Niger State, as only a river separates it from the neighbouring s...
2012-09-29
Ahmed Conferred with Al-Hikmah's Honorary Degree
The governor of Kwara State, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, was this afternoon conferred with a honorary Doctors of Science by Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin. This was at the University's second convocation ceremony....
The governor of Kwara State, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, was this afternoon conferred with a honorary Doctors of Science by Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin. This was at the University's second convocation ceremony....
Opinion: Where are the Bins?
By Abdullahi AbdulAzeez Olalekan One thing that will endear a first time visitor to Ilorin and Kwara State is the green atmosphere the city wears, and one can conclude that when it comes to cleanliness among state...
By Abdullahi AbdulAzeez Olalekan One thing that will endear a first time visitor to Ilorin and Kwara State is the green atmosphere the city wears, and one can conclude that when it comes to cleanliness among state...
Kwara Ministry Summons 11 Teachers over Absenteeism
The Kwara State Anti-Loitering Committee on Students, Staff lateness and other related offences, on Wednesday, summoned 11 teachers for being absent from their schools during school hours and without permission from ap...
The Kwara State Anti-Loitering Committee on Students, Staff lateness and other related offences, on Wednesday, summoned 11 teachers for being absent from their schools during school hours and without permission from ap...
Gov Ahmed Advocates Prudence in LG Finance
Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara has urged Directors of Personnel Management (DPM) and Treasurers in all the 16 Local Government Areas of the state to ensure financial prudence. Ahmed gave the advice in Ilorin on...
Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara has urged Directors of Personnel Management (DPM) and Treasurers in all the 16 Local Government Areas of the state to ensure financial prudence. Ahmed gave the advice in Ilorin on...
Ilorin: Fuel Scarcity Persists
Fuel scarcity in Ilorin continued to take its toll on consumers yesterday as long queues of cars, motorcycles and gallons were noticed at the few filling stations that sold the product to the public....
Fuel scarcity in Ilorin continued to take its toll on consumers yesterday as long queues of cars, motorcycles and gallons were noticed at the few filling stations that sold the product to the public....
Flood displaces 7,000 in two Kwara LGs
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has said that flood has displaced about 7,000 people in Patigi and Edu local government areas of the state. According to a statement on...
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has said that flood has displaced about 7,000 people in Patigi and Edu local government areas of the state. According to a statement on...
In their clay-stained hands
Fifty kilometres north of Ogbomoso town lies the primordial town of Ilorin, Kwara State. It's a rather traditional place, like so many communities in South-West Nigeria. This region is not as wealthy, because most of...
Fifty kilometres north of Ogbomoso town lies the primordial town of Ilorin, Kwara State. It's a rather traditional place, like so many communities in South-West Nigeria. This region is not as wealthy, because most of...
Bogged down by insolvency claims, Kwara battles to come clean
KWARA State chapter of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)-led government of wrecking the state with its "financial recklessness and corruption", days after the C...
KWARA State chapter of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)-led government of wrecking the state with its "financial recklessness and corruption", days after the C...
AYC qualifier: Ajagun confident of victory over Amajita
As the country's national U-20 side gets ready to host the Amajita of South Africa in the final leg of their African Youth Championship (AYC) next weekend, Dolphins FC of Port Harcourt striker and Flying Eagl...
As the country's national U-20 side gets ready to host the Amajita of South Africa in the final leg of their African Youth Championship (AYC) next weekend, Dolphins FC of Port Harcourt striker and Flying Eagl...
Pharmacists Allege Marginalisation, Seek Recognition
PHARMACISTS in Nigeria have urged the Pharmaceutical Council of Nigeria (PCN) to commence prompt enforcement of an aspect of the laws establishing the council making it mandatory for proprietors of private hospitals ...
PHARMACISTS in Nigeria have urged the Pharmaceutical Council of Nigeria (PCN) to commence prompt enforcement of an aspect of the laws establishing the council making it mandatory for proprietors of private hospitals ...
Oladosu calls for God consciousness and eradication of corruption for Nigeria to be great
A Nigeria Professor of Arabic Education, Professor AbdulGaniy AbdulSalam Oladosu says with righteousness God consciousness and eradication of corruption, the country has the potential to emerge as a global economic pow...
A Nigeria Professor of Arabic Education, Professor AbdulGaniy AbdulSalam Oladosu says with righteousness God consciousness and eradication of corruption, the country has the potential to emerge as a global economic pow...
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