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2012-09-28
Elelu-Habeeb Wants Customary Court of Appeal in Kwara
The immediate-past Chief Judge of Kwara State, Justice Raliat Elelu-Habeeb, has stressed the need for the State Government to establish a Customary Court of Appeal in the state, saying that it would ensure quick dispen...
The immediate-past Chief Judge of Kwara State, Justice Raliat Elelu-Habeeb, has stressed the need for the State Government to establish a Customary Court of Appeal in the state, saying that it would ensure quick dispen...
Eid Ground Sale: IEDPU Slams Allegation Against Govt
The people of Ilorin Emirate have dissociated themselves from the insinuation making the rounds that the Kwara state government intends to sell the Muslim praying ground and the Emir's palace. The President, Il...
The people of Ilorin Emirate have dissociated themselves from the insinuation making the rounds that the Kwara state government intends to sell the Muslim praying ground and the Emir's palace. The President, Il...
Sack Fever Grips Kwara Owned Media Workers
There is palpable tension among workers in the Kwara State owned media outfits as government has put necessary machinery in motion to restructure and right-size the workforce to enable them perform optimally and effici...
There is palpable tension among workers in the Kwara State owned media outfits as government has put necessary machinery in motion to restructure and right-size the workforce to enable them perform optimally and effici...
KWHA Passes Health Insurance Law
The Kwara State House of Assembly has passed into law, the state Health Insurance Scheme Bill, 2012. The bill scaled through third reading and final passage on Wednesday. The passage followed the fi...
The Kwara State House of Assembly has passed into law, the state Health Insurance Scheme Bill, 2012. The bill scaled through third reading and final passage on Wednesday. The passage followed the fi...
UITH Workers Back after Six-Day Strike
Work resumed yesterday at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital after the Joint Action Committee (JAC) suspended its six-day old strike late Wednesday. Members of the union, last Friday, proceeded on an ...
Work resumed yesterday at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital after the Joint Action Committee (JAC) suspended its six-day old strike late Wednesday. Members of the union, last Friday, proceeded on an ...
Opinions on Proposed Kwara Okada Ban
A commercial motorcyclist otherwise known as Okada rider in Ilorin, Kwara State, Mallam Mohammed Mohammed, has vowed to relocate to his village in Nassarawa State if the government policy to ban activities of the motor...
A commercial motorcyclist otherwise known as Okada rider in Ilorin, Kwara State, Mallam Mohammed Mohammed, has vowed to relocate to his village in Nassarawa State if the government policy to ban activities of the motor...
Flee River Banks, KWSG Appeals
No fewer than 680 people have been displaced in 70 communities in Patigi Local Government Area of Kwara State, following heavy downpour in the last couple of days, with the authorities putting the damages caused in the...
No fewer than 680 people have been displaced in 70 communities in Patigi Local Government Area of Kwara State, following heavy downpour in the last couple of days, with the authorities putting the damages caused in the...
2012-09-27
'High Investment Cost Hindering Renewable Energy Development' - Prof. Sambo
The Director-General/Chief Executive Officer, Energy Commission of Nigeria, Prof. Abubakar Sambo, has identified high investment costs of renewable energy and inadequate legal instrument for renewable energy develo...
The Director-General/Chief Executive Officer, Energy Commission of Nigeria, Prof. Abubakar Sambo, has identified high investment costs of renewable energy and inadequate legal instrument for renewable energy develo...
Ahmed Pledges to Transform Kwara to Tourism Hub of Nigeria
The Kwara Government has expressed the desire to transform the state into a major tourism hub of Nigeria by packaging its cultural activities. Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed said this in Ilorin on Wednesday while receiv...
The Kwara Government has expressed the desire to transform the state into a major tourism hub of Nigeria by packaging its cultural activities. Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed said this in Ilorin on Wednesday while receiv...
Ahmed Promises Lift for Cultural Heritage
Governor AbdulFatah Ahmed of Kwara State yesterday restated his commitment to resuscitating the state's cultural heritage with a view to placing the state on the world tourism map. The governor who made the dec...
Governor AbdulFatah Ahmed of Kwara State yesterday restated his commitment to resuscitating the state's cultural heritage with a view to placing the state on the world tourism map. The governor who made the dec...
Concern over Okelele's Drainage
The residents of Ode Alawo Nla, Okelele in Ilorin East Local Government Area of Kwara State, have raised alarm over the condition of drainage in the area, appealing to the authorities to come their rescue on time. ...
The residents of Ode Alawo Nla, Okelele in Ilorin East Local Government Area of Kwara State, have raised alarm over the condition of drainage in the area, appealing to the authorities to come their rescue on time. ...
KW TPDA Computerises Operations
The Kwara State Town Planning and Development Authority(TPDA) has introduced computer system for the processing of building approval. The executive secretary of the TPDA, TPL Raimi Adeoti, who disclosed this du...
The Kwara State Town Planning and Development Authority(TPDA) has introduced computer system for the processing of building approval. The executive secretary of the TPDA, TPL Raimi Adeoti, who disclosed this du...
Yusuf Ali's Donation to UITH: A Kind Gesture in Memory of his Wife
Last week, the Accident & Emergency Unit of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) received a boost, with the commissioning of a Trauma Centre donated by Mallam Ola-Olu Ali (SAN) in memory of his...
Last week, the Accident & Emergency Unit of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) received a boost, with the commissioning of a Trauma Centre donated by Mallam Ola-Olu Ali (SAN) in memory of his...
Flood: 4,700 People Rendered Homeless in Kwara - Govt
The Kwara State Government has said that 4,700 people had been rendered homeless in the state as a result of flood. In a statement on Wednesday by the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Media and Commu...
The Kwara State Government has said that 4,700 people had been rendered homeless in the state as a result of flood. In a statement on Wednesday by the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Media and Commu...
Over 67 Million Nigerian Youths Unemployed - DG NDE
Over 67 million Nigerian youths are unemployed and the scenario opens the country to a major crisis if not quickly addressed. The Director-General, National Directorate of Employment (NDE), Mallam Abubakar Moha...
Over 67 million Nigerian youths are unemployed and the scenario opens the country to a major crisis if not quickly addressed. The Director-General, National Directorate of Employment (NDE), Mallam Abubakar Moha...
2012-09-26
Al-Ilory: Celebrating a Varsity within a Shayk
Recently, the University of Ilorin honoured one of the most prolific Islamic theologians to come out of Nigeria, the late Shayk Adam Al-Ilori. UMAR BAYO ABDULWAHAB was there and writes...
Recently, the University of Ilorin honoured one of the most prolific Islamic theologians to come out of Nigeria, the late Shayk Adam Al-Ilori. UMAR BAYO ABDULWAHAB was there and writes...
Politicians Hijack Kwara Football Academy
Four years after leaving Kwara Football Academy, former Super Eagles handler, Clemens Westerhof, still has much to celebrate about the initiative introduced by Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki, as the current technical dir...
Four years after leaving Kwara Football Academy, former Super Eagles handler, Clemens Westerhof, still has much to celebrate about the initiative introduced by Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki, as the current technical dir...
Kwara Govt Will Not Waiver in Completing Ongoing Projects, Says Media Aide
Akorede, Senior Special Assistant to Kwara Governor on Media and Communication, on Wednesday assured that the government would not abandon ongoing capital projects in the state. Femi said in an interview with t...
Akorede, Senior Special Assistant to Kwara Governor on Media and Communication, on Wednesday assured that the government would not abandon ongoing capital projects in the state. Femi said in an interview with t...
Scramble for Kwara Utd Job Continues
Football fans in Ilorin are not strangers to the scramble for the top coaching job at Kwara United, the city's biggest club. It has since become a ritual and almost everyone who comes to watch the team play wan...
Football fans in Ilorin are not strangers to the scramble for the top coaching job at Kwara United, the city's biggest club. It has since become a ritual and almost everyone who comes to watch the team play wan...
Flood Washes away 3,200 Hectares of Rice Farm in Kwara
Over 3,200 hectares of rice plantation under Tada-Shonga Irrigation Scheme, supervised by Lower Niger River Basin Development, have been submerged by flood from River Niger in Tada-Shonga, Edu Local Government Area of ...
Over 3,200 hectares of rice plantation under Tada-Shonga Irrigation Scheme, supervised by Lower Niger River Basin Development, have been submerged by flood from River Niger in Tada-Shonga, Edu Local Government Area of ...
Strike Grounds UITH
Activities at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital were yesterday halted as the strike action embarked upon by joint Action Committee (JAC) entered its sixth day. JAC is an umbrella body of the staff ...
Activities at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital were yesterday halted as the strike action embarked upon by joint Action Committee (JAC) entered its sixth day. JAC is an umbrella body of the staff ...
Six Unilorin Staff in Court for Stealing 12,400litres of Diesel
Six civil servants of the University of Ilorin who allegedly conspired and stole 12,400litres of diesel were yesterday arraigned before an Ilorin magistrate court. The accused, Oni Oloruntoye, David Abayomi, Ko...
Six civil servants of the University of Ilorin who allegedly conspired and stole 12,400litres of diesel were yesterday arraigned before an Ilorin magistrate court. The accused, Oni Oloruntoye, David Abayomi, Ko...
Kwara Assembly Seeks FG's Intervention over Ilesha/Baruba-Okuta Road
The Kwara State House of Assembly on Tuesday appealed to the Federal Government and the Federal Road Maintenance Agency to rehabilitate the Ilesha/Baruba Okuta road to fast- track vehicular movement on the road. ...
The Kwara State House of Assembly on Tuesday appealed to the Federal Government and the Federal Road Maintenance Agency to rehabilitate the Ilesha/Baruba Okuta road to fast- track vehicular movement on the road. ...
Four Million Babies Die Annually - Prof Mokuolu
A consultant paediatrician at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Kwara State, Prof. Olugbenga Mokuolu, has said it is estimated that globally four million babies die yearly in their first four weeks o...
A consultant paediatrician at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Kwara State, Prof. Olugbenga Mokuolu, has said it is estimated that globally four million babies die yearly in their first four weeks o...
Share Robbery Attack: Lagos Police Arrest Three Suspects
Detectives attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) Tuesday arrested three more suspects - Uche Okeagbu, Emmanuel Ezeani and Chinonso Nwuangwu, in connection with the serial robbery attack in Lagos on Septem...
Detectives attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) Tuesday arrested three more suspects - Uche Okeagbu, Emmanuel Ezeani and Chinonso Nwuangwu, in connection with the serial robbery attack in Lagos on Septem...
KWASU Inaugurates Widows Empowerment Scheme
In its effort to empower widows in its community, Kwara State University, Malete, has inaugurated a widows empowerment scheme through its Centre for Community Development. At the inauguration of the scheme in...
In its effort to empower widows in its community, Kwara State University, Malete, has inaugurated a widows empowerment scheme through its Centre for Community Development. At the inauguration of the scheme in...
2012-09-25
Invitation for Pre-Qualification and Tender Exercises for TETFUND 2011 Normal Intervention Projects at Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin (Office of the Registrar)
Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin (Office of the Registrar) Invitation for Pre-Qualification and Tender Exercises for TETFUND 2011 Normal Intervention Projects. ...
Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin (Office of the Registrar) Invitation for Pre-Qualification and Tender Exercises for TETFUND 2011 Normal Intervention Projects. ...
Forces Behind Fuel Scarcity
Officials of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation leave Nigerians guessing the real reason long queues are back at major petrol stations across the country Even President Goodluck Jonath...
Officials of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation leave Nigerians guessing the real reason long queues are back at major petrol stations across the country Even President Goodluck Jonath...
Ganaru Listed for Kwara Utd Job
The race for the vacant managerial position at Kwara United is becoming more interesting as rave-of-moment, Baba Ganaru, who led Kano Pillars to emerge 2012 Nigeria Premier League champions, is among 12 coaches shortli...
The race for the vacant managerial position at Kwara United is becoming more interesting as rave-of-moment, Baba Ganaru, who led Kano Pillars to emerge 2012 Nigeria Premier League champions, is among 12 coaches shortli...
KWSG Shuts Down Three Schools in Ilorin
The Kwara State Government has again reiterated its commitment to ensuring qualitative education that would stand the test of time. The State Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, Alha...
The Kwara State Government has again reiterated its commitment to ensuring qualitative education that would stand the test of time. The State Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, Alha...
National Honours: My Patriotism, Loyalty has Paid Off, Says Baraje
Immediate past Acting National Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje (CON) has said that he saw the national honour conferred on him by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan as a great ch...
Immediate past Acting National Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje (CON) has said that he saw the national honour conferred on him by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan as a great ch...
National Honours: IEDPU Advises Baraje, Akanbi, Others
The Ilorin Emirate Descendants' Progressive Union (IEDPU), Yola Branch has advised awardees of National Honors from the Emirate to justify the award by redirecting the selves to national service. The union wh...
The Ilorin Emirate Descendants' Progressive Union (IEDPU), Yola Branch has advised awardees of National Honors from the Emirate to justify the award by redirecting the selves to national service. The union wh...
Ilorin: Woman, 24, in Court over Intimidation
A 24-year old woman, Esther Titus, has been dragged before an Ilorin Area Court for intentional insult and breach of peace. Esther was arraigned in court on a four-count charge of criminal and intentional ins...
A 24-year old woman, Esther Titus, has been dragged before an Ilorin Area Court for intentional insult and breach of peace. Esther was arraigned in court on a four-count charge of criminal and intentional ins...
Kwara 2015: It's Lai Moh'd for ACN or Nobody - Supporters
Supporters of the national publicity secretary, Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Alhaji Lai Muhammed, have threatened to pull out of ACN if he(Lai Muhammed) did not emerge as the party's flag bearer for the 2015 gub...
Supporters of the national publicity secretary, Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Alhaji Lai Muhammed, have threatened to pull out of ACN if he(Lai Muhammed) did not emerge as the party's flag bearer for the 2015 gub...
Omolewa Ahmed Offers Scholarship to 30 Kids
Omolewa Ahmed, wife of Nigeria's Kwara State Governor, on Monday said that she would take full responsibility for the education of some 30 indigent primary school pupils in the state. She made this known in Mal...
Omolewa Ahmed, wife of Nigeria's Kwara State Governor, on Monday said that she would take full responsibility for the education of some 30 indigent primary school pupils in the state. She made this known in Mal...
Al-Hikmah Varsity Tasked on Security
The authorities of Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, have been charged to renew their security mechanism in order to sustain the current peaceful atmosphere in the institution. Speaking at a stakeholders meeting or...
The authorities of Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, have been charged to renew their security mechanism in order to sustain the current peaceful atmosphere in the institution. Speaking at a stakeholders meeting or...
'Preventive Therapy will Reduce Maternal Anaemia' - Prof Mokuolu
A Professor of paediatrics at the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Olugbenga Mokuolu has said the use sulfaxodine-pyrimethamine by expectant mothers will help reduce maternal anaemia. According to him, the ther...
A Professor of paediatrics at the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Olugbenga Mokuolu has said the use sulfaxodine-pyrimethamine by expectant mothers will help reduce maternal anaemia. According to him, the ther...
Why Poor Sleep Worsens High Blood Pressure
Sleep, diet and physical activity are critical to health, including heart health and optimal blood pressure control. Experts warn that persistent difficulty falling or staying asleep causes high blood pressure that ...
Sleep, diet and physical activity are critical to health, including heart health and optimal blood pressure control. Experts warn that persistent difficulty falling or staying asleep causes high blood pressure that ...
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