2012-07-14

Prof. Okesina Canvasses Speedy Legislation Against Smoking
A PROFESSOR of Pathology, University of Ilorin, Adekunle Okesina has canvassed speedy legislations against cigarette smoking among Nigerians noting that the development if left unchecked could lead to high rate of athe...

Jonathan's wife appointment as perm sec shocking - Ilorin NBA
Chairman, Nigerian Bar Association, Ilorin branch, Mr. Rafiu Balogun, and leader of Committee of Muslim Organisations, Kwara State, Prof. Shehu Jimoh, on Thursday in Ilorin, described the appointment of the wife of the...

Agric MoUs set Kwara govt, opposition on collision course
SUCCESS NWOGU writes that the agricultural pacts signed by the Kwara State Government with international organisations have become a source of  concern for the opposition Major opposition parti...

Kwara Pledges To Boost Tourism
The Kwara Government on Friday  pledged  to promote  the tourism potentials of the state in order to boost revenue and create employment. Hajia Rahmat Adesina-Abaya, the state Commissioner for Social Developmen...

Ilorin: Court dissolves 6 year-old marriage
An Ilorin Area Court on Friday dissolved the six-year-old marriage between one Abibat Lawal and Babatunde Aliyu for lack of care and abandonment on the part of the latter. Abibat, a resident of No. 7, Ile Olokun, A...

Two remanded in prison for murder
Two men, Umar Garba and Abubakar Mohammed, were on Friday remanded in prison custody by an Ilorin Magistrates' Court for killing one Umar Sidi and setting his body and motorcycle ablaze. The accused were said to ...

Prostitutes take over Kwara Hotels
Sex workers have taken over Kwara Hotels as hideout for brisk business, National Pilot has observed. Specifically, the sex workers have found refuge at Ariya Garden, a place within the hotel. The g...

Baraje centre for affiliation with ABU, Cairo varsity
As part of its contribution to promote an all-round education in Kwara State and Nigeria as a whole, the management of Baraje Centre for Arabic and Islamic Studies, Ilorin, has set in motion the process allowing the ce...

2012-07-13

There may be no future leaders if… - Dr. Billy Olajide
A university teacher, Dr. Billy Olajide, of the Department of English Education, University of Ilorin, has predicted that Nigeria\'s education sector faces a bleak future if the incursion of technolog...

Federation Cup: Kwara United optimistic of qualifying from Lagos
Kwara United have disclosed their sole aim in the zonal qualifiers of the Federation Cup in Lagos is to earn a berth into the quarter finals of the competition. United are in Group B of the tournament which will take p...

Kwara, Lagos, Oyo, Taraba, Benue, Adamawa and Yobe States' Governors' Drivers with expired licenses
In August 2011, Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers state, acting in his capacity as head of the powerful Nigeria Governors’ Forum, authorized a rare initiative. Having the backing of majority of his 35 col...

Rasak Atunwa tasks FG, security agencies on influx of illegal aliens
Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Barrister Rasak Atunwa, has called on the federal government and security agencies to check the influx of illegal aliens into the country to further strengthen the nation&r...

Bank escort van kills girl in Ilorin
An over-speeding bank escort van yesterday crushed to death an eight-year-old passerby along Emir's Road near Oniyangi area of Ilorin metropolis in Kwara State. The deceased, a twin sister of set of identical t...

Infrastructural decay worries Kwara Gov.
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has condemned the attitude of leaders in the country which has led to the present level of decay in infrastructure, describing such attitude as a crime against humanity. ...

Kwara Utd coach disappointed with team’s position

Coach Tunde Sanni of Kwara United FC of Ilorin has expressed disappointment that he could not take the team to the desired level, as the 2011/2012 season draws to an end. Sanni, who made the assertion on Thursd...

2012-07-12

All Hails Tukur Mani As He Bows Out Of Unilorin Council
Tremendous activities, sacrifices and cooperation from the Council members of the University of Ilorin have been describes as the instruments used in attaining the level of success in the Institution. This ...

Nigerians Urged To Adopt Family Planning Services As Methods To Curb Maternal Death
Nigerians have been urged to adopt family planning services as methods to curb maternal death in the country. This urge was made by a Gynecologist and Head, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Universi...

Pharmacists Advocates Correct Use Of Drugs
Pharmacists have been described as experts on drugs, as treatments are not complete without their acknowledgement. Dr. Joseph Oladele stated this while participating an enlightenment programme on UNILORIN 8...

Ilorin central Mosque and the daring traders
The Ilorin Central Mosque project is gradually reaching completion stage but despite efforts at ridding its surroundings of traders and beggars, among others, defaulters are becoming daring day by day. Ilorin U...

Rising rate of graduate unemployment angst. Gov Ahmed
Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara has expressed concern at the rising  rate of graduate unemployment in the country. He spoke  on Wednesday at the second entrepreneurial conference organised by Kwara Sta...

Kwara To Parley With Stakeholders Over School Levy
The Kwara Government, Parents Teachers Association (PTA) and All Nigeria Confederation of Principals of  Secondary  Schools  will  meet to address the issue of  PTA levy in the state. A...

Ilorin: Poor health services responsible for infant, maternal mortality - NPC Chair
Poor reproductive health services have been identified as the root cause of infant and maternal mortality especially in the developing world. In his address on the 2012 World Population Day on Wednesday in Ilor...

2012-07-11

Saraki, Emir, Ahmed, others for QES 56 anniversary
The senator representing Kwara Central Senatorial District, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Dr. Ibrahim Sulu Gumbari and others are to grace the 56th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth School, Ilorin....

Population explosion in Kwara: The pros and cons
Going by the population census of November, 1991, Kwara has over 1,548,412 and by the March 2006 population estimate; Kwara has a population figure of 2,371,089. As at then, commercial activities was so low to the e...

Ilorin: 34 traffic offenders bag five years
The Kwara State Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, Mr. Christopher Ademoluti has said 34 traffic offenders have been sentenced to five years and eight months imprisonment for various traffic offences. ...

Opposition Party in Kwara Bolsters Strength, May Shock Ruling Party
The present critical role of the opposition Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Kwara politics if sustained, could be the determining factor ahead of 2015. Unlike in the past, when opposition groups often disappeared i...

Traditional psychiatric doctor to rid streets of mad people, if govt accepts terms
An 80-year-old traditional psychiatric doctor in Ilorin, Kwara State, Alhaji Mohammed Nuhu says if the Federal Government can guarantee him patent rights for the herbs and roots he uses in curing his patients, he would...

Dr Muftau Yahaya advocates stoppage of joint account system
Dr Muftau Yahaya, the Chairman of Asa Local Government Area in Kwara State, on Thursday, called on the Federal Government to put an end to the state and local government joint account system. The chairman told ...