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2012-06-28
Traffic Congestion: Open feeders, rehabilitate roads, Kwara House tells Govt.
The Kwara State House of Assembly, on Wednesday, called on the state government to open more feeder roads and rehabilitate the existing ones so as to decongest the major roads within Ilorin metropolis. This was...
The Kwara State House of Assembly, on Wednesday, called on the state government to open more feeder roads and rehabilitate the existing ones so as to decongest the major roads within Ilorin metropolis. This was...
Police patrol vehicle runs out of fuel... as suspected robber escapes with Jeep
It was a moment of utter disbelief on Monday as a Police patrol vehicle reportedly ran out of fuel while pursuing a Jeep allegedly stolen by a suspected robber. The incident occurred along Western Reservoir Ro...
It was a moment of utter disbelief on Monday as a Police patrol vehicle reportedly ran out of fuel while pursuing a Jeep allegedly stolen by a suspected robber. The incident occurred along Western Reservoir Ro...
Milo B'ball Competition in Ilorin: Final places for grab at Central Conference
TODAY at the indoor hall of the Ilorin Township Stadium, Government Model School, Niger State, will be aiming to dethrone the defending champion, Queen of Rosary Secondary School, Benue State, in the final of the Centr...
TODAY at the indoor hall of the Ilorin Township Stadium, Government Model School, Niger State, will be aiming to dethrone the defending champion, Queen of Rosary Secondary School, Benue State, in the final of the Centr...
Aigoro Foundation pledges to empower women in Ilorin
A non-governmental organisation in Ilorin, Aigoro Foundation has pledged to complement efforts of the state government in alleviating poverty with plan to empower about 1800 unemployed persons in Ilorin and its environ...
A non-governmental organisation in Ilorin, Aigoro Foundation has pledged to complement efforts of the state government in alleviating poverty with plan to empower about 1800 unemployed persons in Ilorin and its environ...
When Kwara launched agricultural road map
KWARA State is often referred to as one of the leading food baskets of Nigeria because of the agricultural endowments in most parts of the state. This recognition has been played up by successive governments in...
KWARA State is often referred to as one of the leading food baskets of Nigeria because of the agricultural endowments in most parts of the state. This recognition has been played up by successive governments in...
Rerun Kwara Assembly Poll: ACN Accuses PDP Of Plan To Rig
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Kwara State has raised the alarm over an alleged plan by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to rig the state House of Assembly re-run election slated for Saturday. ...
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Kwara State has raised the alarm over an alleged plan by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to rig the state House of Assembly re-run election slated for Saturday. ...
2012-06-27
13 Oke-Kura inmates listed for presidential pardon
The Presidential Advisory Commitee on Prerogative of Mercy, North Central Zone, has listed no fewer than 13 inmates of the Federal Prisons Service, Oke-Kura, Ilorin, for possible presidential pardon. The commit...
The Presidential Advisory Commitee on Prerogative of Mercy, North Central Zone, has listed no fewer than 13 inmates of the Federal Prisons Service, Oke-Kura, Ilorin, for possible presidential pardon. The commit...
Kwara To Blend Western, Islamic Education Curricular
Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara has said that his administration will harmonise western and Islamic principles in the school curriculum to promote religious harmony. Ahmed made the statement in Ilori...
Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara has said that his administration will harmonise western and Islamic principles in the school curriculum to promote religious harmony. Ahmed made the statement in Ilori...
Surveyors\' Meeting in Ilorin: FG to mitigate air disasters through mapping - Sambo
The Federal Government is strengthening the mechanics of air safety regulation to mitigate air accident in the country, Vice- President Namadi Sambo has said. He stated that government was positioning the surve...
The Federal Government is strengthening the mechanics of air safety regulation to mitigate air accident in the country, Vice- President Namadi Sambo has said. He stated that government was positioning the surve...
Six dons eye UNILORIN VC’s slot
Six professors have filed applications for the post of the Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) in Kwara State. The applicants are the institution\'s immediate past Deputy Vice Chancellor (Man...
Six professors have filed applications for the post of the Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) in Kwara State. The applicants are the institution\'s immediate past Deputy Vice Chancellor (Man...
Kwara Assembly seeks re-award of N248m road project
The Kwara State House of Assembly has called on the Federal Government to re-award the Ajase-Ipo-Ijagbo-Offa-Erin-Ile-Osun boundary road project. The contract was awarded for N248m in March last year, but the A...
The Kwara State House of Assembly has called on the Federal Government to re-award the Ajase-Ipo-Ijagbo-Offa-Erin-Ile-Osun boundary road project. The contract was awarded for N248m in March last year, but the A...
Kwara inaugurates road maintenance agency board
The Kwara Government has reiterated its determination to reposition the state Road Maintenance Agency to meet current challenges on road rehabilitation. The state Commissioner for Works and Transport, Alhaji Am...
The Kwara Government has reiterated its determination to reposition the state Road Maintenance Agency to meet current challenges on road rehabilitation. The state Commissioner for Works and Transport, Alhaji Am...
2012-06-26
Anxiety Grips Ilorin over Oloye's Health Condition
Anxiety has gripped the ancient town of Ilorin,the Kwara state capital and the political camps of the former senate leader and strongman of Kwara politics, Dr. Abubakar Olusola Saraki over his health condition. ...
Anxiety has gripped the ancient town of Ilorin,the Kwara state capital and the political camps of the former senate leader and strongman of Kwara politics, Dr. Abubakar Olusola Saraki over his health condition. ...
Baba Saraki is alive, hale and hearty
Contrary to rumours making the rounds about his death, the Waziri of Ilorin Emirate and former Senate Leader, Dr. Olusola Saraki is alive, hale and hearty, his close aide has said. According to a statement on Thurs...
Contrary to rumours making the rounds about his death, the Waziri of Ilorin Emirate and former Senate Leader, Dr. Olusola Saraki is alive, hale and hearty, his close aide has said. According to a statement on Thurs...
Olusola Saraki is not dead - Aide
Rumours about the purported death of the strongman of Kwara State politics, Dr. Olusola Saraki, were on Tuesday denied by his personal assistant, Lateef Okandeji. In a statement, Okandeji said the Waziri of Ilorin Emirat...
Rumours about the purported death of the strongman of Kwara State politics, Dr. Olusola Saraki, were on Tuesday denied by his personal assistant, Lateef Okandeji. In a statement, Okandeji said the Waziri of Ilorin Emirat...
Kwara Govt. urges action on on-going rural projects
The Kwara State Government has urged contractors handling various rural road projects in the state to increase the pace of work so as to ensure thier early completion. The state Commissioner for Works and Trans...
The Kwara State Government has urged contractors handling various rural road projects in the state to increase the pace of work so as to ensure thier early completion. The state Commissioner for Works and Trans...
Kwara assures students on bursary
The Kwara State Government has restated its commitment to accord welfare of student in the state top priority even as it urged them to exercise patience in the payment of their bursary. The Chairman, State Scho...
The Kwara State Government has restated its commitment to accord welfare of student in the state top priority even as it urged them to exercise patience in the payment of their bursary. The Chairman, State Scho...
Ilorin-West Repeat Election: Belgore to Lead Aiyelabegan's Campaign
The media aide to Alh Dele Belgore has debunked a report alleging that the upcoming Ilorin-West repeat election was tearing the Kwara chapter of A...
The media aide to Alh Dele Belgore has debunked a report alleging that the upcoming Ilorin-West repeat election was tearing the Kwara chapter of A...
Olusola Saraki is not dead
The rumours of the death of Dr. Abubakr Olusola Saraki making rounds on social media are not true. According to close family sources, Olusola Saraki who has not been of very robust health of late is very much alive and we...
The rumours of the death of Dr. Abubakr Olusola Saraki making rounds on social media are not true. According to close family sources, Olusola Saraki who has not been of very robust health of late is very much alive and we...
Why ABS appealed O&D replay order - TM
The Team Manager of Abubakar Bukola Saraki Football Club, Alloy Chukwuemeka, has said that the Club appealed against the decision of the Organising and Disciplinary Committee, which ordered the replay of the home game ...
The Team Manager of Abubakar Bukola Saraki Football Club, Alloy Chukwuemeka, has said that the Club appealed against the decision of the Organising and Disciplinary Committee, which ordered the replay of the home game ...
‘Mercury soaps can cause kidney diseases in children’ - Prof Timothy Adedoyin
Soaps with mercury substances can cause Chronic Kidney Diseases (CKD) in children, Prof Timothy Adedoyin of the Paediatrics and Child Health Department, College of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) has s...
Soaps with mercury substances can cause Chronic Kidney Diseases (CKD) in children, Prof Timothy Adedoyin of the Paediatrics and Child Health Department, College of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) has s...
Repeat Election Deepens Kwara ACN's Crisis
The repeat elections for Oloje and Alanamu wards of Ilorin West constituency slated for today (Tuesday, June 26) has further worsened the crisis rocking the Kwara State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) o...
The repeat elections for Oloje and Alanamu wards of Ilorin West constituency slated for today (Tuesday, June 26) has further worsened the crisis rocking the Kwara State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) o...
2012-06-25
KWASU's Entrepreneurship Directors' Conference 2012 kicks off
The Kwara State University starts its Entrepreneurship Directors\' Conference 2012 today. The programme with the theme "Entrepreneurship Realities and Curriculum Redesign for Sustainable Resource Transform...
The Kwara State University starts its Entrepreneurship Directors\' Conference 2012 today. The programme with the theme "Entrepreneurship Realities and Curriculum Redesign for Sustainable Resource Transform...
Dele Belgore adds a year today
Mohammed Dele Belgore, the 2011 Kwara governorship aspirant on the platform of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), is fifty-one years old today. Dele Belgore was born on June 25, 1961. He had his Primary education at Ca...
Mohammed Dele Belgore, the 2011 Kwara governorship aspirant on the platform of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), is fifty-one years old today. Dele Belgore was born on June 25, 1961. He had his Primary education at Ca...
Seed surveillance exercise in Kwara: NASC wages war against sale of bad seeds
National Agricultural Seed Council (NASC) has warned seed dealers to desist from selling poor quality seeds that aggravate food insecurity in the country. Assistant Director, Quality Control of NASC, Agboola Ad...
National Agricultural Seed Council (NASC) has warned seed dealers to desist from selling poor quality seeds that aggravate food insecurity in the country. Assistant Director, Quality Control of NASC, Agboola Ad...
Olusola Saraki to get another grandchild soon
If information available is anything to go by, the strongman of Kwara State politics, Dr. Olusola Saraki will soon be a grandfather again, this time, the tiny tot is coming from Laolu, the youngest son of Saraki. ...
If information available is anything to go by, the strongman of Kwara State politics, Dr. Olusola Saraki will soon be a grandfather again, this time, the tiny tot is coming from Laolu, the youngest son of Saraki. ...
Conference in Ilorin: Auditors-General identify challenges of financial auditing
Auditors-General in Nigeria have identified delay in the submission of financial statements by Accountant-General to the Auditors-General; low staff capacity; poor funding and lack of basic autonomy as some of the chal...
Auditors-General in Nigeria have identified delay in the submission of financial statements by Accountant-General to the Auditors-General; low staff capacity; poor funding and lack of basic autonomy as some of the chal...
Kwara establishes Western/Islamic schools to prevent terrorism
To prevent terrorism, the Kwara State Government has established model schools in three local government areas where Western and Islamic education would be harmonised. The Commissioner for Education, Alhaji Moh...
To prevent terrorism, the Kwara State Government has established model schools in three local government areas where Western and Islamic education would be harmonised. The Commissioner for Education, Alhaji Moh...
FA Cup: Kwara United 3-1 Mbaise Lions
Kwara United this afternoon defeated Mbaise Lions by three goals to one in the Round of 60 FA Cup match played at Lokoja township stadium. ...
Kwara United this afternoon defeated Mbaise Lions by three goals to one in the Round of 60 FA Cup match played at Lokoja township stadium. ...
Kwara to export cassava chips
Kwara State\'s emphasis on value chain management in agriculture has paid off as Ireti Farms, under the auspices of Shonga Farms Holdings, in partnership with Austravia of Australia, is to commence th...
Kwara State\'s emphasis on value chain management in agriculture has paid off as Ireti Farms, under the auspices of Shonga Farms Holdings, in partnership with Austravia of Australia, is to commence th...
"Evolve internal solution to security challenges" - Alhaji Saka Isau
A former top official of the Kwara state government has advised the federal government to evolve internal solution to address the current security challenges facing the country. Alhaji Saka Isau, a former Secr...
A former top official of the Kwara state government has advised the federal government to evolve internal solution to address the current security challenges facing the country. Alhaji Saka Isau, a former Secr...
Kwara Business community decries tough loan conditions by macro-finance
Members of business community in Ilorin, Kwara State have cried out over what they described as stringent conditions towards accessing micro-finance loans in the state. Speaking at an interactive session with k...
Members of business community in Ilorin, Kwara State have cried out over what they described as stringent conditions towards accessing micro-finance loans in the state. Speaking at an interactive session with k...
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