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2012-05-14
Lightning strike sets tree ablaze in Ilorin
A lightning strike on Sunday evening in Jooro area of Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, set a coconut tree ablaze, leaving people scampering for safety. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the incident ...
A lightning strike on Sunday evening in Jooro area of Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, set a coconut tree ablaze, leaving people scampering for safety. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the incident ...
Multi-million naira contract scam tears Kwara Assembly apart
Two loyalists of former Kwara governor, Bukola Saraki, in the state House of Assembly are on each other's jugular over allegations of corruption, mismanagement and abuse of office The Speaker, Kwara Sta...
Two loyalists of former Kwara governor, Bukola Saraki, in the state House of Assembly are on each other's jugular over allegations of corruption, mismanagement and abuse of office The Speaker, Kwara Sta...
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OPINION: The Yekini of dreams By Ose Oyamendan
After the Eagles started soaring and Yekini was setting the Portuguese league on fire, fame trailed him like a shadow. He was a reporter's nightmare. He plays, he scores, and he rarely granted interviews. ...
After the Eagles started soaring and Yekini was setting the Portuguese league on fire, fame trailed him like a shadow. He was a reporter's nightmare. He plays, he scores, and he rarely granted interviews. ...
Alleged N11 billion Fraud: Questions Bukola Saraki Is Dodging
By Joseph Omololu For the past weeks, Senator Bukola Saraki's well-oiled media lobby has tried a great deal to explain the former governor's side to the N11b loan scam over which the powerful politician is being...
By Joseph Omololu For the past weeks, Senator Bukola Saraki's well-oiled media lobby has tried a great deal to explain the former governor's side to the N11b loan scam over which the powerful politician is being...
A Game to Remember
The successful hosting of the 13th edition of the West African Universities Games, affords the University of Ilorin, an opportunity to showcase its organisational dexterity Friday, April 6, was the climax of th...
The successful hosting of the 13th edition of the West African Universities Games, affords the University of Ilorin, an opportunity to showcase its organisational dexterity Friday, April 6, was the climax of th...
NFF to launch U-15 tourney in honour of Yekini
Sports administrators, top government officials from across the country as well as sportsmen and women in their thousands yesterday stormed Ira town,the country home of the ex-Super Eagles striker in Kwara State, late ...
Sports administrators, top government officials from across the country as well as sportsmen and women in their thousands yesterday stormed Ira town,the country home of the ex-Super Eagles striker in Kwara State, late ...
Trouble for Saraki
Bukola Saraki, former governor of Kwara State, is battling to stop the police from arresting him over a debt forgiveness controversially granted him by the former managing director of Intercontinental Bank ...
Bukola Saraki, former governor of Kwara State, is battling to stop the police from arresting him over a debt forgiveness controversially granted him by the former managing director of Intercontinental Bank ...
Saraki, SFU and Nigeria's unending power game
It was one of the most celebrated cases of fraud in Nigerian history. Mysteriously, it died the way it came. Before 2006, millions of Nigerians, including yours truly, didn't know anything or didn't hea...
It was one of the most celebrated cases of fraud in Nigerian history. Mysteriously, it died the way it came. Before 2006, millions of Nigerians, including yours truly, didn't know anything or didn't hea...
Saraki's debt scandal: A link with presidential ambition?
When the Special Fraud Unit (SFU) of the Nigeria Police recently declared him wanted for alleged financial fraud, not quite a few Nigerians were bemused or agitated over what could have been the main motive behind...
When the Special Fraud Unit (SFU) of the Nigeria Police recently declared him wanted for alleged financial fraud, not quite a few Nigerians were bemused or agitated over what could have been the main motive behind...
Kwara govt upgrades 15 health centres
The Kwara State government has rehabilitated and upgraded 15 primary health care centres with the assistance of the World Bank Assisted Programme. The state Commissioner for Health, Alhaji Kayode Issa...
The Kwara State government has rehabilitated and upgraded 15 primary health care centres with the assistance of the World Bank Assisted Programme. The state Commissioner for Health, Alhaji Kayode Issa...
NAFDAC begins data capturing of companies in Kwara
The National Agency for Food, Drug and Control (NAFDAC) has begun data capturing of companies in Kwara State. NAFDAC director, Mrs. Malomo Odu, made this known at the weekend in Ilorin, during an interac...
The National Agency for Food, Drug and Control (NAFDAC) has begun data capturing of companies in Kwara State. NAFDAC director, Mrs. Malomo Odu, made this known at the weekend in Ilorin, during an interac...
Oloyede, others mourn Unilag VC
The Chairman of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (CVC), Prof Is'haq Oloyede, has mourned the death of Prof. Sofoluwe. Reacting to Sofoluwe's death, Oloyed told the News Agency o...
The Chairman of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (CVC), Prof Is'haq Oloyede, has mourned the death of Prof. Sofoluwe. Reacting to Sofoluwe's death, Oloyed told the News Agency o...
'KWASIEC, PDP plot to tamper with election tribunal'
Chairman of Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State Prince Saheep Popoola has accused the Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission (KWASIEC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of not cooperating with the Local G...
Chairman of Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State Prince Saheep Popoola has accused the Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission (KWASIEC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of not cooperating with the Local G...
2012-05-13
On the Edge of a Tinderbox
Christian and Muslim groups in Kwara State are threatening to fight over land on which a church is being built in Ilorin A major conflict is brewing between the Christian and Muslim communities in Kwara S...
Christian and Muslim groups in Kwara State are threatening to fight over land on which a church is being built in Ilorin A major conflict is brewing between the Christian and Muslim communities in Kwara S...
NPL: ABS wins, Kwara United loses
ABS FC beat Akwa United 2-0 Kaduna United 2-1 Kwara United...
ABS FC beat Akwa United 2-0 Kaduna United 2-1 Kwara United...
The Senator Bukola Saraki Interview II by Omojuwa
Here is the conclusion to the Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki Interview. If you missed the first part, You can access it >>> ...
Here is the conclusion to the Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki Interview. If you missed the first part, You can access it >>> ...
Kwara United won't play Kaduna behind closed doors
Kwara won't play Kaduna behind Kwara United have kicked against playing a Week 26 tie at Kaduna United behind closed doors as this was not ordered by the NPL. Kwara allege that hosts Kaduna plan to play the...
Kwara won't play Kaduna behind Kwara United have kicked against playing a Week 26 tie at Kaduna United behind closed doors as this was not ordered by the NPL. Kwara allege that hosts Kaduna plan to play the...
Saraki: Victim Or Villain?
Saraki is in the eye of a storm following his invitation by the Special Fraud Unit, SFU, of the Nigeria Police over alleged fraud. KAZEEM AKINTUNDE examines the intricacies that has surrounded his invitation vi...
Saraki is in the eye of a storm following his invitation by the Special Fraud Unit, SFU, of the Nigeria Police over alleged fraud. KAZEEM AKINTUNDE examines the intricacies that has surrounded his invitation vi...
NFF To Honour Yekini With U-15 Soccer Tourney, Craves Posthumous National Honour
MORE tributes have continued to pour in for deceased Super Eagles legend and goal king, Rashidi Yekini with President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Alhaji Aminu Maigari insisting that the late striker li...
MORE tributes have continued to pour in for deceased Super Eagles legend and goal king, Rashidi Yekini with President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Alhaji Aminu Maigari insisting that the late striker li...
Kwara to Host NAFEST 2012
Kwara State has officially been given the hosting right for NAFEST 2012, which is slated for October. It was among the three states that bidded for the hosting in Calabar, Cross River State, at the conclusion of 2011 edit...
Kwara State has officially been given the hosting right for NAFEST 2012, which is slated for October. It was among the three states that bidded for the hosting in Calabar, Cross River State, at the conclusion of 2011 edit...
Kwara Competes For Aso Table Tennis Championship
TEN states and over 150 school children within the Federal capital Territory (FCT) are currently taking part in the 2012 edition of the Aso Table Tennis Club Championship, holding at the Old Parade Ground, Area 10, Abu...
TEN states and over 150 school children within the Federal capital Territory (FCT) are currently taking part in the 2012 edition of the Aso Table Tennis Club Championship, holding at the Old Parade Ground, Area 10, Abu...
What Yekini Taught Us... By Strikers
The late Rashidi Yekini, who died a week ago, has been acclaimed as the best striker ever to come out of Nigeria. Many people, who followed the mercurial marksman's feat when Nigerian football was in the 1990's the ...
The late Rashidi Yekini, who died a week ago, has been acclaimed as the best striker ever to come out of Nigeria. Many people, who followed the mercurial marksman's feat when Nigerian football was in the 1990's the ...
Focus on youth development ... KFA urges FG
The Director of the Kwara Football Academy (KFA), KumbiTitiloye has urged the National Sports Commission (NSC), to concentrate more on youth development through the instrument of sports Titiloye, while s...
The Director of the Kwara Football Academy (KFA), KumbiTitiloye has urged the National Sports Commission (NSC), to concentrate more on youth development through the instrument of sports Titiloye, while s...
KWASU's Prof Irele to Chair Nigeria Prize for Literature Panel
Two hundred and fourteen entries have been received for the 2012 edition of The Nigeria Prize for Literature worth $100, 000. The entries from foreign and Nigeria based writers is the largest number ever receiv...
Two hundred and fourteen entries have been received for the 2012 edition of The Nigeria Prize for Literature worth $100, 000. The entries from foreign and Nigeria based writers is the largest number ever receiv...
Maigari: Yekini Lived a Life of Service
President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Aminu Maigari on Saturday eulogized fallen Nigerian legend, Rashidi Yekini, saying the late footballer lived a life of service and honour. Speaking in Ira, Kwa...
President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Aminu Maigari on Saturday eulogized fallen Nigerian legend, Rashidi Yekini, saying the late footballer lived a life of service and honour. Speaking in Ira, Kwa...
2012-05-12
The Senator Bukola Saraki Interview by Omojuwa
Senator Bukola Saraki spoke to Omojuwa.com's Japh and Fiyinfoluwa Elegbede. We spoke on issues ranging from his current travails with the police, the Senate and it's allowances, the competence (or otherwise of presi...
Senator Bukola Saraki spoke to Omojuwa.com's Japh and Fiyinfoluwa Elegbede. We spoke on issues ranging from his current travails with the police, the Senate and it's allowances, the competence (or otherwise of presi...
My Friend, The Senator - By Chinedu Ekeke
By Chinedu Ekeke 'For Senator Saraki, I cringed at the knowledge of people being rented to ask the police to leave him alone. That is reminiscent of the Ibori saga in London. His cousin, the sitting governor of Delta S...
By Chinedu Ekeke 'For Senator Saraki, I cringed at the knowledge of people being rented to ask the police to leave him alone. That is reminiscent of the Ibori saga in London. His cousin, the sitting governor of Delta S...
The making of Rashidi Yekini
The death of Rashidi Yekini last week Friday brought to a close three years of speculation over the lifestyle of Nigeria's all-time highest goalscorer. Yekini joined Shooting Stars in 1982 and a year la...
The death of Rashidi Yekini last week Friday brought to a close three years of speculation over the lifestyle of Nigeria's all-time highest goalscorer. Yekini joined Shooting Stars in 1982 and a year la...
'Time mgt crucial to development'
Director of Labour and Management Relations, Michael Imodu National Institute of Labour Studies, Ilorin, Mrs Omolara Folorunsho, on Tuesday identified time management as crucial in the development aspirations of a...
Director of Labour and Management Relations, Michael Imodu National Institute of Labour Studies, Ilorin, Mrs Omolara Folorunsho, on Tuesday identified time management as crucial in the development aspirations of a...
ABS v Akwa: Dogo confident of victory
Still basking in the euphoria of their 1-0 victory in the Ilorin derby, ABS FC coach, Sulueman Dogo is optimistic that his side will pound Akwa United in today's Week 26 encounter. Speaking to Inside Ou...
Still basking in the euphoria of their 1-0 victory in the Ilorin derby, ABS FC coach, Sulueman Dogo is optimistic that his side will pound Akwa United in today's Week 26 encounter. Speaking to Inside Ou...
Kwara United axe seven
The management of Nigeria Premier League (NPL) club, Kwara United have lividly kicked out seven of their players, SuperSport.com can report. This was as a result of the club's 0-1 home defeat against city...
The management of Nigeria Premier League (NPL) club, Kwara United have lividly kicked out seven of their players, SuperSport.com can report. This was as a result of the club's 0-1 home defeat against city...
Akanbi, Kwara NBA hails NJC decision on Salami
Justice Mustapha Akanbi, a former President of the Court of Appeal, on Friday in Ilorin said the reinstatement of Justice Ayo Salami was "a victory for justice and the rule of law". A...
Justice Mustapha Akanbi, a former President of the Court of Appeal, on Friday in Ilorin said the reinstatement of Justice Ayo Salami was "a victory for justice and the rule of law". A...
Ilorin Rugby FC for Rugby League
The much talked- about "Friends of Rugby" organized 2012 Lagos Rugby Union League will kick-off with pomp and pageantry to-day at the main bowl of the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos, with all preparat...
The much talked- about "Friends of Rugby" organized 2012 Lagos Rugby Union League will kick-off with pomp and pageantry to-day at the main bowl of the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos, with all preparat...
2012-05-11
Aiyeoribe Commends FG For Its Readiness To Dialogue With Boko-Haram
The Federal Government has been commended for its readiness to resume negotiation with the Boko-Haram sect through the traditional rulers. Mr Emmanuel Aiyeoribe, former Chairman, Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC)...
The Federal Government has been commended for its readiness to resume negotiation with the Boko-Haram sect through the traditional rulers. Mr Emmanuel Aiyeoribe, former Chairman, Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC)...
Maigari Leads NFF Team to Yekini's Prayer
NFF President Aminu Maigari will be at the head of Nigeria Football Federation's delegation to the eighth day prayer for departed Super Eagles' legend, Rashidi Yekini. The prayer holds in his family com...
NFF President Aminu Maigari will be at the head of Nigeria Football Federation's delegation to the eighth day prayer for departed Super Eagles' legend, Rashidi Yekini. The prayer holds in his family com...
75 percent of Kwara Women shun Contraceptives - Expert
A family planning expert, Dr Abdulmumin Sa'ad, says more than 75 per cent of women in Kwara shun the use of modern contraceptives for family planning. Sa'ad, an official of the Nigeria Urban Reproductive ...
A family planning expert, Dr Abdulmumin Sa'ad, says more than 75 per cent of women in Kwara shun the use of modern contraceptives for family planning. Sa'ad, an official of the Nigeria Urban Reproductive ...
Saraki's Troubles And The Enemy Theory
Senator Bukola Saraki is on the spot no doubt, but is he really hounded his supporters say? UCHENNA AWOM in this analysis weigh in to some of the conjectures Is it enough to say that Senator Bukola Sarak...
Senator Bukola Saraki is on the spot no doubt, but is he really hounded his supporters say? UCHENNA AWOM in this analysis weigh in to some of the conjectures Is it enough to say that Senator Bukola Sarak...
Crisis Looms In Kwara House Of Assembly
There has been uneasy calm in the Kwara State House of Assembly over allegations of fraud running into millions of naira against the Speaker, Razak Atunwa. ...
There has been uneasy calm in the Kwara State House of Assembly over allegations of fraud running into millions of naira against the Speaker, Razak Atunwa. ...
Naval training school for Ilorin
A Naval Aviation Training School is soon to be established in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. The Director, Air Operations, Naval Headquarters, Commodore Bamidupe Babagbale, announced this yesterday in Ilorin while...
A Naval Aviation Training School is soon to be established in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. The Director, Air Operations, Naval Headquarters, Commodore Bamidupe Babagbale, announced this yesterday in Ilorin while...
Kwara Speaker orders probe of petition against self
The Kwara State House of Assembly is investigating a petition over alleged impropriety and maladministration against its Speaker, Hon. Razak Atunwa.But sources told jo...
The Kwara State House of Assembly is investigating a petition over alleged impropriety and maladministration against its Speaker, Hon. Razak Atunwa.But sources told jo...
Disquiet in Kwara Assembly over allegations of fraud against Speaker Atunwa
Disquiet in Kwara Assembly over allegations of fraud against Speaker Atunwa How Atunwa spent N33m on functional Assembly website, by Chief Whip Ethics Committee probes five-page petition ...
Disquiet in Kwara Assembly over allegations of fraud against Speaker Atunwa How Atunwa spent N33m on functional Assembly website, by Chief Whip Ethics Committee probes five-page petition ...
The Petition Against Speaker Abdulrazaq Atunwa
Below is the memo against Speaker Abdulrazaq Atunwa written by the Chief Whip, Alhaji Iliasu Ibrahim Without any prejudice, I wish to express my dissatisfaction at your style of leadership since the inauguration of ...
Below is the memo against Speaker Abdulrazaq Atunwa written by the Chief Whip, Alhaji Iliasu Ibrahim Without any prejudice, I wish to express my dissatisfaction at your style of leadership since the inauguration of ...
Alleged Fraud: This is My Story, by Saraki
The immediate past governor of Kwara State and senator representing Kwara Central at the National Assembly, Senator Bukola Saraki, has denied any wrong doing in the case being investigated by the Special Fraud Unit (SF...
The immediate past governor of Kwara State and senator representing Kwara Central at the National Assembly, Senator Bukola Saraki, has denied any wrong doing in the case being investigated by the Special Fraud Unit (SF...
Saraki denies ownership of alleged shares
Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki has denied allegations in the case being investigated by the state police Special Fraud Unit (SFU) and the alleged misinterpretations of the matter in some media. In a statement i...
Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki has denied allegations in the case being investigated by the state police Special Fraud Unit (SFU) and the alleged misinterpretations of the matter in some media. In a statement i...
Police Arraign Three Men for Alleged Forgery of NYSC Certificates
The Police on Thursday arraigned three men, Oba Ganiyu, Ishola Sulu and Owonikoko Ademola before an Abuja Senior Magistrates\' Court, charged with criminal conspiracy and forgery. The three accused persons, who...
The Police on Thursday arraigned three men, Oba Ganiyu, Ishola Sulu and Owonikoko Ademola before an Abuja Senior Magistrates\' Court, charged with criminal conspiracy and forgery. The three accused persons, who...
Agency demolishes 13 illegal structures in Ilorin
Kwara Town Planning Development Authority on Monday, demolished 13 illegal structures along Agba Dam Estate in Ilorin metropolis. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalled that the authority marked the st...
Kwara Town Planning Development Authority on Monday, demolished 13 illegal structures along Agba Dam Estate in Ilorin metropolis. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalled that the authority marked the st...
Kwara Speaker Denies N33 Million Fraud
Speaker Kwara State House of Assembly, Abdulrasaq Atunwa, has denied allegations of financial misdeeds leveled against him by the house Chief Whip, Illiyasu Ibrahim, describing the allegations as wicked, malicious and ...
Speaker Kwara State House of Assembly, Abdulrasaq Atunwa, has denied allegations of financial misdeeds leveled against him by the house Chief Whip, Illiyasu Ibrahim, describing the allegations as wicked, malicious and ...
Kwara lawmaker accuses Speaker of fraud
There is rumpus in the Kwara State House of Assembly over allegation of fraud and high-handed attitude levelled against Speaker Razak Atunwa, representing Owode/Onire Constituency of Asa Local Government. ...
There is rumpus in the Kwara State House of Assembly over allegation of fraud and high-handed attitude levelled against Speaker Razak Atunwa, representing Owode/Onire Constituency of Asa Local Government. ...
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