2012-04-03

Man caught with roasted human parts
Men and officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kwara state command have arrested a man with human parts in Omu Aran, the headquarters of Irepodun Local Government Area of the state.Parading t...

60-yr-old man remanded for raping pupils
A 60-year-old security guard, Wahabi Buhari of Oke-Aluko, llorin, who was said to have been found in the habit of defiling primary school children, have been remanded at the Federal Medium Security Prison. Mandala, Ar...

WAUG: BUK b’ball coach promises revenge against Unilorin
Coach Sanusi Shuaibu of Bayero University Kano (BUK), yesterday promised a revenge against hosts University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) when the two meet again in the men\'s basketball competition. Shuaibu made the...

WAUG 2012: UNILORIN TO CONVERT FACILITIES TO CLASSROOMS
Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Is-haq Olanrewaju Oloyede, has said that the facilities being used for the ongoing 13th West African University Games (WAUG) would be converted to classrooms for student...

Vigilantes arraigned for robbery
Two persons, Abdulrahman Yusuf, 21 and Ismail Akanbi, 23 both of No. 44. Isale Asa. Opomalu, Ilorin, who claimed to be members of u vigilante group have been arraigned before an Ilorin Magistrate Court for allegedly in...

Irewolede community cries out robbery attacks
Residents of Irewolede area, power line, off muslim Commentary Road, Ilorin, have sent Save Our Soul (SOS) message to the security agencies in Kwara State over incessant robbery attacks. One oft the victims ...

WAUG 2012: Abide by Games rules •Unilorin VC charges Athletes, Officials
UNIVERSITY of Ilorin Vice-Chancellor, Prof Is-haq Oloyede has urged the athletes and officials of various universities participating at the 13th West Africa University Games (WAUG) at the school sports complex to play th...

WAUG:Unical Wins Table Tennis Mixed Doubles Title
The University of Calabar yesterday won the mixed doubles\' gold in the table tennis event at the on-going West Africa University Games (WAUG) at the University of Ilorin. The pair of Prudence Joseph and Bassey...

Don identifies strategies to improve tertiary education
A lecturer in the Department of Educational Management, Faculty of Education, University of Ilorin, Prof. David Durosaro, has identified high cost of education and inadequate funding of educational institutions as fact...

2012-04-02

Reading culture: Iqra Books & Plat Technologies host secondary schools
The Vice Chancellor, Kwara State University (KWASU), Professor AbdulRasheed Na' Allah last Wednesday taught students of various secondary schools during a programme jointly organized, by Iqra Books Nigeria Limited, Plat T...

Teenagers arraigned for burglary
Two teenagers, Yusuf Bolanta, 21 of No. 17, Bolanta, Ilorin and Ibrahim Tunde, 19ofOffa-Garage, Ilorin, who allegedly conspired and broke into a shop have appeared before an Ilorin Magistrate Court. They appe...

Man Held for Stealing Employer's Money
A security guard, Rabiu Muhammed said to be of no fixed address has been dragged before an Ilorin Magistrate Court for allegedly stealing his master\'s money. The accused committed the crime on March 29, 2012...

Police Recruitment: 43 Arrested For Forgery
Police authorities have arrested 43 people for using fake documents to gain admission into the Police College Ilorin in Kwara State. The  Monitoring Unit of Nigeria Police Force Headquarters, Abuja during one of i...

WAUG: Unilorin beat FUT Minna
University of Ilorin resurged on Sunday with victory over Federal University of Technology, Minna, to keep alive their hopes in men\'s basketball of the West Africa University Games. ...

Kwara ACN chief seeks autonomy for LGs
Chairman of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Kwara State, Prince Saheed Popoola has called for autonomy for local governments, saying such would enable them to have direct access to monthly allocations from the fe...

…Fagel/Akunyun community gets N6.6m from Kwara govt
The Kwara State Government on Friday in Ilorin paid compensations to landowners at Fagel/Akunyun Village along the Ilorin-Ogbomosho Expressway in Asa Local Government Area of the state. The De...

Legal Aids Council Moves To Decongest Prisons
Plans are underway to install soft ware\'s in the offices of the Director of Pubic prosecution (DPP) and the office of the Attorneys-General to fast track treatment of bulk case files. The Director-General of t...

Kwara: Opposition Puts Ruling Party on All Toes
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...

WAUG 2012: Stop win at all cost syndrome •President Jonathan urges participants
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan urged participants at the ongoing West Africa University Games (WAUG) taking place at the University of Ilorin, Kwara State, to be worthy ambassadors of their various countries and to eschew t...

Nigeria places too much emphasis on football - Adedoja
FORMER Minister of Sports and Chairman National Sports Commission (NSC), Professor Taoheed Adedoja has revealed that over emphasis on the game of football contributed to the dwindling trend of sports development in the c...

Opinion: Still on how Kawu got it wrong on Saraki/PDP
by Adeyemi Salako For weeks running, there has been a resurgence of hostilities on the pages of newspapers regarding  Kwara politics. Starting from Kawu Modibbo to Ishaq Abdullahi in the Vanguard and then Bolakale...

Lions Club organises free eye treatment in Ilorin
Lions Club International, District  404B, Nigeria, has committed over N3 million to the restoration of eye sight to Nigerians this year. Speaking with the Community News at Ayo Bello Memorial Hospital, Il...

2012-04-01

Gov. Ahmed Urges FG To Formulate Policies To Transform Agric Sector
Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara has attributed Nigeria economic setback to the inability of past governments to formulate the right policies to transform agriculture. Ahmed made&nbs...

NPL: Kwara United, ABS win
Nigerian Premier League Week 18: KWARA UNITED 2-0 RISING STARS; ABS 3-0 JIGAWA G.S...

Kwara agric. programmes, 4m tonnes harvested annually - Gov Ahmed
Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara has attributed Nigeria economic setback to the inability of past governments to formulate the right policies to transform agriculture.  Ahmed made this known in Ilorin on Saturday wh...

Olofa installs Ojomu of Offa
The newly appointed Ojomu of Offa Land, Offa, chief Joseph Bayo Akinola FNIM. Will be formally installed on Saturday, 27th April, 2012. The ceremony which will be held at the Olofa's palace, Offa beginning at 10 am wi...

NICO trains cultural troupe in Kwara
The North Central Zone of National Institute for Cultural Orientation (NICO) in Ilorin, Kwara State, has been commended on its efforts in the effective execution of the Institute's programmes. The Kwara State Co...

Kwara appeals to FG on Ilorin-Jebba Road
The Special Adviser to the Kwara State Governor, on Emergency and Relief Services, Alhaji Musa Abdullai has appealed to Federal Government to urgently rehabilitate Ilorin-Bode Saadu Jebba Road in order to forestall acc...

History, As Unilorin Hosts West African Varsities Games
Since his appointment as the Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin over four years ago, Prof. Is-haq Olanrewaju Oloyede, has always been in the news due to some innovations he introduced to the University's ad...

Kwara: Consensus As Bukola Saraki's Political Weapon
Since foraying into politics about a decade ago, the immediate past governor of Kwara State and senator, representing Kwara Central at the National Assembly, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki does not hide his love for pol...

Corruption: Yusuf Ali recommends death penalty
An Ilorin-based legal practitioner, Mallam Yusuf Ali (SAN) has recommended death penalty for corrupt public officers to serve as deterrent to others. He said until Nigerians stop treating the issue of corruption wit...

WAUG: FG committed to sports development - Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan has reitrated the commitment of the federal government to invest in sports because of its pivotal role in nation building. Declaring open the 13th edition of the West African University...

Why fuel scarcity persists
INDICATIONS emerged yesterday about an imminent scarcity of petrol across Kwara, Oyo and some other states in the Southwest. According to findings, several filling stations in Ilorin, the capital city of Kwara State...

2012-03-31

SUBEB staff get Mortgage Bank Pass Books
The Kwara State Universal Bassic Education Band (SUBEB) has released National Housing pass book to their staff to enable them access their deposit with the Federal Mortgage Bank. Speaking at the presentation cere...

Ex-Auditor General now Baba Ijo St Mark
A new Baba Ijo has been ppointed for the Cathedral Church of Saint Mark, headquarters of the Anglican Diocese of Offa. He is Chief Timothy Adebayo Wuraola (MFR) who was a one-time Auditor Generoa of Kwara State....

Commendations at Humuani's Fidau
Imam of Oja Oba Mosque, Offa, headquarters of Offa Local Government Area, Alhaji Yunus Oba has extolled the virtues of the late Alhaja Hummani Abike Salawudeen of Odofa's Compound, Offa, saying the had contributed to ...

Bricklayers lose leader
An Offa Community leader and a front line former member of Kano Branch of Offa Descendants' Union, (ODU), Alhaji Tiamiyu Shittu Olobi of Ojude's Compound, Offa is dead. The late Alhaji Tiamiyu Shittu Olobi died on...

Kwara re-echoes mission for industrial growth
The Kwara State Government has reiterated its commitment to make the state investor' haven by creating an enabling environment for industrial strive. The state commissioner for Industry and Solid Mineral Deve...

Imam Offa builds public library
As part of resolute commitments to promote reading culture among Muslim clerics, the Chief Imam of Offa, Alhaji Muhideen Salman Hussein has built a befitting library with capacity of about 150 readers at a time. ...