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2012-03-21
Consensus best for presidential system of govt - Saraki
A former governor of Kwara state and Senator representing Kwara Central at the National Assembly, Dr Bukola Saraki, has described consensus arrangement in choosing leaders at all levels of governance as the best option t...
A former governor of Kwara state and Senator representing Kwara Central at the National Assembly, Dr Bukola Saraki, has described consensus arrangement in choosing leaders at all levels of governance as the best option t...
Water 'restored' in Ilorin - Commissioner
The Kwara Commissioner for Water Resources, Mr Abubakar Garba-Idris, on Tuesday blamed the recent water scarcity in Ilorin on power failure at the water works. Garba-Idris, however, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) i...
The Kwara Commissioner for Water Resources, Mr Abubakar Garba-Idris, on Tuesday blamed the recent water scarcity in Ilorin on power failure at the water works. Garba-Idris, however, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) i...
UITH Spends N16m Monthly On Diesel
The University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) is spending the whopping sum of N16M monthly on diesel to power its generator so as to provide stable electricity supply. This is in addition to N2milion being ...
The University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) is spending the whopping sum of N16M monthly on diesel to power its generator so as to provide stable electricity supply. This is in addition to N2milion being ...
'No need for Nigerians to travel abroad for medical treatment'
The Chief Medical rector (CMD) of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), Ilorin, Professor Abdulwaheed Olatinwo, has said that there is no need for Nigerians to travel abroad for medical services, say...
The Chief Medical rector (CMD) of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), Ilorin, Professor Abdulwaheed Olatinwo, has said that there is no need for Nigerians to travel abroad for medical services, say...
One million Nigerians are blind - Ophthalmologist
A professor of Ophthalmology, College of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Dr. Abdulraheem Mahmoud, has said that about one million Nigerians are blind. He added that majority of these blind p...
A professor of Ophthalmology, College of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Dr. Abdulraheem Mahmoud, has said that about one million Nigerians are blind. He added that majority of these blind p...
N70bn rice factory for Kwara
The N70 billion joint venture on rice between the Kwara State Government and Valsolar of Spain would soon take off, as all arrangements to that effect have been concluded. Senior Special Assistant to Gove...
The N70 billion joint venture on rice between the Kwara State Government and Valsolar of Spain would soon take off, as all arrangements to that effect have been concluded. Senior Special Assistant to Gove...
3Jays donates trophies for WAUG
With about a week to the commencement of this year's West African University Games, the basketball event last week got a boost of over N2m worth of trophies and playing kits for the basketball teams, co...
With about a week to the commencement of this year's West African University Games, the basketball event last week got a boost of over N2m worth of trophies and playing kits for the basketball teams, co...
Court jails deposed traditional ruler for contempt
A deposed traditional ruler in Etan in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State, Joshua Aina, has been committed to three months imprisonment for parading himself as the traditional ruler of the town after his ...
A deposed traditional ruler in Etan in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State, Joshua Aina, has been committed to three months imprisonment for parading himself as the traditional ruler of the town after his ...
5 sites selected for rice project in Kwara
Five project sites have been selected for the Kwara rice project, following the completion of the soil, water tests and topographical studies conducted by Valsolar Consortium. The locations, according to a ph...
Five project sites have been selected for the Kwara rice project, following the completion of the soil, water tests and topographical studies conducted by Valsolar Consortium. The locations, according to a ph...
UITH to begin kidney transplant
The University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), in collaboration with the International Society of Nephrology and Sheffield University, United Kingdom (UK), will soon begin renal care and kidney transplant. ...
The University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), in collaboration with the International Society of Nephrology and Sheffield University, United Kingdom (UK), will soon begin renal care and kidney transplant. ...
WAUG 2012 gulps N.5b
THE 13th edition of the West Africa University Games (WAUG), scheduled for the University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Kwara state, Nigeria, between 27th March and 7th April, 2012, is expected to gulp over five hundred million n...
THE 13th edition of the West Africa University Games (WAUG), scheduled for the University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Kwara state, Nigeria, between 27th March and 7th April, 2012, is expected to gulp over five hundred million n...
3,000 athletes for Unilorin WAUG
No fewer than 3,000 athletes and 1,500 officials are expected to feature at the 13th edition of the West Africa University Games to be hosted by University of Ilorin from March 27 to April 7. ...
No fewer than 3,000 athletes and 1,500 officials are expected to feature at the 13th edition of the West Africa University Games to be hosted by University of Ilorin from March 27 to April 7. ...
Shaykh Ameenullaah Ibrahim (Alhaji Medina) passed away
Shaykh Ameenullaah Ibrahim (Alhaji Medina) passed away in the early hours of this morning in Ilorin. His loss is certainly a great one to Ilorin and the larger Muslim world. Late Shaykh Ibrahim, who is survived by several...
Shaykh Ameenullaah Ibrahim (Alhaji Medina) passed away in the early hours of this morning in Ilorin. His loss is certainly a great one to Ilorin and the larger Muslim world. Late Shaykh Ibrahim, who is survived by several...
2012-03-20
Kwara Rice Project: Spanish Company Identifies Five Locations
All is now set for the take- off Kwara State’s N70b rice joint venture with Valsolar of Spain as the project partners have decided to site the projects in Shonga, Patigi, Lafiagi, Bacita and Share. The decision comes as...
All is now set for the take- off Kwara State’s N70b rice joint venture with Valsolar of Spain as the project partners have decided to site the projects in Shonga, Patigi, Lafiagi, Bacita and Share. The decision comes as...
Health Insurance for Kwara Workers
Civil Servants in Kwara State and their families are to benefit from a comprehensive health insurance scheme being instituted by the State Government. Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed said this on Monday in Ilorin wh...
Civil Servants in Kwara State and their families are to benefit from a comprehensive health insurance scheme being instituted by the State Government. Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed said this on Monday in Ilorin wh...
Opinion: How Modibbo Kawu Got it Wrong on MD Belgore/ACN/Tinubu
By Ishaq Abdullah MODIBBO Ishaq Kawu is a renowned columnist and an illustrious son of the Ilorin Emirate, the voting bloc that most times determines who governs Kwara State. In an article titled "M. D. Belg...
By Ishaq Abdullah MODIBBO Ishaq Kawu is a renowned columnist and an illustrious son of the Ilorin Emirate, the voting bloc that most times determines who governs Kwara State. In an article titled "M. D. Belg...
Health insurance for Kwara workers
Civil servants in Kwara State and their families are to benefit from a comprehensive health insurance scheme being instituted by the state government. Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed said this in Ilorin when the man...
Civil servants in Kwara State and their families are to benefit from a comprehensive health insurance scheme being instituted by the state government. Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed said this in Ilorin when the man...
300 rural communities to get electricity in Kwara
Arrangement has been concluded by the Kwara State government to start electrification of about 300 communities from June. It was gathered that the project would be carried out under the phase 3 of rural electri...
Arrangement has been concluded by the Kwara State government to start electrification of about 300 communities from June. It was gathered that the project would be carried out under the phase 3 of rural electri...
Residents of Alalubosa, Ilorin get respite as NESREA seals telecoms' mast
Residents of Alalubosa community in Government Reserved Area (GRA) of Ilorin, Kwara State, have heaved a big sigh of relief as the officers of National Environmental Standard and Regulation Enforcement Agency (NESREA) ...
Residents of Alalubosa community in Government Reserved Area (GRA) of Ilorin, Kwara State, have heaved a big sigh of relief as the officers of National Environmental Standard and Regulation Enforcement Agency (NESREA) ...
Group Distributes Intra-Uterine Device Kits
The Nigerian Urban Reproductive Health Initiative (NURHI) has distributed Intra-Uterine Device kits (IUD) worth millions of naira to all its health institutions in Kwara State. Distributing the kits, the Kwara ...
The Nigerian Urban Reproductive Health Initiative (NURHI) has distributed Intra-Uterine Device kits (IUD) worth millions of naira to all its health institutions in Kwara State. Distributing the kits, the Kwara ...
Gov. Ahmed, Develop Kwara community
Permit me to use your medium to appeal to the Kwara State Governor, AbdulFatah Ahmed, to come to the aid of Bankole community via Oke-Ode, in Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state. The community has no road...
Permit me to use your medium to appeal to the Kwara State Governor, AbdulFatah Ahmed, to come to the aid of Bankole community via Oke-Ode, in Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state. The community has no road...
2012-03-19
Atari community sends SOS to Kwara House on land acquisition
Residents of Atari community in Offa, Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State have appealed to the state House of Assembly to come to their aid in the clarification of the purported letter of land regularisation writte...
Residents of Atari community in Offa, Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State have appealed to the state House of Assembly to come to their aid in the clarification of the purported letter of land regularisation writte...
Community protests structure obstructing free flow of water in Ilorin
People of Atikeke community, Ilorin, Kwara State, have protested construction of a car park structure on Ofa Garage road, Ilorin. The placard-carrying community members, who staged a peaceful protest to the Kw...
People of Atikeke community, Ilorin, Kwara State, have protested construction of a car park structure on Ofa Garage road, Ilorin. The placard-carrying community members, who staged a peaceful protest to the Kw...
PDP chairmanship not for greenhorns - Tukur
An aspirant for the National Chairmanship of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, says the post is for "daddies" not for "greenhorns". The former governor of o...
An aspirant for the National Chairmanship of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, says the post is for "daddies" not for "greenhorns". The former governor of o...
Ohan bridge of death comes alive!
OHAN bridge near Alapa, in Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State is about 1000metres in length or so.The bridge links Kwara with Oyo and is considered strategic to the prosperity of the two states. Before n...
OHAN bridge near Alapa, in Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State is about 1000metres in length or so.The bridge links Kwara with Oyo and is considered strategic to the prosperity of the two states. Before n...
Court Remands 3 Suspected Armed Robbers
An Ilorin Chief Magistrates' Court has ordered three suspected armed robbers to be remanded in prison custody till March 29. The suspects, Afolabi Dele, 25, and Shuaib Nasiru, 23, were charged with criminal c...
An Ilorin Chief Magistrates' Court has ordered three suspected armed robbers to be remanded in prison custody till March 29. The suspects, Afolabi Dele, 25, and Shuaib Nasiru, 23, were charged with criminal c...
22 Police Recruits Arraigned Over Fake Certificates
No fewer than 22 police recruits undergoing training at the Police Training College, Ilorin appeared before different magistrate courts on Friday for allegedly using fake documents to secure employment. The a...
No fewer than 22 police recruits undergoing training at the Police Training College, Ilorin appeared before different magistrate courts on Friday for allegedly using fake documents to secure employment. The a...
PDP chair: Ahmed, Saraki declare support for Tukur
The political ambition of Alhaji Bamanga Tukur to become the national chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, at its forthcoming convention, received a boost in Ilorin, yesterday, when t...
The political ambition of Alhaji Bamanga Tukur to become the national chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, at its forthcoming convention, received a boost in Ilorin, yesterday, when t...
Agro Processing: Kwara Partners Firm on N30bn Investment
Resolved to transform Kwara State to Nigeria's foremost investment destination on Agriculture, the Kwara State Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Mosila Group Limited. The MoU ...
Resolved to transform Kwara State to Nigeria's foremost investment destination on Agriculture, the Kwara State Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Mosila Group Limited. The MoU ...
2012-03-18
Kwara PDP holds state congresses
Members of the PDP in Kwara State yesterday re-elected the leadership of the party in the state by affirmative election in a free and peaceful manner. Delegates of the party from all the 16 local government areas o...
Members of the PDP in Kwara State yesterday re-elected the leadership of the party in the state by affirmative election in a free and peaceful manner. Delegates of the party from all the 16 local government areas o...
ABS wins as Kwara United loses.
NPL Match results ABS 1 v 0 Rising Stars Warri Wolves 2 v 0 Kwara United Derails later....
NPL Match results ABS 1 v 0 Rising Stars Warri Wolves 2 v 0 Kwara United Derails later....
Glo vs Alalubosa community - NESREA seals off Glo facility
The National Environmental Standards Regulation and Environment Agency (NESREA) has sealed off a mast belonging to Globacom, one the telecoms operators in the country, for violating environmental laws in Ilorin. NESRE...
The National Environmental Standards Regulation and Environment Agency (NESREA) has sealed off a mast belonging to Globacom, one the telecoms operators in the country, for violating environmental laws in Ilorin. NESRE...
Man Slaughters 85 Year-old Mother for Rituals
A 30-year-old man, Mr. Rufus AjibolaAina has absconded after slaughtering his 85-year-old mother, Madam Felicia Aina for rituals. Rufus, a native of Ejiu-Ayegunle in the Irepodun local government area of Kwara State, was ...
A 30-year-old man, Mr. Rufus AjibolaAina has absconded after slaughtering his 85-year-old mother, Madam Felicia Aina for rituals. Rufus, a native of Ejiu-Ayegunle in the Irepodun local government area of Kwara State, was ...
Kwara Oldest Women?
It is unbelievable nowadays to come across somebody aging about one hundred and sixty years or thereabouts, and who still recollect what happened while growing up. Alhaja Alimotu Abdulmalik is one of such old people who s...
It is unbelievable nowadays to come across somebody aging about one hundred and sixty years or thereabouts, and who still recollect what happened while growing up. Alhaja Alimotu Abdulmalik is one of such old people who s...
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