Kwara State University Expels 175 Students for Various Offences - 2024-07-09
According to a news report from ChannelsTV News, Kwara State University, Malete, has expelled 175 students for various offences. A statement signed by the Acting Director of University Relations, Dr Saeedat Ali...

How Afonja (Yorubas) lost the Ilorin throne - Vanguard Newspaper - 2000-10-22
THE rivalry between the Fulani and Afonja descendants over the throne of Ilorin is rooted in history. While the Fulani rest the case of their claim to the kingship of the ancient town on the fact that the mona...

FG appoints Sa’adatu Belgore as Executive Director for Rural Electrification Agency - 2023-04-18
The Minister for Power, Alhaji Abubakar Aliyu, has approved the appointment of Hajia Sa’adatu Belgore, as Executive Director Funds of the Rural Electrification Agency, (REA). ROYAL NEWS reports that the appoin...

Baraje and the Title of CON - 2012-09-17
Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) is the new rank added to the numerous titles of Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje, the erstwhile Acting National Chairman of the PDP. He has now joined the league of eminent Nigerian...

OPINION: Life and times of Third Mufti of Ilorin. By Zarumi Mashood - 2014-09-06
Shaykh Sofiyyullah was born on the 18th of June, 1928 to the noble family of the late sage, His eminence, Shaykh Muhammad Kamalud-deen Al-Adabiy, the first grand Mufti of the Ilorin Emirate at Ile Araagbaji, Masingba quar...

KWASU Chosen for ICT Experience Centres Pilot Programme - 2024-07-04
According to a news report from Leadership, Kwara State University (KWASU) in Malete has been selected as one of the six pilot universities for the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) and the Office of the First La...

Hair Salon CEO Donates Patrol Vehicle to NSCDC Tanke Division - 2024-05-29
According to a news report from Royal News, Alhaji Ahmad Lawal, CEO of Hairsense Unisex Salon, has generously donated a patrol vehicle to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Tanke Division. Du...

Sobi Hill: Place of convergence for different faiths - 2013-09-08
Sobi Hill is one of the interesting places in Kwara State. SUCCESS NWOGU, who visited the hill, writes on its geographical importance and people’s belief that it is a place where prayers are a...

National Orientation Agency Director Discusses Mission on Diamond FM 88.7 - 2024-05-14
According to a news report from the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, the Director General of NOA, recently appeared as a guest on Diamond FM 88.7 in Ilorin, Kwara State. During his i...

20 years after, Ilorin stands still for Ambassador Gobir - 2016-11-29
Twenty years ago, Ambassador Abubakar Garba Gobir, former private Secretary of the late Premier of Northern Region and Sardauna of Sokoto, Sir Ahmadu Bello, bade the world farewell. AHMED 'LATEEF attended the late diploma...

Aso-oke indigenous textile industry on the verge of extinction - 2014-03-23
A people’s culture, like human, naturally evolves depending on the degree of its exposure to foreign influence. One aspect of the material culture of the Yoruba people of the Southwest which has survive...

OPINION: Aishatu Gobir: An Elegant Daughter of Ilorin Emirate @ 54. By Abubakar Imam - 2020-10-22
Forgetfulness is a very common phenomenon. It is human. It is part of our every day life. It is,yet, an unavoidable occurrence that can sometimes make one finds himself in regrettable situations. It has made many candid...

Opinion: The Past, Present and Future of the Saraki Dynasty - 2012-11-11
By Abdulrazaq O. Hamzat In this article, we are taking a look at the past, present and the future of the Saraki dynasty, a political dynasty in Kwara state Nigeria, which started over 40 years ago. The Sa...

KWASSIP Releases Applications Link for Kwapreneur 5.0 - 2024-05-20
The Kwara State Social Investment Programme (KWASSIP) is excited to announce that the application portal for Kwapreneur 5.0 will be released today. Under the leadership of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, this initiati...

Prof. Abdulrasheed Na’Allah Hands Over University of Abuja Leadership to Prof. Aisha Maikudi - 2024-07-02
According to a news report from Punch, Professor Abdulrasheed Na’Allah handed over the leadership of the University of Abuja to the acting Vice Chancellor, Professor Aisha Maikudi, on Monday. Na’Allah, who ...

9 years after Sheikh Muhammad Kamalud-deen's death, Ilorin people count their loss - 2014-12-19
Ilorin Emirate, Kwara State and the entire Muslim world, exactly nine years ago, lost to the cold hands of death, a revered and widely respected Islamic scholar, Sheikh Muhammad Habeebullahi Kamalud-deen Al-Adabiy. ...

Kwara Assembly Passes N292.7bn 2024 Budget, Reduces Estimate - 2024-01-25
The Kwara State House of Assembly on Wednesday, January 24, passed the state’s 2024 appropriation bill of N292.7 billion. The approved budget is lower than the initial N296.4 billion estimate presented to the...

OPINION: Alfa Belgore: A Treasured Statesman @ 84. By Abubakar Imam - 2021-01-17
Right from the establishment of Ilorin as a human settlement, the entity has always been an abode of eminent people. This classification did not begin with the incorporation of Ilorin into the Sokoto Caliphate,the...

The rundown CBN quarters in Ilorin - 2014-10-13
At a time many Nigerians especially civil servants can hardly boast of living in decent houses, the expansive Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) quarters along Agba Dam Pipeline Road in Ilorin, Kwara State is abandoned for ...

STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE: PRESIDENT BUHARI CONGRATULATES GOV ABDULRAHMAN ABDULRAZAQ ON ELECTION AS NGF CHAIRMAN - 2023-05-26
President Muhammadu Buhari warmly felicitates with Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State on his emergence as the new Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum NGF), urging him to give his best in providing leadersh...

Kwara Female Political Stakeholders Decry Exclusion in Local Government Primaries - 2024-07-09
According to a news report from the Nigerian Tribune, female political stakeholders in Kwara State have condemned the alleged subtle exclusion of women candidates by political parties in the ongoing local government el...

Traders Lament as Fire Ravages Offa Market - 2024-04-03
Over N300m worth of property have been lost to fire disaster at the popular Owode market in Offa, Kwara State. The fire incident which was reported to have begun at about 2:30am today, was said to have been cau...

Kwara Firm Partners Global Foundation on One Million Shea Butter Tree Planting - 2024-04-17
In a bid to restore the vital trees destroyed by Charcoal dealers in the Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State, a cosmetic manufacturing company, AMU-Gold Global Network has pledged to plant a minimum of one mill...

Consultant urges FG to standardize traditional medicine - 2023-11-28
A medical consultant with the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, UITH, Dr Ismail Oseni, has called for the standardization of traditional medicine for improvement of medical care in the country. He also ca...

Ramadan: Respite As Poor Muslims Struggle To Pay Zakatul-Fitr - 2024-04-09
The 2024 Ramadan fast across the globe will come to an end on Tuesday , depending on the sighting of the new crescent by the appropriate authorities. After the moon is sighted on Tuesday, the 30th day of Ramada...

Baba Issa Becomes Substantive Medical Director, FNPH Budo-Egba - 2023-08-13
The appointment of Prof. Baba Awoye Issa as the substantive Medical Director of the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Budo-Egba, Kwara State has been confirmed by the president, of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Sen...

Celebrating Emir Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari of Ilorin on 28th Anniversary - 2023-11-12
Traditional Institution in Nigeria, Ilorin Emirate Council in particular has undergone phases of distinctingly discerning and deserving historical watersheds. This evolutionary narrative is exemplified and ampl...

NITDA Commends Ilorin Innovation Hub - 2023-02-08
The Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa CCIE, has reiterated that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, remains committed to providing all the n...

Unilorin Vice Chancellor Urges Alumni to Uphold University's Positive Image - 2024-07-09
According to a news report from Business Day, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Wahab Egbewole (SAN), has called on the institution's alumni to leverage their exemplary leadership and positions to ...

OPINION: Tunde Idiagbon: A Missing Hero in the Guinness Book of Records. By Abdulrasheed Ibrahim - 2022-04-19
There is no better time to again remember the late General Babatunde Abdulbaki Idiagbon, the most active Second-in-Command in the history of the military rule in Nigeria. The reign of the likes of late Muritala Muham...

As Ilorin Durbar Gains International Recognition - 2022-07-18
The 2022 edition of Ilorin durbar in Kwara State will remain evergreen green in the memory of the people of Ilorin Emirate and their friends, from near and far. The durbar, a culture of horse riding by the de c...

Egbewole hails Ali's appointment as Professor of Practice at FUOYE - 2023-11-27
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Wahab Olasupo Egbewole, SAN, has rejoiced with Ilorin-based prominent legal luminary and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mallam Yusuf Olaolu Ali, on his recent appoint...

Dr Alanamu: A Tribute By Abubakar Imam - 2023-12-07
I woke up yesterday to learn of the demise of a prominent medical doctor and retired top technocrat, Dr AbdulRasheed Adebisi Alanamu, a member of the illustrious Balogun Alanamu family of Ilorin. The news of his death ...

Dr. Femi Ogunsola Too! By Raheem Adedoyin - 2020-07-25
Three deaths, which really came close home, in 4 days, is an agonising development. The death yesterday of my former Kwara state cabinet colleague, Dr. Femi Ogunsola, capped a harvest of death in less than one...

Kwara: AC Explosion Behind UITH Inferno – Fire Service - 2024-04-16
The Kwara State Fire Service has attributed the late-night Sunday fire that destroyed the mini-store of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital’s pharmacy to an explosion from an air conditioning system. T...

Sheikh Sultan Kamaludeen Al-Adaby is dead. - 2012-06-14
Sheikh Sultan Kamaludeen Al-Adaby is dead. He died in the early hours of this morning in Ilorin after a brief illness. May Allah grant him rest. The death of Sheikh Sultan Kamaludeen is coming three weeks after the de...

2003: Who Will Confront Oloye in Kwara? - 2001-02-09
At the formative stage of the three political parties, the Special Adviser on African Affairs to the United Nations' Secretary-General, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, was in Ilorin, Kwara state capital. As an indigene, the prof...

Ahmed approves upgrade of 70 traditional rulers - 2014-09-28
The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has approved the grading and upgrading of 70 traditional rulers in the state. According to a statement by the Commissioner for Local Government Affair...

Govt Auctions Kwara Hotel’s Property - 2023-12-04
The Kwara State Government has debunked the rumour that it has sold the four-star Kwara Hotel amid auctioning of its property. The hotel had been a subject of controversy between the opposition and the governme...

SPEECH DELIVERED BY Hon Princess Olufunke Adedoyin at the commissioning of Olomu Way, Omuaran - 2017-09-04
*PROTOCOLS* It is indeed with a heart full of joy & gratitude to the most high God, the Alpha & Omega, Our Lord Jesus, the author & finisher of our faith, who has made us see this monumental event, that I...

Kwara State Polytechnic IICT Marks Decade of Excellence with Grand Celebration - 2024-06-26
According to a news report from Sho Pen Online News, Kwara State Polytechnic's Institute of Information and Communication Technology (IICT) celebrated its 10th anniversary, showcasing a decade of remarkable technologic...

A Decade Tale Of AI In Aquaculture Triumphs From Nigerian Universities. - 2023-11-28
In the foreseeable future, as the global community grapples with the challenges of sustainable food production, a transformative narrative unfolds in the realm of aquaculture. At the vanguard of this narrative is a ded...

My biggest regret - Salahudeen Latinwo - 2007-10-06
Although it is more than 23 years now that he was forcibly retired from the Air Force, Group Captain Salaudeen Latinwo could not hide the pain he felt by that act when Spectacles, this week, asked him to recall h...

UNILORIN Registrar Urges Tertiary Institutions To Seek Alternative Revenue Sources - 2023-07-11
The Registrar of the University of Ilorin, Mr Mansur Adeleke Alfanla, has stressed the need for tertiary institutions in the country to find alternative sources of revenue to fund themselves, adding that this should be...

Muslims urged to study Quran with emphasis on meaning, translation - 2023-11-23
Muslims in the country have been urged to venture into Quranic studies with special devotion to its meanings and translation. Speaking at the final ceremony of the 2023 Quranic recitation competition in Ilorin,...

OPINION: School fees hike ensnares parents, students groan under school fees burden - 2023-08-08
As schools are set to resume for a new academic session of 2023/2024, in September, there is palpable uneasiness among parents over hike in school fees, and other school materials, such as textbooks, unifor...

Oloriegbe Mourns Imam Shaban's Death, Describes Late Scholar As Humility Personified - 2023-11-28
The immediate past Kwara Central Senator, Dr. Ibrahim Yahaya Oloriegbe has commiserated with the family, associates, and students of the Late founder of Muhyideen College of Education, Ilorin, Shaykh Abdullahi Jubril I...

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