OPINION - Akintunde Ibitayo Akinwande: A Noble Nigerian with Dignified Strides. By Nsikan Ikpe - 2004-10-28
All through history, the virtue of hard work, perseverance, devotion, and focus have remained the sign- post of success and the story is walked different for this Nigerian, who has the path of distinction, particularly in...

OPINION: Ilorin Walkways and My Teacher-Friends By Mall. Rafiu Ajakaye - 2026-01-06
One of the important legacies of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq are the many walkways in every part of the capital city Ilorin. Beyond being pleasing aesthetics which set the new Ilorin apart from its old self, these ...

OPINION: Saraki's persona in Bolaji's book By Lasisi Olagunju - 2026-01-05
(Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 5 January, 2026). I begin with a telling scene. In 2001, former Sports Minister, Bolaji Abdullahi, then a young journalist, visited the strongman of Kwara politics...

UNILORIN VC Congratulates Professor Toyin Falola on Commencement Speaker Appointment - 2024-07-21
According to a news report from the University of Ilorin's Facebook page, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Professor Wahab Olasupo Egbewole, SAN, has congratulated Nigerian-born US-based Professor of Hi...

FG, look into this issue - 2017-06-19
The hope of residents of Ilorin, Kwara State and some other states of the federation covering the North-Central geopolitical zone to enjoy the newly installed Digital Switch Over (DSO) equipment may be dashed due to the q...

Kwara United Aiming for CAF Champions League, Says Technical Adviser Kabiru Dogo - 2024-07-08
According to a news report from the Daily Post, Kwara United's technical adviser, Kabiru Dogo, has revealed his ambitious target for the 2024–25 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) season. Dogo stated that h...

Deputy Senate President Appoints Shuaib As Senior Legislative Aide - 2023-11-23
Nigerian Deputy Senate President, Senator Barau Jibrin has appointed Kwara-born Ambaly Shuaib Adebayo as his Senior Legislative Aide. Adebayo's appointment was contained in a letter dated November 20 and endors...

The Yorubaness and Yorubaless of Ilorin By Oba Abdulkadir La'aro - 2026-01-05
This piece is inspired by the rash of online attacks on Ilorin people about our beloginness to the Yoruba race or not. It is not a new conversations but one that some people would like to perpetuate only a version of t...

Kwara Gov excited as ex-PPS Jumoke Gafar is named SA Intergovernmental Relations to President - 2023-10-29
Kwara State Governor has congratulated the immediate past Principal Private Secretary Bar. Jumoke Gafar over her appointment as Special Assistant to the President on Coordination and Intergovernmental Agency Relations....

Tributes Flow for Senator Rafiu Ibrahim: Lai Mohammed, Sulaiman Express Sorrow - 2024-04-19
Former minister of information and culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed and the director-general of the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), Prof. Abubakar Sulaiman, have expressed deep regret ove...

Offa Metropolitan Club donates N150m ultra-modern accident and emergency ward to General Hospital - 2020-09-29
In its bid to boost the delivery of high-quality health services to Offa community and environs in Kwara State, Offa Metropolitan Club (OMC) will on Saturday 3rd October 2020 lay the foundation for the construction of ...

Don warns parents against aiding wards to cheat in examination - 2017-09-14
Dr Issa Sanusi, a lecturer with the University of Ilorin, has warned parents in the habit of assisting their children to cheat during examination to desist from the act. Sanusi of the Department of Linguistics, Facul...

2022/2023 Offa Health Tech Online Application Forms Out - 2022-02-03
This is to inform the general public that the application form for the 2022/2023 session of the Kwara State College of Health Technology, Offa is now available online. Visit the College's website ...

Kwara United End Shooting Stars' Nine-Match Unbeaten Run in NPFL - 2025-02-13
Shooting Stars suffered their first defeat in nine league matches after being beaten 2-0 by Kwara United in Ilorin on Wednesday. Goals from Kabiru Muhammed and Ojifinni Abdullahi secured the victory for Kwara United. ...

KWSIEC Announces Timetable for Local Council Elections - 2024-06-15
According to a news report from Daily Post, the Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission (KWSIEC) has unveiled the timetable for the upcoming local council elections, scheduled to take place on September 21, 2024, ...

Posthumous Award of Excellence Presented to Late Senator Rafiu Ibrahim by PCRC - 2024-05-09
According to a news report from Leadership, the Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) has bestowed a posthumous award of excellence upon the late Senator Rafiu Ibrahim. The award recognizes his exception...

Abdulrazaq reappoints Rafiu Ajakaye as CPS - 2023-05-29
Kwara Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has reappointed Rafiu Ajakaye as his Chief Press Secretary (CPS). In a statement by the State Head of Service, Mrs Susan Modupe Oluwole, the HOS congratulated Ajakaye for hi...

OPINION: Idiagbon: His Life, His Times Till he died last week. By Ayodele Ojo - 1999-03-29
As sympathisers left the 4, Aderemi Adeleye residence of General Tunde Idiagbon after his interment last Thursday, many of them were overheard wondering what killed the fiery soldier. Could he have died fro...

Former Kwara Governorship Aspirant Calls for Support to Advance Education in Nigeria - 2024-12-11
A former Kwara State governorship aspirant, Engineer Sunday Adebayo Babalola, has identified quality and accessible education as a veritable strategy for developing Nigeria through the advancement of its human capital,...

Al-Hikmah University Allays Security Fears Ahead Of 15th Convocation Ceremony - 2026-01-05
Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, an Islamic faith-based higher institution, has moved to allay the concerns of parents, staff, and students regarding the current security situation in Kwara South. The university maintains...

Kwara United Apologizes to Fans After 2-1 Loss to Niger Tornadoes in NPFL Home Opener - 2024-09-10
As reported by Daily Trust, Kwara United has issued an apology to their dedicated fans and supporters following a disappointing 2-1 loss to Niger Tornadoes in their first home match of the 2024/2025 Nigeria Professiona...

ICPC transfers Offa Poly Rector's probe to Abuja - 2016-10-13
The Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, ICPC, that has been investigating the Acting Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara State, Dr. Ayodele Olaosebikan in Oshogbo, Osun State may have transferred the matt...

Staunch Sarakite, Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke, is Dead - 2016-01-30
Alhaji Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke is dead. He was a political associate of late Dr. Olusola Saraki. Details soon....

KWASU Celebrates the Emergence of Gov Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq as Chairman Nigeria Governors Forum - 2023-05-26
The emergence of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq as Chairman, Nigeria Governors' Forum NGF has been described as another confirmation of the sterling and exemplary leadership qualities of the Kwara State Governor. ...

Imam Bashir: Ilorin's Chief Imam's Four Decades of Extraordinary Imamship By Abubakar Imam - 2023-03-09
For obvious reasons, the Office of the Chief Imam of Ilorin is among the most respected traditional cum spiritual positions among the good people of the community generally known as either the southernmost Emirate or N...

KWACCIMA Introduces Small Claims Court to Resolve Kwara Commercial Disputes - 2024-11-14
The Kwara Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture (KWACCIMA) has launched a small claims court designed to manage commercial disputes involving sums up to ?10 million. In an address at KWACCIMA's ...

Two Chinese Nationals Kidnapped from BUA Road Construction Site in Ejidongari Site of Bode Saadu - 2025-12-05
Two Chinese nationals working at a road construction site in Kwara State were abducted by armed men in the early hours of Monday, December 2, 2025. The victims were part of the team handling the BUA Bode Saadu/...

Kwara State Schools Championships Uncover Talented Amputee Athletes - 2024-07-09
According to a news report from Punch, the 2023 Kwara State Secondary Schools Track and Field Championships have started yielding promising results, with the discovery of two talented amputee athletes in the Lafiagi Ce...

Court Orders Arrest Of Kwara Man For Allegedly Defaming Emir, Mufti - 2024-02-16
An area court sitting in Il?rin, Kwara State, has ordered the arrest of Alfa Saheed Shittu, a popular social media Islamic cleric, over alleged defamation by a group, Association of Proud Sons and Daughters of Ilorin (...

Kwara Assembly Speaker to Keynote 2023 NUJ Press Week Finale - 2023-12-22
The Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Engineer Yakubu Danladi Salihu, is scheduled to deliver a keynote speech at the grand finale of the 2023 Press Week of the Kwara State Council of the Nigeria Union of J...

18,153 candidates seek admission into UNILORIN - 2021-12-21
A total of 18,153 candidates sat for the University of Ilorin Post-UTME examinations for the 2021/2022 academic session. The examinations were held between Dec. 13 and Dec. 16, the university stated in its bull...

UNILORIN CPSS honours Gambari, Ali, Zulum, others April 24 - 2024-04-23
According to a report from UNILORIN BULLETIN, the Centre for Peace and Strategic Studies at the University of Ilorin is gearing up to honor distinguished Nigerians for their significant contributions to peace promotion...

28th Coronation Anniversary: Association Extols Emir Of Ilorin's Reign - 2023-11-14
The Gamji Members' Association (GAMA) has extolled the 28-year reign of the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, describing it as successful, eventful and peaceful. This was contained in a statement sign...

2023: Arinola, daughter of late Kwara gov, clinches house of assembly ticket - 2022-05-27
Another daughter of late Mohammed Alabi Lawal, a former Governor of Kwara State, has clinched the ticket of the All Progressives Congress to contest for the Ilorin East constituency in the state House of Assembly for n...

KWASAA Surpasses ?100M Revenue Target for 2024, Partners KWIRS for 2025 Goals - 2024-11-29
The Kwara State Signage and Advertisement Agency (KWASAA) has achieved its revenue generation target of ?100 million for the year 2024, despite facing operational challenges. In an effort to further improve rev...

IEDPU Northern Zone Celebrates Senator Oloriegbe's 64th Birthday, Honours His Dedication - 2024-11-13
The Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU) Northern Zone has extended warm wishes to Senator Dr. Ibrahim Yahaya Oloriegbe on his 64th birthday, acknowledging his steadfast support and dedication to the co...

Kwara Gets New Police Commissioner - 2023-09-24
A new Commissioner of Police has been appointed for Kwara State, North Central Nigeria. He is Olaiya Victor Mobolaji. His appointment followed his approval by the acting Inspector General of Police, Mr Kayode Egbeto...

Deway felicitates with Baraje as new Tafida of Ilorin - 2022-02-19
A leading Kwara South Senatorial aspirant under the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Otunba Olabode Oyedepo, popularly known as Deway has felicitated with the ex-acting national chairman of the party, Alhaji Kaw...

Kwara State to Benefit from $45 Million EU-UNICEF Health Programme - 2024-12-13
Kwara State, located in North Central Nigeria, has been selected as one of the three states to benefit from the implementation of a $45 million EU-UNICEF programme in Nigeria, as reported by Voice of Nigeria. T...

Emir of Ilorin Sympathizes with Bode Saadu Residents Affected by Flooding - 2024-09-20
News from Royal News highlights that the Emir of Ilorin and Chairman of the Kwara State Traditional Rulers Council, Mai-Martaba Alhaji (Dr) Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari CFR, has expressed his sympathy to the residents of Bode ...

2023: Kwara PDP State Assembly candidates emerge - 2022-05-26
Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Wednesday, released the names of successful candidates for the State House of Assembly election in the 2023 general elections. The State Publicity Se...

Gov Ahmed Appoints New LG TIC Members - 2017-05-11
The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has approved the extension of the tenure and the appointment of new members of transition implementation committees (TICs) for the sixteen local councils in the state. ...

Women for Change and Development Initiative Distributes Empowerment Materials In Kwara - 2014-11-08
Kwara State Women took their turn, to enjoy the benevolence of Nigeria's first Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan's Non Governmental Organization, Women for Change and Development Initiative with the distribution of empowerment...

Kwara APC Urges Residents to Avoid Planned Protest, Lauds Governor's Efforts - 2024-07-30
According to a news report from Vanguard, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State has advised residents to refrain from participating in the planned protest, labelling it as a counterproductive move t...

Where is Faysal Harb? - 2014-07-12
Popular businessman and socialite, Chief Faysal Harb, is a prominent player in the economic sphere and social space of Ilorin, Kwara State. Not only is he on the frontline as far as events in the capital city of Kwara Sta...

Kwara Stakeholders Call for Joint Efforts to Combat Cultism and Drug Abuse - 2025-02-11
Stakeholders in Kwara State have highlighted the pressing need for collaborative efforts to tackle cultism, drug abuse, and other social vices within the state. At the inaugural annual convention of the Zero To...

Kwara United to Face Ikorodu City in Lagos Friendly as Part of Season Preparations - 2024-08-06
According to news report from The Nation, Kwara United will continue their preparations for the 2024-25 season with a friendly match against Ikorodu City at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena in Lagos today. In a press...

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