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Kwara APC leaders, stakeholders fight ex-VC for defying Buhari, party resolution

Ihesiulo Grace 1 November 2018 0

Former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Professor Shuaib Oba Abdulraheem may have run into troubled waters for being the only one disagreeing with the governorship candidate of the party in Kwara State. Professor Oba was one of the 12 aspirants who ran for the coveted governorship

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Kwara kicks off roads rehabilitation

Ihesiulo Grace 31 October 2018 0

The Kwara state government is to begin the rehabilitation of roads in Ilorin, the state capital as rain subsides. The state commissioner for Works and Transport, Alh Aro Yahaya disclosed this in Ilorin yesterday. Yahaya noted that the weekly palliative work is in line with the preventive maintenance approach of the Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed-led administration […]

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Court remands 8 suspected ritualists caught with 11 human skulls

Ihesiulo Grace 27 October 2018 0

For allegedly engaging in buying and selling of human parts, a woman, Aisahat Yunusa and seven others have been arraigned before an Ilorin Magistrate’s Court. The accused were arraigned on a three-count charge of buying and selling of human parts, unlawful opening of graves and unlawful possession of human parts. The other accused include Azeez […]

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Rotary Club to immunise 5,000 children against Polio in Kwara

Ihesiulo Grace 25 October 2018 0

Rotary Club International is to immunise about 5,000 children in Ilorin Emirate against Polio as part of its activities to mark the World Polio eradication Day. Chairman of Rotary Polio eradication committee for Kwara, Otunba Rick Oladele made this known on Wednesday when he led members of the committee on a visit to Emir of […]

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8 in police net for ritual killings, exhuming dead bodies from cemetery

Ihesiulo Grace 18 October 2018 0

Nigeria Police have arrested eight suspects believed to be behind series of killings of innocent persons for rituals in Ilorin the Kwara State Capital. The Police said the suspects who are also engaged in exhuming the remains of buried dead bodies from graves in Ilorin and environs had 11 human skulls in their possession at […]

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Police nab suspects with 11 human skulls in Kwara

Ihesiulo Grace 17 October 2018 0

The Nigeria Police Force on Wednesday said it had arrested eight suspected ritual killers, including a woman with 11 human skulls in Ilorin, Kwara. Acting DCP Jimoh Moshood, the Force Public Relations Officer, disclosed this at a news conference in Abuja. He listed the suspects as: Azeez Yakubu, principal suspect, Ahmed Yahaya, Abdulfatai Kadri ( […]

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Expert canvasses multi dimensional approach to health care delivery

Ihesiulo Grace 16 October 2018 0

A multi dimensional approach to health care delivery system has been canvassed in Nigeria as a panacea to epileptic health care in many hospitals in the country. This proposition by Dr Lawal Ibrahim, a Medical Officer with Medclev Multispecialists Hospital, Basin, Ilorin would evolve arrangement of mergers among some hospitals towards conferring on them mega […]

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Kwara APC primaries: Ex- FCC boss vows to reclaim stolen mandate

Ihesiulo Grace 11 October 2018 0

A governorship aspirant in the just concluded controversial primaries of the All Progressive Congress (APC), in Kwara state and Taliban of Ilorin, Professor Shuaib Oba AbdulRaheem has said he was making frantic efforts to restore his stolen mandate. Professor Shuaibu of former staff of the federal character commission (FCC), who appealed for calm amongst his […]

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IEDPU honours 25 new professors from llorin Emirate

Ihesiulo Grace 9 October 2018 0

The Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU) on Sunday in Ilorin honoured 25 new Professors from various Universities in the Country who are indigenes of the Ilorin Emirate in Kwara. The daily Times, reports that the event was attended by several eminent indigenes of the Ilorin Emirate, kiths and kins of the new Professors. The […]

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I won Kwara APC Governorship primaries- Prof Oba declares

Ihesiulo Grace 9 October 2018 0

Former Vice Chancellor of University of Ilorin, Professor Shuaib Oba Abdulraheem Campaign Organisation has declared that the professor won the Saturday’s governorship primaries election of the All Progressive Congress (APC), in Kwara massively and should be declared the winner. The Director-General (DG), of the Campaign Organisation, Barr Sharafudeen Ibrahim therefore

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Guber primary: Agents prevent announcement of results in Kwara

Ihesiulo Grace 9 October 2018 0

Governorship aspirants’ agents of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ilorin, on Sunday night disallowed the Governorship Primary election panel from announcing the results on the ground that it has been manipulated to favour a particular aspirant. The panel had invited journalists to the collation centre at Savanah Hotel to announce the outcome of the […]

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Forum organises mega rally for Saraki’s presidential ambition

Ihesiulo Grace 16 September 2018 0

The mass rally in support of Dr Bukola Saraki as Nigeria’s next president convened by The Olanrewaju Oba Youth Forum (TOOYF) was held week-end, in Ilorin, Kwara State, attracting a massive crowd. A popular musician, Slimcase, was also at the event to entertain the crowd of supporters and fans while groups of singers and dancers […]

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2018 National Youth Game: Niger state to participate in 16 events

Ihesiulo Grace 9 September 2018 0

A total number of 158 contingents from Niger State will participate in the 2018 National Youth Game holding at the University of Ilorin, Kwara State. The contingents comprise 108 athletes, 21 coaches’ secretaries and 29 other officials such as medical personnel, media crew, security, camp commandant, technical officers and Director of Sports, who have been […]

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Cleric stresses need to seek God’s face

Ihesiulo Grace 2 September 2018 0

A Cleric, Prophet Akin Awoye has stressed the need for Christians to seek first the kingdom of God. Prophet Awoye gave the charge today in his sermon delivered at the 33th anniversary of Deborah Band of Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Church Ilorin District Headquarters. Speaking on the theme ‘Living a new life in Christ for […]

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Institute director canvasses suitable agric training for geo-political zones

Ihesiulo Grace 2 September 2018 0

National Executive Director, Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation (NCAM) Ilorin, Dr Yomi Kasali has canvassed agricultural training along the peculiar needs of geo political zones of Nigeria towards greater outputs and improved Gross Domestic Products (GDP) of the nation. Kasali, while addressing participants at the Training on N-Agripreneur in Milling and Threshing

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HADC screens 216,000 patients

Ihesiulo Grace 29 August 2018 0

The Harmony Advanced Diagnostic Centre (HADC), Ilorin has conducted about 216,000 radiology and laboratory tests for patients since it began operations in 2013. The Acting Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Centre, Mrs Nana Hauwa Omeiza made this known during an interview with newsmen in Ilorin on Tuesday. Omeiza stated that the Centre performs different […]

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Saraki donates 500KVA generator to Ilorin community

Ihesiulo Grace 12 August 2018 0

Reprieve came the way of long suffering people of Adanna community and its environ in Ajikobi ward of Ilorin West local government area of Kwara state as the Senate President, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki donated a 500 by 11KVA transformer to the community. Residents of the benefitting community and its environ had been plunged in […]

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School proprietor calls for consistency in payment of teachers’ salaries

Ihesiulo Grace 3 August 2018 0

Proprietor, Excellent Nursery and Primary School, Ilorin, Mr Wale Olorunfemi, has called on government at all levels to ensure consistency in paying teachers their salaries, to improve the standard of education in Nigeria. Olorunfemi made the call in an interview with journalists in Ilorin. He stressed the need for consistency in the payment of teachers’ […]

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Defection: Saraki supporters shut down Ilorin, hold solidarity rally

Ihesiulo Grace 3 August 2018 0

No fewer than hundreds of youth and women supporters of the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki trooped out yesterday in a rally around major parts of Ilorin, Kwara state to drum support for his defection to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). They insisted that Saraki would always win any election in the state notwithstanding the […]

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Kwara APC Exco: Court restrains Oshiomhole, NWC, Bolarinwa, others

Ihesiulo Grace 2 August 2018 0

An Ilorin high Court yesterday restrained members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) or any person or officers of the party from dissolving or taking any action towards dissolving Kwara state executive committee of the party. The court granted the application after hearing the submission of Abdulwahab Bamidele, counsel […]