Sports

10,000 athletes, officials, students to take part in 2018 NIPOGA games

Ihesiulo Grace 25 July 2018 0

No fewer than 4000 athletes and officials excluding 6000 supporters club (students) from 41 Federal, States and State Polytechnics in Nigeria will take part in the 2018 Nigerian Polytechnic Games (NIPOGA) in Ilorin. The Rector of the Kwara State Polytechnic, Alhaji Masud Elelu, the host

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S’Court acquittal: Emir names Saraki 4th Waziri Garin of Ilorin

Ihesiulo Grace 23 July 2018 0

The Emir of Ilorin and chairman, Kwara State Traditional Rulers Council, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu – Gambari, on Sunday, elevated the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, to the position of Waziri Garin of Ilorin, the traditional Prime Minister of the emirate. The elevation which came as a surprise package to the Senate President was announced […]

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Kwara Govt targets 105, 000 houses in Ilorin under water reticulation project

Ihesiulo Grace 15 July 2018 0

Kwara State Government has said that about 105, 000 houses in Ilorin will be connection with pipe water as soon as the tertiary water reticulation is completed. The Consultant of the Water Reticulation project, Prof. Suleiman Adeyemi, made this known at the weekend in Ilorin while briefing journalists on the status report of the project. […]

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Fulfil your promise to voters, cleric cautions politicians

Ihesiulo Grace 11 July 2018 0

Nigerian leaders, particularly politicians have been urged to make the wellbeing of citizens, their priority which is the covenant between them and the people through votes. An Islamic cleric, Khalifa Baba N’Fagba who made the call in Ilorin, Kwara State said the harsh economic situation taking too much toll on the masses is simply an […]

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Saraki provides succour for flood victims

Ihesiulo Grace 20 June 2018 0

The Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki has provided temporary accommodation for the victims of Monday’s devastating flooding in some parts of Ilorin, the Kwara state capital. The Senate President’s interventions which commenced immediately after the heavy downpour on Monday night included the provision of food and other relief materials to hundreds of displaced

Crime

Five docked for possessing human parts

Ihesiulo Grace 19 June 2018 0

Five persons accused of being in possession of human parts were on Tuesday granted bail of N200,000 each at an Ilorin Magistrates’ Court. The accused persons are Olarenwaju Adewoye, Oluwasegun Raphael, Oluwasegun Joseph, Fatoyinbo Augustine and Kunle Ajamu, all residents of Idofin Aiyekale in Oke-Ero Local Government Area of Kwara. Chief Magistrate Bio Salihu, who […]

Health News

Hypertension Society conducts free blood pressure check

Ihesiulo Grace 18 May 2018 0

Nigerian Hypertension Society (NHS) has declared a Free Blood Pressure Checks (FBPC) for all Nigerian citizens throughout the month of May 2018 in commemoration of this year’s celebrations of World Hypertension Day (WHD). While, all governmental owned hospitals may have been mobilised just as volunteers would be going round the states of the federation to […]

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Don’t link me nor Saraki with suspected cultists – Gov Ahmed

Ihesiulo Grace 18 May 2018 0

Governor of Kwara State, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has denied as false and misleading, insinuations linking him and Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki with the suspected cultists arrested in Ilorin, the state capital and transferred by the Nigeria Police to Abuja. Governor Ahmed, in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Communications, […]

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IGP Idris wants to implicate me, Saraki cries out

Ihesiulo Grace 17 May 2018 0

…10 man committee to meet Buhari …IGP faults Saraki’s claim The Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday, raised the alarm over what he called plot by the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris to implicate him in a criminal matter involving arrested cultists in Ilorin, Kwara State. He notified his colleagues at plenary on […]

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Kwara expresses concern over transfer of suspected cultists to Abuja

Ihesiulo Grace 16 May 2018 0

The Kwara State Government has expressed concern about the way and manner four suspected cult members were transferred from the state police command to Abuja. Speaking to newsmen at the end of an emergency Security Council meeting at Government House, Ilorin, the Director of Public Persecution (DPP), Mr. Jimoh Adebimpe Mumini said the offences are […]

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Gov Ahmed submits 19 names as commissioners

Ihesiulo Grace 9 May 2018 0

Deputy Speaker of Kwara State House of Assembly, Mathew Okedare, Tuesday in Ilorin disclosed that Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed has submitted the list of 19 commissioner-nominees to the House for screening and confirmation. Okedare, made this known while reading the Governor’s message dated May 8 addressed to the speaker, Ali Ahmad, at plenary. According to the […]

Education News

Sen Wamakko joins Al-Hikmah University Board

Ihesiulo Grace 2 May 2018 0

Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin in Kwara State, has appointed Sen. Aliyu Wamakko as member of its Board of Trustees (BOT). This was contained in statement signed by Wamakko’s media aide, Malam Bashir Mani. The statement said that the four years appointment was conveyed in a letter to the senator signed by the Founder of the University, […]

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Gov Ahmed appoints special assistant on Fulani affairs

Ihesiulo Grace 25 April 2018 0

Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara state has appointed Abdul-Azeez Muhammad as his special assistant on Fulani affairs. Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Isiaka Gold made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Ilorin, the state capital. Muhammad is to represent Miyetti-Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), the umbrella body of herdsmen, in […]

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Rainstorm: Kwara Govt earmark N131m to renovate 17 schools

Ihesiulo Grace 24 April 2018 0

Kwara Government has earmarked N131million to renovate 17 schools affected by rainstorm across the state recently. Hajiya Maryam Garba, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development, who disclosed in Ilorin, the state capital during an interview journalists, said that Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed, has approved the immediate repair and

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We represent hope for Nigeria –Mass Action Joint Alliance

Ihesiulo Grace 19 April 2018 0

The Mass Action Joint Alliance (MAJA), on Thursday said that the party was formed to save Nigeria from maladministration of past leaders. Mrs. Chika Ugomba, the National chairman of the party said this in Ilorin while speaking with the party members during her two-day working visit to Kwara state. Ugomba, said that the party represented […]

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Residents hail Saraki, as construction works begin on Ilorin Federal Medical Centre

Ihesiulo Grace 16 April 2018 0

Construction Works have commenced on the Federal Medical Centre(FMC) sited in Ilorin, Kwara state. The gigantic project, it was learnt was facilitated by the Senate President Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki as part of his efforts to bring adequate health care delivery system to the door steps of the people of the state. The medical facility […]

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Saraki visits Ilorin fire victims, pledges assistance

Ihesiulo Grace 11 April 2018 0

The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, Tuesday, commiserated with the victims of fire disaster in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, whose residential family compound was completely razed by an early morning inferno. Fire had gutted about 42 rooms and 12 shops in the early hours of Monday at Olaoti Compound, Kankatu Area of Okelele in […]

Politics

APC faults Oyedepo’s claim on defection of APC members to PDP in Kwara

Ihesiulo Grace 20 March 2018 0

The Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State, Suleiman Buhari has said that no member of the party defected to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), at Alanamu ward in Ilorin West Local Government Area of the state. The Kwara State Chairman of the PDP, Iyiola Oyedepo, had during the visit […]

Law News

Paul Usoro SAN urges NBA to remain a ‘progressive force’ in Nigeria

Ihesiulo Grace 28 February 2018 0

Paul Usoro, SAN has urged the National Executive Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association to put the interest of the country’s lawyers and the national interest as the umbrella body of lawyers begin its first quarterly meeting in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital for the year. In a statement, he said the “importance and centrality […]

Crime News

Police arrest 10 over attack on worshippers in Ilorin

Ihesiulo Grace 1 January 2018 0

The relative peace being enjoyed in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital was punctured in the early hours of the New Year, when some hoodlums attacked worshippers on Ibrahim Taiwo Street. Eye witness said at about 2: 00 am, some youths who were prevented from staging their New Year carnival by the elders of the community […]