Politics
Gov Abdulrasaq declares 24-hour curfew in Ilorin metropolis
By: Nafiu Toyin Abdulqadri Following the breakdown of law and order by hoodlums in Ilorin, Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq has declared a 24 – hour curfew…
#EndSARS protesters misconstrued our prompt response as weakness — Buhari
By Shola Abayomi. President Muhammadu Buhari tonight address Nigerians, speaking about the #EndSARS protest and the aftermath. In the 10 minutes broadcast, the President said…
Kwara monarchs receive briefing from Gov. Abdulrazaq, reiterate support
By Nafiu Toyin Abdulqadri. The Kwara State Governor, Mallam Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq Monday briefed first class traditional rulers in the State on a number of issues,…
Katsina women protest, call Buhari ‘modern pharaoh’
By Umar Salam. Some group of women, allegedly from Katsina, the home country of President Muhammadu Buhari were said to have embarked on protest to…
Entertainment
‘Strip K1 of Mayegun title’ — FIBAN pleads with Alaafin over alleged assault on member
Broadcasters under the aegis of Freelance and Independent Broadcasters Association of Nigeria, on Friday, berated a popular Fuji musician, Wasiu Ayinde, popularly called KWAM 1,…
Davido signs ex-unilorin student, Liya, as first female artist on DMW
By David Olalekan. David Adeleke, popularly by his stage name, Davido, has reportedly signed an ex-student of the University of Ilorin as the first female…
26-yr-old Laycon wins Big Brother Naija season 5 reality TV show — See prizes, voting patterns
By David Olalekan. 26-yr old Olamilekan Agbelese, popularly known as Laycon, has emerged winner of the Big Brother Naija season 5 reality TV show after…
BBNaija 2020: ‘N85m prize money will go to charity if my son wins,’ Kiddwaya’s billionaire father says
By David Olalekan. Terry Waya, father of Big Brother Naija lockdown housemate, Kiddwaya, has said his son does not need the N85m prize money. The…
Tweeter users roast Dele Momodu for campaigning for Big Brother housemate, Kiddwaya
By David Olalekan. Bashorun Dele Momodu, celebrated journalist and publisher of Ovation Magazine was on the line of fire on the popular micro blogging site,…
Business View More
‘We’re building Innovation Centre in Kwara Hotel’ — Harmony Holdings clarifies, says a new mosque underway
By Balkis Tijani. Harmony Holdings Ltd, the investment company belonging to Kwara State government yesterday, through its Corporate Affairs Department, clarified that the site for…
BREAKING: Application for Nigerian Youth Investment Fund Begins
By Shola Abayomi. The Federal Government of Nigeria has released the link for application to access the Nigerian Youth Investment Fund (NYIF) aimed at supporting…
Lai Mohammed: There’ll be reduced fuel price when Dangote refinery, others begin operation
By David Olalekan. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says the price of petroleum products in Nigeria will reduce when Aliko Dangote’s refinery…
Buhari proposes scrap of NNPC in new bill to National Assembly
By Shola Abayomi. President Muhammadu Buhari has transmitted the Petroleum Industry Bill 2020 to the National Assembly and has proposed the creation of the Nigerian…
FG warns civil servants as labour unions continue preparations for Monday protest
By Shola Abayomi. The Federal Government has issued a circular warning all public servants from joining the planned labour strike. Signed by the Head of…
Kwara ‘sunset workers’ appeal to govt over salary stoppage
By Nafiu Toyin Abdulqadri. Some of the workers engaged towards the end of the administration of Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, popularly referred to as ‘sunset workers,’…
Kwara-based digital firm launches program for Kids
By Rodiat Jokodolu. Digprom, a leading tech company in Nigeria has launched its KidsTech 2.0 training program. KidsTech is a coding and digital-oriented program designed…
EXCLUSIVE: KWSG asks Kwara hotel staff to vacate the portions allegedly earmark for sale
By Balkis Tijani. INSIDER had earlier reported an alleged plan by the Kwara State government to sell off a part of Kwara hotels. At the…
BREAKING: Adesina re-elected as AfDB President
By Shola Abayomi. Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina has been re-elected as the President of the Africa Development Bank. Adesina was re-elected by the Board of Governors…
Editorial
Edo guber: Gov Obaseki’s commissioner resigns ahead of primary
By David Olalekan. Barely six weeks after the resignation of Taiwo Akerele as the Chief of Staff to Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, another…
2023: Presidency cabals move against Osinbajo
By Nimi Princewill. Speculations are brewing as Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s influence in the Presidency is reportedly being watered down by a widely believed presidential…
Sports
Kwara to name stadium after Rashidi Yekini
By Shola Abayomi. Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara has pledged to immortalise late Super Eagles legend, Rashidi Yekini, by naming the Kwara State Sports Stadium…
ABS FC seals partnership deal with Kanu International Football Academy
By Ibraheem Solahudeen. The Abubakar Bukola Saraki (ABS) Football Club yesterday in Lagos signed a historic and developmental partnership deal with Kanu International Football Academy.…
Sports Ministry visits Kwara, pledges monthly stipend for Yekini’s mum
By Kennedy Pwaspo. The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has promised to pay a monthly allowance to Alhaja Sikirat Yekini, mother of late…
Fans want NPFL scrapped as player slumps, dies during league match
By Kennedy Pwaspo. Reactions have continued to trail the death of Chineme Martins, a defender with Nasarawa United FC, who slumped on the pitch during…
Rohr names rejuvenated Iheanacho, Akpeyi in squad for S/Leone clash (Full list)
By Kennedy Pwaspo. Super Eagles Head Coach, Gernot Rohr has unveiled his 24-man squad ahead of the double header 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier…
Education
Bolaji Abdullahi honoured for his commitment to education, community devt
By Ibraheem Solahudeen. Former Minister of Youth and Sports, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi was yesterday, Tuesday, awarded a certificate of honour for his dedication to educational…
Covid-19: NYSC Camps to reopen November 10
By Shola Abayomi. The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) camps across the country would be reopened on the 10th November, 2020. This was according to…
School Resumption: KWASU Organises Interactive Session with Neighboring Communities
By Ibraheem Solahudeen. The Centre for Community Development of the Kwara State University, Malete, yesterday undertook a sensitization programme in which selected stakeholders in communities…
‘Clearing the grass is only an inch step,’ Mount Carmel Old Students tell Abdulrasaq
By Ibraheem Solahudeen. The old boys of Mount Carmel College, Ilorin, (class of 2005) have commended the Kwara State governor, Mallam Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq for choosing…
World Teachers’ Day: A call for restructuring
By Waheed Shotonwa October 5 of every year marks a special day in the world and our development as human for the United Nations Organisation…
Special Reports
Ilorin residents storm Kwara warehouse, cart away stored palliatives
By Nafiu Toyin Abdulqadri. Thousands of people in Ilorin, mainly youths, today, Friday, stormed a warehouse where the Covid-19 palliatives were kept by the State…
‘NEPU blood in me triggered my reaction’ — Ganduje’s aide, Yakassai, apologizes for Twitter comment on Buhari
By Umar Salam. The suspended Special Adviser on media to the Kano State governor, Saliu Tanko Yakassai has apologized to President Muhammadu Buhari for his…
Knowcovid-19 Nigeria reports increase in gender-based violence — Lagos, Benue record highest cases
By Rodiat Jokodolu. Knowcovid-19 Nigeria, a group committed to tackling misinformation relating to Covid-19 and providing reliable updates about the pandemic, has released a report…
Poverty is worsening, we must implement stimulus package now, Osinbajo tells ministers at retreat
By Shola Abayomi. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has lamented that the poverty situation in the country, as well the economic distortions and hardship caused by…
Access Bank refunds Feb-April stamp duty charge to customers after backlash
By Shola Abayomi. Following severe backlash from a cross-section of Nigerians on social media, Access Bank has resolved to reverse the accumulated stamp duty charge…
Opinion
#ENDSARS: Release of Prisoners And Understanding the Sociology of Mass Anger
By Adeola Soetan. Honestly, I don’t know why many people, especially some hot and cold revolutionaries, are losing their sleep and threatening to withdraw their…
OPINION: The SARS In You And I
By Waheed Shotonwa When the youths of our dear country, Nigeria, took to the streets calling for an end to the brutality of the men…
Nigeria In a Nutshell — The Tale Of A Wicked Father
By Olumide Oyekunle. A father has 36 children and one adopted child making 37 in total. They are all grown ups, above 25 years of…
FEATURED: Police Reform — It Must Start With the Mind
— Bolaji Abdullahi Sometime in November 2002. It was a Saturday night. I just closed production and was returning home around 11pm. Just around Tin Can…
Bolaji Abdullahi Mentorship Programme (BAMP): My Experience
By Mutiat Mustapha. As every journey has a beginning, so also does my journey as one of Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi’s mentees. I had just finished…
My encounter with robbers on motorcycles in Kaduna
By Mohammed Abdullahi. The number of robberies committed in Kaduna using Okada, the local name for motorcycles, is steadily on the increase. The robberies have…
FEATURED: What Gov Abdulrazaq Thinks Kwara People Want
By Oluwasegun Adebisi. If there is anything Mallam Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has demonstrated in the close to two years that he has held sway as governor…
ISSUES: Is it appropriate to benchmark Nigeria’s petrol price against Saudi Arabia’s?
Ahmed Adamu, PhD President Muhammmadu Buhari, in his speech on the occasion of Nigeria’s 60th independence anniversary compared the country’s petrol price to other countries’…
FEATURED: Nigeria at 60 — Let the Youths lead this country to greatness
By Seun Awogbenle. When Nigeria’s founding fathers fought valiantly for our independence, their hope was that someday this nation will become a sovereign nation that…