32 Years After, Banbagida Accepts Abiola as June 12 1993 Presidential Winner
"June 12 happened under my watch, mistakes, oversights and missteps happened in quick succession"...IBB By Ayinde Muhammed Former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida has admitted that the late Chief MKO Abiola won the June 12, 1993, presidential election Babangida who made the revelation in his autobiography, ‘A Journey in Service,’ which was unveiled in Abuja on Thursday described its annulment as...
46th Media Parliament: Kwara NUJ to feature NOA Director General
The Kwara State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) is to host the Director General, National Orientation Agency (NOA), Mallam 'Lanre Issa-Onilu, at its 46th Media Parliament. The media parliament with the theme "Can Citizens Still Be Hopeful In A Renewed Hope ERA" will hold tomorrow (Thursday) at NUJ Press Centre, Offa Road, GRA, Ilorin at 11am prompt. In...
Centre Partners NUJ to curb proliferation of unauthorised firearms, light weapons
The National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW) has called on Nigerian journalists to raise awareness about the dangers of the proliferation of illicit firearms and light weapons, which have contributed to widespread insecurity and socioeconomic disruptions across the country. The North Central Zonal Coordinator of the Centre, Retired Major General Hamzat Bature, made this...
NCS confiscates petrol worth millions of Naira in Kwara
... Says no safe haven for smugglers By Janet Bogunjoko The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Kwara State Command, has seized Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) worth over N20,000,000 at a strategic border in Kwara State. The Comptroller General of the NCS, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, confirmed that this was facilitied by tactical efforts launched by the customs service to tackle diversion of petroleum products...
Court reinstates Omoaje as Action Alliance national chairman
....Orders INEC to recognize him The Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, the Osun State capital on Monday reinstated Hon Adekunle Rufai Omoaje as the National chairman of the Action Alliance (AA) and ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to give him the proper recognition he deserves as the party's national chairman. Besides, the court ordered INEC to reinstate all...
Misinformation and Mayhem: The Real Story Behind The Hafsot Murder
By Isiaka Babatunde The gruesome killing of the late Miss Hafsot Yetunde Lawal by AbdulRahman Muhammad Bello in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, on Tuesday, February 11, 2025, remains a topic of public discussion across Nigeria and beyond. To set the record straight, the suspect in question is not a cleric, contrary to widespread media reports. He is a student, not...
Ritual Killing in Ilorin: A Call For Synergy of Actions
By Abubakar Imam The recent killing of a young, beautiful, vibrant and promising final year student of Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin, Miss Hafsoh Yetunde Lawal, by a suspected criminal, who, unfortunately, is being described as an Islamic cleric, is a disappointing and heart-rending occurrence. It marks the lowest moment in our community as we are about entering the...
After Adekilekun’s Lecture, Amoloye-Adebayo Mounts the Podium as Queen of Islamic Law
By Mubarak Oladosu A fortnight after the the Faculty of Law, University of Ilorin, captured the imagination of lovers of knowledge and elocution with the two hundred and seventy-third Inaugural Lecture delivered by the distinguished Professor of Business Law; Mubarak Tijani Adekilekun, who espoused his contributions as an academic at the zenith of the academic ladder in a Lecture entitled,...
Grant NUC Control Over University Budget- Prof Oloyede
By Ayinde Muhammed The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Is'haq Oloyede, has called on the Federal Government to grant the National Universities Commission (NUC) full control over the budgets of public universities in Nigeria. Professor Oloyede made this call on a Sunday program on Channels Television, "Insiders Sources", argued that such a move would enhance...
Yakubu Garba Gobir: The New Sarkin Gobir and History
By Abubakar Imam Last Tuesday (February 4, 2025), the Emir of Ilorin and Chairman, Kwara State Council of Chiefs, His Royal Highesss, Alhaji (Dr) Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, CFR; through his hardworking Spokesman and Shettima of Okuta, Mallam AbdulAzeez Arowona, announced the appointment of one of the community's high-flying frontliners, Alhaji Yakubu Garba Gobir, as the new Sarkin Gobir of Ilorin. This appointment...
