Role of copyright in education
If the recent submission of the former Vice Chancellor, University of Port Harcourt, Professor Joseph Ajienka, that the inability of Nigerian scholars to translate theory into practice is stifling the country’s universities’ to be ranked among leading tertiary institutions in the world is anything to go by, then the future of Nigeria’s education is bleak. Ajienka in his paper titled,...
UNILORIN VC , NALVEJ congratulate new Kwara NUJ chairman, other
Vice-chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Professor Sulyman Age Abdulkareem , has felicitated with the new chairman of the Kwara State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Umar Abdulwahab and members of the State Working Committee (SWC) of the Union. Abdulkareem described the emergence of the new council chairman as" well-deserved" given his antecedents of meritorious service to...
Guber race: Ahmed Mustapha Akanbi’s plans for Kwara will amaze you
Ahmed Mustapha Akanbi has responded to the clarion call to serve his home state, Kwara, in the capacity of state governor come 2019 governorship election in the state. Ahmed Akanbi is reputed to be vibrant, eloquent and young celebrated legal practitioner with an impressively rising profile. Ahmed is a biological son of the Ghana born famous Nigerian who was an anti-graft...
Emirate Durbar: Saliu Mustapha donates two horses to the Emir
As part of his contributions to the success of the forthcoming Ilorin Emirate Durbar celebration, the founder of a Non Governmental Organization, Saliu Mustapha Foundation, Mallam Saliu Mustapha has donated two horses to the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu Gambari. Mallam Mustapha said the gesture was part of his token to the success of the ethno religious festival which...
Emir of Ilorin confers Saraki with Waziri of Ilorin
The Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu Gambari has conferred the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki with the traditional tittle of 'Waziri of Ilorin'. The position of Waziri had been vacant since seven years ago after the demise of late Abubakar Olusola Saraki, the third Waziri of Ilorin who died in November, 2012. With this elevation of the Senate President to...
Kwara guber race: Over 1,000 Emirate youth drum support for Yaman Abdullahi
A coalition of youth numbering in thousands drawn across five local government areas of Ilorin Emirate have drummed their support for the candidacy of Alhaji Shuaib Yaman Abdullahi for the Kwara state governorship seat come 2019 general elections. The youth, under the umbrella "Emirate Youth For Yaman (EYFY), has expressed their unalloyed support for Alhaji Shuaib Yaman Abdullahi to have...
Willow Empowerment Trains kwaran farmers on usefulness of organic fertilizer
Local farmers in Kwara state have been enjoined to embrace use of organic fertilizer on their farms to ensure production of healthy agricultural produce and consumption. Speaking at a workshop organised by an agricultural based NGO, Willow Empowerment for Grass roots Development Initiatives, in Ilorin on Tuesday (January 10, 2018) an agric expert and practitioner, Mrs. Olubunmi Adekanye, disclosed that...
Sixty schools to participate in Maths/English competition in kwara
The Saliu Mustapha Foundation has concluded arrangements to commence inter Secondary Schools Mathematics and English Competitions in Kwara state. The competition which is designed to have 60 participants across the three senatorial districts of the state will kick off on July 21st, 2018. Addressing the press on Thursday (July 12, 2018) in Ilorin during a press briefing to unfold the commencement...
Kwara Speaker congratulates new NUJ executives
Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Dr. Ali Ahmad has congratulated the newly elected Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Kwara State Council, Mallam Umar Abdulwahab and his team on their victories, charging them to strive towards sustenance and improvement of their predecessors' legacies. Ahmad, in a congratulatory message issued by his Special Assistant on Media, Shuaib...
Professor Shehu Jimoh: His memory still lingers even after a decade of glorious exit
TRIBUTE Professor Shehu Jimoh (OON) (February 28, 1944- 19TH May, 2014 Professor Shehu Jimoh was undoubtedly a foremost educationist and outstanding scholar, with vast experience. He taught in Secondary Schools, Colleges of Education and Universities. He made several contributions in developing fellow humans. He was indeed a national asset! Professor Shehu A. Jimoh obtained BA Hons (1976) from ABU Zaria; PDGE...
