Ilorin Durbar: 500 horsemen assembled, Emir to lead AbdulRazaq, others in procession
As part of activities lined up for this year's Ilorin Emirate annual Grand Durbar, the Emir of Ilorin and Chairman, Kwara State Council of Chiefs, Dr Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari; is to lead the procession of over 500 horsemen round the designated areas within Ilorin metropolis. The grand durbar fiesta is slated for next week Tuesday, two days after Eid-el-Kabir festivities, at...
Alhaji Umar Adelodun: The Departure of an Elegant Galadima
By Abubakar Imam Yesterday, Wednesday, June 12, 2024, the frontier Emirate of Ilorin lost one of its prominent hereditary titleholders, the Galadima Ngari of Ilorin, Alhaji Umar Adelodun, to the cold hands of death. As not unexpected, his transition to the great beyond is being mourned by indigenes of Ilorin Emirate at home and in the diaspora. This did not...
IEDPU mourns Galadima Ngari, sympathises with Emir
The National President of Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU), Alhaji Abdulmumini Ayo Abdulmalik, has expressed profound sadness on the death of the Galadima Ngari of Ilorin, Alhaji Umar Adelodun. Alhaji Adelodun, the 11th occupant of the position, died yesterday at the age of 96. Alhaji Abdulmalik, in a statement signed on his behalf by the Union's Chief Spokesman, Mallam...
Kebbi Pilgrims Board begins arrangement on pilgrims’ airlift back to Nigeria
The Kebbi State Pilgrims Welfare Board has constituted an 11-man Transport Committee that will midwife the movement of its pilgrims back to Nigeria after the Hajj exercise. This was contained in a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to Kebbi State Governor, Ahmed Idris and made available to newsmen on Tuesday (June 11, 2024). An 11-man committee on...
Group tackles Ikirun Elders Forum over comments on Ikirun affairs
A group of Ikirun indigenes under the auspices of the Concerned Ikirun Indigenes has faulted claims by a faceless group, the Ikirun Elders Forum that thugs are being sponsored by some prominent indigenes of the town and that Oba Yinusa Akadiri is unfit for the stool of Akinrun of Ikirun, describing the allegations as baseless and unfounded. In a statement...
Kwara Gov, Minister, Don counsel youth on drug abuse, cultism
By Ayinde Muhammed The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has on Tuesday called on the Nigerian youth most especially students to shun drug abuse, cultism and other actions that can ruin their future. The Governor who was represented by the Commissioner of Tertiary Education, Dr Mary Arinde, made the call in Ilorin at the Stakeholders’ Dialogue on "Stemming...
BREAKING: Gov AbdulRazaq appoints Prof. Shaykh-Lukman as new KWASU VC
CoED Ilorin to host varsity of education, others to follow Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has named Prof. Shaykh-Lukman Alade Jimoh as the substantive Vice Chancellor of the Kwara State University (KWASU). The appointment follows the outcome of the screening exercise of the university’s governing council where Prof. Shaykh-Lukman placed first among the candidates. Shaykh-Lukman is currently the Ag. Vice Chancellor of...
RIFAN breaks silence over fertiliser distribution in Kwara
..says rice farmers in Edu LG receive 3,000 bags of fertilizer The Kwara State chapter of Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) has described as baseless and unfounded the allegation that the state government sidelined hundreds of rice farmers from Lafiagi, Edu Local Government Area of the state in the distribution of 3000 bags of fertilizer earmarked for rice farmers...
Saudi King honours 30 Nigerians as guests of the holy land
Thirty selected Nigerians who have distinguished themselves in their various chosen careers have been honoured as guests of King Salman bin AbdulAzeez Al Saud of Saudi Arabia for the ongoing 2024 Hajj exercise. Among the 30 Nigerians honoured with this rare privilege as special guests invited by the custodian of the two Holy Mosques, Nigerian Financial and Taxation Expert, who...
Two Kwara pilgrims die in Madina
Kwara State Muslim Pilgrims Board has announced the death of two of its pilgrims who passed on in Madina, Saudi Arabia. The deceased according to the board are Saliu Mohammed, who arrived with Batch 3 of the state contingent, died in an intensive care unit of a public hospital in Madina after brief illness while Hajia Hawawu Mohammed (Batch 9)...
