1,210 Indigent Kwara Students Get Saraki’s Free UTME Forms A total of 1,210 indigent students have benefited from the free Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) forms for this year’s Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination, distributed by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki. Besides, over 500 students from Ilorin Emirate also...
20 prominent Ilorin indigenes inducted into hall of fame The Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU) on Sunday inducted into its hall of fame 20 prominent indigenes and one non-indigene. Announcing the induction, the union’s President, Alhaji AbdulHamid Adi, said the inductees were honoured for their various contributions to the development...
Kwara generates N1.5bn monthly revenue, says Gov. Ahmed Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara says the state government now generates about N1.5billion monthly as internally generated revenue. Ahmed made this known while speaking at a function organised by members of the ‘Third Estate,’ in Ilorin on Tuesday. The governor said this was...
It was glamour last weekend when the Shehu Alimi Islamic Foundation (SAIF) under the auspices of the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Zulu Gambari, hosted participants of Kwara State in the just concluded National Qur’anic Recitation Competition. Weekly Trust reports. The frontage of the emir’s palace in Ilorin, the state...
In its efforts to effectively take care of the welfare of indigenes of Ilorin Emirate residing in all Western States of Nigeria, the Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU), Western Zone has concluded plan to launch N50million ultra-modern Secretariat in Lagos. The event will also be used to appreciate and...
At a time some states are still grappling with implementing the current national minimum wage, the Vice-President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Issa Aremu, has demanded for an upward review of the N18,000 minimum wage, arguing that it is no longer sustainable under the prevailing circumstances. According...
The Tunde Yusuf Foundation has called on qualified undergraduates to benefit from its scholarship award for the 2014/2015 academic session KWASU Post-UTME 2014, KWASU Post-UTME Result 2014, KWASU Admission List 2014, second batch This is to invite qualified KWASU students to apply for the Tunde Yusuf Foundation Scholarship for the 2014/2015...
About 214 students from Ilorin Emirate in Kwara State have been awarded bursary by the  National Secretariat of the Ilorin Emirate Descendant Progressive Union (IEDPU).   Speaking at the kick off of the distribution  of clearance for onward disbursement of cash to the beneficiaries at the IEDPU secretariat on Garin Alimi...
The Kwara State Government has called on organizations and private individuals to support government in providing adequate health care services to the citizens.   The State Commissioner for Health, Alhaji Ladi Hassan made the call yesterday in Ilorin, at the children’s specialist hospital, centre Igboro, while receiving hospital equipment donated by...
By Ahmed Lateef   An Ilorin Socio-Cultural Organization, Third Estate, has earmarked five million naira for the comprehensive renovation of five blocks of classrooms in School A and B of Oke-Aluko Primary School in Ilorin South Local Government Area of Kwara State.   The Chairman of the organization, Dr Yusuf Lawal, who gave...