Ilorin elders decry rise in cultism
Some elders from the Ilorin Emirate have decried the rising incidents of cultism and anti-social activities amongst youths in Ilorin and its environs.
There are five local government areas that make up the emirate.
The councils include Ilorin West, Ilorin South, Ilorin East, Moro and Asa...
Emir tasks Peace Corps on security
The Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari on Saturday called on the Nigeria Peace Corps to be vanguard of peaceful co-existence for more development to be attained in the country.
The monarch made the call in his message at the presentation of the award of...
Kwara loses former Speaker, Sadik Ismaila
September 16, 2017
A former Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Mr. Sadik Ismaila, is dead. He died in the early hours of Friday during a brief illness.
Ismaila, who occupied the position between October and December 31, 1983, was elected on the platform...
Police arrest 9 secondary school students for celebrating India hemp festival in Kwara
About nine persons, mostly secondary school boys, have been arrested for organizing India hemp festival in Kwara State.
The arrested persons were of “secondary school age.”
According to the Sun, police of the Adewole Divisional station, said the culprits...
Moro communities decry marginalisation
Indigenes and communities in Moro Local Government Areas of Kwara State under the aegis of Moro Concerned Elders Movement (MCEM) have appealed to the state government to operate a uniform law that will treat and see Moro people as part and parcel of the state, in...
The Emir of Ilorin and Chairman, Kwara State Traditional Council of Chiefs, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, has absolved Fulani herdsmen of responsibility for all the atrocities committed across the country, describing them as peaceful, lovable and honest in their dealings with other tribes.
The monarch also urged Nigerians to ensure that...
16 June 2016
The Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has joined other indigenes of Ilorin Emirate to mourn the passage of the Balogun Fulani of Ilorin, Alhaji Mahmoud Durosinlohun Atiku who passed on early Tuesday morning in his residence at the age of 76.
In a statement issued on his...
Kwara state Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Hammed, Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu Gambari and Senate President, Bukola Saraki during Juma’at Service in Ilorin recently.
The Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, has described as sacrilegious the alleged misuse of titles by some traditional rulers in the state.
According to Mallam Abdulazeez...
In Kwara Ilorin Emirate Union raises N20m Education Endowment Fund
The Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU) has 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...
With the wind of Change in Nigeria’s politics and hyped slogan for Change, members of a socio-cultural organisation, Third-Estate Ilorin Emirate have chosen to renew the tenure of their Executive Officer (EXCO) to continue in office for another two years.
At their Annual General Meeting of the association on April...
The Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU) has frown at the increasing activities of cultists within the metropolis.
In a press release signed by the National President of the union, Alhaji AbdulHamid Adi, and made available to The Herald, the Union observed that “the report of recent killings and maiming...
As next year’s general elections draw near, politicians have been urged to eschew politics of bitterness and campaign of calumny at all times.
A statement issued by the publicity secretary of a socio-cultural group, the Third-Estate, Yushau Abdulhameed Agaka, said its president, Dr. Yusuf Lawal, made the call at Annual...
The Governor of Kwara state, Abdulfatah Ahmed says his administration is committed to the security of lives and property of the people of the state.
He gave the assurance at the annual dinner of Third Estate held at the Banquet Hall of Kwara Hotels, Ilorin.
Governor Ahmed, who was represented by...
Eminent Islamic scholar and Mufti of Ilorin, Sheikh Sofiyullahi Kamaldeen Habibulahi Al Adaby is dead. He died at his residence in Ilorin on Monday.
Sheikh Soffiyyullah was born in June 18, 1926 at Ile Ara-Agbaji, Okekere, Ilorin. He was a former Area Court judge and an erudite Islamic scholar who...
Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, famed for its rich Islamic cultural heritage, again ended this year’s Ramadan fast and celebrations in style, as it sues for unity among sons and daughters of the Emirate, reports Weekly Trust.
Ilorin, the capital of Kwara state, is predominantly an Islamic town in north...
Members of the Kwara State legislature have expressed support for the government's intention to regulate rents in the state.
The state government had forwarded a bill, 'Rent control and recovery of premises,' which aims, among other things, to regulate rent in the state, to the house of assembly.
Leading other members...
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Abdulganiyu Ambali, on Monday, said the Federal Government had mandated the university to help salvage the country’s educational downturn.
Ambali said this in Ilorin during a press briefing to mark the 29th convocation ceremonies of the university.
The Vice Chancellor said that...
A new Provost has been appointed for Kwara State College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies (CAILS), Ilorin. He is Dr. Musa Alabi Abdullahi.
Dr. Abdullahi succeeded Dr. Abdus-Samii Imam Arikewuyo whose tenure has just expired. Prior to the appointment of Dr. Abdullahi, the Deputy Provost Academic Dr: �Yaqub Abdullahi...
Secretary to the Government of Kwara State, Alhaji Isiaka Gold has said he would not be in government and watch while authorities take actions and decisions that could hurt the Ilorin Emirate and its environs.
Speaking against the backdrop of government land policy which has generated so much hoopla in...
Belgore warns judiciary against political dictatorship
By Biodun Oyeleye
A former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Alfa Belgore has warned the judiciary to avert political dictatorship.
He said this would preserve what citizens have continually hoped for in the greatness of the nation.
"Nigeria is very big, very few countries in the world...
Third-Estate Calls on FCC to Ensure Equitable Facility Distribution
A socio-cultural organisation, Third Estate Forum has called on the Chairman of the Federal Character Commission (FCC), Professor Shuaib Oba Abdulraheem to commence the planned monitoring and enforcing equitable distribution of infrastructural facilities across states of the federation in line with...
The Vice Chancellor of University of Ilorin, Professor AbdulGaniyu Ambali has promised to sustain the academic standard and smooth academic calendar the university is reputed for, through concerted efforts and collaboration with the academic community including lecturers, non-academic staff, students as well as the Ilorin Community.
Prof. Amballi who made...
The Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Zulu Gambari has admonished Muslim faithful to desist from acts capable of disrupting the prevailing peace and harmony in the state.
The Emir made the appeal while addressing some groups of Muslim associations who paid him a courtesy call in his palace in Ilorin.
In...
The University of Ilorin has appointed a new Bursar. He is Mr. Abiodun Saka Yusuf, who until his appointment was the Managing Director of Splendid Microfinance Bank Limited, Abuja. He takes over from the former Bursar, Mr. Ayo Sijuwola, who completed his tour of duties in August.
A press statement...
The Ilorin Emirate Council has begun moves to broker peace between former Governor Bukola Saraki and the chairman of Federal Character Commission (FCC), Professor Shuaib Abdulraheem, investigations by Daily Trust have shown.
There has been no love lost between the two with Saraki who represents Kwara Central in the Senate...
Third Estate Group, a non-governmental organization, has generated N6 million to rehabilitate primary schools in Ilorin emirate, Kwara State.
The contribution was made at the group's annual general meeting where new executive members were also elected for the next two years, a statement by the group's publicity secretary Yusha'u Abdulhameed...
The Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU), a socio-cultural organisation, has demanded the abrogation of the Kwara State Legal Notice No 17 of 2009, which declares Ilorin and the Ilorin Emirate an urban area.
IEDPU stated this in Ilorin, the state capital, at a public hearing in the House of...
Contrary to the initial belief that a member of the Kwara State chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Dr Abdulkareem Tunde Abdulrahman, was missing, the medical officer was allegedly clubbed to death in his father’s residence in Ilorin.
The victim, it was learnt at the weekend, was killed around...