Tag: Kwara State

Nigerian Student ‘Kills’ Friend over Missing Food Plates

Dawood Rabiu

Yakubu Ahmed, a student of Kinsey College of Education, Ilorin, Kwara State, has been arraigned before an Ilorin Magistrate’s court for allegedly causing the death of his friend. The accused and his late colleague, Faruq Ahmed, were said to have engaged in physical combat during which they used knives to inflict injuries on each other. The Police First Information Report (FIR) stated that the fight between the duo ensued as a result of missing food plates kept in the custody of the deceased. It was gathered that the accused and…

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Eyeball to eyeball: How AbdulRazaq, Saraki worshipped at same Eid ground

Aliyu Aliyu

How supporters of the two heavyweights in Kwara politics took politics to Eid   Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State; former Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki; and Senator Ibrahim Oloriegbe on Tuesday joined thousands of other Muslims who worshipped at the Eid praying ground in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. The three prominent citizens observed the two raka’ats prayer to commemorate this year’s Eid-el-Kabir. AbdulRazaq and Oloriegbe, who are in the same camp in the factionalised Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, are known political enemies of…

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Meet Prof Raheem Lawal, Erudite Scholar Who’ll be 1st VC in UNIOFFA History

Dawood Rabiu

  “Polished erudition, affectionate probity and infectious patriotism to his beloved Offa community to the fullest.” UNILORIN VC poured eulogies on Lawal, an ex-VC in the institution as he steers the wheels of the newly created University of Offa   A former Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), University of Ilorin, Prof. Raheem Lawal, has been appointed pioneer Vice-Chancellor of the newly-established University of Offa in Kwara State. According to a Unilorin Bulletin issued on Tuesday, the appointment of the academic and administrator was announced by the UniOffa in a statement. It noted…

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