The University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, has been ranked Nigeria’s leading health institution in the 2026 SCImago Institutions Rankings, placing 7,051st worldwide and in the first quartile of the global health-sector table. The Spanish-based ranking scored institutions on 20 indicators across three weighted dimensions: research performance (50%), innovation output...
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Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Arc Sonny Echono, has urged Nigerians to embrace integrity, courage, compassion and dedication to public service, saying the country needs more citizens who are willing to put national interest above personal considerations. Echono made the call in Ilorin on Monday,...
As part of ongoing efforts to implement the strategic policing vision of the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Olatunji Rilwan Disu, geared towards intelligence-led crime fighting and the dismantling of criminal networks, the Kwara State Police Command has recorded another significant breakthrough through the operations of the Violent Crime Response...
Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court, Ilorin, on Wednesday, June 17, 2026, adjourned proceedings in the ongoing trial of former Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, and his Finance Commissioner, Ademola Banu, to July 27, 2026, for the continuation of the cross-examination of the sixth prosecution witness,...
Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, on Thursday, 28 May 2026, charged troops of Joint Task Force North Central (JTF-NC) Operation SAVANNAH SHIELD (OPSS) to intensify ongoing operations aimed at decisively routing kidnappers, bandits, and other criminal elements threatening peace and security within the Joint Operations...
Nigeria Police Force, through the Force Intelligence Department Special Tactical Squad (FID-STS), has recorded a major breakthrough with the arrest of two (2) suspects involved in the large-scale vandalisation of critical national infrastructure and the recovery of railway materials valued at over Four Hundred Million Naira (₦400,000,000). The Force...
The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the EFCC has arrested a company representative, Kofoworola Motunrayo Kolawole, over an alleged fraud to the tune of N993,247,796.70 (Nine Hundred and Ninety-Three Million, Two Hundred and Forty-Seven Thousand, Seven Hundred and Ninety-Six Naira, Seventy Kobo). The arrest of Kolawole, 37, was sequel to...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has dismissed claims linking its recent operation in Ilorin, Kwara State, to protests by students of Kwara State Polytechnic, describing such reports as misleading and a misrepresentation of facts. Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the EFCC carried out a sting operation...
The PRNigeria Young Communication Fellowship has concluded its latest training programme with the induction of new fellows in Ilorin, Kwara State, despite facing severe security challenges that tested the organisation’s resilience and commitment to youth empowerment. The event, held at the PRNigeria Centre, was overshadowed by the kidnapping of...
I was a year ahead of Temidayo Morgan Omodu at the University of Ilorin. We were from separate departments: Morgan, Mathematics Education, and I, Statistics, in the Faculty of Science. Prior to our meeting, I had been invited by Bashir Tayo Lawal, then President of the National Association of...
Ibrahim Nassar, a Lebanese expatriate worker with Phoenix Import and Export Limited in Kwara State, has gone to the Federal High Court, Ilorin Division,seeking an order compelling the Nigerian Army to release him immediately from his four-month detention without trial. In a suit filed on his behalf by his...
A dramatic scene unfolded at an Ilorin Area Court when ex-convict Segun Samuel attempted to escape from custody. Samuel, who had multiple cases pending against him, cunningly removed his leg chains with a broom stick and scaled the court fence. According to ASP Samuel Mayowa, the Prosecution Counsel, Samuel...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – Kwara State Police has detained singer Habeeb Badmus, popularly known as Portable over alleged defamation and threat to life. The command’s spokesperson, SP Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, confirmed this in a statement issued on Monday in Ilorin. ”The suspect was arrested following a petition received from...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 37 suspected internet fraudsters at different locations in Ilorin, Kwara. The commission’s spokesman, Dele Oyewale, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. According to him, 15 of them were arrested in Tanke Oke-Odo area of...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – Justices Haleema Saleeman and Mahmud Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court, sitting in Ilorin have convicted and sentenced six persons to jail for fraud. The convicts are: Akingbehin Temitope Oluwaseyi, Ajayi Elijah Olaoluwa, Samsom Babatunde Ilesanmi, Quadri Olamilekan Lamidi, Kolawole Kehinde Moses and...
The Kwara Command of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Monday in Ilorin said it has recovered a 19-year-old student, Fauziya Muhammed who was dumped by suspected ritualists. The Kwara NSCDC Commandant, Umar Mohammed, told newsmen on Monday that the student of Kogi State University in Ayingba...
An Area Court sitting in Centre-Igboro, Ilorin on Thursday dissolved the Islamic marriage between Ajisegiri Balikis and Saadu Jimoh over unmatched genotype. The presiding Judge, Hammad Ajumonbi while delivering ruling, said since both parties had agreed that they were no longer in love with each other, there will be...
A female housemaid negligently set a four-bedroom flat of her employer on fire on Thursday in Ilorin. The incident was confirmed by a statement issued by Hassan Adekunle, Head of the Department of Media and Publicity, Kwara Fire Service. Adekunle said the maid was trying to light the...
The Alternative Bank, Nigeria’s leading non-interest financial institution, is set to reshape the banking landscape with its upcoming Customer Forum in Ilorin, Kwara State, themed “Bank Different.” This event follows the success of previous forums in Abuja and Kaduna, where the bank engaged in direct dialogue with customers, collating...
Web:: https://yashuaib.com/2024/07/ilorin-princess-kano-queen/ _*Part 1: Politicising Emirate of Kano*_ Recently, there were rumours that some individuals and groups had been hired to tarnish the reputation of the late Emir of Kano, Ado Bayero, and his family, especially his wife, Nana Maryam from Ilorin, who shared his life for 54 years...