2025

Higher pass rate recorded as Kwara releases 2025 BECE result ▪︎ enrolment has risen by 27% under Gov Abdulrazaq: Olohungbebe Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin The Kwara State Government has released the results for the 2025 BECE, with pass rates in core subjects like Mathematics and English surging by many points among the students. According to…

  The Commonwealth Scholars and Fellows Alumni Association of Nigeria (COSFAN) President Dr Ekundayo Samuel, has urged Nigerians to unite for change, emphasising that “the time to act is now.” Samuel made the call in an interview with our Reporter on Monday He emphasised that while the current government may have introduced commendable policies, their…

  For decades, the Nigerian university system was the envy of Africa, producing world-class graduates, groundbreaking research, and intellectual leaders who shaped the nation and the continent. Today, that ivory tower is showing alarming cracks, and at the heart of this structural weakness is a deeply demoralised and undervalued academic workforce. The conversation around educational…

ILD: Senator Mustapha seeks increased investments in education Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin Senator Saliu Mustapha, representing Kwara Central in the National Assembly, has advocated increased investment in Nigeria’s education sector in order to enhance literacy across the country. In a statement on Monday in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, to mark the 2025 International Literacy…

UNGA: Prof. Gambari billed for high-level engagements Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin Nigeria’s esteemed diplomat and scholar, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, is billed for series of high-profile engagements at the upcoming 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, cementing Nigeria’s pivotal role in continental and global affairs. This development comes fresh from…

  The calls for Engr. Edward Olatunji Femi Meseko, to join the House of Representative race for Yagba Federal Constituency seems to be gaining momentum as many are already calling on him and seeing him as the potential APC candidate for the House of Representatives in the 2027 elections. The call for Engr. Edward Olatunji…

  The former member of Kogi State House of Assembly representing Ogori-Magongo Hon. Gabriel Daudu has defected from the ruling APC to PDP with thousands of his supporters, assuring that his new party will win all elections in the local government area. Hon. Daudu gave the assurance over the weekend when he led his political…

Cleric lifts 150 tertiary students with N50,000 each in Kwara Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin The General Overseer of the House of Prayer Assembly, Basilica, Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, Pastor Joseph Omorinoye, has donated cash gifts of N50,000 each to no fewer than 150 students present in the church service on Sunday. Omorinoye, who during…

Over 100,000 Kwarans in health insurance scheme net: Dr. Jetawo-Winter Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin The Executive Secretary of the Kwara State Health Insurance Agency (KW-HIA), Dr. Olubunmi Jetawo-Winter, has disclosed that the agency has so far registered over 100,000 residents in the state’s health insurance scheme. According to her, the beneficiaries of the scheme cut…

  In a sustained effort to rid Kogi State of banditry and other contemporary security challenges while restoring peace in troubled communities, troops of 12 Brigade Nigerian Army have continued to record significant gains in the ongoing Operation EGWUA A TITE II in Kogi State. The operation which commenced on 1 September 2025 has already…