2014-12-17

Photo News: Amed Swears-in New Chief Judge
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed (left) Congratulating the Chief Judge of Kwara State, Hon. Justice Sulym...

Press Release: Kwara APC berates Ajibola, says Gov. Ahmed has delivered economic freedom for Kwarans.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State has said the Executive Governor of Kwara State and its Governorship Candidate, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has delivered economic freedom and prosperity for the people of K...

Kwara Guber Primary: Ajibola's Fate Hangs In Balance
UMAR BAYO ABDULWAHAB retraces the outcome of the primaries that has now made Ajibola's fate confounding to political pundits. Following fresh controversies trailing the emergence of senator representing kwara...

Kwara PDP group backs Ajibola
A group within Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State under the aegis of the Freedom Group has thrown its weight behind the candidature of the party's governorship flag bearer in the state, Senator Simeon Ajibol...

PDP Mounts Pressure on Gbemisola Saraki to Pick Deputy Governorship Slot
The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the governorship candidate of the party, Senator Simeon Ajibola, may have commenced intensive pressures on the former senator representing Kwara Central Senatori...

Tension in Kwara PDP over Plan to Substitute Guber Candidate
Tension pervaded the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State on Monday over an alleged plan to substitute the name of the governorship candidate of the party in the just-concluded governorship primaries of the pa...

Kwara PDP Elders, Guber Aspirants Approve Primary Election Result
The Elders Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State and the governorship Aspirants who participated in last Friday governorship primary of the party have expressed confidence in the election that ...

Gov Ahmed presents 2015 Appropriation Bill today
Members of the Kwara State executive council nursing political ambition might bow out any moment from now to pursue their ambitions, just as the State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed will today present the 2015 app...

Kwara Express to get 45 new buses
The Infrastructure Bank has approved the request of the Kwara State Transport Corporation (Kwara Express) for additional 45 buses. The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Infrastructure Bank, Mr....

Kwara Gets New Chief Judge
Kwara State Governor AbdulFatah Ahmed on Tuesday swore in Justice Sulaiman Kawu as the new Chief Judge of the state. Performing the ceremony at the government house in Ilorin, Governor Ahmed charged the new c...

Kwara Sets Up Agency to Access CBN's MSME Fund
The Kwara State government has established micro-small and medium enterprises agency that would access N2 billion out of the N220 billion Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN's) micro, small and medium enterprises funds (MSME)...

Kwara To Establish IPP, SMEs Agency
The Kwara State government is to establish an Independent Power Project (IPP) next year in the north senatorial district of the state. The State Executive Council(SEC) also on Tuesday approved the establishme...

NFF orders Rancher Bees, Kwara United to replay on Friday
*Cautions Enyimba, others on continental championships THE Appeals Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has ruled that the outstanding game of the Nigeria National League season between Ranchers...

Ewa Asa 2014 celebrates Yoruba heritage
Pure indigenous Yoruba culture, arts and tradition were showcased and celebrated  at the 2014 Annual EWA ASA put in place to champion the advocacy for promotion and preservation of Yoruba culture. The trad...

2014-12-16

Kwara approves additional N40m for payment of LG pensioners
Kwara State government has approved additional N40 million for monthly payment of entitlements due to local government pensioners in the state. A release by the chairman, Local Government Staff Pension Board...

Civil War veteran, Alabi Isama, replies Obasanjo; says ex-president an 'incredible opportunist'
A Nigerian civil war veteran, Alabi Isama, has reacted to details published by former President Olusegun Obasanjo in his new book, lambasting Mr. Isama as a notorious figure who was fired from the army for being incomp...

Nigerian Women Asked To Push For More Political Positions
The wife of the Kwara State Governor, Mrs Omolewa Ahmed, has urged Nigerian women to partake in political activities in order to bring positive changes. Mrs Ahmed made the call at Afon, the headquarters of As...

Kwara Varsity Sets Up Committee For Study Of Nollywood
Prof. AbdulRasheed Na' Allah, Vice-Chancellor, Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, has inaugurated a committee to see to the establishment of the Centre for Nollywood Studies at the university. Na' Allah ...

Presidency Moves To Replace Ajibola As Kwara PDP Guber Candidate
The last may not have been heard about the gubernatorial ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State as the party's leaders met on Monday in Ilorin, the state capital amidst tight security to appraise t...

OPINION: Abubakar Olanrewaju Sulaiman: The Disaster of A Minister. By Abubakar Baba Sulaiman
I have read with dismay the news credited to the Minister of National Planning “promising” to “resign” his ministerial position for Ajibola should he (Ajibola) succumb to the pressure to concede hi...

Emir beefs-up security around Ilorin Central Mosque
The Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu Gambari has ordered the closure of five out of six gates entering into the Ilorin Central Mosque leaving Sheikh Alimi gate opened to Muslims faithful during Juma’at service...

Decrepit state of Kwara police barracks
The Nigeria Police Force over the years has undoubtedly been confronted with numerous challenges which had unequivocally affected the discharge of its responsibilities. Among the problems is non-availabili...

Shagaya, Ogundeji, Oyedepo take battle against Ajibola to Abuja
The last may not have been heard of the fresh crisis that is rocking the Kwara State chapter of the PDP following the last gubernatorial primary in the state as a religious angle has been introduced into the scenario,...

Kwara 2015 PDP Guber Primary: The full story... Aspirant pays N.25m, plus Plasma TV
Although the rescheduled gubernatorial primary of the Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been concluded, Simon Ajibola’s emergence was stoutly resisted by Hajia Muinat Shagaya, ...

Press Release: I do not support Mark's impeachment - Bukola Saraki
The attention of the office of Senator Bukola ?Saraki has been drawn to a publication made in some national dailies, especially Leadership Newspaper, Thisday Newspaper and The Nation Newspaper wherein it was stated tha...

Plot to sack David Mark thickens
Some Peoples Democratic Party senators who are behind the reported plot to impeach the Senate President, David Mark, met for several hours in Abuja on Monday to fine-tune their strategy. A Senator from the South- ...

2014-12-15

I'll free Kwara from bondage - Ajibola
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Kwara State, Senator Simeon Ajibola, has said that he was motivated to contest the election in order to free Kwara residents from bondage. Ajibola...

Oil workers begin strike
*Fuel scarcity looms The oil sector is set for a major disruption from today as senior and junior workers go on strike. The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSSAN)...

Gbemi Saraki, Jani Ibrahim concede defeat in Kwara PDP primaries
Two Kwara State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirants in last Friday's primaries, Senator Gbemisola Saraki and Jani Ibrahim, have congratulated the winner, Senator Simeon Ajibola. The party, l...

I'll floor Ajibola in Kwara, says Ahmed
Kwara State Governor AbdulFatah Ahmed has argued that the emergence of Senator Simeon Ajibola as the governorship candidate of the state's Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was not a challenge for his re-election bid....

Buhari Will End Corruption, Insurgency - Ahmed
The Kwara State governor, Alh. AbdulFatah Ahmed has said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari will end the growing incidents of corruption and insecurity in Nigeria ...

Aggrieved Party Members Reject Result Of Kwara PDP Governorship Primary
The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State after the conduct of a governorship election primary is far from being over. Days after the primary election was won by Mr Simon Ajibola, ...

Ajibola Promises New Glorious Dawn in Kwara
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State, Senator Simeon Sule Ajibola, has promised to work for a new glorious dawn for the people of the state. Ajibola in a statement o...

2014-12-14

The odds against SS Ajibola
After an initial deadlock, the governorship primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State was held last Thursday night with Senator Simeon Sule Ajibola emerging as the flag bearer of the party for the 2015 ...

Kwara Completes Over 900km Road Projects In 3 Years
The Kwara State government has in the past three and half years completed over 900 kilometers of road. The state commissioner for Works and Transport, Dr Abubakar Amuda Kannike disclosed this to LEADERSHIP Su...

Political Thugs On Rampage In Kwara
As the 2015 general elections draw nearer, the people of Kwara State have every cause to worry. This is not on account of Boko Haram insurgency, but about the dastardly activities of political thugs. It's on ...

Fresh controversy rocks Kwara PDP governorship primary
Fresh controversy broke out on Saturday following the outcome of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary in Kwara state as some aggrieved members of the party protested the candidature of Senator Simeon...

How Ajibola emerged Kwara PDP guber candidate... As battle for running mate begins
The emergence of the  Senator representing Kwara South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Sule Simon Ajibola, as governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2015 general elections ...

Gbemi donates N1m to victims of fire disaster in Kwara
A chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara, Sen. Gbemisola Saraki, on Sunday donated N1 million to the victims of Nov. 3 fire disaster in Bode Saadu in Moro Local Government area of the state. No ...