2014-12-13

OPINION - Re: The death of freedom and the rebirth of servitude. By Iyanda Abdullahi
Below is a rejoinder to Kwara: The death of freedom and the rebirth of servitude. By Mahfouz Abdulsalam Well, the history will also remember you, Mahfouz Abdulsalam, for whatever ...

Kwara PDP Primary: Aggrieved PDP members protest Ajibola's win
Scores of people believed to be members of the Peoples Democratic Party in Kwara State, on Saturday protested over the emergence of  the Senator representing Kwara South, Mr. Simeon Ajibola, as the Kwa...

Jani Ibrahim pledges to work with SS Ajibola
A PDP governorship aspirant in Kwara, Mr Jani Ibrahim, has described Sen. Sule Ajibola’s victory in the primary election as a victory for democracy in the state. Ibrahim said this on Friday in a congrat...

2015 - Cleric Wants Adequate Security, Incentives, for Journalists
The Bishop of St. Paul Anglican Cathedral, Omu-Aran, Kwara, Rt. Rev. Philip Adeyemo, has called for adequate protection for journalists as the nation prepares for the 2015 general elections. Adeyemo told the ...

APC's presidential primary best in Nigeria's history - Saraki
The victory of General Muhammadu Buhari during the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential primary was a reflection of the unflinching and collective resolve of the party to rescue Nigeria from the abyss that ...

Kwara council pensioners want implementation of pay rise
Local government pensioners in Kwara State under the umbrella of Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) have urged the state government to implement their 2010 and 2011 pay rise. The pensioners also lamented the d...

Let's unite to win Kwara back - Minister
Minister of National Planning, Dr Abubakar Olanrewaju Sulaiman, has called on stakeholders within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State to remain a strong and united family ahead of the 2015 general electi...

Opinion: Personal qualities, By Is'haq Modibbo Kawu
And this explains why in many instances, we have become fixated at finding out who has won which nomination, because in the long run, it is the personal qualities of these individuals that speak for them. Let me illust...

2014-12-12

Press Release: Gen. Buhari is the Man, Let the Change Begin - Bukola Saraki
Some have described it as a watershed moment in our party democracy, others say it has raised the bar of internal democracy, transparency and fairness. What is not in doubt, is that the just concluded APC presiden...

Press Release: Kwara 2015: Kwara APC Congratulate Sen. Ajibola
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State has welcomed the emergence of Senator Simeon Ajibola as the governorship candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2015 general elections The APC said wi...

OPINION - Kwara: The death of freedom and the rebirth of servitude. By Mahfouz Abdulsalam
To hold a people in oppression, you have to convince them first that they are supposed to be oppressed - John Henrik Clarke. On Thursday, the 11th of December, 2014, Kwara State convinced the world that we are a ...

National Health Bill will address sector challenges - Ayinla
The National Health Bill signed into law by President Goodluck Jonathan, Monday, would address the challenges in the health sector if well implemented, Kwara State Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) Dr....

VC fears for extinction of Nigerian culture
Vice-Chancellor of the Kwara State University, Malete, Professor Abdulrasheed Na'Allah, yesterday warned that Nigerian culture and tradition may become extinct if efforts are not made to revive them. He speci...

Car crushes street sweeper to death in Kwara
One of the highway managers in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, was feared dead on Thursday, while four others sustained varying degrees of injuries after a Toyota Corolla car rammed into them at Agric Junction on Thur...

Kwara Agric Show Will Focus On Nation's Food Security
The Chairman Exhibition and Fairs Limited, Mr Bolaji Atunse, has said that the 6th Kwara National Agric. Show will focus on enhancing the nation's food security through commercial agricultural production. Atu...

Simeon Ajibola wins Kwara PDP Governorship Primaries
Senator Simeon Ajibola has won the Kwara State Peoples Democratic Party governorship primaries which was concluded in the early hours of Friday. He defeated eleven other aspirants. Below is the official result Se...

2014-12-11

Rescheduled Kwara PDP Guber Primaries Holds Thursday
The Peoples Democratic Party, Kwara State chapter is currently holding her rescheduled gubernatorial primaries at Arca Santa Event Centre, Ilorin. The party in a special announcement on her website said: "This is to ...

Why 12 Governors Endorsed Buhari Early
It has come to light that the reason for the early endorsement of the former Head of State by 12 governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was to try and create a bandwagon effect and to railroad most of the del...

Conduct fresh primary next Monday in Kwara - PDP Elders
Last Monday's primary election was marred by protests from members who complained of alleged planned imposition of Mr. Dele Belgore, who was said to have smuggled fake delegates that were neither on the list nor accred...

APC cautions opposition against heating polity in Kwara
Following political crisis and protest trailing the botched Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primaries in Kwara State, aggrieved governorship aspirants have been urged to toe the line of peace towards sustai...

Kwara community groans under water scarcity
Residents of Okuta in Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara State, on Tuesday, cried out for help over perennial water shortage in the border community. A cross-section of the people who spoke with the News ...

Kwara HOS tasks drivers on basic techniques of road usage.
Drivers in ministries, departments and agencies in the Kwara Civil Service have been charged to continually acquaint themselves with innovations and basic techniques of road usage, for effective service delivery and produ...

Cabals In Kwara Capitalising On Resilience Of Ilorin People - Suleiman
In this interview with UMAR BAYO ABDULWAHAB, Minister of National Planning and Deputy Chairman, National Planning Commission, Dr. Abubakar Olanrewaju Suleiman, bares his mind on the political and economic development o...

Kwara PDP Elders Forum warns against imposition.
The Elders Forum of the Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party on Wednesday urged the national leadership of the party to ensure that there was no imposition of a governorship candidate in the state. ...

Hakeem Lawal calls for fresh and transparent re-run primary in Kwara
A Governorship aspirant under the platform of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, in Kwara State, Alhaji Hakeem Oladimeji Lawal has called on the party leadership to be transparent in the conduct of the party’...

2014-12-10

Kwara PDP apologises for primary fracas
The Kwara State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has expressed regret to all the Gubernatorial Aspirants, Party delegates, and supporters of the party, for the inconvenience caused as a result of the aborted g...

Bukola Saraki, James Ibori, Kingibe, others framed Iyabo for corruption - Obasanjo
Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has alleged that a “cabal” surrounding late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua framed corruption charges against his daughter, Iyabo when she was a senator in order to get b...

Intrigues that stalled Kwara PDP guber primary
From the onset, the stalemate was anticipated. The horse-trading and political intrigues were unusual. The tension was high-pitched, but the process was terminated abruptly even before it started. This was the ...

Kwara CP bemoans rising crime rate
The Commissioner of Police in Kwara State, Mr Salihu Garba, has urged parents not to allow their wards to be used as thugs in the forthcoming 2015 elections. Garba said this in Kosubosu during a familiarisati...

Press Release: Saraki Appeals to UN for Climate change Funding
Senator Bukola Saraki,Chairman Senate Committee on Environment and Ecology has appealed to the United Nations Development Program for adequate funding to combat Climate Change in Nigeria especially as it relates to envi...

Text of a Press Conference by 11 PDP Gubernatorial Aspirants on the Botched Kwara State PDP Primary Election of Monday, 8th December, 2014.
Gentlemen of the Press, It has become most important and very necessary to address you gentlemen of the press as we journey towards democratic freedom in our dear state of harmony, Kwara state. We a...

Aspirants Seek Rerun After Crisis Mars Kwara PDP Governorship Primary
Aspirants in the Kwara State Peoples Democratic Party’s governorship primary election are demanding for a rerun after crisis erupted, disrupting the process and bringing it to an abrupt end. The aspiran...

11 PDP Kwara gov aspirants protest botched primary
Scores of aggrieved people and 11 governorship aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party in Kwara State on Tuesday stormed the secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists along Offa Road, Ilorin, the Kwara State capit...

Bees, Kwara Utd replay in doubt.
The match day 30 NNL encounter between hosts, Ranchers Bees and Kwara United which was ordered to be replayed by the NFF O&D on Tuesday has now been put on hold, supersport.com can report. The crucial clash wa...

I'm still the Kwara Central PDP Senatorial candidate - Yinka Aluko
The winner of the Kwara Central Senatorial primary and former Security Adviser to Governors Bukola Saraki and Abdulfatah Ahmed, Mallam Ahmed Yinka Aluko, has thanked delegates and the entire people of Kwara State for thei...