2014-11-05

Photo News: Governor Ahmed's Declaration
Governor Ahmed's Declaration Click to read his declaration speech here ...

Gov. Ahmed's 2nd Term Declaration Speech
Speech by His Excellency, The Executive Governor of Kwara State, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed during his declaration for second term in office in Ilorin on Wednesday, 5th November 2014 Courtesies I want to s...

Photo News: Abdulfatah Ahmed Declares for 2nd Term
Abdulfatah Ahmed Declares for 2nd Term at the Metropolitan Square, Ilorin ...

Epileptic power supply will vanish, if...- Gov Ahmed
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has said in Ilorin, that "unless electricity issue is fully unbundled, the problem of epileptic power supply will never vanish". The governor who made the observation ...

20 people, 50 buildings lost to tanker inferno in Kwara
NOT fewer than 20 persons, 50 buildings, cows and other property worth millions of naira were reportedly lost to inferno in Bode Saadu, a commercial transit town in Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State, on Monday ...

Supreme Court Dismisses LAK Jimoh's Appeal Against Saraki's Election
The Supreme Court yesterday dismissed an appeal filed by Alhaji L.A.K Jimoh challenging the nomination of the former Governor of Kwara Sate, Senator Bukola Saraki as the party's Kwara Central Senatorial district's cand...

Kwara CP, Dutch Firm, Sued Over Seizure Of Trucks
A Lagos-based Haulage company - Johnson Frontline Services Ltd - has instituted a suit against the Kwara Police Commissioner and a Netherlands agro company, Terratiga Ltd, over the seizure of its two trucks. ...

Crashed tanker inferno kills 20 in Kwara
No fewer than 20 people were feared dead while many others sustained serious injuries as a result of an inferno at Bode-Saadu, the headquarters of Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State on Tuesday. Though,...

As PDP tries to wrest Kwara Central from Saraki's grip
The rivalry between the APC and PDP in Kwara State has intensified the struggle for the Kwara Central senatorial seat currently occupied by former governor Bukola Saraki. Former Governor of Kwara State, Senat...

2015 election: Kwara needs proactive governor to change its fortune - Akeem Lawal
A governorship aspirant for Kwara, Mr Hakeem Lawal, has said that the state needs a proactive governor that can positively utilise its potentials with a view to changing its fortunes. The aspirant, who is the...

Kwara South Elders Forum stands for best candidate - Bisi Oloruntoba
My attention is drawn to a very misleading news report in one of today's newspapers in which a meeting of the Kwara South (PDP) elders was quoted as resolving that the district must produce the next governor of the stat...

End of Saraki Dynasty?
As we published earlier in the year, apart from Akinjide, Shagari, Kashim Ibrahim, Akintola, Fani-kayode, Mbadiwe, Ajasin families, Awolowo and a few others, the Olusola Saraki family of Kwara State, has remained politica...

2014-11-04

Kwara South resolves to produce next governor
Elders from Kwara South senatorial district met yesterday in Ilorin and resolved to ensure that an aspirant from the zone emerges as the gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2015 electio...

PDP ward congress inconclusive in Ilorin West LGA
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State has declared ward delegates congress in five wards of Ilorin West Local Government Area where election did not hold according to the party's guidelines as inconclusive....

APC chieftain condemns withdrawal of Tambuwal's security
Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State, Ishola Balogun-Fulani, has described the withdrawal of the Speaker's security as the height of impunity. Speaking with Daily Trust in Ilorin, Balogu...

Kwara court dissolves 3-month barren marriage over battery
A Kaiama Area Court in Kwara on Monday dissolved the three-month-old childless marriage between a man, Bello Mairuwa, and his estranged wife, Aishat, over battery. The judge, Ahmed Yahaya, said the couple sho...

Kwara c'ttee receives 69 requests for LCDAs
The Kwara State Committee for the creation of Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) has received 69 requests from stakeholders and communities. The requests, Daily Trust gathered, were the total number of m...

Ahmed to declare for second term tomorrow
Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed is to declare his intention for re-election under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) tomorrow. Ahmed, who was elected on the platform of the Peoples Demo...

Ward Congress: Kwara PDP Chair, 3 Others Escape Lynching
Prompt intervention of anti-riot policemen yesterday saved the PDP chairman in Kwara State, Akogun Iyiola Oyedepo, from being lynched by some angry party members. Oyedepo was at the party's secretariat collating last S...

Kwara Civil Servants endorse Gov Ahmed
Ahead of Wednesday's declaration of his second term bid, Civil Servants in Kwara State have endorsed the State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed for a second term in office. This emerged at an interactive session...

Insurgency: Kwara To Evacuate Students From Adamawa
The Kwara State government is to evacuate students of the state origin studying in Adamawa State's tertiary institutions. The senior special assistance to the governor on media, Dr Femi Akorede said governmen...

Last batch of Kwara pilgrims returns home
The last batch of pilgrims who performed this year's Hajj from Kwara State have arrived the country. The batch, comprising 411 pilgrims including officials of the state Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board were amon...

2014-11-03

Seek alternative sources of funds, FG tells states
Worried by the continuous decline in the prices of crude oil in the international market, the Federal Government has advised state governments to develop contingency plans to cushion the impact on the country’s r...

Group threatens mass defection from Kwara PDP
A socio-political group, the Kwara Think Tank has threatened that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) risks mass defection from its fold if the party makes any attempt to tamper with the result...

Ward congress: Fresh crisis hits Kwara PDP
The crisis of confidence rocking the Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) took a dangerous turn yesterday as aggrieved members of the party from Kwara Central Senatorial District stormed the party ...

ABS FC pip 3SC, thank fans, supporters
Abubakar Bukola Saraki FC yesterday defeated Shooting Stars Sports Club 1-0 in their last home match of the 2013/2014 Nigeria National League (NNL). The lone goal was scored in the 18th minute by Mohammed Moh...

How to Hold a Fair Election and Why We Must - Ambassador Ibrahim Gambari
Ibrahim Gambari, a veteran diplomat and scholar who retired from the United Nations in 2012, is now heading a Nigerian-based think tank 'with a difference'. The Savannah Centre for Diplomacy, Democracy and Development ...

Conference of Speakers will Expedite Constitution Review, Says Kwara Speaker
Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Hon. Razak Atunwa, at the weekend stated that the Conference of Speakers of the 36 state Houses of Assemblies had agreed to give the harmonised version of the Nigerian Cons...

Kwara govt not colluding with Saraki - SSA
In this interview with SUCCESS NWOGU, Senior Special Assistant to Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed on Media and Communication, Dr. Muyideen Akorede, defends the N2bn loan being sought by the state government, among sundry issues...

NNL: Kwara Utd berates TEAP over abandoned match
Kwara United FC of Ilorin, has described the decision of Teap FC of Abuja to discontinue with the week 29 match of Nigeria National League (NNL), in Ilorin on Saturday as a disrespect to the rules of the game. ...

Kwara governor, Akume slam IG
Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed and Senate Minority Leader George Akume yesterday faulted the usurpation of the judiciary's role by Acting Inspector General of Police Suleiman Abba who withdrew House of Represent...

APC is dead in Kwara - Belgore
Mr. Dele Belgore is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria. He was the Kwara State governorship candidate of the now defunct Action Congress of Nigeria in the 2011 governorship election. In this interview with SUCCESS NWOGU of T...

2014-11-02

Kwara Engages MFBs To Disburse N250 million To Entrepreneurs
Kwara State government has engaged the services of some Micro Finance Banks in the state to manage and disburse N250 million. The fund is meant for the small scale enterprises and payment of the Kwara state B...

Press Release: Belgore commends 'transparent' delegates' election in Kwara
Kwara Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant Mohammed Dele Belgore has commended the 'peaceful and democratic' conduct of the Saturday ward delegates' election in the state. Belgore, a senior advocat...

Kwara South Senate Seat: Political Leaders Endorse Makanjuola
Political leaders in the fold of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyun, Offa and Ifelodun local government areas, constituting a federal Constituency in Kwara South senatorial district have declared their support...

Only God gives power - Kwara Assembly aspirant
An aspirant for Kwara State House of Assembly membership under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2015 general elections, Alhaji Mohammed Musakallah, has advised other aspirants to always realise that only God g...

TEAP Abandon Kwara Match Despite Leading 2-0
Relegation bound TEAP Football club displayed the ugly side of the domestic football league Saturday at Ilorin Stadium when they abandoned their week 29 game with hosts, Kwara United despite taking a shock 2-0 lead in ...

Kwara 2015: Saraki's daughter, Lawal's son battle for PDP gov ticket
About 14 aspirants are set to vie for the ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to contest in the 2015 governorship election in Kwara State. The aspirants, most of who are said to have collected the pa...