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2014-03-07
How APC will beat PDP in the 2015 presidential election - Bukola Saraki
A former Governor of Kwara State and senator representing Kwara Central Senatorial District, Abubakar Bukola Saraki, fielded questions from PREMIUM TIMES Editors, Musikilu Mojeed, Festus Owete and ...
In Ilorin, Jonathan's PDP Makes a Statement
Hammed Shittu writes that the outcome of the Peoples Democratic Party Unity Rally in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital was a strong message to the ruling All Progressives Congress The ancient city ...
What I Saw of the Eagles in Atlanta
After the goalless draw against Mexico in Atlanta yesterday I sent Stephen Keshi a text , praying God to grant him the wisdom to sort out the confusion Austin Ejide and Vincent Enyeama may be creating for him. ...
Press Release: PDP Constitutes Caretaker Committee for Kano, Set to Conduct Congresses in Kwara
PRESS RELEASE PDP Constitutes Caretaker Committee for Kano, Set to Conduct Congresses in Kwara The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party has announced the constitution o...
Police Arrest Female Student Cultist for Arranging Friend's Gang-Rape
Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Ambrose Aisabor, yesterday, paraded a female student of the College of Technology, Offa, Miss Mary Awolola, alleged to be a cultist, for allegedly luring her friend to be gang-rape...
Ilorin Emirate Meets On National Conference
The Ilorin Emirate Descendants' Progressive Union (IEDPU), the apex socio-cultural organisation of Ilorin emirate indigenes in Kwara State, will meet and take decisions on the proposed national conference. Issues on ...
Opinion: Offa and Kabba - Weep Not for Rebels. By Okello Oculi
Locations in Nigeria can be far for a traveller. We raced, crawled, twisted and bumped across potholes in Kogi, Ekiti and Kwara states, in travelling from Abuja to Offa and back: each run lasting nine hours. As a you...
We Must Define Course of Governance - Ahmed
Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have been called upon to provide a better leadership to the people of Nigeria by defining the course of governance as according to him, the country will not move forward...
NDLEA nabs 164 suspects in Kwara
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said yesterday that it seized a total of 1.2 tons of hard drugs from 164 suspects during various operations across Kwara State in 2013. The seizures were from ...
Kwara APC condemns Abdullahi's sack as Sports Minister
Party says it is the triumph of politics over excellence. The Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has described the sack of Minister of Sports, Bolaji Abdullahi as &quo...
13 Osun traders lose N1m to robbers in Kwara
Police in Kwara State have arrested one armed robber in connection with a robbery incident in which no fewer than 13 traders from Ilesa in Osun State were robbed along Tsaragi-Lafiagi-Yikpata highway at gunpoint....
Injured Kwara Falcons Players Now in Stable Condition
The Kwara Commissioner for Sports and Youth Development, Saheed Popoola, on Thursday confirmed the stable condition of the three Kwara Falcons basketball players involved in an auto accident on Feb. 27. Popoo...
2014-03-06
Valentine's Day Tragedy: Court Remands Killer Cop
An Ilorin Magistrate’s Court has ordered that a police corporal, Muyideen Yinusa, who allegedly killed a former chairmanship aspirant during a Valentine’s Day party at Oro in Irepodun local government are...
Opinion: End game for Bukola Saraki's Kwara hegemony. By Is'haq Modibbo Kawu
This week, President Goodluck Jonathan led a delegation of PDP bigwigs to attend what was termed a "Unity/Freedom Rally", in Ilorin, Kwara State. Senate President, David Mark, must have spoken the minds of other...
New Horizons Unveils N100 Million IT Centre At Landmark University
New Horizons Nigeria, a private owned information technology (IT) training institute, opened an international IT resource centre valued at over N100 million at Landmark University, Omu-Aran, in Kwara State at the wee...
Abdullahi's sack won't affect Eagles in Brazil - Toro
Former Secretary General of the then Nigeria Football Association (NFA),  Alhaji Ahmed Sani Toro has said the sack of minister of sports, Bolaji Abdullahi four months to the 2014 World Cup won't affect the perfo...
'Abdullahi should not have been sacked now' - Paul Odey
Reactions yesterday trailed the sack of Sports Minister, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi who was relieved of his appointment by President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday. Speaking with Daily Trust in Ilorin, a Senior Coa...
How APC/PDP feud consumed sports minister
The recent defection of former Kwara Governor Bukola Saraki and incumbent Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed to the All Progressives Congress (APC) was responsible for yesterday's sack of Bolaji Abdullahi as Sports Minister b...
KWSG to disburse N215m loan to farmers - Commissioner
Mr Kayode Towoju, the Kwara Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, on Wednesday said the disbursement of N215 million as loans to farmers would commence by March 10. Towoju who spo...
Kwara APC scores Jonathan low on service delivery
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State has blamed the Federal government for the corruption and insecurity in the country. APC described the statement credited to President Goodluck Jonathan when ...
Letter: Law School scholarship: Appeal to KWSG
SIR: It has become a tradition, not to mention a norm, for state governments to, as part of their educational policy, assist their indigenous law students in the payment of law school fees. This acceptable tradition ...
'APC's emergence in Kwara is blessing for PDP' - John Dara
FORMER Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant in Kwara State, John Dara, has described the emergence of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a blessing in disguise for the PDP in the state. ...
Sports Minister sacked as Jonathan bows to pressure
Minister of Sports Bolaji Abdullahi was sacked yesterday over alleged security reports which indicated that he did not identify with the Peoples Democratic Party's aspiration to dislodge the All Progressives Congress...
Kwara Sports Council seeks increment in subvention
The Kwara Sports Council on Wednesday appealed to the state government to increase its monthly subvention to enable it cope with its programmes. The management of the council made the appeal in Ilorin when th...
Kwara APC accuses Jonathan of hypocrisy
Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has accused President Goodluck Jonathan, saying it is hypocritical,  by saying that he visited the state to champion the freedom of the people from pol...
IPMAN sells kerosene for N50 in Ilorin
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Ilorin depot, in collaboration with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and the state government on Tuesday crashed kerosene price from N130 per lit...
Kwara Politics Consumes Ex-sports Minister, As Jonathan Swears In Gusau, 10 Others
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday caved in to the pressure to remove Bolaji Abdullahi from the Federal Executive Council because of his closeness to Senator Bukola Saraki who has defected from the ruling Peoples ...
Kwara Gov Lenten Message to Christians
As Christians begin this year's Lenten season, the Governor of Kwara State, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has urged Christian faithful to use the occasion to pray fervently for the restoration of peace in the country, especial...
The slip that cost Bolaji Abdullahi his job.
Bolaji Abdullahi was not at yesterday’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, apparently having gotten wind of his removal. At the swearing in, Jonathan was silent on Abdullahi’s fate but presidential s...
Gbemi Saraki may be named minister next week.
Former Kano State Governor Ibrahim Shekarau and a former senator, Ms. Gbemisola Saraki, are likely to be among fresh ministerial nominees whose names would be submitted to the Senate next week. President Good...
Bolaji Abdullahi's successes, failures as Nigeria's sports minister.
Bolaji Abdullahi was appointed sports minister on March 23, 2012 by President Goodluck Jonathan. Prior to then, he was Minister of Youth Development, a position he held for about eight months. Since his arrival at ...
2014-03-05
Why Jonathan sacked Bolaji Abdullahi.
The politicking in Kwara State is the main reason President Goodluck Jonathan fired Sports Minister, Bolaji Abdullahi, presidency sources have told PREMIUM TIMES. A new Sports Minister, Tamuno Danagogo, was a...
Jonathan Sacks Bolaji Abdullahi
President Goodluck Jonathan has sacked the Minister of Sports, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi. He has therefore directed one of the the 11 newly sworn in ministers, Dr. Tamuno Danagogo, to take over from Abdullahi. J...
Woman arraigned for kidnapping a month old baby
A 21-year-old woman, Ronke Odelabi of Ile-Onisa, Kolara Area, Ogbomosho, Oyo State, was arraigned before an Ilorin Chief Magistrate's Court for allegedly kidnapping a month-old-baby. The accused was said to h...
Praises as Kwara AG empowers 122 students
No fewer than 122 students of Balogun Gambari District of Ilorin East Local Government Area of Kwara State at the weekend benefited from various empowerment schemes initiated by the Balogun Gambari Youth Movement (BA...
Black marketers sell 5 litres of petrol for N750 in Ilorin
As fuel scarcity continues to take its toll on commuters in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, black marketers are exploiting the opportunity to inflate the price as a gallon of petrol is now sold between N700 and N750...
Pedestrians escape death as truck veers-off road in Ilorin
For divine intervention, what could have resorted in a multiple deaths was averted yesterday at Oke-Andi junction, Sango road, Ilorin, when an empty truck around the area suddenly moved from where it was parked. ...
'Kwara polio free since 2010'
Kwara State Governor Abdul-fatah Ahmed said the state has not recorded any polio case since 2010, owing to what he called aggressive immunization and sensitization of the citizenry. Ahmed, who was represented...
Jonathan's visit and the politics of Kwara
President Goodluck Jonathan, leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), governors and other big wigs of the party on Monday stormed Ilorin for a "Unity/Freedom Rally." Daily Trust x-rays the politics be...
Opinion: Have you practised what you preach? By Candid Joe
I was amused no end when I read a story in the newspapers yesterday about what President Goodluck Jonathan told Emir of Ilorin Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu Gambari. The president was in Kwara State to, as he himself said &quo...
Senate Committee Threatens to Shut Down Sports' Ministry's Budget
The Senate Committee on Sports yesterday threatened to award zero allocation to the Federal Ministry of Sports/ National Sports Commission (NSC) following repeated failure of the Sports Minister, Mallam Bolaji Abdull...
Press Release - Jonathan's Scorecard: F9 on Service Delivery -Kwara APC
The Kwara State chapter of the All Progressive Congress, APC, has described the statement credited to President Goodluck Jonathan that he visited the state to champion the freedom of the people from political and socio-...
2014-03-04
Press Release: PDP Insensitive to the Plight of Nigerians - Kwara APC
The leadership of Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) and the Nigerian President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has once again demonstrated to Nigerians and the whole world the high level of insensitivity attached to serious na...
Kwara moves against indiscriminate dumping of refuse
The Kwara Government on Monday approved the constitution of a committee to check indiscriminate dumping of refuse within Ilorin metropolis. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Dr Ab...
I will champion freedom of Kwara people from political oppression - Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday in Ilorin said he was in Kwara to champion the freedom of the people from political and socio-economic oppression. The President said this while addressing the crowd that...
PDP Has No Godfathers, Demi-Gods, Jonathan Says
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday urged Nigerians to continue to support the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, saying the ruling party remains the only political platform through which any citizen can fulfil his pol...
PDP Is the Only Platform for Disadvantaged Nigerians Like Me to Rise - Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday declared the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP as the only platform for Nigerians born into disadvantaged families like him to rise to eminence. Speaking at the formal re...
2015 - We'll Begin Campaign in Six Months - Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday told the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Sulu Gambari, he would return to Ilorin to campaign for his party in six months time. Speaking when he paid homage to the Emir of Ilorin d...
Don't allow insurgency in Kwara, Jonathan tells emir
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday urged the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Zulu Gambari, not to allow insurgency creep into Kwara State, charging him not to allow anti-social behaviours that could undermine peace...
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