2013-09-07

Increasing Rate of Mob Action
The increasing rate of abduction in Kwara State has put destitute persons who wander within the capital, Ilorin, at great risk as some of them now fall victim of mob action on mere suspicions of being child kidnapper...

Kwara Accredits 60 Master Trainers for 23 Skills
Kwara State Government has approved 23 acquisition programmes designed to promote youth employment and entrepreneurship in the State.   Speaking during an official flag-off and interactive session wit...

Ahmed tasks traditional rulers on peace, security
Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara on Friday told traditional rulers in the state to ensure sustenance of peace and security in their respective domains. Mr. Ahmed made the call in Yashikira and Gwanra c...

PDP crisis: Police seal off Baraje faction's secretariat
The police on Saturday sealed off the secretariat of the rival faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, headed by Abubakar Baraje. The faction has the support of seven state governors and former Vice President At...

KWSG To Retrain Master Artisans
The Kwara state government has approved 23 trades under its standard vocational skill acquisition programme designed to promote youth employment and entrepreneurship in the state.  Speaking during an off...

The Turns, Twists in Offa Council Re-Run Elections
The re-run election in Offa Local Government Area in Kwara State was held in last Saturday peacefully, but its outcome is being questioned by the rival opposition APC, following the manner the final results of the el...

Offa poll saga: APC protesters block KWASIEC office; hold jumah prayers
Protesting members and supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday blocked the entrance to the premises of the Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission (KWSIEC) in Ilorin, the state capital. ...

Offa Rerun: NLC Boss Asks KWASIEC To Declare Popoola Winner
The Vice President of Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Issa Aremu has urged the Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission (KWASIEC) to declare Saheed Popoola as the true winner of the Chairmanship re run elections ...

Kwara Election: PDP Blames Opposition Over Security Breach
THE Kwara State Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Yemi Afolayan has alerted on an alleged ploy by “some members of the opposition” in the state to cause security breach in the state....

2013-09-06

Kwara:The Offa battleground
BY DEMOLA AKINYEMI Offa, the hotbed of political opposition in Kwara State is again manifesting itself following the release of local government election results which the opposition claims were rigged. ...

Opinion - APC Propaganda: A Bad Sign Kwarans Must Note. By Saliu Kadri
By Saliu Kadri APC which is dominated by same old folks in ACN has demostrated huge immaturity using its noise making method to cause unnecessary apprehension at every failure it records. No doubt, PDP&rsquo...

Press Release: Kwara South APC on Offa Re-Run
We members of Kwara South A.P.C. and the good people of Kwara South wish to commend the people of Offa Local Government Area for their steadfastness as true Progressives and a shining example to all the remaining six L...

PDP's impunity in Offa cannot stand - APC
The All Progressive Congress on Thursday said the victory claimed by the Peoples Democratic Party in the election in the Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State was daylight robbery. It vowed to resist what it desc...

Press Release - Offa Re-Run: Kwara PDP disowns councillor as impostor
Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has described one Afolabi Jimoh Olawole who claimed to be a member of the party and councillorship candidate in the recently concluded rerun local government election in...

APC, PDP trade words over Offa LG rerun election
The All Progressives Congress  has condemned the alleged vote robbery by the Peoples Democratic Party in last Saturday's rerun election  in  Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State. The APC, ...

Rejection of victory by PDP candidate divides Nigerians
Mixed online reactions have trailed the decision of the councillorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Shawo South West ward in Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State, Mr. Afolabi Olawole, to reject v...

Kwara, Lagos, Ekiti, six others are heavy debtors - FRC
Nine states of the federation are in serious debts judging by their revenue profile, the Fiscal Responsibility Commission has said. The states are: Lagos, Ekiti, Kaduna, Cross Rivers, Ondo, Edo, Bayelsa, Ebon...

Obasanjo, others meet PDP govs today as crisis festers
The truce talks between elders of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party and governors elected on the platform of the party will on Friday (today) continue in Abuja. The meeting, initiated by a former President,...

2013-09-05

"I'll improve on infrastructure if elected" - Fatigun
The chairmanship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for October 26 council election in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State, Mr. Akintoba Fatigun, has said that he was determined to restore educati...

Offa: 'PDP's denial of councillorship candidate belated face saving measure' - APC
APC Chairmanship candidate in the Offa rerun poll Prince Saheed Popoola on Thursday dismissed as a "belated face-saving measure" the PDP's denial of Mr Afolabi Jimoh Olawole as its councillorship candidate for the Sawo ...

Jonathan: Kwara PDP Dissociates Self From Walkout
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Kwara State chapter has dissociated itself from the walk out on President Goodluck Jonathan and other leaders of the party by some members of the party at last Saturday's PDP Specia...

Kwara PDP dissociates self from Tukur's leadership
Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the PDP under Alhaji Bamanga Tukur-led executive council as outdated and non-existing. The state chapter of the party has, therefore, sa...

Kwara PDP pitches tent with Baraje
Kwara State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has indicated its recognition of the Abubakar Kwau Baraje-led faction of the party as the authentic PDP in the country. The party st...

Intelligence, strategic in policing - IGP
The Inspector General of Police, Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar on Wednesday underscored the place of intelligence as a strategic tool in policing. He spoke at Share, Kwara State during the foundation laying ceremo...

Opinion:'Do or Die' politics of PDP in Offa by Olufemi A. Oyedele
SIR: To steal is criminal, how much more to steal a peoples' mandate. In a civilized society, when the people have spoken, their voice should be heard. This is the essence of democracy; giving power to the people. It...

PDP crisis: cracks widen as Tukur, Baraje clash
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman Bamanga Tukur took the battle to his opponents yesterday, vowing to ensure that governors are suspended. National Assembly members who joined the Abubakar Baraje-led br...

Baraje'll salvage our party, says Kwara PDP
The Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje-led Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is out to salvage the party from total collapse, the Kwara State chapter has said. Its chairman, Alhaji Ishola Balogun-Fulani, told reporters...

Tukur to court: commit Baraje, others to prison
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday urged a Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja to commit the party's factional chairman, Alhaji Kawu Baraje, to prison for alleged contempt of court. It urge...

2013-09-04

Road mishap: KWSG commiserates with ADSG
Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has commiserated with Adamawa State government and the families of nine Peoples Democratic Party members who lost their lives in an automobile accident along Abuja-Jos highway on ...

PDP candidate rejects Offa rerun victory against KWASIEC's announcement
A councilorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Shawo South West ward in Offa Local Government of Kwara State, Mr. Afolabi Olawole has rejected victory at the election. He was declared winner of the ward...

Nigeria's food import embarrassing, says Ambali
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Professor AbdulGaniyu Ambali, has decried the persistent massive food importation to the country despite the abundance of rich agricultural potentials , describing the...

1,950 Register for Family Planning in Ilorin
No fewer than 1,950 people have registered for family planning services at the Okelele Primary Healthcare Centre in Ilorin between January and August. This followed the intervention of the Nigeria Urb...

Skill acquisition: Kwara accredits 60 master trainers
The Kwara State Government has approved 23 trades under its standard vocational skill acquisition programme designed to promote youth employment and entrepreneurship in the state. Speaking during an official fla...

Club owners condemn Kwara United's attack of Abdullahi, referee
The leadership of the Club Owners Association have condemned the alleged act of hooliganism by fans of Kwara United, which led the abandonment of the Week 28 encounter between Kwara United and Warri Wolves....

Opinion: Offa rerun - daylight theft of people's mandate. By Lawal Qudus Olajide
JF Kennedy, a former POTUS, said in a 1962 speech of his: “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.” For those of us who believe in the school of thou...

57 reps, 20 senators back New PDP
Fifty-seven out of the 204 members of the House of Representatives on the platform of the embattled Peoples Democratic Party have declared their support for the Alhaji Kawu Baraje-led New PDP. T...

Mothers decry HIV/AIDS scourge
Executive Director, International Women Communications Centre, Mrs. Goroso Limota has decried the negative impacts of HIV/AIDS in some communities in the state. The Coordinator, Nigerian Army Officers Wives A...

APC, LP want Kwara council election postponed
Aspirants for chairmanship and councilorship positions in the All Progressives Congress and the Labour Party in Kwara State on Tuesday called for the postponement of the state local government election scheduled for ...

Dons seek new approach to graduate unemployment
The Vice-Chancellor, Kwara State University, Malete, Prof.AbdulRasheedNa'Allah, and the Acting Dean, College of Business and Governance, Dr.MuritalaAwodun, have said that a veritable strategy to curbing graduate unem...

Offa poll: Olanipekun sworn in, APC intensifies protests
A large crowd of members and supporters of the All Progressives Congress in Offa Local Government Area on Tuesday continued the party's planned six-day protest against the result of the Offa LG rerun election announc...

Kwara APC continues protests, Ahmed swears in LG boss
Now fewer than 4,000 members and supporters of the All Progressive Congress at Offa Local Government Area and about 500 APC members  in Ilorin on Tuesday continued the party's  six day protest aga...

GLO League: LMC Sanctions Kwara Utd over Crowd Violence
Kwara United and Warri Wolves have been directed to replay the Week 29 abandoned Glo Premier League match tomorrow at the FIFA Technical Centre, Abuja even as the Ilorin side were slammed a host of sanctions by the L...

Warri Wolves will not honour replay against Kwara United
Warri Wolves have said they will not honour the replay of the Week 29 game against Kwara United as ordered by the League Management Committee. They have therefore appealed against the decision of the LMC ...