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2011-06-02
Farewell Visit by out-going members of KWHA
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has identified disconnect between successive administrations as the bane of the country’s development and called for a reversal of the old order if Nigeria must progress....
Opinion - Re: The Bukola Saraki years in Kwara State
By Mas'ud Adebimpe FOR those who might not see through his questionable political and personal motives, Ishaq Modibbo Kawu unwittingly gave up the game in his recent tirade against Dr. BukolaSaraki, the former governo...
Kwara election tribunal warns PDP, Ahmed, others against disobedience
The Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, yesterday issued a “notice of consequence of disobedience of court order” to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Gove...
ACN has commenced inspection of gov election materials - Kwara PDP
As allegations and counter-allegations continue to trail the inspection of electoral documents and materials in the suit filed by the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), against the election of Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed ...
Kwara opposition accuses INEC of flouting court order
The Chairman of the ACN in Kwara State, Kayode Olawepo has again accused the Peoples Democratic Party of collusion with INEC to continue to delay execution of the court order granted the party more than two weeks ago, ...
Saraki's indelible footprints
By Sunday May 29th 2011, the curtain draws to end an era. Some governors will become “former” and generally the political hierarchy realigns with the new order. But it will be a time for reflections on stew...
Lawmaker seeks end to dearth of professionals in aviation
A member-elect of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Razak Atunwa, has urged state and federal governments to assist in arresting the dearth of professionals in the aviation industry by investing in training of aircraf...
Electoral materials: Kwara tribunal warns PDP, INEC
The Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal in Kwara State has warned the Peoples Democratic Party in the state and the Independent National Electoral Commission to ensure compliance with the tribunal’s decision...
Kwara: Ahmed Promises New Order in Governance
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has identified disconnect bet-ween successive administrations as the bane of the country’s development and called for a reversal of the old order if Nigeria must prog...

2011-06-01
Kwara ACN, PDP quarrel over polls' materials
The Kwara State Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have again accused each other of plans to doctor electoral materials used in the April polls.  ...
Niger, Kebbi, Kaduna, others to meet on security challenges
Disturbed by the various security challenges facing his state and others around Niger State, the state governor, Dr Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, has said that a security meeting of the governors of Kwara, Kebbi Kadu...

2011-05-31
ACN, Government In War Of Words
lorin: The administration of the immediate past governor of Kwara state, Dr. Bukola Saraki, penultimate week, came under attack from the major opposition party, Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, over some of the project...
Two Unilorin staff remanded over NYSC call-up letter
Two staff of the University of Ilorin, Brimmo Ibrahim Adeyemi, 49, and Jimoh Ijaya, 38, who allegedly issued a student of the institution a fake National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) call-up letter, have been remanded...
COE Lafiagi reinstates sacked staff
The College of Education (Technical) Lafiagi, Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State, has implemented the resolution of the state Assembly by reinstating one Mr. Simeon Olarewaju, who was earlier sacked by the coll...
Kwara govt gives soft loans to traders
KWARA State government has disbursed millions of naira to over 2,000 staff of the Kwara State Waste Management Company from their contributory savings scheme. The outgoing deputy governor of the state, Chief Jo...
Kwara Assembly members to vacate chamber today
Members of the Kwara State House of Assembly will after today’s session which is their last, vacate the chamber for the next set of legislators, the Speaker of the House, Abdulazeez Babatunde Mohammed has said. ...

2011-05-30
Nigeria: Lessons From Shonga Farms
In sincerity, when the government of Kwara state celebrated the coming of the Zimbabwean farmers in 2005, I saw it as the normal "Nigerian thing" because it was under our very eyes that the agricultural secto...

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