2022-05-29

Half of Kwara Assembly members lose return bids, four women win
At least four women have won the ticket of the All Progressives Congress to vie for seats in the Kwara State House of Assembly in the 2023 general elections. The women are Hajia Arinola Lawal, daughter of forme...

Police hunt for hoodlums who murdered two in Kwara
The Kwara State Police Command said it has set crack detectives after some hoodlums who allegedly murdered two youths at the Adifa Area of Ilorin, Kwara state on Friday. The two young boys only identified as Lu...

Ex-minister's son wins APC Reps ticket in Kwara
Segun Adebayo, the son of Cornelius Adebayo, a former minister of communications, has emerged as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Ekiti/Isin/Irepodun/Oke-Ero Federal Constituency of Kwara. ...

Former Kwara Governor's Aide Wins Kwara South Senatorial Ticket In SDP
Professor Wale Sulaiman, who was the United States of America-based Neurosurgeon and former Special Adviser on Health to Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State has won the Senatorial ticket in the Kwara South z...

2022-05-28

Kwara: Man hacks brother to death in bloody fight
A bloody fight between two Fulani brothers of the same parent in the early hours of Friday ended in tragedy at a village in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State. DAILY POST reports that the bloody fight ...

PDP Presidential Primary: Saraki loses to Atiku Abubakar
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has won the presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). To clinch the ticket, he floored Bukola Saraki, former senate president; Emmanuel Udom, Akwa Ibom governor;...

Kwara APC Senatorial Results
Kwara Central: Saliu Mustapha emerges APC Senatorial Candidate for Kwara Central. He defeated the incumbent, Senator Yahaya Oloriegbe and Yahaya Seriki Kwara South: Incumbent Arc. Lola Ashiru emerges APC Senatorial Ca...

2022-05-27

Kwara Poly gets new Bursar, Librarian
The Governing Council of Kwara Polytechnic, Ilorin, has approved the appointment of Mr Mohammed Ibrahim and Dr Shuaib Olarongbe as Bursar and Polytechnic Librarian, respectively. A statement by the Secretary to...

Council Seals Up 520 Pharmacies, Patent Medicine Shops in Kwara
The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) has disclosed that about 520 pharmacies, patent, and medicine stores have been sealed up in Kwara State over their alleged failures to comply with the council's guidelines and u...

APC: Youths who'll shape polity in 2023
They are young, brilliant and cerebral. In addition to those personal attributes is their abiding love for their fatherland. If you call them patriots and shining stars, you would not be wrong. Not only have they disti...

Kwara United's Biffo heads to U.S. for urgent medical treatment
Kwara United head coach Abdullahi Biffo has been granted some days to travel to the United States for urgent medical treatment. A statement by the club's media department confirmed this on Thursday in Ilorin....

APC Primaries: Irepodun incumbent loses bid, Ekiti, Omupo retain slots in Kwara South
Shola Odetundun on Thursday defeated incumbent Tayo Awodiji to emerge as All Progressives Congress (APC) House of Assembly candidate for Irepodun Constituency is one of the primaries conducted in Kwara South. O...

2023: Kwara Speaker, 10 other members secure tickets for re-election
The Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Engr. Yakubu Danladi-Salihu, was Thursday returned unopposed to fly the flag of the All Progressives Congress, APC for the Ilesha/Gwanara state constituency in the forthcomin...

Primaries: 105 Kwara APC Aspirants Vie For 24 Assembly Seats
A total number of 105 aspirants are vying for the All Progressives Congress (APC) nomination tickets for 24 House of Assembly seats in Kwara State. The APC governorship and House of Assembly primaries will hold...

2023: Shuaib Yaman Abdullahi wins Kwara PDP governorship ticket
Shuaib Yaman Abdullahi has been declared the Peoples Democratic Party's governorship candidate for Kwara State in next year's elections. He was declared the winner of the keenly contested primary election held ...

2023: Arinola, daughter of late Kwara gov, clinches house of assembly ticket
Another daughter of late Mohammed Alabi Lawal, a former Governor of Kwara State, has clinched the ticket of the All Progressives Congress to contest for the Ilorin East constituency in the state House of Assembly for n...

In Kwara, 961 APC delegates affirm AbdulRazaq for second term
No fewer than 961 delegates of Kwara state All Progressives Congress (APC) Thursday voted to have governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq run for a second term. There were a total of 965 delegates in attendance but fou...

2022-05-26

OPINION: Strike: Get the Correct Information before you Blame ASUU By Abdulhameed Badmas Yusuf
Many people condemn ASUU because they do not have the correct information. I met with my Hausa friend this afternoon at Maraba here in Ilorin where he sells clothing materials. While discussing different national issue...

Economic growth, top priority in Kwara - AbdulRazaq
Gov. Abdulrahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara has renewed the commitment of his administration to accord premium attention to the economic growth and stability of the state. AbdulRazaq made this known on Wednesday while...

Kwara, Biomedicals Commence Deworming Of 17,000 Pupils
The Kwara State Government in its efforts to improve the health of its citizens has commenced a mass deworming of school children across all public-owned primary schools in the state. The initiative was done in collabo...

Kwarans celebrate Lawal's victory
Indigenes and residents of Kwara State have celebrated Hakeem Lawal as the emerging governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (PSDP) at the primaries. Hajia Gogo Abidemi, who promised to roll out th...

2023: Former Kwara governor's son emerges SDP guber candidate
ABDULHAKEEM Lawal, son of a former governor of Kwara State Mohammed Lawal, has emerged as the flag bearer of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) for the 2023 governorship election in the state. L...

Kwara Partners Firm For School Children Mass Deworming
Kwara State government in partnership with a pharmaceutical company in the state, biomedical Limited has embarked on mass deworming exercise among school children in the state. Speaking during the flag-off of t...

Gost workers receiving salaries in Kwara LGs - AbdulRazaq
Kwara state governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has revealed that some fake and ghost workers were on the payroll of local governments in the state and are still receiving salaries monthly. He also said the local g...

65-Year-Old Guard Nabbed For Abduction, Rape Of Minors In Kwara
The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested a 65-year-old night guard, Oluwole Akinola who reportedly abducted two minors for days and sexually assaulted them while they...

No place for imposition, godfatherism in APC - Kwara aspirant
Seun Ogunniyi, an All Progressives Congress aspirant seeking to represent the Ojomu/Balogun State Constituency in the Offa Local Government Area at the Kwara State House of Assembly, has said imposition and godfatheris...

2023: Kwara PDP State Assembly candidates emerge
Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Wednesday, released the names of successful candidates for the State House of Assembly election in the 2023 general elections. The State Publicity Se...

Ex-APC member clinches PDP gov ticket in Kwara
A frontline politician in Kwara State, Alhaji Abdullahi Yahman, who recently decamped from the All Progressives Congress to the Peoples Democratic Party has emerged as the governorship candidate of PDP in the state....