2019-03-12

AS NEW DAWN BREAKS IN KWARA STATE. By Abdulbaqi Jimoh
What else can we say other than Alhamdu lilah." All gratitude be unto the Almighty Allah . Congratulations to you and I whom God destined to be active participant in this epoch making struggle to liberate our community ...

'APC broom has swept Kwara clean of hegemony politics'
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed says with the absolute victory of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Feb. 23 and March 9 general elections in Kwara, the party's broom has swept the state cle...

I will not loot Kwara's treasury - Gov-elect, Abdulrazaq
Kwara Governor-elect, Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has pledged that his administration will be accountable to the people and will not steal or loot the state's treasury. Abdulrazaq made the pledge at a media bri...

Kwara North needs a special attention, says governor-elect
Kwara State governor-elect, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on Monday said more attention would be paid to the north senatorial district in infrastructural development. "Kwara North needs special attention in terms of ...

APC Leaders Hold Thanksgiving For Kwara Governor-Elect
POLITICAL leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State on Monday held a thanksgiving prayer session for the victory of the governor-elect of the State, Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, with a charge t...

2019-03-11

Kwara Governor-elect vows investigation into Offa robbery
The attack led to the death 33 persons and the looting of some banks in the area. The Senate President, Bukola Saraki was linked to the attack due to the alleged confessions of some of the suspects arrested ...

Election: Flight operation, traffic increases at Ilorin airport
The Ilorin International Airport on Friday witnessed an upsurge in passengers traffic and flight operations on both Ilorin-Abuja and Ilorin- Lagos routes. This development is not unconnected with the governorsh...

KWARA: Gov Abdulfatah Ahmed congratulates Kwara Governor-elect Abdulrazaq
Kwara State Governor and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Abdulfatah Ahmed has congratulated the Governor-elect, Abdulrasak Abdulrahman on his victory at the just concluded gubernatorial election in th...

APC wins all 24 seats in Kwara House of Assembly
The All Progressives Congress has won all the 24 seats in Kwara State House of Assembly. The Resident Electoral Commissioner in Kwara State, Garba Madami, om Sunday announced that the APC won all the seats co...

APC defeats PDP 16-0 in Kwara state
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has defeated the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in all 16 local government areas of Kwara state, in the gubernatorial poll. Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of the APC has been declared ...

Kwara Decides: Saraki reacts as APC wins Kwara governorship election
Senate President, Bukola Saraki has reacted to the outcome of the governorship election in Kwara State. DAILY POST had reported that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced the All Prog...

APC's Abdulrazaq wins Kwara governorship election
The Kwara State All Progressives Congress governorship candidate, Mr. Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, has won the governorship election held on Saturday. He polled 331,546 votes to emerge as the winner of the highly an...

Kwara's 'O to ge' is now 'O t'ope,' says APC as candidate wins Gov poll
The All Progressives Congress has said that the party's O to ge (Enough is enough) slogan in Kwara State has become O t'ope (It is praise-worthy), as its governorship candidate, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, was declared the ...

Kwara: The dawn of a new era
No one could confirm it last night, but the speculation amidst celebrations in Ilorin yesterday was that Senator Gbemisola Saraki was full of smiles over the defeat of her brother's political dynasty as represente...

2019-03-10

Kwara Speaker, honorable commends the voting process in Kwara
Kwara Speaker, honorable commends the voting process in Kwara The voting process in Kwara state has been commended by the Speaker of the house of Assembly Dr Ali Ahmad. While noting that the conduct of security agen...

Information Minister votes in Kwara state
The Nigeria Minister of Information and culture, Mr. Lai Mohammed has voted in the Governorship and State Assembly Election at his polling unit in Oro Ward II, Polling Unit 006 in Ilorin, Kwara state....

Atunwa gives condition for accepting outcome of polls in Kwara
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara, Razak Atunwa, has pledged to accept the outcome of Saturday's governorship election if it was devoid of irregularities. Atunwa, who is cu...

Governorship Election: Saraki blames low turn-out of voters on militarization of the exercise
The Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has condemned the militarization of the Saturday's governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections in Kwara state. Saraki while speaking with newsmen after cas...

Ignore message of Kwara APC governorship candidate's withdrawal - Reps member
Abdulraheem Olawuyi, a member of the House of Representatives from Kwara, has advised supporters of All Progressives Congress (APC) to ignore a statement being circulated that Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq, the APC governors...

Kwara Decides 2019: Gov. Ahmed Commends Peaceful Polls In Kwara
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara state has commended the peaceful conduct of the governorship and House of Assembly elections in Kwara. The governor, who spoke with newsmen at his residence in Share, Ife...

Kwara Elections: APN Calls For Cancellation Of Result Over Of Omission Of Party's Name
Alternative Party of Nigeria (APN), Kwara state, has called for the cancellation of Saturday governorship and House of Assembly elections in the state over omission of the party's name and logo from the ballot paper...

Kwara decides: PDP buying votes, threatening voters - APC candidate alleges
Abdulrahman Abdurazaq, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has accused the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, of vote buying in Kwara State. Abdulrazaq cast his vote at polling unit ...

EFCC arrests man for vote buying in Kwara
A middle aged man, Mr. Abdulkareem Abdulsalem, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ilorin zonal office, for sharing money to voters at unit 7, Kwara State College of Education in I...

APC beats PDP to assembly seat in Kwara
Mallam Abdullahi Halidu-Danbaba, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been declared the winner of the March 9 Kwara House of Assembly seat of Kaiama/Kenmaji/Wajibe constituency. Halidu-Danba...

2019-03-09

N1bn withdrawn not for vote-buying, says Kwara gov's aide
The Media Adviser to the Kwara State Governor, Muyideen Akorede, has denied allegations that the N1bn withdrawn by government officials before the last elections was meant for vote-buying. Akorede was reacting ...

Ex-aide of Kwara gov defects to APC
Alhaji Aliyu Mohammed-Salihu, a former Special Adviser on Chieftaincy Affairs to Governor AbdulFatah Ahmed, has defected to All Progressives Congress along with hundreds of Peoples Democratic Party members in Kwara...

KWARA: Saraki at the precipice, Abdulrazaq sails on
By Demola AkinyemThe conclusion of last Saturday's presidential and National Assembly polls has inevitably recast the political permutations in Kwara State. The long political domination of the state by ...

Kwara APC gov'ship candidate didn't drop out of school - Schoolmates
Secondary schoolmates of the APC Governorship Candidate in Kwara, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq have faulted reports that the politician dropped out of Government College Kaduna. Government College Kaduna Old Boys Associa...