2019-02-24

Nigeria election results: APC wins Kwara Reps seat
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Raheem Olawuyi, was on Sunday declared the winner of the Ekiti/Irepodun/Isin/Oke-Ero Federal Constituency in the general elections held on Saturday. The ...

Saraki: PDP Rejects Kwara Central Election Result
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara state has refused to accept the election result for the Kwara Central senatorial district as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The party ...

JUST IN: Buhari floors Atiku in Saraki, Kwara governor's local govts
Senate President Bukola Saraki failed to deliver his local government to the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, in Saturday presidential election. Similarly, the Kwara...

2019 Election: Oloriegbe leads Saraki by over 19,000 votes in Kwara Central
Senate President Bukola Saraki needs about 20,000 votes to close the gap between him and Dr. Ibrahim Oloriegbe, the APC challenger in the race for the Kwara Central senatorial district. Saraki further lost pace w...

INEC set to declare election results in Kwara
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC is set to declare the results of the Presidential and National Assembly elections in Kwara state. INEC's officials are set to announce the official results from...

2019-02-23

Baraje reactes to Saturday's elections
The former Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP,) Alhaji Abubakar Kawu-Baraje has expressed satisfaction with the conduct of Saturday's election especially the security put in place in some a...

PDP Laments Late Arrival of INEC Officials in Ilorin
*Election materials mixed up in some polling units (11:55 Am) The Director-General of the Peoples Democratic Party Governorship Campaign, Sulaiman Abubakar, on arrival at the polling units in Ode-Opobiyi, Aj...

Saraki, Oloriegbe say turnout impressive, want INEC to improve electoral process
The Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, has commended the massive turnout of voters in Ilorin, the Kwara capital. Saraki gave the commendation after casting his vote at Ode Opobiyi 1 Polling Unit in Ajikob...

Nigeria decides 2019: Heavy presence of international observers in Kwara
There is a heavy presence of international observers on the ground in Kwara State. According to a statement by Olu Onemola, Special Assistant on New Media to President of the Senate, as at 9 am, observers fro...

2019 elections: Saraki votes, commends massive turnout in Kwara
Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has said the turnout of voters for the presidential and National Assembly elections in Kwara State was impressive. Saraki spoke while addressing journalists after voting at ...

Buhari wins in Kwara, Saraki loses
President Muhammadu Buhari won 462 votes at the Idigba Ilorin polling unit 004 of the party's governorship candidate, Abdulrahman Abdulrazak. Buhari's votes more than double the figure scored by Atiku Abubakar of...

Kwara: AbdulRazaq wins polling unit for APC candidates
The Kwara State APC governorship candidate, AbdulRahman Kwara APC governorship candidate, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has won his Idigba polling unit 004 for all the party's candidates in the Presidential and National Ass...

2019-02-22

Police confirm attack on Vice President's campaign train in Ilorin
The Kwara Police Command has confirmed an attack on the campaign train of the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Thursday in Ilorin. VICE PRESIDENT YEMI OSINBAJO, SAN, CURRENTLY ON THE NEXT LEVEL ENGAG...

National broadcast by President Muhammadu Buhari ON FEBRUARY 22, 2019
Dear Nigerians, Finally, we have reached the eve of the rescheduled first round of this year's general elections. buhari 2. Tomorrow, the polls open. Tomorrow, we affirm that Nigeria stands as a democracy and t...

2019-02-21

APC, PDP Trade Accusations over Alleged Attack on Osinbajo's Convoy in Ilorin
Two All Progressives Congress members were reportedly injured Thursday during an alleged attack on the convoy of Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, in Ilorin, Kwara State capital. Professor Osinbajo w...

Buhari vs Atiku: Kwara Labour Party's guber candidate declares position
Labour Party, LP's governorship candidate in Kwara State, Issa Aremu, has urged his supporters and other Nigerians to vote for President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Saturday. ...

VIDEO: Osinbajo lands in Ilorin on 'Next Level engagements'
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has landed in Ilorin, Kwara State, where, he said, he was continuing the "Next Level engagements." According to the VP's media aide, Laolu Akande, "VP Osinbajo arrives Ilorin ...

Thugs attack Osinbajo's convoy in Ilorin
Political thugs suspected to have sympathies for Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday allegedly attacked the convoy of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital. The attack is said...

EFCC Docks 5 Alleged Internet Fraudsters in Ilorin
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ilorin Zonal Office, has arraigned Abolarin Kayode, Abdullahi Salihu, Abdulahi Ibrahim, Ogundele Adeseye and Oluwayomi Kadri, for internet fraud. They were ...

Suspected Thugs Shoot 9 PDP Members In Kwara
Political thugs believed to be loyal to the All Progressives Congress (APC) Kwara South senatorial candidate, Lola Ashiru, on Tuesday unleashed violence on the people of Ojoku in Oyun local government area of Kwara Stat...

Kwara PDP, APC Trade Blame Over Killings At Campaign Rally
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State are at daggers trading blame over the reported killing of two persons at a campaign rally in the state on Tuesday nig...

Kwara Hotels Ex-staff Seek Intervention over Non-payment of Allowances
About 200 staff of the Kwara state owned hotel, Kwara Hotels, Ilorin allegedly relieved of their duties illegally have appealed to the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki and the state governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahme...

Gunmen attack APC Senatorial candidate in Kwara
Kwara Police Command has confirmed that gunmen attacked a Senatorial Candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Arch. Lola Ashiru, and his campaign train in Ojoku in Irepodun Local Government area of the state. ...

How PDP, APC fight for the soul of Kwara State
That Kwara State has become a political furnace of sorts for political parties is no longer news. As the country awaits the rescheduled general elections, the battle for the soul of the state is generating huge inte...

Kwara ACPN suspends national chairman, adopts Atiku, Saraki, Atunwa
Kwara State chapter of Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, ACPN, has dissociated itself from the adoption of President Muhammadu Buhari as the presidential candidate, saying it has suspended its national chairman, Alhaji ...

2019 ELECTIONS: Imo, Lagos, Kano result sheets found in Gombe, Kwara, Oyo
Some result sheets for the presidential and National Assembly elections meant for Imo State had been found missing by the Independent National Electoral Commission. The result sheets were subsequently di...

Police arrest 6 over attack on Kwara APC, PDP senatorial candidates
Kwara State Police Command, yesterday, said it has arrested six suspected thugs allegedly involved in Tuesday's clash between supporters of Kwara South Senatorial candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, Lola ...