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2019-02-20
2,044 students receive free UTME forms from federal lawmaker
No fewer than 2,044 students have benefited from the free Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) forms purchased for them by a federal lawmaker, Raheem Olawuyi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) r...
Poll shift: Omotosho expresses doubt over INEC competence, readiness
The National Chairman of the Labour Party, Dr Mike Omotosho, has expressed reservation over the ability of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), as presently constituted, to conduct free, fair and cred...

2019-02-19
Election postponement paralyses business activities in Ilorin
Business activities across most parts of Ilorin, Kwara State capital was paralysed following the postponement of the Presidential and National Assembly elections scheduled to hold last Saturday. The Independe...
Kwara foremost school faces prosecution over alleged bully, expulsion of 9-yr-old
...claim not true - School counsellor The management of one of the most prominent private schools in Ilorin, Kwara State; Flora Schools, will soon be spending their days in the court of law for alleged bully, e...
INEC adhoc staff protest non-payment of allowance in Ilorin
Members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), recruited for the 2019 general elections in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital on Saturday protested the non-payment of their allowances by the Independent National Ele...
INEC, APC Tampered With Kwara Election Materials - Group
A group, Kwara Advancement Initiative has alleged that sensitive election materials meant for the conduct of the postponed presidential and National Assembly elections in Kwara State had been tampered with by the e...
Kwara APC Warns INEC Ahead Of Polls
THE Kwara State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has strongly warned INEC against compromising its integrity and neutrality in the execution of its assignment, especially in the deployment of ad-hoc staffe...
Man lynched for motorcycle theft in Ilorin
...another nabbed for stealing goat A middle aged man whose identity could not be ascertained was beaten to a pulp by angry mob for allegedly stealing a motorcycle in Taiwo area of Ilorin, Kwara State, last Thursd...

2019-02-18
Why We Obtained N1bn Loan - Kwara Govt
The Kwara State government has explained why it obtained N1 billionloan from a bank last week. A group known as Kwara Coalition for Good Governance and Accountability (Kwara-CGGA) had asked the Economic...
Kwara APC running mate takes O Tó Gé to churches
There was a mild drama yesterday when the Kwara State All Progressives Congress (APC) deputy governorship candidate, Kayode Alabi, visited Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) at Gaa Akanbi to appeal for calm following t...
Kwara Labour Party Guber Candidate Expresses Mixed Feelings over Postponed Elections
As Nigerians continue to react to the postponement of the presidential and National Assembly elections, a governorship candidate and member of the leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has expressed mixture...
Probe Kwara Govt. Over N1bn Loan, Group Tasks EFCC
A group, Kwara Coalition for Good Governance and Accountability (Kwara-CGGA) has called for the probe of Kwara Government for allegedly securing N1 billion from a bank on the eve of the postponed general elections. ...

2019-02-17
Saraki's aide mobilises for principal, PDP
Senate President Bukola Saraki deserves another four years at the National Assembly, his aide , Alhaji, Oganija Abdullahi Baalaifi, has said, even as he called on the electorate to cast their votes for the Peoples Dem...
ANALYSIS: Will Saraki survive the "O to ge" revolt in Kwara Central?
As Nigerians go to the now postponed polls, observers in and outside Kwara State are particularly interested in knowing what becomes the political fate of Nigeria's Senate President, Bukola Saraki. A scion of t...
Kwara 2019: Odds in favour of APC
Politics is no arithmetic. That is why pollsters and strategists keep shifting the aces until the ballots are counted. That scientific permutation works quite well in developed democracies. In America, for instance, c...
Kwara REC confirms return of materials from five LGAs
Kwara State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Garba Madami, has confirmed that five local government areas, out of the 16, have returned sensitive electoral materials. The Guardian was at the Central Bank o...
Kwara: Anger, Losses Follow Postponement Of Election
Political actors and residents of Kwara state have expressed divergent views following the reported postponement of the general elections scheduled for Saturday. Despite the knowledge of the postponement, resid...
Power Shift and the Future of Kwara
The quest for power shift by Kwara North is the issue in next month's governorship election, writes Hammed Shittu The agitation by the people of Kwara North senatorial district of Kwara State is hinged on the...
Kwara APC gov. candidate expresses shock over postponement of elections
The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Kwara, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, on Saturday expressed shock at the postponement of the Presidential and National Assembly elections. Abdulraza...
Nigeria's democracy still at it's infancy says Waziri Gobir
The Waziri Hausa and Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State, Alhaji Yakubu Gobir says the sudden postponement of Saturday's Presidential and National Assembly elections by INEC has glaringly...

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