2018-11-26

Ceding of Kwara South PDP senatorial ticket to Ibolo, Senator Rafiu thanks Saraki, Gov. Ahmed
I wish to express my sincere appreciation to the national leader of our great party and Senate President, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki and Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed for granting the request of the leadership of Ibolo divis...

Kwara South: Ahmed set to step down
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State is set to concede the Kwara South Senate ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP following intense pressures on him, Vanguard has learnt. Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of...

2019 polls: A political litmus test for Saraki in Kwara State
Indications have emerged that Senate President Bukola Saraki might be facing a political litmus test in Kwara State during the 2019 general elections. Though the Kwara politician is now the Peoples Democratic Par...

Paris Club: Kwara yet to receive final tranche - Banu
The Kwara Government says it is yet to receive the second tranche of the London-Paris Club Refund promised by the Federal Government. Commissioner for Finance, Alhaji Demola Banu, told newsmen on Monday in Ilor...

Kwara football academy workers protest over unpaid salaries
Members of staff of the Kwara State Football Academy have begun a fresh round of industrial action their unpaid salaries and other grievances. The workers told PREMIUM TIMES that they had been left with no oth...

2018-11-25

Ali Ahmad free computer centre graduates 164 beneficiaries
...as Awodun donates 10 computer sets No fewer than 164 beneficiaries today graduated from the maiden edition of Rt. Hon. Dr. Ali Ahmad Free Computer Training Centre in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. T...

The politics that cost Saraki Kwara by-election
The just concluded by-election in the Irepodun/Isin/Oke-ero/Ekiti federal constituency of Kwara State has generated a lot of comments and outburst among people of the state and beyond. The ruling Peoples Demoractic P...

Offa Robbery: FG to hand over case to Kwara government
* DPP Report, Again, Clears Saraki A report of the Director of Public Prosecution of the Federation (DPPF), Mr. Mohammed U.E. on the Offa robbery case, has directed the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. Ibr...

By-election: APC victory has revived Kwara South liberation struggle - ADC
African Democratic Party (ADC) in Kwara State has said that emergence of Raheem Olawuyi of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the just concluded by-election for the Ekiti/Irepodun/Isin/Oke-Ero federal constituency ha...

Ilorin Emirate Council Endorses Kwara PDP Guber Candidate
Ahead of 2019 elections, the Ilorin Emirate Council on Friday endorsed the gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State, Mr. Razak Atunwa. The Chief Imam of Ilorin and a key m...

APC accuses Saraki of plotting to stop Kwara Rep's inauguration
The Kwara State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Mr Bashir Bolarinwa, has accused the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, of plotting to influence the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu ...

Don't Drag Emir of Ilorin into Politics, He is a Father for all - Ilorin Emirate Youths
The attention of Ilorin Emirate Youth Development Association (IEYDA) has been drawn to the fallacious, mischievous, blackmailing and criminal publication by one online media outlet 'kwara reporter', titled 'I Will St...

2018-11-24

Olomu inaugurates cattle market, charges operators on security, unity
The Olomu of Omu-Aran, Oba Oladele Adeoti, has advised operators of the newly inaugurated Kara Cattle market in Omu-Aran to be fully conscious of internal security in their dealings. Adeoti, while inaugurating ...

Olofa of Offa tasks indigenes on communal service
The Olofa of Offa, Oba Muftau Gbadamosi, has called on wealthy indigenes of Offa in Kwaravto redouble their efforts in ensuring its socioeconomic development. Oba Gbadamosi made the call while flagging off a fo...

Belgore mourns deaths of Kwara APC chieftains in auto crash
Kwara APC chieftain Muhammad Dele Belgore (SAN) has commiserated with the party and families of some members of the APC who died in an auto crash on Sunday between Oro and Omu-Aran in Kwara south senatorial district....

Kwara By-Election: You're not an election tribunal, APC lectures Senate
The ruling All Progressives Congress APC has cautioned the Senate not to dabble into the workings of the judiciary with regards to the conduct of the last by-election in Kwara state. In a statement by the N...

Herdsman allegedly kills his brother in Ilorin
An Ilorin Magistrates' Court on Friday ordered that a herdsman, Sule Sheu, be remanded at the Federal Medium Security Prison, for allegedly killing his brother, Sule Mohammed. NAN reports that the Magistrate,...

2018-11-23

By-elections in Bauchi, Katsina, Kwara marred by vote buying, others - Observers
A civic group, the Youth Initiative for Advocacy Growth and Advancement (YIAGA) Africa through its 'Watching The Vote Working' has faulted the conduct of Saturday's by-elections in Bauchi, Katsina and Kwara states. ...

Alleged Police Brutality: Kwara lawyer demands N50m compensation, apology
A lawyer Lukman Olarewaju Bello has approached the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, to demand for the sum of N50million from the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, Commissioner of Police...

2019: Kwara politics takes a new direction, says APC
The All Progressives Congress has said that Kwara politics has taken a new direction through the people's votes as witnessed in the November 17 House of Representatives' bye-election in the state. Malam Lanre Oni...

Kwara By-Election: Lai Mohammed 1, Saraki 0
Last weekend, by-elections held in three states -Kwara, Bauchi and Katsina. The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) was expected to win in Bauchi and Katsina. However, all eyes were on Kwara and the reasons...

Casual workers: Kwara assembly probes college
The Kwara State House of Assembly has directed its Committee on Education and Human Capital Development to investigate the use of casual workers in the state-owned College of Health Technology, Offa. The di...