2018-11-22

Kwara North monarchs endorse PDP House of Reps candidate
BOTH traditional and religious leaders in Kwara North district of Kwara state have expressed support for candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the Edu/Patigi/Moro federal constituency, Hon Mahmoud Hass...

Offa robbery: Suspected gang leader dies in police custody - Commissioner
The principal suspect in the Offa bank robbery attack, Michael Adikwu, has died in police custody in Abuja, an official says. Kamal Ajibade, the Kwara State commissioner for justice, told an Ilorin High Court on ...

Fake army Colonel lands in Ilorin prison
An Ilorin Senior Magistrates' Court, on Wednesday, ordered that Afolabi Stephen, 42, be remanded in Mandalla prison yard for allegedly impersonating an army Lieutenant Colonel. Senior Magistrate, Ibrahim ...

Senate panel to probe IG over Kwara polls
The Senate on Wednesday directed its Committee on Police Affairs to investigate the alleged harassment, intimidation and molestation by security, before, during and after the Kwara House of Representatives by-election w...

2018-11-21

Offa Robbery: I'm Vindicated, Says Saraki
Following eventual disclosure by the Police that Michael Adikwu, the principal suspect in the deadly bank robbery attacks in Offa, Kwara State, on April 5, 2018, is dead, the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola...

HoR by-election: Senator Rafiu blames Security for low turnout
The lawmaker representing Kwara South senatorial district at the National Assembly, Dr Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim has blamed security agents for the low turnout of voters during last Saturday's by-election in Ekiti/Oke-Ero...

UK advises Saraki, Dogara, others against dereliction of duty
The United Kingdom on Monday cautioned the National Assembly leadership and members against allowing their personal political ambitions to affect their constitutional responsibilities to Nigerians. The Acting...

Kwara Assembly Pledges Adequate Funding Of Mineral Resources C'ttee
Kwara State House of Assembly said it would ensure adequate funding of the newly constituted State Mineral Resources and Environmental Management Committee (MIREMCO) to enable the state derive maximum benefits...

Autocrash: Lai Mohammed speaks on death of Kwara APC members in autocrash
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who died on Sunday via an autocrash paid the supreme price for the emancipation of the state. The ministe...

Kwara: APC celebrates fall of Berlin Wall
Leading chieftains of the All Progressives Congress, APC were in celebratory mood after the defeat of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the House of Representatives bye-election in Ekiti/Irepodun/Isin/Oke-Ero. One prom...

2018-11-20

Three die, five injured on their way to Kwara APC bye-election victory party
Three people reportedly died, while no fewer than five people sustained varying degrees of injuries in an accident during the celebration of the victory of the Representative-elect of Ekiti/Irepodun/Isin/Oke-E...

Kwara people will retire Saraki from politics in 2019 - Oshiomhole
The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, has said the people of Kwara State will retire the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, from active politics in 2019. He said this o...

Three die, five injured on their way to Kwara APC bye-election victory party
Three people reportedly died, while no fewer than five people sustained varying degrees of injuries in an accident during the celebration of the victory of the Representative-elect of Ekiti/Irepodun/Isin/Oke-E...

Issa Aremu lauds conduct of Kwara by-election
KWARA State Labour Party, LP, governorship candidate for the 2019 general election, Comrade Issa Aremu, has commended the peaceful and orderly conduct of weekend's by-election for Ekiti/Isin/Irepodun/Oke-Ero federal c...

Cut down your expenses and pay new minimum wage, TUC boss tells govs
A suggestion has gone to state governors to cut down the huge expenses on political appointees so as to enable them pay the thirty thousand Naira minimum wage that they are lamenting over. The Kwara Stare C...

2018-11-19

Abdulrazaq: Kwara APC's Victory Shows People's Determination to Achieve Freedom
Governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State, Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq, on Sunday said Saturday's by-election victory of the party in the Irepodun/Isin/Ekiti/Oke-Ero federal consti...

SGF says APC's victory in Kwara sweetest so far, PDP kicks
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Boss Mustapha, on Sunday, said the victory of the All Progressives Congress in Saturday's by-election for the House of Representatives in Ekiti/Irepodun/Isin/Ok...

Kwara, Bauchi, Katsina bye-election results, sign of 2019 - Presidency
The presidency says the electoral victories recorded by the All Progressives Congress (APC) on November 17 is a sign of things to come in the 2019 elections. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the ...

Saraki throws jibes at Tinubu, says Kwara'll never take instructions from Lagos
SENATE President, Bukola Saraki, in a leaked audio clip has vowed that Kwara State will never take instructions from any political leader in Lagos State. Saraki, who spoke largely in Yoruba in the audio c...

Kwara Bye election: APC victory is the beginning of new era in Kwara State, says Saliu Mustapha
A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Mallam Saliu Mustapha has rejoiced with the candidate of the Party in the Saturday's bye election in Ekiti, Oke Ero, Isin and Irepodun federal constituency, Mr. Tunji Ol...