2018-11-18

Kwara bye-election: My success, victory for Kwarans - Olawuyi
Freshly elected House of Representatives member, Mr Raheem Tunji Olawuyi has said that his victory at Saturday's Ekiti/Isin/Oke-Ero and Irepodun federal constituency bye-election in Kwara as a victory for the people o...

Saraki, Gov. Ahmed react to Kwara by-election won by APC
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed have both reacted to the Saturday's by-election in Kwara State won by the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Both politicians, mem...

Kwara House of Reps by-election records impressive turnout
The by-election into the House of Representatives in Kwara South recorded impressive turnout as voters came out in their hundreds to vote for candidates of their choice. A News Agency of Nigeria corresponde...

APC candidate, Raheem Olawuyi, wins Kwara bye-election
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Raheem Tunji Olawuyi, was on Saturday declared the winner of the Ekiti/Irepodun/Isin/Oke-Ero Federal Constituency bye-election held across the four councils in Kwara. ...

2018-11-17

APC'll defeat Saraki in Kwara - Senate candidate
Pharmacist Sadiq Umar is the Kwara North Senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In this interview, he explains how the APC and its candidates will win despite the defection of Senate President, Buk...

Saraki, Lai Mohammed in Supremacy Battle As Kwara Holds By-election
It will be a test of popularity and acceptance today for President Muhammadu Buhari, Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed and President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki as they battle for control of Kwara p...

Saliu Mustapha empowers 100 kwarans
....disburses #10m to them jump start businesses A philanthropist and chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Mallam Saliu Mustapha on Saturday in Ilorin disturbed N10 million to 100 beneficiaries to further...

HoR By Election: Contest Between PDP and Security Agents-Governor Ahmed
The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has described Saturday's House of Representatives by-elections into the Ekiti, Isin, Irepodun and Oke-Ero Federal Constituency as a contest between the People's Democ...

2018-11-16

By-Election: Kwara Govt Raises Alarm Over Arrests
The Kwara State Government has expressed concern about the arrests of People's Democratic Party(PDP) stalwarts in Ekiti, Isin, Oke-Ero and Irepodun Federal Constituency ahead of Saturday's by-election. In a state...

Police deny conveying cash with helicopter in Kwara
The Nigeria Police Force has denied that its helicopter and vehicle were used to convey cash as claimed in some social media reports. Some social media reports had alleged that a helicopter belonging ...

INEC Assures Of Free, Fair Bye-Election In Kwara
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday reiterated its neutrality, promising a free and fair bye-election in Ekiti/Irepodun/Isin and Oke-Ero Federal Constituency in Kwara State. Ma...

Four family members die after eating 'amala' in Ilorin
Four members of a family lost their lives in Ilorin, Kwara state capital, after consuming yam flour better known as "amala" in the south-western part of the country. Four others who took from the meal suspected...

Bye-election: Gunmen allegedly attack APC candidate in Kwara
Mr. Raheem Olawuyi, the All Progressives Congress candidate for the Irepodun/Ekiti/Oke-Ero and Isin federal constituency November 17 bye-election, was on Thursday, allegedly attack by unknown gunmen. Mr Femi David,...

Kwara bye-election: Lai Mohammed blows hot over attack on APC candidate
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Thursday condemned attack on Abdulraheem Olawuyi, the All Progressives Congress (APC) House of Representatives candidate for this Saturday's bye-election for Ire...

Group declares support for APC governorship candidate in Kwara free
A group, Baruten Local Government Non-Indigenes Liberation Forum on Thursday declared its support for Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in the state in the 2019 elections....

INEC distributes sensitive materials for Saturday's by-election in Kwara
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kwara state on Thursday distributed sensitive election materials for the Saturday by-election for the Irepodun/Oke ero/Isin/Ekiti federal constituency. Th...

Kwara govt threatens civil servants over by-election
The Kwara State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led government has threatened to sack any civil servant who refuses to vote for the party in the November 17, by-election in Ekiti/Irepodun/Isin/Oke -ero federal constituen...

2018-11-15

Counsel withdraws as Offa banks' robbery suspects are arraigned
No fewer than five of the suspected armed robbers of the Offa banks' robberies were, on Wednesday, arraigned before a Magistrates' Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, presided over by Mr. Bio Saliu. The matte...

Okebukola Regrets Spate of Academic Corruption in Nigerian Institutions
A former Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Peter Okebukola has regretted the reported cases of high level of academic corruption in the country's tertiary institutions, sayin...

Olokoba Wants To Replace Busari As Next Kwara FA Chairman
Former Kwara United chairman Alhaji Toyin Olokoba has rubbished reports that he is no longer interested in the next state FA election. There have been reports that Olokoba who is the current SA political to Gov...

Senate will fast tract passage of Nigerian Police Reform Bill - Saraki
Says CSOs, Lawyers Contributed to Drafting of New Police Reform Bill SENATE President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has reiterated the commitment of the Senate to fast-tracking the passage of the Nigerian Police Reform B...

Kwara: Police suspends vigilante activities till after bye-election
Kwara State Police Command has assured the people of the state of its readiness to provide adequate security of lives and property of the populace, particularly people of the Irepodun/Oke Ero/Isin/Ekiti federal constituen...

Offa robbery: Five suspects arraigned in Ilorin
Five persons suspected to be involved in the April 15, 2018 bank robbery and killings in Offa, Offa local government area of Kwara State were arraigned, on Wednesday, before an Ilorin Magistrate Court. During the...

Senate President, a complete replica of his late father, Oloyee - Engineer Bankole
The candidate of the House of Representatives seat for Irepodun/ Ekiti/Oke Ero/Isin under the People's Democratic party (PDP) in Kwara state in next year's elections, Engineer Dare Bankole has described the Senat...

Bye- Election : Ahmed Asks Constituents To Vote En Masse For PDP
The Kwara state governor, Alh Abdulfatah Ahmed yesterday called on the people of Irepodun, Oke- Ero, Ekiti and Isin local government areas of Kwara state to troop out end masse on Saturday to vote for the candidate o...