2018-10-04

Kwara APC holds NASS, governorship primaries Friday, Saturday
...Minister hails aspirants perseverance The All Progressives Congress (APC) has fixed the primaries of the party in Kwara state for Friday and Saturday this week. The state primaries had been shifted seve...

Kwara APC stakeholders to demystify Saraki's dynasty with Modibbo
The stakeholders in All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara state may have settled for Alh Modibbo Kawu as its preferred candidate for the gubernatorial primary ahead of today's exercise. The choice of the...

Kwara PDP primary: Bolaji Abdullahi speaks on being 'betrayed' by Saraki
Former spokesman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bolaji Abdullahi, has insisted that Senate President Bukola Saraki did not betray him. He said this in reaction to reports that Saraki worked against his...

APC Guber ticket : Saliu Mustapha gets Kwara North endorsement
Thousands of supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaiama and Baruten Local Government Areas in Kwara North Senatorial District yesterday endorsed the candidacy of Mallam Saliu Mustapha as the governorshi...

2018-10-03

Emir of Ilorin Delighted Over Atunwa's Choice as PDP Governorship Candidate
The Emir of Ilorin HRH Alhaji Dr. Ibrahim Sulu- Gambari CFR has expressed his delight over the choice of Rt. Hon. Razak Atunwa as the Governorship Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party. The Emir made this d...

Why I was absent - Saraki
THE rift between the executive and the legislative arms of government, once again, manifested at the 58th Independence Day anniversary as the leadership of the National Assembly was conspicuously absent. But two fo...

Kwara PDP secretary, Saraki's aide pick NASS tickets
SECRETARY of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and former commissioner for Special Duties, Alhaji Rasaq Lawal, has emerged as the PDP's candidate for Ilorin West/Asa House of Representatives seat. Lawal, a g...

Kwara: Herdsman remanded over alleged murder
An Ilorin Magistrates' Court on Wednesday remanded a herdsman, Habeeb Aliyu, over alleged killing of one Umar Ismail at Sunbare village of Banni in Kwara. The Prosecutor, Cpl. Gbenga Ayeni, told the court that ...

Shuaibu Yaman faults media report
Ahead of the forthcoming general elections, youths have been enjoined to remain resolute and steadfast in their yearning for good governance and quality leadership in Kwara State. A governorship hopeful on ...

2018-10-02

Harmony Holdings Gets New GMD
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has appointed Dr. Shehu Kuranga Mohammed as the new Group Managing Director (GMD) for Harmony Holding Limited (HHL). The appointment was disclosed in a press state...

Kwara PDP Senatorial Primaries Postponed
The senatorial primary elections of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State initially scheduled to hold today (Tuesday) has been shifted to Thursday, 4th October, 2018. All aspirants, delegates and memb...

Razak Atunwa emerges Kwara PDP governorship candidate
Razak Atunwa, a serving member of the House of Representatives, has won the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary election in Kwara State. Atunwa defeated Sha'aba Lafiagi, the senator currently re...

Bolaji Abdullahi, seven others withdraw from Kwara PDP governorship primary
Eight out of the 10 governorship aspirants in the Peoples Democratic Party, Kwara State chapter, withdrew from the primary election on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the eight aspirants announced...

Clergy man tasked federal government on minimum wage
As Nigerians celebrated the Independence Day, a call has gone to the Federal Government to expedite action and ensure the implementation of new minimum wage for the Nigerian workers. A renowned cleric, Pastor P...

Nigeria @58 politician sues for better nation
As the country celebrated its fifty-eigth year today, a call has gone to Nigerians in respective of their tribe, religion and party to support the nation with prayers to be a better place for all. A chieftain...

Galadima call for credible candidate
The National Chairman of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Alhaji Ganiyu Galadima has tasked Nigerians to elect credible and transparency candidate during the forthcoming general elections to move the coun...

Kwara guber aspirant pledges support for traditional rulers
Alhaji Shuaib Yaman, a governorship aspirant of All Progressive Congress Party (APC) in Kwara State, has pledged to ensure more roles, recognition and incentive for traditional rulers as a way of promoting good go...

2018-10-01

Guber race: No anointed candidate in Kwara PDP - Ajia
A leading governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State, Alhaji Mohammed Ibrahim Ajia, has clarified that there was no preferred candidate among the aspirants jostling for the governorship...

Senator Rafiu Ibrahim Performance Threatens Contenders in Kwara South. By Musa Oyetunji
With the turn of events in the political arena of Nigeria, performance is no doubt a yardstick for an incumbent to gain the trust of his or her people especially while seeking reelection. The issue is not differe...

Kwara Assembly Speaker Steps down in Guber Primary
The Speaker of Kwara State House of Assembly and governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Ali Ahmad, Sunday stepped down from contesting the party's gubernatorial primary. Ten aspirants inc...

Kwara PDP gov primary disrupted
The governorship primary of the Peoples Democratic Party in Kwara State on Sunday was disrupted. Accreditation of delegates had commenced about 8.30am at Kwara Hotel amid a tight security. There was also a high...

Saraki reacts as thugs disrupt Kwara PDP governorship primary
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has narrated how the governorship primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was disrupted by thugs on Sunday. PDP cancelled its guber primary, following a conf...

APC has not disqualified any governorship aspirant in Kwara – Chairman
The Chairman of the Kwara chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bashir Bolarinwa has said that no governorship aspirant on the platform of the party in the state has been disqualified. Mr Bolarinwa said...

APC guber aspirant salutes Nigeria at 58, sues for patriotism
A governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), Alhaji Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi, has urged Nigerians to remain committed and steadfast in prayers for Nigeria in her bid to remain t...

Press Statement:Don't mistake Saraki's Sunday feast for APC primaries, Bolarinwa warns
Our attention has been drawn to a 'Sunday feast' held at one of Dr. Bukola Saraki's outlets in Ilorin for his followers to relax, particularly on a work free day like Sunday (today). It is illogical for anyone wh...

Belgore wraps Kwara tour, laughs off 'withdrawal claims'
Kwara All Progressive Congress (APC) leading governorship aspirant Muhammad Dele Belgore (SAN) at the weekend toured seven local governments of the state talking to party stakeholders ahead of the governorship primari...