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2016-06-19
Fresh crisis brews as Senate accuses Buhari administration of plot to remove Saraki, Ekweremadu
The Nigerian Senate has accused the Buhari administration of plotting to muzzle the legislature and criminalise legislative processes. The upper chamber said the plot was to cause a leadership change in the National ...
The Nigerian Senate has accused the Buhari administration of plotting to muzzle the legislature and criminalise legislative processes. The upper chamber said the plot was to cause a leadership change in the National ...
Press Release: Forgery Case, An Unconstitutional Violation of Principles of Separation of Powers, Checks and Balances.
1. After reading in the national newspapers and online platforms of the planned charges of forgery and conspiracy preferred against the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, his Deputy, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, im...
1. After reading in the national newspapers and online platforms of the planned charges of forgery and conspiracy preferred against the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, his Deputy, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, im...
Saraki's travails not crippling governance in Kwara - Speaker
Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Honourable Ali Ahmad, who holds a Ph.D. in Jurisprudence, was a Commissioner for Justice during the administration of former Governor Bukola Saraki before becoming a member...
Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Honourable Ali Ahmad, who holds a Ph.D. in Jurisprudence, was a Commissioner for Justice during the administration of former Governor Bukola Saraki before becoming a member...
Lawmakers propose immunity from prosecution, life pension for Saraki, principal n'assembly officers
Senators and speakers of some state houses of assembly have proposed immunity and life pension for presiding officers of the legislature. The decision was taken at a two day retreat on constitution review, organised...
Senators and speakers of some state houses of assembly have proposed immunity and life pension for presiding officers of the legislature. The decision was taken at a two day retreat on constitution review, organised...
Senate rules forgery: FG to arraign Saraki, Ekweremadu tomorrow
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, his deputy, Senator Ike Ekweremadu and two others, will tomorrow be arraigned before a Federal High Court in Abuja, over criminal conspiracy and forgery of the Senate Standing Rules, 2...
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, his deputy, Senator Ike Ekweremadu and two others, will tomorrow be arraigned before a Federal High Court in Abuja, over criminal conspiracy and forgery of the Senate Standing Rules, 2...
As work starts on Nigeria's worst highways, 3 gulp N57bn
This deplorable state of the Ilorin-Jebba road also extends to Mokwa. Few weeks after President Muhammadu Buhari signed the 2016 budget into law, work commenced on three of Nigeria's worst and most used highways. The ...
This deplorable state of the Ilorin-Jebba road also extends to Mokwa. Few weeks after President Muhammadu Buhari signed the 2016 budget into law, work commenced on three of Nigeria's worst and most used highways. The ...
Ramadan: NURTW Chair Cautions Drivers Against Excessive Speeding
The chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Kwara State, Alhaji Issa Ore, has cautioned members of the union against excessive speeding during the period of Ramadan fast. Ore advi...
The chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Kwara State, Alhaji Issa Ore, has cautioned members of the union against excessive speeding during the period of Ramadan fast. Ore advi...
Toyin Saraki, Zahra Buhari collaborate to save lives
To many it came as a surprise. But to those who have followed their histories, Toyin, wife of Senate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki, and Zahra, fifth daughter of President Muhammadu Buhari, have both been true to...
To many it came as a surprise. But to those who have followed their histories, Toyin, wife of Senate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki, and Zahra, fifth daughter of President Muhammadu Buhari, have both been true to...
N6bn IGR TARGET: Gov. Ahmed mobilises the Kwara tax man
It was obvious that the administration in Kwara State under Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed needed to take serious action in view of the free fall of its federal monthly allocations since about two years ago, particularly, i...
It was obvious that the administration in Kwara State under Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed needed to take serious action in view of the free fall of its federal monthly allocations since about two years ago, particularly, i...
Feeding Programme To Boost Agriculture Scheme In Kwara State - Governor Ahmed
The Kwara State Governor, Abdulfattah Ahmed says the school feeding program by the Federal Government for junior secondary school pupils in Nigeria, will help to stimulate local agriculture support scheme in the countr...
The Kwara State Governor, Abdulfattah Ahmed says the school feeding program by the Federal Government for junior secondary school pupils in Nigeria, will help to stimulate local agriculture support scheme in the countr...
How Kwara Assembly Fared In The Last One Year
When the Kwara State House of Assembly was inaugurated on June 8, 2015, the people of the state had high hopes of a legislative arm of government that would function effectively, efficiently and work independently as e...
When the Kwara State House of Assembly was inaugurated on June 8, 2015, the people of the state had high hopes of a legislative arm of government that would function effectively, efficiently and work independently as e...
Kwara Speaker canvases immunity for Houses of Assembly presiding officers
Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Dr. Ali Ahmad has canvassed that the immunity for criminal prosecution being currently enjoyed by the President and Governors should be extended to the Senate president and...
Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Dr. Ali Ahmad has canvassed that the immunity for criminal prosecution being currently enjoyed by the President and Governors should be extended to the Senate president and...
OPINION: J-K Gadzama: Law is his life! By Abdulrazaq Magaji
From the quantum of high and not-so-high endorsements he has received so far, it is almost certain that Chief Joe-Kyari Gadzama is only waiting to be crowned the next president of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, next m...
From the quantum of high and not-so-high endorsements he has received so far, it is almost certain that Chief Joe-Kyari Gadzama is only waiting to be crowned the next president of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, next m...
Feeding Programme To Boost Agriculture Scheme In Kwara State - Governor
The Kwara State Governor, Abdulfattah Ahmed says the school feeding program by the Federal Government for junior secondary school pupils in Nigeria, will help to stimulate local agriculture support scheme in the coun...
The Kwara State Governor, Abdulfattah Ahmed says the school feeding program by the Federal Government for junior secondary school pupils in Nigeria, will help to stimulate local agriculture support scheme in the coun...
Anxiety as Kerosene price skyrockets, fluctuates ..litre sells for N175 ...IPMAN justifies price
By Ahmed 'Lateef Anxiety has gripped residents of Ilorin following frequent hike in the price of kerosene otherwise known as Dual Purpose Kerosene (DPK) with no explanation from relevant government agencies in the p...
By Ahmed 'Lateef Anxiety has gripped residents of Ilorin following frequent hike in the price of kerosene otherwise known as Dual Purpose Kerosene (DPK) with no explanation from relevant government agencies in the p...
OPINION: Saraki: Will cause of Justice be served? By Alex Okoroafor
At the inception of the trial of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki for alleged breaches in asset declaration at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), I sounded it loud and clear that the case was not about infraction ...
At the inception of the trial of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki for alleged breaches in asset declaration at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), I sounded it loud and clear that the case was not about infraction ...
Open Letter to the Speaker, KWHA. By Sambo Muritala
OPEN LETTER TO THE HONORABLE SPEAKER, KWARA STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY. The Honorable Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Asa-Dam Road, Ilorin, Kwara State Dear sir, ...
OPEN LETTER TO THE HONORABLE SPEAKER, KWARA STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY. The Honorable Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Asa-Dam Road, Ilorin, Kwara State Dear sir, ...
2016-06-18
Civil servants likely to forfeit salary arrears
The Senior Special Assistant to the Kwara State Governor on Media and Communication, Dr. Muyideen Akorede, said that currently, the state Internal Revenue Service generated an average of about N1.1bn monthly. He added...
The Senior Special Assistant to the Kwara State Governor on Media and Communication, Dr. Muyideen Akorede, said that currently, the state Internal Revenue Service generated an average of about N1.1bn monthly. He added...
Musa must die by hanging for strangulating wife to death - Court
A Niger State High Court sitting in Suleja has sentenced a middle-aged man, Mr Jameel Mohammed Musa to death by hanging for strangulating his 37-year old wife, Hadiza in an hotel room over reasons left to conjecture...
A Niger State High Court sitting in Suleja has sentenced a middle-aged man, Mr Jameel Mohammed Musa to death by hanging for strangulating his 37-year old wife, Hadiza in an hotel room over reasons left to conjecture...
I have been squatting with relatives since my husband died - Thompson Oliha's wife
Wife of the late Super Eagles midfielder, Thompson Oliha, Ajara Mohammed-Oliha, has lamented that both the Federal Government and the Kwara State Football Academy have abandoned the family he left behind 3 years after ...
Wife of the late Super Eagles midfielder, Thompson Oliha, Ajara Mohammed-Oliha, has lamented that both the Federal Government and the Kwara State Football Academy have abandoned the family he left behind 3 years after ...
Kwara Governor, Wife Laud Adimula's Commitment To Educational Development
The Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed, on Thursday, commended Barrister Biola Adimula for her continuous commitment towards educational development in Kwara state. The Governor, who was represented by...
The Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed, on Thursday, commended Barrister Biola Adimula for her continuous commitment towards educational development in Kwara state. The Governor, who was represented by...
Former Minister, Abdullahi, decries Nigeria's poor preparation for Rio 2016 Olympics
Former Minister of Sports, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, has decried the low-level preparation of the country's athletes ahead of the 2016 Rio Olympics.Speaking on Wednesday in Abuja at the opening ceremony of the third int...
Former Minister of Sports, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, has decried the low-level preparation of the country's athletes ahead of the 2016 Rio Olympics.Speaking on Wednesday in Abuja at the opening ceremony of the third int...
Fresh trouble for Saraki as FG charges him, Ekweremadu, others with forgery
Fresh trouble for Senate President Bukola Saraki is on the way with the resolve of the Federal Government to press forgery charges against him and his deputy, Senator Ike Ekweremadu. The suit against the two...
Fresh trouble for Senate President Bukola Saraki is on the way with the resolve of the Federal Government to press forgery charges against him and his deputy, Senator Ike Ekweremadu. The suit against the two...
Forex crisis: Nigerian students abroad apply to home universities
Many Nigerian students studying abroad have been seeking transfer to Nigerian universities to complete their education at home because of the scarcity of foreign exchange. Saturday PUNCH gathered that the stu...
Many Nigerian students studying abroad have been seeking transfer to Nigerian universities to complete their education at home because of the scarcity of foreign exchange. Saturday PUNCH gathered that the stu...
Expert identifies cause of Nigeria's economic woes'
The discovery of oil and subsequent multi-dollar income thereafter by past governments is responsible for the current economic woes of Nigeria, acting Executive Director, National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation ...
The discovery of oil and subsequent multi-dollar income thereafter by past governments is responsible for the current economic woes of Nigeria, acting Executive Director, National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation ...
2016-06-17
SPEECH DELIVERED BY HIS EXCELLENCY (DR.) ABUBAKAR BUKOLA SARAKI, CON, PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, AT THE RETREAT ORGANISED BY THE SENATE AD HOC COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEE REVIEW ON 17TH JUNE, 2016.
1. Distinguished colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, you would recall that in earlier this year upon the inauguration of this all important committee, I did make the point that the members of this committee had been arrived...
1. Distinguished colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, you would recall that in earlier this year upon the inauguration of this all important committee, I did make the point that the members of this committee had been arrived...
'Disregard for inherited vocational skills worsens unemployment' - Sanu Shehu
A prominent Islamic Scholar, Usman Sanu Sheu, yesterday said disregard for inherited vocational skills famous with the ancient Ilorin township has aggravated unemployment. He stated that rather than injecting...
A prominent Islamic Scholar, Usman Sanu Sheu, yesterday said disregard for inherited vocational skills famous with the ancient Ilorin township has aggravated unemployment. He stated that rather than injecting...
Opinion: Governor Ahmed: The clock is ticking, by Akogun Iyiola Oyedepo
The ticking of the clock is the fleetness of time. There are sixty (60) seconds in one hour and one thousand four hundred and forty (1440) seconds, in a day. We have five hundred and twenty five thousand, six hundred (...
The ticking of the clock is the fleetness of time. There are sixty (60) seconds in one hour and one thousand four hundred and forty (1440) seconds, in a day. We have five hundred and twenty five thousand, six hundred (...
Toyin Saraki is my big sister - Kwara Governor's wife
You started a charity foundation, Life Empowered Anchors Hope (LEAH) on assumption of office. Looking back, what have you done so far in the last five years? When we assumed office in 2011, we normally organi...
You started a charity foundation, Life Empowered Anchors Hope (LEAH) on assumption of office. Looking back, what have you done so far in the last five years? When we assumed office in 2011, we normally organi...
Kwara government expresses concern over deforestation
The Kwara State Government has expressed concerned over indiscriminate felling of trees without replacing it with another by those working in the forest. Commissioner for Environment and Forestry, Otunba Taiw...
The Kwara State Government has expressed concerned over indiscriminate felling of trees without replacing it with another by those working in the forest. Commissioner for Environment and Forestry, Otunba Taiw...
2016 Federation Cup: Holders Akwa United beat Kwara United
Federation Cup defending champions, Akwa United FC yesterday dashed the hopes of Kwara United FC breaking the jinx of the nation's Premier competition this year, as they edged the Harmony Boys by a lone goal.The only g...
Federation Cup defending champions, Akwa United FC yesterday dashed the hopes of Kwara United FC breaking the jinx of the nation's Premier competition this year, as they edged the Harmony Boys by a lone goal.The only g...
Suspected Ritualists Murder Pregnant Woman, Removes Foetus in Kwara
A pregnant woman has been reportedly murdered and dismembered by suspected ritualists at Gboroko village via Alapa in Asa Local Government Area of Kwara State. The Tribune Online gathered that the incident happ...
A pregnant woman has been reportedly murdered and dismembered by suspected ritualists at Gboroko village via Alapa in Asa Local Government Area of Kwara State. The Tribune Online gathered that the incident happ...
2016-06-16
Universities won't kick against abolishing post-UTME
Universities across the country have indicated they won't oppose the recent move by the federal government to abolish the post Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (post-UTME) they conduct for admission seekers. ...
Universities across the country have indicated they won't oppose the recent move by the federal government to abolish the post Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (post-UTME) they conduct for admission seekers. ...
Saraki canvasses prayers for Buhari at Ramadan
Senate President Bukola Saraki yesterday canvassed support and prayers for President Muhammadu Buhari during the ongoing 'Ramadan' (fasting) of Moslems. Saraki, who predicted a burgeoning future for the nation's democ...
Senate President Bukola Saraki yesterday canvassed support and prayers for President Muhammadu Buhari during the ongoing 'Ramadan' (fasting) of Moslems. Saraki, who predicted a burgeoning future for the nation's democ...
UNILORIN staff, students to undergo cancer screening
Non-Governmental Organisation, NGO, Access to Basic medical Care, ABC medical, Foundation, in conjunction with the management of the University of Ilorin, Unilorin, will screen all female staff and students for breast ...
Non-Governmental Organisation, NGO, Access to Basic medical Care, ABC medical, Foundation, in conjunction with the management of the University of Ilorin, Unilorin, will screen all female staff and students for breast ...
Saraki asks CCT Chairman to hands off trial
Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Mr. Danladi Umar has again been asked to disqualify himself from the on-going false asset declaration case preferred against Senate President Bukola Saraki. Sar...
Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Mr. Danladi Umar has again been asked to disqualify himself from the on-going false asset declaration case preferred against Senate President Bukola Saraki. Sar...
Kwara Assembly Orders Demolition Of 6 Petrol Stations
The Kwara State House of Assembly yesterday directed the state's Town Planning and Development Authority to demolish six petrol stations within Ilorin, the state capital. The affected petrol stations were amo...
The Kwara State House of Assembly yesterday directed the state's Town Planning and Development Authority to demolish six petrol stations within Ilorin, the state capital. The affected petrol stations were amo...
Kwara Needs 270mw For 24-Hour Electricity - IBEDC
Kwara region of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) has said that it would require at least 270 megawatts of electricity to ensure 24 hours power supply in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, and its environs....
Kwara region of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) has said that it would require at least 270 megawatts of electricity to ensure 24 hours power supply in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, and its environs....
Kwara Government to engage youths positively
The Kwara State Government has reiterated its determination to create Multi-faceted avenues to engage the unemployed Youths positively. The Senior Special Assistant to the State Governor on Youth Empowerment,...
The Kwara State Government has reiterated its determination to create Multi-faceted avenues to engage the unemployed Youths positively. The Senior Special Assistant to the State Governor on Youth Empowerment,...
Kerosene price skyrockets in Ilorin and its environs
Palpable tension has gripped residents of Ilorin following frequent hike in the price of kerosene otherwise known as Dual Purpose Kerosene (DPK) with no explanation from relevant government agencies in the petroleum in...
Palpable tension has gripped residents of Ilorin following frequent hike in the price of kerosene otherwise known as Dual Purpose Kerosene (DPK) with no explanation from relevant government agencies in the petroleum in...
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