2015-07-26

Toyin Saraki's EFCC Invitation: Balogun-Fulani's statement is self-serving - Kwara APC Caucus
A caucus of the All Progressives Congress in Kwara State has described the statement credited to the Chairman of the party in Kwara State, Mr. Ishola Balogun-Fulani on the invitation of Mrs. Toyin Saraki, wife of a former...

Our Petition Led to Toyin Saraki's EFCC Invitation - Kwara PDP
The Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has revealed that the petition it sent to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), was instrumental to the invitation of Toyin Saraki, wife of ...

Saraki, Ekweremadu Will Be Impeached Next Week - Senator Marafa
Senator Kabiru Marafa has vowed that the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu as well as other principal officers in the Senate leadership would be impeached on Tuesday, July 28, when the upper ...

Police confirm Senate forgery
The Nigeria Police have concluded their probe into the forgery of the Senate Standing Order and given a copy of the report to President Muhammadu Buhari, SUNDAY PUNCH can authoritatively report. The President...

Senate: Saraki's camp jittery over EFCC hammer
.Plans to arrest Saraki, Ekweremadu alleged .Lawan's camp threatens showdown over suspension moves Ahead of Tuesday's resumption of the Senate, more controversies have continued to envelop the Red Cha...

Ahmad watches as Oyeleke signs acceptance form at inauguration
What Kwarans Expect as Ahmad Leads Eighth State Assembly Democracy has been described as the government of the people by the people and for the people. The electorate in Kwara State elected a new House of As...

Alleged N3bn bail out money tears Kwara apart
The economic lull plaguing the administration of Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has infected every strata of the state apparatus in a manner the residents have not experienced in recent time. In the open...

Kwara community decries poor state of road
For residents of Egbejila Community in Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara State, the only access road connecting villages and hamlets under the community is a source of nightmare. For years, they have...

Why Council Strike Will Persist-– NULGE
THE Kwara State Chapter of the National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), has vowed not to call off its two-weeks-old strike, until the workers received at least three months of their salary arrears. ...

EFCC's Invitation of Mrs. Saraki, Curious, House Members Allege
Twenty-five lawmakers in the House of Representatives have described the invitation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to the wife of Senate President Bukola Saraki, Mrs. Toyin Saraki, as curious, e...

Tinubu denies hounding Saraki's wife with EFCC, says "broke" Senator Waku hired to smear him
A national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has denied accusations by a party member that he was using the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to hound Toyin Saraki, wife of the Senate preside...

Tinubu Caused Toyin Saraki's EFCC Probe to Punish Bukola Saraki - Waku
He said Tinubu as a way of punishing the senate president over the NASS crisis, masterminded the petition that has caused invitation of Toyin Saraki by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. "I have ch...

2015-07-25

OPINION: Saraki: Putting National Interest First. By Ayinde Alaba
Is it not weird and disturbing that rather than put the interest of the nation uppermost by applying the immense potential of the Nigerian Senate to the hilt, we are at each other’s throat on the inconsequentia...

No plan to sack workers over FAAC drop - Gov Ahmed
Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has said that his administration will not retrench workers under any guise but will rather create platforms to economically empower the teeming youths. Governor Ahm...

Unions endorse Saraki's leadership of Senate
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has endorsed the eighth Senate, led by Bukola Saraki. National President of the NLC, Ayuba Wabba, said Nigerians were confident the House would impact positively on their liv...

Kwara APC Condemns EFCC Move Against Saraki's Wife
The All Progressives Congress in Kwara state has advised the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to guard against being used to settle political scores by powerful politicians. Speaking on the bac...

Saraki Decries unnecessary deaths in Arepo Fire Incident
Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, today (Saturday) decried what he called unnecessary loss of precious human lives as witnessed in the petroleum pipeline fire incident at Arepo, Ogun State. He said he was s...

2015-07-24

Saraki: Jonathan Did Not Give Me Any Bribe over Missing $20bn
Senate President Bukola Saraki yesterday denied reports by an online news medium that he received bribe from former President Goodluck Jonathan to help him influence the alleged missing $20 billion from the Nigeria Nat...

Saraki and the Missing $20 Billion NNPC Issue
Before President Muhammadu Buhari travelled to the United States on a four-day official trip, one of the issues dominating the national discourse was the missing $20 billion money in the Nigerian National Petroleum Cor...

FG's Bailout Fund Not Meant to Pay Workers' Salaries - Ahmed
Kwara state governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed Thursday clarified the issue of the federal government's bailout fund to the 36 states of the federation, saying that the it was not meant to pay outstanding salaries and a...

Brain shift leaves poor women with fistula desperate
Folake Abdulrazak felt raw pain-a long, hard labour to give birth to her third child. She was booked in a clinic and no surgery was on her charts, she remembers. "I later gave birth, but it took a long time." ...

Kwara Might Not Benefit Much From Bailout - Gov. Ahmed
As the people of Kwara continue waiting for the bailout promised the states by the Federal Government, the State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, has announced that Kwara might not benefit much from the anticipated bailout....

We don't have money to pay commissioners, others - Kwara Gov
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State yesterday explained that the current financial quagmire facing the country had prevented him from appointing commissioners and other political officeholders since he started his...

Woman, 55, held over N10m fraud
A 55-year-old woman, Mrs. Adebayo Bisola Mayowa, was yesterday remanded in prison by a Chief Magistrate's Court in Ilorin, Kwara State for allegedly defrauding one Mrs. Polly Bosede Olobayo. It was gathered t...

Omotosho is Rotary District 9125 governor
Rotary Club District 9125 Asokoro of Abuja will tomorrow inaugurate Dr. Mike Omotosho as governor of the district. Omotosho will be in office for one year. Omotosho who is a pharmacist as well as a health sec...

Rangers overpower Kwara Utd in Cup clash
Enugu Rangers and Kwara United played out a fantastic Federation Cup round of 16 contest on Thursday in Abuja. Rangers won 3-2 with Emeka Eze netting the winner, four minutes from time. The Flying A...

AbdulRazaq Vs Saraki: Tribunal Adjourns Hearing To July 31
The petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP) candidate for Kwara Central senatorial district in the last general election, Alhaji AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, against the election of Senator Bukola Saraki, has...

Ojo's Gusty Contributions Eased Kwara Utd's Relegation Blues
With Kwara United started the season on high but the steam could not be sustained even with the gutsy contributions of youngsters such as Segun Alebiosu, Evans Iyoro, Obadaki Halilu, Peter Gabriel, Adeshina and Ismail ...

Police parade 13 kidnap, robbery suspects in Kwara
The Kwara State Police Command on Thursday paraded 13 suspects over alleged kidnapping, armed robbery and theft in the state. Among the suspects were four members of a kidnapping syndicate which allegedly abd...

Pro-Saraki Senators Warn EFCC Against Political Witch-Hunting In Wife's Probe
A group of Senators loyal to the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, under the aegis of 'Like-Minds,' have warned the Economic and Financial crimes Commission against allowing itself to be used for the purpose of politica...

2015-07-23

Court Remands Man,27, For Allegedly Raping Minor
An Ilorin Magistrate's court has ordered that a 27-year old man, Lukman Salihu be remanded for allegedly raping a 15- year old girl in Ilorin, Kwara State. The suspect was arraigned on two- count charge of gross indec...

Foreigner Electrocuted in Ilorin
A foreigner identified as Isa Malick has been reportedly electrocuted at Dangote area of Asa Dam road, Ilorin, Kwara State. The Niger Republic-born victim was said to have died while trying to remove a wire that ...

I'm ready to cooperate with EFCC - Toyin Saraki
The wife of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has said she will respond to an invitation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, and assist the commission with its inquiries over corruption allegations agai...

Fed Cup: Kwara United talks tough ahead of Rangers test
General Manager of Kwara United, Haruna Maigidansanma and his players have vowed that the team will beat Enugu Rangers in a Federation Cup round of 16 clash at the Area 3 Pitch in Abuja on Thursday. "I have a...

ARMTI wants govt to harness potato farming potential
ACTING Director of Agricultural, Rural and Management Training Institute (ARMTI), Ilorin, Anthony Njoku has said that Nigeria has the required fertile land and potential manpower to turn the nation into a major exporte...

Kwara college teachers decry non-payment of salaries
Workers of the College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies, CAILS in Ilorin, Kwara State who are under the umbrella of the Committee of the Unions of Tertiary Institutions, CUTI and joint members of Academic Staff Unio...

Poly student nabbed over firearms
A polytechnic student in Kwara State has been arrested by the police for being in possession of firearms unlawfully. The suspect, Hammed (first name withheld) was reportedly arrested in the school premises af...

Oracle varsity partners Kwara Poly on ICT
Arrangement has been concluded to bring Oracle University to Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, to boost the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) drive of the polytechnic. The General Manager of AfriH...

Man, 20, held over rape
A 20-year-old electrician, Saka Wasiu of airport area in Ilorin, Kwara State, was yesterday remanded in prison for allegedly raping a lady. It was gathered that the case was transferred from Adewole Divisional Police H...

Dialogue with Boko Haram, FG urged
Pioneer Grand Khadi of Kwara State Sharia Court of Appeal, Justice Abdulkadir Orire, has said that granting amnesty to Boko Haram members is at the discretion of government. He however urged the government t...

Kwara Council Workers Urge Gov Ahmed To Pay Their Salaries
The Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), in Kwara, has appealed to Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed to pay it member's five month-salaries. The Secretary of NULGE in the State, Abayomi Afolabi, made the...

Kwara Government Restates Commitment To Provision Of Health Care
The Kwara State Government has restated its commitment and readiness to the provision of affordable healthcare facilities to the people of the state. The State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, disclosed the dev...