2015-07-06

Buhari Can't Rule Nigeria Alone - Cleric
Nigerians have been admonished not to put their hopes on President Muhammadu Buhari's administration but on the God Almighty for divine intervention. The Chief Imam of Offa, Kwara State, Sheik Muideen Salmon ...

Opinion: National Assembly - the Limits of Buhari. By Abraham Ogbodo
PEOPLE asking President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene in the leadership crisis at the National Assembly need to come out more clearly. They should spell out what precisely they want the President to do. And I beg to be...

Opinion: Saraki provokes mother of all media wars - 2. By Dele Sobowale
"The election of a Peoples Democratic Party senator as deputy Senate President is evidently a grand conspiracy to sabotage the Buhari government." Senator Kabiru Marafa, PUNCH, June 22, 2015, p 7. In Europe,...

DPR warns petroleum marketers against hoarding in Kwara
Mr Amos Jokodola, the Operations Controller at the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Kwara, has warned petroleum marketers to desist from hoarding petroleum products at weekends. Jokodola gave the warn...

Kwara Committed To Obtaining N23bn Bond - Ahmed
Kwara State governor Abdulfatah Ahmed has said that the state would go ahead to obtain N23billion bond from the capital market. Ahmed said his administration is committed to obtaining the bond which he said would be e...

402 inmates await trial, says Comptroller
The Comptroller of prisons in Kwara, Mr Adebiyi Ayokanmbi, has said that 402 out of 748 inmates in the four prisons across the state were awaiting trials. Ayokanmbi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN...

Kwara: Police Parade 18 Over Murder, Robbery
The Kwara State Police Command at the weekend paraded 18 suspects in connection with recent cases of armed robbery attacks, cult-related activities and kidnapping in Ilorin, the state capital and other parts of the sta...

OPINION: Bukola Saraki's Emergence as Senate President: The Ethical Questions. By Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi
"The basic platform upon which the All Progressives Congress invited Nigerians to assess it as to its programmes and policy thrust can be summarized into two major national crises that we have – indiscipline and corruptio...

2015-07-05

APC Crisis: Kwara, Lagos chapters clash over Saraki
The crisis rocking Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, since the election of National Assembly leaders took a new turn on Saturday as the spokesperson of the Kwara State chapter of the party asked its L...

Buhari can't fight corruption with Saraki-led Senate - Opadokun
Chief Ayo Opadokun is a former Secretary-General of the National Democratic Coalition and ex-General Secretary of the Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere. In this interview with LEKE BAIYEWU, he talks about t...

Ayeleso's saves deny FC Taraba victory against Kwara United
Goalkeeper Suraj Ayeleso put up a scintillating performance on Saturday in Makurdi to help visiting Kwara United FC of Ilorin draw goalless with hosts FC Taraba of Jalingo. The News Agency of Nigeria reports th...

OPINION: Dual Citizenship And the Law: Is Bukola Saraki A Nigerian Citizen? By Abdulaziz Olatunde Bakare
Few days ago, news broke out from a popular online news platform suggesting that Nigeria’s Senate President, Sen. Dr. Bukola Saraki is not a citizen of Nigeria by virtue of his holding dual citizenship of the ...

NASS Crises, Call Igbokwe to order, Sulyman Buhari tells Lagos APC
I wish to draw the attention of the Lagos State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) to the condemnable activities and ?the continual warmongering remarks of its State Publicity Secretary and my colleague, Mr Joe...

Photo News: Gov Ahmed Hosts Iftar for FRSC Corp Marshal
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, Corp Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corp, Mr. Boboye Oyeyemi, and DG, progressive Governors Forum, A...

APC crisis: Bamidele urges Saraki, Dogara to accept peace moves
A former member of the House of Representatives, Hon Michael Bamidele, has urged Senate President Bukola Saraki and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, to embrace peace initiatives made by the ...

Obi reveals secret on how Saraki became Kwara gov
The most authoritative account of what transpired before the emergence of the incumbent President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, as governor of Kwara State was innocently made public by one of the leading politicians from ...

OPINION: Senate Beyond the Noise. By Yusuph Olaniyonu
It is just three weeks since the Eight Senate was inaugurated on the proclamation prepared by President Muhammadu Buhari. Since then, a lot has happened within the institution which under normal circumstances should hav...

OPINION: When A Naked Man Offers You His Shirt. By Sonala Olumhense
It is to this wisdom that I return after a meal these days when I reflect on the chaos in Nigeria’s National Assembly. Almost overnight, Senator Bukola Saraki has changed several political dynamics by s...

Clerics oppose move to phase out religious studies from school curriculum
Any attempt to phase out religious studies in Nigeria's education curriculum would not augur well for the nation's development, some scholars in Kwara State have warned. Islamic and Christian scholars in the state s...

2015-07-04

South West APC chairmen snub courtesy visit to Saraki
Dr Bukola SarakiSenate President, Dr Bukola Saraki on Friday, played host to Forum of All Progressives Congress, APC, state Chairmen from the 36 states of the federation, including the federal capital territory, at the...

APC crisis: Govs' peace moves fail
The Progressives Governors' Forum on Friday failed to resolve the crisis rocking the ruling party, the All Progressives Congress, over leadership positions in the National Assembly. The party's National Execu...

25 APC state chairmen visit Saraki
The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, on Friday met with about 25 states chairmen of the APC who visited him in his office. They were led by the Chairman of the Kano State chapter of the party, Alhaji Haru...

Don faults women's depiction as sex objects
A University Don, Dr. Saudat Abdulbaqi has decried the unending portrayal of women as sex objects especially through print and broadcast advertisements. She said most magazines and newspapers' advertisments ...

Saraki doles out Ramadan cash gift for Muslim faithful in Kwara
The President of Nigeria Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, in his usual humanitarian services and philanthropic gestures, last weekend approved the sum of twenty five million naira (N25,000,000) which was distribute...

Six 'one chance' robbers nabbed in Kwara
Six men suspected to specialise in robbing passengers in commercial vehicles in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, have been apprehended by the Kwara State Police Command. The Punch correspondent learnt that th...

Opinion: June 9 'Coup' And Its Aftermath By 'Gbade Ojo (Ph.D)
A coup in civil-military relations parlance is no doubt a mutiny by the military intended to take over the reigns of power; an illegal action by a person and a group of persons to overthrow an existing regime and to es...

Lawyer says public servants' pay should differ, urges scrap of Salary Commission
An Ilorin based Constitutional lawyer, Mr Deji Gbadeyan, has called for the scrapping of the National Salary and Wages Commission, saying it is moribund. Gbadeyan made the call on Friday in an interview with News Agen...

NUC to Introduce e-Learning in Federal Universities, Polytechnics
National Universities Commission (NUC) has said it would introduce electronic education programme otherwise called "e-learning" in all federal universities, polytechnics and colleges of educcation in the country. ...

Press Release: Mohammed Denies Saying Buhari Will Release Ministerial List Soon
My attention has been drawn to a report in a section of the media on Thursday quoting me as saying that President Muhammadu Buhari will release his ministerial list 'in a few days'. This is a distortion of wh...

2015-07-03

Oro-Ago community protests police brutality, illegal detention
The Oro Ago community, Kwara State has petitioned the National Human Rights Commission over unlawful detention and brutality of nine indigenes by policemen. The community stated that the police have refused to ...

Saraki condemns renewed Boko Haram attacks
PRESIDENT of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki, has condemned the renewed onslaught against innocent Nigerians by the Boko Haram sect especially during the holy month of Ramadan, just as he urged all Nigerians especia...

Opinion: NASS crisis: The bigger picture. By Adekunle Adefarakan
The crisis in the National Assembly over the election of Principal Officers by the new dominant political party (APC) wasn't an experience the party's leaders could have bargained for. A once robust opposition party, A...

Abdulrahman stays at Kwara Utd
he management of Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) side Kwara United has said they are not going to sack the technical crew headed by Tunde Abdulrahman. Speculations have been rife that the coaches ...

Kwara Vice Captain Rues Home Defeat To Heartland
Kwara United vice captain, Dare Ojo is still in shock following Wednesday's disappointing 3-2 home loss to Enyimba. The defeat makes it the second time the Harmony Boys will lose to an oriental side at the I...

Buhari set to release ministerial list
The All Progressives Congress, (APC) has assured Nigerians that President Muhammadu Buhari will name his ministerial nominees in few days. National publicity secretary, Lai Mohammed disclosed this to journali...

LMC announces new dates for league matches
The League Management Company (LMC) has announced minor fixtures adjustment in the Glo Premier League for Match Day 17 and 18 matches. Salihu Abubakar, the chief operating officer of LMC, said the adjustment was necess...