2015-07-01

Kwara teachers threaten to boycott classes over unpaid salaries
Some teachers in public schools in Kwara on Wednesday said they may start boycotting classes if the two months salaries owed them were not paid. The teachers, who spoke with newsmen in separate interviews acr...

Four yrs not eternity, APGA chieftain tells APC, Saraki, Dogara
A Chieftain of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in Abia State, Dr. David Onuoha-Bourdex, has told the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to bear in mind that the four years mandate given to them is not et...

Kwara United trio resumes training
*Available for selection against Enyimba Kwara United have been boosted by the availability of some of their stars who have recovered from injuries. Isiaka Oladuntoye (knee), Audu Akeem (muscle tear...

Bukola Saraki vs Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq: Tribunal begins hearing on petition today
The Kwara State Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Ilorin, l would, today, commence hearing in a case challenging the election of Senator Bukola Saraki as Senator representing the Central Senatorial district. ...

Saraki foiled an attempted coup - Waku
Senator Joseph Waku, one of those that contested for the APC governorship ticket in Benue State in the recent election, speaks on the crisis in the National Assembly and other issues. The APC promised to zon...

Enyimba Chasing Record in Ilorin
Enyimba striker Chimezie Amanfor has said his side want to an achieve eight-match unbeaten record at Kwara United this evening. The two-time African champions will be the guests of Harmony Boys in the Glo Premier Leag...

Opinion: Senate leadership snafu. By Ichie Tiko Okoye
It is no longer news that Bukola Saraki emerged as Senate President under very controversial circumstances. The eerie calm that pervades the membership of the All Progressives Congress- a party that has been in existen...

Kwara Community petitions NHRC over detention
The people of Oro Ago community, Kwara State have written a petition to the National Human Rights Commission over police brutality, unlawful detention/arrest and intimidation of its indigenes. The petition si...

N720bn intervention fund should boost employment —MAN
The Chairman, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, Kwara and Kogi states' chapter, Mrs. Omolola Oloboyo, has urged manufacturers in the country to leverage on the N720bn intervention fund of the Federal Government to ...

Al-Hikmah University gets new VC
A new Vice-Chancellor has been appointed for Al-Hikmah University in Ilorin, Kwara State. He is Professor Muhammad Taofeek Olalekan Ibrahim. A statement by the institution's acting Director of Information, Dr Lateef Ol...

SWAN Congratulates Saraki
The Abuja chapter of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) has congratulated Senator Bukola Saraki on his emergence as the president of Nigeria's eight Senate. The body, through a statement release...

Buhari appoints Mrs Zakari as Acting Chairman INEC
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Mrs Amina Bala Zakari as the Acting Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) following the conclusion of the term of Office of Prof. Attahiru Jega. ...

Why I said Buhari's 3 weeks better than Jonathan's 6years - Lai Mohammed
The National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Tuesday, reiterated that the steps taken so far by President Muhammadu Buhari, within 30 days of the life of his administrati...

One month in office: APC rates Buhari high
The All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday x-rayed President Muhammadu Buhari's one month in office and concluded that he had hit the ground running with what he achieved. National Publicity Secretary of the...

Why CBN extended BVN registration deadline to Oct 31
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN), yesterday extended the deadline for customers to enrol for the Bank Verification Number (BVN) by four months till October 31, 2015. Director, Banking and Payments System Depar...

2015-06-30

Buhari, Saraki not on speaking terms
The crisis between President Muhammadu Buhari and Senate President Bukola Saraki is taking its toll on executive-legislature relations as both men are not on speaking terms, TheCable understands. Buhari, who preferred...

Saraki stabbed APC - Osundare
Renowned poet, Prof. Niyi Osundare, has decried the process leading to the emergence of Senator Bukola Saraki as the President of the Senate. Osundare said in a poem titled “Blues for the New Senate King,...

I won't delay confirmation of Buhari's ministerial nominees - Saraki
Senate President, Bukola Saraki,  on Tuesday, assured Nigerians that the Upper Chamber, will not delay the confirmation of ministerial nominees once the list has been forwarded to his office by President Muhammadu...

OPINION: Saraki: The impetuous 'coup of one man. By Dan Onwukwe
It has been a period of stunning moments of anxiety and rage at the 8th National Assembly. Although we have had similar episodes and spectacles of shame and outright lawlessness at the National Assembly in the past, ...

Saraki is telling lies, say pro-Lawan senators
Senate President Bukola Saraki has been accused of lying that the All Progressives Congress (APC) forwarded its preferred names of principal officers to the senate only after the APC zonal caucuses met to nomin...

FASTING: Nutritionist warns against excess eating
A nutritionist and Ag. Head of the Department of Home Economics and Food Science, University of Ilorin, Dr. (Mrs.) Ramota Karim, has advised Muslims to shun excessive eating during the on-going Ramadan fasting, saying ...

Lai Mohammed defends Buhari's govt
Pres. Buhari: Tackling insecurity, corruption and restoring Nigeria's respect Being the text of a media parley hosted by the National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, in Lagos on Tuesday, Ju...

Baraje tackles Akande over N'Assembly crisis
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress,  Alhaji Kawu Baraje, on Tuesday, described as unfortunate, a statement by former interim National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Bisi Akande, which a...

Why Reps had to fight - Saraki
The president of the Senate, Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki in this interview with Senate correspondents at the weekend spoke on intrigues around his emergence as the presiding officer of the National Assembly among other...

OPINION: How To Oust Generic Bukola Saraki By The Nuclear Option. By Bayo Oluwasanmi
I can't think of anyone likely to be inspired by the Senate being led by the scheming, diabolical and treacherous Kwara Senator, Bukola Saraki. The illegal election of Saraki as the Senate leader has further driven the...

OPINION: Attacks by The Nation & Sahara Reporters on Bukola Saraki: An Impediment to Nigeria's Democratic Norms. By Bashir Akanbi
In various attempts to impede the norms of democracy in the country, for which gigantic sacrifices were made by millions of Nigerians in the last general elections, The Nation daily newspaper and Sahara Reporters onlin...

CBN Extends BVN Registration
The Central Bank of Nigeria has extended Bank Verification Number regaitration till October 31st....

Chaos as customers besiege banks for BVN registration
There was chaos at most banks across the country yesterday as customers rushed to beat the mandatory Bank Verification Number (BVN) deadline billed for today. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) had given all b...

NASS elections: Akande's claims full of lies, misleading - Saraki
Senate President, Bukola Saraki has described as malicious the claim by his party man, Bisi Akande that he was financed by some corrupt oil thieves to emerge as the Senate President. Saraki said there was no ...

Police arrest fake number plate manufacturers
The Kwara State Police Command at the weekend apprehended six persons allegedly involved in the manufacturing of fake number plates....

APC should only play advisory role - Saraki
Senate President Abubakar Bukola Saraki in his first interview with journalists three weeks after his emergence as President of the Senate, explains what really happened and reasons why he disagrees with APC leadership...

INEC prays tribunal to regard ADC's case against Ahmed abandoned
The case filed by the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and its governorship candidate in Kwara State, Comrade Abubakar Abdulraheem against the election of Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of the All Progressives Congress (AP...

Kwara United - Enyimba Preview: Abdulrahman stresses the importance of victory in Ilorin
The Ilorin based side's players have been told by their coach to strive for maximum points against the People's Elephant as he battles to sort out his future with the club Under fire head coach of Kwara Unite...

70-year-old slits her throat with razor blade in Kwara
A 70-year old woman, Mrs. Saratu Rahman, also known as Iya Ogbomoso, have committed suicide by cutting her throat with a razor in Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State. The incident, which happened on Mon...

2015-06-29

Press Release: Akande's Divisive Statement Unfortunate - Saraki
Again, the attention of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has been drawn to a malicious, false and totally reprehensible news report, wherein it insinuated that the election of Dr. Bukola Saraki as the Senate Pre...

Vacancies at Kwara State Internal Revenue Service
KS-IRS Job Vacancies Announcement In keeping with the mandate for the KS-IRS, the Kwara State Government is seeking individuals with uncommon dedication who are high-achieving, highly dynamic and innovative with prove...

OPINION: Between Saraki and The Nation Newspaper. By Billiameen Obafunsho
A popular saying goes thus "There is no point crying over a spoilt milk". This best describes the energy a widely read newspaper in the country has channelled towards dishing out negative publications about the Senate P...

Saraki's pyrrhic victory
Unlike the selec-tion of APC's presidential flag bearer and his lieutenant, the election into Nigeria's third most important political office has been messy and there's no doubt that some politicians are going to pay f...

The Saraki, Dogara Resistance
On June 9, members of the National Assembly, particularly the Senate, put aside political affiliation to elect their leaders. Some of them defied their party, the All Progressives Congress, APC. A former gove...

26 States Withhold Implementation of Pension Scheme
Only 10 out of the 36 states of the federation are implementing the contributory pension scheme (CPS) designed to guarantee availability and prompt delivery of pension entitlement of workers upon retirement. ...

Opinion: Legislathief wars By Wole Olaoye
On whose behalf were our legislators wrestling and throwing uppercuts last week? No prizes for your guess. We had long known that most of our politicians are in the business for selfish reasons. In an environment where...

Maintain Stance on Gay Marriage, Nigeria Urged
Chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Kwara State, Professor Timothy Opoola yesterday urged the Nigerian government to maintain its position against gay marriage which he described as evil. Th...

APC's (National Assembly) crisis By Bisi Akande
Sometime in 2013 ACN, ANPP and CPC resolved to merge and set up a merger committee to work out the modality for glueing together as one political party under one name, one constitution and one manifesto. A sp...

NASS crisis: Akande reveals how subsidy thieves, corrupt businessmen enthroned Saraki, Dogara
Former Interim National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande has explained how some persons he tagged as subsidy thieves, corrupt businessmen enthroned Saraki and Dogara as Senate Presiden...

Motorists accuse NNPC stations of adjusting pumps
Motorists in Ilorin, Kwara State, have accused petrol stations and outlets belonging to the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) of engaging in sharp practices. The motorists alleged that what they g...

DPR shuts two petrol stations in Ilorin for cheating motorists
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has shut two petrol stations in Ilorin for alleged under-dispensing of the product to motorists. The DPR Operation Controller in the state, Mr Amos Jokodola, throug...

Blues for the New Senate King. By Niyi Osundare
Behold, the People ask: Who will save us from our Prostitutes in Power? Part 1 He wanted so desperately to be King of Senate He left the Path of Honour behind Haba! He want...

2015-06-28

Saraki did not step down for Buhari - Presidency
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, on Saturday, said there was no truth in the claim by Saraki that he stepped down for President Buhari in the APC presidential race. Ad...

Balarabe Musa: APC must insist on party supremacy
Second Republic Governor of the old Kaduna State and prominent Northern voice, Alhaji Abdulkadir Balarabe Musa, has told the All Progressives Congress (APC) to insist on party supremacy in the current crisis rocking th...

Saraki: There Was No Deal over Ekweremadu's Emergence
With the ruling All Progressives Congress still coming to terms with the controversial emergence of principal officers of the National Assembly, the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has said he never intentionally ...

Buhari: Ekweremadu as Saraki's deputy unacceptable
For President Muhammadu Buhari, the emergence of a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) member as deputy Senate President in the current dispensation is nothing short of a setback for his administration. He...

OPINION: The Nigerian Stereotype And The Nigerian Senate By Abimbola Lagunju
Of Nigeria’s many faces to the world, the one that evokes an immediate sense of alert and distrust across global borders is its perceived citizens’ disdain for legality. The presentation of Nigerian passpor...

OPINION: Buhari And The Demons In His Party. By Azubuike Ishiekwene
The All Progressives Congress appears to have given its enemies a stick to beat the party. For two weeks now, the governing party has been at war with itself over the sharing of offices. And it’s getting messier....

'Saraki snubbed Buhari to emerge Senate president'
A leader of the APC, who spoke to SUNDAY PUNCH on the condition of anonymity, said Saraki was only trying to be clever by half. The leader of the party, who spoke in a telephone interview with one of Punc...

OPINION: Who are the leaders of APC? By Jide Ajani
This is the story of how the All Progressives Congress, APC, shot itself in the foot. Whereas some individuals, very familiar with anointing individuals to fill positions irrespective of the sensibilities and sensitivi...

Nigeria Can Only Forge Ahead As United, Indivisible Nation - Etsu Nupe
The Etsu Nupe, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar, has maintained that the key to unlock the success, growth and development of Nigeria lies in the unity, peace and indivisibility of the nation. The royal father, ...

Behold - Saraki's Third Force
Die-hard Buharists believe that their icon is infallible. The president's apparent lack of preparedness to govern is increasing the level of socio-political upheaval in the country and isolating him too. Boko Haram att...

Buhari, Tinubu differ on NASS crisis - Saraki
.Says: I Didn't Need A Deal With Ekweremadu To Win Senate Presidency .We'll Cut Our Allowances, Overhead - Senate Leader Ndume The Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, yesterday gave an insight into the ...

Dogara, Saraki, working against APC's success - Sani-Abdu
Member of the House of Representatives from Bauchi State, Mohammed Sani-Abdu, explains to JOHN AMEH why the All Progressives Congress must have its way in the tussle over the appointment of principal officers ...

It's too late to expel Saraki from APC - Audu Ogbeh
A former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party and a founding member of the All Progressives Congress, Mr. Audu Ogbeh, tells JOHN ALECHENU about the National Assembly crisis among other issues You...

I dropped my presidential ambition for Buhari - Saraki
The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has denied reports that he is nursing the ambition for presidency in 2019, saying he actually quit his presidential bid in the 2015 election for President Muhammadu Buhari. ...

APC will overcome National Assembly leadership challenge - Kanike
A member of the House of Representatives, Amuda Kanike (APC-Ilorin East, Ilorin South, Kwara), has expressed optimism that the party would move beyond its present challenge. Kanike , who expressed the opinion...