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2015-06-15
Governor Ahmed Signs Four Bills Into Law
The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has signed for four bills into law with a pledge to redouble efforts to improve the welfare of the people despite the downturn in the national economy. The new law...
The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has signed for four bills into law with a pledge to redouble efforts to improve the welfare of the people despite the downturn in the national economy. The new law...
OPINION: Senate Presidency: A Second Look At Sarakism. By Erasmus Ikhide
The emergence of Senator Bukola Saraki as the nation’s Senate President has pointed glooming and dooming parts for the vanquished nation. By their ascendant – Bukola Saraki, Ike Ekweremadu and David Mark &n...
The emergence of Senator Bukola Saraki as the nation’s Senate President has pointed glooming and dooming parts for the vanquished nation. By their ascendant – Bukola Saraki, Ike Ekweremadu and David Mark &n...
APC's score for strategy: F
First, you bungle a process leading to the election of National Assembly leaders. Then, you compound the error by rejecting the result of an election conducted on live television because, even though the winners are yo...
First, you bungle a process leading to the election of National Assembly leaders. Then, you compound the error by rejecting the result of an election conducted on live television because, even though the winners are yo...
Forces, interests that may determine new Kwara cabinet
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed recently sacked all his political appointees including commissioners, special advisers, assistants, chairmen of agencies and parastatals, as well as Liaison Officers and Yo...
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed recently sacked all his political appointees including commissioners, special advisers, assistants, chairmen of agencies and parastatals, as well as Liaison Officers and Yo...
NCC restates commitment to national broadband plan
The Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) at the weekend reiterated its commitment to vigorously pursuing the national broadband plan that would provide cheaper and faster internet access to Nigerians. The ...
The Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) at the weekend reiterated its commitment to vigorously pursuing the national broadband plan that would provide cheaper and faster internet access to Nigerians. The ...
Inside the first crisis
The election of the leadership of the National Assembly on Tuesday has thrown the first challenge to President Muhammadu Buhari and the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Olayinka Oyegbile takes a behin...
The election of the leadership of the National Assembly on Tuesday has thrown the first challenge to President Muhammadu Buhari and the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Olayinka Oyegbile takes a behin...
Abdulkadir hails Saraki's emergence as Senate head
The member representing Ilorin Central Constituency at the Kwara House of Assembly, Segilola Abdulkadir, has congratulated Abubakar Bukola Saraki (GCON) on his election as the Senate President. "Your politica...
The member representing Ilorin Central Constituency at the Kwara House of Assembly, Segilola Abdulkadir, has congratulated Abubakar Bukola Saraki (GCON) on his election as the Senate President. "Your politica...
Buhari Speaks to ARISE TV on New Cabinet, Saraki, Others
Says he's in no hurry to appoint ministers Orders release of $21m to MNJTF Decries death of Africans in Mediterranean sea Boko Haram attacks Yobe town President Muhammadu Buhari has in ...
Says he's in no hurry to appoint ministers Orders release of $21m to MNJTF Decries death of Africans in Mediterranean sea Boko Haram attacks Yobe town President Muhammadu Buhari has in ...
Insurance Industry Records N97bn Gross Premium in First Quarter
The Nigerian insurance has recorded gross premium of N97.017 billion in the first quarter of 2015, compared to the N302.105 billion recorded in the whole of 2014. This indicates a growth of about 28 per cent...
The Nigerian insurance has recorded gross premium of N97.017 billion in the first quarter of 2015, compared to the N302.105 billion recorded in the whole of 2014. This indicates a growth of about 28 per cent...
'Kwara streamlined okada operation to curb crimes
Former Special Adviser to Kwara State Governor on Labour Matters, Mr Bisi Fakayode, said the state government resolved to restructure commercial motorcycle operation in the state to curtail rising cases of theft and ar...
Former Special Adviser to Kwara State Governor on Labour Matters, Mr Bisi Fakayode, said the state government resolved to restructure commercial motorcycle operation in the state to curtail rising cases of theft and ar...
Group Urges Tinubu to Publicly Recognise Saraki's Emergence as Senate President
A group, Nigeria Needs Positive Change Group (NNPCG), at the weekend urged the national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Tinubu, to forget the past and follow the exemplary conduct...
A group, Nigeria Needs Positive Change Group (NNPCG), at the weekend urged the national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Tinubu, to forget the past and follow the exemplary conduct...
N'Assembly Feud: Kwara Group Warns against Attack on Lai Mohammed
A group known as the Kwara Concerned Citizens has expressed support for the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Lai Mohammed, over his role in the conflict that arose from the el...
A group known as the Kwara Concerned Citizens has expressed support for the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Lai Mohammed, over his role in the conflict that arose from the el...
Again, LMC okays Kwara Stadium for league matches
The League Management Company (LMC) has once again certified the Kwara State Stadium to host league matches and international competitions. It would be recalled that a team from the LMC had earlier inspected ...
The League Management Company (LMC) has once again certified the Kwara State Stadium to host league matches and international competitions. It would be recalled that a team from the LMC had earlier inspected ...
Kwara Community Accuses Police Of Siding With Herdsmen
The Oro-Ago Development Union (ODU) in Ifelodun local government area of Kwara State has accused the police high command of siding with the Fulani herdsmen to allegedly attack its members and also destroy their farmlan...
The Oro-Ago Development Union (ODU) in Ifelodun local government area of Kwara State has accused the police high command of siding with the Fulani herdsmen to allegedly attack its members and also destroy their farmlan...
OPINION: Saraki's kill, APC's overkill By Mahfouz Adedimeji
In politics, there are no permanent friends or enemies, only personal interests are permanent. So, the summary of the recent political masterstroke, a big kill, of the strongman of Kwara politics, Senator Bukola Saraki...
In politics, there are no permanent friends or enemies, only personal interests are permanent. So, the summary of the recent political masterstroke, a big kill, of the strongman of Kwara politics, Senator Bukola Saraki...
OPINION: Saraki of Kwara then, now Nigeria Senate President. By Adenike Laguda Adelodun
Excerpting from Ernest Shonekan, Nigeria interim president in 1993, description of man of virtue in one of Nigeria daily interview with him, where he said; “the worth of a man is not in tongue but his positive ...
Excerpting from Ernest Shonekan, Nigeria interim president in 1993, description of man of virtue in one of Nigeria daily interview with him, where he said; “the worth of a man is not in tongue but his positive ...
2015-06-14
OPINION: Superior Strategy Over Party Supremacy. By Owei Lakemfa
The contest for the Senate Presidency was billed to be one of the major fights of the current political dispensation. It was one between Senator Ahmad Lawan backed by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and his ...
The contest for the Senate Presidency was billed to be one of the major fights of the current political dispensation. It was one between Senator Ahmad Lawan backed by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and his ...
OPINION: Saraki, His Defenders and the Tragedy of the Nigerian Middle Class. By Adeolu Ademoyo
A serious spectre is hunting Nigerian politics. It is spreading like Harmattan fire. This spectre is pounding, gulping and consuming the remaining soul of the country called Nigeria. It is the political and moral spect...
A serious spectre is hunting Nigerian politics. It is spreading like Harmattan fire. This spectre is pounding, gulping and consuming the remaining soul of the country called Nigeria. It is the political and moral spect...
OPINION: Saraki and the Battle for 2019. By Dele Momodu
Fellow Nigerians, please permit me to say right away that the ways of politicians are never that of ordinary mortals. Otherwise, we would not have found ourselves in the present peculiar mess which culminated in the vi...
Fellow Nigerians, please permit me to say right away that the ways of politicians are never that of ordinary mortals. Otherwise, we would not have found ourselves in the present peculiar mess which culminated in the vi...
The Making of a Legislative Dynasty
By Chuks Akunna Last week, Dr. Bukola Saraki, against all odds, outsmarted leaders of his party, All Progressives’ Congress (APC), to emerge President of the Senate and chairman of the 8th National Assemb...
By Chuks Akunna Last week, Dr. Bukola Saraki, against all odds, outsmarted leaders of his party, All Progressives’ Congress (APC), to emerge President of the Senate and chairman of the 8th National Assemb...
Men, Woman facing criminal allegations, who will make laws for Nigeria
Nigeria’s eighth National Assembly was inaugurated on Tuesday, June 9. At the chambers of the Senate and the House of Representatives, 109 Senators and 360 Representatives were sworn in to office for a four-yea...
Nigeria’s eighth National Assembly was inaugurated on Tuesday, June 9. At the chambers of the Senate and the House of Representatives, 109 Senators and 360 Representatives were sworn in to office for a four-yea...
No constitutional provision for Local Govt Service Commission - Lawyer
An Ilorin based Constitutional lawyer, Mr Deji Gbadeyan, says there is no constitutional provision for the establishment of Local Government Service Commission (LGSC) in 1999 constitution. Gbadeyan told the News Agenc...
An Ilorin based Constitutional lawyer, Mr Deji Gbadeyan, says there is no constitutional provision for the establishment of Local Government Service Commission (LGSC) in 1999 constitution. Gbadeyan told the News Agenc...
Ali Ahmad lauds peace move on Saraki
Speaker of Kwara State House of Assembly Dr. Ali Ahmad yesterday described the decision of the National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress to approve the emergence of new leaders in the National Assembly a...
Speaker of Kwara State House of Assembly Dr. Ali Ahmad yesterday described the decision of the National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress to approve the emergence of new leaders in the National Assembly a...
Saraki, Dogara: APC diaspora calls for sanctions
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Scandinavia Chapter has vehemently condemned the result of the elections held at the National Assembly on Tuesday which produced Senator Bukola Saraki as senate president. ...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Scandinavia Chapter has vehemently condemned the result of the elections held at the National Assembly on Tuesday which produced Senator Bukola Saraki as senate president. ...
What President Buhari, VP Osinbajo will earn
The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC, has reviewed the salaries of the President, Vice President, Senate President and Speaker of the House of Representatives and Speakers in the 36 states o...
The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC, has reviewed the salaries of the President, Vice President, Senate President and Speaker of the House of Representatives and Speakers in the 36 states o...
Fed govt workers have no insurance cover
The over 150,000 federal government workers are exposed to risks as they are not under group life insurance cover following the failure of the government to pay their premium. The Commissioner for Insurance a...
The over 150,000 federal government workers are exposed to risks as they are not under group life insurance cover following the failure of the government to pay their premium. The Commissioner for Insurance a...
Saraki/Dogara: Buhari steps in, stops further hostilities
Embarrassed by the needless threats and vitriolic vituperation from the leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as a result of the emergence of Senator Bukola Saraki and Hon. Yakubu Dogara as senate President an...
Embarrassed by the needless threats and vitriolic vituperation from the leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as a result of the emergence of Senator Bukola Saraki and Hon. Yakubu Dogara as senate President an...
Unstable Global Oil Market: The Ahmed move to decouple Kwara's economy
The inauguration of Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State for second term didn't come cheap. Before he was picked by the political leader in the state,Senator Bukola Saraki, as the gubernatorial flag bearer of the...
The inauguration of Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State for second term didn't come cheap. Before he was picked by the political leader in the state,Senator Bukola Saraki, as the gubernatorial flag bearer of the...
2015-06-13
NASS Leadership And Buhari's Neutrality
On Tuesday 9th June 2015, the social media was heated following the results of the elections conducted by the members of the Nigeria's National Assembly to select their leaders. The results of the elections returned Bu...
On Tuesday 9th June 2015, the social media was heated following the results of the elections conducted by the members of the Nigeria's National Assembly to select their leaders. The results of the elections returned Bu...
Oro Elders warn Lai Mohammed to stop attacking Saraki
Kinsmen of the All Progressives Congress, APC, spokesman, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who identified themselves as community leaders and elders of thought in Oro Kingdom, have cautioned the National Publicity Secretary over h...
Kinsmen of the All Progressives Congress, APC, spokesman, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who identified themselves as community leaders and elders of thought in Oro Kingdom, have cautioned the National Publicity Secretary over h...
Senate Presidency Palava: 'Saraki Should Step Down, Apologise To Nigerians'
As reactions continue to trail the emergence of the All Progressives' Congress (APC)'s Senator Bukola Saraki as the president of the eigth Nigerian Senate, a group, Grassroots Mobilisers for Buhari has roundly rejected...
As reactions continue to trail the emergence of the All Progressives' Congress (APC)'s Senator Bukola Saraki as the president of the eigth Nigerian Senate, a group, Grassroots Mobilisers for Buhari has roundly rejected...
Yinka Ajeigbe: The Saraki-Dogara coup – Hands behind the scene
On the surface, it appears as if Senator Olubukola Saraki and his co-traveller at the lower house, Hon Yakubu Dogara, who earlier in the week emerged as the Senate President and Speaker of the House of Representatives,...
On the surface, it appears as if Senator Olubukola Saraki and his co-traveller at the lower house, Hon Yakubu Dogara, who earlier in the week emerged as the Senate President and Speaker of the House of Representatives,...
Saraki Emergence As Senate President Will Boost The Performance Of Buhari, Says ABSLF President
THE Chairman of 'Abubakar Bukola Saraki Leadership Forum' (ABSLF) Alhaji Bibire Ajape yesterday described the emergence of Bukola Saraki as the President of the eighth Senate, a perfect synergy that would boost the per...
THE Chairman of 'Abubakar Bukola Saraki Leadership Forum' (ABSLF) Alhaji Bibire Ajape yesterday described the emergence of Bukola Saraki as the President of the eighth Senate, a perfect synergy that would boost the per...
Kwara Govt. urged to establish fire service station in Omu-Aran |
Kwara Government has been reminded of its promise to establish a fire service station in Omu-Aran, Irepodun Local Government Area of the State. The Olomu of Omu-Aran, Oba Charles Ibitoye, made the reminder du...
Kwara Government has been reminded of its promise to establish a fire service station in Omu-Aran, Irepodun Local Government Area of the State. The Olomu of Omu-Aran, Oba Charles Ibitoye, made the reminder du...
2015-06-12
NASS Leadership - With Saraki, Dogara, New PDP Finally Shares in APC Power Equation
Tuesday's election of former Kwara State Governor, Bukola Saraki, as Senate President, and Yakubu Dogara as the Speaker of the House of Representatives, has effectively given the defunct "new" Peoples Democratic Party,...
Tuesday's election of former Kwara State Governor, Bukola Saraki, as Senate President, and Yakubu Dogara as the Speaker of the House of Representatives, has effectively given the defunct "new" Peoples Democratic Party,...
Zenith Basketball League: Dolphins Extend Winning Streak
Dolphins Basketball Club of Lagos continued to underline their title credentials in the on-going second phase of the 2015 Zenith Bank National Women Basketball League in Ilorin, Kwara, by dismissing the whippin girls o...
Dolphins Basketball Club of Lagos continued to underline their title credentials in the on-going second phase of the 2015 Zenith Bank National Women Basketball League in Ilorin, Kwara, by dismissing the whippin girls o...
Zenith Basketball League: Dolphins Extend Winning Streak
Dolphins Basketball Club of Lagos continued to underline their title credentials in the on-going second phase of the 2015 Zenith Bank National Women Basketball League in Ilorin, Kwara, by dismissing the whippin girls o...
Dolphins Basketball Club of Lagos continued to underline their title credentials in the on-going second phase of the 2015 Zenith Bank National Women Basketball League in Ilorin, Kwara, by dismissing the whippin girls o...
APC Makes U-Turn, Accepts Saraki as Senate President
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, on Friday said the party had accepted Senator Bukola Saraki as the President of the Senate. He said the reality was that Saraki&...
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, on Friday said the party had accepted Senator Bukola Saraki as the President of the Senate. He said the reality was that Saraki&...
LMC: 2014/2015 Premier League season to continue on June 14
The League Management Company has reaffirmed that the 2014/2015 season will continue after three weeks break on Sunday with Week 11 matches across league venues in Nigeria The League Management Company(LMC) h...
The League Management Company has reaffirmed that the 2014/2015 season will continue after three weeks break on Sunday with Week 11 matches across league venues in Nigeria The League Management Company(LMC) h...
Saraki didn't snub Buhari – Forum
As divergent views continue to trail the election of Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki as the president of the Senate, a group called Abubakar Bukola Saraki Leadership Forum in Kwara State has denied insinuations that the...
As divergent views continue to trail the election of Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki as the president of the Senate, a group called Abubakar Bukola Saraki Leadership Forum in Kwara State has denied insinuations that the...
Sterling Bank, Soyinka Seek Private Sector Funding for Education
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Sterling Bank Plc, Yemi Adeola and Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, have called on the organised private sector to compliment the efforts of the government ...
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Sterling Bank Plc, Yemi Adeola and Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, have called on the organised private sector to compliment the efforts of the government ...
Kwara APC Holds Thanksgiving for Saraki
Thousands of members and supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Thursday converged on the party secretariat of the party for a thanksgiving prayer over the emergence of Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki as ...
Thousands of members and supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Thursday converged on the party secretariat of the party for a thanksgiving prayer over the emergence of Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki as ...
OPINION: What Kwara Stands to Gain with a Bukola Saraki Senate Presidency (I). By Sulyman Buhari
UNPRECEDENTED POLITICAL VISIBILITY Ever since Senator Bukola Saraki (CON) has come into national prominence first as the Chairman of the Governors' Forum, then as a arrowhead of a group of conscientious chieftains...
UNPRECEDENTED POLITICAL VISIBILITY Ever since Senator Bukola Saraki (CON) has come into national prominence first as the Chairman of the Governors' Forum, then as a arrowhead of a group of conscientious chieftains...
Britain/Nigeria Ties: Nigeria deserves the best - Saraki
The President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki today eulogized the continued bilateral relationship between Nigerian and the United Kingdom, UK, while assuring that the present administration is determined to fulfil...
The President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki today eulogized the continued bilateral relationship between Nigerian and the United Kingdom, UK, while assuring that the present administration is determined to fulfil...
States Defend Laws Giving Generous Pensions to Govs, Deputies
Some states that passed laws for the payment of pensions to their former governors and their deputies have said they have justification for making the laws. In separate counter-affidavits to a suit filed at t...
Some states that passed laws for the payment of pensions to their former governors and their deputies have said they have justification for making the laws. In separate counter-affidavits to a suit filed at t...
APC, Presidency Seek Truce With Aggrieved Lawmakers
• Lawan's supporters insist on sanctions • Gbajabiamila accepts defeat • Saraki: I have found a worthy partner in Dogara The leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has decided to collaborate wit...
• Lawan's supporters insist on sanctions • Gbajabiamila accepts defeat • Saraki: I have found a worthy partner in Dogara The leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has decided to collaborate wit...
NLC chief wants national confab report implemented
THE controversies that dogged the Tuesday election of principal officers of the 8th National Assembly have justified the need for the implementation of the recommendations of the 2014 National Conference on the managem...
THE controversies that dogged the Tuesday election of principal officers of the 8th National Assembly have justified the need for the implementation of the recommendations of the 2014 National Conference on the managem...
Kwara, Lagos APC clash over Tinubu, Saraki
The Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has berated its Lagos State counterpart for demanding that Senate President Bukola Saraki be sanctioned for anti-party activities. The Publicity Secret...
The Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has berated its Lagos State counterpart for demanding that Senate President Bukola Saraki be sanctioned for anti-party activities. The Publicity Secret...
Yekeen Enjoying Shagari's Rivalry at Kwara United
Kwara United's goalkeeper, Kazeem Yekeen has expressed his determination to play into reckoning when the league resumes from the three weeks break this Sunday. Yekeen, a former Golden Eaglets star began the 201...
Kwara United's goalkeeper, Kazeem Yekeen has expressed his determination to play into reckoning when the league resumes from the three weeks break this Sunday. Yekeen, a former Golden Eaglets star began the 201...
Baraje, Former Kwara Speaker Congratulate Saraki, Dogara
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje, and the former Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Razak Atunwa, have lauded the emergence of Dr. Bukola Saraki as the Senate P...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje, and the former Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Razak Atunwa, have lauded the emergence of Dr. Bukola Saraki as the Senate P...
Kwara varsity VC tasks research institutes on commitment
RESEARCH institutes in Nigeria are not living up to expectations. More so, they should stop equating themselves with civil servants, as they have more onerous tasks at hand than monitoring their hours of work, the Vice...
RESEARCH institutes in Nigeria are not living up to expectations. More so, they should stop equating themselves with civil servants, as they have more onerous tasks at hand than monitoring their hours of work, the Vice...
Abdulrahman likes rebirth Kwara Utd
Kwara United technical adviser, Tunde Abdulrahman has said his side are well tuned for the restart of the ongoing top flight 2014/15 season. The Harmony Boys will welcome Enugu Rangers to their slaughter abod...
Kwara United technical adviser, Tunde Abdulrahman has said his side are well tuned for the restart of the ongoing top flight 2014/15 season. The Harmony Boys will welcome Enugu Rangers to their slaughter abod...
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