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2015-06-04
Rift Over Senate Presidency: APC Postpones Meeting Till Saturday
The choice of Nigeria’s next Senate president may be creating a rift in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as a meeting scheduled for today between members of the party’s National Working Committee ...
Implementing Child Rights Act, Fulfilling National Promise - Toyin Saraki
Wife of former Kwara State Governor and founder of Well Being Foundation (WBFA), Mrs. Toyin Saraki has beckoned on the new administration not to slack in implementing the Child Rights Act as promised by the presid...
Senate Presidency: Saraki Calls On Lawmakers To Focus On Nation Building Not Politics
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Environment, Bukola Saraki, has advised members of the National Assembly to pay less attention to politics or politicking and focus on nation building. While speaking on Channe...
OPINION: Senate Presidency: Lawan On The Threshold of History. By Kaitafa Ahmed Sani
With the swearing-in of President Muhammadu Buhari and the curtains drawn on the 7th National Assembly, attention has duly shifted to the leadership of the 8th National Assembly. Needless to state that the most focused...
Senate Presidency: David's dangerous marks
The leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC is meeting today with the party’s senators-elect in a second meeting aimed at dousing the dissonance in the Senate leadership contest....
Photo News: Valedictory Session of Kwara 7th House of Assembly
The Kwara State House of Assembly held her last session on Wednesday 4th June. ...
Kwara Poly wins athletics meet
The Contingent of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, has won the State Tertiary Institutions Athletics Meet with two trophies and two gold medals. The Competition which was organised by the Kwara State Sports C...
Likely Principal Officers of Kwara State House of Assembly
Less than 24 hours to the termination of the 7th legislature of the Kwara State House of Assembly, National Pilot can exclusively unveil the six principal officers expected to preside over the affairs of the House....
Senate Presidency - Tension As APC Picks Candidate
The criteria recently announced by the National Working Committee, NWC, of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on how the Senate President in the 8th Senate will emerge is generating ripples among senators. M...
I prefer APC conducts primary to resolve Senate presidency issue - Saraki
Senator Bukola Saraki in this interview with newsmen, suggests what he feels would be the best way to resolve the issue of who the party should back to become president of the 8th Senate. Some say it is becau...
Ahmed congratulates The Sun, New Telegraphs over appointments
THE Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has described the elevation of Mr Eric Osagie to the position of Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of the Sun Publishing Limited as a recognition and reward for excellence ...
National Assembly leadership: Will APC reverse position on zoning?
The contests for the Senate Presidency and that of the Speaker of the House Representatives seem to be tearing the All Progressives Congress (APC) apart since the party took the decision not to zone the positions. Will...
Court nullifies lawmaker's suspension
The Court of Appeal in Ilorin yesterday nullified the suspension of a lawmaker in the Kwara State House of Assembly, Iliasu Ibrahim. The lawmaker representing Ipaye/Malete/Oloru constituency was suspended twi...
LG allocates farmland to NYSC members in Kwara
As a means of encouraging National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members to engage themselves in agricultural activities, the Chairman of Kaiama Local Government Council of Kwara State has directed the council's secretary...
Soyinka to deliver 3rd Kwara varsity convocation lecture
The Vice Chancellor of Kwara State University, Professor Abdulrasheed Na'Allah has said that the Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, would deliver the third convocation lecture of the university on Saturday. ...
Don Canvasses New Governance Approach for Rural Communities
A don at the University of Ilorin, Prof. Raphael Olawepo has canvassed for a new approach of governance to rural communities in order to make them more sustainable and accessible to improved public goods and services....

2015-06-03
Alamu: Buhari Should Provide Conducive Environment for Insurance
Chief Executive Officer, Royal Chambers Insurance Brokers, Mr. Gafar Alamu recently visited Ilorin, the Kwara state capital on a marketing drive for his company. He spoke to Hammed Shittu on a wide range of issues pert...
APC lists three criteria to guide selection of next Senate President
The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in its meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday night, listed some criteria for the Senate presidential candidate. The Punch re...
Opinion: Re:Who'll lead the 8th Senate? By Auwal Ibrahim Kanwugiwa
Your Letter to the Editor of last Monday made interesting reading. Even though it singled out Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki to have an edge over his mentioned colleagues vying to President of the 8th Senate to be proc...
Senate Presidency: Group Alleges Campaign of Calumny Against Saraki
A group of young Nigerian elites, under the aegis of The Quintessential Professionals, has cried out over alleged moves by some politicians to launch a campaign of calumny against Senator Bukola Saraki, representing Kw...
I Will Seek Cost Of Governance Reduction If Elected Senate President - Lawan
Senator Ahmed Lawan, vying for the leadership of the Senate, says if elected, he will pursue the merger of government agencies and other means of cutting cost of governance in Nigeria. The member of the All Pro...
Al-Makura backs Lawan for Senate President
NASARAWA State Governor Tanko Al-Makura has pledged his support for the aspiration of Senator Ahmed Lawan as the Senate President in the 8th National Assembly. Al-Makura spoke in Jos, the Plateau State Capital,...
Senate Presidency: Thursday D-Day For Saraki, Lawan
Francis Moses and Teddy Nwanunobi in Abuja write on the ongoing intrigues in the All Progressive Congress leadership as the D-Day dawns for the inauguration of the 8th National Assembly on Thursday....
Senator Nwaoboshi: Why Saraki Should Succeed Mark
The ambition of Senator Bukola Saraki to become the next Senate President further received a boost as he has been described as the most detribalised legislator, with the most administrative experience over other conten...
OPINION: Why Lawan's endorsement should be transformed into Senate presidency. By Austin Uganwa
Penultimate Saturday, a wide spectrum of All Progressives Congress (APC) senators rose from their retreat and endorsed Ahmad Lawan as the president of the 8th Senate. Led by Senator Gemade of Benue State, the senators ...
Saraki gets more support to be Senate president
Senator Bukola Saraki’s ambition to become the next Senate President has again received a boost as he has been described as the most detribalized legislator, with the most administrative experience over other con...
Buhari, APC National Working Committee Meet To Decide Senate Presidency, Senator Lawan Favored
President Muhammad Buhari has finally come out to declare his preference for Senator Ahmed Lawan as the new Senate President, according to sources who attended a meeting between the president and members of the Nationa...
Kwara Govt Asks CP to Investigate Death of Corps Member
Alarmed by the suspected killing of a female corps member serving in the state, the Kwara State Government has requested the Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Garba Salihu to redouble investigative efforts to fish out and ...
OPINION: Senate presidency: Between Saraki and Tinubu. By Olamilekan Hamat
A former governor of Lagos State, Senator Bola Tinubu, is learning daily that politics in Abuja is not the same as the one in his enclave, Lagos. From Northern Elders’ yellow card, to the red card by the elected ...
NURTW demands probe of member's death
The National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Kwara State has urged the state police command to bring to justice, a policeman who allegedly shot their member in Ajase-Ipo at the weekend. Akeem Ladub...
Kwara Express receives 42 new buses
The Group Managing Director, Harmony Holdings Limited, Mr. Tope Daramola, has said that the HHL has procured 42 new buses for the Kwara State Transport Corporation, popularly called the Kwara Express. He stat...
KWSG To Build 100 Megawatts Power Plant
Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara has said that his administration would build an independent power plant (IPP) in the North Senatorial district of the state that would generate 100 megawatts of eletricty. Ahme...
Kwara Strengthens Tax Collection Strategy
Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed, has emphasised that a major priority of his administration toward meeting the challenge of dwindling federal allocation is to make the process of tax collection and administra...
Ritualist, alfa arrested in Ilorin while trying to use elderly woman
A 32 year old suspected ritualist has been arrested in Ilorin, Kwara State. The man simply identified as Kelechi was picked up on Sunday night at Mejindadi Street, Ilorin while attempting to use an old woman fo...
Child Trafficking: Nigeria Immigration Arrest Benin Republic Man
The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service has arrested a 26 year old native of Republic of Benin for attempting to give out three girls for housekeeping in Nigeria. Briefing journalists in her...

2015-06-02
2019 presidential race clouds National Assembly leadership contest
The contest for leadership positions in the yet to be inaugurated 8th National Assembly has become enmeshed in the jostling for ascendancy by prospective aspirants in the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the 2019 pr...
Saraki has no block support in Northwest, says Aliero
Senator Adamu Aliero yesterday faulted the claim that Senator Bukola Saraki’s Senate presidency ambition has received a blanket support from some senators in some states in the Northwest. Aliero, a former...
Senate presidency: Saraki unveils agenda for 8th Senate
A leading contender for the Senate Presidency, Bukola Saraki, on Monday unveiled his agenda for the 8th Senate. In an interview with reporters in Abuja, Saraki said if his colleagues gave him the opportunity to...
Saraki Promises Transparency, Accountability as Senate President
A top contender for the Senate presidency and Chairman of the Committee on Environment and Ecology, Senator Bukola Saraki, yesterday outlined his agenda for the eighth senate which would be inaugurated on Tuesday, Ju...
Senate Presidency: Saraki Group peddles falsehood as truth - Senator Aliero
Former Governor of Kebbi State and Senator of the Federal Republic, Sen. Adamu Aliero has accused Senator Bukola Saraki’s group of peddling falsehood over the senate presidency ambition of their boss, Bukola Sa...
Senate Presidency: Groups Support Saraki With Prayers
The race for Senate leadership is getting more interesting as people from different groups and religious affiliations offer prayers to God, to ensure the victory and emergence of Dr Bukola Saraki as the next Senate Pre...
APC Chieftain Tasks Buhari on Rehabilitation of Refineries
Worried about the current problems being experienced by Nigerians over the fuel crisis, a chieftain of All Progressives Congress(APC) in Kwara state, Hon. Sunday Ayanda has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to embark ...
Herders, farmers clash in Kwara
There was tension yesterday in Patigi LGA of Kwara State following a clash between herdsmen and inhabitants of the area. The incident, Daily Trust learnt, happened at Motokun village when suspected mercenarie...
CHARGES SECURITY AGENCIES ON SLAIN CORPS MEMBER
Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier-General Olawunmi Johnson yesterday charged security agencies in Kwara State to get killers of a corps member whose body was recently found at the I...
Group tackles Tinubu on Senate leadership
The APC Media Forum, Kaduna State Chapter, has tackled the All Progressives National Leader Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu over his alleged support for Senator Ahmed Lawan (APC, Yobe) to be the Senate president. T...
Saraki Hails Gov Ahmed's People-centered Policies
The former governor of Kwara State, Dr Bukola Saraki, has praised his successor, Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed for putting smiles on the faces of Kwarans by implementing people-centered policies. Saraki also expr...
'How pipeline vandalism stalled petrol loading in Ilorin depot'
The Ilorin depot of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) which supplies petroleum products to Kwara and other neighbouring states of Kogi, Osun, part of Ekiti, Niger, among others, has been grounded for m...
Kwara: Expectations as Ahmed begins a second term
As Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, is inaugurated for a second term; our correspondent examines the first tenure of the governor and the challenges ahead as he begins a fresh mandate. Governor ...

2015-06-01
INTERVIEW: Senate will not hide its budget under my leadership - Saraki
The Senator representing Kwara Central at the National Assembly, who is also one of the two Senators angling to emerge as the next Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has stated that the National Assembly would be more ...
Senate Presidency: Northern minority ethnic coalition backs Lawan/Akume
A Coalition of northern minority ethnic groups has urged the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its senators-elect to support the Ahmed Lawan/George Akume ticket for Senate President and Deputy Senate President...
Senate Presidency: Sokoto, Kebbi, Zamfara Pledge Support For Saraki
Indications emerged at the weekend that senators from Sokoto, Zamfara and Kebbi states have resolved to vote for the former governor of Kwara State and leading aspirant in the race for senate presidency, Dr. Bukola Sar...
ABU Prof turbaned emir in Kwara
Emeritus Professor of Public Finance at the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, Halidu Ibrahim Abubakar, was yesterday turbaned the 28th Emir of Ilesha Baruba in Baruten LGA of Kwara State. At the ceremony h...
Opinion: Who'll lead the 8th Senate? By Auwal Kanwuri
The March Presidential and National Assembly elections cemented the long expected victory in 2015 National election to the All Progressive Congress (APC) with a clear majority in the soon to be inaugurated, 8th Nation...
As APC's journey as governing party begins
Now that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has substituted the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the ruling party, many are asking if the party which successfully conducted itself as an opposition party will be able ...
Ahmed has met Kwarans' expectations - Saraki
As Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State begins a fresh mandate, his predecessor and Senator representing Kwara Central, Senator Bukola Saraki, has said the governor had met the expectations of his people in the pas...
Kwara harmonises taxes to boost investment
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has said that his administration has commenced the harmonisation of taxes and creation of new policies to boost investment culture in the state. He stated this a...
NYSC probes corps member's death
Following the death of a corps member serving in Kwara State penultimate Sunday, the national directorate of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has set up a committee to investigate the circumstances behind the de...
Rumpus in Kwara APC over chieftains' suspension
Complaints and commentaries amongst the All Progressives Congress (APC) members in Kwara State have continued to trail the suspension from the party of Senator Ahmed Mohammed. The senator, who represented Kwa...
Kwara Community Leader Lauds Buhari, Osinbajo
The President General of Orisun Igbomina, Chief Gbenga Awoyale, has expressed his heartfelt congratulations to Muhammadu Buhari and Professor Yemi Osinbajo on their inauguration ?as President and Vice-President of Nige...
Buhari doesn't need your advice - Kwara APC blasts PDP
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State has declared that President Muhammadu Buhari doesn't need any advice from the Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on how to effectively govern th...
Jail Kwara speaker, lawmaker tells court
A member of the Kwara State House of Assembly representing Ipaye/Malete/Olooru constituency, Mr. Iliasu Ibrahim, has filed a motion before the state High Court in Ilorin, seeking the imprisonment of the outgoing Speake...

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