2015-05-27

Kwara APC backs Saraki's bid for Senate presidency
All Progressives Congress (APC) Kwara South has urged the leadership of the party, senators-elect and other stakeholders to support Senator Bukola Saraki 's bid for the seat of Senate president. The group mad...

GAPS IN APC'S NEUTRALITY IN THE RACE FOR SENATE PRESIDENT
From its earlier position of zoning the Senate presidency to the North-central, APC's current decision to throw the position open to all might cause more problems for the party. President-elect, Muhammadu Buh...

Member-elect welcome APC's decision not to zone N/Assembly Position
The position taken by the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) not to zone key positions in the National Assembly was for the good of Nigeria's democracy, a group of members-elect for the 8th Hous...

Kwara House Passes Environmental Sanitation Bill Into Law
Gov. Abdulfatah AhmedA bill for a law to amend the Environmental Sanitation Law Cap E4 of the Kwara State and for related matters has been passed into law by the State House of Assembly. This followed the ado...

Senate Presidency - Saraki's Aide Apologizes Over Zoning Tweet
The media aide to a former governor of Kwara state, Bukola Saraki, has apologized over a tweet that claimed the All Progressives Congress, APC, zoned the senate presidency to Nigeria's North Central. The aide...

Senate Presidency - Senators Lawan, Saraki Intensify Campaign
The joint ticket of Senators Ahmad Lawan and George Akume for the Senate presidency is now gaining more support from senators of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as members of the Unity Forum have increased to 40, L...

APC to Decide On Zoning After Inauguration
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has once again deferred action on the issue of zoning of principal offices in the incoming government till after Friday's inauguration of President-elect Muhammadu Buhari. ...

Maigida's Homegrown Victory
With a near accurate political strategy and widespread support across the different interests in Kwara State, Governor Ahmed Abdulfatah's re-election victory was a homemade. In the buildup to the just conclud...

Remove fuel subsidy - Saraki tells Buhari
Senator Bukola SarakiThe Chairman, Senate Committee on Environment and Ecology and former governor of Kwara State, Senator Bukola Saraki, has disclosed that the country was losing a total of $2 billion to fake fuel sub...

Opinion: Buhari and Saraki, an Ideal Complement By Mike Nkwocha
There is no doubt that the All Progressive Congress, APC's victory in the last general election will take Nigeria in a different direction from the People's Democratic Party, PDP, leadership of the past 16 years. In re...

2015-05-26

Female Youth Corps Member Found Dead In Ilorin
A youth corps member,Miss Idowu serving in Kwara state was founded dead on Sunday night in Ilorin, the state capital . The Lagos-based corps member was an indigene of Ogun state and lived at Tanke along University roa...

Kwara Moves Against Thuggery
For daring to raid their hideouts, some suspected drug addicts in Ilorin, Kwara State invaded the residence of two officials of Nigeria’s anti-narcotics agency, burning and looting their properties, with three pe...

Viva Cinema makes debut in Kwara
Tiva Cinema Company Limited has opened a new film house in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital. The company, being sponsored by the Bank of Industry (BoI), had at its launch last week Friday, some Nollywood stars like Olumide...

Health Worker's Strike Cripples Health Services in Kwara
Activities at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) have virtually grounded to a halt as health workers, under the aegis of Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP) yesterday commenced an indef...

Kwara Government to assist victims of Owode market fire
The Kwara state government says it would reconstruct the ancient Owode Market in Offa area of the statethrough a public-private-partnership scheme. The market was recently engulfed by fi...

Senate Presidency: Saraki, media lied about zoning - APC
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has denied a media report that its National Working Committee met on Monday night and decided to zone the Senate Presidency to the North-Central and the Speaker of the House of Rep...

2015-05-25

Senate Presidency: Saraki to pick Ndume as deputy
Indications have emerged that Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki who is aspiring for the Senate presidency has decided to pitch tent with Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume for the position of deputy Senate president. So...

Nigeria faces shutdown as energy crisis worsen
Nigeria faces a shutdown as fuel becomes increasingly unavailable nationwide and prices doubled or tripled in some places. Petrol, diesel and even kerosene are longer being sold in 80% of fuel stations across...

37 senators back Lawan-Akume for senate leadership
Senators of the All Progressives Congress, grouped as Unity Forum have disputed reports that the party held a shadow primary election at the members retreat in Abuja at the weekend. While the forum said that ...

Forum seeks reduction in NASS running cost
Forum of academic experts rose from a roundtable discussion on the agenda for 8th National Assembly, calling on the next Senate to find a way of pruning down their overhead expenses. At the forum tagged, "A R...

Fuel crisis worsens in Ilorin... petrol stations shut, litre sells for N200, passengers resort to trekking
The ravaging fuel crisis in Ilorin took a new twist yesterday as several petrol stations within the metropolis remained shut to consumers. At few stations where the commodity was dispensed, motorists and othe...

Women Deserve Vital Positions In The Society - Hajia Nimota Sulaiman
She is a woman with special abilities, an amiable personality and a perfect combination of beauty and charisma. She is the woman leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State and plays a vital role in ...

Offa community raises N13m to rebuild market
*Saraki sends delegation to monarch Offa community in Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State has raised N13 million to rebuild its burnt Owode Market, which was razed last week. Offa monarch, Oba...

Tsaragi Community Cries Over Alleged Victimization Of Members In Kwara
People of Tsaragi community in the Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State has appealed to Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed to address the on going political victimization of the members of the community especially civil ...

Ilorin High Court appellate session begins today
The 3rd Appellate session of the High Court of Justice, Ilorin, the Kwara State capital will hold today, Monday, May 25th, 2015. A statement signed by the Deputy Chief Registrar (Litigation), Chief Magistrate...

2nd term: KWSG calls for prayers
The Kwara state deputy governor, Elder Peter Kisira has stressed the importance of prayers to the success of any government and enjoined Christians to continue to support the present administration in the state with praye...

Kwara United changes alias to 'Harmony Boys'
The management of Kwara United FC of Ilorin has announced the change of its alias from "Afonja Warriors" to "Harmony Boys". The Club in a statement on Friday in Ilorin, signed by the General Manager Alhaji Ha...

2015-05-24

Senate President: LP governorship candidate in Kwara pledges support for Saraki's aspiration
Dr Mike Omotosho, Labour Party governorship candidate in the 2015 general elections in Kwara, has pledged his support for Sen. Bukola Saraki’s aspiration to be elected Senate President in the 8th National Assembl...

Kaita To Make Rangers Debut Against Kwara United
Sani Kaita is in line to make his debut for Rangers against Kwara United on June 14 at the Ilorin Township Stadium, completesportsnigeria.com can report. The former Super Eagles and Kano Pillars midfielder is...