2015-04-18

IEDPU inaugurates Anniversary Committee
The Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU), National headquarters, yesterday inaugurated the Golden Jubilee Anniversary Committee that would champion smooth conduct of various activities lined up for the ...

INTERVIEW: Bukola Saraki on Asset Declaration, Gbemi's Defection, General Elections
The re-elected Senator for Kwara Central and leader of the All Progressives Congress in the State, Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Monday, addressed newsmen at his Ilorin residence on the outcome of 2015 general electi...

Audio Discussion Between Two Kwara PDP Leaders
This audio is about a discussion between two PDP leaders in Kwara State. It reveals the inner and background issues that are shaping politics in Kwara State. ...

No President can pocket National Assembly - Ali Ahmad
Chairman, House of Representatives committee on justice, Dr. Ali Ahmad, has noted that the National Assembly had achieved some independence that the executive cannot pocket it. However, he said the same cannot be said ...

Glo Premier League: Kwara Utd's Sunday encounter against Heartland FC (a Preview)
 Both Kwara United FC of Ilorin and Heartland FC of Owerri, will be looking forward to consolidating on their good start to the 2014/2015 Glo Premier League season as they lock horns on Sunday, April 19, in Ilorin...

OPINION: Senate Presidency, Bukola Saraki and APC. By Adebayo Adeneye-Adejuwon
The race for who becomes Nigeria's number 3 citizen i.e. President of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in an APC-dominated upper chamber beginning from May 29, 2015 is already in top gear if the news repor...

Why we support Saraki for Senate president - North Central youths
As  lobby for the Senate Presidency of the eighth Senate hots up, the North Central Youth Coalition for Good Governance (NCYCGG) has rallied support for Senator Bukola Saraki as Senate president to ensure vibrancy an...

It's Saraki vs Akume as APC Zones Senate Presidency to N'Central, Speaker to N'East
Arising from a meeting in Abuja Thursday night, the national leaders and national caucus of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have officially zoned the office of the Senate President in the 8th Senate to the North ce...

Senate Presidency: Tinubu's Camp Backs Akume, Amaechi, Others Push for Saraki
As the contest for the office of the Senate President intensifies, various political blocs in the All Progressives Congress (APC) have thrown their weights behind different gladiators for the office. Prior to t...

No President can pocket National Assembly - Ali Ahmad
Chairman, House of Representatives committee on justice, Dr. Ali Ahmad, has noted that the National Assembly had achieved some independence that the executive cannot pocket it. However, he said the same cannot be said of ...

Ajibola, Aluko commended for sportsmanship
The Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in Kwara State and his running mate, Senator Simeon Ajibola and Alhaji Yinka Aluko, have been commended for their spirit of sportsmanship in the just concluded governors...

Battle For Senate President Intensifies
Francis Moses writes on the raging battle for the control of the Senate leadership in the 8th National Assembly come June 4 when the new Red Chambers would be constituted. . After the most cont...

OPINION - Akume: The Man Who Will Be Our Senate President. Nkechi Odoma
The nation is awash with intrigues and permutations as to who emerges the President of the Senate of the Eight National Assembly. In line with the constitution, Nigerians should know who takes this cake sometimes in th...

King Anglican Church, Ilorin holds 14th Synod
The Anglican Bishop of Kwara Diocese, Right Rev. Olusegun Adeyemi, has advised Nigerians to increase the tempo of their prayers to sustain the country's unity and socio-economic development. Adeyemi gave the ad...

2015-04-17

OPINION - The Making Of A People's Friendly Senate President. By AbdulRahman Agboola
The hope of the generality of Nigerians that contributed to the end of a government of impunity under President Goodluck Jonathan is to witness the dawn of a new era under the leadership of General Muhammadu Buhari. Th...

Kwara PDP Rates Jonathan High On Elections
The People's Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State has commended President Goodluck Jonathan for conducting free, fair, credible, acceptable and violence-free elections. The state Chairman of the party, Mr. ...

Press Release: Deiziani Madueke did not support APC - Bukola Saraki
The attention of Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki's media office has been drawn to an online article alleging that the controversial Minister of Petroleum. Ms Deiziani Allison Madueke who has been engulfed in series of qu...

Kwara Assembly Tasks Buhari On Power
The Kwara State House of Assembly yesterday advised the president-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari to prioritise the revitalisation of the nation's moribund power sector to improve the nation's economy. The Ho...

Heartland target win at Kwara Utd
Heartland striker Jolly Osas has said his side will continue their five-star performance in the Nigerian topflight at Kwara United. The Naze Millionaires will be guests of the Afonja Warriors in Sunday's Glo ...

Reactions trail Ajibola/ Aluko's concession in Kwara
Erstwhile speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Alhaji Babatunde Mohammed, Acting Director, Centre for Peace and Strategic Studies (CPSS) of the University of Ilorin, Dr Ma'fouz Adedimeji, former Chairman of Of...

Tackle corruption headlong, ex-ICPC chair charges Buhari
The former President of Court of Appeal, Justice Mustapha Akanbi (rtd) has advised the President-Elect, Retired General Muhammadu Buhari to tackle corruption headlong and involve people of proven integrity in his cabin...

Press Release: Atunwa Calls for High Youth Involvement in Buhari's Govt
Ahead of May 29 handing over, the Speaker of Kwara State Assembly and Member-Elect of House of Representatives, Barr. Razak Atunwa has called on the president-elect, General Mohammadu Buhari to change history and set a ...

Gbenga Awoyale speaks on the outcome of 2015 election
The President General of Orisun Igbomina, Chief Gbenga Awoyale, has disclosed that in democracy the opposition has as a great role to play stressing that we can't wait until 2019 to play such roles. He said that...

2015-04-16

Opinion - Chibok girls: Sore on our conscience, By Is'haq Modibbo Kawu
ON the first anniversary of the abduction of the 219 Chibok Girls, this week, the whole world returned to a troubled conscience. Troubled, that 365 days after, those young girls still haven't returned home to their par...

Forum of GMs congratulate Sen Saraki
The forum of General Managers in Kwara government owned parastatals has congratulated Senator Bukola Saraki on his well deserved victory as a second term senator in the recently concluded National Assembly election....

UNILORIN best medical graduate receives seven awards
The best graduating student from the College of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin, has received seven awards during the professional induction ceremony held recently at the institution. The recipient, Mis...

Ilorin residents plunged into darkness
Residents of Ilorin, the Kwara State capital have been plunged into total darkness for the past three or four days following a major breakdown of transmission from the Jebba Hydro Electric station. Officials ...

KWHA resumes plenary, as Ahmed presents PPP Bill
The Kwara State House of Assembly on Tuesday resumed its 7 weeks break, as the state Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed sent the Kwara State Public Private Partnership Bill, 2015 to the House for consideration and passa...

Land, soil degradation threat to food security
Land and soil degradation has been identified as a serious threat to food and nutrition security. A communique by the Soil Science Society of Nigeria (SSSN) after its 39th annual conference held at Landmark ...

Gov Ahmed to inject new blood into his cabinet
Many of the members of the Kwara State executive council including Special Advisers, Senior Special Assistants and Special Assistants might not make the list in the second term of Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed. T...

2015-04-15

Kwara Utd greets Ahmed
The management of Kwara United FC of Ilorin yesterday congratulated the Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed on his victory at the April 11 polls. Secretary of the club, Elder Dele Oguntokun, said in a statement that th...

Kwara REC promises to consolidate on 2015 poll achievements
The Resident Electoral Commissioner for Kwara State, Dr. Emmanuel Onucheyo says the commission will continue to consolidate on the achievements recorded during the general election for improved electoral process. ...

Communities Commend Kwara Speaker Over Amenities Support
The people of Efue and Berikodo communities have commended the Kwara State Speaker over the renovation of school and central mosques of both communities less than a month after he was declared winner of the House of Re...

Why Kwara gov was re-elected, by APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State said yesterday that the victory of the party in the just concluded governorship and state Assembly elections was not by chance. The party said the victory wa...

Nigeria must remain hopeful about Chibok girls - Saraki
As Nigerians and the international community mark one year that over 200 schoolgirls were abducted from Chibok in Borno State, former governor of Kwara State and senator representing the central senatorial district, Dr...

OPINION: Thinking the Saraki Senate Presidency. Kunle Akogun
Barring the interplay of unforeseen political intrigues and last minute review of intra-party zonal arrangement, the representative of Kwara Central Senatorial District in the upper legislative chamber, the Most Distin...

Generator Theft: Court Remands Security Guard, 1 Other
Two persons, Sukanmi Abayomi, 22 of No. 10, Oyun road, Mandate III and Uji Oliver, 30 of Kuta Guard, Emir’s road, both in Ilorin, Kwara state, who allegedly conspired and stole a power generating set have been ar...

Gbemi wasn't a mole in PDP, says Bukola Saraki
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Environment and Ecology, Senator Bukola Saraki has absolved his sister,Senator Gbemisola Saraki of being a mole in PDP before she decamped to join him in the All Progressives Congress, AP...

Polls: Kwara House hails INEC
The Kwara State House of Assembly on Tuesday reconvened after a long recess with a commendation for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the successes recorded in the 2015 general elections. ...

NASA Space Apps Challenge 2015 holds in Lagos, Calabar and Ilorin
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has opened applications for Space Apps Nigeria 2015. Its hackathon is designed to bring together innovators from all backgrounds to proffer solutions to earth/space cha...

Omotosho blames defeat on party agents
Governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Kwara State, in the just concluded election, Dr Mike Omotosho, has blamed his defeat in the election  on the attitude of party agents contracted by his party for ...

Two die as Fulani, Yoruba clash in Oro-Ago
No fewer than two people reportedly died while property worth millions of naira were destroyed following a clash between Fulani traders and Yoruba natives of Oro-Ago in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara Stat...

APC hails Kwara voters, ODU praise Saraki
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State has hailed the people for comporting themselves during the elections. It congratulated Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed on his re-election. APC’s spokes...