2015-04-06

Re-fixing Nigeria: Gov Ahmed calls for cooperation of all
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State yesterday in Ilorin called on Nigerians to support the in-coming APC-led Federal government to enhance the project of re-fixing the country and ensuring aggressive deliverance ...

KFA prepares for 2015 Federation Cup
The Board Chairman of Kwara Football Academy (KFA), Alhaji Hamzat Mustapha Balogun has praised the players for their performance at this year's edition of the state FA Cup, which was concluded on Saturday. The team lo...

PDP to challenge APC Reps seat victory in Kwara
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State has indicated intention to contest the outcome of Ekiti/Irepodun/Isin/Oke-Ero Federal Constituency's election, won by the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Fun...

Emir commends peaceful campaign style of LP candidate
The Emir of Shonga, Alhaji Haliru Yahaya,has commended the Labour party gubernatorial candidate in Kwara State, Dr. Mike Omotosho for the creative and peaceful way he has been carrying out his campaign. The E...

Gbemi Saraki: APC leaders storm Kwara this week
National leaders of All Progressives Congress (APC) are to storm Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, this week, to formally receive Senator Gbemisola Rukayyat Saraki, first daughter of late Kwara political kingpin, Dr. Ol...

Kwara LP guber candidate pledges 50 per cent varsity fee cut
The Labour Party governorship candidate in Kwara State, Dr. Mike Omotosho, has promised to slash the tuition fee of Kwara State University (KWASU) by 50 per cent if elected in the April 11 governorship election. ...

Buhari's victory divine – Kwara Muslims
The Kwara State Muslim Stakeholders representing Muslims in the 16 local government areas of the state have described the victory of General Mohammadu Buhari in the last presidential election as divine. The g...

Saraki Dynasty: How PDP's flaws reunite Bukola, Gbemi
Even though she is not a candidate in any of the elections holding this year, Senator Gbemisola Saraki is about the most keenly watched politicians in Kwara State at the moment. By Emmanuel Aziken and Demola ...

Kwara gov's aide asks electorate to vote for APC
An aide of Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State, Mr. Segun Karunwi has urged the people of Magaji Are ward 1 and Ward 2 of Ilorin East area of the state to troop out en masse on Saturday and vote for the All Progre...

Ajibola blames PDP loss in Kwara on "wave of change"
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Kwara State, Senator Simeon Sule Ajibola, attributed the failure of the party to win any National Assembly seat in the last Presidential and National Assembl...

Omotosho promises participatory governance
The gubernatorial candidate of the Labour Party in Kwara State Western Nigeria, Doctor Mike Omotosho says his administration will focus on infra-structural renewal, agricultural development and youth empowerment. ...

Kwara Christians hold Church services in commemoration of Easter
Special Church Services were held today across Kwara State in North central Nigeria to mark the resurrection of Jesus Christ on the cross of calvary. In Ilorin the state Capital, Christians used the occasion ...

Political tsunami looms in Kwara - State APC
The Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has boasted that the state Governor, Abdulfattah Ahmed, will be re-elected in the April 11 governorship election in the state. It compared the anticipa...

Kwara Muslim Stakeholders Urge Buhari to Rule with Fear of God
The Kwara State Muslim Stakeholders, a forum representing Muslim leaders in all the 16 local government areas of the state, has said that the success of the last presidential election was made possible by the fervent p...

2015-04-05

OPINION: Kwara and the imperative of history
“I wonder, sometimes, whether men and women in fact are capable of learning from history,” said the president of the United States, Barrack Obama, in his book, The Audacity of Hope. Seriously, do people eve...

OPINION - Senate Presidency: Bukola Saraki, The Best Man For The Job. By Sulyman Buhari
Fellow Nigerians, with the hard-won victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd) at the presidential election held on 28th of March, 2015. I must admit that surpri...

Count me out of dinner for Buhari's wife - Shagaya
A prominent business woman and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in Kwara State, Hajia Muinat Bola Shagaya has debunked report in the social media linking her to an alleged plan to host the wife of the Presid...

Senate Presidency: APC Leaders Push for Saraki
Fresh facts emerged at the weekend on how some top leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) across the geo-political zones of the country have thrown their weight towards the emergence of former governor of Kwara...

Press Release: Yinka Aluko fecilitates with Christians at Easter
?The Deputy Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kwara State, Mallam Ahmed Yinka Aluko, has called on Christians in the country especially Kwara state to use the period of Easter to pray ferv...

Kwara Guber Poll: Ahmed On The Threshold Of History
Going by the results of the presidential and National Assembly elections in Kwara State, Governor AbdulFatah Ahmed appears set to return to the Ahmadu Bello Way Government House, Ilorin for a second term in office....

General elections proved doomsday prophets wrong - Gbemi Saraki
The gubernatorial aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kwara State, who defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC, before last weekend elections, Sen. Gbemisola ...

Press Release: Senator Saraki Felicitates With Christians for Easter
At this moment when Nigeria is globally celebrated on her emergence of a new democratic dispensation, I extend a hearty felicitation to our dear Christian families all across the country. By historic effect, ...

2015-04-04

Press Release - Easter: Atunwa Tasks Nigerians on Unity
As Christians across the world mark the holy celebrations of the life of Jesus Christ, the Speaker of the Kwara State Assembly and Member-Elect of Federal House of Representatives, Barr. Razak Atunwa has urged Christian...

Ajibola charges journalists on objectivity
Nigerian Journalists have again been charged to be objective, fair and unbiased in their reportage during the electioneering period. The Kwara state governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic...

Kwara United Crowned Kwara FA Cup Champions
Kwara United have been crowned as the 2015 Kwara State FA Cup champions. The Nigeria Professional Football League side defeated Kwara Football Academy 4-3 on penalties after a 2-2 draw during regulation time....

One week to D-Day: Who wins Kwara election?
THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party (LP) are leading the pack of stakeholders looking to cause a break from the status quo in the affairs of Kwara State through next Saturday’s governorship el...

Kaduna, Kwara Governors Felicitate With Christians At Easter
The Kaduna State Governor has congratulated the entire Christian community in the state on the occasion of the Easter Celebration which marks the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. In a goodwill message si...

2015-04-03

Jonathan, Buhari in closed-door meeting at Aso Rock
President Goodluck Jonathan and the president-elect, retired General Muhammadu Buhari, met behind closed doors on Friday at the State House, Abuja. The meeting, which security officials said was strictly priv...

Don't Disappoint Nigerians, Sultan Tells Buhari
The president-general of Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) and Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa'ad Abubakar, has congratulated Gen Muhammadu Buhari on his victory at the poll. Speaking through t...

Why presidential election witnessed low votes - Don
The low turnout of voters recorded during Saturday's presidential election was due to the introduction of the card reader, Professor of Political Science and International Relations Hassan Salihu has said. He...

Focus on healing wounds, NSCIA urges Buhari
The Nigerian Supreme Council For Islamic Affairs(NSCIA) on Thursday congratulated the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, General Mohammadu Buhari on his victory at the poll, advising him to focus attent...

Implications of Buhari's Victory On Kwara Guber Poll
By Biodun Fagbemi (Guardian) THE pre-election hype that heated up the political space in Kwara State in the build-up to last Saturday’s Presidential elections has no doubt receded going by the outcome of the pol...

Fire Destroys Property In Omu-Aran
Fire has gutted a store in Omu-Aran, Irepodun local government area of Kwara, destroying property estimated at N1 million on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the property destroyed in the...

OPINION: Reforming the PDP into a Socially Responsible Political Party. By Abdulmumuni Yinka Ajia
I am a very happy man regardless of the PDP’s defeat at the Presidential election. The national leader of my party did not live up to the responsibilities of his office and Nigerians have showed him a red card! ...

Photo News - Asa Dam Accident
Scene of a ghastly auto crash at Asa Dam Ilorin where a tanker lost control and fell on a taxi carrying five passengers and heading to Offa Garrage on Thursday. One person died, two seriously wounded and three othe...

Press Release: Successful polls put a lie to Nigeria's disintegration prediction - Gbemi Saraki
Sen. Gbemisola Rukayyah Saraki wishes to extend her hearty congratulations to Nigerians all over the world for witnessing the country's arguably most credible elections in history. This election and the maturity tha...

Buhari's Victory Long Awaited - Kwara APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara state has hailed the election of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari as the nation's new president in the just concluded presidential elections. The party in a statement by its ...

FA Cup ties hot up in Kwara, Imo, Benue & others
FA Cup matches have taken the place of league games this weekend and very interesting final ties are expected across the nation from kwara to Benue and other states in Nigeria Kwara United will face Kwara Foo...

Herbalist apprehended for kidnapping lovers for ritual in Kwara
One Akeem Adeniyei is currently in the net of the Kwara State police command for allegedly kidnapping two of his lovers identified as Bose and Busayo for ritual purposes, PULSE reports. According to a stateme...

Two die as tanker crushes cab in Kwara
Two persons were crushed to death after a water tanker with registration number, XH527KTU, crashed into a taxi in Ilorin, Kwara State. The accident occurred near the NNPC Mega Station at the Asa-Dam area of I...

Time To Liberate Kwara Is Now - Ajibola
The Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) governorship flag bearer in Kwara,Sen. Simeon Ajibola has said that the time has come now for the people to liberate themselves from the shackles of oppression. Sen. Ajibol...