2015-03-24

We didn-t mismanage LG funds - Kwara commissioner
Kwara State Commissioner for Finance, Alhaji Demola Nurudeen Banu, has described an allegation levelled against the state government by the opposition party, on misappropriation of local governments funds as misleading...

Kwara GM revels in brilliant start to NPFL season
General Manager of newly promoted NPFL side Kwara United FC of Ilorin Haruna Megidansanma has assured fans of the club to expect more positive results. The Afonja Warriors have picked up five points since th...

Dwindling allocations: Tackle oil theft, pipeline vandalisation, Kwara govt tells FG
The Kwara State government has called on the opposition party in the state, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to stop blackmailing it over false allegations of misappropriation of local governments funds in the state, b...

Thugs Unleash Terror On Kwara Communities
Property worth millions of naira were destroyed when thugs suspected to be agents of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) descended on Osi and Obbo-Aiyegunle communities in Ekiti local government area of Kwara State....

Those Opposing the Use of Card Reader Are Afraid It Would Hinder Their Ability to Rig - Saraki
Senator Bukola Saraki, a chieftain of All Progressives Congress, is senator for Kwara Central senatorial district and chairman, Senate committee on Environment and Ecology. He speaks on some of the burning issues of th...

Opposition Candidate Accuses Ruling Kwara APC of Deceit
The governorship candidate of the PDP in the state, Simeon Ajibola, has accused the state government of deceiving indigenes in order to win the April 11 election by making bogus claims on its achievements. Aj...

Women Will Determine Candidates' Fate At Polls, Says Ahmed
Nigerian women will determine the direction of the pendulum of victories at the forthcoming general elections, Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has said. Speaking when Aishat, the wife of the presiden...

Local govt workers task Jonathan on excess crude funds
The Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON) in Kwara State yesterday called on President Goodluck Jonathan to settle the outstanding excess crude oil funds accruable to 16 local councils in the state before ...

Foundation to enrol 4,800 women for health insurance scheme
The Wellbeing Foundation Africa (WBFA) has launched Alaafia Universal Health Coverage Scheme (AUHCS) to mark this year's International Women's Day. Under the scheme, the foundation will provide funding suppor...

Petrol station, vehicles vandalized during political rally in Kwara
Violence broke out in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State at the weekend resulting in the destruction of vehicles, a petrol station among others. The violence reportedly broke out when the Peoples Democratic Par...

Politicians investigated campaigning against corruption - Lamorde
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Corruption (EFCC) Ibrahim Lamorde yesterday said it was unfortunate that politicians being prosecuted on corruption charges are among those campaigning on the mantra of fig...

Monarchs didn't complain about Kwara roads - Ahmed
Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed yesterday debunked reports that traditional rulers from the southern senatorial district complained about the state of roads in the district. He said the PDP gubernatoria...

Attack On Buhari's Wife - Court Orders Two Persons to Be Remanded in Prison
An Ilorin Magistrate's Court yesterday remanded two suspects over the alleged attack on the convoy of the APC presidential candidate's wife, Hajia Aisha Buhari, during her visit to Kwara State last week. Thos...

Kwara Govt Not Deducting LG Funds - ALGON
The Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), Kwara State Chapter has denied rumours of any illegal or non-statutory deductions from the monthly allocations accruing to the 16 Local Governments from the Fede...

2015-03-23

Kwara Roads: Ajibola Misrepresented Obas - Ahmed
The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has advised the PDP gubernatorial candidate in Kwara State, Sen. Simeon Ajibola to stop misrepresenting traditional rulers in the state in a bid for votes. Reacting to...

Disregard rumour over Kisira's alleged decamping to PDP
Kwarans have been urged to disregard rumour peddled through the social media that the Deputy Governor of Kwara State, Elder Peter Kisira had decamped to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). A statement by the ...

Polls: New Deputy Police Commissioner resumes in Kwara...to receive directives from PDP stalwarts?
Indications have emerged that the Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is bent on capturing the state at all cost in the general elections with the use of institutions of state. To this e...

Alleged misappropriation of LG funds: Banu tackles opposition ...Says LGs to receive salary this week
The Kwara State Commissioner for Finance, Alhaji Demola Nurudeen Banu has debunked allegations leveled against the state government by the opposition party for alleged misappropriation of Local Governments funds, descr...

Don't Serve As Political Thugs, NANS Warns Students
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Kwara Axis, has called on students and youths in the country not to be involved in violence that could disrupt success of the forthcoming general election. ...

Wait After Casting Votes, Says Kwara APC
THE Director-General of All Progressives Congress (APC) Campaign Organisation in Kwara State, Razak Atunwa, has decried the statement credited to the Inspector General of Police that voters should leave polling booths ...

Respect independence of INEC - Saraki cautions politicians
The Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State, Senator Abubakar Bu­kola Saraki has said the sanctity of office of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission and the independence of...

Oladuntoye Reveals Kwara's Secrets
Glo Premier League returnees, Kwara United of Ilorin are enjoying a great start to the season. A win at home and two draws on the road have ensured that the Harmony Warriors are yet to record a loss this seas...

Election: Army deploys 300 soldiers in Kwara
Ahead of next Saturday's elections, the military high command has deployed about 300 soldiers in Kwara state. Spokesperson 22 Armoured Brigade, Nigerian Army, Sobi Lt. Weri Finikumor said the soldiers were ...

Photo News: Zainab Aluko Visits Motherless Babies at UITH
The wife of the PDP Deputy Governorship candidate, Hajia Zainab Aluko, visited the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital and motherless home as part of her campaign for the victory of the party in the forthcoming gener...

Traditional Rulers Are Agents of Stabilization - Atunwa
The success of the All Progressive Congress led government in Kwara State has been attributed to the tremendous support of Traditional Rulers in the State. The Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly Barriste...

Press Release: Kwara APC calls for arrest of PDP thugs over vandalism, violence.
Text of press conference addressed by the Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Kwara State chapter, Alhaji Ishola Balogun Fulani on Sunday, 22nd of March, 2015.? Kwara APC calls for arrest of PDP thugs ove...

Press Release: Kwara monarchs bemoan bad roads in rural communities
Royal fathers in Kwara South senatorial zone have bemoaned the dilapidated state of roads linking their various communities even as they prayed for peaceful conduct of the coming elections. Receiving Senator Simeon ...

2015-03-22

Saraki: Court Restrains AIT, NTA, Premium Times and 11 Other Media Outfits
An Ilorin High court has granted an interim injunction restraining 14 media establishment in the country from publishing or further publishing or causing or further causing to be published defamatory, embarrassing and deg...

Military Deployment: Ahmed Appeals For Calm In Kwara.
Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed on Sunday advised the people of the state to remain calm over the massive deployment of soldiers in the state. The governor, in a special announcement, said soldiers had been deplo...

PDP's sins will be Jonathan, Ajibola's undoing - Kayode Omotosho
The Director of Media of the Abdulfatah Ahmed Governorship Campaign Organisation, Kayode Omotosho, has declared that the sins of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, would be the undoing of President Goodluck Jonathan an...

KWARA 2015: Gov. Ahmed promises better life for residents of border towns if re-elected
Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has pledged to embark on programmes that would better the lives of the residents of border communities in the state, if re-elected. Ahmed, the All Progressives Congress, APC, govern...

My 44 years as a missionary in Nigeria - Fr McCauley
Reverend Father Dan McCauley (SMA) is an Irish priest who will soon leave Nigeria after 44 years as a Catholic priest. He began his missionary work in Nigeria in 1971. In this interview, he spoke about those things tha...

2015 elections: Nigerians must resist pressure from security operatives - Kwara Speaker
The Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly and Director General of Kwara State All Progressives Congress 2015 campaigns, Hon. Razak Atunwa has called on Nigerians to resist pressure and plans by the Peoples Democ...

Offa Chairman laments dwindling revenue from FAAC
The Chairman of Offa Local Government, Prince Segun Abdulwaheed Olanipekun has decried the dwindling revenue from the Federation Account since September 2013 that he assumed office. Olanipekun stated this, in...

Group urges youths to shun election violence
In its efforts to ensure violence-free general elections, the Professional Youths for Good Governance of Nigeria (PYGGN) has organised a one-day seminar on sensitization and awareness campaign on the dangers surroundin...

Tambuwal: IGP Abba should have resigned -Yusuf Ali
An Ilorin-based legal luminary, Mallam Yusuf Ola-Olu Ali, in Ilorin yesterday took the Inspector General of Police, Mr Suleiman Abba, to the cleaner over his latest order restoring the security details of the Speaker, ...

"91 Per Cent Of School Children In Sokoto Can't Read" - Bolaji Abdullahi
A former minister of Youths Development and commissioner for education in Kwara State, Bolaji Abdullahi has decried the poor educational state in the north of the country saying that nine out of ten (91 per cent) schoo...

Press Release - 2015 Polls: Council of the Wise charges media and other stakeholders on peaceful elections.
Barely one week to the 2015 national elections, some eminent Nigerians under the aegis of the Savannah Centre ‘Council of the Wise’ Pane...

Press Release - 2015 Polls: APC takes campaign to the neighborhood
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State has taken it campaign to the streets where its volunteers are meeting Nigerians in the neighborhood in an attempt to garner more votes for the party as the first electi...

Kwara Utd bridge gap on NPFL leaders
Kwara United fought back on Saturday to earn a point at Wikki Tourists to cut the lead of FC Taraba at the top of the Nigeria Professional Football League [NPFL] standings to one point. The Harmony Boys made ...

2015-03-21

Strikes, setback to tertiary education - Students
Some Nigerian students have expressed concern over frequent strikes in higher institutions of learning. The students under the aegis of the National Association of Students of English and Literary Studies (NA...

How Same People Attend Parties' Rallies
If it was not due to poverty, it could not be divorced from ignorance of political education the rate at which the same set of faces attend different political rallies in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. ome ...

Kwara LP gov candidate assures on infrastructure, employment
The Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate in Kwara State, Mike Omotosho, has assured the people of Oyun local government area of the state of massive infrastructural development if elected the governor. Om...

Kwara Speaker faults IGP's position on voters' presence at polling centers
Speaker of Kwara State House of Assembly and Director-General of All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship campaign in the state, Barrister Razaq Atunwa on Saturday described as "null and void" the directive by the ...

Ibrahim calls Kwara Utd lucky
Wikki Tourists right back, Mustapha Ibrahim has said Kwara United were lucky earning a point in Saturday's Glo Premier League match day 3 duel at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium in Bauchi. Central defender...