Some farmers in Kwara state have decried the activities of herdsmen on their farms stressing that they are destroying farm produces and causing economic losses. The farmers who spoke to our correspondent said that there was an urgent need for the state government to intervene and control the
The Governor of Kwara State, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has approved the immediate dissolution of the State Executive Council. Also affected by the dissolution are Special Advisers, Senior SpecialAssistants, Special Assistants, Liaison Officers and Youth EmploymentCoordinators. In a statement, signed by the Secretary to the State Government of Kwara State, said all affected
Eminent elders of Ilorin Emirate in Kwara state on Monday, expressed their support for the aspiration of Dr Bukola Saraki as the president of the eighth Senate. The elders under the aegis of 4 Tracks Elders Forum expressed the confidence in the ability of Saraki to provide effective and quality leadership in the upper chamber of the national […]
Governor Abdul-fatah Ahmed of Kwara State has dissolved the State Executive Council. The governor’s decision was contained in a statement on Monday signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Sola Gold. Those affected by the dissolution include commissioners, special advisers, senior special assistants, special assistants, liaison officers and youth
A member, representing Malete/lpaiye/Oloru constituency at the Kwara House of Assembly, Alhaji lliasu lbrahim, was on Thursday, prevented from entering the Assembly premises by some security operatives. Hon Ibrahim, who arrived the Assembly gate in a convoy at about 10 am, was refused entry by the Assembly security men. Daily Times gathered that all the […]
Prince Saheed Popoola is a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State. He spoke with KEHINDE AKINPELU on national issues. Excerpts: How do you see the recent general election won by your party? When I was the only Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) chairman in the whole 16 local government areas of the […]
The monthly enviromental sanitation excercise in Ilorin,Kwara state capital on Saturday turned violent as suspected miscreants invaded two mobile courts sitting at different locations disrupting proceedings. According to him, one persons was also reportedly short while shops,houses and properties worth several millions of naira were set ablaze by suspected hoodlums
…Gov orders probe Properties and valuable documents worth millions of Naira were on Tuesday night allegedly destroyed by an inferno which gutted about 17 offices at headquarters of the Kwara Ministry of Energy, llorin. Eye witness account told our Correspondent in llorin that the fire incident which started at about eight o’clock in […]
Kwara State governor, Dr.Abdulfatah Ahmed, has said that, contrary to fears, in some quarters, the success of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in this year’s general elections, cannot transform Nigeria into a one-party state. Ahmed said this, in an address after receiving the Certificate of Return at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office, in […]
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. Akogun Iyiola Oyedepo, awarded Jonathan pass mark, while appearing on Radio Nigeria’s Harmony FM, ‘Idofian Live’ programme, titled: “PDP on the Move.”
The Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) in Kwara State, has adopted the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and incumbent Governor,Abdulfatah Ahmed and all APC candidates for the House of Assembly election in next Saturday’s elections. Speaking with journalists in Ilorin, state chairman of ACPN, Mr. Babatunde Omotosho, who is also the […]
The Management of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) has kept date with its promise to digitalise learning in the institution, with the distribution of mobile computers to ‘freshers’ last Thursday in the main campus in Ilorin, Kwara State. The initiative, known as ‘One Student, One PC Tablet’, was introduced by former vice-chancellor of the university, […]
The Minister of National Planning, Dr. Suleiman Abubakar, has condemned the conduct of the presidential and National Assembly elections in Kwara State on Saturday. In a chat with newsmen, on Sunday, he declared that the exercise was “more of an electoral tragedy, which was not acceptable. According to him, the process and conduct […]
