The Kwara State branch of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees, has accused the Kwara State Government of illegally deducting N33.6bn from the accounts of the 16 local government councils in the state. The Secretary, NULGE, Kwara State chapter, Mr. Afolabi Abayomi, in a statement in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital on Sunday urged […]
The chairman Senate committee on Ecology and Environment, Dr. Bukola Saraki has donated N3million to heads of five families whose residential buildings were torched during the recent fracas that broke out in Agbarere and Ita-Ajia areas of Ilorin, Kwara state. At Agbarere quarters, the heads of the five families that were affected in the crisis […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara state, has appealed to the national leadership of the party to ensure that the zoning arrangement which allotted the position of the senate president to the North-Central zone remains unchanged. This formed part of the resolutions of the APC’s state working committee at the end of its meeting […]
Governor AbdulFatah Ahmed of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has raced past the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP) governorship candidate, Sen Simeon Ajibola, according to the results of Saturday’s polls, so far announced. The Returning Officer of the Kwara Governorship Election, Professor Musbau Akanji, said that Ahmed had garnered a total of 262,248 while his PDP counterpart scored […]
An American don, Professor Danny McCain, has urged Nigerians to be optimistic about the outcome of the general election which comes up on March 28 and April 11, 2015. McCain, who is currently a Lecturer at the Department of Religion & Philosophy, University of Jos, Plateau State, gave the charge during a lecture in Ilorin, […]
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Ecology and Environment, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for conducting transparent, free, fair and credible elections in Kwara State. In a statement signed by his media aide, Bamikole Omishore, he said “on our part, we in the APC will continue to stand on the […]
The Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, has defeated the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, President Goodluck Jonathan, in Saturday’s presidential election Kwara State. According to the results from the 16 local government areas of the state collated on Monday morning and anchored by the state Returning Officer, Prof. Musbau […]
Chief Gbenga Awoyale is a chieftain of the People Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State and President General of Orisun Igbomina. In this interview with Joy Ekeke, he spoke extensively on the political activities in the nation. Excerpt: It is a few days away from the general elections, what are the chances of the PDP? […]
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Kwara State chapter, has said it is not against any political party or any governorship candidate. In a statement in Ilorin on Tuesday, signed by the state CAN chairman, Prof. Timothy Opoola, and Secretary, Revd Reuben Ibitoye, it called on Christians to remain calm and continue to remain peace-loving. […]
The convoy of Hajia Aishat Buhari, the wife of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), was attacked on Monday in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. Mrs. Buhari, in company with her entourage, were returning from a courtesy visit to the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Zulu-Gambari, when the convoy […]