Tag: Kwara State
Kwara APC old guards kick against Saraki
Stephen Oni/Ilorin The dust generated by the defection of members of the new Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kwara State,…
Saraki now APC senator, blasts PDP
.The ex-governor of the central state of Kwara Says PDP Retrogressive, Repressive Jamiu Yisa After months of identifying with the…
Accident Claims Five Lives
Commercial activities were paralysed at Elekoyangan and Anfeyin, two communities located along the old Jebba road in Ilorin East Local…
I have not left APC, says Belgore
Stephen Oni,Ilorin The governorship candidate of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria,ACN,in the central Nigerian state of Kwara, Mohammed Dele…
Discordant tunes in Kwara APC
Stephen Oni/Ilorin The national Leadership of the All Progressives Congress,APC, has been warned against handing over the leadership of the…
3 escape death as training aircraft crashes
Three crew members on board a training aircraft of International Aviation College, Ilorin, escaped death as the plane crashed during…
Kwara 2013’ll Produce Future Stars
The ongoing Sterling Bank-sponsored National School Sports Festival has been described as another platform to harness the enormous talents abound…
Kwara INEC claims PDP sweeps council polls
Candidates of Nigeria’s ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have won all the 15 chairmanship seats and 181 councillorship seats in…
17 die in ghastly auto-crash
Stephen Oni/Ilorin Seventeen people have been reported dead in an accident early today on Ilorin-Jebba Expressway,Kwara state, central Nigeria. Ten…
Nigerians Buy Rams From Benin Republic
Some members of Nigerian border communities in Baruten Local Government area of Kwara state are buying rams from Benin Republic…
2 Principals In Soup Over Illegal Levies
Two Principals of junior secondary schools in Ilorin, Kwara State, central Nigeria, are in soup for allegedly imposing and collecting…
Kwara CAN boycotts Nigeria’s independence anniversary
THE Kwara state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has rejected the state government’s request to be part…
Afolabi Olawole: Rarity Of A Stand
By Sulaimon Mojeed-Sanni In the last few weeks, I have followed with keen interest and a discerning mind, the story…
Bank Manager, 3 Others Remanded For Fraud
The branch manager of Grooming Micro-Finance Bank, Ipata Market, Ilorin, Kwara State, northcentral Nigeria, Oyelade Oloyede Kazeem, has been remanded…
Christian group boycotts panel on religious matters
Stephen Oni/ Ilorin The Christian Association of Nigeria in the central Nigerian state of Kwara today announced the suspension of…
APC Condemns PDP’s Daylight Vote Robbery In Offa
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the daylight vote robbery by the PDP in last Saturday’s rerun at the…
I didn’t win the Offa election, says PDP councillor
Stephen Oni/Ilorin In a rare move, a councillorship candidate of Nigeria’s Peoples Democratic Party, in the 31 August council poll…
APC cries foul as KWASIEC awards Offa to PDP
Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress (APC) has demanded the immediate announcement of the authentic results of Saturday’s rerun in the Offa…
5 Civil Defence staff nabbed for petrol theft
The Nigerian police force in the central state of Kwara has arrested five officers of the Nigerian Security Civil Defence…
EFCC quizzes Bukola Saraki
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Monday in Abuja began the questioning of former…
Woman Remanded For Killing Husband
A house wife, Fatimoh Issah, in Ilorin, Kwara State, northcentral Nigeria, has been remanded at the federal prison, Oke-Kura, Ilorin…
Man Remanded For Killing Co-Tenant
A 55-year old farmer, Unugbai Godwin, arraigned before an Ilorin Magistrate’s Court, Kwara State, has been remanded at the Federal…
Man Arraigned Over Human Sacrifice
A 40-year old man, Ajadi Rafiu, has been charged to a magistrates’ court in Ilorin, Kwara State, northcentral Nigeria, for…
Man Remanded For Stabbing Teacher
An Ilorin Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday remanded in prison Jacob Olaniyan for allegedly stabbing a teacher, Mrs. Popoola Bola. The…
Wrestling: Kwara Ready For Ultimate Super Slam
The government and the people of Kwara State are ready to play host to the maiden International Ultimate Super Slam…
Kwara State tense after Polytechnic shut
Stephen Oni/Ilorin There were indications that the much awaited 29 May Democracy Day marking the second anniversary of Governor Abdulfatah…
Robbers Raid 3 Banks, Kill 3
Armed robbers on Tuesday raided three banks in Omu-Aran, Kwara State, killing three people before escaping with an unspecified amount…
S/Court: Phone thief must die by hanging
Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Friday in Abuja ordered that the ring leader of a notorious armed robbery gang, Mr. Salisu…
Panel On Offa/Erin-Ile Crisis Submits Report
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has reiterated that Offa and Erin-Ile communities are destined to live together and has…