Tag: Kwara State
ACN tells PDP to forget Offa council
The Action Congress of Nigeria has advised the People’s Democratic Party to banish from its thoughts the hope of ever regaining political…
Pastor jailed for stealing $20 sheep
An Ilorin Magistrates’ Court on Monday sentenced a pastor, Oloruntoba Ibitoye, to nine months imprisonment for stealing a sheep. According…
Tribunal nullifies Offa council poll
The Local Government Elections Petitions Tribunal sitting in Ilorin on Wednesday nullified the re-run chairmanship election conducted in Offa Local…
Kwara state suspends urban law
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Nigeria’s Kwara state has suspended the implementation of the Urbanisation Law 2009, which empowered the state…
Gov. Ahmed denies feud with Saraki
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara has dispelled rumours of a feud between him and Senator Bukola Saraki, his predecessor and…
Offa Poly student charged with cultism
A 21-year-old student of the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara state, Emeke Nwokobia has been charged before an Ilorin Magistrates’ Court…
Seven Suspected Internet Fraudsters Arrested
The Kwara State Police Command has arrested seven suspects who allegedly specialise in defrauding banks through the internet. They are…
Okada operators run riot in Kwara
Scores of commercial motorcyclists have staged a protest in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, against the decision of the government…
Kwara Governor blames leaders for decadent Nigeria
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara has condemned the attitude of leaders in the country which has led to the present…
PDP claims victory in Kwara House rerun poll
Nigeria’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Abdulfatah Babakini, was on Sunday declared winner of June 30, re-run Kwara State House…
ACN: Kwara bye-election marred by violence
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has rejected the conduct of the Saturday re-run election in Ilorin North-West State Constituency. …
Nigerian abductors free Italian engineer
Italian officials say that an Italian engineer kidnapped in central Nigerian town of Ilorin in Kwara state has been freed.…
Nigeria Needs Dons To Solve Her Problems
The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has noted that the contributions of the academia cannot be over-emphasised in fast-tracking…
Court Affirms Bukola Saraki’s Election
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Ibrahim Auta, on Friday affirmed the nomination…
Nigerian Governor Dedicates Victory At Supreme Court to Allah
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has described as a call to greater service the Supreme Court’s judgment which Tuesday…
‘UNILORIN’s A Pacesetter’
The Vice-Chancellor of Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara State, Prof. M. Ola-Rotimi Ajayi, has described the University of Ilorin in glowing…
Kwara ACN Lawmakers Oppose Revised 2011 Appropriation Bill
The two members of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in Kwara State House of Assembly, on Thursday kicked against…
Man Arrested Over Theft Of N5m Goods
The Lagos State Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, has arrested a 45-year-old man, at Coker Market, Orile Iganmu, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria.…
UNILORIN Is First In Many Areas—Landmark VC
The Vice-Chancellor of Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara State, Professor M. Ola-Rotimi Ajayi, has described the University of Ilorin in glowing…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
Abdul Razaq Atunwa Is New Kwara Speaker
The former Commissioner for Finance, who was also a governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kwara state…
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KWARA: Bukola Saraki’s Senatorial Dreams Under Threat
The victory secured by outgoing Kwara state Governor Bukola Saraki in the recent National Assembly election where he won the…
Swimming: Chief Of Naval Staff Tourney For Ilorin
The Nigeria Swimming Federation is set for the Chief of Naval Staff Swimming Open Championship slated for next month in…
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Kwara ACN To Challenge Results In Court
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Kwara State has vowed to contest in court, the results of the National…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
Governor Saraki wins NASS poll in Kwara central
Governor Bukola Saraki of Kwara State was yesterday declared the winner of the Kwara Central Senatorial seat in the National…
Police Parade 19 Suspected Political Thugs
The Kwara State Police Command has paraded 19 people suspected to be political thugs. It also revealed that over 7000…
ACPN Raises Alarm Over Kwara Govt’s N1.35b Loan
The campaign organisation of Senator Gbemi Saraki the gubernatorial candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) has raised…
Olusola Saraki Canvases Support For His Daughter
The Second Republic Senate leader, Dr. Olusola Saraki has pleaded with the people of Kwara State, especially those from Ilorin …
Imam Killed In Mushin Gang War
The ongoing gang war in Mushin, Lagos State, South-West Nigeria, has claimed the life of an Imam and at least…
Unilorin Expels 22 Students For Misconduct
In an effort to sanitise the university environment, the authorities of the University of Ilorin, Kwara State, have expelled twenty-two…
Kwara PDP May Hold 2 Congresses
A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State has said it would hold a parallel state congress …