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NSCDC arrests 3 suspects for various criminal activities in Kwara

Robert Imoh — Wed, 03 Jul 2024 07:35:19 +0000

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Kwara Command on Tuesday said it has apprehended three suspects, allegedly involved in various criminal activities, including theft, burglary and fraud. Mr Ayoola Shola, the command’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), said detectives from the tracking unit arrested one Ibrahim Wasiu, 31, from Eyenkorin Area of Ilorin. Shola […]

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Environment: Sabo-Oke community seeks refuse collection

Gbemi Banks — Sun, 30 Oct 2022 18:03:00 +0000

Residents of Sabo-Oke, Ilupeju community in the Ilorin East Local Government Area of Kwara, have appealed to the state government to help in proper refuse collection and disposal in the area. They made the call over health hazard and traffic danger being posed by a government refuse disposal truck allegedly abandoned in the community. The […]

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Kwara PDP guber primary: Bolaji Abdullahi, Ajia, Ahmad, five others step down after meeting with Saraki

Robby Akeju — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 19:17:08 +0000

Eight of the 10 governorship aspirants in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kwara State chapter, withdrew from the primary election on Monday. The eight aspirants announced their withdrawal at the resumed delegates’ conference to elect a governorship candidate for the state in Ilorin. The primary, which was to hold on Sunday, was disrupted following an […]

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APC extends processes for primaries in Kwara

Robby Akeju — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 21:59:04 +0000

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Wednesday, approved the extension of processes leading to primaries in all elections in Kwara State. National Chairman of the party, Mr Adams Oshiomole, announced this at the inauguration of the Executive Committee of the party in the state at its National Secretariat, Abuja. […]

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‘APC will win Kwara in 2019’

Roland Edwards — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 18:53:52 +0000

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State, Alhaji Umar Aiyelabegan, on Wednesday, declared that the party would sweep the polls in the state during the 2019 general elections. Aiyelabegan also told newsmen in Ilorin that Senate President Bukola Saraki would be “ humbled’’ even in his Ajikobi Ward in Ilorin West […]

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Kwara APC to Saraki: Emulate Akpabio, resign now

Roland Edwards — Sat, 11 Aug 2018 22:46:19 +0000

Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on Dr Bukola Saraki to resign as Senate President. The call was made in a statement by the Chairman, Caretaker Committee of the party, Mr Bashir Bolarinwa, on Saturday in Ilorin. He said Saraki should be honourable and relinquish the office of the Senate […]

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APC moves against Saraki’s loyalists, dissolves Kwara Exco, appoints Bolarinwa as Caretaker Committee Chairman

Robby Akeju — Mon, 30 Jul 2018 19:40:14 +0000

The All Progressives Congress (APC), on Monday, dissolved the State Executive Committee of the party in Kwara State. In the dissolution, loyalists of Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, were sent packing. A statement by the National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, and National Secretary, Mai Mala Buni, declared that irregularities characterised the conduct and outcome of congresses […]

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Lai Mohammed, Kwara APC chiefs to Saraki’s loyalists: Resign or be fired

Robby Akeju — Sun, 29 Jul 2018 23:05:35 +0000

National leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) were told on Sunday that for the Kwara State chapter of the party to be united, loyalists of Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, should leave APC. All those who got appointments because of their affinity with Saraki should also resign or be fired. The decision was taken […]

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Ahmed meets stakeholders, says ‘I may quit APC soon because national leaders have failed to address insecurity, unemployment, others’

Robby Akeju — Thu, 26 Jul 2018 20:26:10 +0000

Following calls from various stakeholders in Kwara State, Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed has hinted that he might be quitting the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The governor insisted that the party has not met the expectations of the people of the North-Central state. Ahmed made this known on Thursday at State Banquet Hall, Ilorin while reacting […]

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Offa bank robbery: After 52 days in detention, court grants Kwara governor’s Chief of Staff bail

Robby Akeju — Thu, 26 Jul 2018 08:25:25 +0000

A Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin has granted an interim bail to Alhaji Yusuf Abdulwahab, the Chief of Staff to the Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed, in the sum of N10 million. Abdulwahab has been held in police custody in Abuja since June 2, 2018 after he responded to police invitation over […]

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PDP chief to national leaders: If you want to win Kwara, stay away from Saraki

Robby Akeju — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 16:30:13 +0000

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State, Alhaji Kunle Suleiman, has warned leadership of the party against accepting the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, back to the party. Suleiman, who gave the warning in Ilorin on Thursday in a statement, claimed that the Senate President is now an anathema in the […]

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Four feared killed in Kwara communal clash

Robby Akeju — Fri, 30 Jun 2017 03:57:48 +0000

Four people, including a graduate, were feared dead on Thursday, following a crisis that erupted between neighbouring Ilofa and Odo-Owa community in Oke-Ero Local Government Area of Kwara State. Scores of other victims with gunshot injuries were said to have been rushed to the hospital for treatment as many houses were allegedly razed in the […]

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Ahmed immortalises Olusola Saraki, names Kwara University after him

Robby Akeju — Wed, 17 May 2017 17:31:27 +0000

Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State, on Wednesday, named the state university after the late strongman of Kwara politics, Dr Olusola Saraki. Ahmed, who made the announcement in Ilorin at the launching of Sola Saraki Educational Foundation, said the University would, henceforth, be called Sola Saraki University. He noted that renaming the University was a […]

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Kwara table tennis player slumps to death

Robby Akeju — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 19:11:07 +0000

A Kwara State table tennis player, Timothy Abiara, on Thursday in Ilorin slumped and died while training at the table tennis hall of the State Stadium Complex. Abiara represented the state at both the 2011 and 2012 editions of the National Sports Festival in Port Harcourt and Lagos. Abiara died during a game with another […]

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Kwara uncovers 8,863 ghost workers

Ibrahim Ahmadu — Wed, 23 Nov 2016 16:54:35 +0000

Kwara State Personnel Database Development Committee has uncovered a total of 8, 863 suspected ghost personnel on the payroll of both the state and local governments. The alternate Chairman of the Committee, Alhaji Isiaka Gold, made this disclosure while submitting the Committee’s report to Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed at the Government House, Ilorin. He said the […]

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