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Kwara, Latest Politics, Legislature, National Politics, Senate, State News, Top Stories
Tuesday, February 26th, 2019
Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has stated that in spite of the reported inadequacies that attended last Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections in Kwara State, he is wishing the candidates who emerged from the election the best of luck. Dr. Saraki in a statement signed by his Special Adviser (Media and Publicity), Yusuph […]
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Anambra, Elections, Elections 2019, Kwara, Latest Politics, Legislature, National Politics, Senate, State News, Top Stories
Monday, February 25th, 2019
The Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, on Sunday became one of the major casualties of the 2019 general elections as he lost his bid to return to the Senate. Apart from Saraki, the other two senatorial candidates of his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, lost to the All Progressives Congress. Saraki lost to the Kwara […]
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Abuja (FCT), Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Benue, Edo, Elections, Elections 2019, Gombe, Kaduna, Kogi, Kwara, National Politics, Niger, Osun, Oyo, Top Stories
Sunday, February 10th, 2019
On February 16, Nigerians will troop out to elect a new President that will pilot the affairs of the nation for another four years. Of the 72 presidential candidates on the final list recently released by the Independent National Electoral Commission that are eligible to contest the presidential election, two contenders are generally believed to […]
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Kwara, Legislature, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85), National Politics, Presidency, Senate, State News
Sunday, November 18th, 2018
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja Senate President Bukola Saraki says the people of Kwara would not have been suffering today if they had been given enough federal appointments. Saraki said had Kwara people been given appointments, they would have been able to approve money for party supporters which would have eased their sufferings. The Senate President was […]
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Governors, Headlines, Kwara, State News
Friday, September 21st, 2018
NAN President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the Bamigboye family on the death of retired Brigadier-General David Bamigboye, the first military governor of Kwara. The president’s condolence message is made available in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Friday. READ ALSO NEMA: 77,460 displaced, […]
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Headlines, Kwara, State News
Saturday, November 18th, 2017
A lecturer at the Department of Crop Production, College of Agriculture, Kwara State University, Malete, Dr. Solomon Osunlola, has committed suicide. The Director of the institute’s Public Relations Department, Dr. Isiaka Aliagan, who confirmed the incident on Friday in Ilorin, said that the deceased was a Lecturer 1 with the College of Agriculture. He said that Osunlola joined the […]
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Governors, Headlines, Kwara, State News
Saturday, August 5th, 2017
President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, has ruled out the possibility of his son participating in the governorship race in Kwara in 2019. He said at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja that it was untrue that his son was being groomed as the next governor of the state. According to […]
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Headlines, House, Kwara, Legislature, Senate, State News
Monday, August 15th, 2016
Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Dr. Ali Ahmad Success Nwogu, Ilorin Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Dr. Ali Ahmad, has said there is legitimate padding of budget. According to Ahmad, when a budget is presented before the House of Assembly, for instance from the President to the National Assembly, it is the duty […]
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Africa, Kwara, Latest Politics, State News
Sunday, November 22nd, 2015
By Demola Akinyemi ILORIN—Neighbouring Benin Republic has invaded 16 villages in Okuta, the border town in Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara State, causing fear and tension in the affected communities. In their determination to annex the Nigerian villages, Vanguard reliably gathered that authorities of Benin Republic had gone ahead to construct offices fot its […]
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Headlines, Kwara, State News
Sunday, November 1st, 2015
Kwara lecturer turns labourer (PICTURE) over non-payment of salary A Lecturer in Kwara State College of Education, Oro, Mr. Kayode Odeyemi has appealed to the Kwara State government to pay workers salary. He uploaded his picture while working as labourer in a building construction site to earn a paltry N1,500 to cater for his family. […]
