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Bukola Saraki’s Moral Burden

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, Kwara, State News Sunday, February 13th, 2011

By Dr. Jideofor Adibe, London, UK – Feb. 13, 2011 – The recent report that Dr Bukola Saraki has picked the PDP ticket for the Kwara Central Senatorial district generated headlines. According to reports, Saraki, a medical doctor, and former PDP presidential aspirant, who was never known to have an interest in being a Senator, […]

Students on The Rampage in Ilorin Over Bursary

Posted by admin Headlines, Kwara, State News Friday, February 11th, 2011

STUDENTS of various institutions from Kwara State staged a violent protest on Friday holding motorists to ransom over non-payment of their bursaries. The students reportedly destroyed private and public property during the protest in Ilorin, the state capital. They said they embarked on the protest to press home their demand from the state government, stressing […]

Saraki wins PDP ticket for Kwara Central Senatorial District

Posted by admin Kwara, Latest Politics, State News Saturday, January 29th, 2011

The chairman of Nigeria Governors Forum, and the outgoing governor of Kwara State, Dr Bukola Saraki, yesterday picked the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) ticket for Kwara Central Senatorial District. He emerged as the winner of the re-run primary election. Saraki polled 1,044 votes to beat Mallam Yonus Abdulrahman who scored 13 votes and Alhaji LAK […]

FG, States Share $1b Secretly – Deplete Excess Crude Account to $3m

Posted by admin Abia, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Enugu, Gombe, Headlines, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Nasarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Presidency, Rivers, Sokoto, State News, Taraba, Yobe, Zamfara Saturday, January 1st, 2011

The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) at an emergency meeting yesterday in Abuja, shared $1billion from the Excess Crude Account. With the disbursement of the amount, the balance in the ECA account now stands at $3million. The meeting, which was held behind closed doors, lasted for only 29 minutes (11:10am and ended at about 11:39am). […]

Olusola Saraki Quits PDP

Posted by admin Elections 2011, Kwara, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News Saturday, January 1st, 2011

THE political icon of Kwara State, Dr Olusola Saraki has publicly declared his intention to quit the ruling People’s Democratic Party, (PDP) ahead of the 2011 general elections.He however failed to mention the exact party he would lead his numerous supporters to during the elections. Speaking with reporters yesterday in his Ilorin country home, Saraki, […]

Protests mark PDP congresses in Kwara, Adamawa, Osun

Posted by admin Adamawa, Kwara, Osun, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News Thursday, December 30th, 2010

Some aggrieved members of the Peoples Democratic Party in Kwara State on Thursday protested what they described as the allocation of votes in the state congresses conducted on Tuesday. The PDP supporters also alleged that in some places, like Kwara Central, elections never took place but results were written by certain individuals in their private […]

2011: Buhari Woos Gov. Saraki of Kwara

Posted by admin Kwara, Latest Politics, Party Politics Tuesday, December 28th, 2010

The presidential aspirant of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Major-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), yesterday held a closed-door meeting with the Second Republic Senate Leader and strongman of Kwara politics, Dr. Olusola Saraki, in Ilorin, Kwara State. The meeting, which was held at the Ilofa country-home of the statesman in Ilorin, was well attended by […]

ACN to IG: Call your men to order in Kwara

Posted by admin Kwara, National Politics Saturday, December 25th, 2010

THE Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has asked the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Hafiz Ringim, to call his men to order in Kwara State, where the Police are being used by the state government to instigate violence and harass innocent ACN members during and after the October 30 council polls in the state. In a […]