Month: July 2018

By Steve Oni, Ilorin The former Chairman of nPDP, Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje, has expressed surprise, shock and astonishment that the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, the Speaker of the House of Representatives , Yakubu Dogara and other aggrieved members of the nPDP in the All Progressives Congess (APC) are being allegedly offered juicy positions…

-Assure Him Of Continued Loyalty, Support By Steve Oni, Ilorin Traditional rulers in Kwara state have pledged their unalloyed support and loyalty to the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki. The royal fathers led by their Chairman and Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari said they were very impressed and proud by the achievements of the…

By Steve Oni, Ilorin Ahead of the 2019 General Elections in Nigeria, a Presidential Aspirant on the platform of the People’s Redemption Party (PRP), Prof. Mahmood Muhibeedeen Aliyu, has decried the woes that have befallen the country over the years, lamenting that “it is pathetic that today we watch helplessly as the entire citizenry have…

By Steve Oni, Ilorin Ahead of the 2019 General Elections in Nigeria, a Presidential Aspirant on the platform of the People’s Redemption Party (PRP), Prof. Mahmood Muhibeedeen Aliyu, has decried the woes that have befallen the country over the years, lamenting that “it is pathetic that today we watch helplessly as the entire citizenry have…

By Steve Oni, Ilorin Comrade Issa Aremu, a NEC member of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the General Secretary of Textile Workers Union has formally declared to run for the 2019 Governorship election in Kwara State. Running under the Labour Party of Nigeria, Comrade Aremu made the declaration at the Nelson Mandela centenary birthday…

Steve Oni, Ilorin A High Court in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, has restrained the state Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, Akogun Iyiola Oyedepo, from parading himself as the party’s chairman. The court also restrained Abdulateef Alakawa Gidado, Alhaja Fatimoh Gegele Mogaji, Rasak Alabi, Mahmad Haliru Dantosho and Gabriel Olatunji from parading themselves…

By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday led a pack of dignitaries that graced the fidau prayer for the repose of the soul of the late Hajia Ayisat Omo Agba Baraje, mother of former National Chairman of the new Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP), Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje in Ilorin,…

By Steve Oni, Ilorin The newly established Kwara State Health Insurance Agency says it will commence registration for the State Health Insurance Scheme in August. This follows the launching of the scheme by Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed on Thursday in Ilorin. Speaking during the launching of the scheme, the Executive Secretary of the Agency, Dr. Olubunmi…

BY MAIRIGA Juliana, Minna. Former Nigerian Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida has called on politicians to work towards keeping and maintaining the unity of Nigeria intact, saying unless the country is united, it cannot achieve much of development. He was speaking at his Hill Top Residence in Minna when he received a Presidential Aspirant under…

Steve Oni, Ilorin The Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki was on Tuesday accorded a heroic reception by a mammoth crowd of supporters and admirers that gathered at Ilorin International Airport to welcome him to Ilorin, his hometown, some ten days after the Supreme Court discharged and acquitted him of allegations of false assets declaration.…