Month: August 2018

By Steve Oni-Ilorin The Saraki political dynasty got a major boost over the weekend as hundreds of kinsmen of the former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party( PDP) in Kwara state, Akogun Iyiola Oyedepo pledged their allegiance to the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki. The members of the PDP from Isin local government area of…

By Steve Oni, Ilorin The All Progressives Congress, (APC) in Kwara state has read out a riot act to Mr Bashiru Bolarinwa, who is parading himself as caretaker chairman of the party, and his accomplices, saying by their unlawful actions, they are walking the road to jail. The party stated this in a statement signed…

By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Legislative aides to the Senate President, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki, have asked the federal government to fish out the masterminds of Tuesday’s invasion of the National Assembly by masked plain cloth security operatives. They equally demanded the prosecution of anyone found to have orchestrated the illegal act which obstructed a…

By Ikhili Ebalu, Benin city The Conference Of Nigerian Political Parties, ( CNPP), in Edo State has described as undemocratic and disgrace to the Nigerian democracy the siege on the National Assembly , by the State Security Services, ( DSS). The DSS it would be recalled , on Tuesday prevented lawmakers from gaining access to…

By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Dr. Ahmad Ali, has expressed concern over the conduct of credible elections in 2019, given the ugly scenario that took place on Tuesday at the National Assembly. Ali, who spoke with journalists in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, following Tuesday’s invasion of…

By Steve Oni-Ilorin The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has further explained that his defection from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, is a script hatched and perfected by fifth columnists within the party. The Governor dropped this hint in Ilorin when he received the National Executive of Oro Descendents Union (ODU), led by…

By Ikhili Ebalu, Benin city A stalwart of the All Progressives Congress(APC), Hon. Sylvanus Igbogbo, yesterday, accused previous lawmakers from Edo Central Senatorial District for taking them for a fool by embarking on projects that do not have direct impacts on the people of the constituent. Igbogbo disclosed this while fielding questions from newsmen in…

By Stephen Oni, Ilorin Some members of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP under the aegis of PDP One Umbrella Project in Kwara state have said that the return of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, to the party would assist in dislodging the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari come 2019. Speaking with journalists in Ilorin…

By Steve Oni, Ilorin Hundreds of youths and women supporters of the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, on Thursday trooped out in a rally around major parts of Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, to drum support for his defection to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). They insisted that Saraki would always win any election in…

By Steve Oni, Ilorin An Ilorin high Court has restrained members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) or any person or officers of the party from dissolving or taking any action towards dissolving Kwara state executive committee of the party. The court on Wednesday granted the application after hearing…