Month: September 2018

  • Ex- THISDAY Staff, AbdulWahab Emerges Kwara APC Guber Candidate

    By Steve Oni, Ilorin A former senior journalist with THISDAY newspaper, Hon. Kayode AbdulWahab has emerged the gubernatorial candidate of the Ishola Balogun-Fulani led All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara state. AbdulWahab, a former majority leader at Kwara State House of Assembly polled 891 votes to beat other 12 contestants for the APC gubernatorial ticket.…

  • Kwara APC Presidential Primary Peaceful, As Delegates Vote For Buhari

    By Steve Oni, Ilorin The presidential primary of the Ishola Balogun-Fulani led All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara state was held under a peaceful atmosphere. The delegates at the primary held across the 193 wards in the state conducted themselves in orderly manner. The presidential primary was a walk over for President Muhammadu Buhari as…

  • Tricyclists Laud Saraki For Bailing Them Out Of Poverty

    By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has assured members of the Joint Tricycle Association of Kwara state of his continuous support and patronage. Saraki gave the assurance in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital when tricyclists in their thousands thronged the ABS Mandate constituency office, Ilorin on a solidarity visit. The tricyclists…

  • Governor Ahmed’s Senatorial Aspiration Receives A Great Boost

    By Steve Oni, Ilorin Fifteen thousand-member Kwara State Joint Tricycle Association has joined other well-meaning Kwarans in endorsing the State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed for his Kwara South Senatorial ambition. At a solidarity rally to Government House, Ilorin, on Friday, Chairman of the Association, Prince Duro Oyebade, who led other members of the 16 tricyclist…

  • Kwara IVTEC Matriculates 199 Students

    By Steve Oni, Ilorin The International Vocational, Technical and Entrepreneurship College (IVTEC), Ajase-Ipo has matriculated no fewer than 199 students for the special certificate programme in the first circle of the 2018/2019 academic session. The students are expected to undergo three months training in technical and vocational training in Electrical, Carpentry & Joinery, Welding and…

  • PDP Has No Viable Opposition In Kwara–Party Scribe

    By Stephen Oni, Ilorin The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara state, has reiterated that the 2019 general elections would be a walk over for it, saying the state PDP lacks viable opposition. The State Secretary of the PDP, Alhaji Rasaq Lawal, stated this on Thursday during an interview with journalists in Ilorin, the state…

  • Balogun- Fulani Led APC Announces Date For Primaries

    By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Ishola Balogun- Fulani led All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara state has announced the mode and dates for the conduct of its primary elections in the state. This was contained in a statement signed by the state secretary of APC, Hon Christopher Tunji Ayeni. The party said that it has…

  • PDP Has No Viable Opposition In Kwara–Party Scribe

    By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara state, has reiterated that the 2019 general elections would be a walk over for it, saying the state PDP lacks viable opposition. The State Secretary of the PDP, Alhaji Rasaq Lawal, stated this on Thursday during an interview with journalists in Ilorin, the state…

  • Kwara: 106 PDP Assembly Aspirants Agree To Reduce Number

    By Steve Oni, Ilorin Leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara state has called on the 106 state House of Assembly aspirants for the 2019 general elections to resolve among themselves to reduce number to manageable level. A total number of 106 PDP aspirants have indicated interests in the available 24 seats in…

  • Kwara Governor Approves Employment Of 1850 Teachers

    By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has approved the employment of 1,850 basic and senior secondary school teachers in the state to fill teacher shortages in science subjects and to also create fresh employment in the state. Governor Ahmed approved the employments following separate requests by the State Universal Basic…