Year: 2018
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Senatorial Ticket:Ahmed Thanks Saraki, Urges Delegates To Elect Him PDP Presidential Candidate
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Kwara state governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has attributed his emergence as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Kwara South Senatorial Candidate to the inclusiveness championed by the Saraki political family in the state. This is just as Ahmed called on members of the PDP nationwide to nominate the Senate President, Dr…
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Rasaq Lawal Picks Kwara PDP House Of Reps Ticket
By Steve Oni, Ilorin A former Commissioner for Special Duties in Kwara state and state Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Rasaq Lawal, has emerged as the PDP’s candidate for Ilorin West/ Asa House of Representatives seat. Lawal, a grassroots politician, emerged unopposed and his election was on Wednesday officially affirmed by delegates…
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PDP Convention: Ex-African Youth Leader Asks Youthful Delegates To Vote For Saraki
By Steve Oni, Ilorin Former President, Pan African Youth Union, Comrade Ben Duntoye, has enjoined the youth participating in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Primary coming up this weekend in Port Harcourt, Rivers state capital, to vote en masse for the candidacy of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki. Duntoye, who is also the…
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Architects Blame Building Collapse On Failure To Employ Architecture
By Steve Oni, Ilorin Various forms of building and environmental failure, most especially building collapse in Nigeria, have been attributed, largely, to failure to employ architecture and architects in society’s development. Addressing journalists in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, on Tuesday, on the occasion of the 2018 World Architecture Day and 4th Architecture Week Celebration,…
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Kwara PDP Hails Atunwa’s Emergence As Guber Candidate
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara state has hailed the emergence of Barr. Razak Atunwa as its governorship candidate during its just concluded gubernatorial primary. The party also clarified that there was no any form of imposition of a particular aspirant during the primary, insisting that it was the will…
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Atunwa Emerges Kwara PDP Governorship Candidate
By Steve Oni, Ilorin A member of the House of Representatives and former Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Barr. Razak Atunwa, has emerged the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara state. Atunwa, also a former commissioner for Information and Works in the state polled 1,555 votes to beat…
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Nigeria At 58: Kwara APC Guber Aspirant Canvasses Patriotism
By Steve Oni, Ilorin A governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi, has urged Nigerians to remain committed and steadfast in prayers for Nigeria in her bid to remain the pride of the African continent and make the country a better place for all to live. The…
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Kwara 2019: APC Governorship Aspirant Discloses Winning Formula
By Steve Oni, Ilorin A Governorship Aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Kwara state, Alhaji Shuiab Yaman, has disclosed that the formula for the APC to win the 2019 governorship election in the state is to pick its candidate from Kwara North Senatorial District. Alhaji Yaman, a long-time political associate…
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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.…
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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…