Month: February 2019

  • Nigeria’s Democracy Still At Infancy: Waziri Gobir

    Nigeria’s Democracy Still At Infancy: Waziri Gobir

    By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Waziri Hausa and a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State, Alhaji Yakubu Gobir says the sudden postponement of Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections by the Indepependent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has glaringly shown that Nigeria’s democracy is still at its infancy. Waziri Gobir, who stated…

  • UBTH JOHESU Protest Non Payment of Salaries

    By Ikhili Ebalu, Benin City Not less than 2,500 members of the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) Branch on Wednesday embarked on a peaceful protest rally to demand the release of their salaries for the months of April and May 2018. The salaries of the JOHESU workers were withheld…

  • Kwara Central Senatorial Poll: Baraje Decries High Number Of Policemen To be Deployed

    By Steve Oni, Ilorin A former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje has alerted the people of Kwara state to plans by the All Progressives Congress (APC) led federal government to deploy three commissioners of police, twelve deputy commissioners of police and numerous other policemen policemen for the Kwara…

  • Youth Group Urges Nigerians to vote credible candidates

    By Wilfred Francis Youth group under the auspices Association of Youths for Justice and Equal Rights AYJER, has urged Nigerians to vote for credible candidates who would move the nation out of economic struggles. Speaking during an official inauguration of its Abuja Coordinator at wuye city center AMAC LGA, National welfare director and Co-founder of…

  • Appeal Court judgment victory for Kwara people: AbdulRazaq

    By Steve Oni, Ilorin Kwara APC governorship candidate AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Tuesday said the appeal judgment affirming his candidature was a victory for the people of the state. Rafiu Ajakaye, his media aide, said in a statement on behalf of the candidate that the ruling confirmed his position that the earlier judgment of the High…

  • APC Presidential Campaign Rally: Mammoth Crowd Welcomes Buhari To Kwara

    By Steve Oni, Ilorin President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated his administration’s commitment to providing security, building the economy and fighting corruption headlong. President Buhari said this on Monday at the All Progressives Congress presidential campaign to Kwara State, held at the metropolitan square, Ilorin, the state capital. The President noted that Nigerians had been witnessing…

  • Polls: Don’t Be Intimidated By Military, Police Deployment, Gov. Ahmed Tells Electorate

    By Steve Oni, Ilorin Kwara state governor, Alh Abdulffatah Ahmed has asked supporters of the Peoples Democratic party ( PDP) in the state not to be intimidated by the deployment of security personnel in the state ahead of Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections. He said the deployment of soldiers and police personnel in the…

  • 2019: Buhari’s Reelection Bid Gets Boost From Kwara Group

    By Steve Oni, Ilorin The reelection bid of President Muhammadu Buhari has received a great boost with the backing of a group under the aegis of Kwara Elder Statesmen and women. Addressing journalists on Sunday in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, the group’s spokesman, Dr. Hezekiah Oyedepo, said “having taken our history and political realities…

  • 2919 Poll: Kwara Labour Party Endorses Buhari

    By Steve Oni, Ilorin Ahead of the next weekend’s presidential election, the Kwara State Chapter of the Labour Party has declared its support to the candidature of President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress. Addressing journalists this evening at the press centre of the Kwara State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, the…

  • Polls: Etsu Pategi Directs Subjects To Vote For PDP Candidates

    By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Etsu Pategi, Alh Ibrahim Chatta Umar has directed his subjects to vote for the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) during the February 16 and March 2 general elections. Etsu gave the marching order in his palace on Sunday when he hosted the campaign team of the PDP led by…