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By Steve Oni, Ilorin The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara state said it would adopt direct primary in electing its candidates for all elective offices as directed by the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party. The Ishola Balogun – Fulani led executive of the APC said it arrived at this decision at its…

By Steve Oni, Ilorin The All Progressives Congress (APC) can only dream of winning Kwara state in the forthcoming general elections but beyond that, the party is going nowhere in the state. This was the position of former leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who refused to defect to the APC and have emerged…

By Steve Oni, Ilorin The new executives of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kwara state have been inaugurated . A former member of the House of Representatives and Commissioner of Works in the state, Engr Kola Shittu is the new state Chairman of the PDP in the state. Shittu in a statement in Ilorin…

By Ikhili Ebalu, Benin city The Association of Former Telecoms Employees of Nigeria ( ATEN ) has accused the Federal ministry of Finance and the Executive Secretary of PTAD of fraud, corruption and an act of illegality. ATEN stated that, the ministry submitted huge amount of money in her budget, and defended same before the…

By Steve Oni, Ilorin Leaders of Ajikobi/Agbaji ward in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, have dismissed claims by one of their sons that the community had purportedly rejected the President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki. Addressing journalists on Saturday in Ilorin, the community leaders said not only do they recognise and accept Saraki’s leadership,…

By Steve Oni, Ilorin Ten members of the Ishola Balogun-Fulani led executives of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara state, including the state Women Leader, Ramat Oganija and the state the Publicity Secretary, Buhari Sulyman have resigned their appointments. The Kwara Central Zonal Chairman of APC, Alhaji Jimoh Adesina broke the news while speaking…

By Ikhili Ebalu, Benin City. A presidential aspirant of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Executive Governor of Gombe State, Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo, has described Nigeria’s economy as comatose. The Executive governor of Gombe state who lamented the dwindling economy berated the failure of the president Muhammadu Buhari’s led government to improve Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product…

By Steve Oni, Ilorin The President of the Senate, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has offered to bankroll the training of 700 youths in Kwara State on solar power installation and maintenance. The beneficiaries would be trained under ABS MACO Solar Training Programme as part of measures to make them self reliant and reduce unemployment among…

By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Harmony Advanced Diagnostic Centre (HADC), Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, has conducted about 216,000 radiology and laboratory tests for patients since it began operations in 2013. The Acting Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Centre, Mrs Nana Hauwa Omeiza, disclosed this during an interaction with journalists in Ilorin on Tuesday.…

By Ikhili Ebalu, Benin city A chieftain of the All Progressive Congress Party in Edo Central Local Government area of Edo State, (APC), Honourable Ken Ihensekhen, has described as baseless, misguided and politically motivated the accusation purportedly made against him by some leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Igueben Local Government Area of…