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By Steve Oni, Ilorin The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara state has petitioned the state Commissioner of Police, Aminu Saleh over Hon. Bashir Bolarinwa’s visit to his office, where he paraded himself as the caretaker chairman of the party. In a petition through his counsel, Abdulwahab Bamidele, Chairman of the party, Hon. Ishola Balogun-Fulani…

By Steve Oni, Ilorin The people of Ilorin, the capital of Kwara state, have further demonstrated their love and support for their son, the Senate President, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki. This time around the people of the highly revered Islamic city displayed their solidarity for Saraki at the Ilorin Eid praying ground, after observing the…

By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Kwara state Police Command has alerted residents to plans by some miscreants to disrupt the Eid el Kabir and Durbar celebrations in Ilorin, the state capital. The Command said it has deployed no fewer than 2,500 police personnel for the two events in the state. The state Commissioner of Police,…

By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Senate President and Waziri Ilorin, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki has donated the whopping sum of N20 million towards the successful holding of Ilorin Durbar 2018. The big event where 500 horse riders are expected to participate will take place on Wednesday, a day after Eid el Kabir celebration. The Director…

By Steve Oni, Ilorin A presidential aspirant, Prof. Olufunmilayo Adesanya-Davies has condemned what she observed as contradictions of the approval of the Not Too Young To Run Bill, in the current electoral process and guidelines for the 2019 general elections. Adesanya- Davies in a statement by her special assistant,Isioma Nkenchor said, “the contradictions of candidates…

By Steve Oni, Ilorin A total number of 315,000 permanent voter cards (PVC) are yet to be claimed by registered voters since 2015 till date in Kwara state. Speaking during a courtesy visit to the Correspondents’ Chapel of the state council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) at the weekend, the state Resident Electoral…

By Ikhili Ebalu, Benin city A Senatorial Aspirant in Edo Central Senatorial District, Chief Francis Inegbeneki, has assured the Esan people from the zone a good and better representation if given the mandate to represent them in the forth coming election. Inegbeneki, who was the All Progressive Congress candidate , (APC), in the 2014 election…

By Ikhili Ebalu, Benin city Former Vice Chancellor, University of Ibadan, Prof. Olufemi Baniro, has said that African countries including Nigeria must find solution to the problems of under development rather than relying on help from international communities. The Professor of Engineering, said this at the University of Benin, during the inauguration of Centre of…

By Steve Oni, Ilorin The 2018 Ilorin Emirate Grand Durbar will hold on Wednesday, 22nd August at the frontage of the Emir’s Palace, Ilorin, the Kwara state capital. Briefing journalists at the NUJ Press Centre, Ilorin on Friday, the Chairman of the Grand Durbar Committee, Engr. Sulyman Yahaya Alapansanpa, said the sole aim of the…

By Ikhili Ebalu, Benin city THE wind of defections blowing across the country has once again berthed in Edo State, the home state of the National chairman of the All Progressive Congress, ( APC), Adams Oshiomhole, as some notable members of the ruling party today dumped the party for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The…