The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has commended one of his co-contenders in the just concluded primaries of the party, Alhaji Shuaib Yaman Abdullahi for his large heartedness and readiness to team up with him at ensuring the victory of their party in 2019 elections. Abdulrazaq made this remark…
recent investigation by Elites Network for Sustainable Development (ENetSuD), a Civil Society Organisation (CSO) based in Kwara State, has revealed the “state of shame” of public schools across the state. The organisation visited more than 30 schools in the state including Ilorin Grammar School (IGS) Ilorin, Government High School (GHS) Ilorin, Government Secondary School (GSS)…
The Kwara Agenda Group has thrown it gestures behind the president of the senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki over the renovation of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Yipata, Kwara State. The body made this known through a press statement jointly signed by its Chairman, Mr. Haroon Yakub Kannike and Secretary, Com. Muhammad Nura Muhammad….
As Buhari gives APC matching order to capture state. GOVERNORSHIP candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kwara State for the 2019 electon, Abdulraman Abdulrazaq has described the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki as a forgone issue in Kwara politics. The governorship candidate stated this while briefing State House correspondents after a closed…
Former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi, 78, is dead. Kutigi died in a London hospital on Saturday night. The chief press secretary to Niger State governor, Jibrin Ndace, confirmed the death of the former Chief Justice in a telephone interview with THISDAY on Sunday. Ndace said the jurist died in the United…
Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunmusi, has announced Miss Naomi Oluwaseyi as his new Queen. Naomi, 25, is based in Akure, the Ondo State capital, and is an evangelist. The new Queen is also the Founder/President of EN-HERALDS, a prophetic mandate and an interdenominational ministry based in Akure, the Ondo state capital. The monarch…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has obtained a remand order from a Federal Capital Territory High Court to keep former Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State for two weeks, The PUNCH can confirm. The remand order, it was learnt, is subject to renewal which implies that Fayose could spend longer than two weeks in…
The calm that reigned in the Senate since its return from recess last week was shattered yesterday. Senator Godswill Akpabio called for the reconstitution and restructuring of the upper chamber — in line with the numerical strength of parties. “The majority must always preside over the minority,” he said. He threatened to stop contributing in…
Eight suspects arrested by the Police in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, have confessed to selling 31 human heads to yet-to-be identified prominent personalities in the country. They also confessed to selling body parts for rituals and spiritual powers. The suspects were busted by a Joint Investigative Team of the Nigeria Police Force, following information…
The table water project of the Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin is expected to generate a target of N1.2 million monthly, when completed. The Deputy Director Academic Planning, Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin, Dr. Hadi Atanda stated this during a chat with Pilot Business in his office, on Friday. According to him, the…
