Tag: Kwara
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15 PDP councillors defect to APC in Kwara
No fewer than 15 serving Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) councillors in Kwara on Monday, defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of Governorship and State Assembly Elections. The defectors, who were drawn from five out 16 local government areas of the state, said they defected to APC in the interest of the masses. The…
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EFCC arrests Kwara finance commissioner, accountant general
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested the Kwara state Commissioner of Finance and the Accountant General of the State, over in connection with alleged misappropriation of states funds during the just-concluded 2019 presidential, NASS elections. According to an EFCC source who spoke under condition of anonymity with a national daily [Not TheNewsGuru],…
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Why Saraki lost senatorial seat – Kwara senator-elect
Mallam Sadiq Umar, the senator-elect for Kwara North Senatorial District, says Senate President Bukola Saraki lost his senatorial seat because he was no longer connected with the electorate. Umar said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Ilorin. The senator-elect, who was reacting to the victory of the…
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Kwara is free at last, says Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed says with the outcome of last Saturday’s elections, Kwara is free “from a choking and pauperising political hegemony of a self-imposed dynasty”. The Minister, who is the leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara, stated this while briefing newsmen on Monday in Ilorin. He…
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Saturday polls: PDP raises alarm over heavy security presence in Kwara
Ahead of Saturday’s presidential election, the People’s Democratic Party ( PDP ) has raised the alarm over heavy deployment of top security chiefs in Kwara State. Kwara is the home state of the President of the Senate and Director General of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council, Dr. Bukola Saraki. A statement Wednesday by the spokesman…
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Why we posted Tinubu’s former CSO to Kwara few days to general elections – Acting IGP
The acting Inspector-General of Police,Mohammed Adamu, has explained that the posting of Kayode Egbetokun, a former chief security officer to the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, to Kwara State as Commissioner of Police was only based on merit. Adamu stated this at a one-day summit organised by the Vanguard for Transparent…
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2019 Elections: APC speaks on alleged masterminding of police postings in Kwara, Lagos, others
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has debunked allegations by the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) that the police hierarchy had compromised police posting for the purpose of providing election security in its favour. Lanre Issa-Onilu, the APC National Publicity Secretary, in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, described the allegation as laughable. The News…
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Lagos, Kwara, Kogi, others get new CPs [Full list]
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the appointment and deployment of 37 Command Commissioners of Police for the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory Abuja. Their appointment came following recommendation by the acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu to the Commission. With the approval, Lagos, Kwara, Kogi and…
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2019: APC postpones governorship campaign in Kwara, cites insecurity
The Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress on Thursday postponed its plan to launch Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq’s governorship election campaign, citing insecurity as reasons. The campaign was scheduled to hold in Kosubosu, headquarters of Baruten Local Government Area, before the abrupt cancellation. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Kosubosu is a border community…
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19 die in Kwara boat mishap
Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed has commiserated with the Emir of Lafiagi, Alhaji Saadu Kawu Haliru, on the death of some indigenes in a boat mishap at the Chewuru Ferry Port. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Abdulwahab Oba, the governor described the death of the victims as unfortunate and a great loss…