Tag: Kwara
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Kwara gov drops Senate ticket under pressure
The Governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed yesterday admitted that he might forego his senatorial ticket for Kwara South Senatorial District for the incumbent Sen. Abdulrafiu Ibrahim. He said the talks within the Dr. Bukola Saraki political family for him to step aside had been on for a while. He clarified that forsaking the ticket…
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Kwara, Bauchi, Katsina bye-election results, sign of Buhari’s victory in 2019 – Presidency
The presidency says the electoral victories recorded by the All Progressives Congress (APC) on November 17 is a sign of things to come in the 2019 elections. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the APC swept the three federal constituencies in Katsina, Kwara, and Bauchi states in the bye-elections conducted by the Independent…
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INEC declares APC winner of Kwara by-election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday night confirmed Raheem Olawuyi, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as winner of the vacant House of Representatives seat for Ekiti/Irepodun/Isin/Oke-Ero constituency in Kwara state. Olawuyi emerged in the by-election held today. INEC’s Chief Returning Officer for the poll, Prof. Abimbola Adesoji, said Olawuyi got…
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Buhari starved Kwara of juicy appointments after I spent N400m per state… – Saraki
An audio clip as emerged online of Senate President, Bukola Saraki accusing President Muhammadu Buhari of starving Kwara indigenes of juicy appointments in federal Ministeries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). The Senate president explained that through his action, President Buhari has further impoverished Kwara indigenes despite spending between N200 million – N400 million on his campaign…
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INEC: PDP, APC, three others to contest Kwara bye-election
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that only five political parties will participate in the Saturday bye-election for the Ekiti/Irepodun/Isin/Oke-Ero Federal Constituency in Kwara State. According to the Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Atahiru Madami the parties are the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), UPN, PPN and Labour…
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Police deny conveying cash with helicopter in Kwara
The Nigeria Police Force has denied that its helicopter and vehicle were used to convey cash as claimed in some social media reports. Some social media reports had alleged that a helicopter belonging to the force landed at St. Paul Primary School, Omuaran, Kwara to off load cash into a vehicle belonging to Mr Tunji…
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Seven political parties adopt APC for Kwara bye-election
Seven political parties on Tuesday agreed to work for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Saturday’s bye-election for the Ekiti/Isin/Irepodun/Oke-Ero Federal Constituency seat of Kwara State. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the seat became vacant following the death, recently, of Funke Adedoyin who had represented the constituency. The political parties were led by…
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Saraki Lauds FG for Adopting Kwara’s 10-year old Policy
President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has commended the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government for adopting the ‘Every Child Counts’ education policy initiated by his administration 10 years ago, when he was governor of Kwara State. In a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, Saraki applauded the…
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Police nab eight suspects with 11 human skulls
The Nigeria Police Force on Wednesday said it had arrested eight suspected ritual killers, including a woman with 11 human skulls in Ilorin, Kwara. Acting DCP Jimoh Moshood, the Force Public Relations Officer, disclosed this at a news conference in Abuja. He listed the suspects as: Azeez Yakubu, principal suspect, Ahmed Yahaya, Abdulfatai Kadri (…
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EFCC commences probe of Saraki, Kwara gov, others over alleged misappropriation of N17b bond
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is probing Senate President Bukola Saraki, Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State and the Accountant-General of the state over how a N17billion bond secured by the State Government was spent. The anti-graft agency suspects that part of the funds may have been diverted into private use. The bond…