Tag: Kwara
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2019: Mission to rescue Kwara from Saraki’s grip won’t come easy – Buhari’s minister
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says his mission as new All Progressives Congress (APC) leader in Kwara State is not to contest any elective position in 2019 but to rescue the state from hawks. The minister, who disclosed this on Thursday in Ilorin, the state capital at a meeting of Congress of…
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2019: How APC will win back Sokoto, Benue, Kwara, others – Oshiomhole
The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has revealed how his party will win back the states whose governors recently defected to the People Democratic Party (PDP). Oshiomhole who spoke to reporters at the Bénin Airport on his way to Sapele, Delta State on Friday, said the APC would…
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BREAKING: Kwara LG chairmen, councillors defect from APC to PDP
Following the defections of Senate President Bukola Saraki and Governor Abdul Fatal Ahmed, Local Government chairmen and councillors in the state have also defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The Chairman of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, Kwara State chapter, Mr. Joshua Omokanye, said all the…
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Kwara APC rejects dissolution, calls Oshiomhiole a dictator
The All Progressives Congress in Kwara State (APC) has rejected the dissolution of its executive committee by the party’s National Working Committee (NWC). The party said the purported dissolution of its executives at the ward, local government and state levels was not only outrightly unlawful but also null and void. The state APC made its…
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Expel Saraki now, Kwara APC faction tells Oshiomhole
A faction of the All Progressives Congress loyal to President Muhammadu Buhari in Kwara State has urged the national leadership of the party to expel Senate President Bukola Saraki. The Chairman of the faction, Mr. Bashir Bolarinwa, on Friday called for Saraki’s expulsion from the party, accusing him of being behind the recent mass defection…
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BREAKING: Issa Aremu declares for Kwara governorship
Former Deputy National President of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and Vice President Industrial Global Union All, Comrade Issa Aremu has declared his intention to run for the post of governor of Kwara state during the 2019 election. Issa Aremu has a Master’s degree in Labour and Development from the Institute for Social Studies (ISS) in…
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2019: Kwara APC declares total support for Saraki, awaits directives on defection
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara state on said declared its loyalty to Senate President, Bukola Saraki. The party also said it is awaiting Saraki’s directive on defection from the ruling party. The State Chairman of the party, Ishola Balogun-Fulani told reporters in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital that members of the party…
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Offa Robbery: Aregbesola condoles with Olofa, Kwara Govt
Following the armed robbery attack that claimed many lives of in Offa, Kwara State, the Governor of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has described the recent armed robbery attacks in Offa, Kwara state as the worst in the history of the ancient town. He called on security agencies at various levels to beam their searchlights into…
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Offa robbery: IG deploys three mobile force units to Kwara, Taraba
The Inspector-General of Police( (IG), Ibrahim Idris, has ordered the deployment of three units of Police Mobile Force ( PMF), high powered police investigation team and Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) to Kwara. The Force spokesman, ACP Jimoh Moshood, in a statement in Abuja on Sunday, said anti-robbery equipment and 10 crew members were also deployed…
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NYSC refutes death of corps member in Kwara
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has said that no corps member serving in Kwara died in any autocrash in Oke-Ose, Ilorin. The NYSC Public Relations Officer (PRO) in Kwara, Oladipo Morakinyo refuted the allegation in a press release in Ilorin on Sunday. He said, “The attention of the NYSC State Secretariat, located in Ilorin,Kwara…