By Abdul Abdul If I had the opportunity to make a wish right now, it would be to ask Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq and his co-travellers in this voyage of self-hallucination a few questions. Questions like what exactly is the fuss about the newly approved minimum wage in Kwara? Is the incumbent Government the first to […]
Barely 24 hours after the eviction notice issued to occupants of Crystal Place Mall, the Kwara State government has demolished the complex owned by Hon. Moshood Mustapha, a former member of the Federal House of Representatives. The popular shopping complex along Sulu-Gambari Road, Ilorin, had earlier been barricaded by security operatives and was leveled late […]
The Offa Progressive Elites (OPE), a group of elite in Offa town, has expressed shock at the desperate and consistent attempts by some state actors to implicate a former President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, in the Offa bank robbery case. While expressing delight that all attempts by the devious actors to incriminate Saraki […]
From the time that Bello Matawalle was nominated as Minister OF the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2023, Dauda Lawal the Governor of Zamfara State has been ill at ease. The circumstances of his victory at the gubernatorial election as well as subsequent victory at the Election petition Tribunal did not give room for sound […]
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kwara State has rejected the outcome of Saturday’s Local Government election in Kwara, describing it as a desecration of democracy, a waste of taxpayers’ money and an elevation of fraud to heights never witnessed before in the state. The PDP accused the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC, under Governor […]
Despite the widespread irregularities and absence of voting at various polling units across local government areas, the Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission (KWSIEC) has declared the candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winners of the LG elections held yesterday in the state. Announcing the results at KWSIEC headquarters in Ilorin in the […]
Ward: AjegunlePolling Unit: 005 Igbo IdunOffa LGA As at 11:There’s hot argument among electorates and KWSIEC adhoc officials over the unavailability of recording sheet A section of the electorates mostly members of the opposition party are insisting that the officials present the result recording sheet or there’ll be no voting. Security personnel are trying to […]
A former Presidential Candidate Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has hailed the Supreme Court Judgement that bars the Federal Government from sending Local Governments funds to States, but directly to the LGAs. The Supreme Court, on Thursday, declared that it is unconstitutional for State governors to hold onto funds meant for Local Government (LG) administrations. In its lead […]
By Hajia Adeola Bashiru While growing up, one of the vital moral values our parents imbued in us was respect for the elderly. It was such a sacred thing that if any of us dared abuse our parents’ foes, they’d still rebuke you, with a firm caution never to dare such. I grew up in […]
The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Osun State, has urged the people of Osun not to lose sleep over the defection of some individuals into the All Progressives Congress, APC in the state. The party described the defection as expected and irrelevant as such could not stop the PDP from winning the July 16, 2022, […]