Category: Kwara
Kwara PDP alleges inducement of voters by APC govt
The Kwara State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has accused the ruling All Progressives Congress in the state of allegedly moving huge sums of money from government accounts into private bank accounts for subsequent disbursement to induce voters in the gubernatorial and house of assembly elections. Director-General of the Party’s Governorship Campaign Council in Kwara, Professor Ali Ahmad made the accusation at a press conference in…
Nigeria Decides: Tinubu wins in Kwara
Presidential flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu, has been declared winner of the election in Kwara State. Senator Tinubu polled 263,572 of the total votes cast, while the candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Atiku Abubakar got 136,909 votes and Labour Party, (LP) candidate, Peter Obi scored 31,166. The results of the election are expected to be transmitted to the…
Kwara warns principals against indiscriminate charges for NECO registration
The Kwara State Government will sanction any faculty principal that collects above the permitted National Examination Council, NECO, charges by the State Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development. It added that no principal ought to admit exterior college students throughout this year’s registration train for the examination The state Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, Hajia Saadatu Modibbo Kawu, said this because the…
2023 elections: SDP reps candidate, Popoola issues stern warning to Kwara REC
The candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, in Kwara state, Prince Saeed Olamilekan Popoola, has warned the National Electoral Commissioner, and the state Resident Electoral Commissioner, not to compromise this year’s impending basic elections to keep away from main unrest in the state. Speaking on the thirty sixth Media Parliament of the Kwara state Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, in Ilorin…
Banks peg cash withdrawals at N20,000 as POS charge N1,000 for N10,000 in Kwara
Banks in Ilorin, Kwara State capital, have pegged cash withdrawals throughout the counter at N20,000 for fortunate prospects. DAILY POST studies, nevertheless, that the frustration of shoppers surrounding the brand new forex swap continues with none possible end to the chaotic experience encountered at the financial institution halls and ATM factors in the Ilorin metropolis. Customers, who wished to swap their old currencies to new…
Kwara NSCDC passes out 300 trained vigilante by the command
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Kwara State Command, Gwanara Division, has handed out 300 Vigilante members after two weeks coaching on Arms Handling, Unarmed Combat and Parade Drills. The coaching, in accordance with an announcement by the spokesman of the command, Ayeni Olasunkanmi, in Ilorin on Saturday, was organised by the Command, by the Divisional officer, Babawale Zaid Afolabi in Gwanara, Kwara…
Only PDP can rescue Nigeria – Ajeigbe, DG, Kwara PCC
Nigeria must be rescued and placed on an improved trajectory of progress which solely the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, can do. The Director-General, of the get together’s Presidential Campaign Committee, PCC, in Kwara State, Dr Mahmud Tunde Ajeigbe, made this assertion in Ilorin on Tuesday at a press briefing the place he introduced that Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, presidential candidate of the get together will storm…
Kwara State University VC, Prof Akanbi passes away
The Vice Chancellor of Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, Prof. Muhammed Mustapha-Akanbi has handed on. The Registrar, Kikelomo Salle confirmed his loss of life in a press release in Ilorin, the State capital. The official famous that the Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) died on Sunday after a protracted sickness. The deceased can be buried on Monday in his nation house, based on Islamic rites….
Three rescued from kidnappers’ den in Kwara
Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Kwara state Command, have rescued three individuals from kidnappers’ den in Ilorin, the state capital. DAILY POST gathered that the victims boarded a Keke Napep at Oja-Oba in Ilorin on November 9,2022 at about 7p.m, heading to Lanre-Gada in Ilorin metropolis. According to the account of the incident, whereas the tricycle was in movement, a…
Embrace safety culture on highways – Kwara Sector Commander to road users
The Kwara State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Frederick Ogidan, has urged all road users to embrace road safety culture to attain zero crashes on highways. He made the plea at a press convention in Ilorin on Thursday to mark the “2022 United Nations World Day Remembrance for Road Traffic Crash Victims” tagged “Justice”. Ogidan mentioned the safety corps as a…
Kwara fire service recovers eight corpses in flood disasters
The Kwara State Fire Service recovered eight corpses in the flood disasters in Ilorin, the state capital, from January so far. The determine disclosed by the State Fire Service headquarters in Ilorin additionally indicated that no life was saved from the flood disasters. According to the spokesman of the fire service, Hassan Adekunle in Ilorin, on 29/02/2022, a 26-year-old man, Hamed, was recovered useless at…
Kwara CP talks tough over destruction of billboards, posters of political parties
The Commissioner of Police, Kwara State, Paul Odama, has warned that any individual or group of individuals discovered within the act of destroying or defacing any political occasion’s poster or billboard within the State might be arrested and prosecuted. He has additionally directed Divisional Police Officers, DPOs, within the State to accentuate patrols inside their areas of duties to make sure that no billboards or…
Kwara govt tasked on primary health care delivery
Tribune Online Kwara govt tasked on primary health care delivery A non-governmental organisation (NGO), Connected Development (CODE), has counseled the Kwara authorities on its efforts at enhancing healthcare service delivery within the state whereas urging the state authorities to raised healthcare service delivery. The State Lead of the group, Kehinde Akinsola, stated this throughout a presentation of the results of a random survey of the…