The first military governor of Kwara State, Brig-Gen. David Bamigboye (rtd), is dead.

Senate President and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, Dr. Bukola Saraki yesterday said Nigerians made mistake by voting President...

Nigerian Senate president and 2019 presidential hopeful Bukola Saraki has said his position in the National Assembly is in the national interest, saying he will not step down until his term runs out. Saraki had been under fire by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to resign as Senate president since he left the party…

A major crisis is brewing at the ongoing National Youth Games in Ilorin, Kwara State, following an alleged disqualification of four athletes from Edo State after they won four gold...

TWO senatorial aspirants in Kwara State have criticised the electoral laws that allow some politicians to obtain forms and contest more than one position in the same election.

Spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State, Tunde Ashaolu, has described the National Publicity Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Yekini Nabena, as a depreciation of the standards that should be associated with a ruling party. In a statement in Ilorin, Ashaolu stated that Nabena represents a new low for…

A large members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara on Friday turned out en mass for a solidarity rally for Senate President Bukola Saraki.

In many ways, Kaiama is distinctly nuanced from other parts of riverine Nigeria. A little town in the suburban Bayelsa, it houses the NYSC camp of the state. The town, which sits in the heart of a rainforest, is different from other south-southern riverine Ijaw towns. Kaiama, unlike Brass, Bakana, Abisa and other Ijaw adjustments,…

Senate President Abubakar Bukola Saraki yesterday said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would win the 2019 general election and produce a new president for the country.

Personal Assistant on Political Matters to Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed, Olalekan Alabi, has approached a Kwara State High Court in Ilorin, seeking commencement of committal proceedings against the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, for contempt of court. Alabi filed the application through his counsel, Adebayo Adelodun (SAN), to serve Idris Form 49, which is…

Kwara State governor Ahmed Abdulfatah Tuesday announced his defection from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This is coming after Senate President Bukola Saraki announced his resignation from the APC. “Following due consultations and in response to calls by major stakeholders in the state, I have moved to the PDP…

For sons and daughters of Omu-Aran at home and in the Diaspora, the memory of May 11, 2018 will ever remain indelible. That Friday, the sprawling town in Kwara State stood still...