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2023 How APC Won Kwara Guber Election With Deceit – Saraki

2023: How APC Won Kwara Guber Election With Deceit – Saraki

August 29, 2022 3:56 am

Former president of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki has recalled how the All Progressives Congress (APC), which is currently in power in Kwara State, used the ‘O to ge’ campaign to depose the Peoples Democratic Party from the state by fraudulent means. 

He narrated that the campaign was rife with falsehoods and deception.

He pointed out that the approach was used to trick the state’s citizens in order to come out victorious in elections.

On Saturday, when he welcomed APC defectors in the state who had joined the PDP, Saraki gave a speech in the state capital of Ilorin.

The …

Police Debunks Clip Of Protesting Constables

Police Debunks Clip Of Protesting Constables

August 21, 2022 6:16 am
The Kwara Police Command has refuted a video making rounds on social media which featured some police officers alledgly protesting the alleged default of one year salary.
The commissioner of police in the state, Mr. Tuesday Assayomo, stated in a message signed by the police authority’s Spokesperson, SP Ayayi Okasanmai in Ilorin, on Saturday.
According to Assayomo, neither the allowance of the special constable nor the pay of any regular police officer featured in the clip were owed by the police.
‘It is important to state that the concept of community policing and recruitment of special constabulary is voluntary in
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4 Killed As OPC, Fulani Cow Dealers Clash In Kwara

4 Killed As OPC, Fulani Cow Dealers Clash In Kwara

August 14, 2022 2:31 am

The police command in Kwara State has confirmed the killing of no fewer than four persons and dozen other who were injured at Kaara Market in Ajase-Ipo, Irepodun Local Government Area of the state following a clash between OPC members and Fulani cow dealers. 

The police in a statement signed by the command’s spokesperson, Okasanmi Ajayi, informed the people of the state, especially those active on Ilorin Ajase-Ipo/Offa road that normalcy had been restored, and the road cleared of every barrier created as a result of the misunderstanding between some people suspected to be members of OPC and cow dealers …

2023 How Delegates Refunded Money I Paid Them - APC Senator

2023: How Delegates Refunded Money I Paid Them – APC Senator

June 30, 2022 4:59 am

The lawmaker representing Kwara Central district, Senator Ibrahim Oloriegbe, has recounted how he got a refund of the cash he gave to delegates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) during the party’s primaries after he lost to his opponent.

He made this known during an interview on Channels Television which was monitored by Africa Daily News, New York.

According to him, the funds given to the delegates were for logistics.

Oloriegbe is among several other members of the party in the Senate who lost their party’s ticket to seek re-election into the red chamber of the National Assembly.

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Bishop Aderogba, Wife, Others Finally Regain Freedom

Bishop Aderogba, Wife, Others Finally Regain Freedom

June 15, 2022 5:47 pm

After two tumultous nights in the captivity of their abductors, the Anglican Bishop of Jebba Anglican Diocese, Kwara State, Rt. Rev Oluwaseun Aderogba, his wife and their driver who were recently abducted have finally regained their freedom.

The Oyo State Police Public Relations Officer, Adewale Osifeso, confirmed this in a statement.

The statement reads “The Massive deployment of Police personnel for the operation to rescue the victims and the domination of these entire area by the Police Tactical teams pressurized the abductors into freeing the victims,”,

Also stating the victims were released unhurt at about 18:20 pm on Tuesday.…

Kidnapped Anglican Bishop, Wife And Driver Regain Freedom

Kidnapped Anglican Bishop, Wife And Driver Regain Freedom

June 15, 2022 4:50 am

The Anglican Bishop Rt Rev Aderogba Adeyinka of Jebba Anglican Diocese, Kwara State, his wife, and a driver who were abducted on Sunday by gunmen have regained their freedom.

The Oyo State Police Public Relations Officer, Adewale Osifeso, confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday which was made available to Africa Daily News, New York.

‘The Massive deployment of Police personnel for the operation to rescue the victims and the domination of the entire area by the Police Tactical teams pressurized the abductors into freeing the victims,’ the statement read, adding that the victims were released unhurt at about 18:20 …

Hijab Crisis Kwara Reopens Baptist School 4 Months Later

Hijab Crisis: Kwara Reopens Baptist School 4 Months Later

June 2, 2022 5:03 am

The Government Kwara State on Thursday announced the reopening of Oyun Baptist High School, Ijagbo, for students to resume academic activities after a four-month closure over the crisis caused by the wearing of Hijab.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that on February 3, the state government had shut the school following a crisis between Muslim and Christian parents who stormed the institution to defend their respective faith on the wearing of Hijab by female Muslim students in the school.

In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Permanent Secretary in the State Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development, Mrs …

Police Arrests Man For Shooting Newborn Daughter 5 Times

Okada Ban: Kwara Police Expresses Readiness For Immigrants

May 20, 2022 10:40 am

As a result of the recent ban on motorcycle activities in some parts of Lagos, the authorities of the Kwara State police command have expressed their readiness to brace up to mitigate the effects of the likely influx of banned commercial Okada riders from Lagos State to Kwara State.

To further butress this new objective, the Kwara State Police Command has summoned all Divisional Police Officers (DPOs) in the State to an emergency meeting to map out strategies to checkmate the likely consequences of the influx of the displaced Okada riders into the State.

The meeting is at the …

Kwara Govt Begs Doctors To Suspend Strike

End SARS: Kwara Gov Appeals To Protesters In Ilorin

October 11, 2020 7:11 am

Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State, has said that the state government will continue to engage the police authorities in the state, to urgently investigate specific allegations for appropriate redress and sanctions.

Acknowledging receipt of a petition by Coalition of Concerned Kwarans in Kwara on the ongoing End SARS nationwide protest dated October 8, 2020, on Sunday, the governor said, ‘public safety, fairness and justice to all are the essence of good governance and the role of good policing is absolutely critical to the mix.’

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He urged, ‘the youths to …

Why I Sacked General Ihejirika As CoAS – Jonathan

Jonathan Sends Message To Kwara Gov. Over Father’s Death

July 26, 2020 3:10 pm

Former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has commiserated with Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdul-Razaq, over the passing on of his father Alhaji Abdulganiyu Folorunsho Abdul-Razaq, who died on Saturday at the age of 93.

In a condolence message he personally signed, the former President described late Abdul-Razaq as a highly respected legal icon.

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The message stated: “I condole with you, all the members of the Abdul-Razaq family, and the good people of Kwara State on the sad demise of your dear father, Alhaji Abdulganiyu Folorunsho Abdul-Razaq, which occurred on Saturday, July

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How Officials Forged Signatures Of 326 To Steal Funds

How Officials Forged Signatures Of 326 To Steal Funds

March 12, 2020 6:14 am

The trial of the former Chairperson of the Kwara State Scholarship Board, Hajia Fatimah Yusuf and two others continued Wednesday with the second prosecution witness revealing how officials of the board forged signatures of 326 students to steal bursary funds.

The two others included the Executive Secretary, Fatai Lamidi and the Accountant, Stephen Ajewole.

The Ilorin Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had on January 15, 2020, arraigned the three officials of the board on a seven count charge over their involvement in bursary fraud to the tune of N50m.

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