Author: Shola Taofeek Salihu

Don’t inaugurate Bolarinwa as caretaker chair – Kwara APC elders tell Buni A group of the All Progressive Congress elders have fired back at some chieftains of the party led by Akogun Iyiola Oyedepo over a press briefing held on Thursday, December 10, 2020. Recall that Barr. Akogun Iyiola Akogun, a chieftain of APC, had alleged in the press briefing, attended by some chieftain of the party, that the State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, is putting all mechanism in place to block the inauguration of the erstwhile Party Chairman, Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa as the newly constituted caretaker committee chair. However, A…

The Joint Border Operations Drill (JBOD) Sector 3 says it has seized 1, 643 bags of foreign rice, 373 Jerri cans of PMS of 25 liters, 12 Jerri cans of AGO, 32 used vehicles, four bales of second hand clothing with Duty Paid Value of N53 million in five weeks. The new Coordinator of Joint Border Operations Drill, Sector 3, Compt. Olugboyega Peters, disclosed this on Thursday at a press briefing in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital. The Coordinator said that part of the strategies deployed against all forms of smuggling, human trafficking and proliferation of arms and ammunition led…

Governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has lifted the curfew imposed in Ilorin metropolis. The Governor had October 23 ordered a 24-hour curfew in the state capital following wanton looting and destruction of properties in part of the state capital. AbdulRazaq however reviewed the curfew from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. on October 25. “The curfew in Ilorin metropolis is hereby lifted. This is effective from tomorrow, November 12,” a statement issued by the governor’s spokesperson, Rafiu Ajakaye on Wednesday’s evening read. “Kwarans may however see increased joint patrols by security agencies within the metropolis and across the state. It is…

By S.S. Taofeek Let me firstly commend the readiness, zeal and several efforts of the state government in the fight against the pandemic ravaging and bringing down even the most powerful and advanced countries in the world. Likewise, I must not fail to appreciate our health workers at the frontline who risk everything to keep us safe. Kudos, you are our heros! Recently, the Kwara governor’s spokesperson, Rafiu Ajakaye announced that the government would commence the disinfection and decontamination of some selected places across Ilorin on Saturday. Labeled as part of its effort in combating the novel coronavirus in the…

Like Woodrow Wilson of United States, the people’s governor – as fondly called – AbdulRahaman AbdulRazaq might be regarded as an ardent proponent of dichotomy in politics and public administration. He doesn’t only separate governance from politics but he also “fenced” relationship with the majority of those ‘who know what’ in the opposition before the debacle of the erstwhile political lord who ruled the state like a “Czar’. For several decades, Saraki is known for having the potential of coming out victorious in any battle and never lost on a field of unembellished ground. He is reputable for engaging the…

Fresh reports emanating from the areas where the Vice president Prof. Yemi Osibanjo and other Kwara APC stalwarts were conducting a door to door campaign at Isale Aluko had it that he was attacked and at least four people are reportedly dead. The VP convoy however escaped unscathed. But there has been not less than four dead and several injured. There’s an unconfirmed account that the hoodlums were men on hatchet job for the PDP National leader, Dr. Bukola Saraki. Details later..