Kwara State House of Assembly, former Deputy Speaker, Ayodele Shittu, is dead. Shittu, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) died at age 72 on Saturday, August 15. The politician was chairman of the state-owned International Vocational, Technical and Entrepreneurship College (IVTEC), Ajase Ipo. Reacting to the news of his death, the state Governor, … Read more
By: Ono Bobi A fierce wind that portends danger is currently blowing over the allegedly fraudulent role of the Bukola Saraki administration in Kwara State (2003 – 2011), on the forceful takeover of 17,000 hectares of land from about 33 local farmers for the farming activities of 13 white farmers displaced from their farmlands in … Read more
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kwara State chapter has appealed to the Nigeria Governors Forum NGF to intervene in the political crisis rocking the state House of Assembly over a court order affirming PDP’s Jimoh Agboola as winner of the Ilorin South constituency’s elections. The state chairman of the party, Engineer Kola Shittu said this … Read more