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_Saheed Abdullahi here undertakes a postmortem analysis of the governorship and House of Assembly elections in Kwara State, pinpointing factors that contributed to the utter loss of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to the All Progressive Congress, APC._ Build up to this just concluded general elections in Kwara State, I wrote to predict where pendulum…
By Abdulqaudri Mahmud A few weeks before the presidential and national assembly elections, I was very optimistic that my fellow Kwarans would vote for the candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) because of the unprecedented achievements the state has recorded under the party. And as God would have it, they did. They voted APC…
By Ibraheem Abdullateef Senator Bukola Saraki is everywhere asking Kwarans to forgive his excesses in the past, vote for Atiku Abubakar, and return him to power in Kwara through Alhaji Yaman Abdullahi’s candidature. The Yaman ticket is clearly a Saraki’s desperate effort to recapture and put Kwara perpetually in his pocket. Deputized by a Saraki’s…
By Qudus Adelodun The government presence and impact we have seen across sectors and in the 16 local government areas that make up Kwara State in the last three years are unprecedented. The AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq-led administration has been responsive, responsible, impactful and people-oriented. Pre-2019, the system that was rejected by the people of Kwara was…
By Rafiu Ajakaye I joined community folks and senior citizens from my part of Igbomina land last Friday in Alabe for the funeral of Mama Rachael Oyindasola Abogunrin, the respected wife of the famed general surgeon Dr. Steven Abogunrin. Mama Abogunrin, Née Alada, exuded grace. She was kind and accommodating. People spoke so well of…
I have come to realize that Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq is a blessing to Kwara State at the moment. It is an undisputable fact that as a human being, he is imperfect! He has his flaws. He is not a saint. However, he is a universal leader! This clearly reflects via his numerous works which cut…
Opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party has once again attempted to pull the wool over the face of the people of Kwara by criticizing the giant strides of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq and justify the show of shame by their leader at the Ilorin Central Mosque last Friday. Wahab Oba, a political parasite,apologist of the displaced dynasty…
By Ndanusa Abubakar Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq had a media chat with the three state-owned media organisations both in the print and broadcast arms. The chat was aired and published last week to the listening and reading public. There are many takeaways from the media chat. One, the media chat gave the lie to…
By Abdulqaudri Mahmud Whenever the governor of Rivers state Ezenwo Nyesom Wike wants to taunt his traducers and enemies of his government; he would bite the above words, “As e dey pain dem, e dey sweet us” in euphoria while he dances. This essayist has chosen the words to taunt the enemy of Kwara state…
By Saheed Abdullahi Few months to 2023 general elections in Nigeria, political parties are on the verge of marketing their products to the citizens as best choices in Presidential, National Assembly Governorship and State Assemblies to respond to their yearnings and aspirations. Kwara State is one of the 36 states where the political contest is…