About four years ago, the people-centric Otoge revolution exclusively repositioned Kwara politics and re-established it as the sole property of the people. Today, it’s no longer an asset for one man, one family, or one particular group of people to inherit and sustain among generations. Today, the name Saliu Mustapha comes to mind whenever Kwara Central Politics is mentioned. There is no denying that Saliu Mustapha effortlessly wielded three powers in the region: philanthropy, extraordinary national politics, and the Ilorin Emirate. Without a doubt, no one else in the region can claim comparable hegemony! Just like in every situation, the…
Author: Abdulganeey Abiola Adeyemi
Abdulganeey Abiola Adeyemi
Abdulganeey Abiola Adeyemi is currently the Head of News desk with The Informant247. He has interest in satirical journalism and Oil and Energy reporting. His works has featured in The Nation and The Nigerian Tribune Newspapers.
If there’s anything, today, in the country that we’re all found culpable, it’s our silence, neutrality and defense. Silence in the face of abnormalities, neutrality in the way of criminalities, and defense at the expense of immoralities and injustice. There’s no gainsaying that we’re all victims of this vicious circle. That’s the society we have built, and the generations we have produced and brought up. That this generation is attracted to many luxuries of life is to state the obvious. But three things appease them at best and make them advertently lost on morals and societal ideal at the worst:…
Bola Tinubu’s story is simply that of a kingmaker who had quietly nurtured a lifelong ambition of becoming a king. Over the years, he remained silent on whether he will be throwing his hat into the ring or not. Many rumoured he will, others thought otherwise: they believed he will prefer to remain a kingmaker and install one of his godsons as king rather than becoming one himself. All doubts were however laid to rest the moment he, at the country’s seat of power, announced that he had informed the president of his intentions to run for president in 2023.…
Remembering those days amidst a greater and even more intense controversy about the huge influence weirded by the late Mr. Abba Kyari, former Chief of Staff (CoS) to President Muhammadu Buhari, one couldn’t help but ask if like Kyari, Prof. Gambari, the incumbent presidential gatekeeper is holding the grip of power, at least, as much as his predecessor? Question and comparison of this form alike aren’t just about the players involved, not of the deer and the antelope but only because Nigeria unlike any other country around the world has constitutionally arrogated so much influence to an office unknown to…
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APC Congress: reconciliation panel receives 35 petitions from aggrieved members A total number of 35 petitions from the last congress of the All Progressive Congress (APC) have been submitted so far before the Senator Abdullahi Adamu-led nine-member National Reconciliation Committee from aggrieved members of the party across the nation. The Chairman of the Committee disclosed this after a meeting in Abuja, on Tuesday. He expressed optimism that the committee would do justice to all the petitions and unite the party ahead of the Party’s National Convention scheduled to hold in February 2020. He said, “At this point in time, we…
The Kwara State Government has commenced work on the comprehensive rehabilitation of Lafiagi Waterworks, saying it’s part of the efforts of the AbdulRazaq-led administration to provide potable water to the people of the state. This was disclosed in a statement made available via the official Facebook page of the state government, @followkwsg According to the statement, the comprehensive rehabilitation of the waterworks will ensure that households in Lafiagi and environs have access to potable water for domestic use, while also commending the governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for prioritizing the welfare of the people. ‘’Lafiagi Waterworks is one of the several major…
After spending 10 days in the custody of the Nigerian Navy for posting a video of himself in military uniform on social media, Naval personnel, and online comedian, Abdulgafar Ahmad, popularly known as Cute Abiola case still under the administrative procedure, says Navy Naval spokesperson, Commodore Saluman Dahun stated this in an exclusive chat with The PUNCH on Wednesday Meanwhile, the date of his release has not yet been ascertained. Recall that his colleague in the comedy industry, Debo Adedayo, Mr. Macaroni, had raised the alarm that Cute Abiola might be missing. He said he went missing after reporting at…
The 8th President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has declared his ambition to run for president in the 2023 general elections. This was disclosed in a new development reported by Vanguard Newspaper during his visit to the Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, on Tuesday, in Makurdi. Saraki was joined in Makurdi alongside former Governor of Kogi State, Idris Wada, former National Chairman of the PDP, Kawu Baraje, Senator Suleiman Adokwe, and the Chairman of Council, Saraki for President Campaign, Prof. Iyorwuese Hagher. “A political party that cannot organize its affairs has no business leading this country. A party…
The Ministers of Power, Saleh Mamman and his Agriculture and Rural Development counterpart, Alhaji Sabo Nanono have been sacked by President Muhammadu Buhari. The President also announced the redeployment of two Ministers to take over from them. The Minister of Environment, Mohammed Mahmoud Abubakar is to take over as the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, while the Minister of State for Works, Abubakar Aliyu, is to take over as the Minister for Power. In the brief statement read by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, President Buhari said the process of rejigging his cabinet is going…
… again, unite aggrieved members The Chairman Reconciliation and Engagement Committee of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State, Alh. Kawu Baraje on Thursday has renewed the commitment of its team to return stability in the party and bring back old members whom it lost towards 2019 general elections He said it’s a thing of proud now that the aggrieved members have accepted their differences and ready to work in the interest of the party. The chairman who is a former acting national chairman of the party, has earlier announced its resolve to unite the loyal members of the…
A terrible incident occurred on Wednesday night where a mother together with her four children was fiercely burnt to death in Ilorin, Kwara state capital. But, fortunately, the report gathered that one of the children in the house survived the inferno. It was also learned that men of the state fire service swung into action when they got the distress call on the incident, but before their arrival damage had already been done This incident occurred at Ifesowapo community, behind “F” Division police station Tanke area of the Ilorin metropolis Speaking on the incident, the chairman of the Ifesowapo community,…
Kwara state government, on Monday, nabbed five applicants for allegedly presenting fake National Certificate Education (NCE) certificates at the ongoing screening for the teachers’ recruitment exercise in Ilorin, the state capital. A disengaged sunset teacher who was part of the recently sacked 2,414 teachers was also captured in the screening process. It said the arrests were made as the government commenced the result verification/interview phase of the exercise. According to reports, the five applicants are Tanu Suleiman from Baruten local government; a disengaged teacher Ibrahim M. Salihu from Baruten local government; Abdulrasaq Abdulakeem from Asa local government; Mohammed Ismaila from…
A Non-Governmental Organisation, Brain Builders Youth Development Initiative (BBYDI) has advocated the inclusion of more women in political space, saying the feminine gender needs to occupy decision making positions “for balance”. The NGO in a Press Statement sent to THE INFORMANT247 by its Director, Olasupo Abideen in commemoration of the 2021 International Women’s Day said despite COVID-19 pandemic ravaging the world, women have continued their exploits, citing Kamala Harris who emerged as the first female Vice President of the United States of America and the first female Director-General of the World Trade Organization Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. The statement read: “Sharing success…
• Says, its members can’t be criminalised All Progressives Congress party (APC) stakeholders in Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State have lamented the recent criminal attack leveled against its members due to a violence that ensued during the second registration/revalidation membership sensitisation held in Lafiagi, northern Kwara. The stakeholders also kicked against the take-over and transfer of the case from Lafiagi to Ilorin, the state capital by the government, describing the action as irregular, illegal and an attempt to deny its members fair hearing. Speaking with journalists in Lafiagi at the weekend, spokesman of the party members, Alhaji Manzuma…
President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo were on Saturday vaccinated against COVID-19. According to the PUNCH Newspaper report, Buhari was vaccinated by his personal physician, Dr. Suhayb Sanusi, about 11.51am at a brief ceremony witnessed by top government officials at the New Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Shortly after the President, Osinbajo was also vaccinated by his personal physician, Dr. Nicholas Audifferen, about 11.57am. The President and his deputy were the first among the nation’s strategic leaders to take the vaccine after some frontline health workers at the treatment centre of the National Hospital, Abuja, were vaccinated…
The Voice of Kwara Progressives (VKP) has lauded Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq’s choice of one of its members, Abdullateef Gidado as the Special Adviser on Political Matters. The group, in a statement jointly signed by its Chairman, Femi Yusuf and Secretary, Lanre Sulyman on Friday in Ilorin, described Gidado’s appointment as “putting the round peg in a round hole”, adding that it is “a well thought political appointment that would go a long way in helping the government considering the vast experiences the appointee have to his credit”. The statement said, “On behalf of all the executives and members of the…
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has appointed caretaker chairmen for the 16 local councils in the state. THE INFORMANT247 gathered that some of the appointed chairmen today, Friday, March 2021 received their appointment letters at the State Government House. Details later!
The Public Financing of Agriculture (PFA) Project state coordinator, Abdurrahman Ayuba, has called for increased budgetary allocation to agriculture to boost food security. Abdurrahman, while presenting findings and recommendations of the budget committee of the PFA project on the state’s 2021 agriculture budget analysis in Ilorin, on Tuesday, said that the 3.09 per cent budgeted for agriculture in 2021 is far below the international benchmark, urging the government to increase its agriculture budget to meet the 10 per cent Maputo/Malabo declaration and commitment. He also has asked the government to make specific budgetary provision for smallholder women farmers in subsequent…
As part of the efforts of the current administration to douse tension over the recent influx of herders into the state, meant to further protect lives and properties, Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Tuesday led a delegation of state officials, traditional rulers and security commanders to Ibadan for a joint security meeting with his Oyo State counterpart Seyi Makinde, a statement by the Governor’s spokesperson, Rafiu Ajakaye said. Kwara and Oyo States share boundaries across many communities. It added that the meeting, which was called at the instance of AbdulRazaq, focused on the recent security breaches involving herders and…