To every beginning there is an end. To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the sun. Eight (8) years ago, you stood before the entire world to be inaugurated, as ordained by Allah, as Governor of our dear Kwara State, through the power of our votes, love and support…
The sight of elephant is beyond what can be described with a mere wave of hand-if its weight is not intimidating, I feel its humongous size is an uncommon attribute among its fellow animals in the jungle. I am not set to sing the praise of any politician from dawn to dusk, but there is…
I extend hearty congratulations to the Kwara state Governor- elect Alhaji AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq. It is with joy and happiness that well-meaning Kwarans welcome you as you grace the throne you have been vying for determinedly quite a time. On this note, a resounding congratulations to you as the act of being consistent and determine yielded…
The Queen who filled the stage with her regal presence; who held audiences bound with the spell of words and transfixed eager eyes with the magic of dance has left! Dr. Stella Moroundia Oyedepo, teacher, playwright, song-composer, costumier par excellence, theatrical director, Director-General of the National Theatre and National Troupe has passed away. It was…
Dear Young Activist, I saw you in my dream. I think we need to have a conversation, but I’m afraid there are so many of you; hence my open letter. God didn’t show me your locus, hence I’m not sure of where I should direct my letter to. Permit me to use kwara as my…
The flight from Maiduguri to Lagos was tiresome, as we unexpectedly made two stopovers, one at Abuja, and the other at Ilorin, annoyingly, we landed at the Muritala International Airport two hours late. I was relieved when the air hostess announced our arrival, I hurriedly left my seat and reached out to Lakadri and Titilope,…
Dear KWASU Alumni, I am seizing this medium to beacon on well-meaning members of the Alumni Association of our dear Alma Matter, KWASU, on the trends of glitches that characterizes this association, which to the observation of discerning members and mine as led to the inert, stagnancy, torpidity and stolidity of the association. I am…
Like you, I woke up to the news about Kwara Governor- elect, AbdulRahman AbdulRazak, taking the KWHA Members-elect to Ghana for a 4- Day Parliamentary retreat in Ghana, Accra which ended on Thursday 25th of April, 2019. As soon as the news hit the airwaves, I saw commentators swinging to work tearing the issue…
On May 29, 2019, even-gazed, genial-demeanoured Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq will be sworn in as the 7th elected governor of Kwara State. His election on March 9, 2019 was a class act. It was the first time in Kwara that a governor will be elected against the dictates of the established political dynasty in the state….
Late Admiral Mohammed Alabi Lawal’s Posthumous Award; An Award Well Deserved – Issa Mutolib Ayobami Posthumous awards are given when the intended recipient of the award dies as a result of the action which merits the award. Late Rear Admiral Mohammed Alabi Lawal carved a niche for himself as a democrat and selfless leader who…
Ilorin Emirate is a conglomeration of a united people – IEDPU Publicity Secretary replies. The National Publicity Secretary of the Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union(IEDPU), Abubakar S. Imam, has reacted to an article trending on social media tittled “TRANNY OF ILORIN WEST AND DOCILITY OF ILORIN EAST” were an anonymous writer expressed dissatisfaction about the…
There is no misgiving that the Kwara State House of Assembly had just passed a bill for a law to amend the Kwara State Local Government (Amendment) Law No. 3 of 2006, which makes it impossible for the state governor to dissolve elected local government councils at will. In reaction to this act, an Abuja-based…
Being a lecture delivered by Lawal O. Olohungbebe at the “O TO GE” Dinner and Award Night on 22nd April, 2019 at Atlantic Events Centre, Ilorin, Kwara State. INTRODUCTION It is possible many of us are familiar with the story of Mohammed Bouazizi. He was a young Tunisian street vendor whose government’s insensitivity and lack…
In Fairness To Sheriff _Ibraheem Abdullateef I have followed with measured calmness the fits of labelling and accusations of the good person of Honourable Sheriff Shagaya, by those people I would describe as misinformed or misguided, that he’s another political tiger bidding his time before pouncing on government’s big pulse for the usual political feast,…
By Abdulrazaq O Hamzat A few days ago, I took a trip to Oro town in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, the home town of Alhaji Lai Muhammed, the Honorable Minister of Information and Culture. The trip was a courtesy visit to meet with political associates of our group, Kwara Must Change, some…
It’s not a crime for a man to reveal his acts of charity, as it may be done with good intentions so as to encourage others with the means or to pass a sounding message to the generation coming behind; for them to understand that charity is a virtue that must be upheld. But it’s…
Kwara Social media Oloyinbo and their wahala, they are at it again. They have started preparing hot water of travails to boil the incoming governor of ‘ inefficiency’. So they put it . They can’t afford to have a failed and inept governor. My people, are ever ready, to vent their spleens and frustrations…
May I, with the heaviest of hearts, pay sincerest respects to the departing Literary god Prof. Pius Adesanmi of this world, made of the otherworld by the ignorant and uncultured Death on the 10th of March 2019. The inimitable scholar and Literateur was on his way to attending another of many lectures before the…
Congratulations to the citizens and residents of Kwara, a state that is now synonymous to Leadership revolution. Theelectoral victory and the revolution are not success stories for the elected people, who are unavoidable beneficiaries of the people’s determination for change, but for Kwara citizens and residents that have been yearning for a power shift in…
By Ayobami Abdullahi ( El-Africa ) No seed fructifies, grows into joy without the planters tenacious labour of love. If such planter jettisoned his onus, then one should never be blamed if one lashes such planter with heart-piercing words for wasting the life of innocent nature. May I never be blamed if I called it…
