Tag: Gov AbdulRazak AbdulRahman

The Home Truth from Kigali, by Olusegun Adeniyi

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Fifteen of our 36 governors and three deputy governors travelled to Kigali, Rwanda last month for a three-day executive leadership retreat. We were told the trip was organised by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in partnership with the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF). The retreat was reportedly designed to enable our governors to “re-imagine Nigeria’s leadership to achieve transformation and nationwide sustainable development.” Remarkably, governors from all five parties were represented: The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as well as the Labour Party…

Ìsèse Day and Tinubu’s headache By Lasisi Olagunju

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Today’s Yorubaland is a very reluctant part of Nigeria. But it is also the most conflicted of the parts. Its goals are difficult to define – even by itself. A friend from the non-Yoruba part of Edo State asked me at the weekend if the serial declaration of today as a public holiday in the South-West was not a step towards self-determination. I laughed. There is actually supposed to be a Yoruba national day but there has been no agreement when it should be. Instead, four of the six states…

HISTORY OF IGBAJA PEOPLE

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Igbaja is a community in Ifelodun Local Government Area, Kwara State, Nigeria, at an elevation of 349 m. It is about 40 km southeast of Ilorin, and is in Igbomina country. The Ilorin Provincial Gazetteer (1918) dates the settlement of Igbaja as late 17th or early 18th century, while the Igbaja District Gazetteer (1933–35) puts it about 1750 AD. The wet season lasts from April to October, with 50–100 cm of rain. In the dry season from November to March there is 0–13 cm of rain. The natural landscape is…

Buhari to lead APC Presidential Campaign Rally in Kwara on Tuesday

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Arrangements have been concluded for the Presidential Campaign Rally of the All Progressive Congress Flagbearer, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in Ilorin, Kwara State on Tuesday January 17, 2023. The rally will be led by President Muhammadu Buhari, joined by the Presidential flagbearer of the Party , Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Vice Presidential Candidate Kashim Shettima, and other members of the Presidential Campaign Council. Also to join the President, who is the Chairman of Presidential Campaign Council at the Rally, are the Chairman of the All Progressive Congress, Senator…