Kwara State | Intervention

Periscoping the APC and the PDP on the Road to the 2027 General Elections in Kwara State

Posted By: adminon: November 06, 2026In: GovernanceTags: ADC, APC, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, Kwara State, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, PDP, ‘Otoge MovementNo CommentsViews:

By Prof Hassan A. Saliu Introduction Politicking is now in the air, especially with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) lifting the ban on political campaigns. We are beginn... Read more

How Osun’s Electoral Geography Differs from Kwara State’s, Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: August 26, 2026In: GovernanceTags: Accord Party, APC, Kwara State, Osun State, PDPNo CommentsViews:

By Hassan A. Saliu The recently held Osun off-season gubernatorial election has dominated media space before and after 15 August. Commentators and analysts have since offered reflections on... Read more

From Borno to Borgu: A New Frontier of Insurgency in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: August 24, 2026In: GovernanceTags: Benin Republic, BOKO HARAM, Borgu, BORNO, Insurgent political economy, Kainji Lake National Park, Kebbi State, Kwara State, Lakurawa or the Mahmuda group, Multidimensional Poverty Index, Niger Republic, Niger StateNo CommentsViews:

By Hussaini Abdu, PhD On Friday, 21 August 2026, gunmen believed to be linked to Lakurawa or the Mahmuda group struck four communities in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State: Gbeji (G... Read more

Woro Massacre Was Not an Accident: How Neglect Turned Borgu into a Killing Field

Posted By: adminon: February 05, 2026In: GovernanceTags: 'Children', Ansaru, Borgu Game Reserve, Ganawuri, IDOMA, Kebbi State, Kwara State, Lakurawa, Mahmuda, Niger State, Old Borgu, Tiv, WomenNo CommentsViews:

By Hussaini Abdu I remember how, in one of my trips to Kaiama with a group of friends a few years ago, at the early stages of the Boko Haram crisis. As we drove through the vast Borgu Game R... Read more

Alhaji (Dr.) Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari CFR, the Emir of Ilorin, is 85!

Posted By: adminon: April 30, 2025In: People in ActionTags: ACF, Chairman of Kwara State Traditional Council, Ilorin Emirate, Kwara StateNo CommentsViews:

By Prof Hassan Saliu This occasion marks a significant development in the Ilorin Emirate and Kwara State. To properly understand this tribute, it is necessary to go historically by virtue of... Read more

The North is on Fire But It Can Overcome – Hon Yakubu Dogara

Posted By: adminon: February 06, 2020In: De-EscalationTags: Ahmadu Bello Foundation, FCT, Kwara State, Saint Augustine, Umaru Musa Yar’AduaNo CommentsViews:

An alternative siren is wailing for the recovery of the North from its current heritage of violence based on conditions for that possibility that Honourable Yakubu Dogara, former Speaker of... Read more