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The Court of Appeal has confirmed the candidature of the Kwara State All Progressives Congress governorship candidate, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq.

The President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has said the insultive statements made against him in Ilorin on Monday by a former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, were expression of their frustration over the imminent loss of their party in next Saturday’s election.

National Leader, All Progressives Party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has urged the mammoth crowd and party supporters at the Ilorin rally to liberate Kwara from the clutches of Bukola Saraki, in the forthcoming general elections.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the time has come to retire the political oligarchs who have appropriated Kwara State and its resources to themselves to the detriment of the people.

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, has called on the people of Kwara not to vote for those who have looted the country for 16 years.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says voting for the opposition Peoples Democratic Party is giving the party the licence to continue to loot the nation and its treasury.

President Muhammdu Buhari says his administration has delivered on the three electoral promises made to Nigerians in 2015 which are, providing security, improving the economy and fighting corruption.

There is traffic gridlock on major roads in Ilorin, capital of Kwara State ahead of the arrival of President Muhammadu Buhari for the All Progressives Congress presidential campaign.

The Director-General, Atiku/Obi Presidential Campaign Council in Kwara State, Dr. Ali Ahmad, has said there are plans by the All Progressives Congress to use some heads of tertiary institutions to cancel election without any justification, particularly in Kwara Central Senatorial District and declare it inconclusive.

The Kwara State Governor, Dr. Abdulfatah Ahmed, has announced plans to implement the N30,000 minimum wage when passed into law. 

The Kwara State Government has denied claims by the Abdulrahman Abdulrazak Campaign Organisation that it is funding politicians through its Infrafund Kwara, which is sourced from Internally-Generated Revenue.

The new Commissioner of Police in Kwara, CP Kayode Egbetokun, has declared that criminals have no place in the state.

The All Progressives Congress in Kwara has said that the party and the people of Kwara were ready to receive President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Ilorin.

The Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has raised the alarm on alleged plans by the All Progressives Congress to implicate some of its members ahead of President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to Ilorin on Monday.

Beneficiaries of President Muhammadu Buhari’s various intervention programmes in Kwara state have declared their support for his re-election and all APC’s candidates in the state.

The Emir of Lafiagi, Alhaji Haliru Kawu Sa’adu, on Thursday declared that the Peoples Democratic Party’s Razak Atunwa will be the next governor of Kwara State.

Five suspects arrested in connection with the recent attack on the Agbaji, Ilorin, Kwara State family residence of the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, have been remanded in prison custody after their arraignment before an Ilorin Magistrate’s court.

Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has disowned campaign posters circulating in parts of the state promoting him as the Kwara South Senatorial District candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party.

The Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday night mocked the opposition over what he termed their incessant replacement of Commissioners of Police in Kwara State.

Nigeria Ambassador to Malaysia, Alhaji Nurudeen Mohammed, has been named the Director General of President Muhammadu Buhari campaign launching in Kwara.