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By Hakeem Azeez The All Progressives Congress, APC asserted its dominance in the local government and governorship elections held in Kwara State and Edo State on Saturday, September 21st 2024 respectively. While the Kwara APC cleared all the 16 local governments, the Edo APC took over power from the ruling People's Democratic Party with over 40,000 votes, highlighting the party's popularity and acceptance among Nigerians. Both the Kwara and Edo elections have been described as the most peaceful, freest, fairest and credible elections in recent times by local observers. However, since the electoral umpires for both elections declared the candidates of the APC as the winners, the opposition PDP has been wailing and pointing at nonexistent irregularities which is commonplace in Nigerian politics.  For instance, in Edo, the PDP have reluctantly said they would contest the outcome at the competent court of law while their Kwara counterparts have shamelessly taken their p...

Honourable guests, esteemed colleagues, and fellow citizens "The forest is a library; every tree is a book."  1. Today, on the occasion of the 64th independence anniversary of our country, it is symbolic that we are gathered here at the university for our national unity, UNIABUJA to reaffirm our commitment to protecting our planet's precious resources. This tree planting ceremony symbolizes our dedication to environmental stewardship and sustainable development.  2. As we plant these trees, we acknowledge the urgent need for climate action, recognizing the importance of biodiversity conservation and emphasizing community engagement in environmental protection.  3. The President Bola Ahmed Tinubu mission as regards the Environment is to: Promote eco-friendly practices, Support reforestation efforts and Foster a culture of sustainability. The Government is committed to increasing its forest cover to meet the recommended 25% cover, Restore degraded forests, Prom...

▪︎Says his record of compulsive, selfish acquisition of public properties is still fresh Kwara State Government has described as laughable and self-flattery the comments of Senator Bukola Saraki on the outcome of the recent local government elections in the state, which the ruling All Progressive Party (APC) convincingly won across the state. The government said Saraki’s PDP not only fruitlessly tried to frustrate the conduct of the election through the court, but it mobilised urchins and its local collaborators to disrupt the balloting with their shenanigans and hooliganism after seeing that they lacked the credibility or a record of convincing people to vote for them. “It took the popular will of the people to cast their ballot. The government has done well enough to win the trust of the people, and that was what played out, regardless of the noise from Saraki's men. It is bewildering that Saraki’s party is confused between floating the narrative that no election took...

This is to inform ALL APC Chairmanship; Vice and Councillorship candidates that there will be a verification exercise to confirm their claims as contained in KWASIEC 001 and 002 Forms already filled. This is an important exercise that ALL Candidates I.e. 16 Chairmanship; 16 Vice Chairmanship, as well as the 193 Councillorship Candidates, MUST attend to as detailed below:  *Date* : Friday 19th July, 2024  *Venue* : APC Tanke Office Time: 10.00 a.m. prompt.  *NOTE* : it is a day’s exercise. Alh. Abdullahi Samari Abubakar, Acting Chairman, APC Kwara State