Politics

AbdulRazaq Endorses Yahaya Seriki as Preferred Successor for Kwara APC Guber Ticket

Daily Dispatch May 19, 2026

Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State has endorsed Ambassador Abdulfatai Yahaya Seriki (MFR) as his preferred successor and the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the 2027 governorship election in the state. The endorsement comes ahead of the APC gubernatorial primaries

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Tinubu orders army deployment to Kaiama after boko haram attack in Kwara

Daily Dispatch February 4, 2026

President Bola Tinubu has ordered the immediate deployment of an army battalion to Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State following a deadly overnight attack by suspected Boko Haram terrorists on Worro community. In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, the President said the newly deployed military […]

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DSS Didn’t Disarm Vigilantes in Kwara Community – State Government

Daily Dispatch September 30, 2025

…as secret police, soldiers kill more bandits The Kwara State government has dismissed rumours that operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) disarmed vigilantes in Oke-Ode, a town in Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state. Gunmen on Sunday reportedly killed 12 people and abducted an unspecified number of people, with several others injured […]

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Kwara Govt Dismisses Allegations Against Security Agencies, Confirms NAF-DSS Joint Operation

Daily Dispatch September 30, 2025

The Kwara State Government has dismissed claims circulating on social media that the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) and Department of State Services (DSS) were not involved in recent security operations in the state. Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Rafiu Ajakaye, in a statement on Tuesday, said there was no truth to suggestions that the […]

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Kwara State Govt Refutes Allegations against Army, DSS Insist NAF Confronted Terrorists

Daily Dispatch September 30, 2025

This is an unusual time — a dreadful one. We are not used to it. Lives are at stake. The anxiety is justified, and there is no dismissing people’s experiences and feelings — not by any inch. Some have said we are in a state of war. It is their own way of saying it. […]

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OPINION: Kwara in Flames: When Kings Cry and Citizens Become Ghosts

Daily Dispatch August 20, 2025

By Prince Salako Lukman Olamilekan In the history of nations, there comes a time when silence becomes betrayal, when denial becomes blood on the lips of the leaders, and when propaganda is more deadly than bullets. That time has come upon Kwara State. From the voice note attributed to Oba Isiaka Sadiku Lawal Ariwajoye Kariola […]