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The Herald is a Nigerian digital newspaper and magazine established by the Kwara State Government in 1973, ranked among the best-selling newspapers in the 1970s and 1980s. [ 1 ] History
Kwara North senatorial district covers five local government areas which include Baruten, Edu, Pategi, Kaiama, Moro. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Umar Suleiman Sadiq of the All Progressives Congress , APC is the current representative of Kwara North in the Nigerian Senate.
It was mentioned that the villages affected by the incident, including Kpada, Ebu, and Dzakan in Pategi Local Government, Kwara State, as well as two villages in Kogi State where six individuals died. The Area Manager of the National Inland Waterways Authority attributed the boat mishap to overloading and turbulent winds.
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In the election, Kwara State voted for Bola Tinubu (APC); Tinubu won 56.1% of the vote to defeat Atiku Abubakar (PDP) at 29.1% and Peter Obi (LP) at 6.6%. Although the result was unsurprising as Kwara is in Tinubu's southwestern base and projections had favored him, the totals led to increased focus on AbdulRazaq campaign due to Tinubu's wide ...
Kwara is the ninth largest state in Nigeria, but the sixth least populous, with an estimated population of about 3.2 million as at 2016. [7] Geographically, Kwara State is split between the West Sudanian savanna in the west, and the Guinean forest–savanna mosaic ecoregion in the rest of the states.
The 2019 Nigerian Senate election in Kwara State held on February 23, 2019, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Kwara State. Ibrahim Yahaya Oloriegbe representing Kwara Central, Suleiman Sadiq Umar representing Kwara North and Yisa Oyelola Ashiru representing Kwara South all won on the platform of All Progressives Congress .