Kwara State is a state in Western Nigeria, bordered to the east by Kogi State, to the north by Niger State, and to the south by Ekiti, Osun, and Oyo states, while its western border makes up part of the international border with Benin. Its capital is the city of Ilorin and the state has 16 local government areas.
Babatunde Raji FasholaSAN ; born 28 June 1963) is a Nigerian lawyer and politician who served as the federal minister of Works and Housing of Nigeria from 2019 to 2023. He previously served as the minister of Power, Works and Housing from 2015 to 2019. He also served two terms as governor of Lagos State from 29 May 2007 to 29 May 2015.
Gbemisola Ruqayyah Saraki is a Nigerian politician who served as the Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development of Nigeria since 6 July 2022 till 29th May 2023. She served earlier as the Minister of State for Transportation from 2019 till she was moved by the President to the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development in 2022.
Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim was a Nigerian politician who was a senator from Kwara State. He represented Kwara South Senatorial District in the 8th National Assembly. Senator Ibrahim was the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions, and also a member of Senate Committees on Appropriation, Federal Character and Inter Government Affairs, and Media and Public Affairs.
The 2023 Kwara State gubernatorial election was held on 18 March 2023, to elect the incumbent Governor of Kwara State, concurrent with elections to the Kwara State House of Assembly as well as twenty-seven other gubernatorial elections and elections to all other state houses of assembly. The election — which was postponed from its original 11 March date — was held three weeks after the presidential election and National Assembly elections. Incumbent AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq (APC) was re-elected by a 25.6% margin over PDP nominee Shuaib Yaman Abdullahi.
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.
The 2015 Nigerian Senate election in Kwara State was held on March 28, 2015, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Kwara State. Mohammed Shaaba Lafiagi representing Kwara North, Bukola Saraki representing Kwara Central and Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim representing Kwara South all won on the platform of All Progressives Congress.
The 2007 Nigerian Senate election in Kwara State was held on April 21, 2007, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Kwara State. Simon Ajibola representing Kwara South, Gbemisola Ruqayyah Saraki representing Kwara Central and Ahmed Mohammed Inuwa representing Kwara North all won on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party.
The 2011 Nigerian House of Representatives elections in Kwara State was held on April 9, 2011, to elect members of the House of Representatives to represent Kwara State, Nigeria.
The 2019 Osun State House of Assembly election was held on March 9, 2019, to elect members of the Osun State House of Assembly in Nigeria. All the 26 seats were up for election in the Osun State House of Assembly.
Muhammad Dele Belgore is a Nigerian lawyer and politician. He was the 2011 Action Congress of Nigeria's (ACN) Kwara State governorship candidate in the 2011 Kwara State gubernatorial election. However he lost out to the PDP's Governorship candidate, Abdulfatah Ahmed who became the Governor of Kwara state. Belgore is a native of Ilorin in Kwara state.
Ahmed Saidu Baba is a Nigerian politician representing the Gwanabe/Gweria/Bani/Adena constituency, Kaiama local government area in the Kwara State House of Assembly.
Babatunde Ayi Olatundun is a Nigerian administrator and politician representing the Ilorin North-West constituency, Ilorin West local government area in the 10th Assembly of the Kwara State House of Assembly.
Abdulkareem Babatunde Paku is a Nigerian politician representing the Ipaye/Malete/Oloru constituency, Moro local government area in the Kwara State House of Assembly.
Aliyu Wahab Opakunle is a Nigerian politician representing the Afon constituency, Asa local government area in the Kwara State House of Assembly.
Abdulgafar Olayemi Ayinla is a Nigerian legal practitioner and politician representing the Ilorin North West constituency, Ilorin-west local government area in the Kwara State 9th Assembly and served as the chairman house committee on local government and Chieftaincy in the Kwara State House of Assembly.
Saka Abimbola IsauSAN was a Nigerian lawyer and politician who served as Secretary to the State Government, Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General of Kwara State during the tenure of Bukola Saraki.
Abdulkadir Segilola Ramat is a Nigerian Politician and the Deputy House leader of the 8th assembly representing Ilorin Central constituency the Kwara State House of Assembly and the state woman leader of People's Democratic Party (Nigeria).
Amosa Mohammed Mobolaji is a Nigerian politician and member of the 8th assembly representing Afon constituency the Kwara State House of Assembly.
Adamu Usman is a Nigerian Politician and member of the 8th assembly representing Okuta/Yashikira constituency at the Kwara State House of Assembly.
