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Just like his father Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki’s journey into politics as marked a giant stride in the re-awakening of political consciousness across the state, the nation and the world at large. He as since kicked off from where ‘oloye’ stopped with his philantropical activities ,running of the prestigious ‘ile arugbo’ and grown the Saraki dynasty to a position of great repute. He can be described as the great ‘iroko’ tree that have survived countless ‘hackings’ from opposition, betrayal and deceit from disloyal faithfuls, yet his trunk still houses alot of faithfuls ,stays strong   and care for a lot of kwarans. The Senate President of the eight Assembly of the Federal republic of Nigeria is unarguably a brainiac and a genius in one whole package. His youthfulness, vibrancy and innovative approach to politicking as earned him great love amongst Nigerian youths and across the world - he is regarded by thousands of politicians as their mentor irrespective of party affi...

Gbemisola Ruqayat Saraki is currently the Minister of State Transportation of the Federal Republic of Nigeria appointed into office on the 21st of August 2019 by his Excellency President Muhammadu Buhari   to represent the Kwara central senatorial district. She was born in May 3,1965 to the family of Olusola Abubakar Saraki and Florence Saraki Senator Gbemisola Saraki attended the prestigious Cheltenham Ladies College,Cheltenham,Gloucestershire,England between 1972-1982,she also attended Brook House College,Market Harborough,Leicestershire,England between 1982-1984 and proceeded to the University of Sussex in the United kIngdom and earned a bachelor’s degree in Economics. She did her national youth service at the Nigerian Bank of Commerce and Industry,Lagos with duties which included loans assessment and disbursement as well as credit analysis and risk management. She continued to gain banking experiences with Societe General Bank (Nigeria) Limited,as Head of Money Market...

Dr Olusola Abubakar Saraki was a Nigerian politician from the Agoro compound in Agbaji, Ilorin,Kwara State. He was born on 17.May,1933 and died on 14,Nov 2012 at 79 years old in Lagos State. He can be described as the modern architect of Kwara politics, as most, if not all powerful   leaders from kwara state once passed through the great Saraki dynasty. He was a Senator of the Nigerian second Republic (1979-198) and a holder of the chieftaincy tittle “waziri of Ilorin ”. In his days Dr. Olusola Abubakar Saraki was a great philanthropist (non as equal to yet)and political leader who as been described by many   in different ways – “waziri Ilorin,Dr. Abubakar Olusola Saraki who died in Lagos early yesterday at age 79,was the last genuine and honourable god father in Nigerian politics” - allafrica.com He was foundly referred to as ‘Oloye’ (leader). “He lived long enough to see many copycat ‘godfathers’ who brought that appellation to small ruin,that it is today and...

Evidently the last general election witnessed the exit of the People’s Democratic Party’s grip on the political governing of Kwara State. The people trooped out in mass chanting   the ‘otoge’ slogan/mantra that took over the airwaves during the electioneering period. Once again the electorate acted ‘blind’ in one direction, having tasted a bitter part of governance, a situation that can wholely or partly be attributed to global economic melt-down during the last administration. The major determinants of the last general election,that sees the emergence of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in power, can greatly be attributed to Kwara civil servants (and particularly LGA/SUBEB staffs). Like never before in Kwara state and for the first time since former Governor Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki left office, the government as led by the previous administration goes down in history as a government that owed salaries, paid salaries in ridiculous percentages, stalled payment of sala...