Pelumi Olajengbesi, the Accord Party Candidate for Oriade/Obokun Federal Constituency, has appealed for calm following reports that serving lawmaker, Hon. Wole Oke was booed during a political outing in Iloko-Ijesa. Olajengbesi, in a statement he personally signed on Wednesday morning, said reports indicated that Hon. Oke, who is seeking a seventh term in the House […]
The Association of Kwara Online Media Practitioners (ASKOMP) has invited 12 candidates and political parties for Manifesto Discourse as part of plans to prompt healthy conversations ahead of Kwara 2027 governorship elections. The Secretary of the Local Organising Committee for the ASKOMP Manifesto Discourse, Saeed Tijjani in a statement issued on Tuesday, said all candidates […]
The Nigerian Guild of Investigative Journalists (NGIJ) has paid tribute to the late veteran journalist, Dele Giwa, on the 40th anniversary of his assassination, describing his death as a defining moment in Nigeria’s struggle for press freedom, accountability and democratic governance. Giwa, co-founder and pioneer Editor-in-Chief of Newswatch magazine, was killed by a parcel bomb […]
The Association of Kwara Online Media Practitioners (ASKOMP) has announced Friday, November 6, 2026 for its Manifesto Discourse for the governorship candidates and leadership of political parties ahead of Kwara 2027 governorship election. ASKOMP Chairman and Publisher of TheInformant247, Salihu Shola Taofeek and 9japarrot Publisher/Planning Committee Secretary, Saeed Tijjani made the announcement in a statement […]
The Kwara State Publicity Secretary of the Accord Party, Olamilekan Esinrogunjo, has declared that the Rainbow Coalition will fail to make the expected electoral impact in the state, arguing that the alliance is built more around political realignments among elites than a demonstrable transfer of grassroots support. Esinrogunjo, in a statement on the emerging political […]
As Nigeria’s political class intensifies its battle for influence in Washington ahead of the 2027 presidential election, Accord Party presidential candidate Dr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim is executing a fundamentally different strategy, a four continent, African led global lobbying operation designed not just to win an election, but to secure Nigeria beyond 2027. African media outlet, the […]
Accord Party Presidential candidate, Dr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has recounted his controversial confrontation with former British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, at Lagos Airport in 1988, when he was a student activist at the University of Lagos. HOW GBENGA HASHIM AND OTHERS CONFRONTED EX-BRITISH PRIME MINISTER OVER SUPPORT FOR APARTHEID IN SOUTH AFRICA * Accord Party Presidential […]
The Certified True Copy of the Federal High Court judgment affirming Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim as the presidential candidate for the 2027 election has been served on the Accord Party and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). This sets the stage for implementation of the court’s orders. Justice Mohammed Garba Umar, of the Federal High Court in […]
Accord presidential candidate, Dr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has attracted heightened attention across sections of Northern Nigeria’s social-media space following a Federal High Court judgment affirming his candidacy for the 2027 presidential election. The judgment, delivered on October 5 by Justice Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court in Abuja, ordered Accord Party to recognise Hashim as […]
_Says terrorists and bandits are killers, not leaders or commanders_ The Foundation for Peace Professionals (PeacePro) has urged Nigerian media organisations to stop addressing terrorists and bandits as “commanders,” “leaders” or other titles that confer authority or status on criminals. In a statement by its Executive Director, Abdulrazaq Hamzat, PeacePro said the fact that an […]
