● Mandates security agencies to provide security An Osun State High Court sitting in Ilesa has ordered the Osun State Electoral Commission (OSSIEC) to conduct elections to fill the vacant positions of local government chairmen and councilors across the 30 local governments in the state. Justice A.A. Aderibigbe who presided over the case further issued […]
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Osun State, Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to prevail on Governor Ademola Adeleke not to go ahead with the conduct of Saturday’s local government election in the state. Oyintiloye, a former lawmaker, said that since there was no vacuum in the local council […]
The National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), Osun State Chapter, says all is now set for the election into the State Executive Council. The election is scheduled to hold from 27th to 29th January, 2025. In a statement signed by the Secretary, Electoral Committee, Folorunso Surprise, and made available to newsmen, the NYCN said any aspirant […]
By Abdulrazaq Hamzat Politics often weaves tales of unexpected alliances, and the story of Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim and former military Head of State, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (GCFR), is a compelling example of reconciliation and the transformative power of time. Olawepo-Hashim, a respected politician, businessman, and former presidential candidate, recently led a delegation to pay a […]
By Abdul Abdul If I had the opportunity to make a wish right now, it would be to ask Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq and his co-travellers in this voyage of self-hallucination a few questions. Questions like what exactly is the fuss about the newly approved minimum wage in Kwara? Is the incumbent Government the first to […]
Barely 24 hours after the eviction notice issued to occupants of Crystal Place Mall, the Kwara State government has demolished the complex owned by Hon. Moshood Mustapha, a former member of the Federal House of Representatives. The popular shopping complex along Sulu-Gambari Road, Ilorin, had earlier been barricaded by security operatives and was leveled late […]
The Offa Progressive Elites (OPE), a group of elite in Offa town, has expressed shock at the desperate and consistent attempts by some state actors to implicate a former President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, in the Offa bank robbery case. While expressing delight that all attempts by the devious actors to incriminate Saraki […]
From the time that Bello Matawalle was nominated as Minister OF the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2023, Dauda Lawal the Governor of Zamfara State has been ill at ease. The circumstances of his victory at the gubernatorial election as well as subsequent victory at the Election petition Tribunal did not give room for sound […]
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kwara State has rejected the outcome of Saturday’s Local Government election in Kwara, describing it as a desecration of democracy, a waste of taxpayers’ money and an elevation of fraud to heights never witnessed before in the state. The PDP accused the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC, under Governor […]
Despite the widespread irregularities and absence of voting at various polling units across local government areas, the Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission (KWSIEC) has declared the candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winners of the LG elections held yesterday in the state. Announcing the results at KWSIEC headquarters in Ilorin in the […]
