2027: APC vows one million votes for Tinubu in Ondo, inaugurates reconciliation committee

Ondo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has vowed that it would deliver at least one million votes for President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election. It made the vow while inaugurating a 10-member State Reconciliation Committee as part of strategic efforts to consolidate party unity ahead of the 2027 General Elections. […]

Continue Reading

Timi of Ede Denies Snubbing APC Gov Candidate, says palace got less than 24-hour notice

says claims of deliberate avoidance false, disrespectful By John Dike, Osogbo Timi of Ede, Oba Munirudeen Adesola Lawal, has dismissed reports suggesting that he deliberately avoided receiving the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Osun State, Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji, during a planned visit to his palace. Speaking through his Principal Private Secretary, Tejumola […]

Continue Reading

Thugs Attack Osun INEC Officials, Cart Away PVCs — Police

By John Dike, Osogbo Osun State Police Command has confirmed an attack on officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) during the ongoing distribution of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) in the state, with armed hoodlums reportedly carting away three packs of the electoral materials. The incident, according to the police, occurred at Oyinlola DC […]

Continue Reading

Osun Declares Tuesday Work-Free Day for Public Servants to Collect PVCs

Adeleke urges registered voters to obtain cards ahead of August 15 governorship election By John Dike, Osogbo Osun State Government has declared Tuesday, July 28, 2026, a work-free day for public servants across the state to enable them collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) ahead of the August 15 governorship election. The directive was approved […]

Continue Reading

2027: ‘Aiyedatiwa remains fully committed to APC and its candidates’

Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has declared that he remains fully committed to the All Progressives Congress, APC, and its candidates for the 2027 elections. A statement on Monday by his spokesman, Ebenezer Adeniyan, said: “Our attention has been drawn to a deliberately mischievous narrative suggesting that Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa is engaging in “anti-party […]

Continue Reading

NDC Leader Dickson bags Pillar of Nigerian Democracy Award

NDC National Leader, Senator Henry Seriake Dickson Nigeria Democratic Congress National Leaser and former Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Henry Seriake Dickson, has bagged the Pillar of Nigerian Democracy Award. Dickson, who represented Bayelsa West Senatorial District, will be honoured with the award at the Diplomatic Digest 6th Anniversary Lecture, Award and Dinner on Thursday, 30th […]

Continue Reading

Atiku challenges FG over oil windfall, rising borrowing

Ex-Vice President and ADC Presidential Candidate Alhaji Atiku Abubakar Former Vice President and African Democratic Congress presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has challenged the Federal Government to explain what he described as an estimated ₦7.98tn oil revenue windfall, questioning why the administration continues to embark on massive domestic borrowing despite benefiting from crude oil prices far […]

Continue Reading

Five governors to adopt security outfits as state police

Five state governments have plans to adopt their existing security outfits as state police once the constitutional process establishing the new policing system is completed. Findings by Sunday Punch show that while Ondo, Kaduna, Anambra, Zamfara and Abia intend to build the proposed state police on existing security outfits, other states are awaiting the completion […]

Continue Reading