Osun PDP women back Adeleke’s reelection bid

Peoples Democratic Party Women Leaders in the 10 local government areas in Osun West Senatorial District have pledged their support for  Governor Ademola Adeleke as the race for the 2026 governorship poll gathers momentum. Rising from their meeting held in Iwo on Tuesday, the Osun PDP Women Leader, Alice Otunla, who spoke on behalf of […]

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Nigeria one step away from authoritarian state – Jinadu

Prof Adele Jinadu A professor of Political Science and former president of the International Political Science Association, Prof. Adele Jinadu, shares his thoughts with Muhammed Lawal on the gale of defections of opposition figures to the ruling APC In a recent memo, you and some stakeholders raised the alarm that Nigeria was heading towards a […]

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Aiyedatiwa’s opportunity to redefine leadership

By Steve Otaloro In the annals of history, transformative leaders have often emerged at critical junctures, willing to challenge the status quo for the betterment of their people. From Nelson Mandela’s fight against apartheid to Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal, these figures have reshaped their nations by daring to think differently. Now, as Governor Lucky […]

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LP crisis: Stakeholders read Peter Obi the Riot Act

The Alliance for All Labour Party Professionals and Stakeholders (AALPS) has raised serious concerns over what it describes as the destabilisation of the party by its 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi. It warned that his actions are threatening the party’s future and could lead to catastrophic electoral consequences in the 2027 general elections. In a […]

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IPAC pulls out of coming Osun LG election

The Inter-Party Advisory Council, an umbrella body of all political parties in Osun State, has said it will not participate in the forthcoming local Government election in the State. Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSIEC) had fixed February February 22, 2025, for the Local Government election in the state. Addressing journalists in Osogbo on Monday, […]

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Aiyedatiwa receives APC certificate of return

NWC endorses Appeal Committee report, ratifies primary outcome The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Umar Abdullahi Ganduje, on Monday presented the Certificate of Return to Ondo State Governor, Hon Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, as the party’s candidate in the November 16 governorship election in the State. This was in a statement by […]

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Aiyedatiwa wins APC ticket, pledges to work for greater Ondo

By Banji Ayoola Ondo State Governor has won the ticket of his party, the All Progressives Congress, as its candidate in the November 16 Governorship Election. The chairman of the Governorship Primary Election Committee and Governor of Kogi State, Ahmed Ododo, on Monday morning in Akure the state capital, announced him winner of the exercise […]

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PDP knocks APC over Ondo governorship primary

Says exercise was a huge charade and mockery of democracy The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has described Saturday’s governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Ondo State as a huge charade and mockery of democracy. In a statement on Sunday by its spokesman in the state, Hon Kennedy Ikantu Peretei, the party asked […]

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