Osun 2026: Digital influencers rally for Oyebamiji

About 3,000 digital influencers from all corners of Osun State have converged, their mission clearly to rally behind the governorship aspiration of Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji, better known as AMBO. The gathering marked the inaugural physical meeting of the AMBO Media Front (AMF), a formidable coalition of online voices ready to shift the political tide […]

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2027: Between Buhari’s divided bloc and Tinubu’s return plan

Barely 12 years after the founding of the All Progressives Congress (APC), one of the legacy parties in the amalgam, the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), is agitated over the progress of the party. Leo Sobechi reports that the crisis of direction by the former members demonstrates serious consideration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s […]

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10th Assembly: Pro-people legislations shadowed by house drama, intrigues

Following the lacklustre performance of the 9th National Assembly, which earned it the label “Rubber Stamp Assembly,” hopes were high that the 10th Assembly would usher in a new era of legislative vibrancy. While some remained optimistic, others held back, unwilling to place their faith in a parliament they doubted could address the spectre of […]

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Aregbesola’s exit from APC heats up Osun as PDP throws doors open for ex-governor, supporters

The exit of the former Osun State Governor and ex-Interior Minister Rauf Aregbesola from the All Progressives Congress (APC) is heating political circles in the state of the living spring. In fact, his exit has resulted in a major shake-up in the APC, the leading opposition party in the state, as the former governor still […]

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Jan 18 Ondo LG poll will be free, fair, credible – ODIEC Strategy Commissioner Ibraheem

The January 18, 2025 Local Government Election in Ondo State will be free, fair, transparent and credible. The Commissioner in charge of Strategy and Training at the Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission (ODIEC), Prof. Tajudeen Ibraheem gave this assurance in an exclusive interview with the political reporter of The Hope, Jubril Bada. Following are the […]

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How festering leadership crisis weakens PDP ahead of 2027

Since the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lost power to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2015, the ‘umbrella’ has been unable to weather its in-house storms or pose a formidable opposition for a potential comeback. At the centre of its crisis is the same problem of leadership it was set up to solve. The ongoing […]

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Ondo PDP recalls state youth leader, Folorunso Makinde

Ahead of the November 16, 2024 Governorship election in Ondo State, the Peoples Democratic Party State Working Committee (SWC) has lifted the suspension of its State Youth Leader, Comrade Folorunso Makinde. A statement by the party;s spokesman, Hon Kennedy Ikantu Peretei, said that this decision as taken at a meeting of the SWC held on […]

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Sanction Aiyedatiwa attackers over primary, APC group urges party

A group within the All Progressives Congress, APC in Ondo State, the Ondo Peoples Assembly (OPA), has asked the party’s national body to sanction some groups of people within the party for constantly attacking Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa over the party’s primary. In a statement on Thursday by its convener, Comrade Olufemi Lawson, it said that […]

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How Lucky will be lucky come November (1)

By Kennedy Ikantu Peretei It is no longer news that, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has set aside 16th November, 2024 for the Governorship election in Ondo State. In an election that has been code-named “Battle of the former Deputy Governors”, Ondo State Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) […]

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