Gbenga Awoyale, the President-General of Orisun Igbomina, a socio-cultural association for Igbomina people, has warned supporters of the Kwara State chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress, to close ranks to avoid a return of the Bukola Saraki-led era in the State. Awoyale said in a statement, in Ilorin, on Sunday. The statement read in […]
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A Peoples Democratic Party group, Alliance for PDP South-West, has come up with a list of 11 party chieftains from the South-West for the national chairmanship position of the party. On the list are a former Osun State Governor, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola; former PDP Deputy National Chairman, Chief Olabode George; and former Ekiti State governors, […]
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Fayose says: ‘We’ve won together’ By Banji Ayoola Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the Southwest and Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has declared that the successful completion of the party’s congress in the zone signals off the process of rebuilding the party. He spoke following the Southwest zonal congress of the party, […]
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Oladejo, greeting the Olowu of Kuta, Oba Adekunle Oyelude By Banji Ayoola Otunba Adeboye Mukaila Oladejo has bowed out of office as Chairman, Ayedire Local Government in Osun State, with an appeal to politicians in the area to shun playing divisive politics “as this would do us more harm than good.” He expressed appreciation to the royal […]
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Several efforts to reconcile the warring groups in the Southwest Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have failed as both parties refuse to shift ground based largely on lack of trust and considerations for the 2023 general elections. The internal cohesion of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may yet again be put to test in the South-West […]
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By Matthew Agboma Ozah Not so long ago, some wise folks got together under President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration and decided to solve Nigeria’s election problems once and for all. At that time, most people agreed that the country needed an electoral Act to help contain some political anomalies that has eaten into the fabrics of the […]
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By Emmanuel Ikechukwu Igbo The most important feature of a political party is the existence of an ideology that expresses its vision and mission with respect to the acquisition and utilization of political power for the purpose of governance. It also identifies the values, ethos, myths, symbols, etc, that drive the behavior of its members and mirror its institutional image. In a […]
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Southwest lawmakers, including some speakers and their predecessors, have backed the calls for power shift to the geo-political zone region in 2023. The speakers, who were joined by their predecessors, deputy speakers and other state lawmakers at a meeting in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, also called for unity in the zone. They lauded the […]
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The Court of Appeal in Abuja has dismissed a case brought to challenge the nomination of Yahaya Bello as a candidate in the governorship election held in Kogi State in December 2015. A three-man panel of the court, in a unanimous judgment on Thursday, held that, not only was the suit filed late at the […]
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Political allies and associates of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on Wednesday gathered in Ibadan to intensify mobilization for the presidential bid of the Lagos state former governor. The allies in attendance, drawn from the Southwest zone of the country include former and current Speakers of State Houses […]
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