Category: Politics

– Osun election to serve as pilot case The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has banned the use of mobile phones by voters and other duty officials at polling units during elections, beginning with the September 22 governorship elections in Osun State. Chairman of the commission, Prof. Mahmud Yakubu, said the decision was a deliberate […]

– dismisses The Economist, HSBC’s reports as fake news – reels out achievements of the Buhari administration Information and Culture minister, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the APC will win the 2019 general elections on the basis of its performance, irrespective of the doomsday predictions by some international financial institutions and publications. He gave the […]

An All Progressives Congress, APC governorship aspirant in Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday said he did not believe the national leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, would ask him to backpedal on his ambition. He made the statement during an interactive session with newsmen in Lagos. A reporter had asked him whether […]

Restructuring of Nigeria into a true and balanced federation, where justice prevails, was in the front burner on Thursday as Ondo State former Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, declared his wish to contest next year’s presidential election on the platform of the Labour Party, LP. In his declaration speech which was entitled “Because We Care,” he […]

– PDP should face its looming crisis – APC Emergence of President Muhammadu Buhari as the sole presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the forthcoming presidential election has indicated that the ruling party is “irredeemably doomed for a crushing defeat,” according to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. It pointed out that […]

– asks Osun people to vote ADC candidate, Fatai Akinbade September 22 – He is honest and competent – Oyinlola – We’ll revive education, stop payment of N124 million to salary contractors – Akinbade Former Oyo State Governor, Senator Rashidi Ladoja, has berated the administration of Governor Rauf Aregbesola for the way the state is […]

– asks electorate to rescue state with their votes September 22 – Elect ADC candidates, Akinbade, Justice Oloyede Governor, Deputy, he says A former Governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, on Tuesday said the state’s condition is near total collapse, just as he counseled people of the state to use their votes during September […]

President Buhari receiving the nomination forms – commits to building corrupt-free Nigeria – Amaechi says N45m paid contributed by hundreds of people President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday at the State House in Abuja was presented with the APC Presidential Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms by a group, the Nigeria Consolidation Ambassadors Network, NCAN, to […]

Police officers and men who will provide security in the September 22 governorship election in Osun State have been warned against fraternising with politicians or collecting bribe from them. The Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of Public Complaints Rapid Response Unit, PCRRU, Mr Abayomi Shogunle, gave the warning in Osogbo, the state capital on […]