politics

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has assured that the 2023 elections will be the best in the history of Nigeria’s elections. Chairman of the Commission, Mahmood Yakubu, gave the assurance in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, during an on-the-spot assessment of the burnt office in Abeokuta South by suspected arsonists. Yakubu stated that the burnt permanent voter cards in Ogun and four other states would be reprinted in two days. The […]

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has dissolved non-statutory boards in the state. The directive was contained in a memo signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Teslim Igbalaye, and addressed to heads of ministries, departments and agencies. The memo directed all accounting officers of such boards, parastatals and commissions are to take charge with immediate effect. However, the Board of the State University was however exempted from the dissolution order.

President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to leave a legacy of free and fair elections in Nigeria and West Africa at large. Buhari made the promise at the 2022 second ordinary session of the ECOWAS parliament in Abuja. He reiterated his desire to conduct a hitch-free election, adding that the country is committed to a stable West Africa. The President added that the threats to peace and security, political instability, the […]

Osun State House of Assembly, has faulted the decision of the newly inaugurated governor, Ademola Adeleke, to rename the state from State of Osun to Osun State. A statement issued by the Chairman, House Committee on Media and Publicity, Moshood Akande, maintained that the state will continue to be described as the State of Osun and State of the Virtuous. The statement argued that the anthem, crest and flag of the […]

The National Working Committee, NWC, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has canceled the supposed suspension of Local Government Chairmen in Imo State. A statement issued by the National Publicity Secretary of the Party, Debo Ologunagba, revealed that the party will review the State Presidential Campaign Council list. The statement resolved that all matters relating to the governorship primary election in the State should be suspended until after the 2023 […]

The Court of Appeal sitting in Ibadan, Oyo state capital has reinstated Ladi Adebutu as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State. In his ruling, the presiding Judge, Folasade Ojo, stated that only the National Working Committee of the party that has the power to nominate and conduct a primary election. Justice Ojo maintained that any primary conducted without the approval of the party’s NWC is […]

The National Working Committee, NWC, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has canceled the supposed suspension of Local Government Chairmen in Imo State. A statement issued by the National Publicity Secretary of the Party, Debo Ologunagba, revealed that the party will review the State Presidential Campaign Council list. The statement resolved that all matters relating to the governorship primary election in the State should be suspended until after the 2023 […]

The newly sworn-in Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, made his first appointment as he named Rasheed Olawale as his Chief Press Secretary. Adeleke also approved the appointment of Kazeem Akinleye as his Chief of Staff and Teslim Igbalaye as the Secretary to the State Government. The appointments, according to the governor,is with immediate effect. Adeleke, who was sworn in on Sunday froze all government accounts and also reversed the […]

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has warned members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the State to stop spreading false news against him. Makinde gave the warning in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Taiwo Adisa. Reacting to a recent comment by the APC, the statement insisted that falsehood cannot save the APC from losing the 2023 election.