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Ibadan and Kano are not just the largest cities in Nigeria, they are the most politically advanced cities in Africa’s most populous nation. You may call them any name that pleases you but the truth is that they are more advanced in politics than any city in Nigeria. When it is time to retire their political leaders, they dont play ... Read More »

  Whoever came up with the wise saying that Nigerian politics is dirty deserves an award for perspicacity. I have just returned from that dirtied, muddled up, confused, uncertain, unpredictable zone of Nigerian life and society with truck loads of stories in my head and enough impressions in my mind to last me another life-time. As you may be aware, ... Read More »

Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja The Oyo State Governor-elect, Seyi Makinde, says he will retain persons appointed by the outgoing All Progressives Congress if they are found to be competent. Makinde, who won the governorship election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party said this during an interview with Lagelu FM 96.7 which was monitored by our correspondent on Tuesday. The ... Read More »

The Executive Chairman of Ogbomoso North Local Government Area of Oyo state and son of Chief Adebayo Alao-Akala, a former governor in the state, Hon. Olamijuwonlo Ayodeji Alao-Akala has congratulated the governor-elect of Oyo State, Engr Seyi Makinde of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for his success at the poll after he was declared the winner of the governorship election ... Read More »

Rumors are ripe on social media that Kano’s gubernatorial elections might be declared inconclusive. But there is absolutely no basis in law to take such an action. Here is why: By and under Paragraph 41 (e) of the Election Manual 2019, a gubernatorial election can only be declared inconclusive where “the margin of lead between the two leading candidates is ... Read More »

  Worried by the continued detention of its members by the 6 Division Nigerian Army and the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS), the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Rivers State chapter has demanded for their immediate release. A statement from the office of the State PDP chairman, Bro Felix Obuah through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Jerry Needam said ... Read More »

Leke Baiyewu and  Ade Adesomoju A joint international observation mission by the International Republican Institute and the National Democratic Institute has said it discovered various electoral malpractices and crimes in the 2019 general elections. The IRI/NDI electoral observers particularly identified vote-buying and electoral violence as some of the setbacks in the conduct of the exercise in various parts of Nigeria. ... Read More »

The Grassroots Democratic coalition condemn what it tagged as the brigandage, dictatorial and practical abuse of state power being perpetrated in River State by some anti- democratic elements, aided and abetted by some security agencies. In a release signed by the leadership of the group led by Comrade Razaq Oladosu, Comrade Demi Lawson, Comrade Benjamin Ojutalayo, the group warned that ... Read More »

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has extended hand of fellowship to his opponents who lost out at the just concluded 2019 gubernatorial election in Abia State. Speaking to Journalists in Government House, Umuahia, shortly after his victory was announced the Governor said he would bring to reality, the Enyimba Economic City which would employ over 700 thousand people, achieve the completion of ... Read More »

The Assistant Inspector General of Police in Zone Eleven, Leye Oyebade and Commissioner of Police in Oyo State, Shina Olukolu, on Monday, told the Tribune Online that the police have succeeded in arresting one person in connection with the killing of Honourable Temitope Olatoye a.k.a Sugar on Saturday. They also stated that aside the suspect linked with Sugar’s case, about 18 persons, ... Read More »