•••a one-term agreement for Alli, potentially allowing power rotation to other zones in 2031 Senator Sharafadeen Alli has emerged as the leading consensus candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship ticket in Oyo State ahead of the 2027 elections, following high-level consultations among party stakeholders, 𝗜𝗧𝗩 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 confirms. The development places Alli at the…
The Osun State Government Media Centre has launched a scathing attack on the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), accusing the party of mismanaging and ultimately relinquishing the state’s stake in Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH). In a statement issued in Osogbo, the Media Centre alleged that the APC administration deliberately underfunded and neglected the…
The Accord Media Centre has accused Nigeria’s Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, and the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Osun State, Bola Oyebamiji, of engaging in actions capable of embarrassing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. In a statement issued on Monday, the group alleged that both figures have displayed divisive tendencies…
As political conversations around the 2027 governorship election in Oyo State begin to crystallise, a more fundamental question is quietly taking shape beneath the usual noise of ambition and alignment: does the state, at this critical juncture, require not just a politician, but a financial expert to steer its affairs? The emerging discourse reflects a…
In a political environment where visibility is often mistaken for value, silence can be a dangerous currency. Across Oyo State’s political landscape, a curious narrative has taken shape around Debo Akande, not because of what he has done, but because of what he has chosen not to say. Since 2019, Akande’s deliberate distance from media…
By Oyo Amebo In the evolving conversation about Oyo State’s political future, Elias Adeojo is positioning himself not as a disruptor, but as a steward of continuity, one shaped by admiration for the work already done and a determination to extend it. His emerging interest in the 2027 governorship race is anchored less in personal…
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party and Former Presidential Candidate, Gbenga Hashim, has flagged off a N22 million water intervention project in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), with the commissioning of a solar-powered borehole in New Jerusalem, a densely populated community in Bwari Area Council. Speaking during the commissioning ceremony, Hashim said the project,…
The Nigeria Police Force has dismissed as misleading a viral report claiming that the Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, ordered the disbandment of all police tactical units and squads across state commands nationwide. In a statement issued on Sunday by the Force Public Relations Officer, Anthony Okon Placid, the police clarified that the directive attributed…
By Tunde Rahman It is said that no one does ceremonies quite like the British. This much was obvious last week when Nigeria literally strutted the red carpet rolled out in her honour on the ancient and hallowed grounds of Windsor and 10 Downing Street. By the time the curtains were drawn on President Bola…
The Osun State Government has approved the release of a supplementary list for the first batch of its 2026 teachers’ recruitment exercise, increasing the total number of successful applicants to 1,241. According to a statement issued on Sunday signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education, M.A.K. Jimoh, the approval was granted by…
