Buhari, APC Should Give South-west Presidential Ticket In 20...
Power shift to the South-west in 2023 is the best honour that can be bestowed on the late Chief MKO Abiola, Ahmed Lawan has said. Lawan stat... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: South West
OPC Warns Kidnappers, Herdsmen In South-West
Kidnappers and herdsmen abducting people in some parts of the South-West have been warned to stop their nefarious activities or risk incurri... Continue Reading
Yoruba Youths, Ohanaeze Reject ‘Fulanization’ Ag...
Politics Nigeria has been furnished with a Joint Statement from the Yoruba Youth Council and the Ohanaeze Youth Council, announcing their re... Continue Reading
Jimi Agbaje, Ogunlewe, Others Returned To APC Where They Bel...
Former National Vice Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olabode George, has disclosed that the party’s governorship candid... Continue Reading
Security Agents Backing Herdsmen To Kill And Rape In South-W...
Secretary-General of the Yoruba Council of Elders, Dr Kunle Olajide, tells FEMI MAKINDE that Fulani herdsmen have laid siege to the South-We... Continue Reading
Yoruba Youth Council Gives Fulani Herdsmen 7-Day Ultimatum T...
A group, Yoruba Council of Youths Worldwide (YCYW), has said it would no longer condone the criminal activities of militant Fulani herdsmen ... Continue Reading
2023: South-west Will Produce The Next President Of Nigeria ...
Organising Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa State, Ahmad Lawan, has declared that the South-West zone will... Continue Reading
Igbo’s Can’t Get Presidency In 2023 – Amaechi
Minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said the people must not demand the presidency slot in 2023 for refusing to back APC. Amaech... Continue Reading
Why Igbo Must Be President After Buhari – Ohanaeze Tackles A...
The Igbo apex political organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has insisted that the South-East must be allowed to produce Nigeria’s President in 202... Continue Reading
Ebenezer Babatope: Tinubu, Osinbajo, South-West Deceiving Th...
Chief Ebenezer Babatope, a former Minister of Transport, said on Sunday that the South-West zone of the ruling All Progressives Congress (AP... Continue Reading
I’ll Pull Out Of Speakership Race If APC Zones It To South-E...
Umaru Mohammed, one of the contenders for the speaker of the house of representatives, has promised to withdraw from the race if the All Pro... Continue Reading
Speakership: Lagos, South-west Reps May Dump Gbajabiamila Fo...
LARGELY excoriated for his alleged lack of acceptable human relations, the ambition of the House of Representatives speakership hopeful, Hon... Continue Reading
MURIC Asks Buhari To Appoint More Yoruba Muslims To His Cabi...
As Nigeria prepares for the second term of President Muhammadu Buhari and his ministerial list, the Muslim Rights Concern has proactively de... Continue Reading
2019 Election: Yorubas Voted For Atiku More Than Igbos – Fan...
In the 2019 pres. election South East gave Atiku Abubakar and Peter OBI 1. 67 million votes whilst the South West gave the same Atiku Abubak... Continue Reading
Atiku On Course To Win, Buhari Should Pack His Bags – Fani-k...
Former minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has claimed that Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (... Continue Reading
Ooni Of Ife, Prof. Utomi, SLOT MD, Other Experts Speak At YE...
The just concluded 2nd Annual Youth Empowerment Summit, South West, Lagos, hosted by Young Entrepreneurs of Nigeria (YEN), the umbrella body... Continue Reading
2019: Attempt To Cede Kwara To The Yoruba Will Fail – Baraje...
Former National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Abubakar Kawu Baraje said the people of Kwara State especially the Ilorin i... Continue Reading
Organisers Ready for Final Stages
ZENITH BANK/DELTA PRINCIPAL’S CUP The organisers of the third edition of the Delta State Principal’s Cup football competition sponsored by Z... Continue Reading
PMB Meets With Traditional Rulers From The SW (Pictures)
PMB with traditional rulers from the SW. Continue Reading
I Won’t Rule Myself Out Of Senate Presidency – Amosun...
Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, yesterday said he would not rule himself out from vying for the office of the Senate President... Continue Reading
Kwara Can Not Be Part Of The South West.- Saraki
Senate President Bukola Saraki says the people of Kwara will resist plans to “annex’’ the state to the South West Zone using the All Progres... Continue Reading
Major Buhari’s Achievements In The South West
As a firm enthusiast in the development of the country, I’ll be posting a series of critical infrastructural projects with some pictur... Continue Reading
Ngige Warns Igbos – ‘You Could Lose 2023 Presidency To South...
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has warned the South-East they could miss out on a chance to produce the president of... Continue Reading
We Are Solidly Behind Buhari, No Room For Any Other Party In...
National leader of APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has restated the support of South West for President Muhammadu Buhari. He spoke after the sweari... Continue Reading
South West Women Declare Support For Olawepo Hashim, As He V...
Frontline Presidential Candidate, Mr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim has vowed to tackle cancer headlong if elected president in the 2019 presidentia... Continue Reading
Buhari Rescued South-west From Political Oblivion — Fayemi
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, on Wednesday said the South-West was almost going into political oblivion if not for the coming of ... Continue Reading
Fashola Gives Reasons South West Will Re-elect Buhari
The Minister for Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola (SAN) says the South West has more to gain by re-electing President Muhammadu B... Continue Reading
Vote For Buhari To Return Power To South-west In 2023 – Fash...
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, on Thursday, urged the people of South West to vote for President Muhammadu Buh... Continue Reading
I Prefer 4 More Years Of Buhari To 8 Years Of Another Fulani...
National Chairman of the United Progressive Party, UPP, Chief Chekwas Okorie, in this interview, outlines why the South-East and South-West ... Continue Reading
South-East ‘Has A Strong Case’ But Atiku’s Runni...
“So, what they are looking at are the sentiments that the vice presidential candidate can drive for the joint ticket. To a large extent, the... Continue Reading
Atiku Must Pick Vice From South-West Or… – PDP Chieftain
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2019 general elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has been advised to pick h... Continue Reading
Kwankwaso Visits Ademola Adeleke, Osun State PDP Gubernatori...
Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso is currently in Osun State South West Nigeria where he is meeting with PDP state executives and party members. ... Continue Reading
Stop Parading Self As South-West Party Leader, Accord Party ...
Chairmen and leaders of Accord party in South-West have warned Dr Doyin Okupe to desist from parading himself as leader of the party in the ... Continue Reading
We Won’t Allow South-west Impose President On Nigeria Like 2...
The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, AYCF, has stated that it will not allow a repeat of the political scenario that played out in 2015 where... Continue Reading
Dangote Meets Oba Saheed Elegushi, Oluwo Of Iwoland, Israeli...
Over the weekend, Africa’s richest black man, Aliko Dangote invited some paramount rulers in the South West to his Lagos residence for... Continue Reading
3 Remanded Obafemi Awolowo University Students Granted Bail
three out of the five students of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, who were remanded at Kosere prison in Ile Ife last week, have bee... Continue Reading
2019 Build-Up: Fayose Dumps Presidential Ambition, Targets V...
Ayodele Fayose, the governor of Ekiti state and prominent member of the Peoples Democratic party, PDP may have dumped his 201 presidential a... Continue Reading
Herdsmen Destroy Cash Crops In Ondo Speaker’s Farm
Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Mr. Bamidele Oleyeloogun, became another victim of Fulani herdsmen’s attack as he lamented that... Continue Reading
19.4% Of Children In South West Stunted ―UNICEF
In its bid to control, prevent and overcome stunted growth in children, the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has revealed that 19.4% of... Continue Reading
Lai Olurode: I Was Nearly Killed For Trying To Stop Underage...
A former National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Lai Olurode, has revealed how he was nearly kil... Continue Reading
Governor Ambode’s Move On Yoruba Language Timely, Rewarding ...
The South West Think-Tank, SWETT, has commended Lagos State governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, for signing the Yoruba Language Preservation Law... Continue Reading
Council Poll To Hold May 12 In Oyo State
Mr John Ajeigbe, the Chairman of Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC), says the rescheduled local government election in the ... Continue Reading
APC Crisis: Tinubu Insists On Elective Convention Zonal Chai...
MORE revelations have emerged on the crisis of confidence rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) with more major stakeholders in... Continue Reading
Fuel scarcity: DPR Must Stop Sealing Of Filling Stations – N...
Mr Rotimi Benjamin, the Vice-Chairman, South-West, Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), on Wednesday urged the Depar... Continue Reading
Where Are Nigeria’s Sociologists?, By ‘Tope Fasua
I recall Nigeria’s ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo ‘slagging off’ people who studied sociology and history. I was alarmed then, because even ... Continue Reading
Fulani Herdsmen: OPC Kicks Against Cattle Colonies In South ...
The National President, Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), New Era, Comrade Razak Arogundade, has said that the group would resist any attempt by... Continue Reading
2019 Elections Watch: Oyegun Deserves A Second Chance – Nort...
Prominent leaders in the North West on Wednesday gave a green signal to the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief ... Continue Reading
I Washed Dead Bodies To Survive As A Student Abroad – Govern...
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State on Tuesday said that he washed dead bodies as a youth to pay his tuition fees while schooling abroad. A... Continue Reading
Osinbajo, Ajimobi, Aregbesola, Others Grace Regional Youth S...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Osun State governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, his counterpart in Oyo, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, representative of Ond... Continue Reading
Explain N2.3 Billion Liability On Dredging/Flood Control – P...
The South West chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has challenged the Osun State governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, to explain how he i... Continue Reading