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•Orders party to upload name on INEC portal •Hashim calls for reconciliation The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has affirmed Dr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim as the presidential candidate of the Accord Party for the 2027 presidential election. The court’s declaration, on Monday, brings a major legal dispute over the party’s presidential ticket to a decisive conclusion. Justice Mohammed Umar, in his judgment, dismissed the preliminary objections filed against Hashim’s suit and rejected the purported letter relied upon to communicate the cancellation of the party’s presidential primary to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The court also ordered the Accord…

President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero, has said the economic positions of Accord Party, Dr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim and that of the Social Democratic Party, Adewole Adebayo, deserve serious public attention ahead of the 2027 presidential election. Ajaero made the remarks during an interview, with Seun Okinbaloye on Mic On, where he was asked about the economic policy of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar. Rather than focusing on Atiku’s proposal, the NLC president said he had examined the positions of Hashim and Adebayo and found their approach worthy of engagement. Ajaero contrasted their positions with those…

The attention of the Oyo State Government has been drawn to a misleading report suggesting that the state government is responsible for the non-utilisation and abandoning of the 80-bed Mother and Child Specialist Hospital in Pakiotan, Ogbomoso North Local Government Area. Contrary to the falsehood, the facility was not built by the Oyo State Government and was never handed over to the state government for operation, officially or unofficially. In a statement issued by the Commissioner for Information, Prince Dotun Oyelade, he said the hospital is a Federal Government project, facilitated by former Minister of Youth and Sports…

In the past few days, certain All Progressives Congress (APC) apologists in Oyo State – individuals who have recently received vehicular and financial inducement – have gone into overdrive, pushing the narrative that Hon. Bimbo Adekanmbi is being positioned as Governor ‘Seyi Makinde’s surrogate. Eager to justify their largesse, they have deliberately amplified this rumour in selected circles, claiming that Makinde, now approaching the end of his constitutionally permitted tenure, is quietly preparing to continue governing the state from the shadows. It is a simple, seductive, and politically convenient allegation. But like most political rumours, it thrives on falsehood…

The Oyo State Government has commended teachers across the state for their commitment and dedication to the service of the state, describing them as critical to the development of the education sector and the future of the state. In a statement issued by the Commissioner for Information, Prince Dotun Oyelade, he said Governor Seyi Makinde has accorded priority to the education sector since assuming office in 2019, noting that the administration has recorded significant achievements in the sector. The Commissioner said the Makinde administration recruited over 21,000 teaching and non-teaching staff for public primary and secondary schools across…

Presidential candidate of the Accord Party, Dr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has paid a condolence visit to the family of late civil rights leader and labour activist, Comrade Bolakale Salihu, popularly known as CB. Hashim visited the deceased’s family at Ikokoro Compound, Ilorin South Local Government Area of Kwara State, where he commiserated with members of the family, friends and associates of the late activist. Comrade Bolakale was a prominent human rights activist, labour unionist and civil rights campaigner in Kwara State. He was a leader of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) and was actively involved…

Christian leaders drawn from the nine local government areas of Oyo South Senatorial District, under the auspices of Odidiomo Imole Vanguard, have endorsed the senatorial ambition of the Allied Peoples’ Movement (APM) candidate, Hon. Adedeji Dhikrullahi Olajide Odidiomo, ahead of the 2027 general election. The endorsement came to fore at a gathering of Christian stakeholders from across the senatorial district, with representatives of the five blocs of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) participating in the engagement. The meeting provided an opportunity for the candidate to interact directly with Christian stakeholders on his political aspiration, his record in public…

The Ibadan Circular Road has done far more than reshape the physical landscape of Oyo State; it has detonated a political crisis inside the All Progressives Congress (APC), exposing a party locked in open warfare with itself over a project it neither conceived nor funded. As the APC led Federal Government rushes to smuggle the Circular Road into its list of achievements, the party’s own gubernatorial candidate in Oyo State, Senator Sharafadeen Alli, is simultaneously tearing the same project to shreds – calling it inflated, defective, and politically tainted. In one monumental road, the APC has managed both to…

•We don’t have to become identical to become one nation — Hashim •President recalls three decades relationship, longstanding support The National President of Omo Ibile Igbomina, Sir Bisi Fakayode, has received Accord Party presidential candidate, Dr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, on a courtesy visit to the Omo Ibile Igbomina House in Ganmo, Kwara State, where both personalities reflected on their longstanding relationship, the development of the Igbomina institution and the wider question of national unity. The visit also provided an opportunity for Hashim to draw from his personal connection with Igbomina and reflect on what he described as the region’s…

The Oyo State Government has received with deep concern the distressing report of the abduction of some corps members of Oyo State origin in Imo State. Our hearts are with the affected young Nigerians and their families during this difficult and emotionally trying moment. The Government of Oyo State condemns this reprehensible act and is in close communication with relevant security agencies, the Imo State Government, and the leadership of the National Youth Service Corps to ensure a coordinated and urgent response. We are fully committed to securing the safe release of our children and will stop at nothing…