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The Oyo South senatorial candidate of the Allied Peoples’ Movement (APM), Hon. Adedeji Dhikrullahi Olajide Odidiomo, has said his next major focus in the drive to expand digital opportunities across the senatorial district is to bridge the digital divide in the Ibarapa zone. Odidiomo stated this on Thursday while featuring as a guest speaker at an Independence Day X Space discussion, formerly known as Twitter, organized around the theme, “Where Are the real Opportunities for Young People in Oyo State?” The interactive session, which attracted over 200 youths in attendance, provided an opportunity for the federal lawmaker to outline…

The statement issued by the Sharafadeen Alli Campaign Organisation blaming the excruciating hardship in the land on Governor Seyi Makinde is a pure proof of the incompetence paraded by both the candidate and his team. At a time when Nigerians are grappling with one of the most severe economic crises in decades, it is deeply irresponsible to replace facts with theatrics. The hardship citizens face today is rooted in national macroeconomic decisions that have reshaped the fiscal landscape for every state. Any attempt to localise or personalise these challenges is not only misleading but fundamentally dishonest. Nigeria’s current…

The Federal Government has indicated plans to extend the Presidential Executive Order supporting local pharmaceutical manufacturing by another two years as stakeholders push for sustained policies, investment and regulatory reforms to strengthen Nigeria’s medicine security and position the country as a regional pharmaceutical manufacturing hub. The indication was given at the 8th Nigeria Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Expo (NPME) 2026, held on September 28 and 29 at Harbour Point, Victoria Island, Lagos, where manufacturers, regulators, investors, policymakers and development partners renewed calls for stronger local production and improved access to the African market. Organised by the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Group of the…

Independence Day: Nigerians Must Reject Third- Class Country Status- Gbenga Hashimi •Unveils proposed $4tn economy, 4m bpd crude, ₦605 petrol, affordable energy for industrialisation •Says the Nigeria we want cannot be outsourced The Presidential candidate of the Accord Party, Dr. Gbenga Hashim, has challenged Nigerians to reject the idea that the country must remain a third class nation, urging citizens to take greater ownership of Nigeria’s future ahead of the 2027 presidential election. In an Independence Day message released in Abuja, yesterday, Hashim explained that Nigeria’s prolonged underdevelopment was not the result of a lack of resources, but of…

Professor of Political Science and Senior Fellow at the Centre for Democracy and Development, Prof. Jibrin Ibrahim, has described the Judicial Commission of Inquiry set up by the Oyo State Government to investigate the abduction of students and teachers in Oriire Local Government Area as an imperative initiative. Professor Ibrahim, who is a member of the commission, said the inquiry had provided an opportunity to investigate the immediate and remote causes of the incident and examine what could be done by governments, security agencies and communities to address the growing threat of abductions across the country. Speaking in…

Opposition, at its best, is democracy’s conscience, a disciplined force that interrogates power, enriches public debate, and offers citizens a credible alternative. In Oyo State today, however, both the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Sharafadeen Alli Campaign Organisation appear to have drifted far from that noble responsibility. What should be principled engagement has been reduced into a cycle of accusations, theatrics, and unfocused hostility. In place of ideas, they offer indignation; in place of solutions, spectacle. Rather than strengthening democratic discourse, they diminish it and in doing so, undermine their own claim to leadership. Increasingly, their conduct…

…Explains Tinubu’s “voodoo economics” The Presidential Candidate of the Allied People’s Movement (APM) and Governor of Oyo State, ‘Seyi Makinde, has stated that if given the opportunity to serve as Nigeria’s president in 2027, he will “reset” the country within four years. He said his administration would deliver a new security architecture capable of overcoming current insecurity, chart a fresh direction for education, and rebuild the economy using data, science, and logic. Makinde made the declaration in Lafia, Nasarawa State, during the North Central Consultative Meeting of the APM. He noted that his proposed reset agenda would be executed…

The Seyi Makinde Allied People’s Movement, APM reset agenda overwhelmed PBAT Door to Door campaign held in Lafia simultaneously in Nassarawa state yesterday. The event held at Ta’al Conference Centre witnessed large turn out of supporters and decampees from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC other political parties that joined the Allied People’s Movement, APM. Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and Presidential Candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) has promised to reset Nigeria within four years if elected president in 2027. Makinde made the promise on Monday in Lafia, Nasarawa, at a North-Central town hall…

The Allied Peoples’ Movement (APM) senatorial candidate for Oyo south, Hon. Adedeji Dhikrullahi Olajide Odidiomo, has inaugurated his campaign council ahead of the 2027 general election, charging members to take the party’s message to communities across the nine local government areas of the senatorial district. Addressing members of the newly inaugurated council, Odidiomo said his decision to contest for the senate was driven by his desire to serve the people. The lawmaker said he remained a “party man” who believe in leadership and relationships, recalling his previous political relationships with Senator Kamorudeen Adedibu and Senator Soji Akanbi. He said…

Nigerians, in their quest for a better alternative during the administration of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, eventually fell for the propaganda of the APC and its conveyors of smear campaigns. Then came the administration of the late President Muhammadu Buhari, which lasted for eight years, with series of lamentations from Nigerians. Fast forward to 2023, Nigerians were at another crossroads, desperately seeking a better alternative irrespective of party, tribe or religious coloration. Then came the mantra of “Emilokan”, accompanied by a lot of promises under the “Renewed Hope” agenda. Unknown to many, what was being presented…