By Seth Akintoye I think Tinubu campaigners should separate campaign from propaganda! I have said this before on the Facebook platform. I cherish Tinubu: his political sagacity and tenacity of purpose, though I am not necessarily his fan. Gutter language, name calling and vituperation by his supporters will not help their principal’s cause. Political campaign is about selling your candidate …

For the Governor of Osun State, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, the governorship election conducted last Saturday with results declared the next day is not over yet. The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in that election is set to challenge the victory of Senator Ademola Adeleke and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) through the judicial process. In 2018, Adeleke challenged …

On his second time of trying, Senator Ademola Adeleke has won the Osun State governorship election. The Independent National Electoral Commission declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party the winner of the election in the early hours of Sunday. The Returning Officer for the election and Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, announced that Adeleke …

Supporters of the two leading parties in the Osun State governorship election conducted on Saturday are on edge – each claiming to have gained the momentum – as results came in from across the units in the 30 Local Government Areas. As at 10:50 pm, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was yet to open its election collation centre in …

Azu Ishiekwene If the presidential flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu thought a placeholder would be a lightning rod, and maybe soften the blow of his final decision, he has seen by now that he is mistaken. There is a gathering storm. Those who are mad at him are not only upset by his …

“Audacity” is a word made popular in our own time by the erstwhile United States of America President, Barack Hussein Obama. A relatively little-known Black man in a country still seething with racial discrimination against the people of colour – as Blacks, African-Americans, Latinos, etc are called – decided to go for not just the highest office in the land …

The much-anticipated realignment of political forces has begun in earnest. That which was predicted would follow the outcome of the presidential primaries of the two leading political parties – the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) – is already upon us! We have seen a gale of defections and carpet-crossing from APC to PDP and vice-versa, …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the All Progressives Congress as “a haven for treasury looters” following the alleged connection of a former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (rtd.), with the N1.8 billion recovered by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) in a property in Abuja. The party called on President Muhammadu …

Former Deputy Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Friday Osanebi was recently named the running mate to Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate for the 2023 general election in the state. Osanebi, a lawyer and three-time member of the State Assembly, hails from Beneku town in Ndokwa-East Local Government Area. …

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu had described as “fake news” media reports that he had a meeting with Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike in France. Wike, first runner-up in the presidential primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) but who lost the push for running mate with the party’s candidate, Alhaji …